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An Awkward On-Set ‘Jeopardy!’ Encounter May Have Been The Nail In The Coffin For Mike Richards’ Hosting Gig

Mike Richards is no longer the full-time host of Jeopardy!, a job he officially had for about one day before he abruptly quit after a singly day’s taping. That was not without justification, though, following a slew of controversy about past lawsuits and disturbing comments about women’s appearances and religious beliefs.

The show’s executive producer rising to host was supposed to be the start of a new era for the syndicated game show. Instead, it’s been a weeks-long disaster that’s marred the legacy of the show helmed for decades by the late Alex Trebek. And according to the New York Times, a final tribute to Trebek may have been the reason Richards decided to call it quits on Friday.

Thursday was the official start of taping for Season 38 of the show, with Richards getting in his first games as full-time host. But things on set were tense, and reportedly a meeting where grievances were aired about Richards’ behavior and controversies occurred to kick off a very strange day on set. But a ceremony to honor Trebek before the taping began also brought in a number of other guest hosts, including Jeopardy! GOAT (and presumptive pick of Trebek to take over) Ken Jennings. Which made things awkward on set to say the least.

A group of “Jeopardy!” loyalists had gathered for a ceremony to rename the show’s studio after Mr. Trebek, including Mr. Trebek’s widow, his children and Anthony Vinciquerra, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s chief executive. Mr. Richards and Ms. Bialik were there, along with two of the other contenders for the hosting job, the former contestants Buzzy Cohen and Ken Jennings, according to three people familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Afterward, the people said, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Jennings had expected to attend Mr. Richards’s debut taping. Instead, they were escorted from the sound stage to a nearby green room, where they watched the taping over a closed feed. They were told that Mr. Richards was too nervous to have them in the studio, the people said.

One of the people likened it to inviting Joe DiMaggio back to Yankee Stadium and then not letting him in the dugout.

According to the story, Sony said it was coronavirus mitigation protocols that limited the number of people that could be in the studio for the taping. But it’s yet another instance of odd interactions that have come with Richards’ ascent to control of the show after he was named an executive producer shortly before Trebek’s death.

This particular anecdote will likely go down as the final odd power play from the Richards era. But it’s certainly a good example of just how strange the last few weeks have been in a very odd year for Jeopardy!

[via NY Times]

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Tyga Deletes His OnlyFans Account While Announcing His Plans To Launch A Competing Platform

In the wake of the news that content-sharing site OnlyFans will no longer allow pornographic content on its platform, some of its more high-profile patrons have already announced alternatives to their OnlyFans accounts ahead of an expected mass exodus from the service. One of those, Tyga, was one of the earliest celebrity adopters as OnlyFans became more widely known due to a shout-out from Beyonce on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” and mainstream actors like Bella Thorne began opening accounts. Notably, Tyga is one of a few mainstream celebrities actually sharing explicit content.

Today, Tyga deleted his OnlyFans account, then turned right around and announced what he hopes will be its replacement. The new platform is called MyyStar and is set for launch by October. To entice creators to jump ship, the new platform is also offering more favorable profit splits — it will only take %10 of subscription fees and purchases, as opposed to OnlyFans’ 20% –as well as the option to sell their own NFTs using the Ethereum blockchain. Although Myystar has not yet completely launched, aspiring creators can apply to be in its first wave at its website.

It remains to be seen whether other artists with OnlyFans accounts, who include Blueface, Cardi B, Rico Nasty, Snoop Dogg, and Swae Lee, will join Tyga’s team, roll out their own platforms, or simply migrate to existing ones like Patreon. However, it still seems clear that an alternative to OnlyFans will be in high demand — at least among those who sell sexually explicit content — as the company looks to make nice with credit card brands looking to keep their images squeaky clean.

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New York Prosecutors Are Reportedly Breathing Heavy On The Neck Of The Trump Organization

After New York prosecutors filed charges against Allen H. Weisselberg, the chief financial advisor to the Trump Organization, there was a collective freakout by the former president and his children, and then the whole thing seemingly faded into the background as the country’s focus turned towards to the Delta variant as it dramatically spiked cases amongst the unvaccinated. However, despite not making headlines, the investigation has been moving ahead, and it’s not been going great for the Trump Organization as the legal scrutiny intensifies.

According to reports, the charges against Weisselberg are expected to hold up in court. However, the Trump Organization has been trying to avoid complying with subpoenas into its financial records, which are presumably loaded with material that could implicate Trump. Via The Wall Street Journal:

Manhattan prosecutors are moving to advance their criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business affairs, fighting with his company over evidence and continuing talks with the lawyer of a Trump Organization executive who hasn’t been charged, said people familiar with the matter. Manhattan prosecutors and Trump Organization lawyers appeared at a secret court proceeding with New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan last week to discuss a dispute over documents the Manhattan district attorney’s office has subpoenaed, the people said… The dispute is related to documents prosecutors have sought for their continuing investigation, the people said. While the scope of the evidence in question couldn’t be determined, it includes a broad swath of financial documents, according to the people.

After the Mueller Report failed to bring any significant charges against Trump, his biggest detractors have been apprehensive about the investigation into the Trump Organization yielding any fruit. But one person who does not share that apprehension is the president’s niece Mary Trump. Shortly after prosecutors indicted Weisselberg, she told Rachel Maddow that she fully expects Trump’s children will turn on their father.

“I think [Donald Trump] would be surprised to learn that I don’t believe my cousins would exercise that kind of loyalty towards him,” Mary said. “His relationship with them, and their relationship with him, is entirely transactional and conditional. They’re not going to risk anything for him, just as he wouldn’t risk anything for them.”

(Via The Wall Street Journal)

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‘Halo Infinite’ Will Not Have Co-Op Or Forge Mode Available At Launch

One of the most anticipated games of the year is 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite. The next game in the beloved Halo franchise is supposed to be gigantic with a scope that developers have promised will change everything … at least that’s what we’ve been promised with the campaign. The multiplayer, from what we’ve seen, is going to continue to be the same Halo we all know and love. There’s a notable split in Infinite between the multiplayer and campaign, with the multiplayer being available as a separate free-to-play download for anyone that wants to play it.

The campaign, meanwhile, has had a bit of a rough development cycle. The initial demo everyone saw went so poorly that the game was delayed in response. A follow up trailer at the most recent E3 was more hopeful, but the turnaround time to fix an entire game was pretty short, especially during a pandemic. As such, there was a bit of concern about what the state of the campaign would be in at launch. It turns out we weren’t wrong to be a little concerned, because there are going to be missing features at launch such as no co-op or forge.

A big part of why this is happening is 343 Industries’ commitment to hitting the holiday launch date they promised. They’re certainly feeling pressure to meet that deadline with Xbox head Phil Spencer stating publicly their commitment to that time window. When the big boss says you’re committed to a date, then you probably need to make sure you hit it. If that means no co-op or forge mode at launch, then so be it.

Unfortunately, though, that’s going to be a pretty big hit to the campaign release of the game. With the multiplayer going free-to-play, the only version of Halo that people will have to pay for is single-player. Without co-op — a staple of the Halo franchise — or forge, there are going to be players who skip out on purchasing the campaign at launch. Unfortunately, in the rough world of video game development, sacrifices like this have to be made sometimes to ensure a game meets a deadline. As long as the game technically works when it comes out then people will be able to forgive the lack of co-op or forge, at least for a little while.

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Popular Twitch Streamer Jerma Is Letting Fans Take Control Of His Life In New ‘Sims’ Style Streams

Jerma, a Twitch streamer famous for his elaborate pranks and borderline surreal streams, has outdone himself again. In what looks like an eerie, modern version of The Truman Show, Jerma has placed himself in a simulation and allowed fans to not only watch, but actively take control over his life choices in an ongoing series of streams called The Jerma985 Dollhouse.

The first stream in the series, which aired August 18, introduced the concept with a prerecorded video of Jerma choosing his outfit for the day before showing the streamer walk on to a closed two-room set and relinquishing control over his life to his viewers:

Take care of me. Don’t fuck around. You’ve got three streams to do this. Good luck.

Over the course of the three-hour stream, thousands of enthusiastic fans got to watch Jerma as they forced him to shower, pass out on his front lawn, and interact with a pair of clowns in his kitchen. During one of the stream’s lowest points, Jerma even “died.”

For those unfamiliar with the concept of The Sims — the video game series Jerma’s streams are largely based on — the popular simulation games essentially allow players to create their own families, design homes for them to live in and then take control of their lives. It becomes up to the player to do everything from feed and bathe their characters, to ensure their grades are high enough to get into that college program they’ve been gunning for and they one day find their true love — or maybe even several of them. To add pressure to players, each Sim is equipped with several bars that indicate their needs and overall happiness, a feature that Jerma applied to his stream. If any one of these bars drops too low, it will lead to severe distress for your character and oftentimes, an unfortunate accident, which applies quite literally in the case of a low bladder bar.

While The Sims streams have always been a pretty solid staple on Twitch, this unique take on it certainly feels like a first for the site. Jerma’s initial Dollhouse stream, while certainly strange, seemed a fairly shallow take on the game, but there’s truly no telling how much more immersive and bizarre things will get in the future. Jerma ended his first stream by telling fans this “tutorial” was just the beginning. After viewers elected to “upgrade the house,” the stream came to a close and Jerma relayed the following message:

Seems you have chosen to upgrade the house and what does that mean? That means that that is the end of the tutorial. In two days that is where the real game starts. We have two more streams of this and it’s going to get even more wild, we’re literally going to dial it higher and higher every day.

Seeing as it’s now two days later, Jerma’s stream should be starting sometime today — and we can’t help but be curious about what’s next

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Ryan Reynolds Throws His Support Behind Levar Burton As ‘Jeopardy!’ Host With A Story About Making ‘Deadpool’

Ryan Reynolds has already made it clear he thinks LeVar Burton should be the next host of Jeopardy! and in the wake of Mike Richards abruptly quitting as host amid a cascade of scandals he seems to be even more certain that things will work out for the one-time guest host.

Reynolds is a Jeopardy! fan for sure — he made a cameo in one of Alex Trebek’s final episodes hosting the show before his death — and he’s also a fan of the former Reading Rainbow host. So when Richards left the hosting job open again, after a landslide of accusations and inappropriate comments from his past, Reynolds took to Twitter with a not-so-subtle message of support.

A fan favorite who finally got a chance to guest host the show late last month, Burton was ultimately overlooked for the actual hosting gig. But according to Reynolds, it’s just a matter of time before the powers that be at Sony realize it’s what the people want for the show’s future.

“Pretty consistently from 2013 to 2015 Deadpool would explode on Twitter with fans wanting me to play him. It was awkward because I agreed with them but the studio didn’t see it,” Reynolds said on Friday in a Tweet. “Ultimately the fans won and the rest is glorious history. I’m forever grateful.”

Reynolds finished the post by saying “hi” and tagging Burton, who has certainly enjoyed his Friday on Twitter. It’s a really nice note from someone who has seen legions of online fans make their hopes a reality in the past, with the actor certainly benefiting in the process. And while it’s entirely unclear if Burton will end up actually getting the job, it’s nice to see that Burton’s getting significant support in the wake of a very strange fortnight in the Jeopardy! universe.

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Mindy Kaling Opened Up About A ‘Devastating’ Comment She Says A ‘The Office’ Co-Worker Made About Her Weight

We’ve all got our workplace horror stories and the Emmy-nominated actress and best-selling author Mindy Kaling is the latest to share hers. In a recent interview on Good Morning America, Kaling shared an experience she had just starting out in Hollywood that left her “devastated” and forever changed.

According to Kaling, the incident occurred when she 25 years old and working in the writers room on the hit NBC show The Office. During a meeting in which she and the team were pitching ideas for upcoming episodes, one of Kaling’s co-worked reportedly pitched an interaction that suggested her character, Kelly Kapoor, had lost 15 pounds. Kaling said the comment “really devastated her,” as her weight was her “greatest insecurity” and she was already regularly waking up early to go to the gym before work.

However, despite the incident being traumatic at the time, Kaling went on to say the experience ultimately completely altered her views and the trajectory of her work for the better. Following the incident, Kaling was “forced to look inward” and think about how others perceived her body in the entertainment industry:

I had a reckoning where I’m like, ‘People are scrutinizing [me], and not only are they scrutinizing [me], they’re verbalizing their displeasure with how I look because I don’t look a certain way. That kind of dissonance has really affected so much of what I write about [and] the kind of characters I play. Almost all of those kinds of things [in my work] come from something really real.

Since then, Kaling has gone on to achieve great success, writing New York Times Best-Sellers Why Not Me? and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, creating, producing and starring in her own series, The Mindy Project, as well as creating other hit television shows such as Netflix’s Never Have I Ever. Throughout it all, normalizing mid-sized bodies and promoting diversity have been two of the star’s biggest goals. Ultimately, she says she has noticed a big difference in Hollywood already:

On TV, if you were really thin, then you could be the lead. Otherwise, you had to be like 250 pounds, and you had to be the slapstick comic relief. But what was crazy, what was left out, is just like this range of people which is a majority of American women over the age of 24. What if you’re like a [size] 12 and you want to just live your life and look cute and date? At that time, when I wrote Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [in 2011] it was like a no man’s land. That has really changed, I think.

Here’s hoping even more change comes with it and we see even greater body representation in the future — as well as less unwanted comments about weight from co-workers.

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It’s A Perfect Weekend To Master The Sidecar — Here’s Our Recipe

The sidecar is a cognac cocktail that has stood the test of time. The drink is part of the sour family, in that it has a boozy base with citrus juice and a sweetener. In this case, that’s cognac (or brandy) shaken with orange liqueur and lemon juice. That’s really it.

The brilliance of this drink is in the balance of those flavors. The lemon and orange need to equalize with sweetness and bright tartness. The cognac brings this woody, spicy, floral, and fruity underbelly that luxuriates in those citrus notes. It’s very simple but full of deep flavors.

It’s also one of the more refreshing drinks you can have, thanks to all that citrus. However, the cognac adds a spicy and chewy depth that feels a bit more like a fall treat than a summer spritzer. That makes this the perfect late summer/early fall sipper.

Okay, let’s get shaking!

Also Read: UPROXX Life’s Top 5 Cocktail Posts of 2021

The Sidecar

Zach Johnston

Ingredients:

  • 2-oz. cognac
  • 0.75-oz. orange liqueur
  • 0.75-oz. fresh lemon juice
  • Orange peel
  • Ice

I’m using classic Hennessey. The floral, fruity, and spicy notes of the touchstone cognac are the perfect base for any sidecar. Of course, you can use your favorite cognac or brandy with this drink. Still, Henney is very easy to find nationwide and fairly affordable.

I’m also using a standard orange liqueur. If it was closer to winter, I’d probably use the darker and deeper Grand Marnier. Other than that, you just need some fresh lemons and oranges. That’s it!

Zach Johnston

What You’ll Need:

  • Coupe or Nick and Nora glass
  • Cocktail shaker
  • Cocktail strainer
  • Jigger
  • Juicer
  • Mesh strainer
  • Pairing knife
  • Cutting board

Method:

  • Prechill your glass in the freezer (preferably overnight).
  • Juice and strain one lemon (or more if you plan on making these all night).
  • Slice a thin layer of peel from the orange. Set aside.
  • Add the cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker.
  • Add large a handful of ice, affix the lid, and shake vigorously for ten to 15 seconds, or until the shaker is frosted over.
  • Remove the glass from the freezer and strain the cocktail into the glass.
  • Express the oils from the orange peel over the glass and rub it around the rim and stem and then discard.
  • Serve.

Bottom Line:

Zach Johnston

Oh yes, this is good. Where I am, the weather has been raining and windy and very end-of-summer-like so this hits just right. The spices and fruits of the cognac meld perfectly with the bright lemon and sweet orange.

The real thing that adds to this drink is the orange oils. It helps with the pop while adding a real orange depth to the cocktail, which works wonders with the spicier side of the cognac base.

I’m going to be making these all weekend. Especially if these rain clouds stick around.

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: No Old Beach, Here

Week three and things are getting deep and golden! With Summer League done, most free agency moves sealed, and training camps still a few merciful weeks away, the vacations are coming on strong and we’ve officially entered the sweet spot of summer. It’s like when you’ve got enough of a base tan you don’t worry about burning (put sunscreen on, though), enough of a breeze that heat feels restorative, and just enough sweat on your face so that the glow seems intentional, not gross. It’s a good time, and I’m happy we get to share it.

Who escaped from Old Beach? What NBA franchise is like Old Beach? Who is jet skiing around in the desert? Who loves balloons? Let’s solve these deepest of summer mysteries, and more.

Paul George

This goes out to all the naysayers who think this guy’s done nothing to push himself out of his comfort zone since he got to Los Angeles. Making clutch shots are one thing, but clutching your fear in the form of a paddle board paddle and lifting it slowly over your head in triumph while maintaining your balance on a very wide board in fairly shallow waters is the stuff next season career records spring from.

But boppin’ around on the board wasn’t the only thing PG got up to (he also played with his kids on the beach, very cute). He got out on the open water, presumably to pursue one his great passions, wrestling with fish. What’s my stance here at SVW about guys wearing their team gear on vacation? Here for it.

Rating: More and more you are hearing, Paul George and Hemingway have at least one thing in common.

Chris Paul

CP3 is on a nice vacation with his family and we are going to give them their space!

Rating: Also no extra curricular vacation photos of CP3 just yet, so.

Damian Lillard

You kind of have to hand it to how well Dame is handling the undercurrent that’s more like a downed power line sparking menacingly going around the Blazers front office and subsequently, the future plans for the team this offseason. The worse the hazard gets, the more Lillard releases an album, or goes out to the vineyard and nibbles some grapes.

Rating: Kind of, if we’re being honest, the ultimate summer vacation mindset?

Klay Thompson


At first, I was a little surprised we already had Klay back here in the sunscreen slick halls of summer vacation, but then I told myself to stop being such a coward. Dream big, summertime dreams! It’s what Klay would and is doing as pictured here, when he goes from the dojo to the healer.

Rating: The healer is the beach, bud.

Devin Booker

Here we have LAKE BOi in his natural habitat, happily bobbing with his head just above some mountain wind ruffled waters, breathing in some air sure to be incredibly fresh, while a dog, a champion of PepsiCo, and an American flag — indeed, maybe all of America — look on.

Rating: Do you think Booker has a “To Chill Or Not To Chill, What A Stupid Question” bumper sticker on this boat? I do.

Jayson Tatum


Tatum and his son Deuce (and his very tiny and very cute red Crocs) went to Disney (I think World), hung out by the Universal fountain, and then played the water gun game. The whole afternoon looked nice and Tatum patiently looked on while his son had fun which is more than I can say for myself urging, even through the medium of a long past moment captured in time, this midway worker to get out of the way of that water gun.

Rating: He’s fully blocking the target!!

Rudy Gobert

Last week saw Rudy set sail for a vacation I promised to get to the bottom of as soon as the geographical makeup of the place got more clear, or the boat Rudy was on veered closer to the very distant shore. This week, I’m still not 100 percent sure! Balearic Islands? Minorca? This man is somewhere in Spain, of that I am confident.

Rating: Rudy may be a three-time DPOY but no one on earth can guard their vacations from me.

Rudy Gay

Doubling up on Rudys! We love it. Rudy Gay turned 35 and started so long and lovingly at these mylar balloons that I hope mylar sits up and takes notice because this is a partnership that’s been an eternity in the making.

Rating: Happy birthday, Rudy! I know in my heart those balloons have not deflated yet, like our hopes for the Jazz figuring it out this season.

Serge Ibaka


Raptors fans will know intimately the cooking show Ibaka devised during his time in Toronto that hosted such guests as every single one of his teammates and invited them to eat pig’s heads, beef penis, beef testicles, and once, in the case of Kevin Durant, snake. The show was an awkward little marvel where Serge continually asked 21 Question style questions of his guests and deflected terribly and obviously when they would turn the question back on him. It went away for a while, some thought for good, but this week, Serge posted a clip of him in a chef’s hat and Steve Ballmer, who stared lovingly at Serge the whole time, soon followed by a clip and real palate cleanser of him and Klay Thompson. All to say, the show is back, and the long and sprawling days of summer are the perfect time to watch.

Rating: Bon appétit!!

Wayne Ellington and Kyle Lowry

New Los Angeles Laker Wayne Ellington, and new Miami Heat (Member? Man? Player?) Kyle Lowry attended their friend Danny Green’s very opulent and pretty fun looking wedding. The both looked great, as the woman caught mid-expression in the background can attest to.

Rating: I guess this should be Danny Green’s entry but also, no.

Jordan Clarkson

It was Jordan Clarkson’s time to take his family to Disney, where he rode a lot of rides and looked like he had fun on all of them. The exception was the carousel, where he mostly looked stoic. I can relate to that, because a deep sense of nostalgia and longing and also trying not to focus on too many faces whipping past to not get sick and not feel the fleetingness of life is also my default mode on those things.

Rating: Cute!

Zach LaVine

Zach LaVine went to Old Beach. Jk, he went on a nice beach vacation with his gf, Hunter Mar, to seems like Cabo. They even rode around on some dune buggies which, come to think of it, probably would’ve come in handy to rip right out of Old Beach.

Rating: But isn’t the Bulls franchise kind of like the NBA’s own Old Beach, if you think about it?

D’Angelo Russell

We’ve got a sideways IG story onto a sunny balcony with palm trees blowing in the distance, I repeat, we’ve got a sideways IG story onto a sunny balcony with palm trees blowing in the distance.

Rating: Beach vacation incoming.

Josh Richardson

Josh Richardson made a new and powerful friend.

Rating: Watch your ass, Payton Pritchard, this is Josh’s friend.

Buddy Hield

The age old quandary of SVW continues — if Buddy Hield goes home for the summer, does it still count as a vacation? The arbiters have traditionally been, does it make you feel jealous? Does he appear to be relaxing? Is he pulling off a fit of both outsized chill and seasonal perfection? Is he holding a drink? Are there loungers, recliners, or daybeds in sight?

Rating: I’m not going to keep prompting you because the answer is yes!!

Chris Boucher

Looks like Boucher filmed a gripping short for the illustrious Toronto Film Festival about a potato.

Rating: And Goran Dragic said he had HIGHER ambitions?

Rui Hachimura

Contrary to what Rui would like you to believe, he’s not on Mars! I’m glad, too, because as much as Matt Damon’s dumb character in the movie The Martian would like you to believe, there is nothing chill about such a cold, dead planet, and certainly not so much that I’d want Rui showing up in a shirt that said “Take It Easy Baby,” not on Mars!!

Rating: Not on Mars!!!

JR Smith

Yeah, I know summer school was always a drag but JR Smith is singlehandedly changing all that and it’s the only academic decathlon that’s ever mattered.

Rating: Alice Cooper, eat your heart out.

Hassan Whiteside

I say this as sincerely as I can through the vehicle of an overly self-serious column about the summer vacations of NBA players, if somebody made a Real World style show about DJ Khaled and Hassan Whiteside driving around in this little Lamborghini golf cart, there would be no form of television, media, really no form of art left in this world that was not rendered totally and completely obsolete. They’d be burning the Louvre down by midnight.

Rating: So, maybe for the best.

Amir Johnson!

Here’s the entire world’s sweetheart, Amir Johnson, ripping around on a jet ski on Lake Mead. My and your guy is happy, safe (life jacket), and sans a single care, making fun of the aforementioned DJ Khaled because Amir probably understands the only way to keep that man’s power from overtaking the entire universe is to gently knock him down a peg every now and then.

Rating: Sorry if finding out angels can operate high speed water vehicles has given you some conflicting feelings about your faith.

Dwyane Wade

It really doesn’t matter how many years removed D-Wade gets from the NBA, there will always be a place for him here, all along the sunny watchtower. The man is on a giant pearlescent pink water inflatable in Italy, hoisting a glass of rose to cheers the rest of us poor slobs stuck sitting in front of a fan on blast, wondering if another trip to the public pool will constitute a Summer Friday well spent.

Rating: And then, once he finishes that glass, he’s got the whole bottle there to go and do it again.

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Trippie Redd Mows Down Zombies With An ‘MP5’ Alongside SoFaygo In His Latest ‘Trip At Knight’ Video

Trippie Redd’s new video, “MP5,” opens with a jump scare, then gets right into some video-game-inspired, zombie-killing action. After dispatching one revenant with the titular hardware, Trippie and guest rapper SoFaygo enter The Matrix to blast waves of the undead outside of what looks to be a prison. Not-so-subtle pop culture references aside, the effects are pretty impressive for the form and the song itself is a high-energy, synth-heavy banger, displaying Trippie’s gift for catchy warbling and allowing SoFaygo to show off his chattering flow.

“MP5” is the latest video from Trippie’s new album Trip At Knight, which dropped today via 1400 Entertainment and 10K Projects after a few months of teasing with singles like “Miss The Rage” featuring Playboi Carti, “Holy Smokes” with Lil Uzi Vert, and “Rich MF” featuring Polo G and Lil Durk. The project is the SoundCloud rap pioneer’s fourth in as many years, as well as his second release of 2021 after February’s Neon Shark Vs. Pegasus, the punk-influenced deluxe edition to 2020’s Pegasus co-produced by Travis Barker. Other features on Trip At Knight include two late friends of Trippie’s, Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion, as well as thrash rapper and fellow SoundCloud alum Ski Mask the Slump God. Trippie will be going on tour behind the album beginning this week.

Watch the “MP5” video above. Stream Trip At Knight here.