Month: May 2023

Sexyy Red is quickly showing herself to be a promising newcomer. Over the past few months, she’s collaborated with the likes of Summer Walker, NLE Choppa, and Kali. Plus, she’s also gone viral some singles of her own, including “Pound Town.”

While the lyrics “I’m out of town, thuggin’ with my rounds / My coochie pink, my booty-hole brown” might make someone clutch their pearls, the remix of the Tay Keith-produced track takes things to another level.

On the remix, titled “Pound Town 2,” Red and Keith enlist Nicki Minaj, who gives the song even more x-rated flair.

“I’ma flip like a hundred bricks, get back on my licks / I’m a b*tch, I want fish and grits, throwin’ hissy fits / I ain’t talkin’ about chicken when I jerk it with my t*ts / I be twerkin’ on that d*ck, plus, I’m slurpin’ every drip,” she raps.

In a letter to the Barbz sent by Minaj via email, she shared how she and Red linked up for this spicy remix.

“I met with Sexyy Red & found her to be so down to earth and sweet,” Minaj said. “I couldn’t hear myself on this song at first but once I let go & decided to just have fun with a bad b!ch, I ended up LOVING how it came out!”

You can listen to “Pound Town 2” here.

Yeat has shared a glitzy new collaboration with Young Thug. On their flashy, lo-fi hip-hop track, Yeat and Thug show off their riches, putting their opulence on display by way of watches and flashy jewelry.

While Yeat is more reserved and tends to keep to himself, his chemistry with Thug on the braggadocious track is undeniable. On the song’s chorus, the pair invite spectators to “look at my wrist,” which is presumably studded in luxury.

“Pockets on lettuce and radish and blue cheese, no ranch / You want the Patek? You gotta run it up / Hand me my bag, she wanna hold the Hannah Montana / Only no tag, they wonder where Miley’s at,” raps Thug on one of the song’s verses.

In an interview with Complex, Yeat revealed that Thug, along with Future, is one of his favorite rappers of all time. While the two maintain good energy on this collaboration, Yeat noted that he doesn’t care too much to collaborate with other artists.

“I’m not really big on features,” he said. “I kind of like people just hearing me. I don’t really need other people on my music. Maybe a couple features, but I don’t like having 20 features on an album. That sh*t’s kind of weird.

You can listen to “My Wrist” above.

Young Thug is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Singer-turned-actor-turned-singer-again Dominic Fike is onto a new chapter. Tonight (May 26) Fike has shared the latest track from his upcoming sophomore album, Sunburn. On the precious “Ant Pile,” Fike took us back to his days on the playground, where he recalls crushing on one of his classmates.

“First grade / Somebody tied you to an ant pile / And that wasn’t even the worst day / Back then you knew I always liked you,” Fike sings, over electrifying guitar riffs.

He then chronicles their love up to high school, where they started to take their relationship to higher levels, from dates, to hook-ups, to breakdowns, and painful dissolutions.

“Ninth grade / I picked you up before the first date / You were allergic to your entrée / You couldn’t do pasta / The movie was awful,” he sings on the second verse.

“Ant Pile” is one of Fike‘s more romantic songs, and the lyrics play out vividly, like the soundtrack to a coming-of-age movie. Sunburn is said to be an autobiographical album inspired by his childhood in Florida. The bulk of the album was written, produced, and recorded in his home state.

You can listen to “Ant Pile” above.

Sunburn is out 7/7 via Columbia. Find more information here.

Taylor Swift and Ice Spice have teamed up for the official remix to “Karma.” On the updated Midnights fan-favorite, Ice adds a fiery flair to the shimmering pop track.

Swift’s first verse remains the same as the original verse, but at the second, Ice pops in reminding us why the universe has rewarded her.

“You ain’t gotta worry, karma never gets lazy / So I keep my head up / My bread up / I won’t let up / Promise that you’ll never endeavor with none lesser” she raps on her verse, celebrating another win, as she adds another high-caliber collab to her resume.

Because after all, how can she lose if she’s already chose?

The remix to “Karma” comes as part of a special edition of Midnights called Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition), which has also dropped tonight. In addition to this remix, Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) also contains “Hits Different,” a song that was previously only available on the Target edition of Midnights, as well as a new version of “Snow On The Beach” containing more vocals from Lana Del Rey.

You can listen to “Karma (Remix)” above.

Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) is out now via Republic. Find more information here.

The conversation about NBA officiating has gotten a bit out of control of late, as complaints about calls and non-calls has seemed to become a dominant topic every single night. For the most part, fans on Twitter are just screaming into the void (or the mentions of the NBA Officials or NBA main account with no reply), but there is one account that was out there standing ready to defend the honor of the officials — or, at least, one official.

NBA Twitter was enthralled on Thursday by the saga of @CuttliffBlair, a since-deleted Twitter account with no followers that only followed the NBA, NBA Officials, NBA Refs, Ref Analytics, and the George Mason women’s basketball team (which, we’ll get to in a minute). The account served one purpose: defending referee Eric Lewis in the mentions of seemingly anyone that would tweet about him in a negative way — particularly over the Western Conference Finals, where he drew the ire of some Lakers fans.

It certainly fits the profile of a burner account and given it was deleted after all of this went viral, it’s hard to imagine it being anything other than Lewis’ account — it also was apparently registered to Lewis’ AOL email. As for the accounts it followed, the various NBA ones make total sense, but the George Mason women’s team account seemed odd, until you learn his wife coaches there.

That makes it hard to imagine how this isn’t an account he manned, and while it’s totally understandable why you’d want to defend yourself when facing constant accusations of either being terrible at your job or being crooked as a referee, it’s also just not something you should bother with if you’re an NBA ref. Burner accounts seem like a good idea at the time, but if you only use the account to defend yourself, eventually it catches someone’s eye — especially because, as an NBA referee, no random people are going to be out there defending your honor that vigorously. This isn’t as big a deal as the Brian Colangelo burner account situation, but it’s still wild enough to make him one of the main characters on NBA Twitter right now.

Refereeing is a very difficult and thankless job, with the discourse about it as toxic as ever. Still, probably best to log off and do your best to ignore Twitter, because if you get found out like this, it’s only going to make it worse.

Moneybagg Yo has shared a new track from hisHard To Love: Heartless Edition mixtape. His latest, “Ocean Spray” is a catchy, melodic ode to lean, where he marvels in luxury as he sips on that syrup.

“I’m juiced up / Ocean Spray / I’m poured up / Let’s drink some more today / I’m high now, might float away / if I was outside now / I’m vibed out / new Cartiers hide my eyes now,” he rap-sings on the song’s chorus.

In the song’s accompanying video, Moneybagg drives around the city, captured through a purple filter. Visions of Moneybagg appear in various styrofoam cups, each cutting into a new scene.

“Ocean Spray” makes for a companion to Moneybagg’s other lean-centric track, “Wockesha.” Though, early last year, the Memphis rapper took to Twitter to share that he plans to get sober.

“I use to think being sober would f*ck wit my creative process,” he said. “I see dats just a mind thing cuz I been more active skin glowing and I been dropping nun but pressure.”

Hard To Love: Heartless Edition was originally planned for release at midnight, however, Moneybagg has since revealed that he is pushing the release date back a week.

“Ima Let My Baby @taylorswift13 Drop Tonight,” he said.

You can see the video for “Ocean Spray” above.

Hard To Love: Heartless Edition is out 6/2 via CMG and Interscope.

The first thing you need to know about Charlie the golden retriever is that he loves Mr. Quackers.

Mr. Quackers is Charlie’s stuffed yellow duck. Charlie carries him around everywhere, he loves him so.

@charliethegolden18

I always so happ to see my lil bro 😋 #dogsoftiktok #petsoftiktok #dogs #goldenretriever

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Anyone who’s had a dog with a favorite stuffy knows that it’s a bit like a child with a favorite stuffy. As long as the stuffy is there, all is well. If stuffy goes missing, all hell breaks loose. Nobody take the stuffy away. Nobody lose the stuffy. Nobody mess with the stuffy.

Where they go, their stuffy goes.

Where Charlie goes, Mr. Quackers goes.

That’s just the way it is.

@charliethegolden18 Happens every..single..time 😂🙈 #dogsoftiktok #petsoftiktok #dogs #goldenretriever ♬ Quirky – Oleg Kirilkov

The attachment is real. Watch what happens when Charlie’s buddy Buddy tries to mess with Mr. Quackers.

@charliethegolden18

Ain’t nobody touching my Mr. Quackers 😋 #dogsoftiktok #petsoftiktok #dogs #goldenretriever

“There, see it!” Oh, Charlie. His love for Mr. Quackers is unrivaled, which is why his owner decided to pull an incredible pet prank and dress up as Mr. Quackers himself.

@charliethegolden18

When your husband finds a costume that looks identical to your dogs favorite duck toy 😂 #dogsoftiktok #petsoftiktok #dogs #goldenretriever

The things we do for our dogs, indeed.

And when Charlie got to meet the life-sized Mr. Quackers? So. Much. Joy.

@charliethegolden18

Dressed up as our dogs favorite duck toy. Full video on FB & YouTube. Link in bio. #dogsoftiktok #petsoftiktok #dogs #goldenretriever

Charlie practically wagged his tail right off his body. And he never let go of the original Mr. Quackers the whole time—at least on TikTok.

The extended video on YouTube shows Charlie dropping Mr. Quackers and trying to get a hold of Huge Mr. Quackers by the neck. Not in an aggressive way—more like in a “Hey, lemme carry you around like I do Mr. Quackers!” kind of way.

And then the slow discovery that Huge Mr. Quackers smells an awful lot like his hooman … just too precious.

Animals can bring such joy to our lives, especially when we take the time to play with them. Thanks, Charlie’s parents, for sharing this moment of adorable delight with us all.

Follow more of Charlie and Mr. Quackers’ adventures on TikTok and YouTube.

This article originally appeared on 03.30.22

Takeoff‘s alleged killer, Patrick Xavier Clark, has been formally charged with murder, according to a report from TMZ.

Takeoff, who was a member of Atlanta rap group Migos, was shot and killed last November during an altercation outside of a Houston bowling alley. Clark was arrested the following December by the Houston Police Department, who accused him of firing the fatal shots.

Today (May 25), Clark was reportedly indicted by a Texas grand jury. According to TMZ, Clark has since asked a judge for $5,000 so he can hire a private investigator and prepare a defense. He reportedly noted that he is unable to hire a PI on his own.

Following the indictment, Clark’s attorney Carl Moore shared a statement with TMZ.

“Today’s action by the grand jury is not unexpected,” said Moore. “We would ask people to remember that getting an indictment requires meeting a very, very minimal standard of proof. When we get inside a courtroom and in front of a jury, where we will be able to put on our evidence and cross-examine the state’s witnesses— where the standard of proof is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt— we expect the jury will come back with a verdict of not guilty.”

One of the most anticipated movies of the summer has an equally exciting soundtrack. Today (May 25), it was announced that the soundtrack to Barbie, which will be called Barbie: The Album will feature a star-studded line-up including Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Tame Impala, GAYLE, and more.

This evening, following the premiere of Dua Lipa’s “Dance The Night” video, part of the soundtrack’s tracklist has been revealed.

The soundtrack, which is produced by Mark Ronson and the film’s director, Greta Gerwig, will feature a track from Lizzo, appropriately titled “Pink,” as well as a rework of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj called “Barbie World.” Buzzy K-Pop group Fifty-Fifty will also share a collaboration with Kali called “Barbie Dreams.” Additionally, Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in the movie, will make a musical contribution with a song called “I’m Just Ken.”

At the time of writing, two of the soundtrack’s songs are to be announced.

The full soundtrack will arrive in July, in tandem with the movie.

You can see the cover art and partial tracklist below.

1. Lizzo — “Pink”
2. Dua Lipa — “Dance The Night”
3. Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, & Aqua — “Barbie World”
4. Charli XCX — “Speed Drive”
5. Karol G & Aldo Ranks — “Watati”
6. TBA
7. Tame Impala — “Journey To The Real World”
8. Ryan Gosling — “I’m Just Ken”
9. Dominic Fike — “Hey Blondie”
10. Haim — “Home”
11. TBA
12. The Kid Laroi — “Forever & Again”
13. Khalid — “Silver Platter”
14. PinkPantheress — “Angel”
15. GAYLE — “Butterflies”
16. Ava Max — “Choose Your Fighter”
17. Fifty Fifty & Kali — “Barbie Dreams”

Barbie: The Album is out 7/21 via Atlantic. Find more information here.

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

Dua Lipa is living the Barbie dream. In addition to making her acting debut in Barbie which arrives this summer, she has also recorded the movie’s official theme song, “Dance The Night.”

On “Dance The Night,” Lipa is on cloud nine as she gears up for a night of dancing. With no cares in the world, she sings over triumphant strings and bouncy percussion, reveling in the late ’70s and early ’80s pop sounds

“Watch me dance / dance the night away / My hеart could be burning / but you won’t see it in my face / Watch me dancе, dance the night away / I still keep the party running, not one hair out of place.”

In the song’s accompanying visual, Lipa is seen as the Barbie variation she will play in the movie. A watermark appears on the screen, reading “This Barbie is making a music video.” Lipa then tries on a bunch of cute outfits, then hits the dancefloor with her fellow Barbies. Clips from Barbie can be seen throughout the video, and the movie’s director, Greta Gerwig makes a brief cameo.

You can watch the video “Dance The Night” above.

Barbie arrives in theaters 7/21.

Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.