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This past week has been a chaotic one in the rap and pop culture world. For those who might have missed it, Megan Thee Stallion dropped her new single, “Hiss,” where she called out a bunch of other rappers. One line in particular, which had a reference to “Megan’s Law,” sparked a feud with Nicki Minaj.

Over the weekend, Minaj posted about Megan, calling her out repeatedly for the lyric. She also fired back with her own track, titled “Big Foot,” as she had been calling Megan that — due to both her tall height and the Tory Lanez shooting incident.

When Did Nicki Minaj First Call Megan Thee Stallion “Big Foot?”

Although Nicki Minaj calling Megan Thee Stallion “big foot” gained traction this weekend and through her song, one Twitter user pointed out that she had been calling her that for quite a while. The user directed to a tweet that Uproxx cover star Latto made back in 2022, where she had shared DM’s between herself and Minaj during an argument.

In one of Minaj’s replies, she wrote, “I could say the same thing. But would you or big foot care? No,” seemingly referencing Megan in the comment.

Check out Latto’s 2022 tweet about Minaj below.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Young Thug’s YSL RICO trial has forced Georgia authority to rummage through the “Slime Sh*t” rapper’s past lyrics with a fine-tooth comb. Several of hip-hop’s head honchos have spoken out against the demonization of rap as an art form. Others like Fat Joe have even taken it as far as to claim that most rappers are embellishing or flat-out lying in their songs.

On January 29, during Kai Cenat’s Twitch livestream, 21 Savage showed that there’s undoubtedly some truth to those statements. In 21 Savage’s music, he’s a gritty Atlanta good ready for anything. But when the “N.H.I.E.” rapper was face-to-face with a few snakes, 21 Savage hilariously changed his tough guy tune. Following a game of “What’s In The Box,” Cenat decided to take things up a notch, bringing out a pair of snakes. This immediately sent 21 Savage running for the hills as the streamer’s live chat flooded the comment section with laughing emojis.

But 21 Savage got his revenge before the stream ended when the duo sat down for a game of Madden. After making a friendly wager of $300,000, 21 Savage came out victorious, which sent the otherwise sweet-hearted Cenat into a spiral.

Watch both clips below.

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

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week, we got new music from The Smile, Katy Kirby, Militarie Gun, and more.

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Katy Kirby – Blue Raspberry

There’s a lot of indie music out there that sounds like Katy Kirby. But rarely do people do it as well as Kirby herself. 2021’s Cool Dry Place was a quiet, meditative record whose marvelous subtleties landed like gut punches. Newly signed to Anti- Records, the Texas-born, Nashville-based indie-folk songwriter has a lot more attention on her, and for good reason. Her new album, Blue Raspberry, is a masterful exercise in restraint, one in which the most memorable moments come from its quietude. There’s the gentle finger-picking and strings in “Party Of The Century;” the tender brush-drumming on “Alexandria;” and the swooning, orchestral embellishments of “Salt Crystal.” Blue raspberry may be an artificial flavor, but there’s nothing artificial about Kirby’s record.

The Smile – Wall Of Eyes

Within the span of less than two years, we’ve gotten two new records from The Smile, the Radiohead side project that features frontman Thom Yorke, guitarist and ad hoc everyman Jonny Greenwood, and former Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. It’s easily the most prolific Yorke and Greenwood have been as a unit in years, and, frankly, it doesn’t bode well for the prospect of a new Radiohead album. But it’s hard to complain when the music is this transfixing, ornate, and outright gorgeous, as is the case with Wall Of Eyes. Whether it’s the amorphous ambiance and muted percussion of “Teleharmonic” or the uneasy, crackling guitars of “Read The Room,” The Smile makes a compelling case as something greater than a Radiohead side project. They’re simply one of the greatest new art-rock bands around.

Joe Wong – “What Have You Done”

Los Angeles composer Joe Wong is back with his sophomore album, Mere Survival, in just a few days. Meanwhile, Wong has given us one more taste before it officially drops. “What Have You Done,” like much of his work, teems with orchestral flourishes and psychedelic production, courtesy of guitarist Mary Timony. From the swelling strings in the intro to the slapback echo that colors his vocals in the chorus, Wong’s latest tune is a kaleidoscopic reverie.

Fanclubwallet – “Band Like That”

The irony of naming a song “Band Like That” isn’t lost on Hannah Judge, the Ottawa musician who originally started Fanclubwallet as a bedroom-pop project. That one-person endeavor has now transformed into a proper, full-fledged four-piece. As the lead single for their forthcoming EP, Our Bodies Paint Traffic Lines, “Band Like That” appropriately lives up to its name. It’s the sound of a group of musicians playing in a room together, as Judge’s songwriting takes on a new life that feels more fully fleshed out than ever before. This band has made a great song about starting a band.

Shannon & The Clams – “The Moon Is In The Wrong Place”

Weeks before Shannon Shaw’s wedding, her fiancé, Joe Haener, died in a car accident. Understandably, it completely upended her life and her bandmates’ lives, too, as they were all close with Haener. Shannon & The Clams’ forthcoming album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, traverses the tragedy, loss, and grief that arose from that moment. On the title track, the garage-rock group, with production from de facto member Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, trudges through the calamity together, underlining friendship’s importance in times of distress.

Liquid Mike – “American Caveman”

Power-pop-punk perfectly sums up what Liquid Mike is all about. The Marquette, Michigan outfit sneaks jangly earworms into riffs slathered in distortion. Imagine if Mark Hoppus fronted a DIY band, and you’d get some semblance of Liquid Mike. As last year’s S/T showed, this band has got hooks on hooks, and they’re nowhere close to running out of said hooks. Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot, their soon-to-be-released fifth album, is chock-full of them. Take “American Caveman,” whose harmonica melodies foreshadow frontman Mike Maple’s vocal melodies in the verse. It’s all so catchy that you won’t even notice it’s in the same time signature as countless Rush songs.

Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore

It’s hard to believe that Future Islands’ legendary Letterman performance is officially a decade old now. The new-wave revivalists took the late-night stage just a couple of months before their breakthrough album, Singles, introduced them to a significantly wider audience. People Who Aren’t There Anymore, which sees them reunite with mixing engineer Chris Coady for the first time since Singles, boasts some of the band’s catchiest music since that breakthrough moment. It captures the band’s freewheeling energy and frontman Samuel T. Herring’s gripping charisma, from the propulsive, dancey “Say Goodbye” to the powerful, wistful ballad “The Fight.”

Militarie Gun – Life Under The Sun

Life Under The Gun was a fitting title for last year’s Militarie Gun album. It blazed by in a brisk 27 minutes, Ian Shelton’s gravelly delivery acting as a lodestar for both his own career and hardcore as a whole. On Life Under The Sun, the LA band’s new EP, four songs (and a NOFX cover) from that record gain new life and context. Absent are Shelton’s howling vocals, replaced by contemplative crooning from himself and peers like Manchester Orchestra, Bully, and Mannequin Pussy. For a band so heavily linked to the contemporary state of hardcore, Militarie Gun displays a gift for a different kind of command: one where quiet, peaceful instrumentation is just as effective as Shelton’s signature OOH! OOHs!

Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Colossus Of Roads”

“Colossus Of Roads” practically spilled out of Alynda Segarra’s pen. Composed right after the tragic Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs in 2022, Segarra’s new single is an urgent yet measured missive, a call to arms for the queer community and against the hegemonic powers that try to stifle it. “Say goodbye to America / I wanna see it dissolve,” Segarra sings, their winsome melodies contrasting the monstrous imagery of gunfire. It’s easy to understand why it’s their favorite song they’ve written to date.

Finnoguns Wake – Stay Young

Finnoguns Wake, like the best punk bands, was born from sheer circumstances and kindred spirits. After Tim “Shogun” Wall’s best friend moved overseas, he got in touch with that friend’s brother, Finn Berzin. The duo hit it off immediately, and that camaraderie is apparent throughout the four tracks on Stay Young, their debut EP. Like if Oasis were actually a punk band and enjoyed each other’s company, Finnoguns Wake makes music that transcends scenes; Shogun played in groups like Royal Headache and Shogun And The Sheets, and Berzin had recently purchased a guitar when the pair started making music together. From the Britpop crunch of closing track “Strawberry Avalanche” to the talk-sing cadences of “So Nice,” Finnoguns Wake make their influences their own. Despite its creators’ distance in age and origins, Stay Young sounds like the creation of two close, inseparable friends.

Hurray For The Riff Raff is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Celine Dion is set to release a new documentary, titled I Am: Celine Dion, which will focus on her career and her battle with stiff-person syndrome. Directed by Irene Taylor, the film will take viewers through a year in Dion’s life, with footage taken in the recording studio and her home, according to Rolling Stone.

“This last couple of years has been such a challenge for me: the journey from discovering my condition to learning how to live with and manage it, but not to let it define me,” Dion said in a statement. “As the road to resuming my performing career continues, I have realized how much I have missed it, being able to see my fans. During this absence, I decided I wanted to document this part of my life, to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition, to help others who share this diagnosis.”

As the publication notes, Dion was slated to perform in both Las Vegas and the remainder of her Courage World Tour in 2022. However, the singer soon started facing muscle spasms that prompted all show cancellations. That December, she revealed her official diagnosis.

Dion’s documentary will be released on Amazon Prime, but there is no set date for it yet.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we are looking everywhere for the perfect gift – something not too big, not too small – something that lets your person know you were thinking of them. And something, dare we say, that comes in a cute little red box. What could be better than this darling tea sampler from the Little Red Cup Tea Co?

Organic Tea Sampler

Little Red Cup Tea Company is a company worth getting to know. Their teas aren’t your average grocery store tea blends. Each tea is complex and aromatic, with a unique flavor profile. Little Red Cup Tea Company offers so many amazing organic varieties of Chinese teas that the Four Tin Gift Sampler is probably the best way to start exploring their offerings for yourself or (more importantly?) for the tea lover in your life. This customizable sampler is an invitation to try four of the teas Little Red Cup has to offer. Whether they’re a seasoned tea connoisseur or just beginning their journey into the world of high-quality teas, this sampler offers a personalized experience that is sure to be appreciated. The sampler is offered all year long, but it is decked out in a fancy red box just for Valentine’s Day.

With the Little Red Cup Four Tin Gift Sampler, you can choose from preset configurations like Four Green Teas, Four Black Teas, Two Black Two Greens, or The Spectrum, or you can mix and match to create your unique assortment. So whether they love sweet subtle green teas, or pungent and smokey black teas,, or you don’t even know where to start, each tin in the Four Tin Gift Sampler offers an unparalleled tasting experience that will introduce you or them to new possibilities.

The Little Red Cup Four Tin Gift Sampler opens up a whole world of high-quality organic teas, and it is a wonderful way to show you care about the planet, as well.

Making the world a better place starts with the choices we make every single day. However, these choices don’t have to be difficult. In fact, thanks to the Little Red Cup Tea Company, even something as simple as having a cup of tea can promote a cleaner world and a better future. The Little Red Cup Tea Company is a family-run business that’s redefining what it means to enjoy a cup of tea. By embracing a mission to sell superior artisanal teas that are certified organic and fair trade, this company is making the world better, one cup at a time. So if you’re looking to take the tea drinking experience to the next level—and you want to make the world a better place at the same time—check out some of the bold and aromatic teas Little Red Cup has to offer.

The Little Red Cup Philosophy

At the heart of the Little Red Cup Tea Company is a story steeped in tradition, simplicity, and a deep respect for nature. Founded with a passion for authentic, traditional teas, this family-run business is on a mission to bring the highest quality Chinese teas to the U.S. market—pure, whole leaf, and brimming with tradition.

What truly sets Little Red Cup apart is their unwavering commitment to sustainability and ethical practices. Every tea leaf in their collection is not only USDA certified organic, but also Fair Trade certified, ensuring that with every sip, consumers are supporting a healthier planet and empowering tea-growing communities. They’ve built direct partnerships with worker-owned cooperatives, shortening the journey from field to cup and guaranteeing both quality and fairness. By choosing Little Red Cup, you’re not just choosing a delicious cup of tea; you’re becoming a part of a movement that values the planet, the people, and the timeless tradition of tea drinking.

Commitment to Sustainability

At Little Red Cup, “sustainability” isn’t just a buzzword. By strictly adhering to organic farming methods, they ensure that their teas are free from chemical pesticides and fertilizers, offering a purer, healthier cup to their customers. Moreover, their Fair Trade certification isn’t just a label; it’s a promise. It means that every purchase contributes to a fairer, more equitable system where tea growers receive a fair share, ensuring their communities thrive. This approach creates a direct, positive impact, supporting educational and social programs in rural tea-growing regions. When you sip a cup of Little Red Cup tea, you’re not just enjoying a high-quality beverage; you’re partaking in a global effort to make the world a little better, one cup at a time.

Little Red Cup Tea Company’s commitment to sustainability extends beyond their tea leaves to the very packaging they use. In an industry often marred by excessive and non-eco-friendly packaging, they lead by example, using food-safe tins without plastic liners to reduce waste and keep their teas fresh. Embracing a refill culture, they encourage customers to reuse these tins with larger, resealable tea pouches, further minimizing environmental impact. This thoughtful approach ensures that choosing Little Red Cup is not only about enjoying high-quality tea, but also about supporting a cycle of sustainable consumption and contributing to a healthier planet with every cup.

Join the Little Red Cup Family

The Little Red Cup Tea Company is more than a brand; it’s a movement. Each cup of their sustainably sourced, organically grown tea represents a step towards a better world—a world where quality, ethics, and environmental consciousness go hand in hand.

If you’re ready to explore a new world of exquisite flavors and truly sustainable practices, click here to order your Little Red Cup Four Tin Gift Sampler special Valentine’s Day edition today.

Just days after Megan Thee Stallion made headlines with her “Hiss” disses, the Houston rapper is once again dominating the conversation this morning — but for an entirely different reason. It was teased hours earlier that she would be stopping by Good Morning America to make a special announcement.

Now, fans know what Megan has planned for the rest of this year.

Is Megan Thee Stallion Going On Tour In 2024?

Megan Thee Stallion announced on GMA that she will be heading out on tour, which will kick off in the summer. It will be in support of an upcoming new album.

“Oh, we’re having the tour this year,” Megan said. “The Hot Girl Summer Tour is going to be 2024, summertime. I feel like I’ve never been able to be outside doing my own thing during the summer, since like 2019. So this is going to be the first time that I drop an album on time for the summer. I do want to give the hotties the Megan Thee Stallion experience.”

Over the past few years, she has made appearances at mostly festivals or one-off shows, so it will be a truly special return. Right now, not much else is known about the exact dates or stops that Meg will be making on the tour — but hopefully the Hotties get to find out soon.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Bryan Cranston spent years filming in the New Mexico desert as meth kingpin Walter White in Breaking Bad. However, his most dangerous acting moment occurred in the family-friendly sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle.

While promoting Argylle with an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Cranston revealed that a scene involving his bumbling dad, Hal, almost took him out of the game.

“One time, I did a thing where my character was in a depression, and he started painting, and I was completely covered in blue paint,” Cranston said. “Completely, head to toe, in blue paint.”

Now, if you know anything about paint and/or how the human body works, then you know where this story is headed. In fact, Cranston’s Argylle co-star Bryce Dallas Howard quickly noted, “That’s not safe,” and she was very right.

Via Entertainment Weekly:

“It’s not safe,” Cranston agreed, “because your body can’t regulate the heat if you’re covering up all your pores.”

Things then took a dangerous turn during filming. “As you shoot, you’re moving around, and then there was a part of me, at one point, I was like starting to shut down the circuits,” Cranston explained, miming being woozy. “And they went boom, and they grabbed me, and they threw me in the shower and they just… It was weird.”

Fortunately, Cranston survived the ordeal, but it is pretty funny that his most dangerous job to date was playing a sitcom dad on Fox. It just goes to show that parenting can kill you dead even if you’re just pretending.

Argylle opens in theaters on February 2.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

The Bachelor is now in its 28th season. There’s also been 20 seasons of The Bachelorette, nine seasons of Bachelor in Paradise, one season of The Golden Bachelor, and so on. With so many episodes in the BTC (Bachelor Televised Universe), eventually you were going to have a contestant who appeared in a Vin Diesel movie. That’s just math.

One of the women vying for Joey Graziadei’s heart in the current season of The Bachelor is Maria Georgas. As noted by Decider, the executive assistant from Kleinburg, Ontario, only has one pre-Bachelor credit on her IMDb: Firefly #1 in The Pacifier, the 2005 kid-friendly action comedy starring Dominic Toretto as a Navy SEAL who becomes — record scratch — a babysitter.

Georgas didn’t mention her unnamed movie character past on The Bachelor, but she does have strong movie takes.

You likely remember [Georgas] as the woman who let Joey know she didn’t approve of his favorite movie, Remember the Titans, on night one. Following the premiere, Georgas posted an apology to Instagram Stories, explaining, “I didn’t know Denzel Washington was in it, and I love Denzel Washington… When I found out he was in the movie I already automatically knew the movie was going to be fantastic. I have since watched it and it’s great. I’m so sorry about that, guys.”

If Graziadei said his favorite movie was The Pacifier, Georgas would know he’s a liar. No one’s favorite movie is The Pacifier.

(Via Decider)

A new theme park is coming to the Universal Orlando Resort.

Set to debut in 2025, Universal Epic Universe is described as “a level of theme park immersion and innovation that is unmatched – transporting guests to expansive worlds featuring more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining, and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic.”

The heart of Universal Epic Universe will be Celestial Park, emphasis on “park.” There will be “lush living gardens” and “shimmering waters,” all “surrounded by stunning architecture inspired by astronomical and mythological elements.” Celestial Park is a gateway to the rest of the Universal Epic Universe — although there will be a dual-launch roller coaster, Starfall Racers — which you can access through a system of portals.

The other worlds in Epic Universe are The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, which blends the 1920s Paris seen in the Fantastic Beasts films with the Ministry of Magic from the Harry Potter movies; Super Nintendo World (shout out to my guy Toad); How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk (“where guests can soar with dragons in a colorful world filled with Viking adventures”); and Dark Universe, a “shadowy landscape” filled with the old-school movie monsters. Hopefully this tweet appears on a Wanted poster somewhere.

Universal Helios Grand Hotel also features the Universal Helios Grand Hotel for when you need to take a nap after drinking Butterbeer all day.

Universal Epic Universe opens at Universal Orlando in 2025. For more information, click here.

In an interview earlier this month, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) said of Drake, “Drake is pop to me, in the sense like, if I was in Target in Houston and I heard a Drake song… it feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping. Or shopping with an edge in certain instances… It’s likable.”

That got some reactions online, including from Drake himself. Now, Bey has explained himself further.

In an Instagram Live broadcast yesterday (January 29), he said:

“Drake, if you’d like to speak to me directly, you can at any point. I reached out to [Dave] Chappelle, I actually reached out to you. I DM’d you. You are a very talented MC, but for me, I require more of myself and others than just talent or charm or charisma, particularly in times of urgent crisis. And what I would like to see, in terms of creators or creative people in the world, as it relates to our culture, is for people to connect with us beyond the jukebox or the dance floor.

A fair-weather friend can hardly be called a friend at all. The people who party with you: that’s cool. But will they show up for you when you’re at the triage?”

Check out the video below.