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Music Video: Woofy Raph Solo Shares His “Broken Heart”

With “Broken Hearts,” Solo waxes melancholy as a mythological warrior-turned-prisoner who must conquer his fear and wrestle his demons to reclaim his crown amid a dark, edgy musical landscape.
Raph Solo (all photos – Michele Martinoli)

London-based recording artist Raph Solo recently dropped the sexy music video for his song, “Broken Hearts,” which is the second single from his Word Of Love album.

Raph describes his current musical style as “POPTECSOL,” a new sound that combines pop, tech, and R&B soul.

With “Broken Hearts,” Solo waxes melancholy as a mythological warrior-turned-prisoner who must conquer his fear and wrestle his demons to reclaim his crown amid a dark, edgy musical landscape.

“I wrote the song a few years ago at around the time I met my partner,” he said. “We were both newly out of major relationships that had left us broken and bruised. While the love making was hot, the baggage I carried from my past caused a lot of friction and undue fear in our relationship.”

“Broken hearts heal with time,” he sings on the fantastic track. Raph should know. Before meeting his partner, he experienced 7.5 breakups in nine years (one of the splits only scored a 0.5 on his pain-o-meter).

His hardest failed relationship was with a man he regarded as a father figure. “It crushed me. It changed my perception of love,” he admitted. “Though I still believe in love, I don’t view it through rose colored glasses anymore.”

Born to Lebanese/Chilean parents on the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria, West Africa, the singer, songwriter and music producer has released four full-length albums: Finally/The Album, Am I Too Much?, The Anonymous Icon, which features the hit singles “Star” and “Good Morning London,” and Word of Love, which features his 2017 summer hit from last summer, “Love Lives.”

Though fantasy, the video depicts the song in the way Raph’s love life truly unfolded. “It’s all shamelessly romantic and heroic,” Raph laughs, “but that’s me.”

The shackles he wears in the video are meant to symbolize the emotional baggage most people carry from failed relationships. Says Raph, “If you can free yourself from the shackles, you will one day reign over love.”

“Broken Hearts is about letting go of past loves, embracing what is new, and working to extend that love into tomorrow and beyond.”

For more information, visit raphsolo.com.

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Air Force Football Player Receives Standing Ovation Coming Out To Teammates

Air Force football player Bradley Kim

Air Force football player Bradley Kim took a big step out of the closet this week and says its as much for other young people as it is for himself.

“The biggest reason I want to share this is to be able to reach people who are in similar situations struggling with the same things I have struggled with,” he told Outsports this week. “I want to be that example for kids that you can be gay, you can pursue your dreams, and you can have an athletic career.

“My dreams got me to a D1 football program. I want to be there for people who don’t feel like they have anyone there for them, because I was that kid growing up in high school.”

And so it was that on Friday morning, Kim shared his coming out on Instagram, beginning with a Bible verse and that “God made me this way for a reason:”

While he had quietly told a few teammates over the past year, before sharing with the world, the Air Force Falcons safety came out to the other defensive backs on the team.

The reaction? A standing ovation. According to Outsports, the entire team, including head coach Troy Calhoun, had a reaction of full-fledged support.

“They tell me they appreciate the fact that I felt confident enough, and they meant enough, for me to tell them,” he said.

It was that unwavering support that steeled Kim as he posted his message on Instagram.

‘’I’ve spent too many years worrying what other people will think and letting it affect what I do in my daily life. And I’m kind of done with that. It doesn’t affect my ability to play football. It doesn’t affect my ability to serve my country. No one cares here. We all go through the same thing, we all go through basic training. What we go through going through the Academy goes way deeper than worrying about what someone will think.”

(h/t Outsports)

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Video: Dog Stealing GoPro Camera Goes Viral

Dog’s grab and run of his owner’s GoPro has gone viral

Folks are totes loving on this dog that apparently grabbed his owner’s GoPro camera and went running.

The dog’s eyes are the best part, but his starts and stops are funny, too.

The original video appears to have been posted on reddit here.

This is pretty much an awesome ad for GoPro, don’t you think? Watch below.

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Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Funding “The Wall”

Donald Trump threatens to shut down federal government over “wall funding”

Remember all during the 2016 presidential campaign Donald Trump’s promises of building a wall along the U.S. southern border and Mexico would pay for it?

Over and over he told his followers how “easy” it would be to get the Mexican government to pay for ‘the wall.’

Not sure whatever happened to that plan because now the Trumpster is threatening to shut down the federal government if Democrats in Congress don’t vote to give him tens of billions of dollars to build ‘the wall.’

This morning, Trump tweeted, “I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!”

And the Twitterverse responded:

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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

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Checking in on some of our favorite InstaHunks this bright, shiny Saturday.

In fairy tales, folks head into the woods to figure themselves out. Rob Maya (above) is looking to be “the big bad wolf” of your story.

Here’s some more eye candy for your weekend enjoyment. Happy Saturday!

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ISSA LIFESTYLE!😎☀️ Whether I’m in vacation or back home I always prioritize what’s important for me. And this is my lifestyle, I enjoy the process, I enjoy the struggle, and most importantly I love the results from my hard work & dedication to fitness! That’s why you can always count on me bringing my supplements everywhere I go in order to stay on track and be able to push my body to its limits. Because I only have one choice in my life and that’s constant daily improvements because staying the same is not an option! – Take your workouts to new limits no matter where you are with the help of @1upnutrition Pro-Pump pre-workout to give you the necessary energy and level of focused to reach all of your fitness goals! Make sure to use promo code MIAFITNESS20 to receive up to 40% OFF your next purchase of this supplement or any other from @1upnutrition website. – #Living #1UpNutrition #MiaFitness
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Don’t let injuries bring you down! Since March last year I have ruptured my Achilles tendon, had my shoulder reconstructed and broken my wrist. Not to mention every day gym niggles. In short, this last 18 months has been hell. I was forced to retire at 22 from professional rugby and was left unemployed and in debt. But do you know what? I have loved and relished every second. I have always loved the saying “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” It speaks volumes to me because things have been TOUGH. But I have grown so much as a person…. I’ve pushed mental and physical limitations that I never knew existed! I feel twice the person I was before. So whatever life throws at me, I know I’ll get through it. No matter how tough. Comment “I love the plaster” if you made it this far. Stay strong guys💪 @broosk_saib #photoshoot #realtalk #hwpo #keepsmiling #malemodel #abs #blackandwhite #portraitphotography
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Britney Spears’ Woofy Boyfriend Shares How He Lost 100 Pounds

Fitness model Sam Asghari (image via Instagram)

Sam Asghari, Britney Spears’ main squeeze, recently revealed that he wasn’t always the woofy, muscle hound he is today. He also shared how he was able to lose 100 pounds in becoming the fit beast he’s become.

In a recent profile in Men’s Health, the 24-year-old said he began to gain weight after being cut from his college football team. He eventually tipped the scales at an eye-popping 290 pounds.

“I was eating Doritos for breakfast, fast food, sugar, candy, no protein, a lot of carbs, and drinking sugary sodas,”Asghari shared. “My nutrition was extremely horrible. The stress and the fear of not going anywhere [in life] combined gave me my depression.”

After six months of seriously bad nutrition and not working out, Asghari committed to making changes in his life.

“I could either continue going through the same thing or I could give it another 100 percent,” he said. “I didn’t want to have to deal with that depression and disappointment anymore. I had to restart.”

Working three jobs was proving to be a deterrent to better health and fitness as well. Asghari quit two jobs and made fitness his primary job.

Along the way, he did swing a bit past center in the obsessive department: measuring his body fat percentage daily and limiting his calorie intake to 1,500.

In only six months, he was 100 pounds lighter, and had reached a stunning 9% body fat.

A post shared by Sam Asghari (@samasghari) on Jul 14, 2018 at 4:50pm PDT

With all the changes in his health and appearance came high-profile gigs with A-list artists including his appearance in the Fifth Harmony video, “Work.”

Shortly thereafter he was cast in Britney’s “Slumber Party” video.

Hello + chemistry = couple-hood.

Now, Asghari shares his fitness regime with Brit via Instagram.

“The exercises, I come up with them, but the videos are because of my better half. She’s the video director,” he said. “It’s a very fun thing, and I look back at them and smile. Working out together is always nice and we try to do it a couple times. It’s super healthy, mentally and physically. It takes your mind off of everything else.”

A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on May 3, 2018 at 1:24pm PDT

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News Round-Up: July 27, 2018

Some news items you might have missed:

• Paleontologist and InstaHunk Francesc Gascó (above) is hot. That’s all I got. Happy Friday!

• A new study by AARP of over 1,700 gay men in the U.S. found most gay men over 45 are single.

• Folks were surprised when the Stonewall Democratic Club in NY chose to endorse Gov. Andrew Cuomo instead of out lesbian challenger Cynthia Nixon.

• Did Donald Trump use the Pulse Nightclub shooting massacre to cover up Don Jr.’s meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian government attorney turning out to be a dud?

• Former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus called Donald Trump’s proposed transgender military ban “the dumbest government policy you could possibly pursue, and it weakens us and hurts our military.”

• The world famous Nob Hill Theater, the world’s oldest male strip club, is closing.

• Recording artist Lizzo has released a new single and music video, “Boys.” The video premiered on Out.com who declared, “’Boys’ feels remarkably fresh — a fitting clapback to any stragglers who still feel women can’t express sexuality and lust.” Check it out below.

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CDC Gets Laughs With “Don’t Wash Or Reuse Condoms” Tweet

condoms

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently tweeted a public service announcement reminding folks to not “wash or re-use condoms.”

The informative tweet read, “We say it because people do it: Don’t wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act.”

Now, I trust and believe that if the CDC, one of the foremost leaders on treating/preventing HIV, is tweeting it, it’s for a reason.

But – SRSLY? Folks have to be told condoms are a one and done kinda thing?

The Twitterverse thought this seemed a bit obvious, but then decided to have some fun.

So, to be clear:

Yes – always use a condom to protect yourself from infections ranging from HIV to many other STDs.

Yes – You should check the condom before using to make sure it’s not damaged.

No – Don’t keep condoms in your wallet as friction and heat are not a condom’s friends.

And no – don’t reuse condoms. Please dispose of them sensibly.

For more info, click over to the CDC website here.

Happy Friday!

(h/t GayStarNews)