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With the NBA season just around the corner, Dame D.O.L.L.A. takes one last moment in front of the mic before suiting up. After hitting fans with some releases over the past few months, Dame now jumps on Tyla Yaweh’s record “Stuntin On You” for a remix with DDG. It arrives with a video, which finds the Trailblazers point guard leading the way with his verse, rapping beside Tyla and DDG as well as a group of women.

The remix comes nearly three months after Dame shared “Kobe,” his tribute to the late basketball star, with help from Snoop Dogg and Derrick Milano. The NBA All-Star spoke about the Ayo & Keyz track, which appears on the soundtrack of NBA 2K21. “When I found out I was gonna be on the @NBA2K cover the same year Kobe was on the legends cover, I decided [to] use my access to the 2K soundtrack to pay tribute to Kobe through music,” he said. He also thanked his fans for the song’s “positive” response.

Prior to “Kobe,” Dame shared his EP Live From The Bubble after his team clinched a playoff berth at the end of the 2019-20 regular season.

You can watch Dame’s new video above.

Teyana Taylor was one of many artists snubbed by the upcoming 2021 Grammys. After her third album, called simply The Album, failed to receive a single nomination, she expressed her frustration in a tweet, saying, “Y’all was better off just saying best MALE R&B ALBUM cause all I see is d*ck in this category.” A week later, she told people that she is “retiring this chapter” of her career after “being overlooked.” That inspired Cardi B to show the singer some love.

“If you know me then you know Teyana Taylor’s album it’s my favorite of 2020,” the rapper tweeted. “I swear she really got the best album this year. I hate that she feels how she feels cause she sooo talented and the music is soo good.” She also named “Wake Up Love,” “1-800-One-Night,” “Morning,” “69,” and “Lose Each Other” as her favorite songs from The Album, adding that it’s “Just a very good project maaaannn.”

Hopefully this will ease Taylor’s frustrations with “receiving little to no real push from the ‘machine’” and “constantly getting the shorter end of the stick,” as she mentioned in her “retirement” post.

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Last week could have gone a whole heck of a lot better for Auburn football and signal caller Bo Nix. The team got thrashed by in-state rival Alabama, 42-13, while Nix didn’t get a ton going through the air (23-for-38, 227 yards, two picks) or on the ground (nine carries, -1 yard, a score).

But this Saturday offered up a chance at redemption for the team, as it played host to fifth-ranked Texas A+M. Whether they end up winning or not remains to be seen, but thanks to Nix and some straight up sorcery, the Tigers were able to take an early lead over their conference foes.

Nix took a second-and-goal snap on the Aggies’ five and looked dead to rights, with multiple A+M players flying into the backfield. No fewer than three opponents had Nix sacked, but he somehow managed to evade all of them, then ran through a tackle, bowled over another opposing player, and picked up six on the ground.

This will go down as a five-yard gain despite the fact that Nix ran back to the 20 and from one side of the field to another. I have no idea how he was able to do this, and I’m sure Auburn fans are pretty flummoxed, too, but they certainly will not complain about any of it.

It’s been rumored that DaBaby and DaniLeigh have been lovebirds for some time now, ever since the two were spotted hanging out together back in the spring. The two artists have denied that their relationship has been anything more than platonic, but on Friday that changed, when DaniLeigh shared a picture on Instagram that confirmed they’re an item. The post finds the singer hugging DaBaby from behind with a caption that reads, “My baby [heart emoji] idc.” DaBaby added a post of his own to the mix, sharing a fairly intimate video to his Instagram story.

The news comes after DaBaby referenced DaniLeigh on “8 Figures” off his EP My Brother’s Keeper (Long Live G). “I wanna kill somethin’ too, G,” he rapped on the song. “Had to call my Dominican boo thing / Call me down, I’m on FaceTime, a movie.” (The “Dominican boo thing” is DaniLeigh.) The two have worked together on a number of occasions. The first time was on the set of the rapper’s video for “Bop,” where she served as choreographer. He, meanwhile, appeared on her track “Levi High,” off her newly-released Movie album. In the video, the two commit a heist together, only to be caught by police officers.

It’s been just shy of a month since the 2020 presidential race was called for Joe Biden, and his predecessor Donald J. Trump still refuses to concede, even after losing dozens of court cases in which he’s baselessly cried voter fraud. But the outgoing commander-in-chief isn’t the only one who won’t acknowledge the facts. A scarily small number of Republican congresspeople have publicly recognized Biden as the 46th president.

This comes from a report by The Washington Post, which reached out to 249 Republican senators and representatives, asking them a simple question: Who’s the next president? Of those, only 26 said Biden. Two actually said it was Trump — again, despite no proof in allegations about a “rigged” election. The other 221 didn’t reply at all.

Mind you, Biden himself — who famously has lots of friends on both sides of the aisle — has said that a number of them have privately told them that he, you know, is America’s next president. But that so many refuse to make that public is troubling. And when the Post’s report was posted, a lot of people took to social media to call them out.

This comes the day after Biden officially secured enough electors to be declared the nation’s next president. Inauguration Day isn’t for another month and a half, and surely that means plenty more opportunities for Trump’s bumbling legal team to find more wine mom “whistleblowers.”

(Via The Washington Post)

Anthony Davis signing a contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers was something of a foregone conclusion, but there was a whole lot of intrigue over the length of the deal. Davis ultimately opted to go with long-term security over short-term flexibility, agreeing to a five-year extension to stay with the Lakers.

It was an interesting move, both because of how many options were on the table and because his superstar teammate, LeBron James, is famous for taking short deals so he could be in total control of his next move. But ultimately, Davis went with five years, and on Friday, he explained his decision, citing previous injuries as a major reason why he opted for something longer.

“That could have been a two-year, three-year deal,” Davis said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “[But] I have to think about, also, the reality of things, too. I do have a little history with injuries, and a two-year deal, you kind of bet on yourself. … God forbid, knock on wood, something happens.”

Davis went on to say that “I want to secure the most amount of years possible and be here long term with this team, so I thought the five-year deal was best for me in my situation.” Of course, giving anyone $190 million is going to be hard for them to turn down, but Davis has, of course, battled plenty of little knocks over the course of his career — watching many Lakers games oftentimes includes him taking a stroll into the locker room to get something quickly looked at. And as McMenamin noted, he has missed some time in his career, suiting up in 62 of 71 games last regular season and playing in 466 of the 574 games the Pelicans played during his tenure in New Orleans.

Davis was not the only Lakers’ tentpole to get paid this week, as James agreed to a two-year extension with the franchise prior to the big man’s decision.

Jeremih left much of the music world worried last month when news arrived that he was in the ICU of a local Chicago hospital, suffering from a strong case of the coronavirus. Thankfully, his health improved. Now, the singer is out of the hospital and he shared a statement with fans that thanked them for their support.

“First and foremost, I would like to thank God and the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for saving my life I will be forever grateful,” Jeremih said in a statement shared with TMZ. “I would also like to thank my family and friends for all their prayers and well wishes. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude. A special thanks to Chance The Rapper, 50 Cent, and Diddy for their love and support.” He added, “I would like to thank all my fans and people around the world who prayed for me. I’m getting stronger everyday, and look forward to spending time with my sons.”

During his COVID-19 battle, Jeremih’s family issued a statement that thanked people for their support while reminding people to be safe. “His family would like to remind the world that COVID-19 is real and not to be taken lightly,” the statement said. “Also, It’s important for people infected to quarantine and let their families and friends know ASAP. There’s no shame in contracting COVID-19, and people that have it need to be responsible and considerate of others.”

(via TMZ)

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is an embarrassment of riches. It might even be director Tim Burton’s finest film. But among its most beloved moments — up there with Amazing Larry’s new hair, that epic studio lot chase finale, and the basement at the Alamo — is this: Large Marge, the ghost trucker who gives our man-child hero a terrifying ride, and whose stop motion-assisted corpse reveal has traumatized generation after generation. Well, it’s her birthday.

The news was shared by Pee-wee himself — or, rather, star Paul Reubens, in character — on Twitter, with a photo that shows the memorial in a truck stop populated by those who remember her well. Born on December 5, 1937, she turns 83 — or she would have had she not met a grisly end on January 11, 1974, at only 37.

And with that news, a lot of Pee-wee fans chimed in to pay tribute to one of cinema’s great one-scene wonders.

Some noticed that 37 seems pretty young.

And some remembered the scene scarring them for life.

Large Marge was played by actress Alice Nunn, who was actually ten years her senior and who appeared in movies like Mommie Dearest and Who’s That Girl as well as shows like Murder, She Wrote, Happy Days, and WKRP in Cincinnati. She died in 1988, three years after Adventure came out. Also, fun fact: Burton, who gave it a loving handmade quality, only directed it because the film he was going to make as his debut, the dark comedy After Hours, wound up being helmed by Martin Scorsese. So you can thank Scorsese for Pee-wee’s finest film being as great as it is.

There are a lot of perks to being an NBA superstar. Kawhi Leonard, for instance, has been one of the pioneering figures of a cutting-edge load management philosophy that has allowed him to strategically rest his body throughout the regular season in order to minimize the risk of injury and be as healthy as possible for deep postseason runs.

That wouldn’t be possible without the full consent and cooperation of both the coaching staff and the front office, nor would it work without wholesale buy-in from his teammates, who are put in the awkward position of being subjected to unequal treatment. It’s not the type of luxury that’s afforded to any old player — you need a resume/CV that warrants that level of accommodation and what’s more, points directly to its efficacy.

Fresh off of winning a title and being named Finals MVP with the Toronto Raptors, Kawhi had amassed the capital necessary to negotiate that type of arrangement when he joined the Los Angeles Clippers. And he didn’t stop there: He also had the leverage necessary to orchestrate the trade that brought Paul George in as his running mate, which he’d outlined as a precondition to his signing there.

The notoriously soft-spoken Kawhi had exercised a colossal amount of power and influence, setting up the Clippers to contend and dramatically altering the landscape of the Western Conference … on paper, at least. Much of that hinges on the premise that George is of the same or similar ilk, that his pairing with Kawhi is on par with that of the other elite duo in the same building, LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

But what’s become increasingly and painfully clear for Clippers fans is that George appears to be on a different plane than Kawhi. That doesn’t mean Kawhi is above reproach. To be clear, Kawhi was as culpable as anyone for the Clippers’ epic collapse in Orlando. He uncharacteristically wilted in the worst possible moments against the Denver Nuggets as they watched a 3-1 series lead evaporate, appearing disengaged in the deciding Game 7 en route to an abysmal 6-for-22 stat line.

Still, it was George’s sustained struggles throughout the playoffs that were far more prominent. George’s slump was easily one of the worst stretches of his career. There were points when it was historically bad. His three-game skid during the Mavs series — 11.3 points in 38.1 minutes a night while shooting 21.3 percent from the field and 16 percent from three — was nowhere near what you expect out of an All-Star. Yet given the unprecedented circumstances, you could chalk it up as an anomaly. George himself has admitted that, like so many Americans during the pandemic, he was battling mental health issues brought on by isolation and malaise.

The problem is that George has been forced to do a lot of answering for his play the past few seasons. And time and time again, he comes armed with an explanation, whether it’s a comically-oversize ice-pack to remind us about his troubled shoulder, his opponent making a “bad shot,” or in his most recent example, a fundamental mishandling of his talent on the part of his former coach. George joined the All the Smoke podcast this week, during which he complained that Doc Rivers tried to use him last season like he would a Ray Allen or J.J. Redick, i.e. as more of a shooter off of pin-down screens, as opposed to the more free-flowing role that allows him to thrive and properly exploit his skill-set.

As others have pointed out, it’s not an entirely accurate appraisal of what happened last season, but that’s beside the point. Nor is it the first time he’s complained about how he’s been used. George balked at the idea of playing power forward in Indiana, just as the Pacers were attempting to move into the modern era and up the tempo.

The timing of his latest comments couldn’t have been worse. Just as they were gaining traction on social media, a new report claimed that George’s own Clippers teammates were resentful that he received “preferential treatment” last season when it was difficult to point to anything he’d done to earn it. From The Athletic:

But George’s treatment was more of an issue within the locker room, league sources said. George, while a perennial All-Star and All-NBA candidate, didn’t carry the same cachet with his teammates. There was a sentiment among certain teammates of, “What have you accomplished in the playoffs?” multiple league sources said.

It’s a valid point. What has George done to earn superstar treatment? His name often gets lumped in with the NBA’s top-flight talents, but it’s becoming harder and harder to remember the last time George was truly transcendent on the biggest stage. You could reasonably argue that you’d have to go all the way back to his playoff battles against LeBron and the Big 3 Heat during his Pacers heyday.

The memory of those moments fades a little more with each disappointing postseason exit, and the mythical “Playoff P” has begun to seem more and more like precisely that: a myth. George would remind you that he’s battled through serious injuries over the years, one of them nearly career-ending. It’s all true, and admirable. But that would only be half the story. The rest of it is more difficult to reconcile.

What’s evident is that new head coach Tyronn Lue has plenty of work ahead to repair some of the locker room dynamics that were clearly undermining their title hopes, some of which obviously involve George, his relationship to his teammates, and the question of whether he’s being held to the same standard as everyone else. Lue, of course, has plenty of experience managing mercurial superstars and their egos, including a proven ability to demand a certain level of accountability from his top guys, as he did so effectively with LeBron in Cleveland.

The challenge for Lue won’t just be coaxing elite-level production out of George on a regular basis and in the biggest moments. It’ll be getting him to show a willingness to shoulder the responsibility as a team leader, an approach that should have a galvanizing effect on his teammates rather than alienating them. It’ll require a culture shift to remove the perception of imbalance among the ranks.

Even then, it’s debatable whether the Kawhi-George pairing is the elite-level duo they would have us believe it is. The evidence so far hasn’t been very convincing. In fairness to George, he is still a tantalizing talent, capable of moments of pure basketball brilliance that set him apart from 90 percent of his peers, and his Per 36 numbers in the regular season were awfully similar to his numbers during his final season in Oklahoma City. The question is whether he can sustain something that approximates that level of play over the course of a long season and, in particular, a grueling postseason run during he which he and the rest of the Clippers will have a giant target on their backs from their opponents, fans, and the media alike.

The Clippers, of course, have no choice but to proceed under the notion that he is still that player, that together they are in fact capable of toppling the reigning champs, and that last season was somehow an aberration. George’s reputation depends on it, as does the future of the franchise. The weight of those expectations proved heavy last season. It’s now on the entire franchise and George in particular to respond.

Lil Wayne shared his No Ceilings 3 mixtape at the end of November, and has since released remixes of certain tracks by Lil Baby, Pop Smoke, Future, and more. Now there’s a video for one of its stand-out tracks, “Something New.” It follows him throughout his lavish mansion as he makes numerous outfit changes, and eventually taking a dive in the pool. He’s the only person in the video, apart from a nude woman who appears at the end.

There were a number of moments in No Ceilings 3 that caught the attention of fans. The project found him reconnecting with Drake for the first time in a few years, yielding the collaboration “BB King Freestyle.” Wayne also announced that his album I Am Not A Human Being III would arrive next year, news that was shared on the song “Lamar,” a remix of Jay-Z’s “Takeover.” On the flip side, he caught some flack for flexing his relationship with Donald Trump on “Life Is Good.” “I smoke it, she say pass it, she doing too much,” he said. “Haven’t done my taxes, f*cking with Trump.”

You can watch the “Something New” video above.

No Ceilings 3 is out now. Get it on DatPiff here.