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Just a few days after sharing the Coachella stage with Doja Cat — her biggest look yet — Rico Nasty pays the favor forward with her latest single, “Vaderz,” sharing her own spotlight with up-and-coming rapper Bktherula. Built on a pummeling bass drum track, “Vaderz” finds the two rebellious rappers yell-rapping their way through a pair of back-and-forth verses flexing all types of weaponry and denouncing phonies and haters.

In the year and four months since releasing her debut album, Nightmare Vacation, Rico’s had a few ups and downs — but way more ups than downs. Although she had to confront atrocious behavior from fans as she opened for Playboi Carti on his recent tour prompting a minor breakdown on Twitter, she received supportive messages from other women in hip-hop, including Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli.

Meanwhile, plenty of other opportunities have come her way since. She performed the Red Bull SoundClash in Chicago with Danny Brown, appeared on songs with Denzel Curry and Duke Deuce, and made her aforementioned appearance at Coachella to perform “Tia Tamera” alongside fellow rap oddball Doja Cat. It’s safe to say that things are looking up for the Uproxx cover star.

Watch Rico Nasty’s “Vaderz” video featuring Bktherula above.

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

The Fast & Furious franchise has a famously convoluted timeline, and that extends to the titles. Some are (relatively) straightforward, like 2 Fast 2 Furious, Furious 7, and F9, but others are abstract art, like the first movie being called The Fast and the Furious while the fourth is Fast & Furious. And why does The Fate of the Furious inexplicably break up the streak of numerical titles established with Fast Five, which isn’t called Fast 5 for some reason? It’s baffling, and unlike some, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

On Wednesday, Vin Diesel revealed the title of the 10th movie in the series, which sets a precedent by becoming the first Fast movie with a Roman numeral in the title: Fast X.

Fast X doesn’t come out until May 19, 2023, so there’s plenty of time to speculate about the plot. My theory: Fast X is a stealth crossover with Vin Diesel’s other action franchise, xXx. Much like Rocky vs. Rambo, the only man who can beat Vin Diesel is Vin Diesel.

Fast X (the second-to-last film in the cars goes fast and/or into space series) stars returning cast members like Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Sung Kang, as well as newcomers Jason Momoa, Daniela Melchior, and Brie Larson. Throw some Muppets in there, too, why not.

Everything’s coming up Yellowstone these days, which is an exaggeration, sure, but it sure does feel accurate sometimes. The Paramount Network show is the biggest cable hit since The Walking Dead, and this has prompted Paramount to quadruple down on related offerings, including the Sam Elliot-starring 1883 spinoff. Elliot strangely isn’t a fan of Yellowstone proper, but no matter. The universe keeps churning, and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan has a string of projects on the way, including Tulsa King with Sylvester Stallone.

Sheridan sat down with for a Variety cover story, where he discussed keeping all of his success in perspective. Actually, he thinks that Yellowstone‘s success has plenty to do with a lack of other pandemic viewing options during lockdown. Really! He remarked upon how he doesn’t think networks are imitating Yellowstone out of flattery but to capitalize upon the trend, and then Sheridan kept things humble:

“So I don’t know that it’s flattering, because I don’t think they’re doing it because ‘Yellowstone’ is good. They’re doing it because 15 million people watch it. And they’re like: ‘A lot of people watch Westerns. Let’s make Westerns’… Because everyone had watched virtually everything else in about six weeks” when the lockdowns began, they eventually found themselves with nothing else to watch but “Yellowstone.”

Sheridan also revealed how he doesn’t believe that his current work volume is “sustainable,” but he’s seizing the moment because the “opportunity to tell stories the way I want to tell them with a creative freedom that just doesn’t exist in this space.” Those are wise words, and that’s pretty much what happened with how Sheridan created Tulsa King, for which he wrote the script during early lockdown days. Then the “bit stir-crazy” Stallone read it within a day of receipt before declaring, “I love it. When do we shoot it?’” And the rest shall be TV history.

(Via Variety)

Elon Musk continued his trolling of Silicon Valley by blasting Netflix after the streaming giant reported it lost over 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of the year, causing stock prices to fall. To the surprise of no one, Musk’s rhetoric skewed heavily towards the right as the Tesla CEO accused Netflix of being too “woke.” Musk has been making similar complaints about Twitter after snatching up shares of the social media company and attempting a hostile takeover that many believe is yet another troll.

“The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable,” Musk tweeted late Monday night in response to an article on the streaming company’s stock price dropping over 20%.

Considering Musk has a sizable social media following, it didn’t take long for his legion of online fans to chime in. The Space X founder even took the time to agree with claims that wokeness is “the biggest threat to the civilization” that’s already affected the entire entertainment industry and not just Netflix.

However, like most critics who see wokeness behind every corner, Musk’s attacks don’t grasp the situation. Late last year, Netflix was embroiled in a scandal over Dave Chappelle‘s comedy special, The Closer, which prompted an employee walkout over his trans jokes. While Netflix CEO ultimately apologized for not listening to employee’s concerns at the outset of the controversy, the streaming giant did not sever ties with the comedian and have already lined up a new comedy series from Chappelle. Right-leaning comedian Jeff Foxworthy also recently released a Netflix special where he gripes about participation trophies to a predominantly white audience. If that’s “woke,” then the word has lost all meaning.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Bartees Strange has been working towards something this year: He signed with 4AD and dropped his debut single for the label, “Heavy Heart,” in March. Now, the inevitable album news has been revealed: Farm To Table is set for release on June 17. That news arrived alongside a new single, “Cosigns,” on which he shows love to some of his peers in music, like Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Barnett, and Lucy Dacus.

Most notably, the track is a stylistic departure for Bartees, starting as Auto-Tuned trap before working its way back to more familiar indie-rock territory.

Press materials note of the new album’s relationship to its predecessor, “Where his 2020 debut record Live Forever introduced the experiences and places that shaped Bartees (Flagey Brussels, Mustang Oklahoma), Farm To Table zeros in on the people — specifically his family — and those closest to him on his journey so far. With his career firmly on the ascent, Farm To Table examines Bartees’ constantly shapeshifting relationship with life post-Live Forever. It also speaks to a deeper lore that says, don’t forget where you came from, and this album is why.”

Watch the “Cosigns” video above. Below, find the Farm To Table art and tracklist, as well as Strange’s upcoming tour dates.

1. “Heavy Heart”
2. “Mullholland Dr”
3. “Wretched”
4. “Cosigns”
5. “Tours”
6. “Hold The Line”
7. “We Were Only Close For Like Two Weeks”
8. “Escape This Circus”
9. “Black Gold”
10. “Hennessy”

04/22 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre *
04/23 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
04/24 — Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre *
04/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
04/29 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
04/30 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
05/01 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
05/04 — Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ *
05/05 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
05/06 — Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
05/07 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre *
05/08 — Kansas City, MO @ Grinders KC *
05/10 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
05/11 — Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre *
05/13 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party *
07/01 — Six Fours Les Plages, FR @ Pointu Festival
07/03 — Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter 2022
07/04 — Cologne, DE @ Helios37
07/05 — Hamburg, DE @ Molotow
07/07 — Berlin, DE @ Badehaus
07/09 — Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival 2022
07/11 — Munich, DE @ Milla
07/12 — Fribourg, CH @ Festival Les Georges
07/13 — Rees-Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Bar
07/14 — Amsterdam, NL @ Upstairs @ Paradiso
07/16 — Leeds, GB @ Community Room @ Brudenell Social Club
07/17 — Manchester, GB @ Night & Day Café
07/19 — Cardiff, GB @ Clwb Ifor Bach
07/20 — Brighton, GB @ Patterns
07/21 — London, GB @ Powerhaus
07/22 — Suffolk, GB @ Latitude Festival
08/07 — Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium %
08/08 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater %
08/09 — Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater %
08/10 — Dillon, CO @ Dillon Amphitheater %
08/13 — North Adams, MA @ MASS MoCA ~
08/26 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^

* with Car Seat Headrest
% with The National
~ Here And There festival with Courtney Barnett, Lucy Dacus, Men I Trust, Faye Webster, The Beths, and Hana Vu
^ with Metric

Farm To Table is out 6/17 via 4AD. Pre-order it here.

In her latest video, “PBC,” rapper Flo Milli channels her inner supermodel, rocking various fashions and delivering confident walks on floating runways. Directed by Amber Park, “PBC,” which stands for “pretty, Black, cute,” is a next-level visual, showcasing Milli’s ability to deliver fire bars while looking spectacular in a variety of clothes.

Some of her looks include a black and white one-piece garment with long leather gloves and matching pumps, a red pearl snap shirt with matching pants and a long wig, and a cut green leather suit with a tight hood encasing her head.

In a recent interview with NME, Milli admitted that her 2020 debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here? didn’t showcase the best of her ability. She revealed that her upcoming debut album will give listeners “100 percent.”

“I’m always shooting for bigger,” Milli said, “so if I had a goal then, it’s bigger now. I try not to focus on the stuff I have already done because I am always trying to reinvent myself, and once I’m done with something, I move on to the next because I can’t be married to something. I have to keep coming up with new stuff”.

Check out “PBC” above.

Flo Milli’s debut album is out later this spring via RCA.

Leikeli47’s upcoming album Shape Up is one of Uproxx’s most anticipated hip-hop albums of spring 2022, and the masked MC dropped by The Tonight Show studio to show why. Wearing a pink Celine sweatshirt with her customary Nike Air Maxes and bandana balaclava, she performed a fiery rendition of the album’s lead single “Chitty Bang” in a stripped-down set backed by her DJ/hype man, who you may know as former annual “Rap Up” rapper Skillz(!).

The Virginia rapper — Leikeli, not Skillz — took a long and well-deserved break after her last album, 2018’s Acrylic. She reappeared in the summer of 2020 with “Zoom,” ostensibly the first single from her comeback album. However, it seemed she wanted to perfect the album in question, heading back to the studio for another year and a half before returning with “Chitty Bang” in January this year. Shortly afterward, she announced the release date for Shape Up (May 13) with the single “BITM.” The most recently released single, “LL Cool J,” continued Leikeli’s tradition of mystery. Now, with the album right around the corner, it’s time to see whether Shape Up is worth the wait — and judging from the output so far, it should be.

Watch Leikeli47 perform “Chitty Bang” on The Tonight Show above.

Donald Trump didn’t dye any eggs this Easter, but he did take part of what seems to become his own holiday tradition: Wishing peace and prosperity to the world—including “the Radical Left Maniacs who are doing everything possible to destroy our Country” and “failed gubernatorial candidate and racist Attorney General Letitia James.” (These well-wishes came over the span of three separate press releases.)

The former president was spotted all around his Mar-a-Lago golf club over the weekend, hitting the links and waving to his guests at brunch like some sort of Buddha-sized deity. One place he most definitely wasn’t spotted, according to People, was at church. And no, it’s not because he might combust upon entering, but—according to a Trump insider—because “He is no longer president, so he doesn’t have to go to church.”

While Trump has made a habit of trying to paint himself as a loyal churchgoer, numerous missteps have indicated otherwise—most notably, the time he tear-gassed a bunch of peaceful protestors in order to take a picture outside the historic St. John’s Church, just steps from the White House, but didn’t even bother to step inside.

In 2015, while campaigning to become president, Trump was asked about whether he even attended church, to which he replied yes and even stated that “I am Presbyterian Protestant. I go to Marble Collegiate Church.” When asked to confirm this statement, however, the church only stated what most of us already suspected: that the wannabe president was not “an active member.”

If Trump plans to make good on his promises/threats to run for president yet again in 2024, one would think he’d want to keep up appearances. But one political insider is doubtful that Trump’s name will actually appear on the ticket. “Donald is making all of the moves as if he were going to run, but my bet is that he won’t,” the source said. “In the meantime, he loves the adulation and fundraising needed with a potential run. Donald is involved with everything the GOPs are doing—he is a non-royal king.”

The source then added what might be the most terrifying eight words ever uttered in the history of language: “Who knows—maybe Don Jr. will run instead.”

“He is itching for it,” the source noted, “and the name recognition is enough.”

Representatives for Trump did not respond to People’s request for comment.

(Via People)

I’m a simple man who enjoys simple things, like a warm stack of chocolate chip pancakes, a Sunday afternoon nap, and notoriously handsome actor Oscar Isaac playing with puppies. The Moon Knight star dropped by The Late Show on Tuesday, where host Stephen Colbert enlisted his help in trying to get some rescue dogs adopted on behalf of New York’s North Shore Animal League.

Isaac and Colbert made up “flattering lies” for each of the adoptable dogs “to make you want to adopt them even more.” Such as: Sterling, a basset hound mix, has “memorized the bathroom codes for every Starbucks in the country,” while Alma, a potcake (just in time for April 20) mix, is a “champion marathon runner, even better she’s agreed to attach your Fitbit to her collar, so now all those steps can be yours.” And let’s not forget labrador mix Goose, who was one of Isaac’s co-stars in Best Picture nominee Dune. “She played the most challenging role of all: Timmy Chalamet’s soft, fluffy hair,” he joked.

You can watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert clip above.

And to learn more about the North Shore Animal League, the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, click here.

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) is clearly looking to push herself on her new album Sometimes, Forever, evidenced by the fact she opted to enlist Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never as the LP’s producer. That shines through on her latest single, “Unholy Affliction,” which sees Allison incorporating experimental and alternative influences on the dark song.

Allison says of the track, “‘Unholy’ was really fun in the studio because the end result was totally different from what we expected. Dan made this really cool sequence with the demo vocals that wound up becoming most of the song. It was nice to have 2 different versions of the song that kind of mashed together.”

In a recent Pitchfork interview, Allison said she’s a “little bit territorial” about her music, noting, “I just want stuff to be uniquely mine.” Still, she was eager to work with Lopatin on the album and wanted him to “go crazy” with his production. Lopatin said of Allison, “Sophie finds magical ways to complicate her bubblegum melodies with a subtle weirdness: a twisted chord, a bent texture, some dark comedy. It’s addictive to listen to all that sweet and sour stuff she has going on, so I just tried to amplify that.”

Listen to “Unholy Affliction” above.

Sometimes, Forever is out 6/24 via Loma Vista Recordings. Pre-order it here.