Quavo and Saweetie's issues appear to run much deeper than alleged infidelity because they had a fight in an elevator -- before they split -- and the altercation was all captured on video.

TMZ obtained surveillance footage of the struggle, which went down at an apartment complex in North Hollywood. It shows both of them standing outside an open elevator, and when the video starts Saweetie is swinging on Quavo.

Quavo dodges the hit, dropping an orange Call of Duty case in the process ... which Saweetie tries to pick up. Quavo grabs it, and as they struggle for the case, he grabs her arm and swings her into the back elevator wall, then they both go down.

As Saweetie lay on the ground -- possibly injured -- Quavo stands there without helping her up. Eventually, the elevator opens with a guy standing outside ... but he doesn't get on and the door shuts again.

Finally, the door opens on another floor and Quavo starts to get off with the case, using it to keep the door open ... and Saweetie picks herself up and limps off.

We spoke with sources on both sides ... and they both say this incident went down in 2020 at an apartment building where Saweetie was renting.

George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African American man killed during an arrest after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill in Minneapolis. Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. After his death, protests against police brutality, especially towards Black people, quickly spread across the United States and internationally.  Floyd grew up in Houston, playing football and basketball throughout high school and college. He was a hip hop artist and served as a mentor in his religious community. 

Between 1997 and 2005, he was convicted of eight crimes. He served four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery in a home invasion. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, and worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost his job as a truck driver, and then his security job during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The City of Minneapolis settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Floyd's family for $27 million. The trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, began on March 8, 2021. The trial of the other three officers at the scene of his death is scheduled for August 2021.

DMX is reportedly in "grave" condition after suffering a drug-triggered heart attack, according to a report.   There is "some brain activity," a source told the webloid, but doctors have warned that he may not make it. He's in a "vegetative state," a second source said.  On the evening of April 3, DMX's rep issued a statement to TMZ, which hours earlier spoke to a family member who said the music stars' children were flying in to see him. "Last night Earl 'DMX' Simmons was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at home. 

At this time he remains in ICU in critical condition. Earl has been a warrior his entire life. This situation represents yet another road he must conquer," his rap began. "The Simmons Family appreciates the overwhelming outpouring of heartfelt love, encouragement, support and prayers for Earl.

Marketing helps you build your identity recognition and recall your book with your name. Marketing can do this through effective communication and highlighting your books’ overall package. When you’re able to reach and surpass the expectations of your readers you’re putting your reputation on a firmer ground.  

Most authors overlook the importance of the author and book’s publicity. The thing is you can’t sell your books if you keep hiding in the shadows and pushing your book in the forefront. Gone are the days that the author’s unknown identity is patronized, today’s readers want authors with substance, and authors that they can derive inspiration from. 

As authors, you need to create your very own brand just like how other companies created brands for their products. Out of this brand comes your identity that will set you apart from any other authors. Once your readers perceive the image of your identity, it is easier for them to associate you with your work, thus creating more sales for your book. Be sure to create the image that will make your book better than the one on the shelf next to it.

Marketing helps you build your identity recognition and recall your book with your name. Marketing can do this through effective communication and highlighting your books’ overall package. When you’re able to reach and surpass the expectations of your readers you’re putting your reputation on a firmer ground.  Most authors overlook the importance of the author and book’s publicity. The thing is you can’t sell your books if you keep hiding in the shadows and pushing your book in the forefront. Gone are the days that the author’s unknown identity is patronized, today’s readers want authors with substance, and authors that they can derive inspiration from. As authors, you need to create your very own brand just like how other companies created brands for their products. Out of this brand comes your identity that will set you apart from any other authors. Once your readers perceive the image of your identity, it is easier for them to associate you with your work, thus creating more sales for your book. Be sure to create the image that will make your book better than the one on the shelf next to it.

ESPN fired NBA analyst Paul Pierce after the Boston Celtics legend posted a racy Instagram Live video over the weekend. The video featured Pierce in a room with exotic dancers.

The cable sports network ended its working relationship with Pierce Monday, an industry source told CNN Business. ESPN declined to comment on Pierce leaving the network. Representatives for Pierce also did not immediately respond for requests for comment. The news of Pierce's firing was first reported by Front Office Sports.

Pierce was an analyst for the network on multiple NBA shows. That included the studio show, "The Jump" and its pregame show "NBA Countdown." Pierce, who went by the nickname "The Truth," won an NBA championship with the Celtics in 2008.

Pierce joined ESPN before the 2017-2018 season.

PASSION - Is what you would do for free.  It is what gets you out of bed, joyfully.  It is what you are intense about.  It is not tied to materialistic things.  It is not tied to superficial things.  

MISSION - Is what you are meant to accomplish with your PASSION.  MISSION requires TRAVEL.  How will you carryout your MISSION?    

DIRECTION - What path will you go on you MISSION of exercising your PASSION?  

PURPOSE - Once you know your PASSION, MISSION and DIRECTION, you will know your PURPOSE, your way of being a LIGHT and being a GUIDING LIGHT to others.

On April 11, 2021, at 1:48​ p.m., an officer with the police department of Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a black man, during a traffic stop. Wright had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. As officers attempted to detain him, a struggle ensued and Wright re-entered his vehicle. An officer discharged their firearm, believing they were using their taser gun instead, striking Wright before he drove off.  Wright crashed his vehicle several blocks away. Though EMS arrived and attempted to revive him, Wright was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Wright's girlfriend was also a passenger in the car. She sustained non-life threatening injuries from the crash and was transported to the hospital.  The event unfolded as the trial of Derek Chauvin—the police officer who on May 25, 2020, knelt on George Floyd's neck for several minutes as he died—was underway in nearby Minneapolis. Wright's death occurred approximately 10 miles from the street intersection where Floyd died. As news of the Brooklyn Center incident spread, family members of Wright, neighbors to the car crash, and protesters began gathering at the car crash scene in Brooklyn Center in what was initially a peaceful demonstration. Several protesters came from another rally organized by families of people who had been killed by police, that they had held earlier in the day in nearby Saint Paul, Minnesota. The crowd grew to several hundred people by evening as they demanded more information from police investigators. As tension at the scene rose over the ensuing hours, police in tactical gear arrived, formed a line, and moved in when demonstrators began climbing on police vehicles and throwing bricks. Police fired a non-lethal round at a demonstrator who held a chunk of concrete and fired tear gas into the crowd.  At nightfall, demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department building and stood off against a line of police in riot gear. Authorities declared the gathering unlawful and gave orders for the crowd to disperse. After having rocks and other objects thrown at them, police fired tear gas and flash-bang grenades into the crowd, scattering demonstrators. Violence and widespread looting occurred at many stores overnight in Brooklyn Center, in Minneapolis, and at other locations in the Twin Cities region. In Brooklyn Park, an adjacent city to Brooklyn Center, a gunshot was fired into the glass door of a police station, though no one was injured. Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott imposed an overnight curfew and the city closed its schools on April 12. State officials deployed the Minnesota National Guard to the Brooklyn Center and a state joint law enforcement agency deployed forces throughout the metropolitan area.  On April 12, in reaction to the unrest, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz enacted a 7 p.m to 6 a.m. CST curfew throughout much of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul region: in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, and Dakota counties.

Fasting is the willful refrainment from eating and drinking. In a physiological context, fasting may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight, or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. Several metabolic adjustments occur during fasting. Some diagnostic tests are used to determine a fasting state. For example, a person is assumed to be fasting once 8–12 hours have elapsed since the last meal. Metabolic changes of the fasting state begin after absorption of a meal.  “Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.” Now, Hill’s definition is a good start, but we can go deeper. Sexual transmutation is the process of converting sexual energy into some other drive, motivation, or energy of a higher order.

Co-parenting refers to a parenting situation where adults share the duties of parenting a child. Co-parents may include a variety of configurations, including a mother and a father, two mothers, two fathers, a parent with an adult sibling or grandparent, or a parent and another adult relative. The co-parent relationship differs from an intimate relationship between adults in that it focuses solely on the child. The equivalent term in evolutionary biology is biparental care, where parental investment is provided by both the mother and father.