As the racketeering trial against Young Thug and YSL continues, one person connected to them stood up for Gunna amid the snitching accusations against him. While rappers such as Lil Baby and Lil Durk have made their feelings known about Gunna taking a plea deal in exchange for his freedom after nearly a year of incarceration.
But Young Thug’s dad Jeffery Williams Sr., who previously defended Gunna from such accusations, saying, “Gunna hasn’t done anything whatsoever that can hurt us on this case,” expressed his feelings on all the “snitch” talk.
“[Lil Baby] need to shut the f*ck up, ’cause he don’t know what’s going on,” he said in a new interview. “He going off of what he heard. Ask Lil Baby has he ever come to a court date. That’s what I want y’all to ask these goddamn rappers and these bloggers with this snitch sh*t. When have y’all went to a court date to support Slime?…Go on their social media pages and say, ‘Why in the f*ck haven’t you been to the courthouse to support your dude?’ And I guarantee you won’t get an answer.”
You can see the interview below.
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Back in 2022, Metro Boomin dropped his Heroes & Villains album — and has been hard at work since. During the MTV Video Music Awards in September, he appeared to tease a new collaborative record with Future. “Me and Pluto album on the way,” he said, according to All Hip Hop.
Since then, fans have been waiting to hear more about the details behind it.
Here’s what to know.
Are Metro Boomin And Future Making A New Album Together?
As a new update about the album that Metro Boomin and Future are working on together, Metro provided some insight in a recent social media post. On Tuesday (December 19), he shared a photo of the two from the studio, with the caption “COMING SOON” and quite a few eagle emojis.
Throughout Future’s career, the two have been longtime collaborators. Metro Boomin served as the producer for some of Future’s biggest songs, including “Mask Off” and more.
It also makes sense if the music arrives early in the new year, as Metro Boomin and Future are set to play Rolling Loud California in March 2024. More information and tickets for the festival can be found here.
Until then, not much else is known about what the two have been working on.
T-Pain had a nice 2023, headlined by his new covers album, On Top Of The Covers. Now his 2024 is starting to take shape: Resorts World and Zouk Group announced yesterday (December 19) that T-Pain will headline a new residency at Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub.
Based on the dates announced so far, it appears T-Pain’s appearances will be relatively infrequent and spread out, at least compared so some other Vegas residencies: He currently has one show each scheduled for February, April, May, and July.
T-Pain said in a statement (as KSNV News 3 Las Vegas notes), “2024 is going to be a great year. I’ve been fortunate to have an amazing career and I’ve always dreamed of having a residency of my own. I’ve got some special surprises up my sleeve, so Vegas: let’s turn up!”
Joe Lopez, vice president of Zouk Group Las Vegas, also noted, “We are excited to start the year on such a high note by bringing an artist of T-Pain’s caliber to our venues.”
“Finneas describes their next album as ’85 percent done.’ He recalls a quote from Mr Ken Caillat, who produced Rumours with Fleetwood Mac: you don’t finish albums, you just give up on them. And this one, in particular, has been challenging. Over the summer, Eilish spoke at length in interviews about the writer’s block she and Finneas felt while trying to develop a follow-up to their two globally adulated records. Now that this album is at last coming together, Finneas has gained some perspective on that period.
‘I don’t think Billie was particularly sure about how she actually felt about the things we were trying to write about,’ he says. ‘Making a thing that you feel really connected to – it can really evade you.’”
“There is a whole album of music coming,” the 22-year-old Grammy and Oscar winner said. “We’re in the final stages of making it, so that doesn’t mean it’s about to come out, but it is getting there, and it’s very exciting, and there is no documentary. I can confirm that. That is not happening, but I’m sure, one day, there will be another one.”
Eilish’s forthcoming third LP will hopefully arrive in 2024 and will have big shoes to fill, as her 2019 debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and Happier Than Ever each debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? won Album Of The Year at the 2020 Grammys, while Happier Than Ever spawned seven nominations at the 2022 Grammys.
The Barbie soundtrack is a Warner Music release. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
“Finneas describes their next album as ’85 percent done.’ He recalls a quote from Mr Ken Caillat, who produced Rumours with Fleetwood Mac: you don’t finish albums, you just give up on them. And this one, in particular, has been challenging. Over the summer, Eilish spoke at length in interviews about the writer’s block she and Finneas felt while trying to develop a follow-up to their two globally adulated records. Now that this album is at last coming together, Finneas has gained some perspective on that period.
‘I don’t think Billie was particularly sure about how she actually felt about the things we were trying to write about,’ he says. ‘Making a thing that you feel really connected to – it can really evade you.’”
“There is a whole album of music coming,” the 22-year-old Grammy and Oscar winner said. “We’re in the final stages of making it, so that doesn’t mean it’s about to come out, but it is getting there, and it’s very exciting, and there is no documentary. I can confirm that. That is not happening, but I’m sure, one day, there will be another one.”
Eilish’s forthcoming third LP will hopefully arrive in 2024 and will have big shoes to fill, as her 2019 debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and Happier Than Ever each debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? won Album Of The Year at the 2020 Grammys, while Happier Than Ever spawned seven nominations at the 2022 Grammys.
The Barbie soundtrack is a Warner Music release. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
There are plenty of fine pastrami joints in New York City, and the most iconic scene in When Harry Met Sally… takes place in arguably the best one. Not Pastrami Queen. Nor 2nd Ave. Deli. Those two weren’t hip enough to shlep to Bed-Stuy to try David’s Brisket House. No, they went to Katz’s. Slinging up cured meat since 1888, it’s also the place where Meg Ryan’s Sally Albright does (maybe) the most epic fake orgasm in screen history (which her kids don’t enjoy). And for a recent CBS Mornings segment, her costar returned to the scene or her crime.
Per Deadline, Billy Crystal hung out with Gayle King to reflect on his long and storied career. Among his career peaks is the 1989 rom-com, which follows two people who take over a decade to realize they’re perfect for each other. At one point they dine at Katz’s, where Sally proves, above and beyond, that maybe it’s a little trickly for men to realize when a woman is doing a faux-O.
And so Crystal returned to Katz’s, which he admitted he hadn’t visited since they shot the beloved scene. (Which is sort of understandable. Those sandwiches are delicious but deadly.) Gayle gets what Sally had, namely a turkey sandwich. Crystal goes with the pastrami, of course, then reflected on the film’s enduring popularity.
“It’s an amazing phenomenon that this has touched people, and this little piece of history here in New York City – you know, the movie was 1989,” Crystal said.
In another part of the segment — without that artery clogging meat to distract him — Crystal waxed even more poetic. And it’s kind of beautiful:
“It’s actually more important as time goes by, because people fall in love every day. People fall out of love every day. People find each other, they lose each other every day. And new generations keep finding When Harry Met Sally… They keep discovering it, and we’re forever young in that movie. And we represent them. They relate to us.”
You can watch the full segment above. When Harry Met Sally… is available to rent online. Katz’s Delicatessen is open seven days a week.
On December 8, 2020, Celine Dion tearfully announced in an Instagram video she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS). The iconic singer described it as “a very rare neurological disorder […] which affects something like one in a million people.” This year, Dion has rarely been seen in public, but one of her sisters Claudette Dion shared a few updates at different points. Most recently, Claudette told Canadian outlet 7 Joursthat Celine “doesn’t have control over her muscles.”
Read a timeline of Dion’s battle with stiff-person syndrome here, and learn more about SPS below.
What Is Stiff-Person Syndrome?
Dion was correct in saying that stiff-person syndrome is a rare neurological disorder, and Cleveland Clinic (among other reputed medical institutions) confirms that it only affects “about one out of every one million people.”
The National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke notes that stiff-person syndrome “affects twice as many females as males,” causes “greater sensitivity to noise, touch, and emotional distress, which can set off muscle spasms,” and “is frequently associated with other autoimmune diseases such as type-1 diabetes, thyroiditis, vitiligo, and pernicious anemia.”
“Stiff person syndrome is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that most commonly causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms that come and go and can worsen over time. However, some people experience other symptoms such as an unsteady gait, double vision or slurred speech. SPS symptoms are thought to be related to which type of SPS a person has.
Although there is no treatment that cures stiff person syndrome, working with a specialist and maintaining symptom control can make it easier to live with the condition.”
Johns Hopkins additionally details the different types of SPS, how it is diagnosed, and treatment options.
On December 8, 2020, Celine Dion tearfully announced in an Instagram video she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS). The iconic singer described it as “a very rare neurological disorder […] which affects something like one in a million people.” This year, Dion has rarely been seen in public, but one of her sisters Claudette Dion shared a few updates at different points. Most recently, Claudette told Canadian outlet 7 Joursthat Celine “doesn’t have control over her muscles.”
Read a timeline of Dion’s battle with stiff-person syndrome here, and learn more about SPS below.
What Is Stiff-Person Syndrome?
Dion was correct in saying that stiff-person syndrome is a rare neurological disorder, and Cleveland Clinic (among other reputed medical institutions) confirms that it only affects “about one out of every one million people.”
The National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke notes that stiff-person syndrome “affects twice as many females as males,” causes “greater sensitivity to noise, touch, and emotional distress, which can set off muscle spasms,” and “is frequently associated with other autoimmune diseases such as type-1 diabetes, thyroiditis, vitiligo, and pernicious anemia.”
“Stiff person syndrome is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that most commonly causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms that come and go and can worsen over time. However, some people experience other symptoms such as an unsteady gait, double vision or slurred speech. SPS symptoms are thought to be related to which type of SPS a person has.
Although there is no treatment that cures stiff person syndrome, working with a specialist and maintaining symptom control can make it easier to live with the condition.”
Johns Hopkins additionally details the different types of SPS, how it is diagnosed, and treatment options.
Ja Morant is back. In his first game of the 2023-24 campaign, Morant was nothing short of brilliant and looked like his All-Star self to help the Memphis Grizzlies overcome a 24-point deficit to stun the New Orleans Pelicans, 115-113.
Memphis went into a locker room facing a 60-41 deficit, but right out of the half, Morant was box office. He scored 27 of his 34 points in the second half, with 14 of them coming in the fourth quarter. None were bigger than the two that went through the cylinder as the buzzer sounded, as the Grizzlies put the ball in Morant’s hands with the game tied and told him to go to work. Despite being checked by Herbert Jones, Morant made his way into the paint, got a little bit of separation with a spin move, and rose up for a floater in the lane.
While Jones and Dyson Daniels both contested the layup, Morant made the ball bounce softly off the back of the rim and through the net as the horn sounded.
On the night, Morant had 34 points on 12-for-24 shooting with eight assists, six rebounds, two steals, and a block in 35 minutes of work. This marked the first game Morant played following a 25-game suspension to start the season due to a pair of incidents involving a firearm.
Playboi Carti has had fans in a chokehold, wondering when he’ll finally drop his followup to his first-career No. 1 album, Whole Lotta Red, which arrived on Christmas Day in 2020. Last Christmas, Carti returned to social media and appeared to tease that new music was imminent. It wasn’t until last week that he released a new song, “2024,” but fans didn’t have to wait another year for the next development.
On Tuesday, December 19, Carti posted a video to Instagram Story. It features someone screaming (to put it lightly), “CARTI DROPPIN’ AGAIN [EXPLETIVE] TONIGHT!” Written atop the video is, “9:00 PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT TUESDAY.”
Shortly thereafter, Carti reshared an Instagram Reel posted by Opium, captioned, “H00DBYAIR #IAMMUSIC.”
Toward the end of the song, Carti raps, “I was 24 when I had lil Onyx / 27 when I had Eve.” As pointed out by XXL, people are assuming that the bar serves as an announcement that Carti has welcomed a baby named Eve. Carti welcomed Onyx, his son with ex Iggy Azalea, in 2020. It must be noted that Carti was arrested for allegedly choking his pregnant girlfriend last December, as reported by TMZ.
“According to the arrest affidavit, obtained by TMZ, the woman told police the rapper grabbed her by her throat and pushed her, holding her neck until she could barely breathe,” the outlet reported in February. “She even told cops she thought she was going to die. Police say the woman told officers she’s been in a relationship with Playboi Carti for two years, has lived with him since July 2022 and was 14 weeks pregnant at the time of the alleged incident on December 20.”
The “#IAMMUSIC” hashtag all but confirms what was already widely accepted as fact. Carti is reportedly gearing up to release an album “early next year (currently with a tentative release date in January),” per Hypebeast. Earlier this month, Carti posted a word graphic to a since-expired Instagram story reading, “I AM MUSIC,” which currently serves as Carti’s Instagram profile picture, so it’s believed that I Am Music is the album’s title.
Watch the “H00DByAir” video and other posts about the song below.
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