Rick and Morty went through a major change in season 7. It was the first season of the animated series to not feature the involvement of Justin Roiland after Adult Swim “ended its association” with the co-creator and voice of Rick and Morty over domestic violence charges (those charges have since been dismissed). Rick and Morty were recast with soundalikes Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden, and even with all the behind-the-scenes turmoil, the Emmy-nominated show worked just fine — especially the spaghetti episode written by Get Played co-host Heather Anne Campbell — without Roiland.
What’s in store for season 8? Let’s find out.
Here’s everything we know about the next season of Rick and Morty, including plot details and whether there’s a release date.
Plot
Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and showrunner Scott Marder want season 8 to have the same “flow” and “vibe” as the past two seasons, with an equal number of standalone and lore-building episodes.
“There’s obviously been a lot of shakeups and transitions that have happened that are luckily coinciding with some of these canonical storylines being resolved,” Harmon (who is also busy working on the long-anticipated Community movie) told Variety. “If I could set a framework for fans of the show, it’s the old characters and all these things, but it’s like, this is an opportunity for a rebirth. I mean, the kind of canonical things like searching for Rick Prime, these are things that come out of the ether, and then they acquire this gravity, and then they become a canonical serialized story.”
Marder is aiming for “a cool balance of silly and one-up canonical stuff. That’s the stuff I want as a fan. And that’s the stuff that Harmon and I work on all jammed together. I’m really proud of these last couple of seasons; they’re sort of the perfect blend of what I look for as a fan.” He also confirmed that Evil Morty, last season in season 7, episode 5 “Unmortricken,” will be back. “We can expect to see him in the future. We certainly have plans and grand designs with him, for sure,” Marder teased.
As for Cardoni and Belden, they settled in nicely as the new voices of Rick and Morty, and they’re excited to see what’s ahead. “The only thing I’d say is there are some pretty exciting places where the story will be taking us,” Cardoni shared to The Hollywood Reporter. “There are some excellent adventures that I think the fans will really enjoy, and new twists and turns.”
Cast
All the voice cast regulars will be back, including Ian Cardoni as Rick, Harry Belden as Morty, Chris Parnell as Jerry, Sarah Chalke as Beth, and Spencer Grammer as Summer. No guest stars have been revealed yet, but it’s probably safe to assume Elon Musk, I mean, Elon “Tusk” won’t be back.
Release Date
A new episode of Rick and Morty has aired on Adult Swim every year since 2019, but that streak has come to an end. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rick and Morty season 8 won’t premiere until 2025, meaning 2024 will be a Mr. Poopybutthole-free year (minus the anime).
Trailer
There’s no trailer for season 8 of the main season, but you can check out the trailer for Rick and Morty: The Anime.
If you haven’t heard of the popular book It Ends With Us, then you probably haven’t been on TikTok, which is a good thing. Keep it up! The novel became a BookTok favorite in 2021 and now a big-screen adaptation starring Blake Lively is heading to theaters, just weeks after her husband Ryan Reynolds dominated the box office. Keep that in mind for now.
The story centers on a young florist named Lily Bloom (really) and her tumultuous relationship with Ryle (pronounced like Kyle with an R, just in case you weren’t aware), played by Justin Baldoni. Baldoni both starred and directed the film.
There is a sequel to the novel, aptly titled It Starts With Us, which has not been confirmed for its own big-screen adaptation, but should it come to fruition, Baldoni thinks that Lively is ready to direct on her own.
Entertainment Tonight asked Baldoni if he would return for a sequel, he had someone else in mind. “I think that there are better people for that one. I think Blake Lively’s ready to direct, that’s what I think,” he said. It’s an interesting comment about someone who has only one director’s credit (for a Taylor Swift music video, no less), but maybe she’s been inspired by her husband, Ryan Reynolds, who apparently contributed to It Ends With Us.
Lively told E! News that Reynolds was definitely involved, and even contributed a vial scene. She explained, “The iconic rooftop scene, my husband actually wrote it. Nobody knows that, but you now … He works on everything I do. I work on everything he does. So his wins, his celebrations are mine and mine are his.” Note that Reynolds is not credited as a writer or producer on this film, but it seems like the husband and wife duo trade ideas often.
What does Baldoni think? He’s just here to celebrate the movie! “This isn’t my night — this is a night for all the women who we made this movie for,” Baldoni told ET. “This is a night for Blake, this is a night for Colleen [Hoover]. I’m just so grateful that we’re here, five years in the making.” Unfortunately, they did not make a flower-shaped popcorn bucket for this movie, but you might still enjoy it.
There’s a point here, I promise: I grew up a fan of the New Jersey Nets. They moved them to Brooklyn in a cynical cash grab, so I, essentially, gave up my Nets fandom and adopted the Orlando Magic as my team for a minute. It turns out it was very hard to follow the post-Dwight Howard Magic from where I was living in central Pennsylvania, plus basketball became my primary job function, so I stopped having a team altogether.
This is to say that I’ve never rooted for a basketball team that had LeBron James on it, nor have I rooted for a basketball team that had Steph Curry on it. Yes, there have been plenty of times when I — like most other people in this field, to be clear — have been captivated by them, and have wanted to see how far they could take the game of basketball, but I’ve never experienced a strong emotional response to their teams winning or losing.
These Olympics have been different. Curry famously has never suited up for the U.S. on this stage before, while James last played for the United States in 2012, a point in his career when he was not an especially popular guy among non-Heat fans. They are the two players who have come to define this era of basketball — James is the best or second-best player of all time, while Curry has revolutionized the game and the way people in it have embraced the three-point line. They clearly hold one another in the highest personal and professional regard, a pair of kids from Akron who have pushed themselves to the limits of what should be possible in this sport.
As an American, the Olympics have given me an opportunity to root for both of them, to have a personal investment in a basketball team that is built around the two of them as they are entering the final chapters of their respective careers. And if I can be 100 percent honest: It kicks ass.
This was obvious throughout the lead-up to the Olympics and in the first handful of games the team played. Team USA is basically led by this generation’s version of Bird and Magic, two all-time greats whose professional rivalry has always come from a place of deep respect for one another. And seeing them cook alongside one another, dressed in the same uniform for the first time in games with some stakes to them and not the All-Star Game, has been a joy.
But Thursday’s win against Serbia was different. Curry had not gotten into the groove we know he’s capable of getting into prior to that game, while James had been great, but never had to do the thing where he uses the fact that he’s the smartest and most physically imposing player on the floor to get his team across the finish line. The U.S. had been able to overpower every team up to this point in the competitive games, and while they had some tests in the scrimmages before the Olympics, the stakes were not there.
Serbia provided something different, a worthy adversary which got embarrassed by the Americans in the Olympic opener and were led by the best player in the world right now. They were always going to bring their A++ game, and credit to them, they did just that — Nikola Jokic played like a man possessed, Bogdan Bogdanovic played out of his damn mind, and the speed and precision with which Serbia moved the ball led to good look after good look and carved up the vaunted American defense.
And yet they did not have LeBron James and Steph Curry. The former battled against Jokic defensively, especially in the fourth quarter, while becoming the first player to have multiple Olympic triple-doubles. The latter was the primary reason Serbia’s lead never got to be more than 17, his 36 points one shy of the American men’s Olympic record. They did what they always do, and as a result, a guy like Joel Embiid had his best performance in an American uniform, too, against his biggest individual rival, while Kevin Durant waited in the wings and scored seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter, each make more devastating than the last.
(Aside: A quick word on Kevin Durant, who is on the Mount Rushmore of players from this era with Curry and James. Watching a team with him on it, too? Incredibly good. He’s always there for Team USA, so we’ve witnessed his greatness on this stage over and over, but my god, putting him on a team with those two is ridiculous. Rooting for him to knock down a midrange jumper is like rooting for the sun to come up in the east. You can sense the dread in the other team when he gets going. What a player.)
It’s something special, knowing that you are watching an all-time great team made up of all-time great players. International competition lends itself to that in a unique way, one, because it is so rare that we get to see this in the sport of basketball, and two, because there’s such a natural entry point into the games due to the weird sense of patriotism that overcomes people. It happens all the time in soccer, but it happens only at the Olympics and, to a lesser extent, the World Cup in basketball. Those moments lead to things like the Dream Team becoming a cultural phenomenon, or the Redeem Team’s return to the sport’s mountaintop feeling like a big deal — hell, even the 2004 team’s failure at the Olympics that felt like a disaster because, well, the United States men’s team just does not do that.
Thursday was the first time that it really felt like we were witnessing a “Capital M” Moment with this version of the United States men’s basketball team, the sort of game that gets pointed to by fans for a generation when they’re arguing why this is the best collection of American men to ever suit up at the Olympics. All of it was possible because of LeBron and Steph, a pair that are no longer at the height of their powers, but can still reach those heights when necessary and remind you that this is their game, with both players building Hall of Fame legacies via their wars with the other. Go back and watch the final buzzer, where James emphatically corrals a miss by Bogdanovic as the horn sounds, and Curry runs right into his arms in a moment reminiscent, funny enough, of when Kevin Love sprinted to LeBron as the Cavs won Game 7 of the NBA Finals in Oakland at Curry’s expense. It was a truly remarkable thing to watch.
There’s one game left of watching these two team up in a non All-Star Game setting, unless we get some sort of last dance with the two of them teaming up somewhere — maybe LeBron goes to the Warriors, maybe Steph goes to the Lakers, maybe both decide that they’re going to do the homecoming thing and suit up for the Cavs for a year, who knows. But if Saturday is the end of this short road, and we never see them play a competitive game together again, I’m glad to know that I, finally, got to witness the two of them doing their thing alongside one another — and enjoying every single moment of it — for the team I wanted to win.
Jordan Howlett, better known as Jordan The Stallion, is collecting musician collaborations like wild Pokémon. So far, the famed TikToker has created a fun clips with Method Man and Donald Glover, which all spawned hilarious nicknames including Grownish Gambino.
Today (August 9), Howlett added Big Sean to his growing cameo list. In the silly video, it is actually the “Precision” rapper that initiates the clip (which you can view here).
“So, the album didn’t drop tonight,” says Sean. “Maybe some days from now it will. But the last track [“On Up“] I did was about my son.”
“As a new dad, I realized that I don’t know that many recipes,” Sean said. “So, I guess my best bet is to ask Jordan. I guess I do that by zooming in and saying, come here.”
Jordan appeared and the sketch begins. But instead of flipping through Jordan’s handy dandy notebook of beloved recipes, Sean absorbs the vast world of culinary arts by shifting into a questionable fashion get-up. Oh, if only it was that easy in real life. But for the sake of Big Sean, Jhene Aiko, and baby Noah, it magically is.
Your Honor is currently experiencing calls for a second season years after the Showtime series aired. Dexter (also from Showtime) and Suits (from USA Network) have already answered that call with spin offs on the way. A few years ago, it looked as though an FX series, Taboo, could deliver on its already promised season after becoming a Netflix streaming hit, too.
What gives? It’s a long story.
That 19th century, London-set drama stars Tom Hardy and is written, executive produced, and created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. The first season aired in 2017, and as mentioned above, it became a bit of a cult hit that went more mainstream after the Netflix masses caught on, and since then, questions have persisted and been addressed by both Hardy and Knight, who both confirmed that a second season would happen (and as TV Line reported, FX did order a followup season in March 2017).
Long story short, the Peaky duo are both into it, as evidenced by these quotes:
– Hardy in 2021 as expressed to Esquire: “The second season of Taboo is really, really important to me, and it’s taken a lot of thinking, because I really enjoyed the first one and I want to be really fulfilled by the second one.” Hardy added that there was already “a series… already written,” but he wasn’t sure whether those scripts would stick, or the story would go elsewhere.
– Knight in 2022 relayed by Radio Times: “I imagine that it will start production towards the end of next year. [Tom and I] are both keen to continue and there are lots of people who want us to continue in that direction. It’s been a question of schedules and deciding where it goes next.”
And there’s the rub. Hardy is an intensely busy dude and has been finishing up the Venom films while also zooming around with Austin Butler on The Bikeriders. As for Knight, he’s been writing the Peaky Blinders movie script, which could also potentially involve Hardy. However, nobody has straight-up specified that Taboo will not return as previously planned, so the show’s future remains wide open.
A mamushi is a venomous type of viper found in Japan, and it turns out that Meg herself becomes one in the video. It starts with a man, played by Japanese actor Shô Kasamatsu, visiting a spa. There, he’s given a variety of women to choose from, and he opts for Meg. Quickly, though, she transforms into a gigantic mamushi, which doesn’t bode well for Kasamatsu’s character. Between transformations and other goings-on, Megan hangs out in the spa and raps the song while frequently naked.
The video was filmed in multiple locations in Tokyo including the Tsurumaki Onsen Jinya (an onsen is a type of bath facility) and the Engaku-ji Temple (a major Zen Buddhist temple in Japan).
J Balvin is bouncing back. After taking a breather to focus on himself and his family, the Colombian superstar has returned with his new album Rayo. The electrifying LP reflects J Balvin’s return to his reggaeton roots with longtime collaborators like Feid while looking to the genre’s future with rising stars Ryan Castro, Blessd, Carín León, and more.
“This is an era full of joy,” J Balvin says. “This is an era where I am making music for myself, remembering those beginnings that pushed me to be what we are today, and I’m happy to share this with the world alongside a new generation of very talented artists. This era is pa’ la cultura [for the culture].”
Rayo is named after J Balvin’s first car from when he was getting his music career off the ground in Medellín, Colombia. After a few years of grinding, he broke through in 2013 with his album La Familia while putting his country on the map in the reggaeton scene. Other artists from Medellín who have become stars following J Balvin’s success include Maluma, Karol G, and Feid, who started out as one of his co-writers. After becoming a father in 2021, J Balvin stepped away from the spotlight to take care of his mental health and his son Río. In April, he kicked off his comeback with performances at Coachella that included a Will Smith cameo.
Rayo is like a fresh jolt to J Balvin’s electronic reggaeton sound as he teams up with titans in the genre like Zion and Chencho Corleone. J Balvin also reunites with Feid for the alluring “Doblexxó” and continues to use his platform to highlight the next wave of Latin urban acts like Omar Courtz, Yovngchimi, and Quevedo in the swaggering banger “En Alta.” Over Zoom, J Balvin talked with Uproxx about taking time off, his comeback album, and his legacy.
How would you describe the experience of stepping away to focus on your family and raising your son Río?
Besides meeting my best friend, my son, being a father has taught me many things. I love watching Río, watching him grow up, and him continuing to teach me things. It has been a wonderful time for me, my family, and especially for my new music. It feels amazing to come back with 15 songs and a whole new album to share with my fans. I couldn’t be happier right now with Rayo.
What was the experience like to perform at Coachella and have Will Smith come out as your special guest?
It is one of the best things that has happened to me in my life: Representing Latinos at one of the most important festivals in the world and also being fortunate to bring Will Smith to the stage. For a moment, I didn’t even believe it. I am still amazed by the power of music and how it unites cultures and people. It was an experience from another planet.
Why did you want to name your album Rayo after your first car?
Rayo is full of stories and lessons. My first car took me to many places that shaped my career as an artist and as a person. Rayo means a lot to me, as my friends would say, who also joined me in those adventures of riding in a red car through Colombia.
You and Feid go back to the days of your 2016 album Energia. What was the experience like to work with him again “Doblexxó”?
I greatly admire Feid and what he has achieved. We have a lot of history together. It was time to give people this duo again.
You broke down boundaries for reggaeton from Medellín. What do you think about the success of the artists from your hometown like Karol G, Maluma, Feid, Ryan Castro, and Blessd?
They were not easy barriers to break down and I did not do it alone either. Many of us had been doing interesting things with reggaeton in Medellín. Nowadays, seeing my colleagues breaking records with music makes me proud of our country and hard work. Karol G and her tour made history. Being the first Latin artist to sell out the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid four times is something to admire. Feid and Maluma are also doing incredible things and they are followed by Blessd, Ryan, and the people coming up behind them. There are many artists who are raising our flag high. I’m happy for all of them.
On your album, you’re also teaming up with rising Latin urban acts from Puerto Rico like Yovngchimi, Luar La L, Omar Courtz, and Dei V. What was the experience like to work with them?
This is by and for the culture. They are the new generation that I admire and I listen to their music. Having them on this album means that we share the same energy and that we are looking to continue expanding Latin music around the world.
You also recently teamed up with Mexican reggaeton acts like El Malilla, El Bogueto, Yeri Mua, and Uzielito Mix on the “G Low Kitty” remix. What do you think about the reggaeton Mexa music scene?
Mexico is also awakening a new generation of Latin urban artists. Mexico is a huge country and the fact that the genre is being heard only brings good news. There is a lot of talent in Mexico and there is much more to discover in the reggaeton Mexa scene.
Speaking of Mexico, you joined forces with música Mexicana star Carín León on “Stoker.” How would you describe the experience of collaborating with him?
The big surprise on Rayo! Carín is a great artist. All my respect to him. “Stoker” challenged us both to do something different. At the end of the day, celebrating with Carin after the Coachella show paid off. [Laughs.]
What do you want people to take away from Rayo?
You have to do what makes you happy in a way that makes you happy. Vibing with what you do is the important thing to be able to enjoy your work and what you’re doing. Above all, you should be able to transmit that feeling to others.
What’s life been like balancing being a father and a global pop star?
Being precise with times and space is essential. I try not to mix the two that much. Although sometimes they do intersect, let me be clear in saying that I love my job but my family is my priority.
Will there be a US tour soon?
New tour dates are coming for sure. We’ll talk more about it very soon.
What do you want to accomplish next in your career?
There are still many accomplishments to achieve. There’s many places to visit and perform in. Whether I’m accomplishing things with my music, by giving more Latin flavor to the world, or through my Vibra En Alta Foundation. With my foundation, we want to focus on children and young people who are vibing with who they are.
What do you see for the future of reggaeton?
I think we are in good hands. An incredible generation of new talent is coming. They’re very talented and creative people. There is still much to explore and cultures to unite through the genre.
While most of the attention during the United States’ comeback win over Serbia in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament was on Steph Curry’s monster game and LeBron James imposing himself in the fourth quarter, Kevin Durant did his thing down the stretch. The greatest Team USA player of all time scored seven of his nine points down the stretch, and came up huge in the moments when the Americans needed him to start knocking down jumpers.
It was classic Durant, who has made a career out of waiting until the right moment to strike and ripping an opponent’s heart out. Also classic Durant: His lifelong commitment to being the best poster in the NBA, and in the aftermath of the game, Durant once again hopped onto Twitter and talked ball. After initially replying to a post about Nikola Jokic, Durant spent some time chopping it up with fans about fandom and specifically trolling some Nuggets fans who rooted for Serbia due to Jokic’s presence.
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Earlier in the Olympics, Durant had a back-and-forth on Twitter with some fans about FIBA rules vs. NBA rules, and why the NBA adopting more FIBA rules might not necessarily be a good thing. A lot of great things happen in our country, as Durant astutely noted after the Serbia win, and I think it’s safe to say that his commitment to posting is one of them.
Paige Bueckers was a fixture during last month’s WNBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix. She popped out at activations at WNBA Live, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe’s A Touch More podcast recording, courtside at the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, you name it. The UConn star guard and presumptive No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft was met by palpable cheers everywhere she went, but that was not the point. Bueckers had been on what fans affectionately deemed her Paige World Tour, supporting her friends and former teammates at WNBA arenas nationwide.
Days before WNBA All-Star Weekend, Bueckers also presented at the 2024 ESPY Awards, where she had accepted Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports in 2021. Bueckers used her now-viral speech to challenge the media to pay the same respect — give the same visibility — to her Black peers.
While Bueckers’ world tour didn’t make it to Paris for the ongoing 2024 Olympics, she teamed with Meta, utilizing Meta AI to get as close as she could. Below, the reigning Big East Player Of The Year spoke with DIME about Meta, her bond with Suni Lee, and using “my white privilege to call out my white privilege.”
You’ve gone viral for supporting your friends and former teammates in person during this offseason — the Paige World Tour. How has using Meta AI allowed you to experience the 2024 Paris Olympics as if you were physically there?
It’s helped me a lot. You saw the video with my little brother, Drew, learning more about archery and badminton and all the sports that I didn’t necessarily have a prior knowledge about. So, it’s helped me learn the rules, the history of it. There are fun little games that me and my little brother can play as we’re learning. Plus, just keeping up with all the athletes and all the sports. For me, traveling a lot, being in different time zones, trying to get my schedule right of what’s all going on that day. But yeah, it makes it feel like you’re a super-fan in the sport just based on how quick you can learn it and how quick you can learn to play it. Obviously, not at the same talent level as the athletes competing in Paris, but just as a super fan, it’s really fun to explore and tap into my creative side.
Which athlete or Olympic moment has fired you up the most?
I would say probably Suni Lee. She’s from Minnesota. I’m from Minnesota, so just being Minnesota made, being friends, and seeing all the adversity that she’s come back from. Her resilience. The fact that doctors told her she might not ever do gymnastics again [due to a kidney disease diagnosis in 2022], and here she is, winning medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. It’s been inspiring to watch, and I’m just super proud of her.
It’s the prequel to when you come back from your past injuries to win a national championship at UConn next season, right?
That would be amazing. I love that.
Have you already incorporated Meta AI into your daily training routine?
I think it’s really cool to think about all the ways that it can help you. For me, I think it’s really cool for nutrition, like a nutrition plan, saying, “I have certain ingredients; what meal can I make with it?” Or, “Can you make me a healthy meal with protein, with this and that?” Even just getting in routines. Maybe I need to stretch my hamstrings a certain day or stretch my full body a certain day, [I can] ask it, how can I do that? If you don’t have a trainer, you can just go to Meta. It’s very accessible. A lot of kids these days have Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, so you just go straight there and ask it, “Can you make me a basketball workout for today?” Maybe I want to focus on ball-handling. Maybe I want to focus on shooting. Maybe I want to focus on passing. You can get so creative with it and use it in almost every activity you do in every single day. It’s exciting to see how much it can do for people and how accessible it is.
You’ve been asked a billion times about your 2021 ESPYs speech, and that’s valid. It took incredible awareness to use your moment to redirect the spotlight toward your Black peers and predecessors. But that came naturally to you because Black influence has always been your reality. Does it surprise you to receive so much praise for being an ally and sharing visibility — something that, in your eyes, should so obviously just be the standard?
I mean, everybody grows up in a different background. So, I grew up with a Black stepmom for a large majority of my life. I grew up with a Black female coach, who was a mentor to me for a large portion of my life. I had a lot of very influential Black women. A lot of my teammates are Black, so I had a lot of influential people of color surrounding me and making a huge impact in my life. I see the effects of white privilege — the imbalance of attention, respect, and just visibility. And so, it was very important for me to call it out. To use my white privilege to call out my white privilege, essentially.
I feel like everybody has a different way of going about things. I feel like I want to use my platform to promote change and try to help this world become a better place as much as I can. So, I don’t know. I get people who come up to me and say, “We love the way you go about your business. We love how you stand up for what you believe in.” It just makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing. People acknowledge that, but it’s just natural. It’s kind of who I am, and I want to continue to be that way and not let anything change me. So it definitely it makes you feel appreciated, for sure.
You recently told Highsnobiety, “I know I’m not going to change the world by myself, but I will do my part.” What do you want your part to be?
Definitely giving back. I feel like I’ve been blessed with so much, and so I want to give with what I’ve been given and help this world to become a better place as much as I can in terms of giving back to communities, inspiring the next generation, and using my white privilege to call it out. I know equality is something that is forever going to be fought for, but trying to acknowledge it.
I have a huge faith, so I glorify God in everything that I do. I tell people that, with God, everything is possible. He changes lives, and He’s done so much for me in terms of being able to battle through a lot of tough times. Relying and leaning on His strength has done wonders for me. So, I would say just continuing to be genuine, have a caring heart, give with what I’ve been given, and share my faith.
I guess the whole nature of this is putting you on the spot, and I hate to put you on the spot about this, but you mention white privilege. Can you think back to a time, whether in basketball or otherwise, where you first felt, Oh, it’s different for me?
I would say my first year of college. I took the media by storm. It was just crazy the amount of attention I had gotten right away. I hadn’t done anything yet. It was my first year at UConn. I was just establishing, getting my feet on the ground, and the amount of attention that I would get — like, say I had a great night, but somebody else had a great night. I got all the attention that night. Like I spoke about in my ESPYs [speech], women’s basketball is such a Black female dominated sport. You see so many great Black female athletes just dominating the game at the peak of performance. And so, I just wanted the same amount of attention that I got to be spread around a little bit more. I think that was the first really eye-opening experience.
But, I mean, little stuff happened in high school where I was like, Oh. You notice it. And I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My senior year of high school was the murder of George Floyd. So, that really impacted me in a way to where I saw police brutality and just how our community came together after that. I went to protests and marches and just, again, [it’s about] wanting equality. The Black Lives Matter movement was huge at that time, so being a supporter and ally of that was something that I noticed as well.
You’re so beloved — for good reason. Does the attention empower you to continue to be your authentic self, or does it become overwhelming and add pressure to live up to what everyone wants from you?
Nah. Like you said, I’m just trying to stay true to myself [and] not let anything change me. Continue to speak on what I believe in. Just use my platform for good. It makes you feel good when people come up to you — [to] acknowledge what you’re doing and tell you to keep going and motivate you to keep standing up for what you believe in and not being afraid to speak out and just continue to be authentically yourself. So, it’s definitely empowering.
Blessed and grateful to be a part of this amazing league. To take an active role in the growth of women’s sports is a dream come true. Excited for the future, it’s just the beginning! https://t.co/xSCetSsDCH
Your NIL deal with Unrivaled was announced last week, making you the first NCAA athlete to receive ownership equity in a league. So, everybody can see this is a big deal. But why is it significant to you?
Just to continue to build for my future. I think that’s what NIL is all about: Building your brand, building your wealth, and building your future and what you want your portfolio to look like. But to be a part of something so much bigger than myself — women’s basketball, women’s sports in general, is on the rise, and you can see it. It’s happening, and the momentum is immense right now.
The Unrivaled league is just amazing. It’s in the offseason for the WNBA players. It’s another way for them to make money doing the sport that they love and get attention, play. It’s like, just to be a part of something that has legends and future Hall of Famers. Phee and Stewie started it, and obviously, there’s the UConn alumni little connection there — but to be a part of something that’s continuing to grow the game of women’s sports and doing so much for these women and doing so much for me, I’m blessed and honored to be a part of it at such a young age. It’s very humbling, too. It’s inspiring me to keep working, to continue to keep doing great things.
Quavo is the head honcho in his own right, but don’t forget that the “Mink” rapper is most definitely a rock star. So, his new collaboration with Lenny Kravitz, isn’t just serendipitous.
Today (August 9), after teasing their ultimate link up for over a week, the official video for the duo’s track “Fly” has landed. On the Andrew Watt and Cirkut co-produced track, the pair boast about their highly favored lives.
“I’m feelin’ the wave / I wanna fly / Let’s get geeked, let’s get drunk, let’s get high / Don’t go on a plane / I’m sittin’ the jet way / You already know which way we goin’ that way / Told her I wanna get you paid / Oh, you like that? Okay, bounce right back, go rage,” raps Quavo.
But, in the official video, Quavo and Lenny Kravitz take things to a heightened rock star level. With head banging, quick cuts to Kravitz’s guitar work, and a wardrobe comprised solely of black leather, what more could you ask for?
Let’s be real, sample fatigue is real. However, Quavo’s incorporation of Lenny Kravitz’s smash 1998 song “Fly Away” defies fans’ complaints. Last year, Quavo released his sophomore solo studio album, Rocket Power. But could “Fly” signal that another project rollout is on the way?
Watch Quavo and Lenny Kravitz’s official music video for “Fly” above.
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