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Tee Grizzley Talks Becoming Rap’s Martin Scorsese With New Project ‘Chapters of the Trenches’
Storytelling has always been a pillar of rap, but nobody in the industry is doing it like Tee Grizzley right now. The Detroit native turned his cautionary street tales into a cinematic visual album, which will be packaged as Chapters of the Trenches. The vivid project arrives on Friday (Oct. 14). Inspired by real-life events, Tee’s “Robbery” series quickly caught fire earlier this year, and with fans thirsting for more, Grizzley delivered a connected universe of sorts with each heart-racing installment, leaving viewers with a thrilling cliffhanger more twisted than the last. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I hear a lot of people speak on the trenches and a lot of people think it’s cool. Even Lil Durk would tell you, this s–...
Did Madonna Just Come Out as Gay? Here’s Why Fans Are Confused
Madonna has always known how to capture the attention of the people, but her latest stint has left most fans scratching their heads. She posted a video to her TikTok page on Sunday (Oct. 9) in which she appeared to come out as gay. Sporting pink hair and a white outfit (bustier included), the “Like a Virgin” singer held up a pair of neon pink panties that she balled up in her hands. “If I miss, I’m gay” the words on screen read. As she tossed the underwear across her finely appointed room, the video cut to them falling short of a small trash bin. Cutting back to Madge, the star gave a flamboyant shrug as she turned to walk away. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans in the comments were immediately confused by the singer’s TikTok, with m...
Quavo and Takeoff’s ‘Only Built For Infinity Links’ Projected to Debut in Top Five
Quavo and Takeoff‘s collaborative debut album Only Built For Infinity Links is projected to debut in the top five of next week’s Billboard 200 chart. According to HITS Daily Double, the 18-track project is expected to earn a total of 28,000 to 32,000 equivalent album units — enough to shoot them into one of the Billboard 200’s top five slots. Only Built For Infinity Links features guest appearances from Mustard on “See Bout It,” YoungBoy Never Broke Again on “To The Bone,” Young Thug and Gunna on “Chocolate,” Summer Walker on “Mixy,” Birdman on “Big Stunna” and Gucci Mane on “Us vs. Them” along with production work from the likes of Murda Beatz, DJ Durel, Money Musik, Budda Beats and more. Some of next week’s debuts also include YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s 3800 Degrees, which is fore...
Lizzo Seemingly Responds to Kanye West’s Comments About Her Weight at Toronto Concert
Lizzo appears to have subtly responded to Kanye “Ye” West‘s comments about her weight during his appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight. The “About Damn Time” singer took a moment during her concert at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Friday (Oct. 7) to address her name often being brought up during media interviews. “I feel like everybody in America got my motherf—ing name in their motherf—ing mouth for no motherf—ing reason,” Lizzo told the crowd. “I’m minding my fat Black beautiful business,” she added before asking the audience, “Can I stay here? Who can I marry for that dual citizenship?” Watch the onstage moment via TMZ. The R&B star’s comments arrive after Ye’s interview with Carlson on Thursday, during which the rapper shared his thoughts on the “demonic” promotion of obes...
Shakira Announces New Single ‘Monotonia’ With Ozuna
Shakira and Ozuna have teamed up for a new song, “Monotonía.” “Monotonía” will be released on Oct. 19, the singer revealed on Sunday (Oct. 9) on her official social media accounts, where she posted a brief sound clip and an image of the song title atop a heart being stabbed with a dagger. “Un pequeño rey con una súper reina,” Ozuna commented on Shakira’s Instagram post Sunday afternoon. Earlier this week, Shakira — who confirmed her split with Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué a few months ago, and said recently that she was going through “the most difficult, darkest hours of my life” — had teased new lyrics on Instagram: “No fue culpa tuya/ Ni tampoco mía/ Fue culpa de la monotonía,” (“It wasn’t your fault/ Nor Mine/ It was the fault of monotony.”) “Monotonía” will be the Colombian super...
Sam Smith and Kim Petras Extend ‘Unholy’ U.K. Chart Reign
Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” (EMI) hit dominates the U.K.’s chart for a second week. The viral track racks up 6.6 million streams during the latest chart cycle, the Official Charts Company reports, to complete another victory lap. “Unholy” finishes “comfortably ahead” of David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s former leader “I’m Good (Blue)” (via Parlophone), which had led the midweek chart before finishing in second place. The highest new debut on the Official U.K. Singles Chart belongs to Ed Sheeran with “Celestial” (Asylum), new at No. 6, for the Englishman’s 40th top 10 and 57th top 40 appearance. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Celestial,” which is synced to the forthcoming Pokémon games “Scarlet” and “Violet,” is “by far” the most-bought t...
Slipknot’s ‘The End So Far’ Crowned on U.K. Chart
Slipknot rocks a third U.K. No. 1 with The End So Far. The U.S. metal veterans overturned a midweek deficit to come home with a wet sail, as The End So Far (via Roadrunner) tops the chart by just 340 combined units, the Official Charts Company reports. The End So Far is the group’s sixth U.K. top 10 album, and third leader after Iowa (from 2001) and We Are Not Your Kind (2019). It’s the most downloaded album of the chart cycle, according to the OCC, and it’s the best-selling album of the week in Australia. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The LP to narrowly miss out on the U.K. crown is the posthumous reissue of George Michael’s Older (Sony Music CG). Following its original release in 1996, Michael’s classic record peaked at No. 1, one of his ni...
UC Berkeley Offering Course on Nicki Minaj for Spring 2023 Semester
The University of California, Berkeley is set to offer a course on Nicki Minaj during the Spring 2023 semester. Entitled Nicki Minaj: The Black Barbie Femmecee & Hip Hop Feminisms, the course was announced by a professor in a series of now-protected tweets and was described as a class that “is interested in thinking critically about [Minaj] and [her] productions w/in the context of broader historical-social structures & hip hop feminisms.” The rapper herself responded to a separate tweet about the course and shared that she’d “love to stop by,” while the professor explained that “having [Minaj’s] personal insights would be AMAZING” in class. The announcement arrives just shortly after Minaj released a selection of new material including a second remix of Skeng’s “Likkle Miss,...
Kid Cudi Hints at Retiring From Music
In a recent interview with Zane Lowe from Apple Music, Kid Cudi voiced his interest in stepping away from producing full-length albums to focus on other areas of his life. He later appeared in Hot Ones with Sean Evans, hinting at potentially retiring “all things Kid Cudi” within the next few years. “The Kid Cudi stuff, I think I want to put it on the back burner and chill out with that,” Cudi says in his interview with Lowe. “I think, I want to be done with it. I think, closing the chapter on Kid Cudi. The goal for Entergalactic — I was bored of making albums. Just, doing an album, and two music videos and that’s it. And I was like, man, I went into this wanting to do something epic and different. And now that I’ve done that, I’ve made a lot of music, man.” Cudi says that he’ll always be a...
Pusha T Drops Limited Edition ‘It’s Almost Dry’ Vinyl LP
Pusha T has dropped his latest album It’s Almost Dry on vinyl. The limited edition LP arrives in a traditional black pressing with all 12 tracks and the original cover art, with only four copies for each customer allowed. It also arrives with a brand new T-shirt commemorating It’s Almost Dry as the Rap Album of the Year, with a screenprinted face on the front and the words “Rap Album of the Year” on the back. It’s Almost Dry was released in April 2022 as the followup to DAYTONA and gave King Push his first ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The record was executive produced by Ye and Pharrell and featured guest verses from the two alongside JAY-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, NIGO, Labrinth and Malice. Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry vinyl LP and “Rap Album of the Year” T-shirt are bo...
Kanye West Locked Out of Twitter Following Anti-Semitic Tweet
Kanye West has been locked out of his Twitter account after posting an anti-Semitic tweet, BuzzFeed News reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The full tweet, as reported by BuzzFeed News and The Hollywood Reporter, read: I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE. The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda. The social media platform removed the tweet shortly after West published it for violating its rules and guidelines. There is currently a notice from Twitter in the tweet’s place that reads: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.” Although West’s Twitter account is currently still live, a Twitter spokespers...
Box Office Upset: ‘Smile’ Bites Off Big $17.6M as ‘Amsterdam’ Bombs and ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ Limps
Paramount is grinning widely this weekend as its creepy pic, Smile, continued to stay atop the chart in its sophomore outing with a projected gross of $17.6 million from 3,659 theaters. That’s a decline of just 22 percent, one of the best holds of all time for the horror genre. The news was just as good overseas. Smile earned $17.5 million from 61 markets for a foreign tally of $40 million and a global haul of $88.9 million to make the $17 million a major profit generator. Smile earned more than enough to beat Sony’s new family film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, which opened to an estimated $11.5 million domestically. Sony expects the movie to benefit from the Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday on Monday and earn a total of $13.4 million through Monday. Heading into the week...
