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With Donald Trump officially set to accept the Republican nomination on Thursday night, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah decided to take out a full-page ad offering the president their “legal services,” should he lose the upcoming election.

The parody ad, which is no doubt at a dig at Trump’s infamous full-page ad demanding the death penalty for the Central Park Five in the 1990s, appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post on Thursday morning. The faux-legal services include several references to the president’s pending legal troubles and his propensity for encouraging people to drink bleach. The ad also includes a not-so-subtle dig at the president’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels: “We’ll get you off… and you won’t even have to pay us $130,000.”

In an amusing twist, the phone number on the ad actually works. Dialing the number leads to a pre-recorded prompt where you press 1 if you’re the president, and 2 if you’re not. Via Entertainment Weekly:

The option for Trump leads to a personalized message from Noah offering to send him to Uganda. “Hello, Mr. President. I’m Trevor Noah, managing partner of Trevor Noah & Associates & Sons,” he begins. “Have you ever been to Uganda, sir? It’s a beautiful country with a strong goat-based economy. And most important, it does extradite to the United States. At any time on or before Jan. 20, 2021 I can transport you and any members of your family you actually like to Uganda. I can provide this service for, I don’t know, $10 million. Let me know.”

The second option congratulates you for not being the president and provides a handy PSA on how and where to vote.

You can see the full page ad below:

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

Samia has been on our radar for a few years now, with a string of impressive singles and short-form projects spanning back to 2017. Now, she’s gearing up to release The Baby, her debut full-length, which revels in learning how to be yourself, with no one’s help but your own. On The Baby, Samia’s world is lush and ambient, filled with biting lyrics delivered across a spectrum of different vocal stylings. The album was produced by Jake Luppen, along with Hippo Campus’s Nathan Stocker & Caleb Hinz and engineered by Lars Stalfors, whose credits include work with Foster The People and Soccer Mommy. The result is an album that’s truly special, and one that’s sure to stay in rotation for months to come.

To celebrate the new album, Samia sat down to talk 50 First Dates, the late-night sandwich that changed her life, and Miley Cyrus in the latest Indie Mixtape 20 Q&A.

What are four words you would use to describe your music?

Apologetically yodeling my feelings.

It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

I hope it still feels like a conversation. I hope anyone who’s listening feels they’re being heard in some way.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform?

Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?

Father John Misty. I was obsessed with him in college and his writing gave me permission to tell the whole story. I would print out all his lyrics and skip class to sit at my desk and annotate them.

Where did you eat the best meal of your life?

In 2018 I had a sandwich in Pittsburgh at 3am and it had fries in it and it has ruined everything I’ve eaten since.

What album do you know every word to?

I Love You, Honeybear and Burn Your Fire For No Witness.

What was the best concert you’ve ever attended?

Every Kitten show I’ve seen. She’s the greatest performer of all time.

What is the best outfit for performing and why?

I just like to wear long pants because I generally do a lot of moving around on the ground and I’ve really done a number on my knees. If it were up to me I’d wear the same thing every day in every situation for the rest of my life!!

Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?

@pantspants and @party_harderson.

What’s your most frequently played song in the van on tour?

“Springsteen” by Eric Church

What’s the last thing you Googled?

The lyrics to “Start All Over” by Miley Cyrus.

What album makes for the perfect gift?

Repave by Volcano Choir.

Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?

Somebody’s freshman dorm room. I slept next to a stranger’s used condom and didn’t realize until the sun came up.

What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?

I had my grandmother write “habibi” in Arabic on a napkin the week before she passed and I got it on my hip!

️What artists keep you from flipping the channel on the radio?

Doja Cat!!

What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

My mom had a c section!!

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

It’s ok if you have nothing to say sometimes!

What’s the last show you went to?

Sister James!

What movie can you not resist watching when it’s on TV?

50 First Dates

What would you cook if Kanye were coming to your house for dinner?

Prefer not to answer.

The Baby is out August 28 on Grand Jury Music. Pre-order it here.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s raunchy “WAP” single is still dominating online discourse. Some conservatives — including Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, and even a couple US politicians — slammed the rappers for their NSFW lyrics. But Cardi doesn’t have a problem with any of the words she used in her verses. Rather, the rapper said there are three specific words that instantly put a bad taste in her mouth.

In a recent interview on the Kyle and Jackie O radio show, Cardi B revealed her three most-hated words. “I mean, ugh, ‘discharge’ is kind of gross,” she said, continuing to state two other “cringy” words: “A cringy word to me is ‘moist.’ I hate the word ‘moist.’ I hate the word ‘horchata.’ It’s a Mexican drink that is made out of brown sugar or something, I don’t even know what they put in it. It’s really good, but I just hate that word.”

While fans agreed with Cardi’s distain for “discharge” and “moist,” they were confused about her aversion to “horchata,” pointing out that the rapper had used the word in her collaborative track with Bruno Mars, “Please Me.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Cardi B revealed she didn’t enjoy the radio-friendly edit of “WAP.” “‘Wet and gushy.’ Ugh, I don’t even like saying it,” she said. The shows hosts insisted that the “clean” version of the song is somehow grosser, and Cardi replied with the lyrics she wish she could have added instead: “I would have had to replace it with, ‘Now from the top, make it drop, bounce that big ol’ booty,’ because that was the only thing that rhymed. It was really hard for me to clean this song up because nobody could convince me to keep ‘gushy,’ because I hate the word ‘gushy.’”

Read fans’ responses to Cardi’s three most-hated words above and listen to the full interview here.

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

After a collective decision to strike instead of playing Wednesday night’s slate of games, the WNBA came together overnight at the IMG Academy campus in Bradenton, Fla., for a candlelight vigil, which included a moment of silence and speeches from Commissioner Cathy Engelbert as well as Players’ Association executive committee members like Nneka Ogwumike and Layshia Clarendon.

ESPN’s WNBA insider, Holly Rowe, captured footage of the vigil.

“I just want to say how proud I am of all of you,” Engelbert says. “What you’ve displayed over the course of a very difficult season, what you’ve displayed tonight, I just want to say on behalf of the league that we’re here to listen to your fears, listen to your frustrations, listen to your hopes, listen to your goals and your dreams, and be supportive of that, because this is a very difficult time for so many of you, I know.”

In a show of unity, the vigil allowed for players to come together in a way they aren’t often able to, even despite being in the “Wubble” together. That sentiment was expressed by Clarendon, who made a point to say, “we are not alone … and there is no wrong answer.”

Clarendon also read a passage from the Maya Angelou poem “Still I Rise,” which she said could serve as a reminder of how much power the players all have. Las Vegas Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer came forward as well to acknowledge the power athletes hold at this point in our country, adding “that is a good thing.”

After a night that featured much back-and-forth about whether to play or not, the WNBA ultimately came forward as a unified front to protest the evening of games and followed it up as a community with this vigil, coming together in mourning while also reinforcing their purpose for keeping the platform of the WNBA season.

NBA players plan on resuming their postseason. According to multiple media reports on Thursday morning, the Bubble-wide meeting among players that began at 11 a.m. concluded with them coming to an agreement on playing games again, something that seemed up in the air following a contentious meeting that occurred the previous evening, when the two Los Angeles teams voiced their support for leaving the Orlando Bubble altogether.

That, however, had changed, with several reports indicating that everyone is on board with starting the season back up following a day-long strike.

One of the teams that was on board with calling the whole thing off last night, the Lakers, reportedly held several meetings following the resumption of Wednesday’s meeting to talk things through.

That seems to have been one of the reasons why things went the way they did yesterday. One of the reason why players were not collectively on the same page reportedly stems from the fact that the Milwaukee Bucks, which kicked off the strike on Wednesday, did so without consultation with other players.

One reason why players are on board with resuming playing is everything that has happened up to this point to get to and play in the Bubble, while players’ families will be able to join them in the Bubble soon to provide some “sense of normalcy.”

The big question that looms now is what’s next? Players seemed ready to end the Bubble experiment altogether in the name of fighting systemic inequality and the repeated killings of Black individuals by the police, and while this strike brought that battle into the spotlight following Kenosha officers shooting Jacob Blake in the back and paralyzing him, players want conversations to be turned into actions.

According to reports, there will be meetings among players and, eventually, owners to map that all out. And when it comes to games, those could resume as early as Friday, but the belief is apparently that they’ll start back up sometime this weekend.

What players end up wanting owners to commit to — More money being invested into communities of color? Every NBA arena turned into voting centers? Asking them to use the power they inherently possess as billionaires to turn the heat up on politicians to make drastic changes? — remains to be seen, but it does seem like these questions will be answered sometime later on Thursday.

Reports of a live-action Resident Evil series coming to Netflix have been floating around for almost two years now, but in an exciting move for fans of the hit video game franchise (that already spawned several movies), the streaming giant has confirmed that a show is officially in the works. The new Resident Evil series will be written by Supernatural co-showrunner Andrew Dabb, who promises to deliver an experience that stays true to the horror games while also welcoming new viewers. Via Deadline:

“Resident Evil is my favorite game of all time,” said Dabb, who will serve as showrunner. “I’m incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first ever Resident Evil series to Netflix members around the world.

“For every type of Resident Evil fan, including those joining us for the first time, the series will be complete with a lot of old friends, and some things (bloodthirsty, insane things) people have never seen before.”

According to Deadline, the all new story will stretch across dual timelines with the first focusing on twin sisters Jade and Billie Wesker as they move to New Raccoon City, a “manufactured, corporate town” where things will naturally go south as they do in Resident Evil. Meanwhile, the second timeline jumps thirty years into the future where Jade struggles to survive in a world where only 15 million people are left on Earth, due to the presence of six billion monsters. The show will feature signature elements from the games including monster-slaying action sequences and plenty of Easter eggs.

Netflix also teased the series on Twitter with a photo of the official pilot script, which you can see below:

(Via Deadline)

Following many months of his high-profile legal proceedings, R. Kelly is currently being held in Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center. While Kelly is still facing court hearings, the singer has allegedly been the subject of jailhouse justice. Reports have surfaced that indicate Kelly was attacked by a fellow inmate in his jail cell.

According to a report from TMZ, the rapper was the victim of a sucker-punch. The report states the singer was sitting in his cell bed when an inmate walked in and “started punching the crap” out of him. The report states the inmate’s anger was directed at Kelly because the prison had been placed on “lock down” multiple times due to demonstrators protesting the singer outside the jailhouse. TMZ claims the fight didn’t last long but it’s unclear if it was broken up by guards or other inmates. Kelly was reportedly examined by a doctor following the tussle and has no broken bones or serious injuries.

The publication reached out to Kelly’s attorney Steven Greenberg about the alleged attack. Greenberg did not comment on the incident but instead said Kelly has been a “model inmate.”

Reports of the alleged attack are the latest news from Kelly, following the New York Times‘ story that three of the singer’s associates set one of his accuser’s cars on fire to intimidate her. This wasn’t the first time Kelly’s team had reportedly used an intimidation tactic against is alleged victims. Back in October of 2019, Kelly was accused of sending threatening letters to his alleged victims and their families.

Dropping the “YBN” part of his rap name following the disbandment of the YBN crew, Cordae returns with his first single of the year with “Gifted” featuring Roddy Ricch. The song, which Cordae told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe the duo recorded last year, sees the two 21-year-olds trading bars about their respective comeups, from stress to checks.

The song will hopefully kick off the next chapter in the young rapper’s bright and undeniably promising career following the success of his debut album. The Lost Boy earned Cordae his first Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song with “Bad Idea” featuring Chance The Rapper. He says he plans to make many more appearances in the future: “We are going to be regulars at the Grammys,” he boasted to Lowe. “We are going to have assigned seating for the next decade.”

Aside from the split up with the YBN crew, Cordae’s most notable moment this year came after the rapper was arrested for protesting the death of Breonna Taylor last month outside the home of Kentucky’s Attorney General, Daniel Cameron. Eighty-seven people including rapper Trae The Truth, Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams were arrested outside Cameron’s home, but a few days later the charges were dropped “in the interest of justice and the promotion of the free exchange of ideas” as Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell said in a statement.

Although Cordae stops short of announcing a new album during his interview with Lowe, when he does, the rapper already has a potential feature waiting for him from Lil Wayne. During his interview with Cordae on Young Money Radio, Wayne requested that he appear on his upcoming second album. After Cordae confirmed that he was “like 50 songs in” on the second album, Wayne jokingly said, “All you gotta do is text me the song, I’ll murder it and send you the finger so you know it’s dead.”

Listen to “Gifted” above.

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

The NBA season will resume at some point in the near future. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the players in the Orlando Bubble have decided to play after a league-wide strike on Wednesday, although the trio of games that were scheduled to take place on Thursday are going to be postponed and rescheduled.

The report was confirmed by Shams Charania of The Athletic, who said that the players want to “find new and improved ways to make social justice statements.”

On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks led the way in initiating a player strike in the NBA to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in the back seven times in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The video of the shooting, which left Blake paralyzed from the waist down, has led to more protests. Three protesters in Kenosha were shot and two were killed by a 17-year-old white vigilante with an AR-15 on Tuesday night.

Following the Bucks lead, the Thunder, Rockets, Lakers, and Blazers all agreed to sit out their Game 5s later that day — with the league officially postponing those games as word emerged of players refusing to play — and a meeting was scheduled with every NBA player for 8 p.m. ET in the Bubble. The meeting was to determine the next steps for how players want to proceed and determining if or when they will play again. That meeting ended without a resolution beyond the Lakers and Clippers voicing their support for ending the season altogether, but another meeting was scheduled for Thursday morning. There, it appears, a decision to play again was made.

From those that are against it to those that have fallen victim to it, cancel culture has been a hot button topic in music this year. Doja Cat was canceled after insensitive videos resurfaced and Sun Kil Moon singer Mark Kozelek was canceled after three separate women accused him of sexual assault. Many musicians, like The 1975, have questioned the productivity of cancel culture, and 50 Cent is the latest. However, the rapper has a slightly different take, saying cancel culture is unfairly aimed at men.

In a recent interview with Variety, 50 Cent addressed his issues with cancel culture. The rapper thinks “heterosexual males” are now no longer “superior” because he believes there are no organizations in place to defend men’s rights:

“If you say something about someone who chooses something different, there’s organizations set up to start sending things around to get signatures and stuff. And tell me this, as a heterosexual male, who’s going to send things around to get signatures based on your failures? There’s no one. There’s no organization. Certain demographics have been conditioned because they’ve been taken advantage of in the earliest stages. Once inferior, now they’re superior because we have no organization. The biggest target is heterosexual males in general.”

50 Cent didn’t offer examples of men who have been recently canceled, and also failed to address the multitude of female celebrities — from Cardi B to Billie Eilish — who have briefly been canceled on Twitter.

Elsewhere in the interview, 50 wondered if Kanye’s presidential campaign is a ploy to help Trump’s re-election. “You see Kanye and the things that he’s doing, I wonder if Trump is not re-elected, does he go to jail for tampering with an election?” 50 said. “One of the weaker points for Trump would be the Black vote. So to have Kanye come in, somebody is going to vote for him and it’s probably someone who isn’t going to vote for Trump… It just creates noise. There’s a legitimate attempt at winning the election just by being in it, and I don’t know to whose benefit it is. I know it means nothing when Trump wins again.”

Read 50’s full Variety interview here.

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