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After staying fairly quiet for the first half of the year, Cordae is slowly ramping up his activity as the DMV rapper returns with his first guest feature of the year. The new verse comes alongside Dinner Party’s — which is comprised of Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, and Kamasi Washington — new track, “Freeze Tag,” one that arrives through the quartet’s new project, Dinner Party: Dessert. Cordae uses the track, which is wrapped in a soothing hook by Phoelix, to thank a higher power for his successes in life. His verse comes after Phoelix’s hook, which finds him detailing the struggles and fears of Black men in America. Keeping this underlying worry in mind, Cordae gratitude for his success is understandable.

Cordae’s new verse arrived after he connected with Roddy Ricch for their soulful single, “Gifted.” The song was his first release since his Grammy-nominated album The Lost Boy. Prior to the release of “Gifted,” Cordae confirmed that the YBN collective separated, confirming a tweet YBN Nahmir posted in early August. Speaking on the breakup in an interview with Elliot Wilson, Cordae said, “Sometimes as friends, you grow apart and you have different visions for what you wanna do and that’s OK, there’s no love lost.”

As for Dinner Party: Dessert the project also flaunts guest appearances from Rapsody, Buddy, Snoop Dogg, TDE President Punch, and Alex Isley.

Listen to “Freeze Tag” in the video above.

Dinner Party: Dessert is out now via via Sounds Of Crenshaw/EMPIRE. Get it here.

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

Back in 2013, Juicy J stepped into the spotlight as a lone act with solo debut album, Stay Trippy, and found instant success with the project. A huge part of the project’s success was thanks to its well-performing single “Bandz A Make Her Dance.” Seven years later, Juicy J is looking to achieve the same success, this time with his forthcoming album The Hustle Continues. Returning with the second single from the album, Juicy J calls on a fellow Memphis rapper a couple hip-hop generations removed from him for his new single, “Load It Up.” Bringing his undeniable energy to the song, produced by Juicy J himself, NLE Choppa gives a second dose of Memphis flavor to the track.

Just two months ago, Juicy J kicked off the rollout for The Hustle Continues with his “Gah Dam High” single alongside Wiz Khalifa. The track was released alongside a comical video that found Juicy J tormenting his wife as a result of the extra time on his hands. He also makes life harder for his accountant who struggles to keep the rapper’s finances in order thanks to his lavish spending during quarantine. On a more recent note, he joined R&B duo THEY. on their “STCU” single, one that promoted unsafe sex.

Listen to “Load It Up” in the video above.

The Hustle Continues is out October 14 via Trippy Music/Entertainment One.

NLE Choppa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For the past month, Griselda has been on a strong streak with their musical offerings. Conway The Machine kicked things off with his From King To A God project, one that effectively put things in line for his upcoming Shady Records debut album. Armani Caesar followed suit with her solidifying Griselda debut, The Liz, and Westside Gunn stepped through the curtain with his own Shady debut, Who Made The Sunshine last week. Now, Benny The Butcher is up next and the Buffalo spitter sets things off with his triumphant “Timeless” single alongside Lil Wayne and Big Sean.

The single arrives after weeks of promotion on social media, much of which found Benny The Butcher and Big Sean in the studio with Hit-Boy, who produced the new track. The uplifting song finds the three rappers celebrating their positions in the rap world and confirming their desires to have their name and music continue long after their lives. With Benny leading the way on the track, the three rappers post strong verses on “Timeless,” promising an enjoyable experience for fans of Benny, Wayne, and Sean.

The song is also set to appear on Benny’s upcoming album, Burden Of Proof, which will arrive next Friday, October 16. The project will be executive produced by Hit-Boy and include features from Rick Ross, Freddie Gibbs, Queen Najia, Dom Kennedy, Conway The Machine and Westside Gunn.

Listen to “Timeless” in the video above.

While fans continue to wait for her upcoming third album, Doja Cat is making the wait a bit easier for fans as she returns with another guest feature for them to enjoy. This time around it comes alongside Bebe Rexha for their new collaboration, “Baby I’m Jealous.” The single is quite the groovy number with Bebe admitting to the things that make her jealous in a relationship, including Instagram likes, the physical features of other women, and more. Sliding through with a strong verse of her own, Doja Cat plays the woman Bebe is probably jealous of and tells her that it’s not her fault Bebe’s man has his eyes on her. Doja concludes her verse with a somewhat of comforting note, rapping, “But he ain’t even worth none of your time / It’s such a drag / I’m not being spiteful, but he’s trash.”

The new single arrives after Doja delivered an update on her upcoming third album during an interview with Fat Joe. “It’s all ready,” Doja said. “I hate that I’m holding onto it right now… Every time I go on Twitter or go on Instagram, I see everyone saying, ‘Put it out.’ You have to plan things accordingly and there’s a lot going on. So, to just drop everything tomorrow — yeah, I’d love for you to hear it, but you can’t just be doing stuff like that. It’s not the same that it used to be.”

While the continued wait might be bothersome to her fans, she did confirm the wait would be worth it. “They are gonna get an album that I 100 percent am ready to drop and am overly excited to put that out.”

You can listen to “Baby I’m Jealous” in the video above.

Bebe Rexha is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered Thursday night as nearly touchdown favorites over the Chicago Bears, who entered the game 3-1 but were coming off of a loss to the Colts in which they looked dreadful, particularly on offense.

It was far from an offensive exhibition on Thursday night, but the Bears were able to do just enough to pick up a 20-19 win. Offensively, they only rushed for 35 yards and Nick Foles threw for just 243 with one touchdown and one interception, but a timely turnover forced by the Chicago defense late in the first half allowed them to take a 14-13 lead into halftime.

In the second half, it was a battle of field goals and defenses, with both teams kicking a pair of field goals, with Chicago taking that one-point advantage with just over a minute to play. While the Bucs didn’t have timeouts, it seemed like more than enough time for Tom Brady to guide his team into field goal range for a chance at the game-winner. The problem was, after the Bucs found themselves in a 4th-and-6 situation, Brady fired a pass downfield into coverage that was tipped and fell harmlessly to the turf, because he seemingly thought it was still third down and he’d have another play.

It was a bizarre sequence, and nothing about the previous three plays should have made Brady feel like it was third down — they didn’t spike the ball to burn a down or anything, he had just thrown two incompletions and a check-down to the running back. As Brady stood there dumbfounded by the fact that he didn’t have one more play, the Bears celebrated and came onto the field to take a knee and closeout a narrow, rather ugly win, but one that moved them to 4-1 nonetheless.

For Tampa Bay, they dropped to 3-2 on the season as Brady has continued to look a bit shaky at times in both losses. He struggled to create big plays, particularly in the red zone, on Thursday as the Bucs kicked four field goals, and that’s after a dismal Week 1 performance in which he threw two back-breaking interceptions. There’s still time for him to get in rhythm with this Bucs team, but for a squad with championship aspirations, it’s been a rather pedestrian start to the year.

It’s been three weeks since Cardi B surprised the entertainment world and announced her divorce from Offset. While many thought the Migos rapper was caught cheating again, Cardi B revealed that the reason for their divorce was not infidelity, but rather, it was rooted from the two not seeing eye to eye anymore.

“I just got tired of f*cking arguing. I got tired of not seeing things eye to eye,” she said on Instagram Live last month. “When you feel like it’s just not the same anymore, before you actually get cheated on, I’d rather just leave.” While the two may not be in love anymore, Cardi will certainly not stand to see her now ex-husband attacked on social media as she responded to a pair of fans following their comments about Offset.

According to Complex, fans labeled Offset a “bad man,” a comment that pushed the “WAP” rapper to respond and condemn the label. “He a dumbass not a bad man,” she said in now-deleted tweet. “Cause out of everybody that tried to steal, finesse me into working with their brand for less he got people coming for me with CORRECT CONTRACTS and never ask for a dollar or benefit like every1 else. N****s is n**** but a bad personality he not.”

In another deleted tweet, which People captured, a fan told Cardi “We don’t like offset sis and its our right to drag him when we sit fit,” and that seemed to cross the line for Cardi. “I don’t give a f*ck if you don’t like him,” Cardi said in response to the fan. “I don’t talk to him but you not going to disrespect my child father I will slap the sh*t out of you in curtesy of Kulture ..If he die, go broke, you not the one that’s going to raise my kid & you not the 1 who pays for her sh*t.”

(via Complex and People)

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

On a recent episode of .Wav Radio, Chase B and Travis Scott invited Bryson Tiller to the show to chop it up with them as well as share new music the two artists had in store. While much of the excitement came from the unreleased tracks Scott and Tiller shared, one of which is titled “Blunt Talk” and would be their first song since 2016’s “First Take,” the two also got serious during their discussion and spoke on what it’s like raising Black daughters in today’s unstable climate.

Travis spoke first and said it was extremely important to protect “our young Black daughters” and ensure they are told all the necessary things to navigate the world as safely as possible.

I feel like it’s way more important now to protect our young Black daughters, women. You know what I mean? And making sure they had the knowledge of just how to carry yourself, how to move in this world, how to be strong, how to not even be scared to take that risk on any idea. Jump out on any type of creativity because now more than ever, it’s like they have the vision. You know what I’m saying? Whether it’s for anything a man can do, anything a woman can do. They got the pure vision.

Bryson later chimed in with an answer of his own, revealing how much of a source of inspiration his daughter is to him when it comes to his creative endeavors before revealing his thoughts on the Breonna Taylor shooting, which occurred in his home state of Kentucky.

My daughter’s super creative, man. And she’ll be giving me ideas for crazy stuff. Listen to my music in the studio and vibe with me. It’s crazy what’s going on though, especially back in my hometown. You all know they just calling Louisville the epicenter for what’s going on with Breonna Taylor and everything that happened. And man, I ain’t never seen nothing like it happen in my life. I was just like, “Wow.” I’m 27 years old. I been dealt with racism plenty of times. You know what I mean? Growing up, walking down the street, just normal. It was normal to me

The conversation between Bryson and Travis comes at high points in their respective careers. Bryson is fresh off the release of his third album, Anniversary while Travis just notched another No. 1 single thanks to “Franchise” with Young Thug and MIA. You can listen to the .Wav Radio episode here.

The state of the movie industry continues to be in flux, as many theaters remain closed or extremely limited and many films continue to get pushed back or see digital releases. The latest appears to be an intriguing Pixar film that had already seen its release schedule shuffled around.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Soul will see an exclusive release on Disney+ in time for Christmas Day. This comes after the film was initially pushed to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as theater chains like Regal close their doors and lockdown restrictions remain in place or seem likely to be reinstated as coronavirus case counts remain steady or even rise in hot spots, movies continue heading to streaming services and on-demand rather than risk a theatrical run.

For Disney, the decision to move for a Disney+ release follows it debuting its live-action Mulan to the service, at least initially. But unlike Mulan‘s premium price in addition to the monthly or yearly streaming costs, Soul will apparently be added to the service free of charge.

Unlike Mulan, which carried a premium price of $29.99, Disney+ customers can watch Soul at no extra charge. In markets where the streaming service isn’t available, the film will play on the big screen. Dates are to follow.

“We are thrilled to share Pixar’s spectacular and moving Soul with audiences direct to Disney+ in December,” Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek said in a statement. “A new original Pixar film is always a special occasion, and this truly heartwarming and humorous story about human connection and finding one’s place in the world will be a treat for families to enjoy together this holiday season.”

The move makes the Pixar film more like Onward, which was in theaters in early March when lockdown measures shuttered theaters. Disney eventually moved the film to Disney+ much earlier than anticipated, one of several movies that saw moves to streaming platforms in the initial months of the pandemic and life in quarantine.

The start of the 2020-21 college basketball season is approaching but, while the Wichita State men’s basketball program will be in search of a 12th consecutive 20-win season, there is reported turmoil surrounding the program’s head coach. CJ Moore and Dana O’Neill of The Athletic bring word of an internal investigation conducted by the university on alleged misconduct by head coach Gregg Marshall.

The report details multiple allegations, with its full text certainly worth a read. One specific allegation involves Marshall and a physical altercation with a player during the 2015-16. The Athletic’s report indicates that former Wichita State player Shaq Morris was chastised during a practice for dirty play, with Marshall using an expletive and shoving Morris in kicking him out of practice before allegedly following him and punching Morris “between the shoulders near his neck.”

In another alleged incident, Marshall “attempted to punch” a Wichita State student, through a car window, after following the student and chiding the individual for utilizing Marshall’s on-campus parking spot without permission.

“I’m aware the university conducted interviews and I fully participated in the process,” Marshall said in a statement to The Athletic. “I look forward to having it wrapped up as I continue to focus my energy on our team.”

Marshall has been the head coach at Wichita State since 2007-08 after arriving from Winthrop. He has led the Shockers to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2013 Final Four.

The 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards are a little over two weeks away and while fans will have to wait till then to learn if their favorite acts go home with an award, the award show has already announced one winner for the upcoming award show. Master P will receive the I Am Hip-Hop Award at the BET Hip-Hop Awards on October 27.

The award comes after the network debuted the No Limit Chronicles docuseries earlier this year, one that looked back at the rise of Master P’s No Limit Records. Upon receiving the award, Master P joins Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Rakim, LL Cool J, and Lil Kim as names who have won the honor in the past.

The news comes just a little over a month after Master P shedded light on his “Uncle P’s Louisiana Seasoned” food line, one he claims he created in order to have a food company for Black people by Black people that would also give back to the Black community with each purchase.

“When you look at Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, a lot of those products are mockeries of African-American people and couldn’t even feed our communities,” Master P said in an interview with CNN. “With Uncle P, the more we make, the more we give. And the only way to give is by owning these products.”

As for the 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards, the show will be hosted by The 85 South Show’s DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean while Lil Baby, Big Sean, City Girls, 2 Chainz, Burna Boy, Gucci Mane, Jhene Aiko, Mulatto, and more will perform at the show.