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Break-dancing To Become Olympic Sport In 2024
Breaking, the official name for competitive break-dancing will become an Olympic sport for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympic as the sport was one of the four to be approved for the summer games, organisers have said.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s executive board approved the new sport on Monday as part of a broader decision on Paris 2024’s event programme and atlectic quotas. Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing were also approved for the Paris 2024 all three events will also be a part of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Breaking was previously provisionally added to the 2024 Olympics programme and debated in 2018 at the Olympics 2018 summer youth games.
Breakers had pushed the competitive dance style to be included in the Olympics, citing qualities like the sports high entertainment value that makes it an attractive addition to the Olympic games. “Breaking’s inclusion on the Olympics is going to be great for breaking as it gives us more recognition as a sport”, British breaker, Karam Singh told an source.
”And for the Olympics, it will attract young people and may not follow some of the traditional sports”.
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They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
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Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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