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Bo Diddley, correctly, never felt he got his due as one of the founding fathers of rock n’ roll. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley get most of the credit for what became the broader version of rock n’ roll, but as fellow legend Fats Dominos, said, what people called rock n’ roll had been played for 15 years in New Orleans, which pushes it back to the late ‘30s or early ‘40s. But no one did it quite like Bo Diddley. Born Elias Bates in Mississippi, he became Elias McDaniel when a relative raised him before becoming Bo Diddley. And before creating what became known as simply the Bo Diddly Beat, he was a violinist but found his destiny soon enough. Influenced by John Lee Hooker and Louis Jordan, Bo Diddley played one song in a dressing room on the Ed Sullivan Show and was invited to perform it. Apparently though he saw “Bo Diddley” on a cue card and did his self-title hit, which made Sullivan furious. So if this doesn't seem like the sort of thing you would have expected to see on the Sullivan Show in the 1950s, well, it…

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) YouTube vlogger Karl Edward Rice''s wife has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the central government''s alleged "arbitrary and unreasonable" decision to blacklist him and deny visa to enter India. The petitioner said by virtue of denying visa to her husband, who has been "arbitrarily blacklisted" by the respondents (Centre), she is deprived from living with him, thereby violating her fundamental right to life and dignity as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing next week, said petitioner Manisha Malik and her husband, popularly known as Karl Rock, are YouTube vloggers and have visited most of India to capture its beauty and contribute to the promotion of tourism here. It said the authorities have not communicated the grounds of blacklisting Rice even though several representations have been preferred by him and his wife, which has led to the separation of a married couple, lack of any opportunity or notice to them to indicate any violation of visa conditions and denial of issuance of visa to him. Terming the Centre''s move an arbitrary abuse of power, the plea said it violates the petitioner''s rights under Article…

On Friday (July 9), Dhanush and Sai Pallavi’s Rowdy Baby garnered 5 million likes on YouTube. The song from Maari 2 has been breaking records since its release. Dhanush and Sai Pallavi in a still from the song, Rowdy Baby.Dhanush and Sai Pallavi’s song Rowdy Baby from Maari 2 has hit yet another milestone. On Friday (July 9), the song hit 5 million likes on YouTube, a unique feat for a song. In November last year, Rowdy Baby became the first South Indian song to garner 2 billion views on YouTube. Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the song has been a favourite among fans since the film’s release in 2018. In a recent post, Dhanush jokingly revealed that looking at a goli soda served as an inspiration for writing the lyrics of the song. DHANUSH, SAI PALLAVI’S ROWDY BABY HITS 5 MILLION LIKES ON YOUTUBESince its release, Dhanush and Sai Pallavi’s Rowdy Baby has been making history. In November last year, the hit song became the first South Indian song to garner a whopping 2 billion views on YouTube. Now, the song has achieved another milestone with 5 million likes on YouTube. Rowdy Baby features as a song in Maari…

We featured Rick Barry once this week but this clip of him discussing Stephen Curry and his old team, the Golden State Warriors, is too good to not make a YouTube Gold. He talks a lot here about Curry’s heart and desire to be great, and how the Warriors (and San Antonio) play the game the way it is supposed to be played (he also gets a plug in for himself, saying that he was glad to see the Bay Area fans get a championship “after 40 years,” referring to the one he helped win, along with former Duke great Jeff Mullins, in 1977). But the best part of this clip is at the beginning where he says “anyone who says they knew that Curry would be this good is lying,” although that may not be verbatim. But that’s basically what he said. Well, we can’t say that we did but just before the draft we heard Jay Bilas on a radio show and a caller questioned Curry’s potential, arguing that he wasn’t that athletic. Bilas paused for a second, gathered his thoughts, and said (again, possibly not verbatim) “you do realize that he’s exceptionally smart, right?” It was a…

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. Original story (published on November 15, 2020) follows: YouTube is easily the most popular video-sharing platform in almost every country in the world. The site claims that it has over 2 billion monthly logged-in users and over a billion hours of video is consumed every day. Despite having had its fair share of controversies, YouTube still remains the first place most individuals seeking to share or watch videos find themselves going too. And this might not change anytime soon. But not everything works as it should and thus at times viewers, or even creators for that matter, run into issues or have to deal with pesky bugs that pop up every so often on YouTube. Just yesterday, YouTube went down for many users across the world for a few hours. Viewers were greeted with an error message when trying to play videos on the site as per multiple reports. YouTube did acknowledge the situation and fixed the problem for all users and provided a follow-up comment with an apology for the interruption. Fortunately, major issues such as this do not happen often, however, less impactful bugs do annoy users…

Isak Munda has a following of over 7 lakh on YouTube.From watching YouTube videos to divert his mind from hunger to becoming a popular YouTuber himself, the story of Isak Munda's rise to fame is nothing short of inspirational. Mr Munda, a tribal man from Odisha's Sambalpur district, was once a daily wage labourer who only started making videos last year. According to News18, he decided to start making YouTube videos in March 2020 after work dried up due to lockdown. Inspired by food bloggers, Mr Munda decided to make a video of himself eating boiled rice and curry. The video became a hit on the platform and has clocked in over half a million views till date. It shows the 35-year-old using his hands to eat a plate of rice, sambar, a tomato and green chillies. To make the video, Mr Munda first had to take a loan of Rs 3,000 to buy a smartphone. "I had taken a loan of Rs 3,000 to buy my first little smartphone to make videos," Isak Munda said. "I make videos about life in my poor household and village, showing what and how we eat. I am happy my videos are received so well…

‘Avastha’, a mini-web series on the effect of lockdown, has won them a dedicated following As a wannabe bridegroom discusses the ‘gifts’ the woman might get from her father as he is a ‘government employee’, he learns to his dismay that she is actually his new boss before he is thrown out of the house. Part of a web mini-series, Avastha (situation or state of being), this episode is one the many that has gone viral on social media. To circumvent restrictions of lockdown, many stage artistes have taken to YouTube and Whatsapp with talk shows, music programmes, comedies and mini-series to earn a living.Devaraj Dev, a mimicry artiste from Kozhikode, decided to try his hand at writing and directing web series. After some of his three- and four-minute shows became popular, he decided to make a series of light-hearted episodes on the lockdown.“Avastha is an honest look at how the lockdown has affected our lives, including animate and inanimate objects,” says Devaraj. “We also take up whatever is trending in the news. I sent an episode to Millenium Audios and Videos who have a channel to promote shows on YouTube. They liked the idea and are producing all the…

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Rick Barry has never been an easy person to deal with. He has extraordinarily high standards and was a perfectionist. He also has a substantial ego and the combination alienated many people over the years. At one point, he complained that he couldn't get into coaching, where he might have had a lot to offer, but no one would hire him. If you ever saw Field of Dreams, Barry is kind of like that great line about Ty Cobb: “Ty Cobb wanted to play…but none of us could stand when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!” However, whatever you may think of Barry as a person, no one can question his basketball intelligence, so this video is really interesting to listen to. Barry talks here about how he picks the GOAT (he does it by position, so there’s a flock of GOATS), his take on who the greatest international player was (Arvydas Sabonis and it’s not close), and the greatest regret of his professional career. He makes a brilliant point about his GOAT team and something most people probably never thought about: Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell on the same team. As he says, there…

Cover of Yomi Fabiyi’s movie ‘Oko Iyabo’ By Nimot Sulaimon Popular video-sharing platform, YouTube has yanked off ‘Oko Iyabo’, a movie produced and directed by Yomi Fabiyi. The newly debuted movie centred on a fiction version of Baba Ijesha’s court trial, Princess’ sorrow and Iyabo Ojo’s alleged prostitution. PM NEWS also reports that the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Practitioners’ Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) has summoned Yomi Fabiyi over his latest movie ‘Oko Iyabo’. TAMPAN said the invitation is due to the public outrage that followed the movie. Fabiyi is to appear before TAMPAN on Thursday, 11th of July, 2021. ‘Oko Iyabo’ since its release, has sparked a lot of controversies, edging from child molestation to mockery of an ongoing court trial. In the said movie, Yomi Fabiyi made use of real names of those involved in Olanrewaju Omiyinka’s case (Baba Ijesha-the accused, Princess- the foster mother and Iyabo Ojo- the whistleblower). He is also reportedly making it look like the minor was having an affair with Baba Ijesha who is now facing trial for child molestation and sexual abuse. TAMPAN’s statement read; “The TAMPAN Committee on Ethics, Conflict and Resolution wishes to inform the general public that the association…