Rapper Iggy Azalea joins the long list of recording artists to sell her music catalog to a private company. The musician quickly rose to prominence in 2014 with No. 1 single “Fancy” featuring Charli XCX. However, after finding herself in controversy and becoming a mother, late last year announced plans to retire.
The Australian native is canceling her retirement and is now looking for a fresh new start in her music career. The first part of her plan was the sell her master recordings and publishing catalog to private Atlanta-based investment firm Domain Capital for an unspecified amount, but one that’s reported to be in the eight-figure range.
According to Billboard, the will include 100 percent of existing catalog, including songs “Fancy,” “Black Widow” featuring Rita Ora, and her slice of “Problem” by Ariana Grande. The second part of her resurgence plan is to build out her record label, Bad Dream, where she will serve as the face while retain full ownership of her masters. Publishing will be split with Sony Music due to their existing administration deal.
The rapper took to Twitter to clap back at a user that previously stating that her “catalog was worthless” with two emojis.
The Sacramento Kings are the hottest team in the NBA right now, winners of six straight games which has vaulted them into fifth in the West at 9-6 on the season.
The catalyst for Sacramento’s run has been a red-hot offense, which was the concept on which this team was built. De’Aaron Fox is the engine, darting up and down the floor, with Domantas Sabonis serving as the balance to Fox’s speed in the halfcourt, able to dominate in the paint with strength and skill on the block. Around those two are shooters, like rookie Keegan Murray, veteran Harrison Barnes, and the biggest trade acquisition of the offseason for the Kings, Kevin Huerter.
Huerter arrived in Sacramento as a cap casualty in Atlanta, as the Hawks wanted to get out of the luxury tax after dealing for Dejounte Murray and shipped Huerter off to the Kings to accomplish that goal. Since arriving in Sacramento, Huerter has done nothing but knock down shots, averaging 16.6 points per game on 50 percent shooting, including a ridiculous 49.5 percent clip from three-point range on 7.4 attempts per game.
After facing the Kings last week and seeing Sacramento roll up 153 points, Kevin Durant took time on his podcast to breakdown why the Kings offense works so well and, specifically, called on fans to watch Kevin Huerter, who he likened to Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry with how he’s letting it fly early this season.
“Kevin Heurter, right now, he’s playing like Klay, Steph. If you’re not a basketball fan and locked in on the league, you gotta watch how Kevin Heurter is shooting this ball right now.”@KDTrey5 sees what they’re doing in Sacramento.
It’s a really interesting explanation of why the Kings offense is so tough to deal with, as Durant notes Sabonis’ presence means you can’t just switch constantly, or else risk getting buried in the post where they’re happy to go over and over if you give the big fella mismatches. As such, when you’re hedging and recovering, you get caught in rotation and that leaves shooters open, which they have in abundance. On top of the pick-and-roll dilemma, Huerter is far more than just a spot-up shooter now, and the way he can pressure a defense off handoffs and curling off screens only further stretches a defense to its limit.
For all the talk about “new media” and what it can provide, this is without a doubt the part where current players having podcasts is the best for fans. Durant can provide insight into the scouting process — where he jokes everyone looks great when they pass out the scouting sheet — as well as the issues a team can provide for gameplanning and execution. That insight is rare, and KD hopes more people tune in to watch the Kings so they can see a fun, young team in action — a rare take he shares with Charles Barkley.
While accepting the award of Favorite Rock Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards, Machine Gun Kelly decided to address the accusation that he was a “tourist” in the rock community.
“There have been some people in the rock community who called me a ‘tourist,’ but they’re wrong: I’m a rocket man,” Kelly said as he raised his trophy gleefully. “We weren’t born on the moon, but we looked at it, and we were curious, and then we went there.”
Kelly noted that his last two rock albums, 2020’s Tickets To My Downfall and 2022’s Mainstream Sellout, were him “going to the moon.”
One of the loudest voices against the former rapper’s genre jump is allegedly Slipknot leader Corey Taylor. While he has not called out the “Emo Girl” singer by name, he did address people who flow in and out of genres during a recent interview.
“I [hate] the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock — and I think he knows who he is,” Taylor said in an interview with Loudwire. “But that’s another story.”
Kelly would later take aim at the band, referring to them as “old, weird dudes with masks.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
After soaring to new heights (literally) over the summer, the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick will finally land on streaming services in time to force your extended family to watch it over the holidays and have the spirited Christmas debate: should Miles Teller have kept his mustache?
The second installment in the Top Gun franchise follows Tom Cruise as he picked up right where he left off over 35 years ago. The sequel racked up over $1 billion at the box office after being released on Memorial Day weekend after several year-long COVID delays. Cruise fought for the movie to get a theater release, which definitely worked in its favor as it became the highest-grossing movie of the year….so far!
The movie was available for VOD beginning in August, though Paramount wanted to wait a little bit longer for Cruise & Co to bring their talents to Paramount+, which obviously helped boost sales. Top Gun: Maverick will be available for streaming globally starting Thursday, December 22nd. Fans in South Korea and France will have to wait until 2023.
So after you and your family have that last slice of pecan pie and congregate in the living room for a fun holiday movie, feel free to recommend the new Christmas classic, Top Gun: Maverick. At least one person in the room will probably agree with you! Hey, if Die Hard can be a Christmas movie Top Gun deserves its moment, too.
A fan of GloRilla’s recently received a nice surprise in the form of financial help via Facebook, according to screenshots shared online. “Aye can I borrow 400 until next week?” the fan first posted, tagging GloRilla’s personal page. “I’LL PAY BACK SUH #HELPASISTAOUT #CASHAPPME.”
The rapper quickly responded, asking “What’s it for ?”
“bills. Bday Sunday ..” replied the fan, complete with a hand emoji.
Still, given GloRilla’s growing status in the music scene, it seems she wasn’t fully convinced. “Where da proof,” she asked. While the replies appeared to have ended there, the fan and Glo must’ve communicated about evidence one-on-one.
Shortly after the posts, GloRilla sent $1,000 to help the fan out with bills and some additional birthday treats… The amount went far over the initially requested $400. “Stay blessed,” her caption read in the CashApp screenshot that the fan shared on social media.
GloRilla’s generosity has also strengthened her fan base’s positive perception of her, based on the replies of an Instagram repost. “I love her!!! Like she is really a good person with a strong background of faith and giving,” one fan commented.
Meanwhile, others opted for jokes and hoped to have some money help themselves. “Let me borrow some money too ? @glorillapimp probably can’t pay you back but just need a lil $1,000,” another wrote.
St. George/The Botanist/Empress/J. Reiger’s/istock/Uproxx
It might seem ridiculous, but the holidays are officially upon us. First up on the holiday agenda: Thanksgiving. This is the day when we all give thanks for our friends and family while gorging on turkey and various side dishes (which everyone really cares more about anyway).
And while we’ll drink various beverages (wine, water, seltzer, and others), nothing adds that extra dimension to a stuffy holiday get-together like a mixed drink. Specifically, a gin cocktail.
You’re going to want a cold cocktail after slaving over a hot stuff, but not just any gin will do for your seasonal endeavor. You’ll need a proper mixing gin. A gin that pairs well with the various flavors and ingredients in drinks like gin & tonics, negronis, Tom Collinses, southsides, and others.
To find these gins, we turned to the professionals for help. We asked a handful of well-known bartenders, bar managers, and mixologists to tell us the best mixing gins for the holidays. Each is likely to make your holidays at least a little brighter. Or at the very least, boozier.
J. Rieger’s from Kansas City surprises again with a really amazing straightforward London-style dry gin. The distillate and the botanicals blend perfectly. In a time where most gins are pushing unusual, or a massive amount of botanicals, J. Reiger’s went for five of the usual suspects and made them all sing. Great for a dry gin martini or all sorts of lively Collins riffs or tonics.
Awayuki Strawberry Flavored Gin
Awayuki
Cosimo Bruno, beverage curator at Daxton Hotel in Birmingham, Michigan
One of my favorite mixing gins for the holiday season is Awayuki Strawberry Flavored Gin. This rich and flavorful classic gin emits the traditional tones of earthy juniper and botanicals while being married with some of the world’s most delectable strawberries. Harvested at just the right time, Awayuki, White Pearl, and Kotoka strawberries are hand-grown in Japan and make a perfectly smooth and balanced cocktail to enjoy during the holidays.
Empress Gin 1908
Empress Gin
Heather Wibbels, managing director of Bourbon Women in Louisville
For the holidays, I love how festive Empress Gin looks in the glass. It’s also incredibly delicious and is a great example of a gin that’s approachable to non-gin drinkers. The flavor profile is a little softer and more well-rounded than a typical London dry gin, and it looks gorgeous with a rosemary sprig, one of my favorite November and December garnishes for all cocktails. As a side note, when serving guests, the change in color as acid is added into it makes a great pop whether you’re serving at home at a party, or at a bar.
The best gin for the holidays is one that leans hard on the herbaceous botanicals that make gin so unique. My favorite big botanical gin is St. George’s Botanivore. What flavors make it great? Its name speaks for the nature of this gin. It tastes evergreen and big. Almost like you walked into the forest and walked out with both a turkey that you hunted with your bare hands and a Christmas tree that you cut down yourself while the wolf that you bonded with leads the way. It’s mind-blowing and impossible to fathom. What cocktails does it mix into well? It basically mixes with the season, pomegranates, beets, grapefruit, and peppers. Its applications are limitless for the holiday season because it takes all the big botanicals to the forefront of any cocktail.
My favorite gin used to mix in cocktails without a doubt would have to be Monkey 47. It is so smooth, with hints of lemon and slight spice which make it a top choice when implemented in fun specialty and classic cocktails. The best cocktails to mix it in would be your standard negroni, gin fizz, Gibson, vesper martini, and yes, even a corpse reviver No.2.
Tommyrotter Cask Strength Bourbon Barrel Aged Gin
Tommyrotter
Robert Kidd, head bartender at Le Cavalier in Wilmington, Delaware
Tommyrotter makes a lovely cask-strength bourbon barrel gin. This gin has those great herbal notes that I love in a gin, but the bourbon barrel adds some spice for the fall and winter holidays. The cask strength makes this gin strong, and you can be sure it will not get lost in your most complex cocktails. If you use this gin, it will be the star of the show. Give it a solid supporting cast and you will have an amazing drink for your guests. The Martinez and Bijou are my two personal favorites to use this spirit in.
The Botanist Islay Dry Gin
The Botanist
Nicholas Bennett, beverage director at Porchlight in New York City
I will be pouring the Botanist Gin this holiday season. I am a huge fan of the botanical qualities in gin, and they are handled very well in this spirit. I mean it’s right there in the name. They are using some pretty uncommon herbs and spices in the mix as well, so it is a delightful change of pace while still making an elegant and amazing martini.
Hepple Gin
Hepple
Adam Montgomerie, bar manager at Hawksmoor in New York City
My favorite gin for mixing drinks in the holiday season would be Hepple Gin from Northumbria in the very North of England. Hepple uses a three-level process for extracting juniper flavor and it’s this focus on juniper that makes Hepple shine. It’s both a modern gin, through the processes they use, and also a traditional gin, in terms of its flavor profile. It makes an excellent martini (the test of any good gin) as well as works really well in shaken citrus cocktails and the classic gin & tonic.
Calwise Big Sur Gin With Cranberry
Calwise
Gabby Senne, bar supervisor at Sideways Lounge in Buellton, California
One gin I’m looking forward to using this holiday season is from Calwise Spirits. Their Big Sur gin with cranberry. They only come out with the cranberry edition during the holiday season, and it is perfect in any classic gin cocktail but also really fun to play around with in other drinks. The cranberry adds a bit of sweetness and tartness to an already delicious gin. I love it as a negroni. It’s also super fun and festive as a mule because the ginger beer goes great with the cranberry and botanicals in the gin, especially the sage.
McQueen And The Violet Fog
McQueen And The Violet Fog
Jack Beguedou, bartender at Proof 192 in Omaha, Nebraska
McQueen And The Violet Fog is my pick. It has the perfect layers of botanicals to be the perfect mixing gin. It will shine in the gin mule and other cocktails. Made in Brazil, this exotic and flavorful gin is made using 21 different herbs and botanicals. Flavors like pomelo peel and lemongrass will add extra dimensions to your favorite holiday cocktails.
The wonderful world of gin has blessed us with its prominent use of non-traditional botanicals. The holiday season always reminds me of mixed berry pies, cakes, and cobblers, and Nolet’s Reserve reflects this. Its use of raspberries as a secondary botanical makes it a great holiday gin, especially for a clover club.
Lil Durk’s OTF Grand Theft Auto (GTA) roleplaying server, the Trenches, will be shut down later this week in light of Rockstar Games publisher, Take-Two’s recent “enforcement policy.”
In a recent statement, Take-Two shared that while it supports using roleplay servers, it made it clear that “NFTs, crypto, loot boxes, and more have no home there.” The enforcement policy would be centered on the creation and sale of “loot boxes” in GTAV.
In gaming culture, a loot box refers to a consumable virtual item that can be redeemed for a randomized selection of other virtual items or loot.
Take-Two plans to take legal action against exchanging any cryptocurrency and “crypto assets,” including NFTs. “Making new games, stories, missions, or maps, or interfering with our official multiplayer or online services” could also result in legal action, the statement reads.
It’s only been a few months since the Chicago rapper announced his collaboration with the video gaming company this past September. With his Trenches server, Durk hosted a multitude of custom events and challenges for Grand Theft Auto players, as well as offering in-game items such as cars, houses, and more.
However, the items were only available for purchase through the OTF Gaming website hosted on Tebex — a webstore that allows the trade of virtual items.
Since the announcement, both Trenches and OTF have released a statement that Lil Durk’s GTAV RP server had been asked to “cease all operations” upon review by Take-Two and Rockstar.
“We’ve been notified by the legal counsel of Take-Two Interactive Inc., the parent company of Rockstar Games Inc.,” the statement reads. “We’ve been asked to cease all operations on Trenches. With heavy hearts, we received this news which is unfortunate for our team and, most importantly, for our community.”
In White Noise, Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig play a frequently married couple who are forced to flee with their many kids from an “airborne toxic event.” That’s the basic summary, at least; there’s much more to story than that, based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel of the same name. But you already decided you were going to watch White Noise as soon as you read “Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig play…” Same.
“It’s telling this story of how, in our attempts not to deal with our own mortality, to really acknowledge death in a serious way in our culture, we somehow sublimated death into our entertainment,” writer and director (and Gerwig’s partner and Barbie collaborator) Noah Baumbach told IndieWire about the film. “By cloaking yourself in death and horror, you’re somehow protecting yourself from real death and horror.”
Here’s the official plot synopsis:
At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world. Based on the book by Don DeLillo, written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach, produced by Noah Baumbach and David Heyman.
White Noise, which also stars Raffey Cassidy, André “3000” Benjamin, Alessandro Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Don Cheadle and features a new song from LCD Soundsystem, comes out in select theaters on Nov. 25 and Netflix on Dec. 30.
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, the entire app has been operating like a firey crash leading most of the users to abandon ship, while others have decided to stick it out. In order to capitalize on everyone who has been fleeing Twitter for other apps, the open-source app Mastodon has been new users with open arms, though the response has been a little confusing.
While some have been praising the alternative option, it’s not a carbon copy of Twitter and will likely take some time to understand. This might not be the quick and easy solution that former tweeters will want, but it might gain some traction in the long run.
Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! People are voting with their feet. The future of social media doesn’t have to belong to a billionaire, it can be in the hands of its users.
Mastodon is decentralized describing itself as a “federated network which operates in a similar way to email.” There are different servers for different communities, but no matter which server you sign up with, you will be able to communicate with others on the app no matter what server you or they are a part of. You can also change your server later on, so you are not bound to your initial choice in case you accidentally join a server intended for people who like math (it exists).
The service has some classic Twitter-like features, though instead of “tweets” they are just “posts.” Users can also post replies, retweets (known as “boosts”) favorite items, add bookmarks and use hashtags. It’s more or less how Twitter was being used back in 2007 when it was just starting out, which means there is a ton of room for growth and potential downfall later on!
The app has seen a record number of signups, though not everyone is thrilled. If there is one thing we can gather about social media users, it’s that we all really hate change, so getting millions of users to migrate from one tried and true platform on the brink of death to another smaller but more confusing app might not work out so well. Still, you can use DeBirdify to help find all of your many Twitter friends on other social media accounts.
To summarize: Mastodon isn’t perfect, but it exists. As of right now, so does Twitter. There is no telling if the app will gain enough traction in order to replace Twitter, but now is the time to check it out before it becomes overrun by the MAGA overflow.
Have you been wondering what the “corn kid” has been up to these days?
When 7-year-old Tariq shared his wholesome love of corn with “Recess Therapy” this summer, he became a viral sensation. Everyone was talking about the kid who loves corn (or more accurately, “cohn“), quoting him, making songs about him and more. You couldn’t go to a dinner party or meet a friend for coffee without the corn kid coming up.
What people loved about Tariq in that video was his pure innocence, his unique diction/syntax/pronunciations and the way he spoke to our collective adoration of corn. (And butter, which truly does change everything.)
The video had more than a million views on the “Recess Therapy” TikTok channel, but also went viral across various social media platforms from various accounts. At this point, he’s become a pop culture meme, destined to go down in social media history.
If you somehow missed it, let’s start with the original interview:
Children of the… corn? 😂 🌽 #recesstherapy #corn #cornisgood #fyp #favorite
Going viral can be fun but can also come with a host of potential ickiness, so while everyone was sharing the corn kid video, some people were concerned about what internet fame might do to him. No one wants this kid to change in any way that isn’t part of his normal childhood development or to be exploited by the capitalistic machine. He’s the epitome of “protect at all costs.”
At the same time, if people are making money off of your virality, you should get a slice of the pie at least. Let’s get this kid a corn-fed college fund, right?
“Recess Therapy” creator Julian Shapiro-Barnum told The Atlantic in September that Tariq’s family had been getting a share of the profits from the musical remix of the video and that all media and brand opportunities were being funneled to Tariq’s mom. His last name has not been widely publicized and both Shapiro-Barnum and the family have been protective of his privacy and his childhood. So far, so good.
Tariq’s lovability is undeniable, though. One would hope there could be a balance struck between letting him be his delightful self on camera and making sure he isn’t being harmed by viral fame. So far, it appears all is well.
“Tariq is the most bubbly, talkative kid who so thoroughly enjoys doing this stuff,” Shapiro-Barnum said. “He comes from a very sweet, supportive family. I don’t think they would make him do anything he doesn’t want to do.”
Tariq has done a handful of other videos and interviews and each is just as endearing as the original. I mean, watch this:
u201cThe baby said he was retired while he was in school, but now that he can travel again he got his u201cattitude backu201dud83eudd7aud83eudd7aud83eudd7au201d
And Tariq has been given some opportunities to cash in on his love of corn. Check out this spot he’s done with Green Giant.
Love the way they just let him be himself. They couldn’t have scripted a commercial this good if they tried.
Seriously, we do have to protect Tariq at all costs. Thankfully, it looks like he’s in good hands and is having a blast being the corn kid while the virality lasts. Get it, little guy. If everyone keeps Tariq’s best interest in mind, his unexpected internet fame could be a win-win for everyone.
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