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In the days leading up to the election, Lil Wayne posed for a photo with Donald Trump and showed some support for the president, which many in the music community didn’t take well. It appeared his girlfriend, model Denise Bidot, wasn’t the biggest fan either, as there were rumors the two had broken up over it.

They unfollowed each other on Instagram and Bidot de-activated her account after writing, “Sometimes love just isn’t enough…” with some broken heart emojis. Bidot denied the rumors, tweeting, “I did NOT! This is absolutely false.” She later noted that Wayne actually ended things because she supported Joe Biden. Whatever did or did not happen, there is a development in the situation: Wayne has now re-followed Bidot on Instagram, as The Shade Room points out. Bidot is currently the only account Wayne follows on the platform.

After the rumored break-up, Wayne also shared a message in which he wrote, “I live the way I love and love the way I live. I’m a lover not a lighter bekuz they burn out. I am an eternal fire and burning love, either leave with a tan, a 3rd degree burn, or stay and die in love. You’re sweating. Sincerely, the fireman.”

The Masters will begin on Thursday, as golf’s most famous stateside major shifts to November from it’s typical April spot as golf finishes off a strange, fanless 2020 season at Augusta National.

The best golfers in the world are on the grounds at Augusta National currently for practice rounds as they prepare for the tournament this weekend, and even without patrons on the course, they’re still enjoying some of the traditions of The Masters. For instance, the famous 16th hole at Augusta features a pond between the tee box and the green that, during practice rounds, players will skip the ball across to try and hold the green to the delight of those in attendance.

Even without patrons, that’s still going on and on Tuesday we saw that tradition produce one of the most incredible golf shots you’ll ever see, courtesy of Jon Rahm, one of the co-favorites to win the tournament and the No. 2 ranked player in the world, who skipped the ball across the pond for a hole in one.

It’s a truly ridiculous shot and there’s obviously luck involved, but still, to have the control to skip it across the water and have it have the perfect pace to ride the slope around the green and into the hole — which is in the traditional Sunday pin position — is honestly spectacular. Making things even crazier is that it’s the second hole in one in as many days for Rahm at Augusta, as he aced the fourth hole on Monday in a practice round. He’s grown to truly love Augusta — as he told Uproxx in an interview that will run tomorrow — and it seems Augusta National loves him right back.

At this point, Jaden may as well throw his name in the hat to play Miles Morales in any inevitable live-action adaptations because he’s already got the character’s voice locked down musically. After landing “Way Up” on the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack in 2018, he once again channels the Brooklyn wall-crawler in his next high-profile outing, the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales video game with “I’m Ready.” The new song follows in the same vein as its predecessor with a rolling, hypnotic beat and lyrics expressing the young superhero’s inner thoughts.

Sony announced the sequel to its runaway hit open-world game earlier this summer, revealing that Miles would be taking over defending New York City from his mentor Peter Parker — with the action moved mostly to Harlem to allow easier access to the skyscrapers from which he’ll be swinging — then showed the gameplay footage in September. The herky-jerky animation style closely mirrors that of the award-winning animated film, while the game introduces some new elements to the now-familiar story of the junior Spider-hero such as Spider-Cat.

Meanwhile, Jaden is fresh off the release of his Cool Tape Vol. 3, which had him reuniting with Justin Bieber and singing surf-rock pop bops like “Cabin Fever.”

Listen to “I’m Ready” above.

On Tuesday, the biggest news in gaming was the release of the Xbox Series X and Series S to the masses, but not too far behind that in some circles was excitement for Harmonix new DJ video game, Fuser, which launched on Tuesday as well for all major consoles and PC.

The game features over 100 tracks — with an additional list of songs on the VIP edition — you can mix together and layer vocals and instrumentals to create your own DJ set. For some people, this will result in some really excellent and very cool mixes that actually sound good. For others, this is an opportunity to mash up songs that make absolutely no sense together but are very, very funny.

The magic of Fuser is the ability to have fun with these tracks and make ridiculous remixes. One particular track on the set list that’s available to everyone is Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” which means, yes, Rick Rolling is back and this time comes with a new beat.

He wasn’t alone in recognizing the power of Fuser to make truly absurd mixes featuring “Never Gonna Give You Up,” and you can expect plenty of these videos (and others) to find their way to your social media timelines in the coming days and weeks.

I think the funniest part of all of this is seeing awful Rick Astley and Smashmouth mixes has, arguably, made the game much more enticing to some people — including me — who now recognize the sheer power of this game and the ability to do some remarkably ridiculous stuff with it.

When it comes to the being one of Hollywood’s most hunkiest, muscle-bound badasses, Jason Momoa easily sits near the top of the list thanks to his hulking presence in Game of Thrones and Aquaman. So, it was quite a surprise when Momoa greeted InStyle writer Christopher Bagley while decked out in pink French linen pants and wearing pink scrunchies in his hair and on his wrist. When asked about the interesting fashion choice, Momoa didn’t mince words.

“Pink is just a beautiful color,” Momoa said. “And I’m pretty secure in my masculinity. I don’t really give a shit what anyone thinks.”

Anyone want to argue with that? Didn’t think so. But it’s exactly that kind of energy that Momoa brought to the lengthy interview where the actor effortlessly swings from performative machismo to revealing his recent therapeutic journey to explore “male vulnerability.” Via InStyle:

“I’m amping myself up all day long, and then my nervous system doesn’t know that I’m not lopping people’s heads off,” he says. “For me to relax and sit still is next to impossible.” On a deeper level, Momoa is exploring what it meant for him to grow up without a father at home and how that affects his relationship with his 12-year-old son, Wolf. “I didn’t know what it takes to be a dad,” he says. “And I don’t want to just tell my son, ‘Because I said so.’ I really want to connect, and I want him to be vulnerable and open.”

This isn’t the first time that Momoa has shown a vulnerable side. While promoting his upcoming role in Dune, he opened up about how filming the movie was an eye-opening experience that set a standard for the rest of his career. “I don’t ever want to go back to not being treated that [way],” Momoa told Variety. “I felt beautiful in this film. It’s a very hard thing to say, but I felt very beautiful.”

(Via InStyle)

Halsey has worked with many big names in music over the past year. The singer has collaborated with musicians like BTS, Juice WRLD, and even Alanis Morissette. But there are still a few artists that the singer dreams of joining in the studio.

Halsey recently sat down for a profile in Vogue to speak about her record Manic as well as her poetry book I Would Leave Me If I Could, which was released Tuesday. During the conversation, Halsey revealed that there are two popular artists that she really hopes to collaborate with in the future:

“I really want to work with Grimes, because I love her, and I have always loved her. I’m also everyone’s biggest fan. I’m such a fangirl. I want to work with Harry Styles. I loved his last record. I’m so proud of him just as a fan and as a peer. He’s a real one. I think we could make something really cool together.”

Elsewhere in the interview, the singer offered an explanation as to why she chose to release the poetry collection this month. “Honestly, there’s two reasons,” she said. “The first is because I had it. The second reason is because I reached a point in my career where I don’t want there to be any sort of debate on whether or not I write. A lot of people just generally assume I don’t write my own music, even though I’ve said till I’m blue in the face that I do. Also, there’s stuff you can say in a book that you can’t say in an album. When I sing, the writing is tainted by whatever I look like at that time, whoever people think I’m dating at that time, and whatever they’ve read about me in the press most recently. They build a composite of who they think I am, and then that’s how they interpret the work. But a book is faceless.”

Halsey’s poetry book I Would Leave Me If I Could is out now. Get it here.

We are 315 days into 2020 (only 51 days to go!), and I don’t know about you, but this feels like the longest 315 days of my life. It’s enough to make a person want to scream, or maybe mutter curse words on live television. To each their own.

On Tuesday morning, NBC News correspondent Ken Dilanian appeared on MSNBC to discuss Donald Trump and company’s refusal to work on the presidential transition with Joe Biden’s team. “What you have learned, sir?” anchor Craig Melvin asked him. But Dilanian didn’t hear the question. He also didn’t know that he was on the air, because he could be heard whispering to himself, “Oh, sh*t. F*ck.” The camera then cut back to a stone-faced Melvin, who delivered a perfectly-timed, “…OK.” The technical issue was eventually resolved, with Dilanian explaining, “Hey, Craig. First, I want to sincerely apologize to viewers who may have heard me use profanity at the top of the last hit.”

He also discussed the incident on Twitter. “So sorry for the profanity I used on air last hour. I was experiencing some technical difficulties and mistakenly hung up on the control room, though my mic still was on. Perils of playing producer, cameraman, and tech support all at the same time from home. #2020,” he tweeted, adding an upside-down face emoji. There is nothing to apologize for. You summed up the year perfectly.

More than most other artists today, Post Malone is a name that comes to mind when you think about chart longevity. Over the past few years, he has had a number of songs that have popped up at or near the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed in the general area for weeks and weeks. Earlier this year, for instance, “Circles” set the record for the most time spent in the top 10 of the chart. Now, though, for the first time in a long time, he currently has no songs on the Hot 100 at all.

Chart Data points out that Malone does not have a song on the Hot 100 for the first time since January 2017. This comes after two of his songs had massive drop-offs: On last week’s chart (dated November 7), “Circles” sat at No. 18 and Ty Dolla Sign’s Malone-featuring cut “Spicy” debuted at No. 53. Neither song appears on the chart dated November 14.

Malone has released no singles as a lead artist this year, although he has appeared as a featured artist on some songs in 2020, including Big Sean’s “Wolves,” Justin Bieber’s “Forever,” and Ozzy Osbourne’s “It’s A Raid.”

Ty Dolla Sign is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

TrapHouseJazz pioneer Masego has been working on his Studying Abroad EP for some time and this Friday, he’s ready to release the project in full after dropping the singles “Passport” and “Silver-Tongued Devil” with Shenseea. He’s got one last teaser to share, though, in the form of his bass-heavy new single “Mystery Lady” featuring Don Toliver.

According to the press release, “Studying Abroad is a concept experience that lyrically chronicles a relationship from sultry start to its explosive finish.” He’s also planning a live stream performing songs from the EP on Tuesday, November 17 at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET on his YouTube page. Studying Abroad is the first release from Masego since 2018’s Lady Lady, which became a favorite of critics and fans alike.

Meanwhile, the song gives Don Toliver another feature to add to his growing list of them in 2020. After foregoing an appearance on XXL’s 2020 Freshman Class cover — following in the footsteps of his Cactus Jack mentor Travis Scott — Toliver went on a tear, popping up on Nas’ “Replace Me” with Big Sean, Internet Money’s “Lemonade” with Gunna and Nav, on the “Lemonade” remix with Roddy Ricch, and on Rico Nasty’s “Don’t Like Me” with Gucci Mane.

Listen to “Mystery Lady” above.

Studying Abroad is due 11/13 on EQT Recordings / Capitol. Pre-save it here.

Don Toliver is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

From the moment the first trailer for The Force Awakens hit, the Star Wars sequel trilogy has been a non-stop lightning rod of controversy as fans battled over the creative choices made by the franchise while flying under the Disney banner. So this latest revelation about who George Lucas originally intended as the villain is sure to go over well.

In the new behind the scenes book, The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005, author Paul Duncan takes a deep dive into the making of the prequel trilogy and Lucas’ creative process. Through his research, Duncan discovered that the Star Wars creator had plans for the sequel trilogy that were dramatically different from what Disney delivered and would have involved bringing back the fan-favorite character Darth Maul. Via Polygon:

We already know from various parts of that galaxy far, far away that being cut in half wasn’t enough to stop Darth Maul, but apparently the Sith fighter would have been the main heavy of Lucas’ sequel trilogy with the aid of mechanical legs. Joining him, in theory, was Sith Lord Darth Talon, from the Dark Horse comic book Star Wars: Legacy. Lucas says “Maul eventually becomes the godfather of crime in the universe because, as the Empire falls, he takes over,” and that Talon was the Vader of the trilogy.

If that last part sounds familiar, Maul was revealed to have a similar role in the closing moments of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and he would’ve appeared in the sequel that was shelved after the film underperformed. But while Maul seems to be getting a raw deal when it comes to live-action Star Wars, he was featured prominently in The Clone Wars and Rebels animated series, which are both regarded by fans as some of the franchise’s best work. For proof, look no further than The Mandalorian, which is being shepherded by Clone Wars and Rebels creator Dave Filoni and is easily the hottest thing to happen to Star Wars in years.

(Via Polygon)