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Courtney Bell is an up-and-coming rapper from Detroit whose gift for witty wordsmithing in singles like “Say You Wanna” and “Ice” has put him on the radars of traditional rap fans this year and garnered him a respectable following for a rapper without an official album out yet. Bell’s talent has secured a trustworthy cosign from Compton’s Boogie on his latest single, “Lion’s Den,” ensuring that his underground credibility and profile will grow before too much longer.

The song’s lyrics find the conscious-minded Bell and the street-centric Boogie taking on a topic that’s been at the forefront of the news cycle throughout 2020: The ongoing pattern of racially-motivate police brutality that has turned so many Black people’s names into hashtags and reasons for protest. Drawing on his religious beliefs, Bell defies the conditions that oppress Black people, while Boogie maintains “my heart is not on auction.”

In the video, the duo and their crew surround and bully a police officer who pointed his gun at them, hammering home the idea that officers are meant to protect and serve the people, who should hold more power than them. It ends with a list of names of people killed by police in recent years, including Eric Garner, John Crawford III, Breonna Taylor, and more.

Although it’s been a relatively quiet year for Boogie, who is billed to appear on LVRN’s Home For The Holidays Christmas album later this year, he did have appearances on Reason’s “Trapped In” and Guapdad 4000’s “Hairless Horseman.”

Watch the “Lion’s Den” video above.

David Fincher is a famously demanding director, but he gets results, dammit.

“Fincher is meticulous,” actor John Carroll Lynch once said about working with him on Zodiac. “He’s after something. And it takes him 50 takes to get it.” Fifty is low, actually. Fincher shot a nine-minute scene for Mindhunter 75 times, and Amanda Seyfried recalls doing 200 takes for a single scene in his new film, Mank.

The black-and-white Netflix biographical drama, starring Gary Oldman as Citizen Kane co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, is a “splendid” movie, but the rest of Fincher’s cast, along with Seyfried, did not always have a splendid time making it.

“We did take after take after take after take,” actor Charles Dance, who plays William Randolph Hearst, told Total Film about shooting a dinner party scene in Mank. “And [Oldman] said to David at one point, ‘David, I’ve done this scene a hundred f*cking times.’ And Fincher said, ‘Yeah, I know, but this is 101. Reset!’” Fincher admits that filming Mank was “exhausting” for Oldman, “because I’m fairly didactic about, ‘These are the things that the scene needs to accomplish for me, and we will continue to play, to look for ways to underline these ideas that are as subtle as we can make them.’”

Fincher usually gets his way, too, unless it involves a Yankees hat.

(Via Total Film)

Over the years, Zack Snyder fans have shown up in a big way to help support suicide prevention, and this time, the director is driving the fundraising with an exclusive T-shirt featuring the epic DC Comics villain Darkseid. In a Tuesday night tweet, Snyder thanked fans for raising over $430,000 and urged others who haven’t already snatched up a Darkseid shirt to help him reach half a million dollars for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

You can see Snyder’s tweet below, along with a link to the fundraising site Ink to the People:

Snyder has confirmed that the villainous Darkseid will appear in his director’s cut of Justice League when it arrives on HBO Max in 2021. The long awaited “Snyder Cut” will showcase the director’s original vision for the film that he wasn’t able to complete after his daughter committed suicide during production. (Out of respect to Snyder and his family, the social media movement #ReleaseTheSnyderCut often contained a suicide prevention component for this very reason.)

Snyder also recently revealed that he did make future plans for Darkseid that go beyond his soon-to-be-restored appearance in Justice League. Via Comic Book:

“It’s a fair question to ask me, you know, like what do I say to the world about, you know, what happens when Darkseid comes to Earth? Then what? You know, Is that a thing? And I think, listen, the truth is that did I write and did I have and conceive a complete- do I know what happens when Darkseid… yes. I do know what happens. To say and to speculate about what that is and that that would be exciting, I think that’s a fine thing.”

While Snyder didn’t reveal what those exact plans are, there’s one small wrinkle. Ava DuVernay is currently developing a New Gods movie that would presumably involve Darkseid and is not connected to Justice League. However, things have been very fluid with the DC Comics movies lately, and we’re already seeing a multiverse component happening with Michael Keaton’s Batman possibly appearing in The Flash. So who knows what might happen with Snyder’s vision for Darkseid down the line?

(Via Zack Snyder on Twitter)

Prime TV Network Soap Opera King Darren Star’s latest show, Emily In Paris, racked up the views for Netflix in October. At least, that’s what one could gather by its placement on Netflix’s rotating Top 10 list, and the social media responses on release weekend. This is not a show that’s meant to be taken seriously, and a lot of people enjoyed watching something fluffy while the world burned around them. However, an equally strong contingent either hate-watched it or skipped it altogether while the French response has been one of ridicule, given that Emily enthusiastically exudes Ugly American tropes and wields destruction-by-vibrator while loving baguettes and selfies.

The fervor grew so heated that (in early October) New York Magazine‘s Yashar Ali hilariously tweeted, “‘Emily in Paris’ is dividing our nation.”

One month later, a Netflix press release announced the show’s renewal with a “letter” from Emily’s employer, Savoir, which reads (in part), “Call it bonne chance, or American ingenuity — I’m leaning towards to former — her results are impressive… We hope that by extending her time in Paris, Emily will… perhaps pick up a few words of basic French. We love having Emily in Paris! But please don’t let her know that.”

Then the streamer tweeted the news, including, “Friendly reminder Emily in Paris is supposed to be pronounced with a French accent so ‘Emily’ and ‘Paris’ rhyme.”

The wordplay of the second tweet brought some pushbacks.

And someone whipped out a Hillbilly Elegy reference, of course.

Again, some people do dig this show for not being as stressful as the rest of life in 2020.

More than that, though, people responded today with questions about why beloved shows, including the Emmy-winning GLOW (I Am Not Okay With This, The Society, and Teenage Bounty Hunters also got some nods) have been cancelled over the past few months, but Emily will enjoy more champagne-fueled fashion show debacles.

It’s not probable that the show will be able to film in Paris anytime soon, given the current global situation, but it’s official: more of Emily In Paris will be coming… at some point.

There are few people on the planet to whom Steph Curry would need to give any credit for their jump shot. But one of the best young shooters on the planet, Azzi Fudd, garnered the highest possible praise from Curry on the day she committed to the University of Connecticut.

“She can be going full speed, and stop on a dime and have, like, a feathery release,” Curry told Katie Barnes of espnW. “I think she has more of a textbook jumper than anyone I’ve seen. Maybe Klay Thompson and Azzi Fudd. … You go Ray Allen, Klay Thompson, and Azzi Fudd, textbook. You would teach somebody how to shoot with their form.”

Fudd, the top recruit in the class of 2021, announced her commitment to UConn on Wednesday amid a continued recovery from a torn ACL and MCL back in April 2019. At 5’11 with that smooth offensive arsenal, Fudd looks poised to take up the mantle of special scoring forwards in women’s basketball, in the mold of the last two WNBA MVPs, Elena Delle Donne and Breanna Stewart.

That’s all in her future, but for now, the kind words from Curry are more than most young players have gotten by the time they turn 18.

While Selena Gomez debuted her comeback record Rare earlier this year, the singer has since pivoted to her acting career. While in quarantine, the singer starred in HBO’s Selena + Chef series, which invited famous cooks to teach her how to prepare their famous dishes. Now, Gomez is taking on another film project, this time starring in a feature-length movie about a Peruvian mountaineer.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Gomez’s involvement, reporting that the film will be created by Elgin James, who is known for the 2011 indie drama Little Birds. Titled In the Shadow Of The Mountain, the film will center around the inspiring story of Silvia Vásquez-Lavado.

In the Shadow Of The Mountain is based off Vásquez-Lavado’s memoir of the same name, which details how she overcame childhood trauma and abuse to become the first Peruvian woman to successfully summit Mount Everest. Vásquez-Lavado is also the first openly-gay woman to complete the Seven Summits challenge, which is the trial to climb the highest mountain on all seven continents.

Producer Donna Gigliotti, who is known for her involvement in Hidden Figures, expressed her excitement about the project in a statement. “Silvia is a force of nature,” Gigliotti said. “Scott [Budnick] and I are so excited to work with Elgin and Selena to tell this story of resilience, courage, adventure and humanity.”

First-grader Elizabeth is a fashionista. Her “passion” as she puts it, is designing dresses and she hopes to one day make it her career. When she was three years old, however, her future didn’t look so clear.

Six days after her family had moved to Reno, Nevada, Elizabeth was diagnosed with leukemia. Her father was just starting a new job, their things were still in boxes and all of a sudden, their world was turned upside down. “We had no support network,” says Elizabeth’s mom. “And then we had a new diagnosis to make sense of. It took a while to find a new normal.” That new normal included 26 months of cancer treatment.

The treatment was hard on Elizabeth and her family. Then came a major infusion of support and positivity from the nonprofit
Make-A-Wish, an organization that grants the wishes of children battling critical illnesses. The hope of a wish was something Elizabeth really needed; at the end of 2019 when she learned her wish was coming true, she still had six months of treatment left.

Last November, Macy’s celebrated with Elizabeth at her local Macy’s store in Reno, NV and surprised her announcing that her wish to design a dress was coming true.

ElizabethAll photos courtesy of Macy’s

“The middle of winter, drained from 20 plus months of treatment, it really gave us something special to look forward to,” said Elizabeth’s mom.

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Together with Macy’s, Make-A-Wish gave Elizabeth the chance to create her own, original dress design, with professional guidance from the experts at Macy’s Fashion Office. “I got to work with the designers,” says Elizabeth. “They were so nice and fashion forward. They helped me find ideas.”

Elizabeth scoping fabrics

“She loved meeting with Durand and Suzanne of Macy’s and was really inspired by them and their leadership,” says Elizabeth’s mom.

The Macy’s fashion designers did most of the sketching, but Elizabeth gave them direction and picked the pattern for the fabric. The best part for her was seeing the finished product in person. “It has a flower pattern and fluttery sleeves and it has tiers. It is beautiful,” she says. Since then, she’s been sketching her own designs, and can’t wait to create more dresses.

Elizabeth working on a design

“She had never really known how to do that before, and they even gifted her a few new dress sketching books and coloring pens to get her started,” says Elizabeth’s mom.

Make-A-Wish couldn’t make wishes like Elizabeth’s happen without the support of generous donors and longstanding partners, like Macy’s. Since 2003, Macy’s has helped Make-A-Wish fulfill over 15,500 wishes for children across the country by raising more than $132 million for the organization. A big part of that fundraising effort is the Macy’s Believe Campaign; where anyone can write letters to Santa (primarily on the
Macy’s website this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, though Macy’s is still accepting letters in-store at the red Believe letterboxes or safely at curbside), and for every letter submitted, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish up to $1 million.

Through 11/15, Macy’s customers can also round up in-store purchases up to $0.99 and donate the change to Make-A-Wish.

Everyone has faced extraordinary challenges this year due to the pandemic, especially children with critical illnesses and their families. Aside from the added health concerns, these children are some of the most vulnerable members of our communities and have had to isolate even more and avoid doing some of the things they love most. So, Make-A-Wish is perhaps more important than ever now because it can bring them hope and joy no matter the circumstances.

Elizabeth approving dress details

Elizabeth’s dress is available for purchase online at
Macys.com and in 12 physical Macy’s stores and 20 percent of all sales through December 31 will go back to Make-A-Wish to help grant wishes like Elizabeth’s. Elizabeth was also surprised with a billboard marking the occasion, and enjoyed a special event at Macy’s Barton Creek Square store in Austin, Texas where her dress was showcased. But there’s one gift that outlasts all the others: Elizabeth’s reinvigorated confidence. Her mom says that even if Elizabeth doesn’t become a dress designer, that confidence that she gained from her wish will last forever.

On Nov. 18, NBA teams will be tasked with deciphering the future value of dozens of prospects. Interesting decisions will be made, starting with the Minnesota Timberwolves at No. 1 overall, and the 2020 NBA Draft also brings the benefit (or perhaps the curse?) of several months of extra evaluation time.

At this stage, everyone is sick of projecting this group of players but, at the same time, estimating downside and upside for players is all part of the job of an NBA front office. To that end, we will be glancing at the realistic floor and ceiling of 14 prospects in this space, accounting for what they can currently bring, examining their tools, and looking ahead with an eye toward what low-end and high-end outcomes might look like.

Every caveat applies because, well, it is very difficult to project what 19-22-year-old prospects might look like in a few years, but that’s the name of the game. Here is a look at those 14 players.

LaMelo Ball

Floor: This is a controversial topic. Detractors would point to big-time bust potential for Ball but, quite honestly, it is hard to see him fully imploding given his size, basketball IQ, and passing ability. If the jump shot doesn’t come around and he doesn’t get a hold of his shot selection, though, it could be tough for Ball to be a primary creator against NBA-level competition. Defensively, he is currently pretty bad and, if that doesn’t improve and the offense stagnates, you’re looking at a third guard, rather than a star.

Ceiling: It might be a bit aggressive in terms of realistic ceiling, but Ball could become one of the ten-best players in the league. Now, that requires him to improve as a shooter, both in accuracy and shot selection, as well as rising to a solid-or-better defensive level. The combination of those factors may not be very likely but, if they all come together alongside his preternatural passing, ball-handling, and vision for his size, the sky is truly the limit for Ball. That’s why he is the No. 1 prospect for many evaluating this class.

Anthony Edwards

Floor: The terrifying comparisons are out there, including Dion Waiters and Andrew Wiggins. It is hard to see Edwards being out of the league given his package of physical traits and skills, but the red flags are also real. If his iffy defense from college continues, his tools can’t save him in the NBA. If his decision-making and feel don’t improve on offense, he’ll settle into a role as a player that needs the ball to thrive but isn’t good enough to actually demand that kind of lead guard usage.

Ceiling: Edwards is the most physically gifted perimeter player in the class, and his ceiling is basically what he put on film against Michigan State last season. If his perimeter shooting stabilizes, Edwards can at least bank on being an impressive scorer and, if the light bulb comes on to indicate Edwards will repeatedly attack the basket, his ceiling rises. The tools, on both ends, are as such where Edwards could be a multi-time All-Star if it all comes together.

James Wiseman

Floor: Wiseman is sometimes viewed as a risky prospect, simply because of his weird path to the NBA that included only three college games. However, the floor is pretty high here. Simply put, players with Wiseman’s measurements (7’1 with a 7’6 wingspan, etc.) don’t bust very often, especially when they can move the way he does. It is certainly possible that his offensive game never materializes beyond a rim-running threat and, defensively, there is a path to him merely being okay, rather than dominant. It’s tough to see him not being a contributor at the NBA level, though, which is a point in his favor.

Ceiling: If Wiseman’s floor is underrated, his ceiling may be a touch overrated. Part of that is dictated by the way the modern NBA game is played, with 7-footers needing to be elite on one end of the floor to achieve superstardom. Wiseman may not do that on offense, and it’s hard to see him being a completely dominant force there. With that said, his defensive tools are as such where he could be 90 percent of Rudy Gobert, and that is a terrifying proposition when combined with his potential offensive skill package.

Killian Hayes

Floor: If the shooting doesn’t work, Hayes is going to have a hard time. Hayes is a limited athlete in terms of explosiveness, and he struggles to finish with his right hand. Defensively, he is very sound, but it’s at least possible that he stalls out as an average player on that end, rather than a game-changer. If the worst-case scenario arrives on both ends, he is probably still an NBA contributor, but certainly not a player that will return top-five value.

Ceiling: The attention will be paid to Hayes’ offense, simply because that is the appeal of a lead guard prospect near the top of the draft. Hayes has flashed off-dribble shooting and, if that materializes, he can be a strongly above-average lead shot creator at the NBA level. He’s also one of the best passers in the draft, making him a potential top-10 point guard in the league when you throw in the fact that he has great positional size (6’5) and defensive instincts.

Onyeka Okongwu

Floor: For better or worse, Okongwu is still only 6’9 and he’s primarily a center in the modern NBA. There is always a chance that bites him, particularly if he doesn’t develop a perimeter game on offense. To be clear, Okongwu probably has one of the highest floors in the draft, but his bottom-tier outcomes probably land him as a backup big man, rather than a high-end starter.

Ceiling: The comparisons to Bam Adebayo are unfair to Okongwu, simply because Adebayo is an outlier athlete that is also a ridiculous passer and creator for a modern-day center. Still, it is possible that Okongwu can replicate Adebayo’s rim-running ability, and Okongwu does project as potentially an impressive scorer and finisher, both as a roll man and in 1-on-1 situations. Defensively, he profiles as a potentially elite player, with the ability to hold up against traditional lineups and excel when the game gets small. He won’t be a full-blown offensive star even at this 100th percentile outcome but, if he hits his defensive ceiling, he’s a perennial All-Star.

Isaac Okoro

Floor: Comparisons to Michael Kidd-Gilchrist illustrate what happens if things go wrong for Okoro. To be fair, Kidd-Gilchrist was a functional rotation player before battling injuries, but Okoro’s offensive game could become a big problem if he can’t fix his jump shot. Defensively, he’s going to be a positive in almost any circumstance, but there is a slight risk for a player that could become a non-shooter and hurt his team’s offense as a result.

Ceiling: At his peak, Okoro could be one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, with the strength to hold up against any non-center and the quickness and anticipating to overwhelm smaller guards. That is a valuable piece on its own, but Okoro also has a chance to be a plus offensive player. He attacks the rim with reckless abandon, gets to the free throw line well, and feels the game well as a secondary creator and ball mover. Realistically, he probably won’t be an offensive star without a full overhaul of his jump shot, but he can bring star-level impact with his defense and all-court game.

Deni Avdija

Floor: Avdija is among the players with the highest floors in the class. It is hard to imagine him not being an NBA player. Still, the concern would be that he doesn’t do anything at a particularly impressive level on either end of the floor, and that archetype can get lost in the shuffle. That is particularly alarming if Avdija’s perimeter shooting looks more like his (ugly) free throw shooting, and Avdija could become a negative offensive player in a hurry if he can’t stretch opposing defenses.

Ceiling: Going back to the shooting, Avdija’s ceiling requires him to develop into a plus shooter. That may not be exceedingly likely, but it’s at least possible for a player well-renowned for his work ethic. If that comes together, Avdija can leverage his jump shot into opportunities as a secondary creator, and he is a tremendous transition player and cutter offensively. He won’t be a lock-down defender, but Avdija’s size (6’9) is helpful, and he could be a plus on that end with his positioning, ability to switch and overall feel. Any comparison that puts Avdija in the same ballpark as Luka Doncic is wildly unfair to the former, but at his best, he’s going to be a really good basketball player.

Obi Toppin

Floor: Nobody is particularly worried about Toppin’s offensive arsenal, with the caveat that he did his best work as an older prospect in a non-power conference. The real concern is that Toppin could be unplayable defensively. There is still a place in the NBA for an all-offense big man that can put up numbers, but Toppin could be a very difficult team-building fit if his defense doesn’t improve. It is tough for a 6’9 combo big to function if he can’t guard on the perimeter, and Toppin’s lack of hip flexibility and lateral movement could prove challenging to the point where he needs to be relegated to second-unit scoring.

Ceiling: If Toppin’s defense is even passable, he could put up star-level production and efficiency. Toppin was the National Player of the Year in college while filling the stat sheet, and he’s an incredibly impressive finisher. He won’t be an all-world defender even in a ceiling scenario, but he can make up for that with the ability to put pressure on the opposition, including the chance that he develops into a perimeter weapon with his already established passing and burgeoning jump shot.

Tyrese Haliburton

Floor: Much like Avdija, floor isn’t the biggest concern with Haliburton. There is the danger that he could be “just a guy,” however, as he struggles to beat opponents off the dribble and finish in the paint offensively. On the defensive end, Haliburton is so smart that he will be able to function, but he’s not particularly strong or athletic, leaving some to theorize that he could be picked as an on-ball defender in the NBA. If both sides go sideways, he’s a reserve guard rather than a high-end contributor.

Ceiling: At this best, Haliburton could be a strong secondary creator that could play alongside a star or run the second unit offense as a primary initiator. His shooting numbers were great in college and, if he can translate that, there is huge value in 40 percent three-point shooting with deep range, especially when associated with an impressive array of passing skills. Defensively, Haliburton is plenty big enough to defend both guard spots, with the projection to act as a defensive playmaker in passing lanes. Even at his ceiling, Haliburton isn’t a traditional star, but he could be the kind of elite role player that any team would want.

Devin Vassell

Floor: Vassell is a lottery pick in part because his floor seems to be high. However, a video emerged that poured cold water on his shooting and, if his stroke evades him, Vassell doesn’t have that much to buoy his offensive profile. Defensively, it is hard to see him being bad, but perhaps Vassell is too thin to make a huge impact on the ball and his off-ball wizardry is muted as a result. He’s another prospect that, barring a complete loss of his shot, seems safe to be an NBA player, but it could be an anonymous career if things don’t go as planned.

Ceiling: Vassell’s off-ball defense has drawn comparisons to Andre Iguodala and, quite honestly, that isn’t even that much of a stretch. Of course, comparing anyone to a fringe Hall of Fame candidate is unwise, but Vassell could truly be a special off-ball defender that is also a positive in one-on-one situations. If that combines with 40 percent three-point shooting and the ability to knock down some shots off the bounce in the way he did at Florida State, Vassell is the “3-and-D” dream that teams are always looking for in the modern game.

Tyrese Maxey

Floor: Maybe Maxey’s 29 percent three-point shooting from college is real. If that turns out to be the case, he could find himself scrambling at the NBA level, because Maxey (at 6’3) needs his perimeter shooting to be a threat to open up the rest of his game. He does other things well, from secondary creation to defense, but there aren’t too many 6’3 combo guards that can’t hit threes that are high-end NBA players.

Ceiling: Maxey’s pre-college shooting sample was much, much better than what he put on film at Kentucky. If one believes that Maxey can be a plus shooter, or even an average one, the rest of his game opens up. He can get his own shot, create for others, and find the weaknesses in the defense with a dynamic in-between game. Defensively, he can defend point guards at a high level with enough strength and physicality to also defend twos. Also, he has the Kentucky conundrum on his side, with recent breakouts from Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, and Tyler Herro to maybe place the emphasis back on where he was as a high school standout.

Patrick Williams

Floor: Williams is an offensive project, averaging only 9.2 points per game on modest efficiency at Florida State. He put together some real flashes but, at the same time, it is quite possible he just doesn’t have high-end appeal on that end of the floor. If that happens, Williams will be reliant on defense to make his way into the NBA and, while that can earn you a living for a long time, it won’t bring starter equity.

Ceiling: At 6’8 with a 7’0 wingspan and a chiseled physique, Williams could be a terrifying defensive player. He has great feel, particularly as a weak-side rim protector, and could be a linchpin of a successful defense if the pieces break right. On offense, he has the tools that teams like and, as a result, he’s fast-rising on boards. His ceiling may not be superstardom, but Williams is the kind of gifted prospect that could put it all together and be scary on both ends.

Aaron Nesmith

Floor: As a freshman at Vanderbilt, Nesmith connected on just 59 of his 175 shots (33.7 percent) from three-point range. He blew that away with his stellar sophomore campaign but, for a player that is almost entirely reliant on his floor-spacing to be a lottery pick, Nesmith absolutely has to be a plus shooter. If, for some reason, that doesn’t happen, he’s probably in trouble when it comes to being anything but a bench player.

Ceiling: Shooting is exceedingly valuable, and Nesmith connected on a ridiculous 52.2 percent of his threes last season. Granted, that sample was pretty small due to an injury, but Nesmith projects as a potentially elite shooting prospect. If that happens (and he has been compared to Duncan Robinson in that event), Nesmith can easily bring value, and he has the physical frame and tools at 6’6 with some bulk to be an average-or-better defensive player on the wing. It’s hard to see him being a dynamic on-ball force offensively, but he won’t need to be if he’s the kind of 3-and-D player that his sophomore shooting foreshadows.

Kira Lewis

Floor: Outside of physical speed, it could be reasonable to suggest that Lewis doesn’t have any elite traits. That can be precarious for a prospect, and Lewis isn’t a special shooter or passer as a lead guard. That doesn’t necessarily spell doom, but if you are just “okay” on both ends at his position, you’re probably a career backup without much appeal.

Ceiling: Lewis doesn’t have the primary scoring and passing upside of the guys at the top of the Draft, but could he be an above-average starting point guard? I think that is very much in play given what he’s put on film and, for a player widely projected in the back half of the lottery (or later) in a shaky draft, that would be quite a win.

Cementing his status as a highly-prolific artist, Ty Dolla Sign dropped his album Featuring Ty Dolla Sign last month. The record’s title is a nod to his reputation for appearing as a guest on songs (he’s been featured on 75 tracks in the last three years alone). But now showcasing his talent as a solo artist, Ty brought his smooth track “Nothing Like Your Exes” to late-night television Tuesday.

For his performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ty performed the track while giving a tour of his home. The singer began his rendition atop a glass-lined staircase before fluidly moving throughout different rooms and making a brief stop in his lavish bedroom.

In other Ty news, the singer recently shared that he’s going to crowdsource to decide who his next collaborator should be. Speaking in a interview with The Ebro Show on Apple Music, Ty said: “I was thinking about asking my fans, after hearing this album and hearing what I did with this, who would y’all want to hear me produce? I didn’t ask the question yet, but now y’all here. Fill me in on who y’all wanna hear. I would be down for sure to go on someone’s album. I would love to do a whole album with YG for instance, or I would love to do a whole album with SZA and produce her whole stuff.”

Watch Ty perform “Nothing Like Your Exes” on Jimmy Kimmel Live above.

Featuring Ty Dolla Sign is out now via Taylor Gang/Atlantic Records. Get it here.

Ty Dolla Sign is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

MadeInTYO’s latest video from his new album Never Forgotten gets super literal with its concept, dropping him on Luna’s surface to perform half the video while borrowing influences from Japanese pop culture in the other. The video’s first half is an Akira-inspired cyberpunk fantasy with TYO speeding through a futuristic cityscape on a sleek motorcycle and rapping while surrounded by iconic images like Takashi Murakami’s smiling flowers. The second half puts TYO on the moon, where he raps with Earth in the background.

MadeInTYO made his return to the spotlight earlier this year after a two-year hiatus in the wake of his 2018 album Sincerely, Tokyo. While he made appearances in 2019 with ASAP Ferg on “Wam” and Chance The Rapper and DaBaby on “Hot Shower,” in 2020, he got back to work in earnest. First he appeared with Ferg once again on “Move Ya Hips” featuring Nicki Minaj, then he reunited with Chance on “BET Uncut,” which also featured Smino. His efforts culminated in the release of his second album, Never Forgotten, which released on October 30 and featured appearances from Cam’ron, Chynna, J Balvin, Toro Y Moi, Wiz Khalifa, and Young Nudy.

Watch the “To The Moon/Throw It Back” video above.

Never Forgotten is out now on Private Club. Get it here.