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Popular EV makers such as Ola Electric, Ather Energy and TVS have announced a hike in the prices of their products after the Central Government tightened the FAME II subsidy norms. Hop Electric announced a price cut across its range of EVsThe Hop Leo electric scooter is available in a high-speed and a low-speed variant both of which have become more affordable.  The Hop Leo electric scooter in its low-speed variant now costs Rs 84,000 while the high-speed variant now sells for Rs 97,500. The Hop Lyf electric scooter has…

Hip-hop legends including Run-DMC and the originator DJ Kool Herc will headline the Hip Hop 50 Live anniversary celebration in New York.The concert extravaganza will be Aug. 11, celebrating the date in 1973 when Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell led a back-to-school party inside the community center at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. and gave birth to the genre.Headlining acts also include Lil Wayne and two West Coast rap legends: everyone’s uncle from Long Beach, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube.Herc, 68, will be a part of the “A Pillar of Hip…

The cajón contains a radical history. The box-shaped percussion instrument is now commonly used in acoustic setups but it originated in 19th-century Peru as a makeshift means of enslaved people defying Spanish colonial restrictions on music. Workers would put down their wooden crates and begin using them as drums, beating out rhythms and producing dances that have since become part of folk tradition.The artwork for Agua DulceFor Peruvian artist Ale Hop and percussionist Laura Robles, the cajón’s subversive past has been…

Dancehall performer Spice announced this week in a splashy Instagram post that she is pregnant. “God has been so good to me,” the Jaimaican-born singer and former “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star wrote Tuesday in her post, alongside a regal portrait of her with towering blue hair and a cascading blue gown that revealed her baby bump. She was pushing a vintage stroller brimming with blue blossoms. Spice, born Grace Hamilton and often referred to as the “Queen of Dancehall,” also confirmed that fellow musical artist and…

Colorado may not be the best-known hop growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose took the top accolade at the annual Cascade Cup competition and became the first grower outside of the Pacific Northwest to do so. Hop farmers Audrey Gehlhausen, left, and Chris DellaBianca stand in rows of hop vines at the Billy Goat Hop Farm south of Montrose Friday morning August 13, 2021. (William Woody, Special to the Denver Post) Hosted by…

HOP Leo electric scooter price in India, availability The high-speed variant of the HOP Leo electric scooter has been launched in India for a price of Rs 97,000 (ex-showroom) and will be available at HOP dealerships from January 23rd onwards. The EV will be available in five colour options – Black, White, Grey, Blue and Red. The company will also be offering a warranty of three years/40,000km on the battery and a three-year warranty on the vehicle. The HOP Leo electric scooter will compete with the likes of the Ola S1 Air…

HOP Electric has commenced the deliveries of Oxo e-bike in the Indian market. The first batch of 2,500 units was handed over to the customers in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Being the brand’s flagship high-speed e-bike, HOP Oxo e-bike has bagged more than 10,000 bookings and 50,000+ interests in just two months of the launch.Also Read: Hop Oxo Electric Motorcycle Launched in India at Rs 1.25 Lakh, Gets 150 Km Range“We are grateful to our customers who have welcomed our new offering, HOP OXO high-speed electric motorcycle with open…

Viruses are finely tuned to their hosts, but mutations can and have produced strains that can jump from animals into humans. Sara Sawyer, a virologist at the BioFrontiers Institute of the University of Colorado, Boulder, spoke to Nature about what a virus must do to make the leap between species, and describes a worrying discovery her laboratory has made regarding a future threat. How do animal viruses infect humans? Most animal viruses cannot infect humans—we ingest viruses all the time, and most of them pass straight…

Kendrick Lamar dominated the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards with six wins including artist of the year and album of the year for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 in May. The awards ceremony, taped on Friday Sept. 30 at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta, premiered on Tuesday (Oct. 4) on BET, BET Her, MTV2 and VH1. Lamar also won lyricist of the year and best live performer. He shared two other awards — best hip hop video for “Family Ties” with Baby Keem and …

The BET Hip Hop Awards are back.Some of music’s biggest names gathered at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta last Friday, Sept. 30, to celebrate the latest achievements in hip-hop. This year’s edition, being broadcast tonight, is hosted by Fat Joe and includes performances by Lil’ Kim, the Wu-Tang Clan, David Banner, Dead Prez, Remy Ma, and Three 6 Mafia.The 2022 nominees were announced several weeks ago, with Drake and Kanye West leading the pack with 14 and 10 nods, respectively. The two are competing against each other…