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Sean Paul Isn’t Big on TikTok, but His Music Is (EXCLUSIVE)

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7 días ago

14 de septiembre de 2023

Sean Paul exclusively spoke to ‘Distractify’ about his TikTok popularity and how other artists can have the same longevity as his music has.

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Jamaica’s very own Sean Paul is one of the biggest reggae and dancehall artists to make waves in the mainstream music industry. Since the early 2000s, the Kingston native has kept crowds worldwide dancing to hits like “Get Busy” and “Temperature.” During the early aughts, he also collaborated with so many artists that Apple Music has an entire playlist devoted to his features.

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Although his career started popping off in the late ‘90s and the ‘00s, Sean Paul has refused to slow down in 2023. He remains just as busy as ever and recently teamed up with Vita Coco and Captain Morgan for a Tropical Takeover.

While promoting his partnership with Vita Coco and Captain Morgan, Sean Paul spoke to Distractify about his longevity in the ever-changing music industry. He also discussed his fanbase growing as Gen Z discovers his classics for the first time on TikTok.

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Sean Paul admits he’s “not adept” with TikTok but is “thankful” for what it has done for his career.

Although he says he was “on top of the world” in 2006, when you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing his voice on a catchy beat, Sean Paul never stopped working. The reggae icon has collaborated with Pitbull, Justin Bieber, Koda Kumi, and more artists in the last two decades. He also released several albums like Imperial Glaze, Tomahawk Technique, and Full Frequency.

While Sean Paul was doing just fine with his projects, his career took off once again nearly 20 years after he first stepped into the music scene. Thanks to TikTok’s obsession with everything Y2K, many users remembered Sean Paul’s impact on the culture during that era. Some popular videos have been music fans trying to decipher what Sean Paul is saying in “Get Busy” and more content from people who actually know the lyrics and are repeating them on camera.

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(l-r): Sean Paul and Beyonce embracing — Source: Getty Images

In addition to Sean Paul’s music being a great way for nostalgia on the app, many people who were babies during his heyday use his tunes as their background music on TikTok. However, fans want to enjoy his music.

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Sean Paul exclusively told Distractify that he feels “blessed” and “very honored” to remain in the spotlight after all this time. The artist also said he’s “thankful” for social media sites like TikTok, though he admittedly doesn’t take as much advantage of the apps as he could be.

“In terms of the TikTok and all these things, I’m still not adept at, I’m not used to it, and I don’t know how to control the app as greatly as I should,” Sean Paul shared with Distractify. “Sometimes I post stuff on people’s like, ‘No, you should, you should hashtag this or that.’ And I’m still learning. But you know, other than that, I think, for me, the baseline of this entire music career for me is music. And it should be for everybody else, you know. I mean, it should start there.”

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Sean Paul advises newer artists to “have the base of great music first.”

Sean Paul may not be the biggest fan of social media, but artists who have made waves on their respective socials, like Davido, recognize the value of the “How We Do It” artist’s touch. In September 2023, Sean Paul and Davido released a remix to Davido’s tune “Unavailable.”

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The remix is the second time the artists have worked together since they released Davido’s “Dream Girl” song in 2020.

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Sean Paul said he enjoys dropping gems to the younger artists he works with or meets through the industry. The 50-year-old father of two said one piece of advice he gives artists is to “have the base of great music first,” which he said stems from the song’s melody.

“I saw Byron Messia the other day, and I gave him a piece of information, a piece of advice, and the next day posted about it, and he was like, ‘Yo, nobody ever told me that before,’” Sean Paul said of the “Talibans” artist. “I said to him, ‘You know, you have this banger in the airways right now, and it’s an awesome thing. But let me tell you something: keep trying to put dope melodies that people can sing back. Because that’s the awesome thing.’”

“It doesn’t matter about your lyrics,” he added. “I mean, there’s a lot of people in hip hop culture that is like, ‘Yo, it’s the lyrics,’ but those things do not translate as well as melodies do. And so I hope that the younger artists can gravitate more towards melodies.”

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What Are the New Emojis on iOS17? How to See Them All

Published

5 mins ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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iOS17 brings plenty of new features and technologies with it, but many want to learn more about the new emojis that the latest software update has.

Source: Apple

The Gist:

iOS17 is going to come with 118 new emojis, but those emojis have not been rolled out to the software yet.
Among the new emojis are a phoenix, a brown mushroom, a broken chain, and a bunch of new configurations for family and people.
Users are eagerly anticipating the rollout of these new emojis to their software.

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Every new version of Apple’s operating software brings plenty of cool features with it, so much so that regular people actually get excited to update their devices. In addition to all of the new technologies and tools that these updates have, though, many people get most excited for the new emojis that each iOS update may bring.

Fortunately, those hoping for new emojis with iOS17 got quite a few, including some that are brand new and some that are variations on emojis that most people are likely to be familiar with already. All in all, there are supposed to be 118 new emojis coming to iOS17, although they haven’t actually hit the software yet.

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Images of three phones displaying new features from iOS17. — Source: Apple

What are the new emojis on iOS17?

The new emojis were formally confirmed last week, so now it’s up to Apple to get them rolled out.

Among the highlights from the new list of emojis are a head shaking itself up and down and another one shaking its head side to side. Additionally, there will be a new brown mushroom emoji and an emoji of a phoenix that many people are sure to find useful. There will also be a lime and a broken chain.

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Additionally, there will be new gender-neutral family configurations including

Adult, adult child
Adult, child, child
Adult, child
Adult, adult, child, child

There are also some new people emojis coming, including:

Person with white cane facing right

Person walking facing right
The person running facing right
Person kneeling facing right
Person in manual wheelchair facing right
Person in motorized wheelchair facing right

For a full list of the new emojis that are slated to be available on iOS17, you check out this list.

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Apple users are eager to get the new emojis.

Now that iOS17 has rolled out, many users are eager to actually start using the emojis themselves and are wondering when they might become available.

“Are there seriously no new emojis with iOS17?” one person asked, clearly confused by the delayed rollout.

In fact, this new iOS will actually have way more new emojis than the last update did. When iOS16 first rolled out, it only came with 16 new emojis.

Source: Twitter/@daniellaadena

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Of course, it remains to be seen how valuable or frequently used these new emojis will be, but what does seem clear is that new emojis are one of the main reasons that users eagerly anticipate iOS updates.

There are other new features that come with the new software, including NameDrop, Stickers, and Standby Mode.

For many, though, these new technologies pale in comparison with the ability to add a little phoenix to a text or post on social media, and understandably so.

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Woman Was Almost Abducted While Livestreaming at Post Office

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1 hora ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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In a now-viral video, a woman named Courtney shares the shocking moment she was almost abducted while livestreaming at a post office.

By D.M.

Sep. 21 2023, Published 8:55 a.m. ET

A TikTok user found herself in a frightening situation. The user thinks she was almost abducted while livestreaming and got all of it on video. Courtney Dye (@courtkneee2point0) was livestreaming while at a U.S. post office in August when the terrifying ordeal took place.

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In the livestream, which has since been posted in full, Courtney is handling her mail while inside the post office in Broken Arrow, Okla. The clip begins innocently as Courtney is examining her packages before shipping them. Here’s what went down.

Woman thinks she was almost abducted and got it all on video.

Although the video starts off normal, it quickly takes a shocking turn. A woman enters from outside the frame and explains that she was lost and looking for help. “I’m lost but I don’t speak English very good,” the unidentified woman says. “I don’t know where I can go.”

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Courtney attempts to give directions but the woman suggests that she was unsure how to get to her destination from the post office. Courtney then offers to take the woman home and then the encounter gets weird.

The video cuts to Courtney having a conversation with the woman and suggests that the woman contact a highway patrol officer to help her find her way home. Courtney continues to ask the woman where she was coming from but wasn’t able to get additional information. The woman simply repeated “I’m lost.”

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A police officer then entered the building, but it isn’t clear who contacted the authorities. After Courtney recorded the livestream, her followers immediately requested a follow-up video.

Source: TikTok/@courtkneee2point0

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Courtney was unharmed in the potential abduction.

After Courtney posted the video of what she believes was an abduction attempt, her 16,000 TikTok followers demanded she provide an update on her wellbeing. “Please share a part two. The more awareness the better,” one person wrote. While others were thankful that Courtney was livestreaming the incident.

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In the second half of the livestream, which Courtney posted later, the responding police officer escorts the woman out of the post office. It isn’t clear whether the woman was truly lost, but the officer was presumably able to help her get to her destination.

Courtney then explained that she went to the post office after dark to ship out packages for her customers. However, Courtney decided not to finish the task and left the post office out of fear that she was being watched.

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Other attempted abductions have been caught on camera.

Courtney had every right to weary of the lone woman in the post office, as kidnapping attempts have been captured on video in abundance. In January a video showing an man attempting to pull a barista through a Starbucks drive-thru window went viral. The video, shared by the Auburn Police Department, shows a man in a pickup truck grabbing an employee and attempting to place zip ties on her wrists.

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The man was later identified as Matthew Darnell, after he was arrested thanks to tips from viewers, according to Fox 13. Matthew was charged with attempted kidnapping in the second degree with a finding of sexual motivation. He was also charged with assault in the first degree.

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Hobby Lobby Papier Mache Pumpkin Exposed Sensitive Documents

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2 horas ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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A woman’s dog chewed up her Hobby Lobby papier mache pumpkin decoration and inside, she found sensitive documents used to make it.

In what one person is describing as a Hobby Lobby “kinder egg,” one woman shared her surprise discovery in a TikTok after her dog chewed through a papier mache pumpkin decoration. Clara (@cgillum8) shared in a video that after she came home from work to find her pumpkin broken with the insides exposed, she found something totally unexpected.

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Clara shows what’s left of the pumpkin and explains that the inside of it looks like sensitive documents that have no place inside a decoration from a craft store. It appears that wherever this particular Hobby Lobby decor item was manufactured was done so using paper that probably should have been destroyed. And now everyone wants a Hobby Lobby pumpkin of their own.

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A woman’s papier mache pumpkin from Hobby Lobby was made using sensitive documents.

Let’s not make this into a whole thing, OK? As in, let’s not make a Hobby Lobby pumpkin challenge on TikTok, because if you’re anything like me, you already have way too much Halloween and fall decor in your home right now anyway.

But it’s certainly hard not to want to seek out one of these papier mache pumpkins yourself to see if all of them are made in this way. What other paper documents did Hobby Lobby use?

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“I have a trial balance from a special education fund in here and their debt is over $3 million,” Clara says in her video, as she reads off the documents inside of her papier mache pumpkin. “I have account numbers inside of it. Um, I don’t feel like I should have this information. Like, Hobby Lobby, what are you doing here?”

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One comment under the video suggests that a paper shredding company is actually selling pallets of documents to craft stores like Hobby Lobby. And if that’s the case, then that’s a whole other issue on top of sensitive documents being used to create random decor items.

Now, people want to get their hands on a Hobby Lobby pumpkin themselves.

While most of those who commented on Clara’s video are simply shook that she found something so random inside of her papier mache pumpkin, others want pumpkins now too so they can see if there are other documents inside of those.

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“Is this an ad for Hobby Lobby? Because now I want one of those pumpkins,” one TikTok user commented. And, I mean, I get it.

“I’m about to go buy a papier mache pumpkin from Hobby Lobby just to see what I get,” another user commented.

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In a way, this is recycling at its finest, but something tells me Hobby Lobby could have found a better source of material than something that no one other than the documents’ original owners should probably ever see.

But Hobby Lobby may not be the first company to recycle something and use it inside another product. Another person who commented under the video claimed that they once found part of a Lucky Charms box inside a Yahtzee dice cup. Though to be fair, it’s not exactly the same thing.

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All I’m going to say is that if you are really that pressed to get a papier mache pumpkin of your own, you may want to act fast. Because something tells me these are about to fly off the shelves, either from customers, or employees under direction to do so.