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Jhené Aiko and Big Sean look overjoyed in recently released pictures from their baby shower: The “None of Your Concern” singer shared photos from her baby shower with Sean on Instagram, and fans can’t stop talking about the rapper’s attire for the memorable affair. The couple just recently announced they would be having a baby boy during a performance at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

“Burberry shirt at the baby shower. Big Sean understands culture,” one person tweeted.

The couple was surrounded by their closest friends and family during the intimate gathering to honor the baby boy. Aiko and Sean celebrated their impending bundle of joy with a NASA-themed party, complete with blue balloons and space decorations.

In July, the couple again shook up social media after releasing their maternity photos covered in gold.

When it comes to music, so far, there has been no word about a release date for their follow-up to 2016’s Twenty88. But the duo did announce they have been working on the album since February of this year.

“We’ve been working on it for a little bit,” Sean said during a recent Instagram Live with Queen Naija. “It’s coming along, though.”

Sean had recently collaborated with YouTube-star-turned-songstress on their single, “Hate Our Love.”

PinkPantheress performed her own set at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, but that will likely be buried in her memory behind joining Sunday headliners Paramore to perform “Misery Business.”

One fan captured Hayley Williams welcoming PinkPantheress to the stage and asking her to introduce herself. “I’m PinkPantheress,” the burgeoning UK pop star said while wiping her eyes, met by a screaming crowd. “Thank you for letting me on the stage. This is so amazing. I’m doing music because of you. … I’m not gonna get into it! I just love you so much.” They then launched into a spirited duet of “Misery Business.”

PinkPantheress also posted a video to her Instagram story that shows Williams announcing that she wanted PinkPantheress to join Paramore, and PinkPantheress walking from backstage to greet Williams with a hug. “Stop why am [I] not wearing shoes,” PinkPantheress wrote atop the video footage. “FFS I LUV PARAMORE U CHANGED MY LIFE hayley williams [sic] you are my world, my truth and the air I breathe.”

Paramore resurrected “Misery Business” earlier this month, performing it for the first time as a group since September 2018 during the first show of their 12-date North American tour. (Williams performed the band’s seminal track with Billie Eilish at Coachella in April.)

This Is Why, Paramore’s sixth studio album and first new release since 2017, is due early next year. The title track commenced their comeback last month. The band’s next stop will be at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Thursday (October 20).

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

Flo Milli’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Tour is officially underway. The Montgomery, Alabama rapper headlines her first-ever tour courtesy of Monster Energy after blowing up during the pandemic with her debut mixtape Ho, Why Is You Here and placement on the 2021 XXL Freshman Class. The tour kicks off today in Atlanta for the first of two nights there, then moves on to dates in New York and Chicago before concluding in Los Angeles next month.

The openers on the tour are rising stars Monaleo and Gogo Morrow, the latter of whom will join on selected dates. Monaleo is a rapper from Houston best known for her viral TikTok hit “Beating Down Yo Block.” She’s since released a string of successful singles including Girls Outside,” “Suck It Up,” and “We Not Humping,” garnering a small but passionate following behind her rambunctious, defiant rhymes and precise delivery. Gogo Morrow, meanwhile, hails from Philadelphia and built a career as a backup singer for artists like Lady Gaga before signing to Kenya Barris’ Interscope Records imprint, Khalabo Music.

Check out the dates for the tour below.

10/17 — Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
10/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
10/20 — Harrisonburg, VA @ James Madison University
10/21 — Washington D.C. @ The Howard Theatre
10/24 — New York, NY @ The Irving Plaza
10/25 — New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/26 — Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10/28 — Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD
10/29 — Toronto, ON @ The Axis Club
10/31 — Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
11/1 — Chicago @ Avondale Music Hall
11/2 — Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam
11/4 — Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
11/5 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex (Grand)
11/7 — Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/8 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
11/9 — Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
11/11 — Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club
11/15 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
11/16 — Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre

Steve Bannon could be looking at jail time after being found guilty on contempt of Congress charges over the summer. Donald Trump’s former advisor is staring down the barrel of a sentencing hearing on Friday, and federal prosecutors are pushing for both the maximum prison sentence and the maximum fine after Bannon repeatedly boasted that he’ll pay whatever the governor throws at him.

Via CNN:

“For his sustained, bad-faith contempt of Congress, the Defendant should be sentenced to six months’ imprisonment – the top end of the Sentencing Guidelines’ range – and fined $200,000 – based on his insistence on paying the maximum fine rather than cooperate with the Probation Office’s routine pre-sentencing financial investigation,” prosecutors wrote in their court filing on Monday.

According to the sentencing recommendation filed on Monday, Bannon’s role in the January 6 attack warrants a stiff punishment. “The rioters who overran the Capitol on January 6 did not just attack a building – they assaulted the rule of law upon which this country was built and through which it endures,” prosecutors wrote. “By flouting the Select Committee’s subpoena and its authority, the Defendant exacerbated that assault.”

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg for Bannon’s legal troubles. After being found guilty on the contempt charges, he was indicted in New York for allegedly ripping off MAGA supporters with his “We Build The Wall” organization. Before leaving office, Trump had pardoned Bannon in the midst of a federal investigation that hilariously saw him being arrested on a boat by the Postal Service. However, that pardon does not protect Bannon at the state level where he’s now facing charges.

(Via CNN)

Today (October 17), the first round of performers for the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards were announced. Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro and Colombian pop star Sebastián Yatra will be hitting the stage next month.

Bad Bunny is the most-nominated artist at the Latin Grammy Awards this year with 10 nominations. He’s followed by famous couple Alejandro and Rosalía who have eight nominations each. Rosalía’s Motomami album has an additional nomination in a technical category.

Alejandro’s nominations include Record Of The Year for featuring on Shakira‘s global hit “Te Felicito” and Song Of The Year for Daddy Yankee’s “Agua” with Nile Rodgers. Alejandro has teased his upcoming album Saturno with the singles “Lokera” and recently “Punto 40 Año 2077” featuring Baby Rasta. There’s no doubt that he’s ready to bring a dance party to the Latin Grammy Awards.

2022 has been a breakout year for Yatra. He received four nominations this year, including Album Of The Year for Dharma and Song Of The Year for “Tacones Rojos.” In March, Yatra performed “Dos Oruguitas” from Disney’s Encanto soundtrack at the Academy Awards. He’s going to be singing on the Latin Grammys stage next.

Other performers this year include Mexican icon Marco Antonio Solís, pop duo Jesse y Joy, and Chiquis. In 2020, Chiquis became the first female artist to win Best Banda Album. She’s up for the award again for her Abeja Reina LP. The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards will take place in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 17. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Univision.

Episode eight of Pod Yourself The Wire is now available early at Patreon.com/frotcast. Episode seven is now available for free.

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With each pod we get closer to landing David Simon. Today’s guest is not only a casual acquaintance of Baltimore’s preeminent erudite curse word factory, she’s also the author of Down City: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Memory, and Murder. Pod Yourself A Gun guest Leah Carroll returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season one, episode eight: “Lessons.”

Appropriate that the name of the name of the episode is “Lessons” because everyone learned something. McNulty learns that his children are too good at the front & follow “game” he taught them after he loses them while they tail Stringer Bell shopping at a farmer’s market. The market’s security guard learns what everyone else knows about Jimmy – he’s just not a good dad. We all learn that Stringer Bell drives a sensible maroon Toyota Camry, and from Stringer, the corner boys-turned-copy boys learn the difference between elastic and inelastic products. It’s not just fictional characters learning lessons, Matt learns that he’s using an outdated and and disrespectful term for sex workers. Crazy because he’s basically a sex worker himself, what with this podcast making all our listeners so damn horny.

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Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert‘s Colorado neighborhood doesn’t sound like the most peaceful place in which to reside. A few months ago, allegations surfaced about Lauren’s husband, Jayson, wanting “to fight with everyone in the neighborhood.” This followed an incident in which a 911 call detailed allegations of their son driving “like 50 miles per hour” down residential streets. That situation seems to have calmed down, but now, another controversy is afoot. And for the record, Boebert is denying all involvement in this incident, which involves the death of a neighbor’s dog.

The American Muckrakers PAC (which Boebert previously threatened to sue for spreading salacious stories about her after they helped to tank Madison Cawthorn’s reelection prospects) shared a screen cap that purports to be from a Boebert neighbor, who directly accused Lauren of shooting the husky in August 2022. These are enormous accusations (you can read them here) with the woman writing, “[Y]ou took my bestfriend away with the ‘power’ of your gun.”

In response, Boebert came forward to declare that she had nothing to do with the killing of her neighbor’s dog. “For the uninformed trolls: The story that was started saying I killed a neighbors dog is not true. I’ve never shot or killed any dog, ever,” she wrote. “A neighbor told the police that he shot two dogs.” Boebert also mentioned, “I believe there is a police report that verifies the neighbor’s account of why he shot the dogs.”

The congresswoman counters that she had heard that “the dogs he shot” were “killing livestock in our neighborhood including several of our family’s goats.” Newsweek follows up after an email from Boebert, who screencapped a Facebook post from another neighbor, Tina Bergonzini, who insisted that Boebert didn’t kill any dogs. “The cops were contacted, they know who shot the dogs,” Bergonzini reportedly posted. “My boyfriend shot both of them.”

(Via Newsweek)

Taylor Swift was rumored to be the halftime performer for this season’s Super Bowl for an afternoon before Rihanna was confirmed earlier last month, but Swift is still incorporating the NFL in her Midnights rollout.

The powerhouse songwriter shared her “Midnights Manifest” across her social channels, featuring an animated calendar for this week leading up to her tenth studio album’s arrival on Friday (October 21). Thursday is designated with, “Teaser trailer – 3rd quarter of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video.”

Swift’s presence was first teased during halftime of last week’s Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video. It was the undisputed highlight of a snoozefest between the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders.

“It’s a little chilly tonight in the Windy City. Might be time to break out the cardigans and red scarf,” host Charissa Thompson said, as fellow broadcaster Tony Gonzalez pointed at the red scarf he was wearing. “For the Bears, they need to calm down and get things turned around so the clock doesn’t strike midnight on their season. And if that sounds like I’m intentionally making more than my fair share of references to arguably the most famous musical artist in the world right now, well, you know what? You know it all too well, and you might just want to check out Thursday Night Football on Prime Video next week as the Saints travel to Arizona for an exclusive premiere of something very, very special. Trust me.”

Swift announced Midnights while accepting Video Of The Year at August’s 2022 MTV VMAs and methodically revealed the tracklist through TikTok in subsequent weeks.

Midnights is out on 10/21 via Republic. Pre-order it here.

Earlier this summer the NBA lost one of its all-time greats in Bill Russell, as the 11-time champion died at 88 years old. The league announced they would be retiring Russell’s number league-wide in August, with players already wearing No. 6 allowed to continue to do so, and many teams have put his number on their court this year in remembrance of the legend.

In Boston, where Russell won his 11 titles and led the Celtics to one of the all-time great runs in team sports, the team will honor their franchise’s best with a number of tributes, including a new set of City Edition uniforms inspired by Russell that they will wear in the season opener on Tuesday night against the 76ers.

The script font is inspired by a restaurant Russell owned, Slade’s Bar & Grill, and features 11 gold diamonds on the side to represent his 11 championships, with the same 11 diamonds encircling his No. 6 on the belt.

They are extremely well done by the team and Nike, and immediately become one of the best alternate uniforms in the league. While Nike has missed on plenty of new uniforms since they started implementing the new editions for each team every year, these are a reminder that when there’s a real, specific inspiration for a uniform set they tend to be much better.

Diddy took New Music Friday seriously. He officially debuted “Gotta Move On” with Bryson Tiller, at this summer’s Billboard Music Awards. The Love Records track received a boost to carry it through autumn with three remixes: “Gotta Move On [Queens Remix]” featuring Ashanti, Tiller, and Yung Miami, plus the “Cool & Dre Remix” and “Kings Remix” featuring Fabolous, Tory Lanez and Tiller.

The “Queens Remix” came with a cinematic video. In the Kid Art-directed visual, Diddy cruises through New York City, Yung Miami raps alongside him, and Ashanti delivers her eyebrow-raising verse in a kitchen where a chef is plating delicacies.

Diddy dished on Ashanti’s involvement in the remix during a recent visit to The Breakfast Club, all but confirming that her verse is a direct response to Irv Gotti’s wild Drink Champs interview from August.

“I think that music and art could give you a chance to speak your mind when it comes to the love territory,” Diddy told The Breakfast Club. After I seen Irv [Gotti] do his thing, and I was just thinking, I was like, Sis may wanna express herself on this song.” He added, “We talk about whatever’s going through our lives. And Irv is my man, and I knew Ashanti before. Ashanti was, like, 14. And I just felt like with the music, I’m trying to get real truth out the music.”

In the “Queens Remix,” Ashanti doesn’t hold back, seemingly ripping Gotti a new one with pristine flow: “You thought that you could have it on the weekends / Now you’re mad ’cause I told you I was leaving / N***a, I’m done / N***a, I’m gone / N***a, move on / Too much of your sh*t, you got a little d*ck / It’s givin’ obsessed.”

The biggest clue that this is absolutely about Gotti is Ashanti mentioning that “it’s been twenty years,” and it’s beyond time to “say less” and “move on.”

With Drink Champs, Gotti went into intimate detail about his and Ashanti’s relationship around her 2002 single “Happy.” The Murder Inc. Records boss claimed that he found out Ashanti was dating Nelly while watching an NBA game on television, even though he was in love with her and had been together “every day for, like, two years.” As expected, there was backlash.

Watch all three remixes below.