"Talk That Talk" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her 2011 studio album of the same name. It features a rap verse by Jay-Z, who had previously collaborated with her on "Umbrella" in 2007 and "Run This Town" in 2009. A hip hop song with R&B; beats, rough drums and unrefined synths, it was written by Jay-Z, Ester Dean, The Notorious B.I.G., Buckwild, Sean Combs, and Chucky Thompson together with the Norwegian production duo StarGate. Def Jam Recordings serviced the track to urban radio in the United States on January 17, 2012. The single was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 2013 ceremony. It reached number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, and made top ten lists in Israel, Norway, and South Korea. Over one million copies were downloaded in the US. Rihanna performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show and Saturday Night Live, and included it on set lists on tour with Eminem.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1893:

Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii

1945:

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary, and was never publicly seen again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg

1961:

Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba

1989:

Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and at wounding 32 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_%28Stockton%29

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

snatch and run: An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snatch_and_run

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If your family doesn't have much money, I want you to remember that in this country, plenty of folks, including me and my husband — we started out with very little. But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible — even becoming President. That's what the American Dream is all about. If you are a person of faith, know that religious diversity is a great American tradition, too. In fact, that's why people first came to this country — to worship freely. And whether you are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh — these religions are teaching our young people about justice, and compassion, and honesty. So I want our young people to continue to learn and practice those values with pride. You see, our glorious diversity — our diversities of faiths and colors and creeds — that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are.   --Michelle Obama https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama