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The NBA likes to find ways for people outside of the world of basketball to get involved in its All-Star festivities. The obvious way is for folks to participate in the Celebrity Game on Friday, but over the years, the league has made the entire weekend into a larger and larger event, with some of the biggest names in the world of entertainment playing prominent roles.

On Wednesday, the NBA announced the various celebrities and artists who will participate in All-Star weekend this time around. Things will begin on Friday night, when Ben Affleck will hop on the mic for the Celebrity Game to announce the participants — you can see who is playing in this year’s game right here.

Sunday’s game will be a star-studded affair right from the jump. Jewel and Jully Black will sing the national anthems of the United States and Canada, respectively, while Post Malone will put on a pregame show after the All-Star Draft. And before things tip off, Vin Diesel is slated to do the intros for this year’s game.

And for this year’s All-Star halftime show, the league will turn to Burna Boy, Tems, and Rema.

The festivities on Sunday are slated to begin with the All-Star Draft at 7:30 p.m. EST on TNT.

Maisie Peters has announced her much-anticipated sophomore album, The Good Witch.

Arriving this summer, The Good Witch shares a new chapter in Peters’ story, as it details her seeking balance with her rise to fame, as well as hard times in her own personal life. A press release describes the album as “the older, wiser and scorned counterpart” to her 2021 debut album You Signed Up For This.

“This is my heart and soul, my blood on the page, the collection of stories that I’ve managed to capture in the past year,” Peters said in a statement. “A true chronicle of my life in recent history, it is my own twisted version of a breakup album and it all draws upon the same couple of months’ worth of experiences and inspirations. It ducks and weaves between the real and surreal, and centers my own universe, of which I am of course the keeper of the keys and the holder of the cards – the good witch, if you will. It goes from light to dark in the flip of a switch and I hope takes you on a journey whereby the end you feel like you’ve gotten lost in someone else’s planet for a bit.”

You can check out The Good Witch cover art and tracklist below.

1. “The Good Witch”
2. “Coming Of Age”
3. “Watch”
4. “Body Better”
5. “Want You Back”
6. “The Band And I”
7. “You’re Just A Boy (And I’m Kinda The Man)”
8. “Lost The Breakup”
9. “Wendy”
10. “Run”
11. “Two Weeks Ago”
12. “BSC”
13. “Therapy”
14. “There It Goes”
15. “History Of Man”

The Good Witch is out 6/16 via Elektra/Gingerbread Man Records. Pre-save it here.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are currently embarking on their 2023 tour, and it appears they’re adding some setlist changes sprinkled into different cities. During their recent concert at Houston’s Toyota Center, Springsteen played his 1972 song, “If I Was The Priest,” for the first time in over fifty years.

“I wrote this song,” Springsteen said. “I was 22. 50 years ago. I still don’t have a clue what the f*ck it’s about.”

As the story goes, he had played it during auditions that year for managers Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos and a try-out at CBS Records. Since then, there’s been no documentation that he’s played the song live since May 2, 1972, according to Rolling Stone… until now.

Springsteen went on to re-record the track for his 2020 album, Letters To You, as part of the three archival songs included. (The other two were “Song For Orphans” and “Janey Needs a Shooter.”)

“It’s fun to go back and see how wild my lyric writing was, and how uninhibited it was at a certain moment, and to be able to take that and bring it into the present with the band, and sing it in my voice right now, was a bit of a joy ride,” Springsteen told the New York Times that year. “The thing about those songs, every line is insane! And somehow they end up making sense about something. I’m not sure how I did it at the time.”

Watch Springsteen’s performance of “If I Was The Priest” above.

Fousheé is without question one of alternative music’s rising stars. Having collaborated with artists such as Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty, Vince Staples, Lil Uzi Vert, and Steve Lacy, there is no denying she is a fresh creative force. The singer, rapper, songwriter, and guitarist blends together several sonic elements into some painfully related music. Her 12-track sophomore project, softCORE, is the perfect showing how her musical genius.

Having already appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk [At Home] Concert series as a guest of her friend, Vince Staples, the New Jersey native is finally making her solo debut in person at the network’s DC office. Fousheé wastes no time jumping start into “Spend The Money,” which originally features Lil Uzi Vert as her band, guitarist Lilly Graves (who also serves as the musical director), bassist Jake Strade, and drummer Tobias Kelly provides additional support.

Before transitioning to the next song of her setlist, Fousheé takes moment to acknowledge her joy in being there. She shares that it was a long day of traveling from Los Angeles, where she now resides, to NPR’s corporate office, but as she said, “I was raised on the East coast, so it feels good to be back on my home coast.”

Fousheé and her band then transition into her single, “I’m Fine.” The track is a melting pot of alternative r&b and metal as Fousheé graciously flows between her delicate yet endearing vocals to a scary, deeply projected scream. As the song ends, she tells the crowd, “Maybe I’m not fine, but are any of us,” before adding, “And it’s OK to not be fine. It’s all about balance.”

Next on the docket is her breakout song, “Single AF,” and in case anyone is curious, the singer confirms that even though she wrote the song years ago inside of her fourth-floor Harlem walkup, her relationship status remains single as f*ck. Fousheé reluctantly concludes her performance with the track “Candy Grapes.”

Watch the full performance above.

Breakout Michigan rapper Babyface Ray is storming the US on the heels of two 2022 albums, Face and Mob, with his Courtesy Of The Mob Tour. The 25-date tour starts on April 6th in Sacramento and will zigzag its way across the country before concluding in Ray’s hometown on May 13th. He’ll be supported on the tour by fellow Detroiter Veeze, and tickets go on sale this Friday February 17th. A presale begins today at 10:00 am local time. You can get more information here and see the full run of dates below.

4/06 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
4/07 — San Francisco, CA @ The Recency Ballroom
4/08 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
4/09 — Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
4/11 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
4/12 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
4/13 — Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford
4/16 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
4/17 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox
4/20 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
4/21 — Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
4/23 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Ballroom
4/24 — Dallas, TX @ Studio at the Factory
4/25 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s
4/26 — New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
4/29 — Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
4/30 — Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
5/01 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
5/03 — Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
5/05 — Washington, DC @ Fillmore Silver Spring
5/07 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
5/08 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
5/10 — Chicago, IL @ Patio Theater
5/12 — Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
5/13 — Detroit, MI @ Fillmore

Love was truly in the air yesterday! Some musicians celebrated the holiday coupled up with their loved ones, while others shared some steamy snaps that could easily catch a single’s eye.

Continue scrolling to see the best Valentine’s Day posts from the music world.

Cardi B shared on Twitter this morning that Offset clearly raised the standard, possibly when it came to gifts. “My baby did soo good yesterday………Gave him that Henny neck 3000!” Cardi posted.

“I’m my own valentine this year,” Chlöe captioned an Instagram post of herself posing in pink lingerie.

Bebe Rexha continued the pink theme by rocking a giant heart while interspersing her post with themed Valentine’s cards that featured her face.

City Girls’ Yung Miami rocked a white bikini as she was filmed walking onto a beach and into the ocean as she celebrated both V-Day and her B-Day.

In some other spicy snaps, Summer Walker opted for red lingerie, as fellow V-Day poster Chlöe replied, “beautiful” on Instagram.

Halle took to the red theme instead also, as she shared her photoshoot to Twitter. “Happy valentine’s day,” she captioned, complete with a heart (the organ one) emoji.

As for Rubi Rose, who found herself in a tense triangle between Halle and DDG a few days earlier, she treated her sisters to some special gifts. “‘23 hybrid Porsche for big sis and a tessie for baby sis . You know I’m always finna spin bout y’al,” she wrote.

Flo Milli noted that she was “just nasty dancing” at her photo shoot in a leopard-printed getup.

Raveena teamed up with Halsey’s AF94 makeup line for a creative Valentine’s theme that included fun face gems and a heart drawn.

“Nothing screams toxic like poison ivy,” Erica Banks captioned her holiday post, as she posed in jade green. She even stuck with the theme by including a Beanie Baby in her shots.

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

At long last, Channel Tres has finally announced the release date for his upcoming EP, Real Cultural Sh*t. Real Cultural Sh*t will mark his major label debut EP, and his sixth overall, and will arrive later this month.

Over the years, Tres has preserved the art of house music in his work, even before its mainstream resurgence last year. His upcoming EP will contain his signature sound of house music, which he calls “Compton house,” as well as music inspired by ’70s disco and Motown.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, he revealed that his work has caught on with so many of his collaborators that now, even they are starting to send him demos and beats containing house music.

“Now [my family] are all into it,” he said. “I got homies sending me house music now. I grew up with Ty Dolla $ign, and I always thought he was just this hard dude; [but now] we’ll be DJing together, dancing, just having a good time and it’s so cool. Like, house music is for everybody. But it’s special when it’s your people.”

You can check out the cover art and tracklist for Real Cultural Sh*t below.

1. ​​“Sleep When Dead”
2. “6am”
3. “Just Can’t Get Enough”
4. “Big Time”
5. “All My Friends”

Real Cultural Sh*t is out 2/24 via Godmode and RCA Records. You can pre-save it here.

It’s no secret that Cardi B and her husband Offset are one of rap’s more touchy-feely couples — and that’s kind of an understatement. In reality, the couple can’t keep their hands off of each other, putting on public displays of affection anywhere the mood strikes. That even includes the Grammys red carpet and Super Bowl commercial for their joint meal at McDonald’s.

So of course, Valentine’s Day is more or less their unofficial holiday. And while Cardi’s timeline for the majority of the day was made up of promotional retweets for the aforementioned McDonald’s meal, she made sure to get a few fit pics up ahead of the holiday with a special request for her hubby. “Excuse me …..can I sit on top of you?” she captioned the photos, which captured her arrival at their hotel, the spectacular view, and her glistening jewelry.

And although she hasn’t quite shared the couple’s plans, apparently, things went well:

The couple had been keeping things low-key for the last couple of months as Cardi comforted Offset in the wake of the death of his bandmate and family member Takeoff. However, that hasn’t stopped Cardi from teasing fans with her first album in five years. That’ll be one gift we can all appreciate.

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

Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you were making a documentary about Pornhub, a website you have obviously never visited [looks around nervously]. You could do a lot worse than to call it Money Shot, which, whaddaya know, is the title of a new film from documentarian Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions that’s coming to Netflix.

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story will explore how Pornhub helped adult content creators reach “a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars — but it also became embroiled in allegations including non-consensual material and trafficking on the site,” according to the Netflix description. “As anti-trafficking organizations seek justice for victims, can the online giant protect those from whom they profit, or is this a new wave of censorship for adult performers making consensual porn?”

“This documentary requires us to grapple with what sexuality and consent means when billion-dollar internet platforms thrive on user-generated content,” Money Shot director and producer Suzanne Hillinger said. “Who has, and who should have, the power in these environments? Our hope is that this film generates important conversations about sex and consent, both on the internet and out in the world.”

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, which will not help you find hot singles in your area, will debut on Netflix worldwide on March 15.

Jonathan Majors has been showing off his physical side with super-jacked performances in Magazine Dreams, Creed III, and the upcoming Marvel blockbuster, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But with Valentine’s Day in the air, the actor showed off his softer, more romantic side where he admits that he falls in love “every day” and cries “probably a few times a week.” In fact, after so many physical roles, the actor would love to star in a romantic comedy.

While promoting Quantumania, Majors opened up about love and how he still doesn’t grasp how he’s become a heartthrob. “It’s a mystery,” Majors said. “It’s so strange because growing up in my neighborhood, people would say, ‘Oh, J with the big nose and the big lips.’ I was just not that guy.”

Majors eventually found his groove when it comes to love, and he’s more than willing to share his secret to attracting the opposite sex. Via The Cut:

For a surefire way to fall in love in 48 hours: “Send a text message with a song. My song of choice would be ‘Come Over,’ by Aaliyah. Then only wear sweatpants. You then have to watch Love Jones–slash–Love & Basketball. After that, the song you should be playing is ‘Whenever Wherever Whatever,’ by Maxwell. The next day, send them another song by Maxwell with ‘I thought you’d like this.’ And it works both ways. If a woman did that to me, I’d lose my mind.”

When it comes time to break up, Majors has you covered there, too.

“First, play ‘Creep,’ by TLC, on repeat,” he said. “Then hum it in the morning, then watch Blue Valentine with your partner and your cat. Then play ‘No Scrubs,’ at which point you would’ve completely ended your relationship.”

(Via The Cut)