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Kobe Bryant Saw His Greatness Mirrored in Gianna

The N.B.A. on Thursday is scheduled to announce the players chosen by Eastern and Western Conference coaches as All-Star Game reserves. On the internal calendar I keep, this is traditionally the ideal time to unveil my unofficial All-Star selections.

That won’t be happening this time.

In the wake of the horrific helicopter crash on Sunday that killed the legendary Kobe Bryant and eight others aboard, normal operations have been pretty much suspended for anyone who has anything to do with the N.B.A.

Bryant’s worldwide stature is obviously a huge part of that. He was one of the giants of this game, an immense figure globally, revered by the overwhelming majority of current N.B.A. players — and incomprehensibly struck down at the age of 41. Grief like this will not fade quickly.

It is doubly true in this case because Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was on that helicopter with him.

Beloved by members of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball program, which she dreamed of joining someday, Gianna received a moving tribute from the team on Monday when it placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench for an exhibition game against the United States national team.

“Mambacita is forever a Husky,” the school posted on Twitter, referring to the nickname that Kobe Bryant, the self-styled “Black Mamba,” had given the second-born of his four daughters.

Also on board were two of Gianna’s teammates from the AAU squad coached by her father: Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester. The lives of three teenage girls with so much to look forward were taken in the crash, along with those of Bryant; Alyssa’s parents, John and Keri; Payton’s mother, Sarah; Kobe’s assistant coach, Christina Mauser; and Ara Zobayan, who piloted the helicopter.

The list gets sadder every time it is recited.

Kobe Bryant was 17 when I met him, then freshly acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers. On Monday, I wrote about how he was convinced, from the first minute of his pro career, that he was bound for the Hall of Fame.

Bryant was equally convinced that Gianna was likewise destined for greatness. She was his ever-present companion at countless games in recent years — to watch her W.N.B.A. heroes, or the Huskies, or maybe on a special trip to see her favorite N.B.A. player: Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks.

Perhaps by now you have seen the clip of Kobe from his visit to the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show in 2018, telling the world that Gianna bristled any time she heard a fan suggest to her father that he and his wife, Vanessa Bryant, needed to have a boy to uphold Kobe’s legacy.

“She’s like, ‘Oy, I got this,’” Bryant said of Gianna, then 12.

The last time I saw Kobe, on Dec. 29 at Staples Center, he had never looked more joyful. Wearing a bright orange hoodie and a green ski cap to rep his hometown Philadelphia Eagles, Bryant was sitting courtside beside Gianna as they watched — make that studied — the Lakers’ LeBron James and Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks going head-to-head.

Also in the building that night was God Shammgod, whose extraordinary dribbling ability made him a New York playground legend. Despite the briefest of N.B.A. playing careers, Shammgod has landed on the Mavericks’ staff as a player development coach — yet he remains so revered for his ball handling that, even in a coaching role, he has his own Puma signature shoe.

Days after that Lakers/Mavericks game, never realizing the sorrow that was looming, Shammgod told me some moving stories of his workouts with father and daughter — how he had the extraordinary opportunity to coach them both.

“I knew him when he wasn’t this Kobe,” Shammgod said. “He knew me when there was no Shammgod moves.”

In their high school days, Shammgod — then known as Shammgod Wells — wound up at an ABCD youth camp with Bryant in New Jersey. Kobe had spent some of his formative years in Italy, where his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, was playing professionally, but Shammgod said Kobe’s fellow campers knew only that he had mostly played abroad somewhere.

“The boy from France,” Shammgod said. “That’s what we called him. After the first game, guys were saying, ‘Who’s this guy who actually thinks he’s Michael Jordan?’ He’s walking like Jordan, he’s doing every Jordan move, shooting all the balls.”

Bryant was clearly a special talent, but his ball handling was a weakness. Joe Bryant had noticed Shammgod’s slick handles and asked the 16-year-old if he could help Jellybean’s 15-year-old son.

Shammgod told the elder Bryant that he would be happy to work out with Kobe — at 6 the next morning. “I was thinking, ‘He’s not going to show,’” Shammgod said. “I get there and he’s already there.”

A bond was forged, and the two remained close. The friendship endured even as Bryant rose to stardom and his dribbling mentor was forced to scour the globe for jobs (in Poland, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Croatia) after an N.B.A. career that lasted just 20 games with the Washington Wizards in 1997-98.

During the All-Star break last February, Shammgod received an urgent summons from Bryant to Southern California. Kobe was now coaching Gianna’s travel team and wanted to introduce her and the rest of the squad to the move known in hoop parlance as “The Shammgod” — which requires the dribbler to bring the ball to the side with one hand to get the defender off balance, then snatch it back with the opposite hand to execute a crossover dribble. Oklahoma City’s Chris Paul and the Nets’ Kyrie Irving are two of the most accomplished modern practitioners.

Shammgod spent two days at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

“When I say that’s all he wanted to do is dribbling, that’s all he wanted to do,” Shammgod said. “From 10 to 12 in the morning, then from 2 to 4. These girls were dribbling four hours straight without shooting the basketball.”

One-on-one tutorials with Gianna would soon follow. Shammgod said they had worked out about a dozen times over the past year. Kobe wanted to fly him in more often, but Shammgod said he had to remind him occasionally, “I work for the Mavs and I can’t leave.”

When the trio huddled at that Dec. 29 game at Staples, Gianna excitedly told the story of how she “did the Shammgod on this girl” in a recent game.

“She was so locked in,” Shammgod said. “Her mind-set was just like his mind-set.”

That was evident in a 2019 glimpse of Gianna on camera with the Las Vegas CBS affiliate during a trip to watch that season’s opener for the W.N.B.A.’s Las Vegas Aces. Explaining her fascination with film study, Gigi could not have sounded much more like her father when she said, “More information, more inspiration.”

Those of us who were there for the start of the Kobe Bean Bryant experience and watched him grow up can’t help but flash back to those early days now. Even though the journalism handbook says we’re supposed to be detached and unemotional — even at times like this — Bryant’s sudden death has been a gut punch for many scribes like me who covered him closely over the past two decades.

What messes me up most, though, is when I start thinking about Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, her two teammates on that chopper and the shattered families that have to try to move on without them.

Gianna, Alyssa and Payton — gone at an age just a few years younger than Kobe was upon his league-shaking arrival in the N.B.A. So, so unspeakably cruel.

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In tribute to Kobe Bryant and his second of two jersey numbers, we present a 24-item assemblage of standout statistics from his career with the Lakers.

Bryant was the youngest player in N.B.A. history when he made his regular-season debut for the Lakers on Nov. 3, 1996, at 18 years and 72 days old. A future teammate with the Lakers, Andrew Bynum, eventually became the youngest player in league history at 18 years and six days old when he made his debut in 2005.

Only four players — all big men — made the jump directly from high school to the pros before Bryant and Portland’s Jermaine O’Neal were selected in the 1996 N.B.A. draft. Those four predecessors: Moses Malone, Darryl Dawkins, Bill Willoughby and Kevin Garnett. Shawn Kemp sat out a year after graduating high school in 1988 before he was drafted in 1989 by Seattle.

1,346

Both of the Lakers’ rookies selected in the first round of the 1996 N.B.A. draft — Bryant (1,346) and Derek Fisher (915) — rank in the top five in club history in games played.

Bryant started only seven games in his first two N.B.A. seasons.

Bryant’s four air balls in a 1997 playoff game in Utah — one at the regulation buzzer and three in overtime — came against the same Jazz franchise he riddled for 60 points in his final N.B.A. game on April 13, 2016.

The Lakers’ championships in three consecutive seasons — 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02 — represent the league’s only three-peat this century. The Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls had three-peats twice in the 1990s (1990-91 through 1992-93 and 1995-96 through 1997-98).

38.3

A conversion rate of 38.3 percent in 2002-03 marked Bryant’s most successful season from the 3-point line.

35.4

Bryant’s highest single-season scoring average was 35.4 points per game in 2005-2006, the Lakers’ second season after trading away Shaquille O’Neal.

16,866

Bryant scored 16,866 points and won three of his five championships wearing No. 8 through his first 10 seasons.

16,777

He scored 16,777 points and won two championships wearing No. 24 over the final 10 seasons of his career.

Bryant’s 20 consecutive seasons with the Lakers left him one shy of the N.B.A. record for playing with only one team: Dirk Nowitzki’s 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks.

No other Laker played more than 14 seasons (Jerry West and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).

Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006.

Bryant’s eruption against the Raptors, the second-highest scoring output in league history behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in 1962, came just 33 days after Kobe scored 62 points in three quarters against the Dallas Mavericks.

220

Bryant appeared in 220 career playoff games, which equates to more than two and half seasons of extra wear and tear.

The Lakers missed the playoffs in each of Bryant’s last four seasons.

35.6

Bryant averaged just 35.6 games played over his final three seasons following his torn left Achilles’ tendon in April 2013.

The 60 points Bryant scored in his farewell outing beat the previous record for an N.B.A. player in his last official season by 11 points. Boston’s Larry Bird scored 49 points on March 15, 1992.

Bryant is the only player in league history to have two jersey numbers (No. 8 and No. 24) retired by one franchise.

Bryant’s 18 N.B.A. All-Star appearances are one shy of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record 19.

Bryant was voted in by fans as an All-Star starter in his third season with the Lakers and in each of the subsequent 17 seasons.

$328,238,062

The value of Bryant’s contracts over 20 seasons with the Lakers, according to Basketball Reference, was nearly $330 million.

Bryant and LeBron James never met in a playoff game. James has made nine trips to the N.B.A. finals, winning three titles.

5-2

Bryant posted a career record of 5-2 in the N.B.A. finals, winning five championships in seven appearances.

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Skin, Dwarf Fortress & Arkham Knight

Welcome back and hello to the new listeners, we hope everyone is having fun and taking care of themselves. So, this week we find out that there is a new electronic skin developed from the National University of Singapore. We discussed how it can be applied in the real world, trust me this will make you laugh, the possibilities are endless. Although we really like the idea of a window for submarines with a heads up display, that would be cool. Next up we look at an indie game called Dwarf Fortress from two brothers and how their model might rival the triple A game studios. This is a game that embraces the gaming community and encourages players to develop extra content and share it online. Lastly, we look at the transition of a video game character now appearing in DC Comics known as the Arkham Knight. This not the first time that has happened as Marvel has done it before but obviously DC will do it better. As usual we have the regular list of shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and events of interest. As usual we have a lot of fun bringing you this latest episode of mayhem, so settle in with a cup of earl grey hot and a biscuit while we bring you some of the news this week in Nerd pop culture. Remember, take care of each other and stay hydrated.

EPISODE NOTES:

Electronic Skin - https://www.futurity.org/electronic-skin-self-healing-jellyfish-2023282/

Dwarf Fortress - https://www.patreon.com/posts/25343688

Arkham Knight is officially canon - https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/02/arkham-knight-is-now-officially-batman-canon/

Games currently playing

– Apex legends - https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends

Buck

– Deceit - https://store.steampowered.com/app/466240/Deceit/

Professor

- https://store.steampowered.com/app/611500/Quake_Champions/

Other topics discussed

Tilapia Fish

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

Smart spray

- https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/570603/Revolutionary-spray-oxygen-heals-serious-wounds

What to do when you have a wet iPhone

- https://drfone.wondershare.com/iphone-problems/how-to-fix-a-wet-iphone-that-fell-in-water.html

Waterproof iPhone prank

- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10330414/iOS-7-users-destroy-iPhones-after-fake-waterproof-advert.html

iPhone microwave prank

- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768976/Emergency-services-forced-step-iPhone-users-fall-internet-prank-explains-use-microwave-charge-phone.html

Woman microwaves cat

- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-15856146

Borderlands 3 is an Epic Games Store exclusive

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2019/04/03/borderlands-3-is-an-epic-games-store-exclusive-and-there-is-no-god/#b866c396f216

More info on Dwarf Fortress

- Bay12games patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/bay12games

- Dwarf Fortress official website - http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Linux turns 25

- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/on-linuxs-25th-anniversary-development-has-gone-corporate/

Warhorse Studios being bought by THQ Nordic

- https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/02/kingdom-come-deliverance-developer-warhorse-studios-acquired-by-thq-nordic/76857/

‘Marvel’s Spiderman’ now a comic book series

- https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-s-spider-man-swings-into-the-pages-of-marvel-comics

New Apex legends patch

- https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1109391/Apex-Legends-update-Xbox-One-PS4-patch-notes-level-reset

Starter Packs - CS: GO Russian

- https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1094440-starter-packs

CS: GO Danger Zone Blacksite

- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/11/csgo-danger-zone-blacksite-map-best-locations-where-to-land-best-loot-2/

Woman arrested in Mar-a-Lago

- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/mar-a-lago-zhang-chinese-secret-service.html

Cannonball (Marvel Comics)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_(comics)

Rudy Giuliani (New York Mayor)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani

Charlemagne (death metal band)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_By_the_Sword_and_the_Cross

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_The_Omens_of_Death

Cold Mountain (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Mountain_(film)

Facebook plaintext passwords

- https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/21/facebook-plaintext-passwords/

Shoutouts

1 Apr 1918 - Founding of the Royal Air Force - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Air_Force

2 Apr 1877 – Flash! Bang! It's the Human Cannonball! An excited crowd looked up in astonishment and wonder when, in 1877, the first human cannonball flew above their heads. - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/flash-bang-its-the-human-cannonball

2 Apr 1992 - Mafia boss John Gotti is found guilty of 5 murders (Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), plus conspiracy to murder, loan sharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion - https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1992/april

7 Apr 2019 – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat 6A communications satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, from Kennedy Space Center. The satellite will deliver television, internet and mobile phone services to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Arabsat-6A is part of the two-satellite Arabsat-6G program for Arabsat. - https://i.redd.it/4rx4y9a6cwp21.png

Remembrances

2 Apr 1872 – Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. He died of pneumonia at 80 in No. 5 West 22nd Street, New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse

2 Apr 2005 – Pope John Paul II, was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005. He was one of the most traveled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 and canonized 483 people, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. A key goal of John Paul's papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was "to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada". He died of congestive heart failure at 84 in Apostolic Palace, Vatican City - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-john-paul-ii-dies

4 Apr 2007 - Karen Spärck Jones, was a British computer scientist who was responsible for the concept of inverse document frequency, a technology that underlies most modern search engines. In 2019, The New York Times published her belated obituary in its series Overlooked, calling her "a pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field. She died of cancer at 71 in Willingham, Cambridgeshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Sp%C3%A4rck_Jones

Famous birthdays

1 Apr 1875 – Edgar Wallace, one of the world’s most prolific authors. His theme was usually crime and mystery, but he also created King Kong. Born in Greenwich, Kent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace

2 Apr 742 – Charlemagne, he united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire and spurred the Carolingian Renaissance. Sometimes called the 'Father of Europe'. Born in Frankish Kingdom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne

4 Apr 1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director. After performing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Casanova (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. His performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight has been hailed as one of the greatest performances in cinema history. Born in Perth, Western Australia -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger

Events of interest

2 Apr 1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California - https://blog.timesunion.com/movies/first-movie-theater-opened-111-years-ago-today/9440/

2 Apr 1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity" - https://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1921/april_2_1921_81446.html

2 Apr 1968 - "2001 A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)

Intro

Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ

Email - [email protected]

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Foxy Brown - Big Bad Mama (Edited) ft. Dru Hill

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1978), better known by her stage name Foxy Brown, is an American rapper, model, and actress. She is best known for her solo work, as well as numerous collaborations with other artists and her brief stint as part of hip hop group The Firm. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, her father Winston Marchand abandoned the family at a young age to pursue his career at ERAC records. Her albums include Ill Na Na in 1996, followed by Chyna Doll in 1999, and Broken Silence in 2001. She also performed on the 1997 self-titled album by the Firm, the only album to be released by that group to date. She has held an extensive arrest record and served some time in jail.

After 2001, she continued recording verses for herself and other artists but did not release any albums; she left the Def Jam label in 2003, thus canceling the release of her Ill Na Na 2 album. However, she returned to the label in January 2005 after then-Def Jam president and CEO Jay-Z signed her back to begin work on her new album Black Roses. In December 2005, she began suffering from hearing loss, which put her career on hiatus until the next summer, a few months after surgery. A fourth studio album, which originally was a mixtape, was released in May 2008 following many delays spawned by a jail sentence that Brown served for assault.

Music career

Early career (1994–97): Ill Na Na, The Firm

While still a teenager, Brown won a talent contest in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Members of the production team Trackmasters who were working on LL Cool J's Mr. Smith album were in attendance that night and were impressed enough to invite Brown to rap over “I Shot Ya.” She followed this debut with appearances on several RIAA platinum and gold singles from other artists, including remixes of songs “You’re Makin’ Me High” by Toni Braxton. Brown was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film The Nutty Professor, on the songs “Touch Me Tease Me” by Case and “Ain’t No Nigga” by Jay-Z. The immediate success led to a label bidding war at the beginning of 1996, and in March, Def Jam Records won and added the then 17-year-old rapper to their roster. In 1996, Foxy Brown, Lil’ Kim, Da Brat, and Total got together for the recording of Bad Boy’s remix of “No One Else”. This was the only track that Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown appeared on together, the two were friends at the time.

In 1996, Brown released her debut album Ill Na Na to mixed reviews but strong sales. The album sold over 109,000 copies in the first week, and debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 album charts. The album was heavily produced by Trackmasters, and featured guest appearances from Jay-Z, Blackstreet, Method Man, and Kid Capri. The album went on to go platinum and launched two hit singles: “Get Me Home” (featuring Blackstreet) and “I’ll Be” (featuring Jay-Z).

Following the release of Ill Na Na, Brown joined fellow New York-based hip hop artists, Nas, AZ, and Nature to form the supergroup known as The Firm. The album was released via Aftermath Records and was produced and recorded by the collective team of Dr. Dre, The Trackmasters, and Steve “Commissioner” Stout of Violator Entertainment. An early form of The Firm appeared on “Affirmative Action”, from Nas’ second album, It Was Written. A remix of the song, and several group freestyles were in the album,Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album. The album entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #1 and sold over half a million records and is RIAA certified gold.

In March 1997, she joined the spring break festivities hosted by MTV in Panama City, Florida, among other performers including rapper Snoop Dogg, pop group The Spice Girls, and rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Later, she joined the Smokin’ Grooves tour hosted by the House of Blues with the headlining rap group Cypress Hill, along with other performers like Erykah Badu, The Roots, OutKast, and The Pharcyde, the tour set to begin in Boston, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1997. However, after missing several dates in the tour, she left it.

1998–99: Chyna Doll

Chyna Doll was released in January 1999. It sold 173,000 copies in its opening week. However, its sales quickly declined in later weeks. The album’s lead single, “Hot Spot”, failed to enter the top 50 of the Billboard pop charts, as did the follow-up single, “I Can’t” (featuring Total). Chyna Doll has been certified platinum after surpassing one million copies in shipments.

In early 1999, Brown stated on The Ricki Lake Show that she would appear in the 2000 action film Charlie’s Angels. The role, however, was ultimately recast after Brown’s legal troubles; actress Lucy Liu took Brown’s place.

2000–03: Broken Silence and Ill Na Na 2: The Fever

In 2001, Brown released Broken Silence. The single “BK Anthem” showcased Brown changing to a “street” image and giving a tribute to her hometown, Brooklyn, and to famous rappers such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay Z. The first single from the album was “Oh Yeah”, which featured her then-boyfriend, Jamaican dancehall artist Spragga Benz. The track “Na Na Be Like” was produced by Kenya Fame Flames Miller and Nokio from Dru Hill. “Na Na Be Like” was also on the Blue Streak Soundtrack.

The album debuted on the Billboard Charts at #5, selling 130,000 units its first week. Like previous albums, Broken Silence also sold over 500,000 records and was certified gold by the RIAA.

In the same year, Brown recorded a song for the action-comedy film Rush Hour 2, Blow My Whistle, which is a collaboration with Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, and was written by Utada herself alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. The song is included on Def Jam's Rush Hour 2 Soundtrack, which peaked the 11th spot on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and also the 1st on the Top Soundtracks. “Blow My Whistle” was produced by The Neptunes.

In 2002, Brown returned to the music scene briefly with her single “Stylin’”, whose remix featured rappers Birdman, her brother Gavin, Loon, and N.O.R.E. It was to be the first single from her upcoming album Ill Na Na 2: The Fever. The next year, she was featured on DJ Kayslay’s single “Too Much for Me” from his Street Sweeper’s Volume One Mixtape. She also appeared on Luther Vandross’ final studio album Dance with My Father. That April, Brown appeared on popular New York radio DJ Wendy Williams’ radio show, and revealed the details of her relationships with Lyor Cohen, president of Def Jam Recordings at the time, and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. Brown accused both of illegally trading her recording masters. She also announced that Cohen shelved her long-awaited fourth albumIll Na Na 2: The Fever over personal disagreements. Therefore, “Stylin’” was released on the compilation album The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits Vol. 6 in December 2002.

2004–05: Black Roses

Black Roses is the fourth studio album from American hip-hop artist Foxy Brown. The album was at first slated to be released sometime in July 2005 but was delayed due to sampling problems and lack of promotion from her former label, Def Jam Records. In an interview with Billboard.com on February 24, 2011, Foxy stated the album was back on track and she wanted to release it between August and September 2011, however due to no material being released on the planned dates, yet again the album was delayed.

Upon leaving Def Jam Records after her disappointment in the canceled release of her studio album, Ill Na Na 2: The Fever, Brown began recording in late 2004. Months after, she reunited with Jay Z after performing dates on his Best of Both World Tours. After signing back to Def Jam Records under his regime, Brown and Jay Z began work on Black Roses with production by The Neptunes, Kanye West, Timbaland, Trackmasters, and Dave Kelly. Brown confirmed guest appearances by Barrington Levy, Dido, Luther Vandross, Mos Def, Baby Cham, Spragga Benz, Shyne, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, Roxanne Shante, and Jay Z although it is uncertain whether all will make the final cut for the album.

After suffering from a hearing loss and pushing back release dates for the album, Brown left Def Jam Records for the second time and launched an independent record label, Black Rose Entertainment, in a distribution deal with Koch Records. According to Brown, two albums worth of material had been recorded between 2004 and 2007 and she planned to release some of the material onto the street album, Brooklyn’s Don Diva.

In November 2004, Brown announced that the title for her upcoming album would be Black Roses, explaining, “My best friend Barrington Levy has a song called “Black Roses.” He’s been traveling all over the world and never seen a black rose in no other garden. When he found his black rose, he knew that shit was special. Y'all niggas can have all the female rappers in the world, but there’s only one black rose. I feel that’s me.“

In November 2004, Brown announced that she would be the first artist signed to Jay-Z’s upcoming imprint record label S. Carter Records. Rather than launching the imprint, though, Jay-Z became the new president and CEO of Def Jam Records, where he signed Brown as one of the first artists on his new roster.

On December 8, 2005, Brown announced she had experienced severe and sudden sensorineural hearing loss in both ears and she had not heard another person’s voice in six months. Brown put Black Roses aside during this time.

In June 2006, Brown said her hearing had been restored through surgery and she was planning to resume recording. Her label did not set a release date, but hoped the album would be out by the end of 2006. They were unsure if the title Black Roses would be kept.

In November 2006, there was speculation that Jay-Z was disappointed in Foxy Brown’s "lack of productivity on the album” and was planning to drop her from the Def Jam label. The planned December 2006 release of Black Roses was cancelled.

On May 22, 2007, Black Hand Entertainment announced a management deal with Brown, with Chaz Williams as her manager. No release date was set for Black Roses, but Brown said the album was nearly complete. A release date of September 6, 2007, was announced two days later.

On August 16, 2007, Black Hand Entertainment announced that Brown would leave Def Jam Records to launch an independent record label, Black Rose Entertainment, distributed by Koch Records. A street album, Brooklyn Don Diva, was scheduled with a release date of December 4, 2007, but was delayed until May 13, 2008.

Black Roses release has been pushed back several times. In May 2005, the release date was set for July 26, 2005. The next month, it was pushed back to August 23, 2005. In July 2006, Black Roses had a December 2006 release. In May 2007, Brown announced the album would be released on September 6, 2007. As of August 2007, Black Roses was rumored to be set for a 2008 release date, but nothing was further confirmed. Brown was expected to first release the street album Brooklyn’s Don Diva on May 13, 2008, following her April 2008 release from prison. In an interview with Billboard.com, Foxy stated that the album is back on track and she personally wants in to drop in August or September 2011, however due to no material being released on the planned dates, yet again the album was shelved.

2007–08: Brooklyn’s Don Diva

Brown signed to Koch Records in August 2007. Brooklyn’s Don Diva, was released as a street album on May 13, 2008, after many delays triggered by her prison sentence. It contains two previously unreleased from her shelved album Ill Na Na 2: The Fever. The album peaked at #83 on the Billboard 200 chart, #8 on the Independent Albums chart, and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

2012–present: fourth studio album

On August 14, 2012, Foxy Brown appeared as a special featured guest on Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday Tour in New York City. Rapper AZ hinted that she is working on new material with Nicki Minaj. On August 15, 2013, Foxy Brown appeared on MTV Rapfix and announced her fourth studio album tentatively titled “Bandz Up” and a single of the same name, produced by Joe Milly, which was set to be released December 24, 2013, but was not released for unknown reasons.

Personal life

She is of mixed Afro-Trinidadian, Indo-Trinidadian and Chinese Trinidadian descent. Around 2001, she was engaged to Spragga Benz. Brown suffered hearing loss from May 2005 to June 2006. During that time, she opted not to wear a hearing aid, and she had someone tap beats on her shoulder while she recorded music.

Legal troubles

Assault on hotel workers

On January 25, 1997, Brown spat on two hotel workers in Raleigh, North Carolina when they told her they did not have an iron available. When she missed a court appearance, an arrest warrant was issued and she finally turned herself in on April 30, 1997. She eventually received a 30-day suspended sentence and was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.

Obscene language on stage

On July 3, 1999, Brown was escorted off the stage by police at a concert in Trinidad and Tobago for using obscene language, but was neither charged nor arrested. In 2000, she announced she was suffering from depression and entered rehab at Cornell University Medical College for an addiction to prescription painkillers, in particular, morphine, at one point stating that she could not perform or make records unless she was on the drug.

Car crash; driving without a license

On March 6, 2000, Brown was arrested for driving without a license after crashing her Range Rover in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Confrontation with police at Jamaica airport

Police threatened Brown with arrest following an altercation at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica from July 26, 2002; she would be arrested if she ever returned to the country. Nicola White, clerk of the Kingston Criminal Court, told the New York Post that Brown illegally evaded a body search at the airport and punched a policewoman in the stomach. Brown’s publicist, Marvette Britto, argued that Brown felt that she was being “detained” at the airport. Originally, a hearing for Brown was scheduled for July 28, 2002, but Brown failed to show up. Thus, in late December 2002, an arrest warrant was set up for Brown skipping the hearing.

Amidst her legal troubles, Brown had an on-air argument with radio host Egypt on New York City radio station WWPR-FM (“Power 105.1”).

Assaulting store employee; BlackBerry incident; other 2007 altercations

In March 2007, Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting a beauty supply store employee. Her other arrests during 2007 included leaving New York state without permission during probation, hitting a neighbor with a BlackBerry, and almost running over a stroller with a baby inside. The New York Times reported that Brown moved from Brooklyn to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, without informing officials, but Brown’s lawyer Alan Stutman stated that Brown’s mother owned the Englewood Cliffs residence in question.

Assault on two manicurists; jail time

On August 29, 2004, Brown attacked two manicurists in Chelsea, Manhattan, during a dispute over a $20 bill that she refused to pay, and in April 2005 pleaded not guilty to assault charges and entered three years of probation effective October 2006. For that incident, she would also take anger management classes. Female rapper Jacki-O, in April 2005, alleged that she and Brown got into a physical altercation at a recording studio in Miami, Florida, saying that Brown came into the studio during her session and expected her (Jackie O) to “bow down” to her. The next month, Brown denied any such altercation in an interview with the Miami, Florida, hip-hop radio station WEDR. Joseph Tacopina, Brown’s attorney, stated on December 6, 2005, that he could no longer communicate with Foxy Brown verbally due to her sudden hearing loss. Judge Melissa Jackson suspended Brown’s assault case for two weeks.

On September 7, 2007, New York Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson sentenced Foxy Brown to one year in jail for violating her probation that stemmed from the 2004 fight with two manicurists in a New York City nail salon. No mention was made during the trial by anyone about Brown expecting a baby. On September 12, 2007, her representatives stated the rapper was not pregnant in response to claims by her lawyer that she was. On October 23, 2007, Brown was given 76 days in solitary confinement due to a physical altercation that took place on October 3, 2007, with another prisoner. According to the prison authorities, Brown, the next day after the incident, was also verbally abusive toward correction officers and refused to take a random drug test. Prison authorities reported on November 27 that she was released “from solitary confinement…for good behavior”, and Brown was finally released from prison on April 18, 2008.

Violation of order of protection

On July 22, 2010, Brown was arrested and charged with one count of criminal contempt, which is a class E felony (the least severe), for violating an order of protection. The charge stems from an incident during the evening of July 21, 2010, in which it was claimed that Brown swore at and then mooned her neighbor Arlene Raymond, at whom she had thrown her BlackBerry, in 2007. Following the BlackBerry incident, Raymond sought and received a restraining order against Brown.

Following her arrest, Brown appeared in court where she pleaded “not guilty” to the charge and was released on a $5,000 bail. If convicted, she faced up to seven years’ imprisonment. On July 12, 2011, the charges were dropped.

Feuds

Lil’ Kim

Once high school friends, Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown originally remained close despite becoming associates of clashing hip-hop groups Junior M.A.F.I.A. and The Firm, respectively. In 1995, they collaborated with Da Brat for the remix of “No One Else” by Total. The following year, they were featured in the Hot 97 NY Fashion Show, and additionally appeared on the covers of Source and Vibe. However, their first dispute developed after both of their debut studio albums were scheduled for release a week apart in November 1996. Media outlets additionally noted similarities between the sleeve covers of Kim's Hard Core and Brown's Ill Na Na, where the two were shown wearing the same outfit. In 1997, the feud led to the deterioration of their friendship, and also resulted in the cancellation of a collaborative album Thelma & Louise. Brown noted that the breakdown of their relationship was influenced by their conflicting entourages. They first attempted a reconciliation in 1998 after Kim called Brown and her mother after the two were held at gunpoint during a house burglary.

In January 1999, critics noted the track “My Life” from Brown’s second studio effort Chyna Doll for being an “open appeal” to Brown’s friendship with Lil’ Kim, in which she cited the relationship being “lost for pride”, but also contradicted herself after making attacks on “pointed mistresses”. Critics indicated the records were in subtle use to diss Lil’ Kim, especially since during this time, Brown had been supporting Kim’s rival Faith Evans in multiple interviews. In February 1999, a significant part of the media took note of Brown “suddenly sound[ing] ‘exactly’ like Lil’ Kim”. In late May 1999, Lil Cease’s “Play Around”, featuring Lil’ Kim and Diddy, was released to radio airwaves and was set to be featured on Cease’s debut The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo. In the song, after Kim’s guest rap, Diddy recites: “Stop trying to sound like her too bitches”; a subliminal diss aimed at Foxy. The line spurred enough controversy that various media sources went on to remark: “It’s finally coming out. Foxy Brown bites worse than a pit bull.” Additionally, Kim’s guest appearance on Mobb Deep’s “Quiet Storm (Remix)” which often referred as one of the best female rap verses of all time and her second album’s title track, “The Notorious K.I.M.”, were released as diss records to Foxy Brown. Angered by Kim’s response, Brown collaborated with longtime associates Capone-N-Noreaga on the track, “Bang, Bang.” In the track, Brown mimicked Kim’s interpolation of MC Lyte’s “10% Dis”, and went on to recite: “You and Diddy y'all kill me with that subliminal shit.” Towards the ending of her verse, Brown attacked Kim’s grieving for the loss of Biggie Smalls by remarking: “Let the nigga [Biggie] rest in peace, and hop off his dick, bitch do you.”

On February 26, 2001, at 3 p.m., when Lil’ Kim had left New York radio station Hot 97, a shooting broke out; over twenty shots were fired between two groups of three men. One of the men in the groups was Capone, one-half member of Capone-N-Noreaga, who was entering the Hot 97 building in promotion of interviewer DJ Clue’s new album, The Professional 2, which happened to have also featured Kim. An affiliate, Efrain Ocasio, from Capone’s entourage was shot in the back; both parties from Kim and Capone denied any involvement in the shooting. However, a motive behind the shooting was later determined; detectives informed The New York Daily News that it was a result of the verses Foxy Brown recited in “Bang, Bang.”

Shaken up by the incident, Brown tried to reach out to Kim in hopes of settling a truce. Brown stated, “I really don’t know how it started. But Russell [Simmons] and I, we got together, and I said, ‘Russell, I want to call a truce.’ I want to have a sit-down with Kim. I don’t care what it is. Let’s just end it. We can even do a collaboration. We’re bigger than this. If it has to start with me, let it start with me.” Brown even extended an olive branch to Kim’s camp, however Kim had cut all ties with Diddy and Bad Boy associates and wanted no communication with Brown whatsoever. On July 6, 2005, Kim was sentenced to prison for three counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy.

During the 4-year span leading up to Kim’s sentencing, Brown and Kim began to exchange subtle diss records towards each other, among them included Kim's La Bella Mafia, “Quiet”, and “Guess Who’s Back”; and in turn, Brown's Ill Na Na 2: The Fever and various mixtape freestyles. In the midst of the diss records, Brown was interviewed by Doug Banks in 2003 to disclose any further details pertaining to her dispute with Kim. Brown claimed that Kim was allegedly jealous that Biggie was to include Brown in his Junior M.A.F.I.A. collective. Brown also added that a tell-all book disclosing the feud would be released on Christmas of 2003. In her final regards to the dispute, Brown stated: “Kim is the only female artist that keeps me on my toes. She’s the only one that I can look at; and any other artist that says they don’t have that one person that keeps them driven… is lying.”

Following her release from prison, Lil’ Kim no longer acknowledged Foxy Brown . Brown, on the other hand, has consistently targeted Kim as a prime basis in her music and concert venues since Kim’s prison release.

On May 17, 2012, Kim attended an interview with radio show, The Breakfast Club. When asked about whether or not she had spoken to Brown at all in recent years, Kim replied: “I don’t know her. And when I say that; I don’t know who she is to these days. I wouldn’t even know what her voice sounds like.”

Queen Latifah

A beef between Foxy Brown and Queen Latifah ensued in mid-1996, when media reports indicated that Brown was a prime target in Latifah’s diss record “Name Callin’”, which was featured in the movie soundtrack Set It Off. In response, Brown made allegations of Latifah “checking her out” at musical events and had even gone further to question Latifah’s sexuality in various public radio interviews. In 1998, Brown released a diss record titled “10% Dis”, where she continually questioned Latifah’s sexuality and accused her of being jealous.

By late spring of 1998, Latifah responded to Brown through another diss record titled, “Name Callin’ Part II.” In the record, Latifah disses Brown about her heavy reliance on sex-appeal, in which she implies that Brown has to rely on skimpy outfits to hide her “half-assed flow.” Foxy Brown retaliated back via a response-diss record titled “Talk to Me”, in which Brown made fun of the ratings of Latifah’s television talk show and went on to make various homophobic remarks to both Latifah and then–newcomer Queen Pen.

In 2000, both Brown and Latifah reconciled and squashed the beef; to show truce, Brown performed her song “Na Na Be Like” on The Queen Latifah Show.

Queen Pen

In 1998, a dispute between Foxy Brown and then-newcomer Queen Pen developed over Pen’s controversial lesbian-themed single, “Girlfriend.” Brown, who took offense of the song’s subject, spewed homophobic remarks to both Pen and former rival Queen Latifah via her diss record, “10% Dis.” In response, Pen had reportedly stepped to Brown barefoot in the lobby of Nevada’s Reno Hilton during the Impact Music Convention and tried to slap and chase her down an elevator. The fight would later be broken up by Brown’s associates Noreaga and Cam'ron, resulting in a subjugation of the altercation. However, when Foxy Brown was accompanied by ex-lover Kurupt, Queen Pen coincidentally bumped into her again; the conflict was yet again subdued before any further physical contact could continue.

In late 1998, Brown would release another diss track titled “Talk to Me”, which contained more homophobic remarks to Pen and Latifah. In 2001, Pen subliminally responded to the diss track via her record “I Got Cha”, in which Pen rechristened Brown as a “bum bitch”, and later went on to make remarks about her being funny and fake “like a drag queen.” Although Pen insisted the song was not about Brown, she hinted: “…You make a record about me, I make a record about you. Sooner or later I’m going to have to punch you in your face.” Shortly after the track’s release, the feud began to die down and by August 2006, both Pen and Brown reconciled and squashed the beef during an attendance at Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit.

Kurupt

A dispute between Foxy Brown and her ex-fiancé Kurupt embroiled in 1999, when an alleged affair between Brown and a married DMX occurred during the pair’s recording of “Dog & a Fox” from Brown’s second set, Chyna Doll (1999). Although both Brown and DMX dismissed the allegation as false, Kurupt released a diss track titled, “Callin’ Out Names”, which targeted the pair. On October 17, 1999, a shooting outside the Los Angeles studio of Kurupt and associate Daz Dillinger resulted in the murder of 23-year-old security guard, Dwayne “Draws” Dupree. DMX, who was a suspect in the slaying, denied any involvement, and felt “sympathetic” towards the incident. The homicidal occurrence left a strain on Kurupt’s and Brown’s relationship, and in 2000 it was officially announced that the couple separated. In 2003, Foxy Brown blamed Eve for the reasoning behind the couple’s break-up. That same year, Brown dissed Kurupt for making the break-up public for media attention, citing Kurupt’s actions as “bitch shit”, adding “This is who I was waking up to every morning? […] I never really understood how a man could disclose his relationship.”

Eve

In 1999, a dispute between Foxy Brown and Ruff Ryders recording artist Eve began to build up in the midst of Brown’s alleged affair with Eve’s former mentor DMX. Additional tensions surfaced when Eve “subliminally” dissed Foxy Brown and Lil’ Kim on her records “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” (2001) and “Double R What” (2002), where she criticized the two for having ghostwriters and further solidified that she “writes [her] own songs”. In December 2002, Foxy Brown responded to the disses via her unreleased record “Get Off Me”, in which she compared Eve to a yorkie terrier, dubbed her a “jealous bum bitch” and criticized her Alicia Keys-assisted single “Gangsta Lovin’”. That same year, Brown reportedly disapproved of Eve and former friend Charli Baltimore’s “Philly’s Finest”, a remake of Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G.’s “Brooklyn’s Finest”, in which she felt the two Philly-bred female rappers were “disrespectful”. Brown also stated that when she and Lil’ Kim debuted on the music scene, “everybody all of a sudden wanted a female in their crew”, adding that Eve wasn’t doing that for DMX and Ruff Ryders, simply because it was “just not believable.”

In December 2002, during her interview with Miss Jones, Eve responded to Brown’s diss record (“Get Off Me”), stating that she was glad she could be “an inspiration” for Brown’s ghostwriter. Eve also revealed that she had known Brown since 1997 and dubbed her a “wankster” and a “miserable jealous bitch”. Eve lastly added, “Ain’t my fault [Foxy] been out since '96 & her bank account look the same. Do you ma. You look weak. Do you.” In April 2003, during her interview with Wendy Williams, Foxy Brown revealed that she hated Eve and cited her as the prime reason why she broke up with Kurupt because Eve “snitched” about the alleged affair between her and DMX. Brown later made derogatory comments about Eve throughout the interview, calling the rapper a “poorly dressed nappy headed blond chick”. Brown also added that she was “sick and tired” of Eve subliminally dissing her and Lil’ Kim on records because she and Kim “changed the game of hip-hop for female rappers.” In September 2003, Eve dissed Brown on a record titled “We’re Back” from former mentor DMX’s album, Grand Champ.

Ja Rule

In October 2002, Foxy Brown dismissed reports of recording a track with rivals Nas and Ja Rule that was “potentially” a diss to Jay-Z. During a Thanksgiving week in 2002, while on Doug Banks In the Morning, Ja Rule stated that he “[couldn’t] stand Foxy Brown.” Brown reportedly heard Ja Rule’s comments via a radio while she was helping her mother clean her house. Going against her manager’s wishes, during her own interview with Doug Banks, Brown informed Banks that she was “flabbergasted” by Rule’s comments and criticized the hosts for setting her up by throwing her name in a manner like: “What do you think of Foxy?” Brown further solidified that she was angry at Rule’s response, primarily because she never met him.

The incident provoked Brown to record the unreleased “Get Off Me”. In the record, Brown targeted Ja Rule and Eve and lashed homophobic remarks by denouncing Rule as “a faggot ass rap dude”. In 2005, Ja Rule and his two bodyguards were initial suspects in the killing of Willie “Willie Bang Bang” Clark, whom authorities linked as a “revenge” that stemmed back to a robbery case involving Foxy Brown’s brother. In 2007, in the midst of Foxy Brown’s indictment for assaulting a prisoner, radio hosts asked Ja Rule what his words would be toward Brown if he saw her in jail. Rule responded: “Aww man. Hold ya head ma, you’ll be alright. Shit.”

Remy Ma

A beef between Foxy Brown and Remy Ma originated in August 2004, when an interviewer noted to Remy: “Right now, it’s a lack of female rappers in the game. Foxy don’t got anything going on”, Remy Ma responded: “How do I feel about them? Stay wherever they at, don’t drop a song, don’t do nothing, let me be the only one. I’m having so much fun. I hope they never come out.[…] Nah, I wish everyone the best of luck. Just don’t drop when I drop. That’s all I got to say. Matter of fact, just don’t drop at all. It’ll even be better.” In September 2004, Remy recalled that after a rap battle with Lady Luck at Fight Klub, her refusal to “show some type of seniority or respect” to Brown became one of the building blocks in the feud. Remy also recalled that during the incident the two were arguing over a future rap battle, where Brown declined and allegedly stated, “What? A battle? That’s for beginners. We sell records in Brooklyn!” Remy dissed the rapper, responding, “When the last time you sold a record? Get the fuck out of here […] I’d rather be a beginner that’s on fire than be a washed-up veteran. Are you fucking serious? Don’t try to degrade what I do.” Remy additionally revealed that a prize of over $200,000 was offered to whoever won the rap battle.

Another building block to the feud was Remy’s recollection of her and Brown coincidentally being interviewed at the same events either “before or after” each other, where she would catch whim of Brown “subliminally” dissing her by making statements like: “I’ve been doing this for years. These new chicks, they[’re] not on [my level].” In another event, specifically a Baby Phat after-party, Foxy Brown intentionally tried to bump into Remy. The occurrence resulted in strands of Brown’s weave getting caught in Remy’s bracelet, causing Remy to snatch her wrist back and yank out the strands. Remy recalled that Brown in response “kept it moving [despite a scuffle] she had with 'regular’ girls in a bathroom [over cutting in line].”

In late January 2005, Remy Ma reportedly punched Foxy Brown inside Island Def Jam/Universal offices, roughly a few days after Brown “subliminally” dissed Remy during a venue at Jay-Z's Best of Both Worlds Tour and allegedly dissed her during a Hot 97 interview segment with DJ Clue, where Brown dissed Remy on a mixtape track (“We Hustlaz”) and allegedly ranted: “Who drives 645’s? That’s wack […] We sell records [in New York]. We don’t just get on the radio station and pop shit.” In February 2006, Remy Ma released a freestyle record (“Most Anticipated”) that contained “slick comments” about Brown’s hearing problem, and stated that she didn’t care if it was offensive because “it was just good punchlines”. In September 2006, Remy again joked about Brown’s hearing, addressing to a radio show: “…now Foxy suddenly got her hearing back, [I] wanted to be the first to inform her that she’s wack and old.”

In July 2007, during her interview with Sub 0 Magazine, Foxy Brown dissed Remy Ma, stating: “When you lookin’ at Fox[y] and Kim and sayin’, 'Damn y'all make me wanna rap.’ Well shit you disappointing me 'cause you sound horrible. You look horrible, ya sound horrible. If it walk like somethin’, talk like somethin’, act like somethin’, then it is somethin’.” Brown also dissed Remy’s recollection of their disagreement over the rap battle, addressing: “Some of these female rappers have the wrong approach, they wanna be my friend. And instead of approaching me like, 'Hey, how you doing’, another chick [Remy], 'Yo, what up with that battle?’ And I’m lookin’ at her like, 'You bum ass. Naw, I don’t do that, I’m a business woman baby.’” In December 2007, Remy spoke more candidly on her dispute with Brown. She confirmed that although she disliked Brown as a person, she admitted she liked Brown’s music and added that she was influenced by her and Lil’ Kim. Remy later concluded her take on the feud by giving a shout-out to Brown’s rival Jacki-O and stating, “If you look at every female that came out after [Foxy Brown] or when she came out with [Lil’] Kim, to Eve, me, Jacki-O, it even got to Latifah, like how do you [get in a fight] with Queen Latifah? Like, are you serious? This chick is a problem.”

Jacki-O

On April 24, 2005, an altercation occurred between Jacki-O and Foxy Brown at Circle House Studios in Miami, Florida. Jacki-O stated her refusal to “bow down” to Brown, was the prime motive in the physical altercation. A day following the incident, she stated to MTV News: “I just know that yesterday I did not go there to get in no altercation. I went to work, and I did not know I would be winning an ass-kicking contest. You don’t come to somebody’s session acting like a clown. Something is seriously wrong with her. She’s washed up. She needs to sit back and relax and retire. It ain’t happening for her no more.”

O and Brooklyn native rapper, Gravy, were reportedly in Circle House Studios recording a track titled “Ménage”, when in the midst, Brown and her business partner Fendi walked in and tried to negotiate to be a feature on the song. Brown, who was supposedly upset by the lack of welcoming in the studio, allegedly stated: “You don’t know who the fuck I am? You need to bow down. That’s what’s wrong with y'all new rapper hoes.” Following a lack of resolution, O claimed she had overheard Brown in the recording booth talking about her; allegedly ranting: “This bitch don’t know, I’m about to slap the shit out of her.” Days later, Foxy Brown was interviewed to give her take on the incident and denied all of Jacki-O’s claims. In response, Jacki-O released a diss track titled, “Tko.”

Other feuds

In 1996, Foxy Brown engaged in disputes with former MTV Real World contestant-turned-rapper Heather B. and Lady of Rage after Brown made explicitly derogatory comments about the two. In 1997, the pair dissed Brown in the unreleased DJ Premier-produced “The Set Up”, which was subsequently deleted from Lady of Rage’s debut Necessary Roughness (1997). The track also featured Def Jam’s First Lady Nikki D, who previously made a cameo in another Foxy Brown diss record (“Name Callin’, Part 1”) and was reported to have a brief feud with Brown as well; and at one point had deemed Brown of being “a really nasty bitch”. Despite contrary reports, Lady of Rage would disclose in an interview that she never had “any type of beef” with Brown, and added that her former mentor 2Pac pressured her to diss Brown and Lil’ Kim due to Pac’s dispute with Bad Boy Records. In 1998, Foxy Brown assaulted Vibe editor Danyel Smith at a restaurant for her “inaccurate” representation of Brown in a front page story from the December 1998/January 1999 issue of Vibe. The story, which was Brown’s first in-depth interview, contained exclusive details behind Brown’s relationship with rival Lil’ Kim and former associate Jay-Z. Content from the story provoked Brown to attack Smith by pulling her hair in outrage, ranting that the story was misconstrued.

In late 1998, Brown was entangled in a feud with TLC member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, where allegations of Brown sleeping with Lopes’ on-and-off boyfriend Andre Rison were brought forth to urban media attention. On January 2, 2002, three months before her death, Lisa Lopes disclosed to her fansite that she would “whoop Foxy’s ass”, adding that “I don’t advocate violence […] nobody’s better than [my persona] N.I.N.A.” Additional controversy later developed between Brown and Lopes’ protégée Natina Reed, in which Brown made obscene comments toward the Blaque vocalist in her song “7:30” from her third album, Broken Silence (2001). Brown attacked Reed primarily for her engagement with then-boyfriend Kurupt and informed Reed in the diss record that he was “off limits”. Brown additionally went further as to make death threats toward Reed, reciting: “I’ll hurt you till you’re dead inside”. In July 2001, during a candid interview with MTV News, Natina Reed responded to Brown’s disses, disclosing:

In 2000, Brown alongside Lil’ Kim were dissed by hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte in the collaborative record “Where U At Mama?”, in which she disapproved of the pair using her “10% Dis” record, specifically the line “Hot damn hoe here we go again”, as a basis for their diss songs. In December 2002, Brown was reportedly upset when Jay-Z replaced her with Beyoncé on their then-planned collabo “'03 Bonnie & Clyde”. In a mixtape recording from DJ Whoo Kid's SVA LIVE 2003, Brown attacked one of Jay’s verses from the “Bonnie” record, rapping: “…and what the fuck wrong with him [Jay-Z], I don’t wear Burberry in the pool, I rock Cavalli to swim.” In February 2010, Brown dissed Jay, Lil’ Kim and former friend Trina in an unreleased record, “Let 'Em Know”. In May 2013, Brown denounced ongoing rumors that she dissed Jay-Z at a baby shower, allegedly revealing that Jay was a “tranny chaser” and had given her an STD. Brown criticized the false reports as “fictitious”, “disgusting”, “disrespectful” and “malicious”, and had even threatened legal action against its gossip source Media Take Out.

In late 2002, Brown attacked former friend Charli Baltimore after discovering her duet, “Philly’s Finest”, with rival Eve, adding that it was a “disrespect” for a “Philly chick” like Baltimore to remake Jay-Z’s “Brooklyn’s Finest”. In 2003, Brown engaged in a brief feud with former Timbaland protégée Ms. Jade after Jade accused Brown of relying on ghostwriters. In December 2010, Jade stated that the current relationship with her and Brown was “whatever”, adding that Brown “[doesn’t] want [beef] on that note”. In April 2003, during an interview with Wendy Williams, Foxy Brown dissed former colleague Nas, revealing that she and AZ regularly nicknamed him “king cobra”, adding that he was a “slithery snake”. In February 2009, 50 Cent dissed Brown in his record “Try Me”, where he made references of Brown’s sexual relationship with ex-boyfriend Rick Ross. Brown shot back at 50 and released a statement, informing the rapper that he had less than “24 hour[s] to retract that statement or she’s going to handle [him] Brooklyn Style.” 50 Cent in response satirized Brown’s signature weave-hairstyles via a viral video where he described Brown as a “motherfucking bitch hoe” and vowed to beat and slap her.

In November 2010, Foxy Brown dubbed Nicki Minaj a liar for her false recollection of Brown having a conversation with her about Lil’ Kim. On November 26, 2010, Brown released a diss track titled “Hold Yuh”, which targeted Minaj and Kim, in which Brown made references of Minaj being “a fake, pop style”. In the summer of 2012, Brown and Minaj ended their dispute and “surprise dissed” Lil’ Kim during a venue at Minaj's Pink Friday Tour, just roughly a month following Kim’s venue featuring her and various female rappers during her Return of the Queen Tour. Brown and Minaj were additionally set to hold a venue during the Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 that would feature a “funeral” for Kim, but the pair pulled out last minute due to a dispute involving Summer Jam headliner Peter Rosenberg, who criticized Minaj’s “Starships” for being “the most sell-out song in hip-hop history […] Katy Perry bullshit not hardcore hip-hop”.

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01 Artist and activist Tania Bruguera was detained and interrogated by Cuban authorities on Thursday while on her way to deliver supplies to hurricane victims.

(via Hyperallergic)

Accompanied by biochemist Oscar Casanella, the Cuban-born Bruguera was en route to Baracoa from Havana when police intercepted their vehicle. The van was full of mattresses and rice the pair planned to deliver to those affected by Hurricane Matthew, on behalf of the Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR), which Bruguera co-founded two years ago. Officials inspected the rented vehicle, alleging that there was a technical or administrative problem. Bruguera and Casanella were held at a police station in Havana, during which time Casanella was allegedly physically attacked and Bruguera was interrogated for six hours by a group of counterintelligence officials. The artist will not be allowed to deliver the humanitarian aid, and instead planned to fly back to Boston Friday to teach her class at Harvard University. Bruguera’s sister told Hyperallergic, “I think this was ‘just’ a warning to let her know that the next time she enters Cuba and wants to perform a humanitarian or artistic action, she will have all the governmental weapons pointed against her.” This is by no means the first time the artist has come face-to-face with hostile Cuban officials in recent years. In January 2015, she was arrested for her plans to stage a performance in Havana; although she was released later that month, her passport was not returned until late summer. Since then, she’s been detained multiple times by Cuban authorities.

02 More than 130 artists and critics, including Cindy Sherman and Richard Serra, are urging American cultural institutions to close on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration.

(via the New York Times, artnet News)

The petition, published on e-flux last week, calls for a nation-wide strike among galleries, museums, concert halls, nonprofits, and art schools on January 20th. Labelled the “J20 Art Strike,” the organizers hope it will serve as “one tactic among others to combat the normalization of Trumpism—a toxic mix of white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, militarism, and oligarchic rule,” according to a statement. Several high-profile museums, including MoMA, MoMA PS1, and LACMA, will not participate and have promised to remain open on inauguration day. The Dia Art Foundation will also maintain regular hours, although staff can take time off to attend protests. The Whitney, for its part, will feature special programming and free admission on Inauguration Day. Though many in the art world are opposed to Trump, reactions from artists were mixed on social media. Some vocally championed the strike, while others wondered what impact, if any, a shutdown would have on the incoming administration. The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones made similar remarks, noting that while he sympathized with the signatories, “an art strike is just about the least effective idea for resisting Trump that I have heard.”

03 Labour MP Tristram Hunt has been tapped for the directorship of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, offering a surprising contrast to reports that longtime museum director Maria Balshaw will take the helm at the Tate.

(Artsy)

Though he has since resigned from the political party following his appointment to the V&A, Hunt served as Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent from 2010, and was in the running for the party leadership position after the defeat of Edward Miliband in the U.K.’s 2015 elections. The prevailing argument for Hunt as museum director is that his time in Parliament makes him an excellent communicator and a worthy negotiator of internal institutional politics. Unlike Hunt, whose name drew nary a whisper in the art world before his surprise appointment, Balshaw has long been considered a frontrunner to head the Tate after Nicholas Serota announced he was stepping down last year. During her 10 years as director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, she oversaw a much-heralded £15 million renovation of the gallery, which reopened in 2015. Though the official announcement that she is to direct the Tate’s museums in London, St. Ives, and Liverpool isn’t expected until next week at the earliest (Prime Minister Theresa May must sign off), British papers have all but confirmed the news—which, if accurate, would make her the first woman to hold the post.

04 In a surprise verdict on Thursday, a French judge acquitted billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein of hiding millions in art and other inherited assets from the country’s tax authorities after his father’s death in 2001.

(Artsy)

Prosecutors asked the court to sentence the 71-year-old to pay a $250 million fine and serve four years in prison (two suspended) for tax fraud and money-laundering in a case that has thrown a very public spotlight onto the normally reserved and secretive family known in France simply as “Les W.” The trial began in September of last year, with prosecutors charging that Wildenstein and his late brother, Alec, used secretive trusts to move $250 million in art from New York to Switzerland just days after their father, Daniel Wildenstein, died. They also alleged that these trusts were not independent as claimed, instead directly benefiting the brothers. But Judge Olivier Geron found Wildenstein and the family members and associates implicated in the trial not guilty of all charges. “It is not the role of the court to take the place of the legislator,” the judge stated in his ruling. He also said that while he found “clear intention” by Wildenstein and others to conceal the extent of their fortune from the state, prosecutors did not go far enough in demonstrating that the so-called independent trusts benefited the family. The acquittal is likely to shock and disappoint those hoping to crack down on tax evasion by the wealthy. While the judge acknowledged this interpretation of his decision, he noted that the law must apply equally to all defendants “be they rich or destitute.”

05 George Lucas has chosen Los Angeles as the home for his $1 billion museum.

(via the L.A. Times)

After years of speculation, Lucas has announced that his Museum of Narrative Art will be built in L.A.’s Exposition Park, with a target launch year set for 2021. The museum, which will house Lucas’s personal collection of art and Star Wars ephemera, will be designed by Chinese architect Ma Yansong. L.A.’s bid for the museum—which is expected to bring not only tourism, but also several thousand jobs in the form of both temporary construction contracts and permanent roles at the institution—beat out a competing proposal to base the museum on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Chicago’s earlier attempt to secure the institution was hamstrung by lawsuits, prompting Lucas to look elsewhere. The museum board said Lucas selected Los Angeles because it will position the museum to “have the greatest impact on the broader community, fulfilling our goal of inspiring, engaging and educating a broad and diverse visitorship.” The futuristic, 275,000-square-foot structure is slated to break ground in 2017 and will be entirely funded by Lucas. Among other works, it will house a cache of Norman Rockwell paintings, artwork by the cartoonist R. Crumb, and the original Darth Vader mask. L.A.’s art landscape has seen rapid expansion over the past few years, with powerhouse galleries and collections such as Hauser & Wirth and the Broad Museum moving in.

06 Auctionata Paddle8 may be experiencing financial difficulties, according to reports that the Berlin-based startup has failed to pay employees since December.

(via WirtschaftsWoche)

An email sent to staff and obtained by German business publication WirtschaftsWoche reportedly notes that healthcare and retirement benefits will not be not impacted. Through a spokesperson, the Berlin-based startup refused to comment “on such rumor and speculation,” instead pointing to what they labelled a “promising” new round of financing. Auctionata Paddle8 did confirm, however, that founder Georg Untersalmberger will leave the company at the end of next month to focus on other projects. In his farewell email, Untersalmberger reportedly referenced the company’s current difficulties but assured a promising outlook, without providing further detail. Auctionata merged with fellow online auction platform Paddle8 in May 2016. The company has been helmed by CEO Thomas Hesse since September, when Auctionata founder Alexander Zacke stepped down. These new reports come after major staff changes and layoffs at Paddle8 in May and months after an April audit of Auctionata found an alleged history of trade violations at the auction house, in which Zacke was said to have participated in Auctionata’s own sales. Auctionata Paddle8’s alleged financial troubles come roughly a week after Artspace laid off three-quarters of its staff.

07 A painting in the U.S. Capitol building depicting police as animals shooting at African-American demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, was removed by a Republican Congressman, sparking controversy.

(via Politico, CNN)

Painted by high school student David Pulphus, the work was placed in the Cannon tunnel (which connects the Capitol and legislative offices) through the U.S. Congressional Art Competition. Annually, each lawmaker’s district holds a competition to have one work by a constituent hung at the Capitol. Republican Representative Duncan Hunter of California unscrewed Pulphus’s work from the wall on Friday, and then dropped it off with the staff of Democratic Representative Lacy Clay, whose district had chosen the work. Clay explained that he had no part in choosing the painting, which shows cops depicted as a horse and a boar aiming firearms at black men, one of whom is shown as a wolf, with others crowded in the background holding up signs with messages including “racism kills.” The removal of the painting occurred after lawmakers had aired concerns that it was “anti-police” following an article in the alt-right publication Independent Journal Review. Hunter told Politico he and other Congressmen had “talked about how disrespectful [the painting] was to men and women who served in uniform,” and that he was not concerned with backlash from the Congressional Black Caucus. Clay re-hung the painting on Tuesday, calling the episode “manufactured controversy,” and calling the Republican congressmen “pathetic” for denying the artist his first amendment rights.

08 Frieze New York announced the list of 190 galleries from 30 countries that will participate in the fair’s sixth edition.

(via Frieze)

Once again located on Randall’s Island, the fair puts further emphasis on modern art this year, with Daniel Blau, Eykyn Maclean, and The Mayor Gallery joining Acquavella, Lévy Gorvy, and Skarstedt, among others. Newly joining Frieze’s lengthy list of curators this year is Toby Kamps of The Menil Collection, who takes charge of a growing Spotlight section focused on 20th-century masters. Dealers offering tribal art will feature at Frieze New York for the first time, including Donald Ellis, L&R Entwistle and Co, and Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art. This reflects a continued widening of collector interest that was once focused intently on contemporary art (also Frieze’s traditional strength). However, new young galleries are also to be found among the list of 2017 exhibitors, including New York’s Chapter NY, Bridget Donahue, and On Stellar Rays. This marks the first time that Frieze New York hasn’t coincided with the NADA New York, which this year will take place during The Armory Show. Following a politically charged edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach, Frieze New York is similarly keen to highlight its socially-engaged programming, which will include a solo presentation of Andres Serrano’s “America” series at Galerie Nathalie Obadia and a booth by Salon 94 focusing on the feminist work of Huma Bhabha, Francesca DiMattio, and Katy Grannan.

09 New York’s elevated public park, the High Line, will erect a special plinth devoted to temporary art installations.

(via The Guardian)

The director and chief curator of High Line Art, Cecilia Alemani, announced plans this week to install a 10-by-10-foot pedestal to host special projects by contemporary artists. The exhibition platform will be located within a much-anticipated extension of the park at 30th Street and 10th Avenue, which debuts in 2018. While art installations have bedecked the High Line and its surrounding billboards since the park’s grand opening in 2009, this will be the first space in the 1.5-mile-long park designed specifically for the display of art. Although the plinth’s unveiling is more than a year away, Alemani and her team have already begun to plan the program for the new exhibition space, which will host artworks for 18-month stints. High Line Art sent out a call for proposals and have whittled the original 50 down to 12 by artists including Charles Gaines, Haim Steinbach, Cosima von Bonin, and Lena Henke. Between February and April of this year, models of each proposed artwork will be displayed in an existing area of the park to allow for public feedback and inform final programming for the new exhibition space.

10 A major renovation of the Grand Palais in Paris will oust FIAC, Paris Photo, and La Biennale Paris from the space.

(via The Art Newspaper)

Beginning in late 2020, the Grand Palais will close its doors for a more than two-year renovation, forcing three major art events, Foire Internationale d’art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris Photo, and La Biennale Paris, to find temporary venues. This is not the first time the historic arts venue, inaugurated in 1900, has shuttered for refurbishment; the building also closed from the mid-1990s to 2005. During this time, FIAC, held at the Grand Palais annually since 1978, spent a stint at the Pavillon du Parc at the Porte de Versailles. The new locations for the three events have not yet been announced. According to Sylvie Hubac, president of the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN), the renovations are intended to produce “exceptional high-quality, generous exhibition spaces to accommodate our partners and visitors.”

—Artsy Editors

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Yair Lapid Biography and Profile

Yair Lapid, a self-proclaimed autodidact, amateur boxer and martial artist who has also published a dozen books, was born 5 November 1963. He is the Tel Aviv-born son of the fiercely secular former justice minister Yosef “Tommy” Lapid, who also left journalism to enter politics. Yair Lapid mother, Shulamit Lapid, is a well-known novelist, playwright and poet.

Yair Lapid quitted high school and began a very successful career in journalism at a newspaper, where he had a weekly column, before joining Chanel 2 as an anchor, a role that boosted his stardom, and he once featured on lists of Israel’s most desirable men.

A centrist opposition leader, Yair Lapid was once known largely for his successful career as a journalist and popular television host. In 2012, he founded the Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party with some dismissing him as the latest in a series of media stars seeking to parlay their celebrity into political success. The party, however, was a big winner in the elections the following year, coming in second by winning 19 seats in the 120-seat Israeli parliament.

From that moment, Yesh Atid established itself as a credible force in politics and became a key player of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government from 2013-2014, when Lapid served as finance minister. In that role, he focused on re-organising a system that provided welfare payouts to the ultra-Orthodox community, which he accused of squeezing money from the state rather than seeking paid employment. Most of his changes were reversed by the following administrations.

Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lapid reportedly supports a two-state solution but opposes any division of Jerusalem which is seen by Palestinians as the capital of their future state.

Yair Lapid Biography

Yair Lapid, writer, popular TV host, journalist, and former Finance Minister of Israel, was born in Tel Aviv November 5, 1963. He grew up in London and Tel Aviv neighbourhood of Yad Eliyahu in an apartment bloc called “the Journalists’ Residence” since it housed many prominent journalists. Yair Lapid, the son of then-journalist and future politician Yosef “Tommy” Lapid and novelist Shulamit Lapid.

He began his journalistic career while still serving in the army. After his discharge, he wrote for the daily Maariv, and published poems in literary journals. In 1986, he worked as a movie director for Cannon Films in Los Angeles, and in 1988 he became editor of the weekly Tel Aviv. Lapid’s varied career has also included songwriting, lead parts in movies, literary translation, writing a musical, producing documentary interviews with international figures and hosting entertainment and talk shows on Israel TV. For many years, he was also news anchor on Channel 2 TV.

In 2012 Lapid left Channel 2 and entered politics. He founded the Yesh Atid (There Is a Future) Party, which became the second largest party in Israel in the 2013 election, and served as Israeli Minister of Finance from March 2013 until December 2014.

Lapid’s four suspense novels have been bestsellers, and for his bestselling non-fiction books he has received the Publishers Association’s Gold and Platinum Prizes (2006, 2010, 2011, 2015).

Lapid’s parents were both part of Israel’s secular intelligentsia. His father, Tommy, was a larger than life character, a Holocaust survivor and one of Israel’s most prominent journalists renowned for his acerbic wit, sharp tongue and fiercely secular positions. One of modern Israel’s leading figures, Tommy Lapid entered politics in the late 1990s, going on to become justice minister before returning to the media as a TV commentator and newspaper columnist until his death in 2008.

From his early years Lapid was “a prince,” meaning someone who came from a well-to-do background, went to preppy schools and was destined for great things, given his family’s connections and Israel’s penchant for nepotism. Lapid has a sister Merav, a clinical psychologist, and had another sister Michal, who died in a car accident in 1984. But the “prince” struggled with learning disabilities, which, he says, were the reason he dropped out of high school before earning his diploma.

Languages:

English, Spanish

Education:

Studies toward MA in Hermeneutics and Culture Studies, Bar Ilan University

Military Service:

First Sergeant

Career:

Chairman of the Yesh Atid party; member of the Blue and White parliamentary group in the 21st Knesset; former Minister of Finance and member of the Political-Security Cabinet.

For many years, Lapid was a journalist, television presenter, creator and author. He has published 12 books that became best sellers, the most prominent being “Memories After My Death”, which he wrote about his late father. The book topped the best sellers list 100 times and was translated into other languages.

Prior to his entry into politics, Lapid was active in numerous social organizations, including the ALEH association to assist people with special needs; the Children at Risk Organization for children with autism, and the YRF association for renewal in education for disadvantaged youth. He also served as chair of the Miftan Safed Friends Association and taught citizenship in a school in Jaffa.

In 2012, Lapid announced his entry into politics and founded the Yesh Atid party, which he heads. Yesh Atid is a center party that is both Zionist and liberal. At the core of the party’s philosophy: Renewing Israel’s security concept; striving for a regional agreement and separation from the Palestinians, cleansing the political system and waging a war on corruption, integrating the values of Judaism and the values of democracy, strengthening the law enforcement system, propelling the Israeli economy and strengthening education and science in Israel.

Yesh Atid was the surprise of the 2013 general election, winning 543,458 votes and becoming the second largest party in the Knesset with 19 seats. The party held, in addition to the Finance portfolio, the Education portfolio, Health portfolio, Welfare portfolio and Science, Technology and Space portfolio.

In the elections for the 20th Knesset, Yesh Atid won 11 seats. The party continued to work for an equal army conscription law and for LGBT rights, and promoted issues related to security and public welfare.

In the elections for the 21st Knesset, Yesh Atid merged with the Israel Resilience and Telem parties to form the Blue and White faction, jointly led by Lapid and former IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Blue and White won 35 Knesset seats in the elections and became the largest party in the Opposition.

Lapid is a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Subcommittee for Intelligence, Secret Services, Captives and Missing Soldiers.

In 2013, Lapid was ranked among the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.

Knesset Activities:

Knesset Terms Knesset 19 – 05.02.2013 – 31.03.2015 Knesset 20 – 31.03.2015 – 30.04.2019 Knesset 21 – 30.04.2019 – 03.10.2019 Knesset 22 – 03.10.2019 – 16.03.2020 Knesset 23 – 16.03.2020 – 06.04.2021 Knesset 24 – 06.04.2021

Committees Knesset 19 – Alternate Member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Knesset 20 – Member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Member, Subcommittee for Intelligence, Secret Services, Captives and Missing soldiers Member, Subcommittee for Foreign Policy and Public Relations Knesset 21 – Member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Member, Temporary Subcommittee for Intelligence Knesset 22 – Member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Member, Subcommittee for Intelligence, Secret Services, Captives and Missing soldiers Knesset 23 – Member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Member, Subcommittee for Intelligence, Secret Services, Captives and Missing soldiers

Knesset Lobbies Knesset 20 – Chair, Caucus for Holocaust Survivors Member, Caucus for Holocaust Survivors Member, Caucus to Encourage Social-Communal Entrepreneurship Member, Caucus for the War Against Corruption Knesset 23 – Member, Caucus for the Jewish People

Other Knesset Roles Knesset 20 – Chair, Israel-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group Knesset 23 – Leader of the Opposition

Parliamentary Groups:

Knesset 19 – Yesh Atid Knesset 20 – Yesh Atid Knesset 21 – Blue and White Knesset 22 – Blue and White Knesset 23 – Yesh Atid-Telem Knesset 24 – Yesh Atid

Roles in the Government:

Knesset 19 – Government 33 – From 18/03/2013 Until 04/12/2014

Publications:

Standing in a Row Again (Heb) (2011) Memories After My Death (2010) My Heroes (Heb) (2008) Sunset in Moscow (Heb) (2007) The Second Woman (Heb) (2006) Standing in a Row: collection of newspaper columns (Heb) (2005) The Sixth Riddle (Heb) (2001) Elbi – A Knights Story (Heb) (1998) One-Man Play (Heb) (1993) Yoavs Shadow (Heb) (1992) The Double Head (Heb) (1989)

Yair Lapid Height:

Yair Lapid height is 1.74m

Yair Lapid Party:

Yesh Atid (“there is a future” in Hebrew) is a centrist Israeli political party founded by Yair Lapid in 2012.

Yair Lapid Family:

Yair Lapid is married to Lihi Lapid. Lihi Lapid is a journalist, photographer and author of several best-selling novels and children’s books. Her popular weekly column has run in Yedioth’s local papers for the last 15 years.

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