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The aircraft is normally used to provide surveillance for big federal drug and gang busts — but flew over the Black Lives Matter protests in DC earlier this month, as well as over Baltimore during the Freddie Gray protests.

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Joel Schumacher, the director best known for Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, as well as Brat Pack classics St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys, died on Monday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 80.

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Tekashi 69 felt like his single “Gooba” was slighted by the folks over at Billboard, but now he has at last landed his first chart-topping song: On the Hot 100 chart dated June 27, Tekashi’s Nicki Minaj-featuring single “Trollz” debuts at No. 1. This is Tekashi’s first No. 1 song and Minaj’s second (following the recent “Say So“).

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At the beginning of the pandemic’s stay-at-home order, Billie Eilish revealed she was enjoying some time off. But the singer promptly faced the negative repercussions of growing up in the spotlight. A man who claimed to be a fan of Eilish repeatedly showed up at her home, and the singer had to get the police involved. Eilish can now rest easy as she has finally been granted a restraining order against the “erratic” person.

Back in March, Eilish sought a restraining order against a 24-year-old man who began harassing the singer and her family. The man trespassed on her family’s property several times after being asked to leave. While camping out on their porch at night, the man began exhibiting “erratic” behavior. He pulled out a book, began reading, and would periodically recite a monologue. Eventually, the man was taken away by security and Eilish was granted a temporary restraining order.

Eilish’s original restraining order had been temporary, but now the singer has been permitted longer-term protection, as reported by TMZ. A judge has granted Eilish a three-year restraining order, which can be extended after its expiration. The order forbids the man from coming within 100 yards of the singer and excludes him from making any sort of contact with her.

Hopefully, Eilish can now enjoy the rest of her time spent at home with more peace of mind.

Papa Cristo’s Greek Deli in LA is getting a huge boost in promotion thanks to TBS’ Celebrity Show-Off, Ja Rule’s fictional television show pitch for the new show, and Ja’s hilarious, tongue-in-cheek viral ad for Papa Cristo’s, which is currently making the rounds on social media after airing a few days ago on TBS. Now, some good old-fashioned rap beef has been added to the formula for success which is making Papa Cristo’s, which was already a Los Angeles institution, an even hotter commodity.

50 Cent, with whom Ja feuded throughout the mid-2000s, popped up on the timeline to take another poke at his fellow Queens native. Despite the good intentions behind Ja Rule’s lighthearted ad, 50 continued to mercilessly troll his old rival, writing, “This is what happens when you f*ck with me. I’ll have you and your whole label selling gyros. Go ahead and try me!”

Of course, Ja’s commercial, hilarious as it is, was actually part of a pitch for a fictional TV show in TBS’ Celebrity Show-Off, a reality competition show premiering this week. The show features celebrities competing to create popular original content, with the winners determined by online engagement. Judging from his content’s reaction online today, Ja Rule’s got a huge head start on the competition, if the show’s producers are tuned into Twitter.

Unfortunately for Papa Cristo’s, Ja’s ad went viral on exactly the wrong day; the deli is closed on Monday and Tuesday. That probably won’t stop them from receiving a huge boost in customers when they open up later this week — which was Ja Rule’s goal all along. 50 Cent may have had a nice chuckle, but Papa Cristo might end up getting the real last laugh.

Check out Ja Rule’s hilarious fake ad above along with 50 Cent’s reaction.

After involving himself in a lengthy diss track feud with Stormzy earlier this year, Wiley has cemented himself as a prolific rapper with the surprise record Boasty Gang. The album impressively marks the second project released by the grime rap pioneer this month alone.

Boasty Gang arrives shortly after The Godfather III, which the rapper had previously announced would be the final record released under his moniker. But it seems as though the rapper still had a few more songs up his sleeve, as he gave fans no warning before dropping the 19-track Boasty Gang, which includes his Idris Elba collaboration “Boasty.”

The new project could be Wiley’s way of making up for last year’s scrapped release Full Circle. Originally slated for an August 2019 debut, Full Circle was supposed to feature all-star guest features from Nicki Minaj, Future, and Drake’s label signee Popcaan. Just two weeks before the record debuted, Wiley announced the entire project had been tossed out because Drake’s OVO label had blocked a verse by Popcaan and Nicki had announced her (short-lived) retirement.

Boasty Gang is out now via Big Dada. Get it here.

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Eminem’s always been known for trolling his detractors and fellow celebrities, even since before it was called “trolling.” He’s also been known to record multiple alternate verses for songs, vaulting the ones that actually cross too far over the line of bad taste even for him. Every so often, one of those vaulted tracks leaks though, and we get a peek into both his creative process and into his latest vendettas. The latest alternate verse to escape from the vault comes from an 86ed take on Conway The Machine’s “Bang,” on which Em guested last year.

On the original, he makes reference to his 20-year-old beef with Canibus and decade-old bout with Ja Rule, as well as calling out Iggy Azalea and “Milli Vanilli hip-hop.” A few months later, a remix of the track appeared on Griselda Records’ group debut, WWCD, along with the other members of the Buffalo drug rap trio. However, today, an alternate take cropped up on which Eminem reserves a few bars for former Shady Records signee Joe Budden and Diddy’s Revolt TV outlet, both of which have been critical of his artistic direction in the recent past.

Of Budden, Em says, “Tell this journalist stick to the stuff he knows / Like always running from Migos,” while he has the following to say on Revolt TV (where Joe eventually ended up as a content director), “Shout to Puffy Combs, but f*ck Revolt / Y’all are like a f*cked up remote / Now I get it why our button’s broke.” As the song is a leak, it’s against Uproxx policy to embed a player, but you can click here to check out the alternate version.

Eminem isn’t only a troll, though. He recently shared an updated list of rappers he really rocks with as well.

Keeping up with the best new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Noname chiming in on an unexpected feud and Phoebe Bridgers returning to her solo roots. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the best new music this week below.

Noname — “Song 33”

Noname found herself the unsuspecting target of a surprise J. Cole song. So, she returned the favor by going after him on a surprise track of her own, “Song 33,” on which she all but calls the rapper out by name. Although the song is some of the best new music this week, Noname said after dropping it that she’s “not proud” of what she did.

Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher

Another surprise: Phoebe Bridgers released her new album, Punisher, a day early. She’s done pushing it, though, because, like a lot of people, Bridgers is tired of how things are going in the world right now.

John Legend — Bigger Love

John Legend has been an impactful voice in light of all that’s going on, and now he has also put that voice to use musically. He recruited an intimate but effective roster of guests for the new record, including Jhené Aiko, Rapsody, and Gary Clark Jr. There’s also a bit of Dr. Dre on there thanks to a sample on “Actions.”

Teyana Taylor — The Album

Teyana Taylor decided to drop her album, The Album, as a celebration of Juneteenth, saying, “I’ve always been about us being celebrated and celebrating my culture and my people. For everything to happen, from my album getting delayed and it falls perfectly on Juneteenth, yes, it’s a celebration.”

Anderson .Paak — “Lockdown”

It’s a frustrating time for a lot of people in this country, which .Paak conveys on his latest, “Lockdown.” .Paak doesn’t limit himself to just the Black Lives Matter movement here, though, as he discusses the coronavirus pandemic and other issues people are facing today.

BTS — “Stay With Gold”

BTS’ upcoming Japanese-language album is mostly translated versions of songs from Map Of The Soul: 7, but there are a couple new songs. They shared one of them last week, and thankfully, “Stay Gold” treads similar water to their hip-hop-influenced pop gems of recent years.

The Killers — “My Own Soul’s Warning”

The Killers have so far teased a huge-sounding album with Imploding The Mirage, a trend they continued on “My Own Soul’s Warning.” The track boasts more than a shade of epic ’80s rock influence, of which there is hopefully more on the upcoming record.

Saweetie — “Tap In”

Saweetie has sampled an early-2000s classic or two in her day, and she has done so again on the first single from her debut album, “Tap In.” Flipping Too Short’s 2006 hit “Blow The Whistle,” “Tap In” is an upbeat tune for as fun a summer as will be possible in the coming months.

Sault — Untitled (Black Is)

Sault’s new album is one made for these trying times. They say of the record, “We present our first ‘Untitled’ album to mark a moment in time where we as Black People, and of Black Origin are fighting for our lives. RIP George Floyd and all those who have suffered from police brutality and systemic racism. Change is happening… We are focused.”

Bob Dylan — Rough And Rowdy Ways

Bob Dylan is nearing 80 years old, and since the ’60s, he’s been pumping out music at a consistent rate. He added to his storied discography with Rough And Rowdy Ways, which he introduced with the 17-minute lead single “Murder Most Foul.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

It’s more than fair to say that Donald Trump’s return to the campaign train this weekend in Tulsa went disastrously. It was Fyre Fest 2.0, basically, with who knows how many lingering aftereffects to be seen. Not only did POTUS urge people to pack into a 19,000 seat arena during the middle of a pandemic, but he used that opportunity to show off his water-drinking skills to a little over 6,000 people. Trump’s lack of attendance, despite campaign manager Brad Parscale insisting that unparalleled demand (over 1 million people) existed for these tickets, can only be regarded as a flop, and the “walk of shame” videos out there show that Trump’s sails were at least temporarily deflated. And John Oliver was predictably thrilled to see this happen.

“There’s absolutely no one in the room with me right now, although interestingly that’s still somehow only slightly fewer people than were at president Trump’s Oklahoma rally last night, which was half empty despite his campaign claiming a million people had requested tickets.”

Here’s a clip of that tidbit, which was only a brief blip in the entire Last Week Tonight episode, but Oliver enjoyed himself so much, it’s worth viewing.

As noted, even Pink “dunked” on Trump, as did Cardi B. And The Wiggles trended for the same reason, as you can see below, since all three acts outdid the president at the same venue.

Oliver soon grew serious though. Watch his deep dive on the alarming spike of COVID-19 clusters in U.S. prisons below.