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21 Savage bodied his Amazon Music Live concert the way Dallas Cowboys fans thought their team would handle the Tennessee Titans, primarily starting their backups, on Thursday Night Football on Thursday night, December 29. The Cowboys won, 27-13, but Amazon Prime’s main event was unquestionably 21’s performance after the game — closing out the 2022 season of Amazon Music Live, hosted by 2 Chainz.

As the pre-show co-hosts Hannah Rad and Amber Wallin put it, Amazon Music Live tapped 21 to put a cherry on top of ’22 before we enter 2023.

The concert was streamed live on Amazon Music and Twitch from Hollywood. Savage commanded a vast stage, encouraging the crowd to yell “hell yeah” several times and honoring the late Virgil Abloh between “No Heart” and “X,” two tracks off his and Metro Boomin’s 2016 Savage Mode album. He also delivered two No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 smashes he was featured on, Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks” and Post Malone’s “Rockstar.”

In other words, 21 Savage had something for everyone’s tastes — from seminal solo songs like “Bank Account” and “Ball W/O You” to his and Drake’s new Her Loss hits and deeper cuts from his sprawling discography with Metro Boomin. To end the nearly hour-long set, 21 Savage said that Drake couldn’t make it out to the show and asked for the audience to help him with “Rich Flex,” peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and supplying plenty of memes.

Watch the full stream on Twitch here and see 21 Savage’s setlist below.

1. ”Jimmy Cooks” by Drake Feat. 21 Savage
2. “Don’t Come Out The House” by Metro Boomin
3. “10 Freaky Girls” by Metro Boomin Feat. 21 Savage
4. “Runnin” by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin
5. “Red Opps” by 21 Savage
6. “Major Distribution” by 21 Savage and Drake
7. “More M’s” by 21 Savage and Drake
8. “Privileged Rappers” by 21 Savage and Drake
9. “Out For The Night” by 21 Savage
10. “Ball W/O You” by 21 Savage
11. “Mr. Right Now” by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin Feat. Drake
12. “Spin Bout You” by 21 Savage and Drake
13. “Who Want Smoke??” by Nardo Wick Feat. 21 Savage, G Herbo and Lil Durk
14. “Rockstar” by Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage
15. “My. Life” by J. Cole, 21 Savage and Morray
16. “A Lot” by 21 Savage Feat. J. Cole
17. “No Heart” by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin
18. “X” by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin Feat. Future
19. “Bank Account” by 21 Savage
20. “Knife Talk” by Drake Feat. 21 Savage
21. “Rich Flex” by 21 Savage and Drake

Twitter recently introduced a feature that shows how many times a tweet has been seen. It’s something that no one asked for (“sir you are so brave and smart. you are genius man. please add an option to turn it off because it is extremely stupid. not you though, you’re really smart,” reads one of the top replies to accidental Glass Onion inspiration Elon Musk’s announcement of the View Count), but there is one good thing about it: we know exactly how many people have seen Greta Thunberg roast Andrew Tate.

To recap: Tate, the former kickboxer and misogynistic moron, tried to impress (?) Thunberg, the teenage climate activist, with his car collection, to which she replied, “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected].” Thunberg not only humiliated Tate, she (and a pizza box) also may have helped him get him arrested.

Here’s how she responded to Tate being taken in by Romanian authorities:

Don’t mess with teens.

Tate and his brother Tristan were detained on kidnapping and rape charges Thursday after the controversial social media star tweeted a video response to one of Thunberg’s tweets. In it, Tate asks someone off-camera to bring him pizza and “make sure that these boxes are not recycled” as he’s handed two pies from Jerry’s Pizza — a local chain in Romania. The video was all authorities needed to pinpoint the former kickboxer’s location and make the arrest.

Thunberg deserves two Nobel Prizes: one for her work protecting the environment for future generations, and one for getting Andrew Tate thrown in jail.

(Via the New York Post)

In a new lawsuit, Aerosmith leader Steven Tyler is accused of “sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress” by Julia Holcomb, who claims to have had a sexual relationship with the singer in the ’70s, when she was a teenager.

Rolling Stone reports that in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, Holcomb doesn’t mention Tyler by name, but the suit includes quotes from Tyler’s memoir and Holcomb has spoken out against Tyler in the past. The lawsuit was filed as part of California’s Child Victims Act, “a 2019 piece of legislation that lifted the statute of limitations and granted a three-year lookback period for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to come forward with their allegations,” per Rolling Stone. The deadline to file a lawsuit under the act is December 31, 2022.

In Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, Tyler notes that he “almost took a teen bride” and that “her parents fell in love with me, signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.”

In the suit, Holcomb says she met Tyler shortly after her 16th birthday in 1973, after Aerosmith performed in Portland, Oregon. Tyler would have been 25 at the time. Tyler apparently took Holcomb to his hotel room and “performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct upon” her before calling a taxi to take her home the next morning. She also claims she “was powerless to resist” Tyler’s “power, fame and substantial financial ability,” and that Tyler “coerced and persuaded Plaintiff into believing this was a ‘romantic love affair.’”

The lawsuit goes on to allege that by 1974, Tyler had convinced Holcomb’s mother to allow him to become her legal guardian, a move that would allow Holcomb to legally travel across state lines with Tyler. The suit claims Tyler “did not meaningfully follow through on” promises to enroll Holcomb in school and give her medical care and “instead continued to travel with, assault, and provide alcohol and drugs to Plaintiff.”

Read more about the lawsuit here.

First it was BIGBANG‘s Taeyang. Then it was Daesung. Now? It’s iKON.

YG Entertainment‘s third-generation K-Pop boy group iKON will soon bid their farewells to their parent agency after seven years (debuted in 2015). In a statement released today (December 29), the Korean music label released a statement saying members Kim Jinhwan, Bobby, Song Yunhyeong, Goo Junhoe, Kim Donghyuk, and Jung Chanwoo have collectively decided to end their exclusive contract with YG Entertainment. However, the six members would still be able to promote using the “iKON” branding.

Check out the full statement posted on YG Entertainment’s official website, translated by Soompi, below:

“Hello, this is YG Entertainment.

We are informing you that after a long discussion with the iKON members (Kim Jinhwan, Bobby, Song Yunhyeong, Goo Junhoe, Kim Donghyuk, and Jung Chanwoo) about their future activities, out of respect for each other’s opinions, we agreed to end our exclusive contract following the expiration of their contract period.

The six members of iKON will of course be continuing their activities as the group “iKON” in the future, and we are also letting you know that they will continue to communicate with iKONIC [iKON’s fans] through their official social media accounts, including their official fan community Weverse, just as they are now.

We sincerely thank iKON, who has been with us as one of our agency’s artists up until now. We are looking forward to their future activities in a wide variety of fields, and we will be cheering them on.

Additionally, we also thank the iKONIC who were together with us for iKON’s journey. We ask that you continue to give the members your unchanging interest and encouragement as they prepare for a new start.”

On the other hand, the Korean Herald’s subsidiary music outlet, K-Pop Herald, tweeted an exclusive reporting Blackpink moving from YG Entertainment to its affiliate label, THEBLACKLABEL. (The label, founded by YG’s longtime in-house producer Teddy in 2015, recently signed BIGBANG’s Taeyang after his departure from his first label.)

According to a representative from YG Entertainment, the K-pop quartet still has time left on their current contracts, making it hard to confirm their decisions.

“I’m not in the position to confirm the news, but our contracts with the members have not yet ended,” the rep said to K-Pop Herald. “It’s hard to confirm whether they will sign with The Black Label or not after their contracts end.”

Other than, iKON, actor Kang Dong Won has also parted ways with YG Entertainment alongside Taeyang and Daesung of BIGBANG.

As Young Thug and the Young Stoner Life crew’s RICO trial is underway, fans and viewers are eager to know when some of the collective’s members are coming home. In a recent update, it has been reported that rapper YFN Lucci, one of Thug’s known adversaries, is not expected to testify in the RICO trial.

Lucci’s lawyer, Drew Findling, told TMZ, that Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, has not been interviewed or subpoenaed by anyone associated with RICO Case.

“Any party can announce for example that Abraham Lincoln is on their witness list, but those words alone are meaningless,” Findling said. “So, to be 100 percent clear, Rayshawn Bennett will not be a witness in the YSL case.”

Lucci is currently in custody in Fulton County Jail, where he is awaiting his own trial in which he and 11 others were charged with gang-related racketeering.

“His focus, as it should be, is on his pending Fulton County case,” said Findling.

Thug’s trial for his RICO case is currently set to take place on Monday, January 9, 2023, and could potentially go on over the course of more than six months.

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

DJ Khaled celebrated his holiday by treating himself to a long-awaited and rare present: Eminem’s Nike Air Jordan 4 “Encore” sneakers. Khaled was so excited that he posted a video to his Instagram, where he sits holding the electric blue shoes.

“I finally got ’em. Anybody know me I been trying to get these for the longest time,” he says. “Yes, I have a lot of sneakers. I collect sneakers, I collect watches and I love my sneakers but I been trying to get these for so long and I finally got ’em.”

“The word is they only made like 23 pairs of these… I’m sure they made a little more than that but I know I been trying to get ’em and I could never get ’em,” Khaled continued.

Eminem’s “Encore” Jordans were originally released in 2005, according to HipHopDX, with only 50 pairs for his friends and family. Most recently, in 2017, there was a retro version of the shoe offered — with only 23 pairs made available, of which Khaled seemingly bought.

The publication notes that only one pair of the iconic shoe currently is being sold for $47,000 as a minimum.

As for Khaled, he’s been a documented sneakerhead. He even showed off his extensive shoe closet during an episode of Complex Closets in 2015, which has likely only grown since then.

Following the news of the passing of the legendary designer, Vivienne Westwood, the music world is reacting and offering their tributes. Westwood played a significant part in the London punk scene, dressing bands like the Sex Pistols and more.

“Viv! My friend, my idol, my icon,” Halsey captioned a slideshow of pics them with Westwood and wearing her designs. There is not enough time or space in this format to appropriately describe the ways you impacted music, fashion, culture, and the like. Your legacy is immortal and eternal.”

“I hope we will all continue to break boundaries and question institutions in your example and memory,” she added. “I will cherish all of our conversations and teas (and *tea*! you had the best stories). Love always, and long live Queen Viv.”

Victoria Beckham, formerly of the Spice Girls, also took to her Instagram story. “I’m so sad to learn of the passing of legendary designer and activist Dame Vivienne Westwood. My thoughts are with her family at this incredibly sad time. VB.”

Boy George also tweeted a selfie of him with Westwood.

“R.I.P to the great and inspiring Vivienne Westwood who lead us through punk and beyond,” he captioned. “Laughed at by the fashion industry but without question she is the undisputed Queen of British fashion. I love you! Oh bondage up yours!”

Continue scrolling to see some additional musicians reacting to Vivienne Westwood’s death.

The NBA has announced a number of suspensions stemming from Wednesday night’s game between the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic that featured a skirmish around the Pistons bench. The most prominent suspensions are three games for Pistons guard Killian Hayes and two games for Magic big man Moe Wagner, the two main individuals involved in the fracas.

In addition, one additional Pistons player, Hamidou Diallo, received a suspension for his involvement. As for the Magic, things are a bit more complex. Eight players — Cole Anthony, Mo Bamba, Wendell Carter Jr., RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Schofield, and Franz Wagner — will all receive one-game suspensions for leaving the bench area while things were ongoing. The league announced that the suspensions will be staggered so Orlando can have enough players, so Anthony, Bamba, Carter, Hampton, and G. Harris will miss Friday’s game against the Washington Wizards, while K. Harris, Schofield, and F. Wagner will miss the team’s contest on Jan. 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The incident occurred late in the first half of Wednesday night’s game when Wagner shoved Hayes in the back into Detroit’s bench. Diallo came over to defend his teammate, while a forearm shot by Hayes connected with the back of Wagner’s head. Those three players were eventually ejected from the game. Detroit would go on to win, 121-101.

Some West Coast legends stopped by The People’s Party With Talib Kweli this week. Ice Cube, E-40, and Too Short, of supergroup Mount Westmore (which also includes Snoop Dogg), made an appearance on the web series, on which, they discussed who could parallel them on the opposite side of the country.

On Ice Cube’s Mount Rushmore of East Coast rappers are Jay-Z and Nas. E-40 noted that he would also include Busta Rhymes in the allotted four, citing his innovative craft.

Short admitted that he would switch up his picks every single time, however, would always include “Hip-Hop Hooray” hitmakers Naughty By Nature in his selection.

While each of them had different picks for East Coast GOATs, 40 maintained that the current Mount Rushmore of West Coast rapper is indisputable.

“I haven’t seen not one person argue about us being Mount Westmore,” E-40 said. “Young or old, you can’t.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Cube, Short, and 40 spoke about another West Coast legend — Tupac — and what he meant to them. 40 recalled Pac shouting him out on one of his earlier albums, before 40 had blown up.

“If he f*cked with you, he f*cked with you,” said 40. “He was uplifting to females and the urban community as well.”

You can watch the full episode and hear all of their picks above.

Lady Gaga is the newest artist to partner with a VR fitness company, Supernatural, for a special workout for fans. As the artist of the month for December, she joins the ranks of Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, Coldplay, and The Weeknd, who have special playlists that fans can jam out to — in a virtual gym.

There are also two separate workout options: a medium intensity boxing and a high intensity flow.

“The Supernatural Artist Series is something I’m thrilled to share and experience with all of our athletes,” Leanne Pedante, a coach and Head Of Fitness, shared in a statement. “This partnership allows Supernatural members to deepen their already-immersive experience in a whole new way as they box and sweat to their favorite artists.”

“Music has always been an integral part of Supernatural, and since launch we’ve been dreaming of ways to empower our athletes to further connect with music from the artists they love,” Chris Milk, Supernatural’s founder and CEO, told Billboard following the launch of Perry’s partnership.

According to the publication, the company has also secured publishing deals with “UMPG, Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell, Kobalt and BMG — as well as label deals with UMG and Warner.”

For those interested in working out to Gaga’s biggest hits, the fitness program is available for subscriptions through Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2. So far, since July of this year, they have announced special workouts — a trend that will likely continue into 2023. There have also been additional themed workouts, including a Nightmare Before Christmas one for Halloween.

More information on Lady Gaga’s collab is available on Supernatural’s official website.