Madonna is partying in Washington Heights with Tokischa in the music video for “Hung Up” remix that was released today (September 20). The Queen Of Pop also shares a few kisses with the rising Dominican rapper.
On Friday, Madonna released “Hung Up On Tokischa,” a new remix of her 2005 hit. Madonna embraced Dominican dembow for the first time alongside one of the genre’s proponents, Tokischa. The remix managed to seamlessly blend the sample of ABBA‘s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” with a club-ready dembow beat.
The music video for “Hung Up On Tokischa” was filmed in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights. Madonna and Tokischa share hot-and-heavy moments together in a house party, in the city streets, and in the back of big rig. The two women blow smoke in each other’s mouths and later make out. “Tokischa, ¿que lo qué?,” Madonna says, which is Dominican slang for, “What’s up?” Tokischa blazes through the remix with a fierce guest verse. “I’m going to bajo mundo with Madonna for a party,” she adds in Spanish.
In the past year, Tokischa has a trailblazer for Dominican dembow music. Spanish pop star Rosalía has collaborated with her twice, on last year’s “Linda” and “La Combi Versace” from the Motomami album. Tokischa also teamed up with Marshmello for the queer club anthem “Estilazo.”
“Hung Up on Tokischa” is Madonna’s first new release since she dropped her album Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones last month. The LP peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Some of the artists mentioned are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Creativity comes in many forms — painting, cooking, writing poetry, you name it. And if there’s one place to find inspiration for your next project, it’s on Pinterest. Full of recipes, DIY crafts, #OOTD style tips, dreamy photos that deserve a spot on your vision board, and basically everything in between, the platform is shifting the next generation’s mindset — creating opportunities to discover, experiment, and learn something new. More than that, Pinterest is becoming a hub for culture-creators to pursue all of their passions, championing users to silence their own inner critics, overcome their fears of failure, and just do.
That’s why singer-songwriter María Isabel turned to the platform when she decided to pick up a new hobby: sewing. As someone who’s never threaded a needle, she teamed up with Karly Kenyon, a self-taught fashion designer, for some expert guidance, using Pinterest’s platform to help make her idea happen. The challenge? To create her very own shirt from scratch. Pinterest provided the tools to pursue her goal — and gave her the motivation to do it.
“I’m excited to try something new,” María Isabel said. “I feel like Pinterest is a safe space where I can explore and see what I want to do without anyone else seeing it necessarily before I’m ready for them to. It really feels like a brainstorming platform.”
So, was the final result an ensemble worthy of a fit pic on the ‘gram? To see how the musician’s first attempt at sewing turned out, check out our full video above. You might even gain some inspiration for yourself!
Kid Cudi is keeping his fans fed this year with several new projects. Next Friday, he will release his 10th studio album, Entergalactic, which will be accompanied by a Netflix special. While we wait, Cudi has announced that his has begun work on his memoir.
He shared an update on Twitter this morning, saying, “Started writing the first chapter of my book. Its comin together really well. Tellin my story in my own words is scary, but I feel like it needs to be told. I feel like everything will make a lil more sense as to why you all met such a troubled boy in the beginning.”
Started writing the first chapter of my book. Its comin together really well. Tellin my story in my own words is scary, but I feel like it needs to be told. I feel like everything will make a lil more sense as to why you all met such a troubled boy in the beginning.
Cudi first announced the memoir via Twitter this past weekend. He detailed the memoir saying, “Im finally gonna tell my story. The full story. All real. All honest.”
Im writing a memoir. Im finally gonna tell my story. The full story. All real. All honest.
Cudi has not shied away from a multitude of tough topics in his music, including addiction and mental health. If the relatability and emotional intimacy of the memoir is anywhere near that of his music, readers are guaranteed to be struck in the feels.
Entergalactic is out 9/30 via Republic. The Netflix special will be available to stream on the same day. Pre-save the album here.
One of the major storylines that followed the Boston Celtics around during their run to the 2022 NBA Finals was the health of big man Robert Williams. While Williams played in a career-high 61 games during the regular season and anchored a ferocious Boston defense, meniscus surgery and the subsequent knee issues led to him being touch-and-go throughout the team’s time in the postseason.
Unfortunately for the Celtics, those knee issues are continuing to cause issues for Williams in the lead-up to the 2022-23 campaign, which is going to lead to him going under the knife for an arthroscopic procedure later this week. The news was first reported by Sean Deveney of Heavy and confirmed by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Boston Celtics center Robert Williams is undergoing arthroscopic procedure on his left knee and is expected to need 4-to-6 weeks for recovery, sources tell ESPN. Williams had meniscus surgery in March and played through the playoffs
Robert Williams’ procedure will keep him minimally out of the Celtics training camp and preseason, but the clean up on his left knee is expected to have him back in the lineup early in the regular season, sources said. https://t.co/rG1JN3kOdzpic.twitter.com/our8tdzRB1
If there is a silver lining to this for the Celtics, it is that the regular season begins on October 18, which is exactly four weeks from today, and even if he is out the full six weeks, he won’t miss too much time during the year. Still, it’s a tough break for Williams, who earned an All-Defensive Second Team nod for his ability to protect the rim last year and was a crucial part to Boston’s midseason turnaround that made them into one of the best teams in basketball.
Adam Levine has been dominating the entertainment headlines this week for not the best reasons. Briefly speaking, Instagram model Sumner Stroh spoke about having an affair with Levine over the course of a year and that the Maroon 5 singer messaged her this week to ask if he could name his next child after her. If it sounds awkward, it’s because it is. You see, Levine is married to Victoria’s Secret model Behati Prinsloo. The couple have two children together (aged five and four) and the third is on the way. But what exactly is going on here in this story that seems far-fetched for any year besides 2022?
Adam Levine And Sumner Stroh: Everything We Know So Far
On Monday, September 19th, Stroh posted a video on TikTok, explaining that she’d had an affair with Levine for a year. “After I stopped talking to him after a period of months, this is how he came back into my life,” she continued. What ensued were screenshots of Levine asking Stroh if she was cool with him naming his and Prinsloo’s third child Sumner. Stroh said she felt “easily manipulated,” and was dumbfounded by the request. She explained her reason for sharing this information publicly: “I had sent some screenshots recklessly to some friends I thought I trusted and one of them had attempted to sell to a tabloid. So here I am.”
Surely, Stroh received a slew of comments questioning her role in this love triangle to begin with. So she then took to TikTok again to “address a few things I wish I had said in the first video.” She elaborated on why she posted the video in the first place, saying it was because she wanted to “kill whatever story the tabloid had” (this seemed clear in this first place, but the internet is apparently slow to the draw) and admitted to being a bit frantic in the process. Stroh also said she was “under the impression that their marriage was over,” and this is at the root of her accusing Levine of being manipulative and exploiting her. She explained, “He knew I believed everything he said,” and that she cut off their tryst when she found out that this wasn’t the case. She ends the clip by not excusing her naiveté and said, “In no way was I trying to gain sympathy and I fully realize I’m not the victim in this. I’m not the one who’s really getting hurt here: it’s Behati and her children, and for that, I’m so, so sorry.”
Levine then issued a statement via TMZ on Tuesday, September 20th, saying, “I did not have an affair, nevertheless, I crossed the line during a regrettable period of my life.” But he did not address the baby-naming question at all. Here’s his entire statement:
“I used poor judgment in speaking with anyone other than my wife in ANY kind of flirtatious manner. I did not have an affair, nevertheless, I crossed the line during a regrettable period of my life. […] In certain instances it became inappropriate. I have addressed that and taken proactive steps to remedy this with my family. […] My wife and my family is all I care about in this world. To be this naive and stupid enough to risk the only thing that truly matters to me was the greatest mistake I could ever make. I will never make it again. I take full responsibility. We will get through it and we will get through it together.”
Remember when people, myself included, wondered if House of the Dragon would be a hit after the lackluster (to put it mildly) final season of Game of Thrones? Yeah, about that: the prequel series is averaging 29 million viewers an episode, per a Variety report.
That’s basically the entire population of Venezuela tuning in every week, or bigger ratings than the queen’s funeral got in the U.K. All hail the one true queen (Syrax).
“Episode one was watched by nearly 10 million people across all platforms when it debuted, while episode two reached 10.2 million,” according to Variety. “Episode four’s viewership picked up by 5 percent across all by platforms, and with episode five‘s three present jump, it appears that the series has now hit a retention rate that is likely to remain stable as season one continues.” The extra viewership — leaping from 10 million to 29 million — comes from those who got around to watching later in the week:
These statistics combine Nielsen’s measurement of episode five’s four cable airings on Sunday with the number of streaming viewers across HBO Max and other HBO platforms. When isolating linear viewership, according to Nielsen, 2.576 million people tuned into the episode on HBO itself, a 4 percent increase when compared to last week’s 2.474 million cable viewers.
The real test of House of the Dragon‘s popularity comes with episode six, when the show jumps forward in time. But don’t worry, the dragons are still there.
We have just begun to really settle into the blonde-haired cast of House Of The Dragon, but there will be some major changes before next week’s highly-anticipated new episode.
After a tense episode five, two main cast members, Milly Alcock who plays young Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Emily Carey, who plays young Alicent Hightower, will no longer take on their respective roles as the characters will age up for the rest of the season. Emma D’Arcy will be taking over Rhaenyra while Olivia Cooke will step in for Alicent.
Ahead of episode six, HBO revealed the first scene, which features D’Arcy as Rheanyra just moments after giving birth to a baby boy with husband Laenor Velaryon, now played by John Macmillan. Rheanyra is presumably bringing her newborn son to see Queen Alicent. Leanor exhaustingly states “I’m glad I am not a woman” after walking his wife through the crowds of people. So valid of him!
This is the first time fans get to see D’Arcy’s portrayal of Rheanyra. Earlier this year, Alcock said that the two actresses were discouraged from meeting so that they would not mimic each other too much. “Me and Emma were like, ‘Let’s meet up.’ We wanted to have a meeting with [Sapochnik] and have a discussion about Rhaenyra’s progression as a character,” Alcock explained to The Hollywood Reporter. “And Miguel didn’t want us to meet — which was really interesting! So we never had that discussion. Miguel was like, ‘Just trust that you that you both have it.’ I think he was aware we would be trying to mimic each other.”
Despite not meeting, D’Arcy perfectly shares Alcock’s “oh f*ck” face towards the end of the clip, so perhaps keeping them apart worked out in their favor!
You may know North Carolina’s TiaCorine from her single “Lotto,” which caught the attention of SZA, A$AP Rocky, and fellow female rapper Rico Nasty. If not, get to know today’s UPROXX Sessions talent with over a million streams on SoundCloud and millions more on Spotify. She dropped, I Can’t Wait this past month, her first offering since releasing her 34Corine EP. The album features UnoTheActivist, Tony Shhnow, and Kenny Beats.
She joins UPROXX Sessions to perform her latest single, “Chaka Khan,” a collaboration between Kenny and herself from I Can’t Wait. Her performance is sweet and childlike, emphasized by her high-pitched rap-singing and barrettes. Yet, with lyrics highlighting her sexual prowess (like the legend the song borrows its name from) and Kenny’s signature production, TiaCorine flexes her range and delivers a lively performance.
Watch TiaCorine perform “Chaka Khan” for UPROXX Sessions above.
UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.
As Jon Hamm continues to promote his star turn in Confess, Fletch, the former Mad Men actor stopped by The Howard Stern Show where the conversation immediately zeroed in on Hamm’s pants. More specifically, what’s in them. As tabloid readers know, Hamm experienced a flurry of paparazzi attention after the actor was photographed seemingly going commando. There was not a whole lot left to the imagination. We’ll put it at that.
Hamm has remained humble about his legendary “Hammaconda” even though he’s not a huge fan of the topic. Stern, of course, couldn’t wait to talk about it, and started hitting Hamm with questions right off the bat. Mostly Stern wanted to know if the rumors are true that Hamm doesn’t wear underwear, and the actor quickly put that idea to rest. Via New York Post:
“I have worn underwear every single day of my life, Howard,” stated Hamm.
“First of all, who doesn’t wear underwear? Yeah, I’ve worn underwear every day of my life. With a suit? Come on. I love a comfy boxer brief, thank you very much. I like a breathable cotton. Who doesn’t?”
Of course, if Hamm is telling the truth, that makes the paparazzi photos from the early 2010s even more impressive. If that’s how it looks under two layers, dang, Don Draper. That said, it’s surprising that Hamm actually played ball with Stern because here’s what he told Rolling Stone in 2019 when the magazine tried to broach the subject.
“They’re called ‘privates’ for a reason,” Hamm said. “I’m wearing pants, for f*ck’s sake. Lay off.”
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When it comes to fall activities, we can’t think of many more fun than tailgating. Sure, apple picking might leave you with some hard cider or maybe a delicious apple pie after all is said and done. But you have to actually stand around in an orchard and pick apples first. Who wants to do that? Tailgating consists of delicious food, cornhole, and lots of beer. Oh yeah, there’s also a college or NFL football game to attend after all of that eating, drinking, and parking lot shenanigans (and jumping through flaming tables if you’re in Buffalo).
Since we’re keenly aware that drinking and eating are probably the two most important aspects of any great tailgate, we want to help you match them up. Specifically, we’re talking classic tailgate foods and the best beers to savor them with. Keep scrolling to see what brews to pair with chili, nachos, sausages, and every other classic tailgate food.
Sausage and Peppers Paired with Jack’s Abby Copper Legend Oktoberfest
Jack’s Abby Copper Legend is a fall classic. This Oktoberfest-style beer is known for its easy-drinking, smooth, sweet, malty flavor profile that pairs really well with grilled (or charred) sausages, peppers, and onions.
Tasting Notes:
The nose on this Marzen is loaded with aromas of freshly baked bread, cereal grains, sweet corn, and earthy hops. Its palate of caramel, bready malts, and floral, herbal hops pairs perfectly with the salty, rich, slightly spicy sausages and slightly sweet peppers and onions.
Bottom Line:
You can insert your favorite Oktoberfest-style beer here, especially if you’re going to be eating bratwurst. But we believe the sweetness of Copper Legend is the ideal choice for pairing with sausage.
Loaded Nachos Paired With Three Weavers Expatriate IPA
This 6.9% ABV, bold, flavorful West Coast IPA is brewed with two-row barley, English Crystal malt, and Simcoe, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. It’s balanced, but has that spicy, dank bitterness IPA fans crave. Since we’re all about heat on heat, the spice and bitterness of the hops play perfectly with the spicy salsa, guacamole, and melted cheese that’s slathered all over our tailgate nachos.
Tasting Notes:
Notes of ripe grapefruit, tangerine, and floral, resinous, dank pine fill your nose before your first sip. The grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, dank bitterness, and the crisp, dry finish pair well with the myriad flavors of salsa, guacamole, cheese, and spicy jalapenos of the nachos.
Bottom Line:
IPAs and spicy nachos were meant to be enjoyed together. And Three Weavers Expatriate is one of the best. Why wouldn’t you want to add a beer with a bitter, citrus bite to wash down all of those flavors?
Grilled Cheeseburger Paired with Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond is one of the OG American pale ales. This 5% ABV pale ale is brewed with two-row, Crystal, Carapils, and Munich malts, as well as Cascade hops. Its mix of caramel sweetness and citrus hops makes it a great companion to a cheesy, meaty, rich cheeseburger.
Tasting Notes:
Caramel, bready malts, orange zest, lemongrass, hay, and pine are prevalent on the nose. The palate is more of the same with caramel malts, tangerine, grapefruit, and dank pine. The caramel sweetness and piney bitterness are perfectly paired with the salty, savory flavors of the grilled cheeseburger.
Bottom Line:
Rich, savory cheeseburgers pair well with almost any beer. But we just prefer the mix of malts and hops in a well-made pale ale. And Deschutes Mirror Pond is pretty tough to beat.
We’re in the mindset that there’s no wrong time to enjoy a crisp, easy-drinking pilsner. Especially if it’s this Bohemian-style lager from Heater Allen. The brewery’s homage to Pilsner Urquell is known for its balance of malts and hops. It’s refreshing and crushable, the perfect beer to wash down saucy, spicy chicken wings.
Tasting Notes:
Heater Allen Pils is a classic pilsner through and through. This is immediately evident on the nose which features cereal grains, bready malts, lemon zest, and floral, fragrant Noble hops. Drinking it reveals more fresh-cut grass, floral, piney hops as well as sweet cereal grains and some caramel malts. Overall, it’s a flavorful, yet crushable pilsner that pairs really well with spicy, saucy, meaty chicken wings.
Bottom Line:
When we eat spicy, sauce-slathered chicken wings, we want a flavorful, yet light, refreshing pilsner to wash it down. Heater Allen Pils definitely fits this bill.
Potato Chips Paired With Weihenstephaner Original Helles
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan touts itself as the oldest brewery in the world with its genesis almost 1,000 years ago in 1040. Its flagship beer is its Original Helles is crisp, refreshing, and has a mildly spicy, floral hop backbone. All of these flavors are well-suited to be paired with salty, greasy, crunchy potato chips.
Tasting Notes:
This Helles lager has traditional aromas like sweet corn, cereal grains, fresh bread, and floral, spicy hops. The palate continues this trend with more sweet grains, light lemongrass, caramel malts, and slightly bitter, floral hops at the finish. The citrus and hop presence plays perfectly with the salty, crispy, crunchy potato chips.
Bottom Line:
To be honest, we’d pair a great bag of potato chips with any lighter beer style. But when it comes to classic, refreshing Helles lagers, there are few better than Weihenstephaner Original.
Spicy Beef Chili Paired With Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale
As if you weren’t already planning to enjoy a few amber ales this fall, Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale with its Pale two-row and Crystal malts as well as Columbus, Bravo, Northern Brewer, and Mt. Hood hops can’t be missed. Its notes of toasted malts, dried fruits, and light hops pair well with spicy, bean and beer-filled, slow-cooked chili.
Tasting Notes:
Before you first sip, you’ll find scents of fresh bread, caramel malts, cereal grains, and lightly floral hops. The palate is caramel, bread, honey, dried fruits, and herbal, floral hops. The malts and grassy, herbal hops play off the heat and richness of the beef chili well.
Bottom Line:
Some people like to add heat on heat when it comes to chili. But we like our chili really hot and we prefer the sweet, well-balanced flavor of a good amber ale to the spice and heat of a bitter IPA.
Barbecue Ribs Paired With Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale
This classic English nut brown ale is made with simple ingredients like well water, barley malt, yeast, and hops. It’s simple, dry, and loaded with flavors like candied almonds, walnuts, and toasted malts. All of which pair well with the rich, savory flavors of barbecue ribs.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with aromas of sticky toffee, bread, toasted malts, and a light nutty scent. The palate is well-balanced with notes of caramel, biscuit-like malts, toasted grains, candied nuts, and light, floral hops. The bold, mixture of caramel and spicy hops makes this a perfect companion to savory, saucy, smoked ribs.
Bottom Line:
Class up your tailgate a bit by putting down that light beer and pour some glasses of Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale when the barbecue ribs are done smoking. You’ll be happy you did.
Store Bought Chocolate Chip Cookies Paired With Southern Tier Nitro S’Mores Stout
Summer might be over, but we’re not ready to give up on S’mores just yet. Especially if they’re in beer form. The folks at Southern Tier are no strangers to unique innovations. One of their best is their Southern Tier Nitro S’mores Stout with its chocolate, vanilla, and slight sea salt flavors. Since it’s pretty much a dessert in a can, why not pair it with a gooey chocolate chip cookie or two before you head into the stadium?
Tasting Notes:
Unsurprisingly, this beer smells exactly like you’d hope it would. There are notes of graham cracker, vanilla, and chocolate. After being welcomed in by the aroma, the palate is creamy, rich, and filled with flavors like toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate, vanilla, and a slightly nutty flavor. It’s sweet decadent, and can only be made better by pairing it with chocolate chunk-filled, soft cookies.
Bottom Line:
After this lineup of tailgate foods and beers, you might need a wheelbarrow to bring you into the stadium. Especially if you drink this dessert-like beer and chocolate chip combination right before kickoff.
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