Month: April 2024

Megan Thee Stallion has already given herself the “Best Ass On Instagram” title but she isn’t done claiming superlatives. In a post on Twitter (not X), Thee Stallion teased her family’s upcoming appearance on Family Feud with another grand declaration, saying, “This might be in the top 5 of best family feud episodes. I CANT WAIT FOR YALL TO SEE THIS.”

Megan isn’t the first rapper to bring her family on the long-running game show. In 2022, rap pioneers Salt-N-Pepa teamed up with Kid-N-Play to take on the cast of The Proud Family. Meanwhile, in 2020, Atlanta rap royalty 2 Chainz and Big Boi of Outkast faced off, yielding a number of hilarious clips.

Family Feud isn’t the only family-related competition Megan has found herself in this month, either. She put that “Best Ass On Instagram” title on the line with an open twerking challenge, inviting her fellow rappers and hot girls to shake what their mamas gave them (heh) to see who’s got the best booty video set to her and GloRilla’s new song “Wanna Be.” Latto with a video of her own, writing, “U called for BIG MAMA ???” as she threw her short shorts in the ring.

Family Feud hasn’t announced when the episode in question will air, but you can bet it’ll probably be one of the most-watched yet.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For the past couple weeks now, Kendrick Lamar has set the hip-hop landscape ablaze with his J. Cole and Drake diss on “Like That.” Both of his targets have handled the situation differently. Cole came through with a diss track, which he quickly rescinded and apologized for. Drake, meanwhile, has been more subtle with his feedback. Now, he’s back at it again.

There’s a photo of a whiteboard of a message supposedly from Drake making the rounds. As XXL notes, Akademiks claims the whiteboard appeared backstage at one of Drake’s shows. The message reads, “The rap game will never be at peace. There will always be competition. And as long as there’s competition, there will never be peace. Everyone wants to be the one.”

In a livestream yesterday (April 8), Akademiks claimed he shared a video of Cole’s apology and got a response from Drake. Akadamiks said, “I sent the video of what this f*ck n**** did. I said, ‘Please, don’t do no sh*t like this. Please, don’t apologize and do no weird sh*t.’ [Drake] said, ‘I can’t f*cking believe you would pull up and say some sh*t like that to me. You must not know me.’”

So, at this point, who knows when or if Drake will come out with anything more concrete on the matter.

There are not one but two highly-anticipated video game adaptations set to premiere this month that will provide nonstop thrills, though only one of them has Walton Goggins. The other is about a short-beaked echidna (NOT a hedgehog). What team are you on?!

One of the most anticipated shows of 2024 is Amazon’s take on the popular post-apocalyptic video game Fallout. The series stars Ella Purnell as Lucy, a young vault dweller who hopes to explore the ruins of the apocalypse nearly 200 years after the world went downhill, but she gets a little more than she bargained for. She is joined by Kyle MacLachlan, Micheal Emerson, Zach Cherry, Aaron Clifton Moten, and Moises Arias.

All eight episodes of Fallout season one will start streaming on Prime Video on April 10 at 9 p.m. EST. Watch them all before Knuckles premieres later in the month!

Here is the official synopsis:

Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.

Check out the trailer below:

The Roots announced a new summer Hip-Hop Is The Love Of My Life Tour across North America and Europe, where they’ll be joined by Arrested Development and Digable Planets as support on select dates.

Shortly after hosting Philly’s Roots Picnic in June, the three groups will reunite in Los Angeles for a show at the Hollywood Bowl.

For those looking to attend one of the shows, tickets for all dates appear to be on sale now. Additional information about The Roots’ 2024 shows can be found through their official website.

Continue scrolling for a complete list of dates.

The Roots 2024 Hip-Hop Is The Love Of My Life Tour Dates

05/11 — Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery Concert Series
05/12 — San Diego, CA @ Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival
06/01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic
06/02 — Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic
06/23 — Baltimore, MD @ Reggae Rise Up Maryland
06/29 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ^*
07/20 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
07/21 — Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo
08/01 — London, England @ Crystal Palace Bowl
08/02 — Margate, England @ Dreamland
08/05 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Eats Music Hall
08/16 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall ^*
08/17 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^*
08/23 — TBA ^*
08/24 — Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival ^*
08/25 — Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill ^*
08/29 — Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park ^*
08/31 — Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap ^*
09/01 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^*

^ with Arrested Development
* with Digable Planets

X-Men ’97 continues to be a smash hit on Disney+ as fans of the original animated series flock to the updated sequel series set in the heyday of the mighty mutants’ hold on Marvel Comics.

Last week’s episode 4 saw Jubilee and Sunspot face off against the classic villain Mojo as he pivoted from reality TV to video games in a homage to the classic X-Men arcade game. However, unlike previous installments, episode 4 was a split episode. After wrapping things up in “Motendo,” X-Men ’97 caught up with Storm as she worked with Forge to regain her powers in “Lifedeath Part 1.” While those efforts appeared to be fruitless (for the time being), Storm was captured by The Adversary in a cliffhanger ending that will apparently be resolved at later date.

Episode 5 is titled “Remember It” and will involve Magneto, Rogue, and Gambit visiting Genosha where their brewing love triangle will seemingly come to the forefront. Also, Nightcrawler finally shows up. Heck yeah.

When Will ‘X-Men ’97’ Episode 5 Be On Disney+?

X-Men ’97 episode 5 will start streaming at 3:00 a.m. EST/12:00 a.m. PST on April 10. New episodes stream every Wednesday until the season 1 finale arrives on May 15.

You can watch a sneak preview of X-Men ’97 episode 5 below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

X-Men ’97 streams new episodes Wednesday on Disney+.

The Invincible season 2 finale delivered yet another brutal moment in the life of Invincible/Mark Grayson. Only this time around, he was the one unleashing the full force of his powers on a target who did not survive the encounter.

While Mark’s friends and allies do their best to comfort him after taking the life of Angstrom Levy, the young hero is falling apart at the seams as he worries that he’s just another destructive Viltrumite like his father Omni-Man.

The season 2 finale also teed up the beginning of an Invincible and Atom Eve romance that fans of the comics know is in the wings and will go to places that only Invincible can. So, now, the big question is: will we get to see Mark’s story continue in the fan-favorite Prime Video animated series?

Will There Be An ‘Invincible’ Season 3?

Good news. Season 3 was greenlit a long time ago, so yes, it’s coming. Even better, there shouldn’t be as long of a wait like there was after season 1. In a recent interview with Variety, series creator Robert Kirkman revealed that a sizable amount of Season 3 is already completed:

“Thankfully, we worked on season 2 and season 3 concurrently. I guess, unfortunately, we’re too far along on season 3 to learn anything from from season 2, but I think we’re picking up some things on how best to adapt this show. We’re learning different things on the animation side that work and don’t work that will continue to improve the show. I’m very happy with the show. I am loving how it’s turning out. I feel very strongly that season 2 is better than season 1, season 3 will be better than season 2.”

As you can tell, Kirkman is already promoting Invincible season 3.

“I think that there’s so many pieces that have been put in place in season two that we’re going to build on in season three and so many different ways that we’re going to expand the show and push the show even further,” he shared on the “Inside Episode 8” segment on Prime Video, via Total Film.

The official Invincible Twitter account is also getting in on the act by teasing the return of two characters for season 3: Battle Beast and Titan.

Invincible seasons 1 and 2 are available for streaming on Prime Video.

(Via Variety, Total Film, Invincible on Twitter)

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week, we got new music from Fabiana Palladino, The Drums, Babehoven, and more.

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Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino

Virtuosic session bassist Pino Palladino is known for his versatility, adapting his playing style to that of the main artist’s, whether that’s D’Angelo, Blake Mills, or John Mayer. His daughter, Fabiana, does something similar, except she has carved out her own style at the nexus of indie-pop and ’80s soul, adjusting her elastic voice to suit her own vision rather than someone else’s. Her eponymous debut album, co-produced with the ever-elusive synth-pop mastermind Jai Paul, is a tour de force from a talented new voice in pop music.

Pedro The Lion – “Modesto”

David Bazan is tackling the apocryphal “states” project Sufjan Stevens long ago abandoned. With Bazan, though, his approach is more granular and autobiographical. With 2019’s Phoenix and 2022’s Havasu under his belt, Bazan is now headed to Santa Cruz for the next Pedro The Lion album. Its lead single, “Modesto,” rolls by at a leisurely pace before waves of arpeggiated synthesizers overtake it. It’s yet another stunner from the indie rock dignitary.

Sarah Grace White – “Sinkhole”

Los Angeles’ Sarah Grace White has spent her whole life singing, but only now has she started putting out her own music. Following her debut EP last year, White has teamed up once again with producer Jorge Balbi, who drums for indie legend Sharon Van Etten, for “Sinkhole.” It’s a gentle, brooding tune rooted in the melancholia of artists like The Weather Station and Angel Olsen. Even though she grew up writing songs in solitude, it’s a gift that she now shares with the rest of the world.

The Drums – “The Impossible”

Last year, Jonny Pierce, who makes jaunty surf-rock as The Drums, released Jonny, a diaristic record centered on his intense religious upbringing and how it has affected him in adulthood. The deluxe edition of that record was just released, and it includes five new songs. “The Impossible,” one of those five, contains everything you know and love about The Drums: single-string guitar hooks, energetic drums, and Pierce’s breezy vocals, all of which belie the darkness at the core.

Brijean – “Workin’ On It”

In 2019, Brijean emerged with their debut album, Walkie Talkie, and have maintained a prolific streak ever since. The Oakland psych-pop duo, made up of Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart, are about to release their fourth album in five years. Macro doesn’t come out until July, but Brijean have shared “Workin’ On It” to tide fans over. It’s a delectably groovy, funky pop song with loads of auxiliary percussion, wah-wah, and slick bass playing.

Eric Slick – “New Age Rage”

Kicking off with a batch of swift, dexterous drums, the title track of Eric Slick’s forthcoming album, New Age Rage, doesn’t waste time. It’s a frilly dalliance into dance-rock maximalism, overloading your senses with the Taco Bell gong, the AOL Instant Messenger door slam, Daft Punky vocoders, and synth squiggles that wouldn’t sound out of place in Waluigi Pinball from Mario Kart DS. Slick gets his point across perfectly: This is the new age, and it’s time to rage.

Les Savy Fav – “Limo Scene”

Les Savy Fav are about to return with their first new album in over a decade, OUI, LSF. The New York post-punkers have supplied us with another new single from it, “Limo Scene.” Interspersed with metallic guitar stabs and a sprightly bass line, Les Savy Fav’s latest is a dance-punk jam for the ages.

Cloud Nothings – “Silence”

Before the imminent release of Cloud Nothings’ new album, Final Summer, they’ve shared one more taste of what’s to come. “Silence,” the group’s Dylan Baldi says, is about feeling powerless in the face of systematic, political strife. Namely, Baldi wrote the song after reading Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade. “It’s wild that you can be a Supreme Court Justice and also be an idiot,” Baldi said about the track. That indignation comes through in the chorus: “With silence playing like a song that everyone knows / Right before the lie gets bigger and the lie moves into your home.”

Babehoven – “Ella’s From Somewhere Else”

Water’s Here In You, the latest album from indie-folk-meets-slowcore duo Babehoven, is just a few weeks away from release. The closing track, the six-minute “Ella’s From Somewhere Else,” is an homage to Squirrel Flower’s Ella O’Conner. In a press statement, vocalist Maya Bon says that she “began thinking of all the places Ella takes me in her songs.” Ella is also the name of Bon’s childhood dog, so the song slowly transformed into a dual tribute to both of the Ellas. And a beautiful tribute it is. It’s without a doubt one of Babehoven’s best songs.

Young Jesus – “Moonlight”

John Rossiter, the figurehead behind Young Jesus, has been rolling out his upcoming album, The Fool, with pairs of songs. One of those new singles is “Moonlight,” a track that Rossiter says is about two characters, David and Eloise, whom he created roughly 15 years ago and soon forgot about. For “Moonlight,” they make a grand return. “Eloise walks to take a picture of the lake at night,” he sings in the first verse, outlining a narrative about David’s voyeuristic inclinations on Eloise’s Instagram.

And now his spinoff is ended.

Kit Harington confirmed to Screenrant that a Game of Thrones spinoff series based around his character, that know-nothing Jon Snow, is no longer in development. “I hadn’t really ever spoken about it, because it was in development. I didn’t want it leaked out that it was being developed, and I didn’t want the thing to happen where people kind of start theorizing, getting either excited about it or hating the idea of it, when it may never happen. Because in development, you look at every angle, and you see whether it’s worth it,” the actor said.

He then confirmed, “And currently, it’s not. Currently, it’s off the table, because we all couldn’t find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough.”

Harington said that everyone involved decided to “lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”

Even without the Jon Snow show (or: Jon Show), there are plenty of other Thrones spinoffs to go around, including House of the Dragon, which returns for season two in June, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Harington will go back to starring in goofy comedies, hopefully.

(Via Screenrant)

There was a time when the scariest part of Chucky was the fact that he could slice your Achilles heel at any given moment since he’s just so tiny. But that was Old Chucky. New Chucky has his own show, holds a gun, and even made his way to the White House, because they just let anyone in there these days.

Syfy’s over-the-top series Chucky is set to return this month to conclude its third season. The series follows a teen named Jake who picks up Chucky at a local tag sale without realizing he is actually a demonic entity. It happens to the best of us. The series stars Zackary Arthur, Brad Dourif (as the voice of Chucky) and Devon Sawa. The third season brought Chucky’s violent shenanigans out of New Jersey and into the real world.

Season three of the horror-comedy series premiered in October, which you can stream now on Peacock. The second batch of episodes will premiere on Syfy on April 10th, and a new episode will drop weekly through May 1st. Here is the official synopsis:

In Chucky’s unending thirst for power, season 3 now sees Chucky ensconced with the most powerful family in the world — America’s First Family, inside the infamous walls of the White House. How did Chucky wind up here? What in God’s name does he want? And how can Jake, Devon, and Lexy possibly get to Chucky inside the world’s most secure house, all while balancing the pressures of romantic relationships and growing up?

Check out the trailer below. Chucky curses now, by the way.

Rhode Island’s Newport Jazz Festival unveiled the 2024 lineup, with André 3000, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Kamasi Washington, and Elvis Costello set to headline. Other acts that will be performing this year include Laufey, Robert Glasper, Brittany Howard, Cory Wong, Samara Joy, Noname, Thievery Corporation, Galactic, Moonchild, PJ Morton, and more.

This will take place from August 2 to 4 at Fort Adams State Park, marking the 70th anniversary of the event. Those interested in attending this year are currently able to purchase tickets, as they went on sale at 1 p.m. today.

A 3-day General Admission pass starts at $265.74, with fees included. This will eventually increase to $312, after the special discount pricing ends. For those looking for a more exclusive festival experience, Newport Jazz also offers a 3-day Jazz Lounge pass starting at $1,256.60. This includes a premium parking space and access to a special tented lounge with air-conditioned bathrooms, a cash bar, and views of certain stages.

Finally, students can attend Newport Jazz Festival through their pass for those between the age 10-25. Current college students will need a student ID. These tickets start at $188.49, allowing those of all ages to experience the music.

View the full lineup for 2024 below. For additional information, visit Newport Jazz’s festival website.