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Showing posts with label Kobe Bryant. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Show Notes Episode Number 3: Random Thoughts 1

Description: This episode is all about the events that happened between the time period of January 26th to March 1st of 2020 that relates to Michael. I will discussed the controversy regarding Kobe Bryant's death, Zoe Kravitz' nasty view of Michael, Tracee Ellis Ross' possible betrayal, Macaulay Culkin, Google's Black History Month advertisement and Oprah Winfrey's fall. 

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Michael and the Truth Podcast on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/michaelandthetruthpodcast/episodes/Random-Thoughts-1-edm73h

Other platforms where you can hear the podcasts - Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Radio Public and PocketCasts

References: Youtube, The Hill.com, Fox News.com, PennLive.com, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone.com, Esquire.com, MJVibe.com, ILoveOldSchoolMusic.com, BusinessInsider.com


Websites
Blog: https://michaelandthetruth.blogspot.com/
Podcast: https://michaelandthetruthpodcast.blogspot.com/

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Contact -
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Show Notes:

Reminders

A link to a blog post I did regarding the Random Thoughts topic - 
https://michaelandthetruth.blogspot.com/2014/09/random-thoughts-part-12.html

Michael's music is making the rounds because of the Corona Virus Pandemic/COVID-19. A reminder of what Michael truly stood for: making the world a better place. 


"Heal the World 2020".

The Controversy
When Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna and seven other people, were killed in a helicopter crash, the world was in complete shock. However, not everyone cared about the tragedy. Some used their social media platforms to state their issues with Kobe over false rape allegations he had to deal with back in 2003. The case did not go to trial because the prosecutors decided to drop the charges. That did not stop the insane group of feminests or feminuts to attack Kobe and completely ignore the pain that his family, friends and fans were experiencing. 

First up, Abigail Disney ( a literal nobody who got lucky), who is the heir to her uncle Walt Disney (a known racist) empire. She felt that she must state something about Kobe. This is what she stated - 


"The 60-year-old, who is the granddaughter of Roy O. Disney — a cofounder of the Walt Disney Company — had in a tweet January 29 shared an op-ed from the Washington Post about allegations Bryant faced some 17 years ago, writing "The man was a rapist. Deal with it."
"OK, time to bite the bullet and say something," Disney said when she began her Twitter thread early Saturday morning. "If you don't like it, just stop following. First of all, yes, it IS my business because I'm a woman who has herself been assaulted and spent my life knowing, loving and feeling for women for whom it's been so much worse." 
"I mourn Kobe too," she wrote. "He went on to be a man who seemed genuinely to want to do good. The face[sic] that he raped someone does not change any of these other facts."  

https://www.businessinsider.com/kobe-bryant-abigail-disney-rape-allegations-not-a-god

Next, an actress name Evan Rachel Wood, who many people either never heard of or have heard of her but don't care for her (I would fit that category). She stated very foul things about Kobe such as - 


“What has happened is tragic. I am heartbroken for Kobe’s family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. And all of these truths can exist simultaneously” 

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/evan-rachel-wood-kobe-bryant-sports-hero-rapist-tweet-hours-death

In typical punk fashion, the future has been deleted her tweets and made her Instagram account private. 

A Senator from Pennsylvania name Kate Muth used her twitter account to comment on Kobe's death by stating - 


“Just a reminder: Kobe’s talent does not override or neutralize the fact that he was charged with rape. Pray for the victims’ families, but don’t silence the truth by forgetting he’s a credibly accused rapist with DNA evidence. #BelieveSurvivors

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/01/pa-legislator-sparks-outrage-after-tweeting-about-kobe-bryants-sexual-assault-allegation.html

I see. 

An MSNBC anchor name Alison Morris had to issue an apology because she almost stated the N-word while covering the Kobe tragedy - 


“Earlier today, while reporting on the tragic news of Kobe Bryant’s passing, I unfortunately stuttered on air, combining the names of the Knicks and the Lakers to say ‘Nakers.’ Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term. I apologize for the confusion this caused.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/msnbc-anchor-apologizes-after-appearing-to-use-n-word-describing-death-of-kobe-bryant

In the wake of the sudden attack that Kobe was getting, a former journalist wanted to offer the harsh truth about the mainstream media. Her opinion was so powerful, it went viral.


A former journalist stating the facts. 

After all of that mess, we probably thought that the Kobe bashing was over. However, it was not. It got even worse. Oprah's best friend (if you believe that), Gayle King, decided to interview WNBA basketball great Lisa Leslie about her friend Kobe. Gayle asked Lisa a question that angered a lot of people. 

Gayle is pure evil like her demon to the hip, Oprah.

The backlash that Gayle got (and deserved) was insane. 

Legendary rapper, friend of Kobe and hardcore Los Angeles Lakers fan Snoop Dogg was so angry with Gayle, he let her know - 

Snoop Dogg lets Gayle King know.

After Snoop Dogg stated this, the mainstream media had a field day. Habitual complainer/whiner and former actress Rose McGowan did not like what Snoop stated. She stated - 


"You want to know why Kobe Bryant is a hero?” McGowan tweeted to her 900,000 followers on Monday. “He apologized to a hurt young woman. Snoop & others it’s time to stop terrorizing [Gayle King] and [Felicia Sonmez]. Truth hurts. Death hurts. Grow the f--- up. Kobe stopped hurting women, so can you.”


Oprah comes to Gayle's rescue and changes the narrative from Gayle doing wrong to black men talking down to black women - 

Oprah truly needs to sit down. 

After that, two more fools name Roland Martin and Michael Eric Dyson decided to put their spin in. 

Is this fool serious???

What is this nut talking about?????

Kobe Bryant In His Words:

Kobe in 2012.

Zoe Kravitz trashes Michael.

The daughter of legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz and former relevant actress Lisa Bonet, felt the need to use her future cancelled show High Fidelity, to trash Michael.

After knowing what this waste stated about Michael in her trash show, I did some digging on her and I found some very interesting and disturbing things about her.  

1. Zoe never accepted being black until she was an adult - 


"Racism is very real, and white supremacy is going strong. I am definitely mixed. Both my parents are mixed. I have White family on both sides. The older I get, the more I experience life, I am identifying more and more with being Black, and what that means — being more and more proud of that and feeling connected to my roots and my history. It’s been a really interesting journey because I was always one of the only Black kids in any of my schools. I went to private schools full of White kids. I think a lot of that made me want to blend in or not be looked at as Black. The white kids are always talking about your hair and making you feel weird. I had this struggle of accepting myself as Black and loving that part of myself. And now I’m so in love with my culture and so proud to be Black. It’s still ongoing, but a big shift has occurred. My dad especially has always been very connected to his history, and it’s important to him that I understand where I come from.”

2. When discussing Bill Cosby, this is what she stated about him - 


“Her and him never got along,” Kravitz says. “Whether he was attracted to her, or he resented her having a mind of her own, she always got a weird vibe from him. A dark vibe.” She says she recently found a photo of herself on set as a baby, with Cosby holding her. “It’s actually a really disturbing picture,” she says. “His face is not a sweet face at all. It’s kind of creepy.” 

3. She does not like the idea of playing a black woman who is in a relationship with a black man -


Last year she was Skyping with some directors about a movie that featured couples of various races, and they said they liked her for the woman married to the black guy. “I was like, ‘OK — but I could play any of the women,’ ” she says. “ ‘Black people don’t have to be married to other black people.’ A lot of times it’s just white people not understanding why what they say is offensive.”

4. She watches her sex scenes on the show with her father.
You have got to be kidding me.

If anyone is curious, Lenny was friends with Michael and this was what he stated about him years back. It makes you wonder why his daughter does not have the same respect for Michael.

Lenny Kravitz talks about Michael. 

Tracee Ellis Ross "Sells Out"

Daughter of legendary singer Diana Ross and star of shows Girlfriends and Blackish, participated on Oprah's tour. This is a disloyal act on Tracee's part.


Tracee Ellis Ross with the demon. 

Macaulay Culkin Defends Michael. 

Mac did an interview with the magazine Esquire in which he defends Michael and talk about his goddaughter Paris Jackson and turning 40 - 

Mac being loyal. 


"I ask Mack if he is bothered that people assume—because he was one of many boys who spent time at Jackson’s home, some of whom accused him of heinous acts of sexual abuse—Jackson must have abused him, too.“Look,” he says. “I’m gonna begin with the line—it’s not a line, it’s the truth: He never did anything to me. I never saw him do anything. And especially at this flash point in time, I’d have no reason to hold anything back. The guy has passed on. If anything—I’m not gonna say it would be stylish or anything like that, but right now is a good time to speak up. And if I had something to speak up about, I would totally do it. But no, I never saw anything; he never did anything.“Here’s a good Michael Jackson story that doesn’t involve Michael Jackson at all: I ran into James Franco on a plane. I’d bumped into him two or three times over the years. I give him a little nod as we’re putting our bags overhead. Hey, how you doing? Good, how ya doing? And it was right after the Leaving Neverland documentary came out, and he goes, ‘So, that documentary!’ And that was all he said. I was like, ‘Uh-huh.’ Silence. So then he goes, ‘So what do you think?’ And I turned to him and I go, ‘Do you wanna talk about your dead friend?’ And he sheepishly went, ‘No, I don’t.’ So I said, ‘Cool, man, it was nice to see you.’ ”


People were angry at Macaulay for defending Michael. A twisted, sick world that we live in that people would be angry that Mac was not touched rather than him being touched. It says a lot about how much these demons hate Michael with a passion. Here is an article that goes into the detail with people who feel that way. A good read. 

https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jacksons-friendship-with-macaulay-culkin-continues-to-upset-those-who-cant-handle-the-truth/?fbclid=IwAR00ZRY_NXsci_N2k0axY0W7BTC4Tcq56k5PyLVwzX5tUufcO5liU3qCskA

Google Did a Video to Promote Black History Month and Deliberately left out Michael, Janet and the Jacksons. 

A useless ad.

Is Oprah's Fall the Beginning of the End of Oprah? 

Hilarious.

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Show Notes Episode Number 2: Kobe Bryant Tribute with an MJ Connection

Description: This podcast episode is a tribute to Kobe Bryant. On January 26th, 2020, Kobe, along with his daughter Gianna and seven other people perished in a horrific helicopter crash. The world was in shock with the sudden loss. There were a lot of controversies that surrounded Kobe's death that many focused on but this podcast episode will be about the man, his legacy and his impact. 

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Michael and the Truth Podcast on Anchorhttps://anchor.fm/michaelandthetruthpodcast/episodes/Episode-Number-2-Kobe-Bryant-Tribute-with-an-MJ-Connection-ec3qki

Other platforms where you can hear the podcasts - Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Radio Public and PocketCasts

References - Biography.com, People magazine (Feb. 10, 2020), Youtube, Instagram

Websites
Blog: https://michaelandthetruth.blogspot.com/
Podcast: https://michaelandthetruthpodcast.blogspot.com/

Social Media
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/michaelandthetruthblog/
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnbc9DInDcXggJREZBNjIQ?view_as=subscriber

Contact -
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Show Notes

The Cornona Virus.

Rest in Peace to Kenny Rodgers.

Prince tribute: https://michaelandthetruth.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-tribute-to-prince-rogers-nelson.html

Whitney Houston tribute: https://michaelandthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-will-miss-whitney.html

The Beginning

https://www.biography.com/athlete/kobe-bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, which is a suburb of Philadelphia. 

Kobe's parents are Joe a former NBA player and mother Pamela and had two sisters named Shaira and Shaya. 

Kobe was named after a city in Japan.

When Kobe was three, he started to play basketball.

In 1984, Joe took his family to Italy to play for the Italian League and that was when Kobe learned the language and the culture.

Kobe not only played basketball but soccer as well. 

In the 1990s, the Bryant family moved back to Lower Merion where Kobe enrolled into Lower Merion High School. 

He led his high school to four straight state championships. 

Even though Kobe had very good grades and his SATs scores were high, he opted for college for the NBA draft. 

In 1996, he was selected 13th pick to the Charlotte Hornets but was then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers the same day. 

More information about his family - 


From youtuber Latest Chikahan

His father's Joe's career in the NBA - 

From youtuber Dom2k

Legendary NBA Career

Kobe had a very interesting few years when he was in the league. He became one of the youngest All Star NBA player in history, had deals with Adidas, Sprite and even did some acting. He also had a rap career but that did not go anywhere. 

From 2000 to 2002, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal won back to back NBA championships. 

Kobe made 18 appearances at the NBA All-Star Game. In the recent one that happened in February, the NBA Commissioner Adam Silver named the MVP Award after Kobe. 

By 2004, Shaquelle O'Neal left the Lakers and the team struggled. Kobe was doing well regardless of the teams' struggles when he had made 81 points in a game in 2006 and the following year, he led the league in scoring. 

In 2008, Kobe was the league's most valuable player, led his team to the NBA Finals that year and lost. The following years, 2009 and 2010, the Lakers won their fourth and fifth NBA Finals Championship games. 

Kobe was a two time Olympic Gold Medalist in 2008 and 2012. 

In 2013, injury plague Kobe but he managed to continue playing until he realized that he could no longer play the way he used to. In 2015, he announced his retirement. 

In his last game on April 13, 2016, Kobe had an sold out, all-star game in which he had 60 points and won the game against the Utah Jazz. Kobe thanked the fans, the organization for everything in his career. 


Highlights of Kobe's legendary career from youtuber Roger Innamorati.

Family Life

Kobe Bryant married Vanessa (Laine) Bryant in 2001. In 2003, he became a father to four daughters name Natalia in 2003, Gianna in 2006, Bianka in 2016 and Capri in 2019. 

Retirement

Kobe Bryant decided to put his focus on his other endeavors and spending time with his family. He stated that he enjoyed spending time with his children because he could not do that when he was working. He took them to and from school, bonded with them and focused on their skills. He noticed that his daughter, Gianna, wanted to play basketball and Kobe decided to be her coach. 

Kobe hosted a show on ESPN called Detail

Kobe became so influenced by his time with his daughters, particularly reading bedtime stories with them that according to People magazine, "his bedtime stories sparked a second career, and he started a multimedia company, Granity Studios to turn the tales he'd dreamed up for his daughters into books, films and podcasts" (p. 48). 

Kobe did a short film called Dear Basketball that won an Oscar for Best Animated Short. 

He started to coach his daughter Gianna's games at the Mamba Sports Academy and wanted to train her for a career in the WNBA. 


Kobe, Gianna and the team for Slam magazine from Slam's youtube channel. 

The Michael Jackson Connection

Michael knew and communicated with various entertainers and celebrities so it is not surprising that Kobe would know Michael. They had so much in common in regards to their careers and their endless pursuit for greatness. When Michael passed on in 2009, Kobe talked about him and his influence in his life. This video from the youtube account Detail goes into their friendship - 


Kobe Bryant on Michael Jackson from the youtube account Detail.

Kobe discussed in an interview how Michael's advice influenced him into winning NBA championship titles for the Lakers. 


From the IG account @thebookofmj
The Tragedy 

On January 26, 2020, news broke throughout the world that Kobe Bryant (and later confirmed), his daughter, Gianna, and seven other people were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA. They were on their way to a game over at the Mamba Academy Center.

Complete disbelief and shock were felt that day. Music artists who performed on the Grammy Awards that day did tributes to him. 

The seven people that passed away in that crash were John, Keri, and Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah and Peyton Chester, Christina Mauzer and the pilot Ara Zobayan. 

Tributes poured in from all over the world. Tributes from former and current Presidents, movie and television stars, musicians and members of the NBA. 

On February 7th, Kobe and Gianna Bryant were buried and on February 24, there was a public memorial to celebrate Kobe and Gianna's lives. 


Lebron James' emotional tribute to Kobe from House of Highlights Youtube account.

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's tribute from the Tonight Show's Youtube account.

Shaquille O'Neal's Tribute to Kobe from the Bleacher Report Youtube account. 

Allen Iverson's Tribute to Kobe.

Michael Jordan's wonderful tribute to Kobe. 

Vanessa Bryant's tribute to her husband and daughter. 

Kobe's final words. 
An inspirational message from Kobe Bryant from youtuber DJ Hymn.

The podcast is dedicated to the victims of the horrible crash.