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Rick Ross and DreamDoll put on a chaotic carnival of clapping and cash in their video for “Wiggle,” from Ross’ new album Richer Than I Ever Been. “Wiggle” is the latest single from Richer Than I Ever Been, following “Outlawz” and “Little Havana,” and it’s the second single to get a music video treatment (“Outlawz” was the first).

The premise is simple — what if there were a drive-thru strip club (this is actually a thing, BTW)? The result is predictably debauched, with a line of cars cruising through a canvas big top tent and drivers throwing piles of money out their windows to the twerking dancers on socially distanced stages. While Rozay gets his back rubbed, Dream pops out of her vehicle to shake hands with the dancers, paying props to her fellow women and taking her own shift on one of the poles with an elaborate leopard print bodysuit on.

In addition to releasing his new album, Ross has been extending his reach as a businessman. He recently teamed up with the CEO of Rap Snacks to start his own cannabis line, Hip Hemp.

Watch Rick Ross’ “Wiggle” video featuring DreamDoll above.

Richer Than I Ever Been is out now via Epic Records. You can get it here.

Tomorrow, the world will have a new FKA Twigs project, a 17-track mixtape called Caprisongs. Ahead of then, though, Twigs has shared what will presumably be the final song shared from the album before its release, “Jealousy,” which features Nigerian singer/rapper Rema.

Twigs spoke about the track with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, saying:

“I started that song with Fred Gibson a couple years ago and it was just a tiny snippet and I was so excited about it. Sometimes you leave the studio and there’s a really rough demo and it’s sort of gobbledegook words. I was like, ‘Wow, like that melody was really exciting to me and I hadn’t done anything like that.’ […] Then I sat on it for a long time. Then when I was in lockdown, I ended up connecting with El Guincho Pablo a lot over FaceTime. It was the first lockdown when it was really hardcore and I was isolating alone and feeling like quite crazy. To be able to connect with El Guincho over FaceTime, it saved me every single day. […] We got in, we finished it, and then we were like, ‘Oh, it could really have someone else in the second verse.’ El Guincho was like, ‘Rema.’ […] It was actually through one of my oldest friends that we ended up connecting and finishing the track through her, which was really sweet. To me, that’s the soul of the record. I’ve really, as you said in the beginning of the conversation, pushed myself to connect more and to be even more collaborative and to grow and step outside of myself.”

Listen to “Jealousy” above.

Caprisongs is out 1/14 via Young Recordings/Atlantic. Pre-order it here.

FKA Twigs is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

It’s been nearly a year since Austin, Texas five-piece band Sun June released their standout sophomore album Somewhere. Now as the band prepares to hit the road now that they can finally tour behind their album, which includes a stop at this year’s SXSW festival, Sun June expand their original LP with a few more tracks, including the pastoral number “Reminded.”

Echoing the wistful chords and dreamy vocals heard on Sun June’s sophomore album, “Reminded” features swirling melodies and poetic lyrics that evoke a keen sense of nostalgia. “Reminded” arrives on the forthcoming expanded version of Somewhere, which features their recent track “Easy” as well as the previously unheard song “Tom Petty.”

Speaking about the inspiration behind the new track, Sun June singer Laura Colwell says:

“‘Reminded’ is about being captivated by someone you have a bad history with and wanting to reconcile with past mistakes, despite it being the most unhealthy decision. It’s about gazing narrowly into an old flame… Basically, it’s the sexiest song we’ve ever written. The song leans so far into romance that we thought it would be fun to add some sax. Justin got to arrange it all, and then we had local saxophonist David Alvarez (from Medellin Collection, and Hyah!) lay it down.”

Listen to “Reminded” above.

Somewhere (Expanded) is out 1/14 via Run For Cover Records/Keeled Scales. Pre-order it here.

A week ago, the NBA released the first round of All-Star fan voting numbers, and there weren’t very many surprises, as Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry led their respective conferences in votes and, if the fan vote (which counts for 50 percent of the starter vote) were to stand the starting lineups would’ve been Curry, Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, and Paul George out West, and DeMar DeRozan, James Harden, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, and Durant in the East.

A week later, and there are some significant changes that have come to those starter groups after the second round of fan votes were tallied. Curry, James, Durant, and DeRozan still lead their respective position groups in the East and West, but the order below them has been shaken up to include three potential first-timers.

Trae Young leaps James Harden into the second East guard starting spot next to DeRozan — who is not a guard and that the NBA lists him as a guard rather than frontcourt is going to create a roster crunch later — after this latest round. In the West, two newcomers enter the starting five, with Ja Morant jumping Doncic as he continues to play incredible ball for the red-hot Grizzlies, and Andrew Wiggins jumping George in the West frontcourt in a rather significant surprise — although he is enjoying a sensational season for the West’s No. 2 team.

It’ll be very interesting to see how the player vote (25 percent) and media vote (25 percent) balance out the fan vote this year, as there figure to be a number of contentious starter spots just about everywhere other than the East frontcourt, where Durant-Embiid-Giannis figures to be a lock.

The most recent episode of FX’s brilliant comedy Atlanta aired in May 2018. It was a different time: Drake had the number one song in the country, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was dominating the box office, and the world was terrible.

OK, maybe things haven’t changed that much, but it does feel like season two happened a lifetime ago. Do you remember what happened in the season two finale? I didn’t until looking it up (it involves a gun, a backpack, and Paper Boi telling Earn, “You my family”), and then I remembered why Atlanta was Uproxx‘s best show of 2018.

Thankfully, after a nearly four-year break, Atlanta is coming back in March. Ahead of the premiere, FX released a new teaser for season three that has Earn (Donald Glover), Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), and Van (Zazie Beetz) stuck in a nightmare of capitalism. Over what sounds like a corny cover of “So Fresh, So Clean” by ATL legends Outkast, Paper Boi says, “These products scare me.” Thumbs up.

Here’s more:

Taking place almost entirely in Europe, season three finds “Earn” (Donald Glover), “Alfred / Paper Boi” (Brian Tyree Henry), “Darius” (LaKeith Stanfield), and “Van” (Zazie Beetz) in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.

Atlanta returns to FX on March 24, and hits Hulu the following day.

Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn’t met a conspiracy theory she won’t wholeheartedly embrace, which recently led to her now permanent ban from Twitter. You’d think getting deplatformed for spreading COVID misinformation would slow Greene down a bit, but nope. She stopped by the latest episode of Steve Bannon’s podcast where she proceeded to regurgitate the age-old rumor that Dr. Anthony Fauci is behind the creation of the coronavirus, which Greene refers to as a “bioweapon” deployed by China. She played all her greatest hits, but with a new twist that Fauci has essentially destroyed the whole planet.

Via Mediaite:

“Dr. Fauci is responsible for all of this. He created the gain-of-function. He gave it to China. They created the bioweapon, which is Covid-19, and it broke the world,” she claimed. “But our government and anyone that goes along with this and doesn’t fire Fauci, investigate him, prosecute him and hold him accountable is failing the American people.”

Of course, Greene has been routinely flagged for spreading COVID misinformation. Following her ban from Twitter, Greene was temporarily suspended by Facebook for posting pandemic lies. And while the GOP has been no stranger to embracing COVID misinformation, Greene’s antics have been so wild, that even Republicans are getting sick of her.

One vocal critic is Greene’s congressional colleague, Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, who has not held back his criticism of Greene. Crenshaw has called out Greene for her stupid antics and referred to her as a grifter, which resulted in the two of them feuding over who’s hurting the conservative brand the most. To put it politely, it’s a close race.

(Via Mediaite)

Kanye West is being investigated for battery after allegedly punching a fan in the face outside a Los Angeles nightclub according to LA’s Fox affiliate.

This story is being updated.

Games Done Quick (GDQ) is one of the biggest video game events of the year. More than 100,000 people tune every day during the week of these marathons so they can watch their favorite video games get beaten via exploitations, glitches, and pure muscle memory. Throughout the event, everyone is donating money to the charity of choice. This year’s first marathon, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2022, is for The Prevent Cancer Foundation.

GDQ is usually a success, frequently breaking the $1 million mark, and AGDQ 2022 has been no different. It only took until Wednesday evening for this year’s marathon to exceed $1 million dollars, and by Thursday morning, it had already raised another $100,000.

As the donations continue rolling in and the event’s Sunday deadline approaches, it sure feels like $2 million is well within the realm of possibility for AGDQ 2022. They’ve hit that marker many times before, and if they can continue their current momentum, we have a hard time seeing why they can’t do so again. Anyone interested in watching year’s AGDQ can find them over at Twitch.tv/GamesDoneQuick. There have been some pretty incredible runs already, and with games like Hades, Stardew Valley, and Super Mario 3D Land still on the way, there is still plenty of reason to tune in.

Spencer Elden, who appeared as a baby on the cover of Nirvana’s 1992 Nevermind album cover, has been making headlines lately because he is suing the band over claims of child pornography. Elden, who is now 30 years old, alleges he’s suffered “lifelong damages” because of the photo, even though he has a tattoo of the album. A California judge recently dismissed Elden’s lawsuit, but despite everything, he’s still trying to go ahead with it.

According to a report from Rolling Stone, Elden has amended the lawsuit in hopes that he can revive it. Per court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Elden filed his second amendment late Wednesday, meeting a deadline set by Judge Fernando M. Olguin when the case was originally thrown out on January 3. Elden is sticking to his early claim that the band, Kurt Cobain’s estate, photographer Kurt Weddle, and Nirvana’s record labels “intentionally commercially marketed the child pornography.” This time, however, Elden’s new amendment removes original language which accused the defendants of child sex trafficking.

Surviving members of Nirvana have been vocal about their thoughts on the lawsuit. In the band’s official response to Elden’s suit, Nirvana’s lawyers stated he “has spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby,’” clarifying that he has “re-enacted the photograph in exchange for a fee” several times times. The statement also noted Elden’s massive Nevermind tattoo on his chest, and the fact that Elden himself has said he “used the connection to try to pick up women.”

Among the many impressive collaborators that Cordae was able to secure for his upcoming album From A Bird’s Eye View, there’s one that stands out among the rest. Sure, he reunites with Eminem after their “Killer” remix, as well as Freddie Gibbs and Nas for a redux of their chemistry on Nas’ “Life Is Like A Dice Game.” However, the truly mind-blowing connection is the 24-year-old rapper’s pairing with the musical legend Stevie Wonder, who was making hits when the rest were all still in diapers.

And while Stevie’s appearance on FABEV is another reunion for Cordae after he appeared on Wonder’s 2020 track “Can’t Put It In The Hands Of Fate,” there’s apparently still a lot of pressure inherent to working with the man who made Innervisions — as evidenced by a hilarious story Cordae told The Breakfast Club during his appearance on the New York radio show to promote the new album. Not wanting to let Stevie down during a midnight FaceTime call, he fudged the truth when relaying his whereabouts to the soul icon.

“We linked up, we was working on records for four or five days in a row, and one time I’m in my room asleep and I’m laying down and he FaceTimes me,” Cordae says. “I one-eye answer, ’cause I saved his number as like Stevland Morris [because] that’s what he told me to save his number as.“I’m like, ‘Who the f*ck is this?’ Then he called back again, I’m like, ‘Stevland Morris…oh! That’s Stevie.’ … It’s midnight, and he called me. I’m laying down in bed, I got my tank top on…and he was like, ‘What you doin?’ And it’s midnight, and I knew he was going to tell me to pull up to the studio, but I didn’t wanna tell him I’m laying in bed.”

And so, knowing there was little likelihood of being caught in this particular white lie for … ahem… obvious reasons, Cordae told Stevie Wonder he was actually at the studio rather than getting some sleep. “I’m looking at this man, dead in his face, talking ’bout some… I’m laying down like, ‘Yeah, I’m in the studio.’”

Of course, there’s clearly no concern now about Stevie finding out, which he’d probably find pretty funny anyway. And the results of their work together will speak for themselves this Friday, January 14, when From A Bird’s Eye View via on Atlantic.

Check out Cordae’s full Breakfast Club interview above.