Lil Durk‘s new album, Almost Healed, is proving to be one of the buzziest projects of the year. On the album, Durk opens up about love, loss, and a rough upbringing. One of the album’s standout tracks, “Sad Songs” encapsulates the themes of the entire project.
On the song, Durk seeks to right his wrongs, even if some of them were things he can’t take back.
“I know how it feel to be lied on / This ain’t gangster sh*t in my headphones, this a sad song / I can’t vent to you on a text message, it’s real wrong,” Durk rap-sings on one of the song’s verses.
In the accompanying video, Durk is seen alone in his home, as the rain pours down outside of the windows.
Over the years, Durk has not shied away from talking about his emotions. In a recent interview in XXL, he revealed that he sees a therapist.
“You know, it don’t just gotta be ‘I’m finna go take all these drugs, or I’m finna go get my feelings like this’ I got my family, I got my girl, I got a therapist, I got my kids and I got the studio,” he said.
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Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. Straight up, this week isn’t great. Granted, we’ve been spoiled for the last month with fire drop after drop so it was only a matter of time before we were going to hit a slow week. Don’t worry, it won’t last, next week Nike alone is dropping three new must-cop Jordan colorways, would it had killed the brand to drop at least one of those this week? Apparently.
But this week isn’t without its gems, Teyana Taylor is getting a signature Jordan 1, New Balance and Adidas are dropping some modern classics in new colorways, and JJJJound is linking up with Salomon for an eye-catching iteration of the XT-Wings 2. Once you’re done scanning this week’s picks, be sure to check out this month’s Style Watch, where we shout out the best music festival-ready apparel to help complete your summer fit.
Ever since the New Balance brought back its 550 silhouettes, it’s gone hard on the design, and for good reason, it’s a dope model. But with all the colorways coming out it has started to feel a bit stale — now the brand is dropping a 550 worth paying attention to.
The Sea Salt with Black sports an altered upper, made from all-over canvas with suede accents over the standard stock rubber outsole. It’s a subtle change, but the canvas upper manages to make the sneaker look fresh (tapping Jack Harlow to model it helps too) compared to the leather version.
The New Balance 550 Sea Salt with Black is out now in a full-size run. Pick up a pair via the New Balance webstore.
This week Teyana Taylor has linked up with Nike for a full apparel and sneaker launch. We’re digging the apparel but the highlight of the collection is this Gym Red Jordan 1 ZOOM CMFT 2, and we’re not just saying that because this is SNX.
Teyana’s AJ1 features embroidered thorns outlining a large wraparound swoosh that dips into the midsole. The perforated toe box sports ‘x’ cutouts while the tongue tag reads “Tey” in a chunky sparkling font.
The Air Jordan 1 Zoom CMFT 2 x Teyana Taylor in Gym Red is set to drop on June 1st at 7:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Ever wanted to wear some sunshine on your feet? That’s what this Yellow Ochre Zoom Vomero 5 will give you. Featuring a netted mesh upper with suede and leather paneling, the Vomero has a plastic heel piece, and contrasting metallic silver accents that pop against its loud yellow colorway.
The Nike Zoom Vomero 5 Yellow Ochre is set to drop on May 6th at 7:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
New Balance 650 White with Interstellar and Raincloud
New Balance continues its streak of absurdly named colorways with this week’s 650 White with Interstellar and Raincloud. Someone needs to tell NB that ‘interstellar’ is not a color, it’s a mid-tier movie. Anyway, this 650 oozes 80s b-ball vibes, and we love it.
The sneaker sports a leather upper with a puff and stitch collar, molded foam construction, and raw-edged leather eyerows with a classy white on royal purple colorway.
The New Balance 650 White with Interstellar and Raincloud is set to drop on June 1st at 7:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair at the New Balance webstore. ‘
The France-based snowboard brand Salomon has teamed up with Canadian brand JJJJound for a super dope sneaker they’re calling the XT-WINGS 2. These two brands love snow, and yet they’re heating up the week with what is by far the best drop.
The XT-Wings 2 features a synthetic upper build in off-white with matching textile lining, lapis blue rubber outsoles, a patented Quicklace lacing system and dual Salomon JJJJound branding. It sports an icy vibe that is going to look great with your summer wardrobe.
The Salomon x JJJJound XT-WINGS 2 is set to drop on June 1st at 9:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair at JJJJound or Salomon global channels on June 2nd.
Made in part with Parley Ocean Plastic, this sustainable sneaker sports a textile upper with a shroud made of recycled plastic and polyester with a bungee lace closure, BOOST midsole, and slip-on sock fit. Adidas is making some of the best sustainable sneakers on the market right now and the NMD is a testament to their powers.
This drop is available in seven different colorways, our favorites include the Core Black, Cloud White, and Triple White, all pictured above.
The Adidas NMD_S1 is set to drop on June 1st at 12:00 AM PDT. Pick up a pair at Adidas.
Adidas might not have a strong showing week to week like Nike or even New Balance, but we tip our hat to the brand for always trying to push the envelope and make sneakers for tomorrow, not for today. The Ultra 4D is still one of the most futuristic sneakers on the market, it’s made using a 3D printed midsole, sports enhanced impact absorption and stability, and features a lightweight PRIMEKNIT upper and a distinct design that is easy to recognize and looks like nothing else on the market.
For that, we’re always going to love the 4D, which drops in eight different colorways this week.
The Adidas Ultra 4D is set to drop on June 1st at 12:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair at Adidas
As Samantha Jane Guptil pulled into her local Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru, she was delightfully shocked to see that she wasn’t the only one having a sweet craving that day.
In a short clip posted to her TikTok, Guptil narrates as a friendly raccoon waltzes up and cuts in front of her in the drive-thru line to order his very own doughnut.
Yes, you read that right.
“What in the world? My dude. He wants some Dunkin’ Donuts,” Guptil can be heard saying in the video (and honestly, can you blame him?) as Mr. Raccoon approaches the takeout window.
Without missing a beat, the drive-thru worker politely hands him a white frosted doughnut, allowing the critter to scurry off with a delicious treat. Guptil can be heard squealing with delight.
Guptil wasn’t the only one totally won over by the adorable exchange. Her video soon went mega-viral with over 21 million views and 4 million likes. Besides fawning over just how stinking cute he was, people surmised that this wasn’t the raccoon’s first time making a doughnut run.
“There’s no way this isn’t a daily thing for the raccoon and the workers lol that was far too casual,” wrote another TikTok commenter. “I love it!”
Another added, “That’s his spot. He knows he’s getting one.”
Even Guptil wrote that “he must be a regular.”
Others joked that the raccoon gave Dunkin’ some free advertising.
“If they had a buy the raccoon’s daily donut option I would 100% do that,” one person quipped.
“Dunkin’ has to use this for a commercial!” wrote another.
Raccoons are often misunderstood as devious, dirty, disease-carrying pests. But maybe the truth is, raccoons are just like us—warm-blooded mammals doing their best to get by, who need a sugar rush every once in a while.
There will likely always be some kind of playful generation war going on between older and younger generations. This time it’s a millennial throwing what some may deem as truth bombs at Gen Z, seemingly unprompted. (Well, it could be that he’s upset that Gen Z is getting all the credit for being tech savvy since the majority of his complaints were technology related.)
Dwight Thomas uploaded a video to TikTok listing things that millennials grew up with that the generation below him would be outraged by. As someone who would be considered an elder millennial by some people, I’d have to agree. The man makes some valid points about things we experienced as teenagers that would likely make teens today aggressively send out Change.org petitions.
“These new-age kids will never understand the struggle. Imagine telling them that their free unlimited minutes only started after 9:00 and on the weekends,” Thomas says into the camera.
He goes on to talk about trying to have a love life during those times. Since phone access was restricted, you had limited time to woo anyone after school, which meant the alternative was attempting to do it during school hours. But that was also a problem because teachers were kind of tattle-tales back then, according to Thomas.
“It’s not even like you could talk to your friends at school ’cause they would call your house and tell your mama that you didn’t care about your education and you wasn’t trying to learn,” he complained. “Because all you come to school for is to sit around and talk to your friends.”
Honestly, the video is causing flashbacks, especially when he talks about teachers intercepting love notes and reading them in front of the class. Thomas jokes about how millennials were making history with their self-taught coding skills on MySpace while the younger generation has the help of AI. The entire video is full of head-nodding moments if you grew up a millennial, or like me, a Xennial. Watch it below.
As has been the case most every offseason during the LeBron James era, the Lakers enter this summer with a lot of decisions to make on their own free agents.
Building their team around James and Anthony Davis has meant they fill out the majority of the roster with short-term deals, but unlike the last couple of years, there is reason for optimism about the group they closed 2023 with. After making it to the Western Conference Finals and closing the regular season strong after making a number of deadline moves, the Lakers made it clear in their exit interviews they want more continuity coming into next year.
To do so, they’ll have to bid against other teams for some of their top role players, most notably Austin Reaves. Reaves made a leap this season into being the Lakers third-beat player and, most importantly, kept playing at that level in the playoffs. As he enters restricted free agency, other teams could try to pry him out of L.A. by making an offer sheet that would make the Lakers balk.
That will apparently require a massive offer, with Jovan Buha of The Athletic telling Michael Scotto on the HoopsHype podcast the Lakers will match a sheet up to 4 years, $100 million.
The Lakers are going to match any contract offer sheet that he signs up to that $100 million.
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You mentioned $80 million, and $80-85 million is where teams think the Lakers might have to think about it and maybe call their bluff. Again, from what I’ve heard from the Lakers’ side, they’re matching all the way up to $100 million.
Buha notes that the Lakers learned from the Alex Caruso situation when they didn’t match the Bulls offer sheet and have missed his defensive presence ever since. With Reaves, they seem prepared to pay what’s needed to retain him, but this certainly comes with the caveat that it benefits the Lakers greatly to have it out there publicly that teams shouldn’t even consider making an offer short of $100 million.
That increases the likelihood they can get Reaves at a discount if he doesn’t have much of a market elsewhere — as often happens to restricted free agents. Still, there are a handful of teams with lots of cap space this summer and a need for a two-way guard with Reaves’ abilities, and we’ll find out if they want to call L.A.’s bluff and make an offer in that $80+ million range — or go above that $100 million figure completely.
Karyn Kusama is part of the DNA of Showtime’s Yellowjackets. She serves as an executive producer on the series, peeking scripts and first cuts of episodes before most. She directed the show’s pilot — a wild, genre-bending, timeline-hopping introduction that cemented the show as one to watch amidst a crowded TV landscape. And now she’s back, helming the show’s shocking season two ender – one that’s divided fans and critics but left everyone reeling all the same.
In the episode, aptly titled “Storytelling,” the show takes a sledgehammer to our expectations, killing off Juliette Lewis’ tortured Natalie after a staged hunt gone horribly wrong. Nat’s death isn’t the only narrative twist that warps the world we’ve come to know on Yellowjackets. Another murder and a hastily assembled frame job happen at the commune in the present while Coach Ben sets the girls’ cabin on fire in the past. The “wilderness” pops up again in the adults’ timeline as key team members seem to go missing after the blaze. And Sophie Thatcher’s Natalie is crowned as the new Antler Queen. It’s a lot to make sense of so we turned to Kusama for answers to some of our lingering questions.
Below, the Yellowjackets EP explains the decision to say goodbye to Natalie in the present, reveals more about Van’s cancer diagnosis, teases missing teammates in the past, and hints at the darkness still to come.
Natalie’s death was so shocking, partly because Juliette Lewis has been with the show since the beginning. Was she ready to move on? Was this purely a storytelling decision? Or was it a combination of both?
It was a combination. It’s hard to play Natalie, for anyone. Juliette is playing this character as an adult who is still such a thorny, complicated woman that suffers a lot from the burden of the past. We all knew that was going to inform Juliette’s approach to the character. I think what the finale did in such a lovely way was really remind us of the depth of that guilt and shame by revealing not just that she played a part in all the agonizing things that happened in the wilderness, but that she in fact became such a key player in it by the end, which obviously, is almost more like opening a door narratively.
We understand now that she has been anointed some kind of queen in this social hierarchy. We don’t know exactly how it’s going to play out, what that means for her. But what we do know is it’s likely that there are a lot of transgressions to come in season three for young Natalie. I think there was a sense of narrative inevitability for the adult character that she’d sort of run out of second chances.
The plan to get Lottie psychiatric help fell apart fairly quickly once the ritual for the hunt began. What caused that shift?
The shift is specific to each character. I definitely think that was the challenge in that sequence — pulling off the idea of the collective shift. I certainly recognize that it’s hard to achieve. All I can do is cross my fingers that it worked. I would say that the act of pulling the cards, the idea of this sort of collective Russian roulette that they’re all playing, and that had been so… As set up in the second season, had become the terrible, brutal survival logic of the team and of those girls.
What I always looked at was this idea that these incredibly traumatic events almost became embedded in their genetic material, so that as soon as they go through even the act of drawing the cards, it kicks in something unconscious or subconscious that’s not really in the realm of logic or rational thinking or going to that original plan. And that Shauna is somebody who, despite the terrible thing she’s gone through, has this uncanny ability to divorce herself from that nightmarish irrationality. I’m hoping that the sequence evokes the sense that not everybody can split themselves as efficiently as Shauna can. Suddenly we’re seeing friends become antagonists before our very eyes, and that was what we were going for.
As the 1996 timeline digs into the darker aspects of how the girl survived, has it gotten more difficult to bridge the past and the present?
I think you’ve hit upon the central challenge and tension of the show, because as we unearth more about the past, there’s a larger responsibility for all of us as storytellers, to speak back to that moment in the past with our depiction of the characters in the present. For me, I keep feeling like it’s my job to find that thread between teen versions of characters and their adult counterparts because I think a big part of the show is about the way we bury emotional anguish and compartmentalize it. Each character does that in a different way. My hope is that I’m working individually with the actors to find the expression of that compartmentalization or that division in their psyches.
In the ’96 timeline, do all of the girls make it out of the burning cabin alive? Some were missing in that final shot.
I can’t actually speak to that, not knowing exactly how the body count of the first episode of season three is going to reveal itself. But I do think it’s going to be an ongoing question about how to deal with the results of that catastrophic fire.
So, for now, what you see is what you get?
What you see is what you get. Exactly. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t surprises.
Will Coach Ben continue to be an antagonist for the group in the coming seasons?
It would certainly seem like he has pushed all his chips forward to the antagonist part of the table. I had moments when I was shooting that episode where I was just like, ‘Oh, Ben, poor Ben. You’re fucked, Ben.’ But yeah, it seems like he’s going to have a significant story arc of his own. He’s got some pain in his future.
Lottie alludes to the wilderness being pleased with their sacrifice in the present timeline before giving Van a loaded look. Can we take that to mean that Van’s cancer diagnosis might change in the future?
That’s a question we’d like to leave open for the audience, although I think the episode has fairly explicitly offered the idea that whatever magic or dark power these women feel they are experiencing in their life, there’s also a high probability that it’s just self-generated. The degree of hope that Van might bring to Lottie’s specific statement that seems directed at her, I’m guessing that we’ll be exploring the hope with which she takes that statement as much as the potential reality or foolishness of taking that on as fact.
There’s also a look from Shauna directed to her daughter Callie, once the hunt is over. Is the “wilderness” in Callie now as well?
Yeah, I think that the concept has always been that beyond the idea of the wilderness, there is a wilderness in all of us. There’s a component of Callie that is attention seeking, danger adjacent, always. That has overlap emotionally and psychologically with Shauna. There could be elements of Callie’s arc that will be just as messy and thorny and problematic as Shauna’s has been.
Writing for the next season is currently stalled due to the writer’s strike. The Director’s Guild is also negotiating at the moment, and SAG is next. Do you have a sense of where things might be heading?
I’m actually on the DGA negotiating committee. I’m very much in the midst of that negotiation. The longer that I’ve done this, and in the now more than couple decades I’ve been telling stories, I have to say that what we do as writers, as directors, and as actors is quite specific, unique, and not for everybody. I think there are companies and corporations and schools of thought that would like to see our work be interchangeable, one size fits all. In fact, it’s the antithesis of what we do. We make specific unique stories with specific, unique voices, and we do something that all those people in suits who are making our lives miserable right now don’t know how to do. I just think in the same way that I don’t tell a person who builds cars how to build a car. I don’t think these companies and studios can be designing what we do because they simply don’t know what we do. That’s a big thing that just I keep coming back to for better or for worse.
ABC’s long-running reality series Shark Tank entertains the masses by turning the American Dream into a one-size fits all sales pitch. Its formula is simple: inventors from all types of industries stand in front of a panel of uber-influential business types, begging them to take a chance on funding their unique start-ups. The “sharks,” names like real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, make promises — of funds, fame, and fortune — in exchange for a percentage of the profits.
Unfortunately for ex-NFL player and boneless BBQ maker Al “Bubba” Baker, no one warned him about the lawsuits and restraining orders that can come once the deal is made.
According to an investigation by the LA Times and a recent People report, Shark Tank celebrity Daymond John is seeking a temporary restraining order against Baker after their joint business went bust. John, who’s made some stellar deals during the series’ run, including his investment in the mission-focused sock company, Bombas, has been accused by the Baker family of negotiating in bad faith and causing their Bubba Q’s Boneless Baby Back Ribs company to fail. The Bakers told the Times that John, along with his personal lawyer, food supplier Rastelli Foods Group, and previous Shark Tank contestant Nate Holzapfel (who’s awaiting trial on 15 felony criminal charges), pushed them out of the family business, taking their profits and revising deal terms behind their backs.
The family says they’ve only seen about 4% of the business’s stated $16 million in profits since their Shark Tank episode aired, accusing John and company of restricting their access to bank accounts and refusing to be transparent about the financial terms of partnerships with chains like Hardees and Carl’s Jr. Though this isn’t the first lawsuit John has fielded — or the only Shark Tank investment he’s been accused of undermining — the star claimed the reporting from the LA Times was “flawed,” filled with disparaging comments that lead him to seek the restraining order.
“After repeated attempts to give the Baker’s the ability to correct their violations. It is unfortunate that it has come to this,” Daymond’s spokesperson, Zach Rosenfield told People. “This temporary restraining order is due to the Baker’s blatant actions to undermine a business partnership and the legal parameters they agreed to 4 years ago. Their belief that they can unwind poor business decisions through slanderous social media posts and articles will no longer be tolerated.”
Manifest fans are about to be rewarded for hanging with the show through tough times. The toughest of those moments, of course, was the moment when NBC decided to cancel the series as it stood at the height of Netflix streaming popularity. This inspired Netflix to pick the show up for a final, supersized season, and now, it’s time for the final half of those episodes to drop.
A lot of loose ends remain in Flight 828’s journey, and one must also remember that things could get bumpier than they otherwise would, had the show originally followed Jeff Rake’s six-season plan. Instead, he was tasked with crunching three seasons full of bonkers ideas into a fourth season, and of course, that’s still a good problem to have, considering that the show could have been left to wither on the vine after NBC’s move.
Still, it’s time to find out whether the doomed flight’s passengers will be able to figure out why the hell they disappeared off the radar, only to appear five years later without realizing it until they landed. Also, I still need Angelina to fall into trash compactor, and I’m sad that Zeke died because he was the most redeemingly soap-operatic character of all. Yet hopefully, everyone will be able to avoid the ultimate Death Date of June 2, 2024. And yep, that’s one year earlier than the final Manifest hurrah in real life on Netflix.
Plot
Last time around, Angelina unleashed some kind of volcanic fissure-hell, and Zeke sacrificed himself to save Cal’s life by absorbing the cancer. So, expect Michaela to be pretty moody while possibly also reconnecting with Jared, but Ghost Zeke will also appear on the scene before the show ends, so watch out. Furthermore, Ben and Saanvi will get themselves in trouble while seeking to forge a mutually beneficial relationship with the 828 Registry authorities. Everyone is also staring down the looming Death Date, and Angelina will grow increasingly dangerous, and god, will someone take her out already?
Cast
Well first off, Ty Doran is still portraying New Cal after the character touched an airplane wing and magically aged five years. The rest of the cast remains a largely-intact vast ensemble, including Melissa Roxburgh as Michaela Stone, Josh Dallas as Ben Stone, Parveen Kaur as Saanvi Bahl, J.R. Ramirez as Jared Vasquez, Luna Blaise as Olive Stone, and Holly Taylor as Angelina. Additionally, Matt Long is back, but he’s not Zeke, he is Ghost Zeke.
Release Date
Manifest comes in for that final landing on Friday, June 2.
Trailer
Enjoy the Ghost Zeke!
All four manifest Manifest seasons are streaming on Netflix
Last year was a big one for London rapper Central Cee. After the release of his 23 project, Cee went on to release the biggest song of his career with “Doja.” The track helped him become more of a recognizable name, especially among fellow London rappers like Dave. All of this has now resulted in “Sprinter,” the first-ever collaboration between the two rappers, and it’s one perfect for summer.
Dave and Central Cee’s new record arrives with a matching video that showcases the pros and cons of their playboy lifestyles. The duo flashes their diamonds and other riches while rapping about their accounters with women since they’ve become famous. Lines like, “We ain’t got generational wealth, it’s only a year that I’ve had these millions” from Central Cee and followed by equally opulent lines from Dave like, “You ever spent six figures and stared at bae like, ‘Look what you made me do.’” It all comes together with a simple that finds Central Cee rapping, “I got too many gyal, too many-many gyal, I got / They can last me the next two weeks.”
Hopefully “Sprinter” is a sign of more music to come from both rappers. Central Cee’s last release came at the top of the year with “Me & You” while Dave’s own dates back to last summer with “My 24th Birthday.”
You watch the video for “Sprinter” in the video above.
A New York appeals court has upheld the 2021 ruling against Parlux in Jay-Z’s lawsuit against the brand, confirming that the brand owes him nearly $7 million in unpaid royalties. While a 2022 report originally detailed a $4.5 million payout was owed, Billboard reported today that after losing its appeal, Parlux now owes Jay $6.8 million.
The company originally sued Jay-Z for breach of contract in 2016, asking for $67 million after claiming it had lost $18 million on a 2013 fragrance partnership with the rap mogul due to his refusal to follow through on his obligations to promote it. Among the accusations was one that Jay had foregone promotional appearances and kept a $20,000 prototype bottle after rejecting its design for use on the line.
Jay countersued, saying that the company had given him sketchy, inaccurate documentation on its financial health and failed to pay all the royalties he was owed over the course of the partnership. The 2021 trial took three weeks, after which a jury determined that Jay did not owe Parlux; then, New York Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok ruled Parlux owes Jay-Z $6.78 million in unpaid royalties, including interest.
Parlux’s appeal hinged on a belief that the trial judge had improperly instructed the jury about requirements in the contract about Jay-Z’s personal appearances. According to Billboard, Parlux can continue to appeal but has not indicated any plans to do so.
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