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The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony was quasi-hosted by Morgan Freeman and headlined by BTS’ Jung Kook, who performed the tournament’s official song “Dreamers.” Jung Kook released the empowering, upbeat anthem hours before the ceremony.

The accompanying music video is set to hit FIFA’s YouTube channel on Tuesday, November 22, and it has a lot to live up to after Jung Kook’s dazzling — literally, he was wearing a sparkling black jacket — live rendition at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. The galactic pop star owned the sprawling stage, backed by countless choreographed dancers and joined by Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi.

“Look who we are, we are the dreamers,” Jung Kook pristinely sang in the chorus. “We make it happen, ’cause we believe it.” Get used to hearing that a billion times between now and the World Cup’s closing on December 18.

After Jung Kook and Al-Kubaisi finished their galvanizing performance, “Dreamers” soundtracked a video montage of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani playing with Qatari children in the deserts. The video was described on the FOX broadcast as “very super emotional video because this shows you that we will play football whenever and wherever we have the opportunity, even if it’s barefoot.”

Jung Kook was confirmed as the opening ceremony performer last weekend. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicks off when Qatar and Ecuador take the pitch at 11 a.m. EST.

See more clips from the opening ceremony below.

Last night (November 19), Blackpink performed a packed show at Los Angeles’ Banc Of California Stadium. During this stop at their Born Pink tour, the ladies had plenty of surprises for fans.

At one point in the night, Blackpink brought out Camila Cabello, who joined member Jisoo for a performance of “Liar” from Cabello’s 2019 album, Romance.

Jisoo has performed a cover of “Liar” on several stops of the Born Pink tour, including Boston and New Jersey. However, this is the first time she has been joined by Cabello in a proper duet of the song.

The performance was part of the show’s solo segment, where each of the ladies performed some of their solo material. Though Jisoo’s cover has proven to be a hit with the Blinks, she is the only member of Blackpink who hasn’t released any of her own original solo material. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she admitted she is hesitant to go solo.

“The music I listen to, the music I can do, and the music I want to do — what should I choose? I love songs with lots of instruments,” she said. “I love different bands and rock music. What do people want from me? There’s a chaos of conflicting questions. So I’m still tilting my head in confusion. I’m not sure what will happen with my solo plans this year.”

Check out a clip of the “Liar” performance above.

Roddy Ricch unleashed Feed Tha Streets III on Friday (November 18), dropping “Twin” featuring Lil Durk and surprising for Los Angeles grocery shoppers to bolster his mixtape’s arrival. The 15-track project came days after Roddy completed his two-month stint as the opener on Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache Tour.

“His impressive set illustrated the effectiveness of simplicity, highlighted the breadth of his talents, and proved that he’s more than ready to be headlining arenas on his own,” Uproxx’s Aaron Williams wrote of Roddy while reviewing the final Twelve Carat show at LA’s Crypto.com Arena last Wednesday, November 15. He added, “By the time he strolled off the stage — after playing ‘Ballin” rather than ‘The Box,’ which seems an odd choice, but I get it if he’s tired of that one after all this time — I wanted nothing more than for him to come back and do an encore.”

Will Roddy headline his own Feed Tha Streets III supporting tour? There has not been an announcement, so the answer for now is no. But that could (and probably will) change after Roddy has time to recover from supporting Post.

In the meantime, fans can see Roddy perform the Sunday Night Football halftime show tonight (November 20) at LA’s SoFi Stadium.

The game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs kicks off at 8:20 p.m. EST on NBC.

MJF is the new AEW World Heavyweight champion thanks to some outside help from William Regal in the main event at AEW Full Gear from Newark, New Jersey.

Moxley brought the violence to MJF right out of the gate, but as the top contender for the main title evaded attacks, he showboated his way around the ring. About midway through the match, the tide began to turn in MJF’s direction with a slew of old school moves. After setting up a table on the outside, Moxley made MJF pay for not striking while the champ was down. Moxley put MJF on his back and continued to pepper him with stomps on the ground. On the apron, MJF reversed a piledriver into a tombstone only to get a two count. Back on the apron, Moxley was able to piledrive MJF through the table.

MJF made his way back into the ring before the count of 10, when Moxley landed the Paradigm Shift and then a figure four leglock. Back on their feet, Moxley dropped MJF with an avalanche Paradigm Shift off the top rope, getting a two count before MJF grabbed the bottom rope.

In the middle of the ring, Moxley and MJF traded big shots when MJF pulled the referee into the path of Moxley to gain an advanage. MJF pulled the Dynamite Diamond Ring out of his trunks when William Regal walked down to the ring and told him to put it down. MJF obliged and Moxley locked in a bulldog choke. MJF walked up the turnbuckle for a pin attempt, but Moxley locked it in again to get the tapout, but the referee was knocked out. Regal passed brass knuckles to MJF, who dropped Moxley and earned the pinfall victory.

Moxley won the AEW heavyweight belt over two months ago after he was called back from vacation early in the aftermath of CM Punk’s reported backstage brawl with The Elite. Moxley responded by running through the AEW Grand Slam Tournament of Champions and defeating fellow Blackpool Combat Club colleague Bryan Danielson in the finals to win back the championship he’d lost just days earlier.

While Moxley has been at the top of the card for much of the last year, it was MJF who was clawing his way to the top against the more established stars. Following a three-month absence from the promotion, MJF made his surprise return at All Out, winning the Casino Ladder match to claim a guaranteed title shot. Instead of cashing it in against a downed champion, MJF opted to hold the chip and cash in for a main event title opportunity, taking his shot against Moxley at Full Gear.

Future has had a big year. Back in April, he released his ninth album, I Never Liked You. Last week, the album received a nomination for Best Rap Album for the 2023 Grammy Awards, which is set to take place next February. The album boasted the Drake and Tems collaboration, “Wait For U,” which is also up for the Best Rap Song and Best Melodic Rap Song Grammys.

Over the past 10 years, Future has demonstrated his range and his ability to craft hits in the realm of melodic rap and pure hip-hop. In a recent interview with Billboard revealed that while rapping comes easily to him, making melodic rap songs comes more naturally to him.

“Songs like ‘Wait For U,’ I make those in my sleep,” he said. “But I had to make a certain kind of music to go along with my career and everything that was going on at the time. I was capitalizing off different moments and creating from whatever was going on at the time in the world and my personal life. I was taking the energy from that and making music. But those melodic songs, I make those easy — easier than I can make a rap song, I feel.”

In addition to the Grammys, Future is up for six American Music Awards this year, including Collaboration of the Year and Favorite Hip-Hop Song for “Wait For U, Favorite Hip-Hop Album for I Never Liked You, and Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist.

The AMAs air tomorrow (November 20) on ABC at 8 p.m. EST

The Atlanta Hawks and the Toronto Raptors needed overtime to decide a winner on Saturday evening. They very, very nearly needed to go to a second OT, but thanks to a perfectly designed play, some Trae Young magic, and a layup by rookie wing AJ Griffin, Atlanta was able to pick up a 124-122 win.

A Clint Capela foul with less than four seconds left in the extra frame sent OG Anunoby to the free throw line, with Toronto’s breakout star canning both of his attempts to tie things up. De’Andre Hunter inbounded the ball to Dejounte Murray, which led to Trae Young breaking up the floor. There was some confusion among the Raptors’ players, which meant Young crossed halfcourt with no one anywhere near him.

This put Anunoby in a position where he had two choices: Let Young walk into a three, or risk that Young would figure out a way to get the ball to Griffin. He chose to stop the former, which meant Young threw a lob to the former Duke standout. Griffin went up, got it, and laid it in just before the buzzer sounded.

This is a gorgeous play that capped off a 17-point night for the 16th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Yesterday (November 18), a clip of Herschel Walker dancing at a Georgia voter rally went viral. In the video, Walker is seen busting some questionable dance moves to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s 1995 hit, “Tha Crossroads.”

Bone Thugs member Krayzie Bone caught wind of the dance moves and took to Twitter to express his confusion.

“Yoooo what the hell is he doing?” said Krayzie.

The dance moves weren’t the only thing shocking to Krayzie. Fans were certain that Walker did not receive permission to use “Tha Crossroads” for his campaign. Krayzie confirmed fans were correct, saying, “Hell no it wasn’t [cleared] and what the hell he doing, dancing? Smh”

It doesn’t look like Krayzie will be letting it go anytime soon. He continued expressing his shock and chagrin, saying, “I’m still tryna figure out was he trying to pop lock or something. you can’t pop lock to cross roads man.”

At the time of writing, none of the other members of Bone Thugs have acknowledged Walker’s moves, however, fans have encouraged the group to file a lawsuit against him.

Krayzie has not indicated whether or not he will pursue legal action, however, he noted that he’s “Gone have to have a lil talk with Hershel”

Last night (November 18) at the LA stop of her Special tour, Lizzo surprised fans by bringing out a couple of her friends and collaborators.

First, she brought out Missy Elliott to join her for a performance of “Tempo,” their collaboration from Lizzo’s 2019 album, Cuz I Luv You.

“Everybody make some noise for the f*cking icon and legend, Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott,” she said following the performance.

Shortly after, Lizzo’s 2021 track, “Rumors” began to play. Cardi B, who is featured on the song, then stepped out onto the stage and joined Lizzo in a performance of the song.

It appears that everyone’s heads are still spinning after the show. Later in the night, Lizzo took to Twitter to thank both artists for joining her on stage.

“Being on stage w you is a DREAM but knowing you is unfathomable!,” Lizzo said about Missy. “My absolute ICON! I love you 5EVA!”

She also noted that she has been keeping up with Cardi since before her Love & Hip Hop days, “But as much as I fan over her as an artist, who she is as a PERSON is UNMATCHED.”

Cardi also expressed her excitement following the show, saying, “It was very pretty, very positive and I saw Missy Elliot.”

Check out clips of the performances above.

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The biggest regular season game in college football this season takes place next week, as Michigan travels to Columbus for a showdown with Ohio State in a game with major Playoff implications. The third-ranked Wolverines and second-ranked Buckeyes had to get through this weekend first, though, and for the fine folks in Ann Arbor, that meant taking on a difficult Illinois team.

It was not easy, but ultimately, Michigan was able to pick up a 19-17 win in the Big House. This did not come without some controversy, as the Illini had the Wolverines dead to rights if they were just able to stop them on a fourth down. Michigan’s offense faced a fourth-and-3 from near midfield while down by one, and because they were all out of timeouts, a turnover on downs would give Illinois a win.

JJ McCarthy completed a pass to Isaiah Gash for a first down, and eventually, Michigan would kick a game-winning field goal. But the pass to Gash came under controversial circumstances, as the officials did not penalize the Wolverine offense for what looked like an illegal pick play.

Illini coach Bret Bielema, who expressed at halftime that he was not happy with the refs, took to Twitter after the game and made clear that this will be a point of emphasis over the next week.

“I’m extremely pissed off,” Bielema said after the game about the officiating, per Footballscoop. “Very angry, very upset. I think our kids did a lot to win the football game and to continually have things go against us, very frustrating.

“You have to stand up for the people you believe in. I believe in that locker room, big-time. I know they’ll rise up to the challenge once again.”

In celebration of his new album, More Love, Less Ego, Afrofusion superstar Wizkid paid a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He performed one of his new songs, “Money & Love” from the album.

For the performance, Wizkid was surrounded by saxophonists and drummers, as he sang, “My pocket full of money, oh /
My heart dey full of love, oh, / Nobody better for the dancer, no / Fine lady she dey bounce along” on the song’s chorus.

Wizkid’s latest album arrives as Afrofusion is rapidly rising across the globe. Though he has reached household name status, he recently spoke with The Dotty Show on Apple Music 1 and explained that his sole mission is to spread as much love as possible.

“You can’t even buy that type of love, you know? That’s all that matters,” he said. “Like, this is pretty much all I live for. My kids’ happiness, me taking care of people close to me, you know, my friends, like, spreading a lotta love, man, just doing what I do best by making amazing music. That is, like, the most important thing to me in my life. Everyone needs it, especially right now.”

Check out the performance of “Money & Love” above.