Abel Tesfaye is slowly growing more and more popular in the music industry. Tesfaye is more commonly known as The Weeknd, and he is gradually earning a name for himself.

     Tesfaye is originally from Canada, where he met producer Jeremy Rose. Rose had the idea for The Weeknd, and after pitching it to Tesfaye and another artist, decided to go with Tesfaye after hearing him freestyle.

     Performing under the name “The Weeknd,” Tesfaye released songs, “What You Need,” “Loft Music,” and “The Morning,” in 2010. Other songs were recorded, but Rose made the decision to discard them.

     Taking action himself, Tesfaye made a Youtube channel for The Weeknd and uploaded songs without revealing his actual name. The channel ended up getting a lot of attention and a high amount of views.

     At one point, fellow rapper Drake caught wind of “The Weeknd” and encouraged people to look into him. Tesfaye slowly started to gain more fans as time went on.

     In March of 2011, Tesfaye released a 9-track mixtape called House of Balloons for free in his website. Three months later, he set out on his first tour.

     “’House of Balloons’ was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one,” The Weeknd said.

     He then appeared as a special guest performer for Drake at his second Annual OVO Fest. Tesfaye would always refuse interviews and would only speak through Twitter.

     His second mixtape, Thursday, and his third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, eventually were grouped together with his House of Balloons mixtape and became known as The House of Balloons Trilogy.

     September of 2012, The Weeknd signed with Republic Records in a joint deal with his own impact label, OX. Tesfaye officially gave Rose credit for the songs he wrote for him.

     Having been featured in songs with Drake, Ariana Grande and Sia have certainly helped promote The Weeknd and has helped contribute to his success thus far.

    He has been featured in movies as well, such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with his song “Devil May Cry,” and Fifty Shades of Grey with his song, “Earned It.”

    While most people might not know the name Abel Tesfaye, many people are familiar with The Weeknd. The Weekend keeps getting more popular with every song he puts out, and he has no intention of stopping.

According to the Business Insider, Snapchat has attracted an estimated 82 million users; however, not all 82 million of those people know about the “hacks” possible while using the app.

When clicking on the drawing tool in the upper right corner, the colors on the pallet are not the only available choices. If one moves his finger from the palette around the screen, without picking up his finger, there are a range of other colors to choose from. White can be chosen near the left edge of the screen, and black can be picked at the bottom. There are also many shades of brown, pink and teal in between.

Another useful hack deals with taking videos. There are many phones where the Snapchat app is downloadable on, but this trick only works with iPhones unfortunately. Once the user starts the video by holding the photo button, he can double click the home button as if he were going to clear his “recently used apps.” This person can lift up his finger and keep the screen like this for a while, and the video on Snapchat will continue to record. Making extra long videos for friends might confuse them a bit as the receiver reads the message in 10 seconds, but in reality, it is much longer.

One more trick has to do with the text ability on the app. By going to the notes app or any place where typing can be done, copy multiple lines of spaces and then paste them in the Snapchat text bar. Once this step is completed, typing extra long messages with more characters is possible.

There are many more tips and tricks for iPhones and apps like Snapchat available on the App Store. Just search around on the internet and experiment a little, and use the sneaky techniques to amaze other students and friends.

By Lindsey Houck

Co-star John Stamos announced Monday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that Netflix has ordered up a reunion special, followed by a spin-off series called “Fuller House.”

The only returnees to the show are Candance Cameron Bure, who played D.J. Tanner; Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner; and Andrea Barber, who played Kimmy Gibler. Stamos will; however, guest star and produce the show. Other co-stars like Bob Saget, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Dave Coulier and Lori Loughlin are on going, Netflix said. They also stated that the show will be released in the 2015-2016 year.

“As big fans of the original Full House, we are thrilled to be able to introduce Fuller House’s new narrative to existing fans worldwide who grew up on the original, as well as a new generation of global viewers that have grown up with the Tanners in syndication,” Netflix Vice President of Original Content, Cindy Holland, stated in a CNN.com interview.

The show starts off with D.J. Tanner, now named Tanner-Fuller after getting married, but now widowed and pregnant. Her lifelong best friend, Kimmy Gibler, moves in to help her care for her two boys and newborn. Lastly, Stephanie Tanner is now an aspiring musician.

The Full House series aired from 1987 to 1995 and will start up again in 2016 with thirteen spin-off episodes.

By Lindsey Houck

Have Mercy! Co-star John Stamos announced Monday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that Netflix has ordered up a reunion special, followed by a spin-off series called “Fuller House.”

    The only returnees to the show are Candance Cameron Bure, who played D.J. Tanner, Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, and Andrea Barber, who played Kimmy Gibler. Stamos will; however, guest star and produce the show. Other co-stars, such as Bob Saget, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Dave Coulier and Lori Loughlin are on going, Netflix said. They also stated that the show will be released in the 2015-2016 year.

   “As big fans of the original Full House, we are thrilled to be able to introduce Fuller House’s new narrative to existing fans worldwide, who grew up on the original, as well as a new generation of global viewers that have grown up with the Tanners in syndication,” Netflix Vice President of Original Content, Cindy Holland, stated in a cnn.com interview.

    The show starts off with D.J. Tanner, now named Tanner-Fuller after getting married, but now widowed and pregnant. Her lifelong best friend, Kimmy Gibler, moves in to help her care for her two boys and newborn. Lastly, Stephanie Tanner is now an aspiring musician.

    The Full House series aired from 1987 to 1995 and will start up again in 2016 with thirteen spin-off episodes.