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While the world waits for Saweetie to drop Pretty B*tch Music, she seems to be happy doing anything but. As part of her ongoing promo campaign, Saweetie has been hitting all her marks, collaborating with a massive brand like McDonalds, and dropping episodes of her tongue-in-cheek Icy University on Youtube.

Her latest episode of the series is extra special though, because it features none other than breakout star Chloe Bailey of Chloe x Halle fame. After Ungodly Hour turned heads in 2020, Chloe became a breakout star in her own right via some steamy Instagram videos, and is now preparing to release her first solo single, “Have Mercy.” She even dropped some behind-the-scenes promo photos for the new single today that stoked fans excitement even higher.

But in the meantime, Chloe showed up to chat with Saweetie about everything from her new music to self-love and body positivity. Could this connection potentially lead to a collaboration between the two? Perhaps! For now, check out the first episode of Icy University‘s second season up above, and keep an ear out for more new music from both of these women. 2021 isn’t over yet, and there’s still plenty of time for both these ladies to give fans what they want to hear.

Thirty years after the album was released, Nirvana are now facing a lawsuit for their classic effort, Nevermind. The band’s surviving members and the estate of Kurt Cobain were sued by Spencer Elden, who is the baby that appears on the album’s cover. According to documents obtained by Pitchfork, Elden claims that the band broke federal child pornography laws. He also argues for child sexual exploitation claims against them. Kirk Weddle, the photographer behind the cover for Nevermind was also named in the lawsuit.

Elden says that he’s suffered “lifelong damages” as a result of the 1991 album and notes that’s his legal guardians never signed paperwork “authorizing the use of any images of Spencer or of his likeness, and certainly not of commercial child pornography depicting him.” Additionally, he’s suing the band, Cobain’s estate, and the photography for distribution of private sexually explicit materials, negligence, and what’s listed as a “sex trafficking venture” in which Elden “was forced to engage in commercial sexual acts while under the age of 18 years old.”

The lawsuit is seeking seeking damages, attorney fees, a court order to stop all parties involved “from continuing to engage in the unlawful acts and practices described herein,” as well as a trial by jury. The court documents also add:

The permanent harm he has proximately suffered includes but is not limited to extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations, interference with his normal development and educational progress, lifelong loss of income earning capacity, loss of past and future wages, past and future expenses for medical and psychological treatment, loss of enjoyment of life, and other losses to be described and proven at trial of this matter.

It should be noted that Elden recreated the Nevermind cover several times and had the album title tattooed on his chest. Despite this, he mentioned his distaste for the artwork during a 2016 interview with GQ Australia. “It’s f*cked up,” he said. “I’m pissed off about it, to be honest.”

As part of the sisterly duo Chloe x Halle, both Chloe and Halle Bailey have become R&B superstars. And, each have been branching off on their own as well, with Halle starring in the new live action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, and Chloe prepping to release her first solo single. Of course, there were the dance moves and Instagram videos from Chloe that caught quite a few people’s attention long before the new music was officially announced.

Needless to say, Chloe is coming into her own after the success of Ungodly Hour with her sister, and some behind-the-scenes photos for her upcoming single have only made fans more excited than before for the new single. Chloe has been readying her debut solo track, “Have Mercy,” for a while now, and these photos let fans know that the release will include a video with a strong visual aesthetic of its own.

The photographer and makeup artist behind these new stills, Edwig Henson, shared them on Instagram with the following heartfelt message of support for the singer. “Did makeup and took a few stills of the beautiful @chloebailey. She’s got one the most anticipated songs of the year coming soon! So make sure you support sis when it does. I hope you guys are just as excited as I am! “Have Mercy” on us Chloe.”

Well Edwig, we are. Oh, we are.

The music world was rocked by the news of Charlie Watts’ death on Tuesday. The announcement of the death of The Rolling Stones drummer was shared by the band in a statement to social media. “He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family,” the post read. “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation.” Hours after the news was made public, guitarist Keith Richards shared the perfect tribute on social media in honor of his late bandmate: A simple picture, showing an unoccupied drum set with a sign reading “closed” hanging from a stand.

Earlier this month, Watts dropped out of the band’s upcoming tour following some medical concerns. “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful, but his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation,” a representative for the band said at the time. “With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it’s very disappointing to say the least, but it’s also fair to say no one saw this coming.”

Watts was born on June 2, 1941 in London, England, and joined the Stones in 1963, when he became one of the band’s longest-tenured members.

Stephen A. Smith has made hating on the Dallas Cowboys part of his daily routine on First Take during the NFL season. Michael Irvin is one of the best players in Cowboys history. The pair are both showmen at heart and have no problem filibustering while on screen with one another, and when they’re on television with one another, very entertaining things happen.

As such, ESPN is apparently viewing Irvin as someone who can join its rotating cast of pundits on the show as it looks to figure out what it looks like following Max Kellerman’s departure. According to Front Office Sports, Irvin is on the list of names ESPN is considering, and while no deal is in place, the potential exists for Irvin to come back to the network where he used to be an analyst in a limited role.

The deal to bring Irvin aboard as a guest commentator is not finalized said sources. It’s expected to be limited to “First Take.” The NFL Network analyst is not expected to appear on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” or other NFL-related programming. ESPN is eying NFL Mondays as a natural staging ground for Irvin vs. Smith on “First Take.”

Smith and Irvin have love for each other, but when the two go at it regarding the Cowboys, things get heated.

Gonna go out on a limb here and guess the two would discuss the Dallas Cowboys, but we don’t want to jump to assumptions.

More than a year after she initially cited issues with her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, Megan Thee Stallion once again found herself at odds with the company. A report from TMZ revealed that the Houston native was forced to petition for the release of her upcoming remix of BTS’ hit song “Butter” after the label attempted to block her from dropping the track. The documents specifically requested an “emergency relief from the Court before this Friday, August 27, 2021, to allow her new music to be released this week as previously-scheduled.” Luckily for Megan, she got just that.

According to Variety, a judge ruled that Megan is cleared to share the remix of BTS’ chart-topping track, allowing the song to arrive this Friday. In documents, her teamed noted that the attempted blockage violated rules that were set in another, similar case. Last year she sued 1501 Certified Entertainment and accused them of blocking her from dropping 2020 EP Suga. Megan won that case and the EP was delivered on March 6, 2020.

“The release of new music from Pete is vital to maintain her status as a relatively new but still up and coming artist,” documents read. “Absent immediate help from the Court, Pete’s art will be impacted, the release of the song derailed, and Pete’s goodwill, reputation, and overall career will suffer detrimental, undesirable, and irreversible harm.”

The ruling comes after Megan shared the freestyles “Outta Town” and “Tuned In.”

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

We’re coming in on nine months since Donald Trump left the White House in disgrace. A day rarely went by without something nightmarish — or simply stressful — happening. But nine months is nine months. It’s a long time, and it’s easy for anyone to forget certain things, especially when so much has changed. But on Tuesday, Kayleigh McEnany — who in June had the stones to claim she “never lied” — had another whopper…or apparently forgot stuff that really isn’t that deep into the past.

Trump’s fourth and final press secretary was on Fox News, who employed her after her tenure came to a disastrous end, where she did what most on the network are doing now: roasting over the bad press Joe Biden is receiving over the crisis in Afghanistan. It’s the current president’s first major controversy, though few at the network are pointing out that he hardly bears the brunt of the blame.

No matter: Biden’s approval ratings have been dropping, although they’re still not as bad as Trump’s where through the entirety of his presidency. But McEnany went too far, making a claim so brazen it was essentially a rewrite of history.

“We are eight months into a Biden presidency,” she said. “Wrap your head around that. We still have three years and four months left. Look, when President Trump was president, you didn’t see crisis after crisis. You just didn’t see it.”

Granted, McEnany was only on staff for the last nine months of his presidency. But when she took the job he undersaw one of the biggest crises of any presidency: a pandemic that was badly mishandled, and which is still very much with us due to his incompetency, disinterest, and self-interest. Within this one crisis lied dozens of other crises — and that’s not even to mention all the other crises that occurred, on the daily, in the previous three years, or the others that cropped up during the pandemic.

Needless to say, people on social media disagreed with McEnany’s provably incorrect claim.

Some reminded her about the one she oversaw when she became press secretary.

Oh, and Trump was impeached twice.

And then his presidency ended with a failed coup.

Some argued that there were so many crises that they all blended together as one constant mega-crisis.

One could also argue Trump himself was a crisis.

Which we’re still dealing with, mind you.

But maybe the problem is McEnany is simply bad at her job.

Fresh off the Bucks’ title win, Mike Budenholzer is reportedly sticking around Milwaukee for a few more years.

As first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Budenholzer has agreed to a three-year extension that will keep in with the Bucks through the 2024-25 season.

The Bucks confirmed the news shortly after.

Prior to the extension, he was headed into the final year of his deal that he signed when he was originally hired in 2018. In three years Budenholzer, the Bucks have made the playoffs each season, but prior to winning the championship, there was plenty of chatter about his future in Milwaukee and if he was the coach that could take them to that elusive title.

This is absolutely the right move for the coach and the team. For Budenholzer, he gets a well-earned guarantee for leading the Bucks to a title and, in the process, showing that he is a capable, championship-level coach. For him, winning the title this past season after falling short both in Atlanta and Milwaukee was the breakthrough of his career. To not reward him for that would be odd.

For the team, this essentially sets them up to run it back for the next few years with the current core in place. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton are all signed for the next several seasons and, even if some of the fringe roster pieces change, those three plus Budenholzer is a strong foundation to go forward with.

Two of the top four teams in the WNBA squared off on Tuesday evening when the Seattle Storm visited the Minnesota Lynx. Both teams have operated at a high level this season but, for a long time, the Storm have gotten the better of the Lynx, entering the night with 11 consecutive wins in the series between the two squads. However, Lynx star Sylvia Fowles had other ideas in this particular matchup, as she exploded for 29 points, 20 rebounds, four steals and three blocks to lead Minnesota to a 76-70 victory.

Fowles wasted no time leaving a mark on the proceedings, as she put up monster numbers before halftime and pushed Minnesota into a double-digit lead.

In fact, Fowles scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds before the halftime break. With her seventh career double-double before halftime, Fowles is now second in WNBA history in that category, and her 13 first-half rebounds were a franchise record for Minnesota. Fowles obviously wasn’t done, though, as she continued to control the game on both ends in the second half.

Fowles was the clear catalyst in what became a very important win for the Lynx, and her numbers placed her in rarified air. She became only the fourth player in league history in reach the 25-point, 20-rebound threshold, and Fowles was just one point away from a 30-20 game that no one has ever produced.

To be fair, there were other stars on this night. Napheesa Collier finished with 18 points and five rebounds for Minnesota, providing a valuable second option to Fowles. On the other side, Breanna Stewart put up 18 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks, combining with Fowles to make more WNBA history.

Still, this night belonged to Fowles, and she was the centerpiece of the victory. Now 35 years old, Fowles made it known that she was retiring from USA Basketball following her fourth Olympic gold medal, but the 2017 WNBA MVP, three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and seven-time WNBA All-Star clearly has plenty left in the tank.

After a bit of a wait, Trippie Redd dropped his fourth album, Trip At Knight, last weekend, which featured the likes of Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Juice WRLD, Lil Durk, Polo G, SoFaygo, Ski Mask The Slump God, XXXTentacion, BabyFace Ray, Sada Baby, and Icewear Vezzo. Now he’s released the video for one of its tracks, “Supernatural.”

It finds Trippie and by his crew at a late-night gathering. The rapper and his friends take over a parking lot, with cars doing donuts and high-precision drifts.

The release of Trip At Knight didn’t come without some drama. On “Betrayal,” guest Drake used his guest verse to seemingly diss Kanye West, with whom he’s been feuding for quite some time. “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know / Forty-five, forty-four (Burned out), let it go,” Drake raps. “Ye ain’t changin’ shi*t for me, it’s set in stone / Rollin’ stones, heavy stones (PinkGrillz) / Precious stone, let me make my presence known.” The apparent re-emergence of their beef delighted Rick Ross, who said, “I love it.”

You can watch the “Supernatural” video above.

Trip At Knight is out now via 1400 Entertainment/10K Projects. Get it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.