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Idris Elba seems to be increasingly dropping hints that he wants to suit up again as his The Suicide Squad anti-hero Bloodsport. While walking the red carpet for his new movie, Beast, Elba made it clear that he wants to come back and tell the backstory of how his character put Superman in the ICU. Granted, the answer is “Bloodsport shot him with a Kryptonite battle,” but Elba is eager to bring the classic comic book moment to life.

“I would definitely like to tell the Superman story. There’s no doubt,” Elba told Variety. “Bloodsport versus Superman. It needs to happen.”

Before anyone chalks this up as wishful thinking, Elba also recently told reporter Erik Davis that he’s got a “got a really big thing cooking for DC right now.”

As for what all of this means… well, that is anyone’s guess. However, The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has been teasing another spinoff project following the success of Peacemaker. More notably, he tweeted about Elba’s character back in May and gave this notably cryptic answer to a fan who asked if Bloodsport will return: “That would be nice wouldn’t it?”

There have also been rumblings of Henry Cavill returning as Superman, but those rumors flatlined when he didn’t show up at this year’s Comic-Con despite headlines claiming he’d make a surprise appearance. Although, it didn’t take long for the Cavill talk to immediately fire up again when it was reported shortly after the Comic-Con no-show that he tested positive for COVID.

While all of this sounds exciting, there’s still the specter of whatever the heck is going on at Warner Bros. Discovery in the air. The newly formed media conglomerate recently shelved Batgirl, and it has been making waves about reconfiguring the DC brand. While Gunn has made assurances that none of this has affected his work on Peacemaker season two, it’s hard not to feel the palpable uncertainty around any DC Comics project right now.

(Via Variety)

“Ozymandias” is not only widely considered to be the best episode of Breaking Bad — it’s in the running for the best episode of any TV show. (I’m partial to the season two episode of Dog with a Blog, “The Mutt and the Mogul,” but you do you.) It’s the only episode with a 10 out of 10 rating on IMDb, although the latest episode of Better Call Saul might deserve a perfect score, too, for two reasons:

1. It parallels “Ozymandias”

2. Kim Wexler looks cool as hell while smoking a cigarette in the rain

These are equally important.

In “Ozymandias,” Walter threatens his family, and when the police are called, he has a moment of self-realization of what a monster he’s become before cowardly fleeing the house. In “Waterworks,” Saul threatens poor Marion, and when the police are called, he also has a moment of self-realization of what a monster he’s become before cowardly fleeing the house. It’s striking when you watch the scenes side by side, as seen below:

“Ozymandias” ends with Walt being picked up by a van that takes him to Best Quality Vacuum, where he gets a new identity and leaves the state. What happens next for Saul? The promo for the series finale (!) has Gene reciting the code to get in touch with Ed (“Hoover Max Extract Pressure Pro model 60”), but Gene is already his new identity — his third identity, actually. Does he have any moves left to play?

One thing’s for sure: Walt taking baby Holly in “Ozymandias” was bad, but Gene nearly clocking the drugged-out cancer patient in the coconut with his dead dog’s ashes is even worse.

(Via Reddit)

It’s been nearly four years since Lil Wayne released Tha Carter V, the most recent installment in his trademark series. After kicking off the series in 2004 with Tha Carter, Wayne reached for GOAT rapper status with That Carter II in 2005 before winning a Grammy with 2008’s Tha Carter III. Three years later we returns with Tha Carter IV which sold nearly a million copies in its first week. A dispute between Wayne and Birdman, who owns Cash Money Records which Wayne was previously signed to, caused Tha Carter V to be delayed until 2018. Hopefully, there are no delay issues when it’s time for Tha Carter VI to arrive.

When Will Lil Wayne Release Tha Carter VI?

There isn’t an official release date for yet, but Lil Wayne previously announced that the project is “coming soon.” He shared this news during his performance at Drake’s OVO Festival earlier this month. As we know with artists, “coming soon” means as early as two weeks to as far as sixth months, sometimes even longer. With that being said, we’ll have to wait a bit longer for some concrete information about Tha Carter VI.

The upcoming album, which would make for the 14th in Wayne’s career and the first since Funeral, is one that he’s been talking about for a couple of years now. Back in 2020, during an interview with Variety, he said, “My favorite Carter album is the next one.” The following year, during an appearance on ESPN, he said, “Carter VI is coming soon, but I got No Ceilings coming first. No Ceilings 3.” The latter project was released at the end of 2020, which cleared the way for Wayne to continue and finish work on Tha Carter IV.

Sheesh, sun seekers, please strap in! Much like your local summer fruits which are no doubt coming into season, this was a ripe two-week stretch of summer vacations and with them, the solemn duty of watching. August can be tricky in the NBA. Some guys are attending or running camps, pick-up runs, and pro-ams, which means the unwarranted (and frankly, unwanted) expectations begin to rear up that athletes should be “getting serious”, even though the regular season is still months away. Thankfully, one of the best indicators of this unsolicited advice not landing is that the vacations keep coming.

So many, in fact, that I am going to advise you to fill up your water bottle or glass to periodically sip throughout this dispatch. Nobody needs to get parched having fun in the vicarious sun.

Steph Curry

Ultimate wife guy, Steph Curry, took the ultimate anniversary vacation to the south of France, and while we congratulate Ayesha and Steph we also thank Ayesha, more directly, because she was responsible for making sure we saw Steph Curry’s reaction to a cake with a giant sparkler jammed in it.

Rating: Reaction about the same to shattering 3-point records night after night, which tracks.

Luka Doncic

Luka is a prime example of the earlier, please focus on your own vacation or lack thereof, behavior. This guy cannot catch a break. He’s puffin’ on a stogie and holding a nice glass of wine, kind of dressed up? Wrong: He’s miles from the gym, and how dare he be wearing a shirt with buttons on. Tickling some ivories in board shorts, while sun streams in through the windows around him? No: He should be pummeling the hardwood in a gym filled with garish, bracing fluorescent light and these shorts aren’t regulation.

Rating: Dudes, relax.

Devin Booker

Not to get anyone too excited but this might be a SVW first. Are Devin Booker and Kendall Jenner, rumored to be in splits-ville, actually spending a fine and very much their own business summer in still-together-burgh? You don’t huck axes in the woods, or declare yourself a ‘trek king’ (TNG or rugged backwoods) with just anybody.

Rating: You may ask, “Does Book, who looks demonstratively chill in everything he does, really need a vacation?” Yes!!

Klay Thompson

NBA champ and beloved sea captain, Klay Thompson, went to the Bahamas and alas, it looks like, did not bring his captain’s hat. He did however bring plenty of literal laid back success when he dug his toes down in the white sands to carve out an emphatic message to the world.

Rating: You may ask, “Much like the saying, ‘If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?’ If someone writes on a beach and doesn’t take a picture, does the message get swallowed up by the sea?” Yes!!

Ben Simmons

I don’t typically like to share a completely out of context, generic, view from a speeding boat with a sizeable lounging area pics as hard evidence that someone is either on, or having, a good vacation, but, after the season Ben Simmons had, I’d share if he was having a longer shower than usual.

Rating: Now the bath information I would keep to myself.

Chris Paul

CP3 was engaging in the time honored tradition of throwing your kids, mid-protest but also laughing, into the pool.

Rating: Do we dock points for tube socks around the pool? In this economy?

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy went on a nice work trip to Bogota, Colombia, to no doubt wish Gustavo Petro well in leading the people in a historic, left-wing switch, but also as a research trip for the thing he loves third best in the world: coffee. Yes, a work trip is getting a pass here, but frankly for a man who wakes up pre-dawn to work out, doing some comparatively relaxing tasks like hauling beans, climbing a mountain, and dunking on kids in a pickup game in Bogota, feels pretty relaxing.

Rating: The first and second things he loves best are his daughter, and Kyle Lowry. Sorry Mark Walhberg, you’re out.

Serge Ibaka

Mr. MaFuzzy Man traveled to Lison, Portugal, for his brother’s wedding, where we also were treated to seeing the origins of Avec Classe in Serge’s dad. Not to take too much away from that experience, but Serge has also been getting into the skincare influencer game, sharing some of the secrets to looking so… like he does.

Rating: I just hope you’ve got some compost lying around.

Rudy Gobert

Rudy can’t stop going on vacation, or looking pensively out at the sea wearing hypercolor swim trunks while golden light showers down on him and his platonic bestie.

Rating: Which is fine, this is literally what we’re here for.

Kevin Love

Kevin Love LOVES a summer vacation, taking as many as three very extensively planned trips a few summers ago that saw him, his new wife Kate Bock, and their dog dropping off a helicopter into Canada’s arctic to romp around as a family on glaciers “for fun”. Love is now on his honeymoon! Sharing soulful snaps of him looking out across the savanna in Tanzania, clutching an extremely pro camera, and captioning honeymoon photos with sweet nothings like, “It’s Kill or Be Killed”.

Rating: Aw!

Jordan Clarkson

It was Jordan Clarkson time to go to the local fair and fill up on smoked turkey legs.

Rating: An exciting new medieval time for Jordan Clarkson to have.

Tyrese Maxey

Maxey was taking a nice summer staycation in his own backyard, never scoffed at or scorned here in these hallowed get-yourself-a-base-tan-that-can-do-both halls, and the only thing that was missing was his dog, who refused to get in the pool with him.

Rating: Maybe he just got his lifeguard certification.

Jusuf Nurkic

Nurk was chilling in Croatia, enjoying an espresso and the view of about half a dozen mega yachts.

Rating: Thinking generous thoughts for the person in the comments who wrote, “Kinda like the Willamette”.

Bogdan Bogdanovic

Bogdan took a great selfie on the back of a boat, and from my years of expertise and field research I can tell you he has not been in the water yet. However, his lack of sunglasses makes me feel as if he is about to.

Rating: Like the Talking Heads wailed on and on about, take me to THIS river, and drop me in THIS water, stat.

Kyle Kuzma

Kuz, who just got back from several vacations as recounted in SVW’s first dispatch, went and took himself on another one. Rather, he took his gf, Winnie Harlow, to Jamaica for her birthday.

Also, if Tyrese Maxey wants some tips about coaxing his stoic dog into the pool, he should take them from Kuzma who gently and encouraging took one of his shepherds, Duke, around the pool.

Rating: I don’t want to alarm anybody but this summer’s SVW MVP race is so far looking like a breakaway sprint???

Justin Holiday

Remember the City Slickers vibe of Kent Bazemore’s, Harrison Barnes’s and Justin Holiday’s trip to Colorado? Well Justin got the frontiersman bug in him, and I’m not talking about something carried by ticks. Justin started practicing archery in his backyard, reimagining a favored and well-worn saying that probably has the archery community absolutely LOVING IT.

Rating: Us too, this rules.

JaVale McGee

Remember what I just said about summer staycations and enjoying the pool you have instead of wishing for the pool you don’t? Well JaVale McGee (and Spencer Dinwiddie and Anthony Roberson) really took that to heart, captured here enjoying sprawling in the shallow end thanks to the stealthy efforts of JaVale’s sister.

Rating: Is Dinwiddie wearing capris?

Mike Conley

Kindest man alive, Mike Conley, took a beautiful vacation with his beautiful family to Cabo, and if you didn’t choke up looking at these photos have I got some news for you!

Rating: The news is you’re a monster.

Josh Richardson

Josh Richardson has some excellent advice for all the summer vacation naysayers and narcs who want strangers they’ve never met to “get to work on their bodies”.

Rating: The scorching burn level of this post is barely mitigated by the giant sun umbrella.

Rui Hachimura

Rui went on a dude’s trip to Mykonos where he enjoyed some beautiful vistas and all the dudes in question chatted beforehand to make sure they each had the right breezy, button-up shirt for “mixed patterns night”.

Rating: They are (unfortunately for us but fortunately for him) carrying that one guy in the back.

Justise Winslow

If you didn’t know this was take your baby to the beach month you’ve got your priorities all wrong.

Rating: Please get a load of this baby, because even Justise sure can’t get enough.

Josh Okogie

SO sorry to Josh Okogie, who went to Europe and had a fantastic and pretty funny (like all the pics you’d take in Europe) time, only for me to miss it in my first recap. Never again, Josh!

Here we can see Josh also stocked up on the currency of summer (water balloons) and took his mom on a sunset beach horseback ride.

Rating: What I said earlier about SVW MVP being all but locked up? Well, I was wrong.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Kelly went on his honeymoon to Rome, and the Tsunami Papi enjoyed everything from great works of art, to great fountains, to the ancient, footworn tracks on the ancient, cobblestone streets.

Rating: Mama mia that’s amore. Sorry, trying to delete.

Wedding Bells Were Ringing!

What’s this? A mini section? Well, when summer is the only time to really cut loose it’s also the time most NBA athletes get married. These last couple weeks saw no fewer than three nuptials and happy couples joined in holy summer matrimony.

Tobias Harris

Tobias Harris got married to his longtime love, Jasmin Winton, but had to clarify that it was not to his other longtime love, Boban Marjanović. What a rich life, to have so many longtime loves people would mistake you for marrying! Guests included DeAndre Jordan, Georges Niang, and most likely Boban Marjanović. Congratulations!

De’Aaron Fox

Swipa Da Fox had a sick wedding where Jayson Tatum and Bam Adebayo sang and laughed their hearts out, T-Pain performed, and Trae Young lost his mind over T-Pain performing. Congratulations!

Kelly Olynyk

Kelly Olynyk got married in a snapback? Anyway, wouldn’t you love to have Udonis Haslem at your wedding, giving all the other guests intense and heartfelt pep talks about supporting you by having a good time and not clinking their glasses because how gauche is that? Justice Winslow, who you saw as recently showing off his adorable baby on the beach, was also there. Congratulations!

Where In The World Is Metta World Peace?

Friends of this column will be familiar with past iterations of this subsection, including, ‘Paul Pierce’s Place’, but is now being taken over with good reason by Metta World Peace.

Metta was first seen lying down on his belly in a river in Lake Tahoe, enjoying a tall can and some ducks. Then, he went north to enjoy a coffee in the woods of British Columbia, before hopping in an inner-tube and going speeding down a white water river, getting kind of far away for my liking but oh, ok, he was fine, and sat down for a nice sunset dinner later on.

Hot off the release of his latest single, “Dance Now,” rapper JID has announced the release date for his long-anticipated third studio album, The Forever Story. The album marks his first album in four years, following the release of his sophomore album, DiCaprio 2 in 2018.

Set to drop later this month, The Forever Story contains collaborations with Kenny Mason, 21 Savage, and Baby Tate. The Dreamville rapper was also reported to have been working in the studio with Dr. Dre earlier this year.

Last fall, JID collaborated with Imagine Dragons for a song called “Enemy,” from Arcane League Of Legends. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He spoke with Billboard about the success of the song, and later dived into his upcoming album.

“This next album [The Forever Story] is the best sh*t I’ve ever done in my life,” JID said. “Every step I’ve taken was worth it, and our blocks are building.”

Earlier today, JID revealed the album’s cover art, which was shot by photographer Naskademini. On the cover, JID is seen standing in the middle of a crowd containing people from all walks of life.

Check out the cover art below.

The Forever Story is out 8/26 via Dreamville/Interscope. Pre-save it here.

Cobra Kai‘s fourth season finale revealed how Terry Silver installed himself as the most dastardly karate villain of the franchise. He’d made sure that John Kreese got framed for his own (brutal) misdeeds and put behind bars for the time being. The Season 5 trailer revealed how Terry was making good on his threat to expand the Cobra Kai dojo throughout the Valley and make “no mercy” a standard for like a billion more schools.

New Season 5 stills reveal that plan in action, and front and center, you’ll see Dallas Dupree Young, who’s been promoted from bullied kid to series regular.

And meanwhile, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence must come together for real and try to leave their egos behind, if they can.

To that end, Karate Kid II antagonist Chozen will (again) return to help the Miyagi-Do cause (and tell Silver that he’s “gasoline” to his enemy’s “fire”), and Silver’s probably going to have to deal with a little bit of opposition within his ranks. Ideally, that will come from Tory, who believed that she won the All Valley Tournament fair and square, only to learn that Silver paid off a judge to make a bad call in her fight against Samantha.

There’s no telling whether Tory will simmer in her rage for the entirety of the season, but it’s clear that Silver needs some help to run all of his hydra-head schools. So, he’s enlisted a The Karate Kid III villain, Mike Barnes, with Sean Kanan returning to pick up like so many O.G. cast members have done before. What Barnes will do, there’s no telling, but since he’s doing it at Silver’s behest, you can bet that he’ll be up to no good.

All of the show’s success (and the cross-generational appeal) is a testament to how showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg have managed to deftly weave in characters from the past at the right moment. Yes, I’d like to see more of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali, but I’ll trust them to make it happen when the time is right. Like maybe she can pop onto the screen and kick Silver in the nads.

Admit it, you wouldn’t be mad if that happened.

Netflix’s Cobra Kai returns on September 9.

The Little League World Series can often produce incredible moments, both in terms of awe-inspiring athletic achievement from the youngsters on the field and awesome sportsmanship on display.

On Tuesday, we saw the latter on display in the first inning of the Southwest Region Final between Texas East and Oklahoma, when the Texas East pitcher, Kaiden Shelton, had a fastball get away from him and hit Oklahoma batter Isaiah Jarvis in the helmet. It was a scary scene, but happily the helmet did its job and Jarvis was alright, able to continue on in the game and take his spot at first base to continue the inning. However, Shelton was very shaken up by what had just happened and was struggling to move on from the moment, so the batter strode to the mound and gave him a hug, consoling him and encouraging him to keep on pitching.

It’s a very cool moment that is pretty unique to an event like the Little League World Series, and kudos to Jarvis for being willing to show that kind of compassion for his opponent who very clearly delivered that high and tight pitch on accident given his reaction. Shelton would still leave the game afterwards, as it was understandably a difficult thing to continue on the mound after having a pitch get away after, but he’ll surely appreciate the show of support from Jarvis and everyone else at the ballpark.

On one fateful day in September 2017, Dennis Graham, best known as Drake’s dad, sat down and had a tattoo artist put Drake’s face right on his bicep. That was nearly five years ago now but the ink is still on Drake’s mind: Yesterday, he dug up a photo of the portrait, shared it on Instagram, and wrote, “@therealdennisg I was just sitting here thinking why you do me like this we family [crying laughing emojis].” Graham responded in the comments, “Hahaha I had 16 people to try and straighten this out,they’re hurting me.”

The good news (for Dennis’ sake) is that he quickly got the tattoo re-done: In February 2018, Inal Bersekov took a crack at covering up the tattoo and the result came out a lot better than the original attempt at it.

Drake and Graham are not the only ones having a laugh at the tattoo in its original form, as Drake re-sharing it brought renewed attention to it and therefore fresh fan reactions.

Plenty of folks chimed in with who they think the ink really looks like, with picks including former NFL star Arian Foster, Handsome Squidward from SpongeBob, and MMA fighter Rampage Jackson.

That’s Arian Foster. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/74m6JjWfRJ

— Three Dog Knight (@Kid_From_Quincy) August 8, 2022

pic.twitter.com/ap66kODKLv

— ghostface (@scottAYYlers) August 8, 2022

That's @Rampage4real pic.twitter.com/cZFIS25Qo3

— Bud Lee (@StopTheNerfing) August 9, 2022

Meanwhile, others are roasting (or empathizing with) the artist.

your son is drake and you couldn’t afford a quality portrait tattoo artist? https://t.co/LgBJXrsRRx

— amiri poo (@thegentledyke) August 8, 2022

The tattoo artist seeing this negatively blow up: pic.twitter.com/3dkZ68ECa3

— Just A Yankees Fan (@CasaYanks) August 8, 2022

Check out some more reactions below.

How you gonna be DRAKE’s dad and get a tattoo portrait this bad 😂 don’t u got money babe https://t.co/xXhxsRKXvV

— breezy (@cbreezy512) August 8, 2022

Out of all the Drakes, Drake’s dad picked Dominican Drake for his tattoo pic.twitter.com/N5aJyw2pcx

— journalist jawn (@dirtywhiteups) August 8, 2022

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Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they really love in its true form, we’ll be offering a digest of the best new R&B songs that fans of the genre should hear every Friday.

Since the last update of this weekly R&B and afrobeats column, we’ve received plenty of music and news from the genre’s artists. Beyonce dropped her long-awaited Renaissance album, complete with 16 songs and features from Grace Jones, Tems, and Beam, and followed it up with an EP of “Break My Soul” remixes. The Weeknd recruited Summer Walker for a remix of “Best Friends” while John Legend and Saweetie danced the night away on “All She Wanna Do,” which comes from the latter’s upcoming album Legend. Elsewhere, Kaytranada and Anderson .Paak joined forces for “Twin Flame.”

Here are some more on the new music front that you should check out:

Duckwrth & Syd — “Ce Soir”

Duckwrth has always given listeners room to dance and be their freest and truest selves. That trend continues with “Ce Soir” alongside Syd. The song, whose title translates to “tonight” in French, is a sex-positive track that beams with anticipation of intimacy at nightfall. “Ce Soir” is the first single from Duckwrth’s upcoming EP, Chrome Bull, which arrives on August 26.

Vedo & OG Parker — While You Wait

After setting things up with a pair of singles, “Face Down” and “Come First,” Vedo and OG Parker have unveiled their new project, While You Wait. It’s a quick strike effort with just eight songs to its name, but each is sultry, passionate, and focused on the most intimate aspects of love. While You Wait also features Baby Tate and Dusty Locane.

Black Party — Hummingbird

It’s been three years since we were introduced to an Endless Summer, but Black Party is finally back with a new body of work. Hummingbird arrives with 12 songs, just two more than Endless Summer, and it also presents appearances from Gwen Bunn, Kari Faux, DMP Jere, Zoe Mazah, Saba, Jean Deaux, and Childish Gambino. Altogether, the project is inspired by Black Party’s frequent and unique interactions with a hummingbird who only visited his studio as music played throughout the project’s creative process.

They. — “Lonely” Feat. Bino Rideaux

Dante Jones and Drew Love, better known as They., are closer than ever to releasing their third album. The follow-up to The Amanda Tape has been preceded by enticing singles like “Blü Moon” and “Comfortable” with Fana Hues, and now, they follow those records up with “Lonely” with Bino Rideaux. The track is for the cool-minded folks of the world as it presents a nonchalant and chill approach from the duo that invites a woman of their liking to spend some time with them.

Leon Thomas & Ty Dolla Sign — “Love Jones”

Prior to this year, Leon Thomas helped craft numerous records by the likes of Drake, Ariana Grande, Rick Ross, and many more. In 2022, Leon shifted things back to his own career as he prepares to release his first project since 2018’s Genesis. The journey towards that continues with the sultry and rich “Love Jones” with Ty Dolla Sign. The record is undeniably seductive as the pair displays their admiration for their special someone.

Fireboy DML — Playboy

After releasing his impressive second project Apollo in 2020, Fireboy DML reached new heights in 2021 thanks to his single, “Peru.” The record, which was later remixed by Ed Sheeran, was one of afrobeats’ most played records summer last summer. This year, Fireboy DML returns with his third project thanks to Playboy. Through 14 songs, Fireboy DML’s soft vocals glide over rhythmic production with features from Asake, Euro, Shenseea, Chris Brown, Rema, and Ed Sheeran.

Felivand — Ties

Australian singer Felivand takes her official step into the spotlight with her debut project Ties. Through 12 songs, her soothing vocals arrive as a perfect companion for the project’s lush and breezy production. She gets vulnerable and confessional on the project but doesn’t allow herself to be lost in comfortable through the album’s warm atmosphere.

Jordan Hawkins — “Super Power”

With all the talk about R&B life, or lack thereof, one could go on and on about the genre’s undeniable bright spots. One of those comes with Jordan Hawkins who released his excellent Heart Won’t Stop EP last year, a project spotlighted by the phenomenal “Risky.” Hawkins seems prepared to start his next chapter and it begins with the soaring “Super Power,” a record absolutely worth your time and attention.

Rileyy Lanez — “Blessings”

Following a fairly quiet 2021 year, Bronx singer Rileyy Lanez is back to get things rolling this year. She returns with “Blessings,” which thumping and emotional record that she uses to detail a bad relationship she experienced. Despite doing her best and bringing nothing but “blessings” to the table, Rileyy says she was only put through hell in the relationship, forcin her to cut off contact.

Mr Eazi — “Personal Baby”

Mr Eazi is looking to make another step forward in afrobeats, a genre he contributed heavily to during the genre’s modern-day rise in the mid-2010s. His new single “Personal Baby” reimagines the Banku sound he helped trademark with songs like “Skin Tight” and “Leg Over.” Now, with his currently-untitled debut album on the way, “Personal Baby” offers another thing to anticipate with the upcoming project that is also supported by his other 2022 single, “Legalize.”

Bella Shmurda — “New Born Fella”

After 2021’s High Tension 2.0 with Dangbana Republik, afrobeats singer Bella Shmurda has been hard at work in 2022. With singles like “Many Things” and “Fvck Off” under his belt, Bella adds another record to his 2022 discography with “New Born Fella.” The track is a boastful record that sees Bella crown himself as the “new born fella.” If he continues to put out strong records, that title will become more and more attached to his name.

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

Earlier this week, Ashton Kutcher appeared on an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge where he went into detail about a rare but serious disorder that kept him from walking, hearing, and seeing.

Kutcher revealed that two years ago, he had a “weird, super rare form of vasculitis,” which involves the inflammation of the blood vessels. The disorder, he explained to Grylls, “knocked out my vision, and knocked out my hearing, and knocked out all my equilibrium.” He said, “It took me like a year to build it all back up. You don’t really appreciate it till it’s gone, until you go, ‘I don’t know if I’m ever going to see again. I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to hear again. I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to walk again.’”

Obviously, Kutcher was able to learn how to walk and see again, which gave him a new lease on life. He added that he’s “lucky to be alive” after the incident.

The actor, who will soon return to the screen in the That ’70s Show spinoff, took to Twitter to clear up any misconceptions about his disorder: “Before there are a bunch of rumors/ chatter/ whatever out there. Yes, I had a rare vasculitis episode 3yrs ago. (Autoimmune flair up) I had some impairments hear, vision, balance issues right after. I fully recovered. All good. Moving on. See you at the 2022 NY Marathon w/Thorn.”

Even though Kutcher experienced side effects, he has since fully recovered and will even run in the New York Marathon later this year, which is very impressive for anyone, let alone someone who was struggling to walk a few years ago. Good luck to Ashton, both on the marathon and the upcoming That ’90s Show.