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G Herbo has pled guilty to federal wire fraud charges in Massachusetts and may face up to 20 years in prison as a result, according to the Chicago Tribune. Herbo was accused of using stolen IDs to purchase over $1 million worth of luxury items and services over a four-year period, including private flights, vacations, and even “designer puppies.” He also allegedly lied to federal agents about his activities, denying a friendship with another defendant. Although Herb initially pled not guilty to both sets of charges, it looks like he’s changed his tune in exchange for a lighter sentence.

According to the Tribune, wire fraud carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, but thanks to his plea and federal sentencing guidelines, he’ll probably serve between two and three years in prison. Among the evidence collected are text messages between Herb and Antonio Strong, who Herb previously said he didn’t know, conspiring to “finesse” hotel rooms and purchase a pair of Yorkshire terrier puppies from a breeder in Michigan. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Herb must pay $140,000 in restitution to various alleged victims, including $10,458 to the breeder.

Herbo’s legal troubles continue; earlier this month, he was arrested for misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon in a public place; in that case, he paid bond a day later.

Shapeshifting Florida rapper Denzel Curry may have gone to therapy on his last album, Melt My Eyez, See Your Future, but don’t get it twisted — he’s still more than willing to get grimy when the situation calls for it. Case in point: His new single “Blood On My Nikes,” which goes full Three 6 Mafia, right down to its horror movie beat and a bone-chilling Juicy J impression on the hook. These are compliments, by the way; I wouldn’t mind turning up to this one steamy night (but my 38-year-old knees disagree).

“Blood On My Nikes” is Denzel’s first new solo single since Melt My Eyez, but the multi-talented Florida rap pioneer hasn’t been idle since then. Last June, he made his debut on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, and this year, he contributed to new singles from Armani White and Midwxst while gearing up to release the sequel to his 2020 EP 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT. The project saw Denzel get back to his hardcore Raider Klan roots, with street gothic imagery and themes reminiscent of early ’90s horrorcore and shock rap (think Bone Thugs N Harmony or yes, Three 6 Mafia). If the follow-up reflects that, the future for Denzel Curry looks dark — in the best way.

Watch Denzel Curry’s “Blood On My Nikes” video above.

Usher’s ongoing My Way The Las Vegas Residency is getting more attention for the celebrities Usher is serenading than for what songs he’s actually singing.

Keke Palmer was “Stevie to the bullsh*t” after Darius Jackson, the father of her infant son, publicly criticized the outfit she wore to Usher’s show. She thoroughly enjoyed dancing with Usher during “There Goes My Baby.” Shortly thereafter, Saweetie coolly danced while Usher sang the same slow-burning classic to her, while Winnie Harlow made sure Usher knew she was perfectly happy with Kyle Kuzma.

Whether it’s the celebrity sightings or the songs, John Mulaney recently told Jimmy Kimmel that everyone should “do whatever you need to do to go see Usher” in Vegas.

Anyone planning on taking Mulaney’s advice can study Usher’s residency setlist below (as logged by setlist.fm in April).

1. “My Way”
2. “Caught Up”
3. “U Don’t Have to Call”
4. “Love In This Club”
5. “Party” (Chris Brown cover)
6. “Lil’ Freak”
7. “Lovers And Friends” (Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz cover)
8. “Good Love” (City Girls cover)
9. “I Don’t Mind”
10. “Bad Girl”
11. “Good Kisser”
12. “My Boo”
13. “Superstar”
14. “Can U Handle It?”
15. “Dance (A$$)” (Big Sean cover)
16. “I Don’t F*ck With You” (Big Sean cover)
17. “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)”
18. “I Need A Girl” (Diddy cover)
19. “Trading Places”
20. “U Remind Me”
21. “You Make Me Wanna…”
22. “Throwback”
23. “U Got It Bad”
24. “Nice & Slow”
25. “Climax”
26. “Burn”
27. “Confessions”
28. “Confessions Part II”
29. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
30. “OMG”
31. “Yeah!”
32. “Without You”

Following Tucker Carlson‘s broadcast of heavily-edited footage from the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building, right-wing media figures rushed to demand that the QAnon Shaman be immediately released.

The Shaman (real name: Jacob Chansley) had pleaded guilty to “obstruction of an official proceeding,” which landed him in prison before being moved to a halfway house. However, despite already being released, Chansley sought to have his conviction vacated using Carlson’s footage as “evidence.” A federal judge was not having it.

Not only did U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth find that the Shaman made the right move by “quite sensibly” pleading guilty, Lamberth proceeded to blast Carlson’s footage for leaving out a whole lot of key details.

“These videos are decidedly not exculpatory, especially when viewed in context with the ‘miles and miles of footage’ recorded of Mr. Chansley on January 6, 2021,” Lamberth wrote before laying into Tucker.

Via Raw Story:

“Such footage, conveniently omitted by the March 6, 2023, program shows nearly all of Mr. Chansley’s actions that day, including: carrying a six-foot long pole armed with a spearhead, unlawfully entering the Capitol through a broken door, disobeying orders from law enforcement on more than a half-dozen occasions, entering the Senate chamber, climbing onto the Senate dais, sitting in the Vice President’s chair, and leaving a threatening message for the Vice President.”

Not quite finished with Carlson, Lamberth later noted that the former Fox News personality’s broadcasts are “replete with misstatements and misrepresentations … too numerous to count.”

You can read Lamberth’s full motion below:

(Via Raw Story)

Even though there’s been a lot of upheaval at HBO Max/Max and even moreso for films and TV shows starring DC characters, at least one supervillainess is safe. That would be Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco), who was almost pointedly renewed as a clattering of show cancellations and removals swirled. The sweetly anarchic beloved character has been living it up after finally getting rid of The Joker for good, and now, she even officially has a new partner, Poison Ivy (Lake Bell), with whom she starred in the only Valentine’s Day special worth making it a point to watch.

You can still catch up on that special, obviously, which was also meant to tide us over until Season 4, but finally, there’s an official premiere date: July 27. TV Line broke that news, and finally, we’ll receive more of the couple that co-showrunners Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker promised would go the distance, so expect a lot more of that delightfulness, along with Bane making love to a skyscraper and maybe still being enamored with a pasta maker.

Additionally, we’ll eventually see a Creature Commandos series from James Gunn and Peter Safran and a Kate Man: Hell Yeah! spinoff from the Harley Quinn gang. No complaints there, and DC adaptations could clearly use more Harley juice.

Harley Quinn‘s fourth season debuts on July 27.

It’s weird and lovely that we’re getting a Twisted Metal series. It’s even weirder that it’s on Peacock, and that they don’t seem to have worried too much about the swearing and the blood splatter. By all accounts, it looks hilarious and brutal, with Anthony Mackie playing a John Doe who is sarcastic in the face of the biggest threats of the post-apocalyptic world.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown named Sweet Tooth who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.”

The series also stars Stephanie Beatriz as car thief Quiet, and a Cronenbergian combo of Samoa Joe and Will Arnett as Sweet Tooth, with Neve Campbell and Thomas Haden Church thrown into the mix.

As with the modern hopscotch of streaming launches, this Peacock show won’t be on Peacock in Canada. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they’ve sold some of the international rights to Paramount+, so if you’re in The Great White North, you’ll need to tune into Paramount+ to get your mayhem starting August 10th. That should give fans plenty of time to dust off their old Playstation and marvel at the shockingly short load times before diving into some flaming vehicular combat.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Vagabon recently announced her new album Sorry I Haven’t Called, the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2019 self-titled debut. She shared the single, “Can I Talk My Sh*t,” which came after the January release of the track “Carpenter.” Now, she’s back with “Do Your Worst.”

“I was nestled in the German countryside when Teo Halm, who co-produced this with me, and I were experimenting in my home studio late into the night, I was listening to a lot of club music and I set out to make an instrumental that drew from the music you’d hear at an underground club in Germany or the UK yet still lived in the Vagabon musical lexicon,” Vagabon — née Lætitia Tamko — said in a statement. “A year later, when I returned to the US, I got Rostam involved and he had a great idea of adding a layer of live drums on top of the breakbeat from my Germany session.”

The club influence is palpable in the skittish, dreamlike track, which contrasts the patient song “Can I Talk My Sh*t” interestingly, proving the eclectic nature of Sorry I Haven’t Called.

Listen to “Do Your Worst” above.

Sorry I Haven’t Called is out 9/15 via Nonesuch. Find more information here.

As the samples utilized in hip-hop spinoffs like drill and Jersey club have gotten wilder and wilder, it was only a matter of time until someone reached way back and started plugging in classical music. Kaliii beats everybody to the punch with her new single “KToven,” which as you might expect, mashes up a Beethoven standard (“Für Elise”) with a hammering (get it?) Jersey club beat. In the video, which Kaliii dropped today along with the song, Black ballerinas surround a grand piano doing pliés while the Atlanta rapper sticks to twerking.

“KToven” is one hell of a follow-up to Kaliii’s prior single, “Area Codes,” which was billed by many as one of the songs of the summer. “Area Codes” had a string of follow-up remixes, including the “850 Remix” with Luh Tyler and the “773 Remix” with Mello Buckzz. She eventually put them together into the Area Codes Edition of her debut EP, Toxic Chocolate.

Kaliii also teamed up with burgeoning K-pop girl group FIFTY FIFTY on the Barbie soundtrack single, “Barbie Dreams.” The former XXL Freshman is on a roll and doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon.

Watch the “KToven” video above.

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

After a year-long absence, Only Murders in the Building is finally set to return on Hulu, and the Season 3 release date is just around the corner. According to the official Twitter account for the comedy mystery series featuring the stellar combination of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, Only Murders will fire up its latest whodunnit on August 8.

The show also dropped a new poster for Season 3, which you can see below:

In a surprise casting coup, Meryl Streep is set to appear in Only Murders Season 3, and she immediately fit right in with the show’s trio. In fact, Gomez couldn’t resist sharing a photo with the legendary actress after the cast and crew knocked out filming for the upcoming season.

“Well we wrapped season 3 of @onlymurdershulu -I’m not sure I have enough words to explain just how beautiful this season has been.” Gomez wrote in an Instagram post where she’s seen absolutely loving life next to a smiling Streep. “It has been deliriously hilarious, challenging and for me, an absolute dream. I’ll post more soon. But I’ll I leave it with the woman I adore, look up to and love.”

Only Murders in the Building Season 3 premieres August 8 on Hulu.

(Via Only Murders in the Building on Twitter)

Ariana Grande is past the halfway mark of filming Jon M. Chu’s forthcoming two-part Wicked film adaptation, and she’s unfortunately experiencing the horror film that is being a woman in pop: Seeing speculation about her love life play out publicly.

It was first reported by TMZ on Monday, July 17, that Grande and her husband of two years, Dalton Gomez, “have been separated since January” and are “headed toward divorce.”

People separately confirmed the news, citing an unnamed source who relayed Grande and Gomez “have been quietly and lovingly working on their friendship.”

According to TMZ on Thursday morning, Grande “recently started dating” her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. The outlet noted that Gomez has “been dating as well,” and Grande didn’t strike up anything romantic with Slater “until after he separated” from Lilly Jay, his wife since 2018.

People exclusively reported perceived reasons for Grande’s split from Gomez, a 27-year-old real estate agent. The root is said to be Grande’s Wicked commitment in the UK, where she’s fulfilling her lifelong dream of portraying Glinda.

“He is super focused on his career and needs to live in Los Angeles,” an unnamed source described as an “insider” told the publication. “It’s definitely been an issue for them. Dalton’s career is demanding, and he can’t leave Los Angeles often. So when [Grande] started filming Wicked in England, they were in for a long-distance marriage.”

TMZ’s sources conveyed similar fractures in the relationship:

“When Covid restrictions lifted, we’re told their differences became alarmingly apparent. Dalton, an LA realtor, was taken aback by Ariana’s celebrity. He had not dealt with her schedule, the paparazzi and the various opportunities that took her out of LA.

We’re told Dalton would sometimes question why they needed to go around town with security, something that was a must for Ariana. Their differences started to make the marriage unravel, and it was greatly exacerbated when she went to England last December to begin filming Wicked.”

None of the involved parties have publicly commented on the (alleged) matter, but Grande did post to Instagram after attending Wimbledon last week. See it below.