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Ever since Tyler The Creator first showed up on the scene, the influence he took from Pharrell was both obvious and undeniable. It didn’t take long for the two to connect in real life, and ever since, they’ve shared a fruitful creative chemistry, with Pharrell playing mentor and Tyler the eager protégé. They’ve made music together, teamed up on a Louis Vuitton capsule collection, and now, Tyler plays a role in Pharrell’s upcoming Lego animation biopic, Piece By Piece, dropping in to release a verse on the song “Virginia Boy Remix.”

Co-produced by both artists — so you should have a pretty good idea of how it sounds even before pressing “play” — “Virginia Boy Remix” features smooth-flowing, freestyle storytelling, relating the two iconoclasts’ experiences growing up so similarly on opposite coasts. The vibe resembles nothing so much as Golden Era A Tribe Called Quest, and if these two decided they want to do a whole project in this style… I’m in. One hundred percent.

For what it’s worth, Pharrell could use a new musical partner, as he is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with former The Neptunes bandmate Chad Hugo over the production duo’s name. Maybe give us some hope that things will turn out a little better for our heroes.

You can listen to the “Virginia Boy” remix above.

Charli XCX isn’t impressed by sympathy from supporters who she knows will just as quickly turn on her the second it’s beneficial. That’s the basis of “Sympath Is A Knife,” the standout track from her remixed album, Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat. And no one knows what she means more than Ariana Grande, who has seen all the ups and downs that come with being pretty, popular, talented, and rich. The long-awaited collaboration between the two was the most anticipated track from the remix project and it more than lives up to expectations.

Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat has been the worst-kept secret in the music industry, as fans figured out the remix album was coming, even despite Charli’s admitted penchant for lying. She began teasing the album with a slew of billboards strategically placed in the hometowns of the artists featured on the project, which included Bon Iver, Tinashe, and more. Now that the remixed album is officially out, fans will have the chance to find out how these reimagined tracks stack up to the originals. You can listen to “Sympathy Is A Knife” with Ariana Grande above, and find more info about Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat here.

Just a year after GloRilla really blew up in 2022, some rap fans were already writing her off. The main impetus for this hasty conclusion was the appearance of Sexyy Red, who blew up in 2023 thanks to “Pound Town.” According to those fans, Sexyy “took Glo’s spot,” as if that’s a thing that has ever happened in the history of rap music.

Well, both of the ratchet rap faves get to have the last laugh, thanks to their new collaboration “Whatchu Kno About Me.” While proving that there’s more solidarity than discord among the current sisterhood of rap, the Memphis and St. Louis natives make one tough tag team on the song, and in its glamorous music video. Donning matching bikinis, fuzzy boots, and fur coats, they rap in their usual, shared, boisterous, unapologetic style, while getting done up at the salon with a full crew of baddies.

“Whatchu Kno About Me” is the focus track from GloRilla’s newly released album, Glorious, out today, a month after lead single, “Hollon.” Both tracks go a long way toward proving that GloRilla ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.

You can watch the video for GloRilla’s “Whatchu Know About Me” featuring Sexyy Red above.

Glorious is out now via CMG/Interscope. Find more information here.

Being famous always seemed like more trouble than it’s worth. Sure, there are upsides, but as many a rap act will point out, they rarely outweigh all the extras that come along with them. Just ask Cordae, whose new single “Mad As F*ck” certainly spends some time counting up the curses alongside the blessings. While he brags about his new Ferrari, new chick, and “black diamonds, straight from Africa,” he also worries about “bills on bills coming in” and dudes he doesn’t mess with trying to dap him up. So, you win some, you lose some, I guess.

It hasn’t all been bad for the DMV area native, though. This summer, he announced his “crossroads era,” following up with the video for “Saturday Mornings” with Lil Wayne, then another video with Anderson .Paak, “Summer Drop.” It certainly seems as though he’s close to releasing his long-awaited follow-up to From A Birds Eye View.

Earlier this year, he also made a cameo in Lyrical Lemonade’s “Doomsday 2” video featuring Eminem, which riffed on his and Juice WRLD’s 2023 track “Doomsday.” If Crossroads is indeed the title for Cordae’s third album, he’s teed up the release nicely.

You can watch the video for “Mad As F*ck” by Cordae above.

At multiple points during Thursday night’s Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it looked like the New York Liberty were going to cruise to a blowout win over the Minnesota Lynx. The Liberty ran out to a 30-14 lead, as Jonquel Jones was dominant inside, Sabrina Ionescu was pouring in threes, and the Lynx couldn’t get anything going offensively.

Then, the Lynx would pull back within single digits at halftime and were able to cut the deficit down to two in the third quarter, before New York re-established order and pulled ahead by 15 with 5:20 left in the fourth. At that point, it certainly felt like the game was in hand, but Minnesota, as has been the case all season, refused to lay down and steadily chipped away at the lead. Napheesa Collier and Courtney Williams led the charge, and got the Lynx all the way back to within three at 83-80 with 20 seconds to play, as the offense woke up and the defense held New York to just two points over a five-minute stretch.

Minnesota turned to Williams in an effort to tie the game, but her three-point attempt went begging off the rim. For most of the game, New York dominated the glass, but the Lynx were able to get a timely board from Alanna Smith, who kicked it back out to Williams, where she drilled a three while getting fouled by Ionescu for a 4-point play to give the Lynx their first lead of the game (watch here).

The Liberty advanced the ball on the ensuing possession and after the Lynx fouled intentionally on their foul to give, referees called a jump ball after their second inbound that pretty clearly went off Breanna Stewart’s foot after Collier deflected it. A violation was called on Williams on the jump ball, giving another side out, but Stewart got blocked by Collier going to the rim, leading to another inbound under the basket with one second to play. This time, Stewart got it under the hoop and got fouled with 0.8 seconds left (watch here), giving the former MVP a chance to give the Liberty the lead again. Instead, she split the free throws, sending the game to overtime (watch here).

In overtime, the Lynx’s defensive dominance continued, as they shut down the Liberty offense and pulled ahead by four, with Williams delivering a pair of clutch shots to keep them ahead by two possessions with less than a minute to go (watch here).

However, New York was able to tie the game back up at 93-93 after getting two steals that led to layups, first by Ionescu on a bad pass by Williams in the backcourt, and then when Jones stole the ball on the ensuing inbound and took it all the way to the rim. From there, Williams got blocked by Stewart, but Collier hit a clutch, tough turnaround bucket with 10 seconds left to push Minnesota back in front (watch here).

After Collier fouled Stewart on the floor with a foul to give and 2.6 seconds to play, the Liberty got the inbound to Stewart, who got all the way to the rim but smoked the layup, giving Minnesota the most improbable of wins, stealing homecourt in the Finals.

The Liberty finished with four starters scoring 17 or more, as Jones (24 points), Ionescu (19 points), Stewart (18 points), and Leonie Fiebich (17 points) all had productive nights. The problem was, only Jones had an efficient scoring night (9-of-14), as Ionescu, Stewart, and Fiebich combined to shoot 20-of-61 (32.7 percent) from the field. On the other side, the Lynx has three players hit 20-plus points on better than 50 percent shooting, as Collier (21 points), Kayla McBride (22 points), and Williams (23 points) were all able to have strong nights despite limited possessions for the Lynx given New York’s dominance on the glass for most of the evening.

Down the stretch, New York’s offense just could not get out of the mud, while the Lynx were able to get loose and, as is often the case in Finals games, were simply able to hit more tough shots down the stretch. Collier showed why she was the DPOY, racking up six blocks and three steals, as she was everywhere to anchor a Minnesota defense that, as a whole, was the best in the league this season. Their ability to apply pressure on the ball and their length on the back line with Collier and Smith makes them so difficult to deal, especially when you start trying to take the air out of the ball. The Liberty will need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to closing out a game before Game 2, as they have to maintain their pace and tempo that got them the advantage, because the Lynx are not a team that will tap out, as New York learned the hard way in Game 1.

It’s been a big month for K-pop stars going solo after spending most of their careers as part of groups. Blackpink’s Rosé announced her debut album Rosie is coming soon, while her bandmate Lisa released her Sixpence None The Richer-inspired solo single, “Moonlit Floor,” a few days later.

Today, a third bandmate, Jennie, dropped her own video for “Mantra” after teasing it earlier this week. The video pays homage to the 1998 action/comedy classic Rush Hour, opening with a sequence recreating the inciting event of the film. The rest of the video is occupied with displaying Jennie’s fashionable sensibilities, shooting her in couture looks in locations all across Los Angeles (incidentally, the film’s setting). Classic cars are a recurring motif; in each scene, Jennie poses and preens near a color-coordinated auto, whether that’s lounging in a blow-up swimming pool, dancing on the cab of a cherry-red big rig, or snacking on the trunk of a white Ferrari. There’s even a DeLorean for full nostalgia factor. The final shot of the video finds Jennie and her crew doing choreo as the bodies of several cars burn around them.

You can watch the video for Jennie’s new solo single “Mantra” above, and stay tuned for more info on her upcoming solo album.

The trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs for racketeering and sex trafficking has tentatively been scheduled for next spring, according to Rolling Stone. The trial is set to begin on May 5, 2025, with prosecutors saying in a hearing today in a New York courtroom that they will need about three weeks to present their case, and warning that another indictment against Diddy could override the current charges. While accused have the right to a speedy trial, prosecutors say they need time to process evidence recovered in April raids of Diddy’s properties, including 96 electronic devices.

Diddy is currently jailed in the special housing unit of New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial after being denied bail; he’s currently preparing a third appeal with a new legal team, offering $50 million and a long list of restrictions including GPS monitoring and limited communications with anyone who could affect the outcome of the trial. However, two judges so far have agreed that his freedom could present a danger of witness tampering. Meanwhile, Diddy’s defense complained of leaks of sensitive information from law enforcement, such as the hotel security footage of his assault on ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, which could bias a jury against him.

The music mogul is accused of a litany of crimes in the furtherance of his alleged racketeering enterprise, including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.” If convicted, he could go to prison for 15 years to life.

The WNBA is growing. Whether that’s in the league’s perpetually rising television ratings, the new teams coming into the W over the next few years, or any other number of metrics, things are going pretty well for the WNBA right now. With growth usually comes change, and on Thursday night, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert laid out some of the ways that the league is going to tweak its schedule during both the regular season and playoffs.

Engelbert spoke about these changes, which have all been approved by the league’s Board of Governors, ahead of the start of the 2024 WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx. Starting next season, teams will play 44 games during the regular season, while the playoffs will go from a 2-1 format in the first round — i.e. the higher seed hosts the first two games, while a win-or-go-home Game 3 is hosted by the lower seed if necessary — to a 1-1-1 format, which guarantees that the lower seed will host a home game. And when it comes to the Finals, Engelbert announced that the league will go from a best-of-5 to a best-of-7 format to crown its champion.

There was also a bit of news pertaining to one of the new expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries. Englebert announced that the league will hold its Draft Lottery in November, and when the WNBA Draft rolls around next year, the Valkyries will have the fifth pick in each round.

Lil Baby (real name Dominique Jones) has one less thing to worry about now: His Las Vegas weapons case has been dropped.

Back in August, it was reported that the rapper was allegedly carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, a felony. Baby was brought to the Clark County Detention Center and held on $5,000 bail.

Lil Baby’s attorneys, Drew Findling and David Chesnoff, told TMZ at the time, “To be clear, Dominique Jones has a valid Georgia Carrying a Concealed Weapon (CCW) Permit. On his behalf we are actively investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding his arrest in Las Vegas.”

Now, though, it appears this is all behind him, as TMZ reports today (October 10) that per legal documents, the charges have been dropped and the Clark County District Attorney is declining to press charges.

In a new statement, Findling and Chesnoff told TMZ, “We’ll let the court record speak for itself.”

This news comes amid a relatively quiet 2024 for Lil Baby. He has popped up for a few collaborations this year, though, including Central Cee’s “Band4Band,” Tay B’s “All Ten,” and 4Batz’s “Roll Da Dice.” Baby ended 2023 with a pair of new songs, “Crazy” and “350,” and fans are currently awaiting the rapper’s first album since 2022’s It’s Only Me.

In case one evil clown movie in theaters isn’t enough for you, Terrifier 3 is out today.

The third film in the ultra-violent horror franchise brings back David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown for more good ol’ fashion murdering, this time during Christmas (“Is Terrifier 3 a Christmas movie?” asks hopefully no one). Why that merry holiday in particular? “I’ve always wanted to do my spin on the maniac Santa Claus,” writer and director Damien Leone told Bloody Disgusting. “That’s just such a classic archetypal horror trope. To see Art now mixed with the maniac Santa Claus is really exciting, really exciting.”

Will people who are afraid of puking in public have to wait until Christmas for Terrifier 3 to be available to watch at home? There’s no announced streaming date yet, but it probably won’t be that long. The smartest move would be to keep the film in theaters until Halloween, then put it on streaming. But again, at the moment, there’s no official word on a streaming debut.

Here’s more on Terrifier 3:

Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve

Both Terrifier and Terrifier 2 are available to stream on Prime Video.