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Beyoncé has become a big part of many people’s lives over the decades, but that’s especially true for one soon-to-be-born baby.

During a recent Cowboy Carter Tour show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (as People notes), Beyoncé spotted a sign asking her to take the attached envelope and reveal the baby’s sex. Beyoncé did and the paper inside revealed the baby is a “cowboy.” Beyoncé, who was all smiles, said, “It’s a boy! God bless you. Congratulations. Thank you so much for letting me be a part of it. Thank you.”

There are multiple videos of the moment on social media, so here’s the one from Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles.

Uproxx’s Philip Cosores attended a recent Beyoncé show, which he in his review described as “a performance that underscored her multi-act vision of this chapter of her career, that shines a light on Black contributions in genres where it’s often minimized.” He also noted, “But at the end of the day, one of the great artists of our time is out there playing music in the biggest of spaces on a tour that will only exist just this one time. Every moment of it is thoughtful and exhilarating, enough to win new fans and satisfy her beloved hive. There’s nothing to do but celebrate that, savor it, and tune all the other noise out.”

Earlier this month, Alex G announced tour dates (alongside Nilüfer Yanya), which seemed to indicate that other news would follow. Now, it has: Today (May 29), Alex G announced a new album, Headlights, his first major-label album and first release with RCA Records. He also shared a video for new single “Afterlife.”

A press release notes that on the new album, Alex “revisits the reality-bending terrain that has made him both a beloved artist and an unassuming cultural figure,” and that the project “demonstrates how Alex’s lexicon of symbols and sounds has, over years and albums, grown into something bigger: a musical mythology that is affecting and unmistakable.”

Watch the “Afterlife” video above. Below, find the Headlights cover art and tracklist, along with Alex G’s upcoming tour dates.

Alex G’s Headlights Album Cover Artwork

Alex G’s Headlights Tracklist

1. “June Guitar”
2. “Real Thing”
3. “Afterlife”
4. “Beam Me Up”
5. “Spinning”
6. “Louisiana”
7. “Bounce Boy”
8. “Oranges”
9. “Far and Wide”
10. “Headlights”
11. “Is It Still You In There?”
12. “Logan Hotel (Live)”

Alex G’s 2025 Tour Dates

09/11 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
09/13 — Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
09/14 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
09/17 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
09/18 — St Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
09/20 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
09/23 — Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
09/26 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
09/28 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
09/30 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/03 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
10/04 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
10/06 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/07 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/08 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/11 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore

Headlights is out 7/18 via RCA Records. Find more information here.

As Lorde fans await the June release of Virgin, Lorde has offered another preview of the project today (May 29) with a video for “Man Of The Year.” The clip sees Lorde take off her shirt and cover her breasts with tape before dramatically dancing around a dirt-filled room.

Lorde previously told Rolling Stone that while writing the song, she attempted to visualize a version of herself “that was fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment.” She pictured herself in men’s jeans and with duct tape on her chest. Lorde said, “I went to the cupboard, and I got the tape out, and I did it to myself. I have this picture staring at myself. I was blonde [at the time]. It scared me what I saw. I didn’t understand it. But I felt something bursting out of me. It was crazy. It was something jagged. There was this violence to it.”

She also said during that interview, “[Chappell Roan] asked me this. She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’ And I was like, ‘I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man.’ I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.”

Watch the “Man Of The Year” video above.

Virgin is out 6/27 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

Back in February, Wu-Tang Clan announced the dates for their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour. While it remains to be seen whether this will really be the pioneering group‘s actual final tour together (after all, the members are only in their 50s, and rappers are constantly threatening retirement, only to renege when the touring bug bites them again), they’re certainly proceeding as though it is.

Today, they unveiled the Wu-Tang Forever Time Capsule, which will join them on their upcoming tour. At each stop, they’ll add another new item to the vault, which will also be displayed in the Shaolin Temple VIP Experience. Presumably, it’ll end up buried or otherwise shelved to preserve the past 30 years worth of Wu-Tang history for future generations to look back on.

As usual, RZA acted as the group’s spokesman, saying, “From the basements of Staten Island, we created something timeless. And now we invite you to be part of that inspiration. In every city, we will be putting something new inside this time capsule. Something from your city to connect with all the Wu cities and Wu fans around the world. This Wu-Tang Forever Time Capsule will only be seen in the Shaolin Temple VIP. We invite you to be part of this legacy.”

You can watch the unveiling of the Wu-Tang Forever Time Capsule at Dave Chappelle’s surprise show in Yellow Springs, Ohio last Friday above. He added a signed copy of a Wu-Tang record from his own collection.

For the average American, a night at the orchestra might feel as realistic as a trip to the moon. Big Sean is not only making the former more accessible for Detroiters, though, he’s giving local hip-hop acts a chance to step up their art alongside the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, all while paying tribute to one of Motor City’s hip-hop legends, J Dilla.

The hometown hero is once again teaming up with the Detroit Pistons to host A Night At The Orchestra, a one-night-only concert featuring Illa J (Dilla’s younger brother), Nasaan (the late Proof’s son), Queen Naija, Skilla Baby, and Tee Grizzley, on June 29 at the Orchestra Hall in Midtown Detroit. The DSO will also play an instrumental homage to the late, great Dilla, adding a new dimension to the innovative producer’s pioneering sound.

Proceeds from the concert will go to the Detroit Pistons Foundation, the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan and Big Sean’s Sean Anderson Foundation.

Sean’s just the latest hip-hop figure to combine the ostensibly “high art” of symphony orchestra with the down-to-earth populism of hip-hop; Metro Boomin, Nas, RZA, and more have performed with orchestras in the past, and per the Detroit Free Press, Sean won’t even be the only rapper to do so in Motown this year, as Jeezy is scheduled to play a show of his own at the Fox Theatre in September.

You can find more info about Big Sean’s A Night At The Orchestra here.

The Reacher world is expanding with the Neagley spin off, in which Alan Ritchson will appear and has been spotted filming. Additionally, Ritchson made clear in an Instagram post that “Season 4 is right around the corner” to roll cameras, and he promised “the most intensely physical season yet.” Fingers crossed that he’s also making time for some stretching and/or yoga after lifting and eating all “this crap” to remain the Big Guy.

Beyond those logistical issues involving how Ritchson builds that bod, the fourth Reacher will follow in its predecessors’ footsteps by adapting another Lee Child novel. The series has already tackled Killing Floor, Bad Luck and Trouble, and Persuader, and dozens more possibilities exist for what story that the Prime Video/Amazon series will bring to life next.

What Book Is Reacher Season 4 Based On?

Unknown. However, both Child and Ritchson have dropped hints during various interviews. The author informed Business Insider that he wants to throw himself into The Midnight Line, which takes on the American opioid crisis. Meanwhile, Ritchson admitted to Men’s Journal that he’d love to handle Die Trying, in which Reacher’s Chicago adventures see him abducted at gunpoint (and later framed for murder) alongside an FBI agent who happens to be the target of a radical militia.

Meanwhile, Screenrant has theorized that the most recent Reacher season randomly inserted a character that could point towards a Tripwire adaptation (which would feature a key love interest, Jodie Garber) logically being next:

Sadly for General Garber himself, he dies shortly before the book begins, with Reacher and Jodie reuniting after his funeral. It feels notable that Garber appears in season 3, especially since he wasn’t part of Persuader at all. Garber’s brief appearance could hint that the fourth series will cover one of the novels he appeared in; since Tripwire is considered one of the best, that’s the most obvious candidate.

If Tripwire does end up being the winner, there’s another bonus: Reacher will head to Key West, Florida, which might not actually be the place where Key lime pie originated, but regardless, there will be plenty of that flavor available for the taking. And how could the show pass up this opportunity? You know how Reacher feels about pie:

The throwback sounds of Drugdealer and Weyes Blood are a perfect match, so understandably, they have a few collaborations under their belt. The middle section of their Venn diagram got a little bigger today (May 28) with the release of another joint effort, “Real Thing.”

In a statement, Drugdealer said of Weyes Blood:

“Immediately I realized that it was the perfect thing to show Nat, who I had been wanting to collaborate with again for years. After that, we started working on it via multiple trips back and forth across the US, and it just became one of my favorite things we’ve ever done. […] Natalie took the wheel and really wrote such amazing lyrics and harmonies as usual.”

He added, “I’ve felt like she’s my musical family. I can’t really ask for more in terms of someone who inspired me to even get to this place in my songwriting.”

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, Drugdealer made his debut on The Tonight Show a couple weeks ago, but probably not how he imagined. During a Tonight Show Look-Alikes segment, a viewer submitted a photo of Drugdealer, and the resemblance between him and Fallon got a big reaction from The Roots and the studio audience. The studio audience voted on which of the segment’s four presented look-alikes was most accurate and Drugdealer won handily, after which Fallon re-created the look. Much fun was had.

Watch the “Real Thing” video above.

Jamie xx’s 2015 solo album In Colour is a highlight from his discography away from The xx, as his two most-streamed songs on Spotify hail from the project: “Loud Places” (featuring The xx bandmate Romy) and “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” (featuring Young Thug and Popcaan).

Well, this year marks the project’s 10th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Jamie is dropping a new vinyl pressing, specifically a lovely limited-edition picture disc. That’ll relelase on November 14, but pre-orders are available now, here.

As for The xx, there was a bit of a reunion last year when Jamie dropped a solo track, “Waited All Night,” which featured both Romy and Oliver Sim. A couple months ago, the trio was also in the studio together.

Check out a photo of the In Colour picture disc below, as well as the tracklist.

Jamie xx’s In Colour Vinyl

Jamie xx’s In Colour Tracklist

1. “Gosh” Feat. MC Moose
2. “Sleep Sound”
3. “SeeSaw” Feat. Romy
4. “Obvs”
5. “Just Saying”
6. “Stranger In A Room” Feat. Oliver Sim
7. “Hold Tight”
8. “Loud Places” Feat. Romy
9. “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” Feat. Young Thug and Popcaan
10. “The Rest Is Noise”
11. “Girl”

In Colour 10 Year Anniversary is out 11/14 via Young. Find more information here.

I’ve lost my best friend. Twice. This time for good. Sacha Jenkins is gone. He tragically passed away on the morning of May 23, 2025, after a private battle with atrophy. I had previously heard through some mutual associates that there was some sort of health issue Sacha was struggling with, and I wish I would have had the courage to call him. I should’ve reached out to his wife, Raquel, and checked in to see if it was cool for me to fly back to New York to sit and talk with him at least one more time. Our personal history got complicated and complex, but I never lost my love and appreciation for Sacha and all that he’d done to help me become the journalist and man I am today.

Sacha Jenkins was my best friend from 1992-2008. In the late ’80s, we had both gone to the same high school, William Cullen Bryant, but we didn’t meet until ’92 at a KRS-One show in Manhattan. I attended the show by myself. That night, I met Sacha and his business partner, Haji Akihbade. They had just published hip-hop’s first newspaper, Beat Down, and they were distributing their debut issue with Cypress Hill on the cover at the venue. I was intrigued. My dream job was to work for The Source magazine, but I had no clue that you could create your own publication. Independence. Entrepreneurship. They gave me a business card with a P.O. Box as the address and a phone number to leave a voicemail on. I quickly did. They called me back the next day and asked me some light, silly questions about hip-hop history. I passed the quiz and they put me down.

I initially viewed Haji as the business guy and Sacha as the creative force. Sacha had what the kids today call “aura.” He was a gentle giant who would wear denim overalls and rock a braided rat tail. Everything about him felt unique. He never tried to fit in, yet he always stood out. He viewed himself as anti-social, but everyone wanted to socialize with him. His personal network was extensive. We’d sip 40 ozs of malt liquor and walk through the streets of New York together, and it felt like he knew everyone who was cool and in the scene. Sacha was the best talker and the best listener, and I just wanted to soak up all the game and knowledge he had.

With the encouragement of each other, we both became college dropouts (Sacha left Brooklyn College, I left Queens College) and we would meet pretty much every afternoon at his mom’s crib in Astoria. That was our university. We scoped out ideas for Beat Down. Via Sacha’s 5-disc CD changer, we listened to rap albums all day long: Main Source’s Breaking Atoms, Gang Starr’s Step In The Arena and Daily Operation, Showbiz and AG’s self-titled EP and Runaway Slave, Fat Joe’s Represent, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, etc.

Sacha was a charismatic creative and a dynamic personality. Even before Beat Down, Sach had started his own graffiti magazine, Graphic Scenes X-Plicit Language. Sacha’s DNA was DIY, and he was about his business. I was super stoked when Sacha invited me to help distribute the free Beat Downs throughout New York City. We left copies at various subway stations, West Fourth Street Courts, Tower Records, and the vintage clothing spot, Patricia Fields. We left our product at any cool spot in the East Village, West Village, and SoHo. Sometimes we’d leave a stack, and then stalk the scene, waiting to witness someone pick up and thumb through the issue. But to see someone literally fold Beat Down in half and tuck in their back pocket? That was the win! It was an addictive feeling. There are few things more humbling than seeing something you slaved on discarded and tossed on the street. We weren’t even charging yet. It’s FREE. How could you?

By 1994, hip-hop had a lot of independent magazines, coast to coast. There was Seattle’s The Flavor. The Bay Area had 4080 and The Bomb. Los Angeles had Urb, and Straight From The Lip. Straight outta Connecticut was One Nut Network. Chicago had Caught In The Middle and Flypaper. Philly had On The Go.

But I knew with Sacha as our visionary, our leader, our North Star, ego trip would be different and we would prevail. Our business strategy reflected Sacha’s actual lifestyle. We covered hip-hop music and beyond. Sacha was a graffiti scholar who loved rock, and was influenced by Bad Brains as much as Mobb Deep. We both recognized in the early ’90s that hip-hop was coming up from the underground. Kids of all races that were kicking it were listening to Green Day as well as Dr. Dre. Hip-hop was destined to define pop culture. The coolest rock scenes respected hip-hop. And no one was weaving that all together.

Our caveat was humor. Sacha and I were funny, knowledgeable smart-ass dudes and so was our growing crew. Jeff “Chairman” Mao was our Iron Man. An outstanding writer with a passion for DJing, Mao had an amazing vinyl collection. Jeff’s critical analysis set the bar for what we wanted ego trip to be.

We launched our ‘zine in the summer of 1994, and we put the hottest MC in rap on the cover: our Queens brethren, Nas. The cover image was an outtake from Danny Clinch’s shoot for Nas’ classic debut, Illmatic. We had more ill images inside.

People loved it. And acclaim gave us a taste for more. We soon recruited former Rap Pages-experienced, Los Angeles-based masterminds, Gabriel Alvarez and Brent Rollins to form the ultimate starting five. The baddest band in the media landscape. Although we only produced 13 issues, each one felt like a collector’s item that helped shake up and shift culture. We simply changed the face, tone and voice of hip-hop journalism.

Then Sacha met a woman named Dana Albarella, and thanks to her, we became authors and created two critically-acclaimed books. 1999’s ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists, which is the true hip-hop bible, and 2002’s ego trip’s Big Book of Racism! which led to us diving head first into the early days of reality television with VH1.

2007’s ego trip’s The (White) Rapper Show was Sacha’s idea. It was controversial. It was captivating. It was a hit. Our follow-up, 2008’s ego trip’s Miss Rap Supreme, not so much. During the finale taping in Los Angeles, I abruptly left the shoot and flew back to New York. I felt crippled by my creative differences with the group, underappreciated, and I only expressed my hurt feelings to Sacha. As our leader, I demanded Sacha single-handedly make things right but looking back, that was an unfair ask. Building ego trip together was a helluva achievement, but I believe Sacha and I always knew it wouldn’t be the end-all be-all of our careers.

Sacha, I marveled as you transitioned to dynamic documentarian and formidable filmmaker. Word to your father Horace, you carried on tradition. Your work with Wu-Tang on 2019’s Of Mics and Men was masterful. I just rewatched it yesterday. And your extensive interview with our proud protégé, Noah Callahan-Bever for his Blueprint series. Yeah, in between crying my eyes out, I’m on a YouTube rabbit hole seeking all things Sacha Jenkins related. I still wanna learn. I think I just wanna hear your voice again. I love you, SHR. Thank you for everything, brother.

After 2022’s Baby, We’re Ascending, HAAi is ready to expand her discography: Today (May 28), she announced a new album, Humanise. The project is set for October 10, but the single “Satellite” is out now. It features Jon Hopkins (with whom she previously worked on the excellent Baby, We’re Ascending title track“), Obi Franky, ILĀ, and the Trans Voices.

HAAi explained how the song is a good representation of the album as a whole, saying:

“‘Satellite’ encapsulates everything Humanise stands for: the importance of your people and the unique humaneness we offer one another in a rapidly changing world. I feel so lucky to have shared this track with Jon and Obi, ILĀ and the Trans Voices choir. This album is for my trans and queer family and our allies, to say thank you for lighting up every space you’re in. I will always be in your army.”

Obi Franky adds, “Inspired by my father’s passing, I decided to write a message that I believe we share for each other. And this can apply to various situations for so many people including those that live far away from each other. Sometimes being reminded someone’s energy is there is enough to keep you going. We are all satellites and have the power to create a sense of unity, the power to receive and give what ultimately a human wants — love.”

Watch the “Satellite” video above and find the Humanise cover art and tracklist below.

HAAi’s Humanise Album Cover Artwork

HAAi’s Humanise Tracklist

1. “Satellite” Feat. Jon Hopkins, Obi Franky, ILĀ, and Trans Voices
2. “All That Falls Apart / Comes Together” Feat. James Massiah
3. “Stitches”
4. “Can’t Stand To Lose”
5. “Shapeshift” Feat. KAM-BU
6. “Voices”
7. “Go” Feat. Kaiden Ford
8. “HUMANiSE”
9. “Hey!”
10. “Rushing” Feat. ILĀ and Trans Voices
11. “New Euphoria” Feat. Alexis Taylor, ILĀ, and Trans Voices
12. “HQ” Feat. Kaiden Ford

Humanise is out 10/10 via Mute. Find more information here.