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DMX and Eminem Are Down To Be The Next #Verzuz Battle Match Up?!
Source: Prince Williams / Getty With the overwhelming response to the epic #Verzuz Battles, it’s no surprise that legendary MCs are lining up for their shot to go head to head, but according to N.O.R.E., both DMX and Eminem have confirmed that they got next. According to N.O.R.E., last Saturday (May 16) after Ludacris and Nelly went head-to-head with an arsenal of hits, DMX and Eminem both reached out to the #Verzuz creators to be the next celebrities battling their top 20 hits. Sharing the news via Instagram with a picture of himself and DMX, the Drink Champs host notes that #Verzuz co-creator Swizz Beatz said he spoke to Eminem who is down to battle DMX. Beatz apparently called X to let him know. “This moment is so Legend !!!”N.O.R.E captioned the photo. “3 minutes before this @the...
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Jackie Cox Shares a Diverse Playlist of Her All-Time Favorite Songs
On last week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the final five queens took their talents to the Strip to perform in a massive lip-sync medley of some of the original songs from RuPaul’s Drag Race Live in Las Vegas. Performing their very own verses, complete with choreography and set decorations, the remaining queens aimed to impress the judges one last time. It was a good night for Gigi Goode, who snatched her fourth and final challenge win, along with a spot in the finale. But Crystal Methyd & Jackie Cox found themselves on the chopping block — lip syncing to Jennifer Lopez’s “On the Floor,” the two vied for the last spot in the finale in the final main stage lip sync of the season. In the end, Crystal managed to earn her place, w...
Kid Cudi Just Dropped a Fashion Collab With Virgil Abloh to Celebrate His New Single
The rapper also premiered the lyric video for “Leader of the Delinquents.” Kid Cudi returned in April with his first solo single in nearly four years, “Leader of the Delinquents,” and now he’s dropping the perfect merch to go with it. On Tuesday (May 19), the rapper unveiled his new fashion collaboration with Virgil Abloh: a chic T-shirt featuring a sketch of the rapper by the Off-White founder and current Louis Vuitton artistic director with the name of the single emblazoned across the back. In conjunction with the new merch, Cudi also released the colorful lyric video for the track, which serves as the lead single for his first solo project since 2016’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’. Cudi has certainly had plenty to celebrate lately: Along wi...
Noah Cyrus Contemplates the Universe in ‘The End of Everything’ Video: Watch
If things seem grim now, locked down, shut out and cut off from all that we used to know, get a load of the video for the title track from Noah Cyrus‘ The End of Everything EP. The beautiful disaster clip released on Tuesday (May 19) contemplates the rapid devolution of our planet and eventual end of it all in a three-minute nature film to end all nature films. “The inspiration behind this song changed my life,” Cyrus says in a statement about the gentle acoustic country pop ballad from the recently released mini-album. “It’s all inspired by a time-lapse video of the universe I saw by John Boswell, who also directed my video for this song. For me, it really put into perspective how shortly lived our moments here as humans are. Situations from when I was younger started ente...
Mike Posner Says He Has Unfinished Music with Avicii: “Makes Me Feel Grateful and Sad at the Same Time”
Avicii‘s tragic passing was over two years ago, but even beyond the grave, he touches someone every day in one way or another. On February 16th, it was Tiësto. On March 23rd, it was the designers of his Hollywood Hills home. And on April 20th, it was Aloe Blacc. Today it happened to be Mike Posner, who took to Twitter to share that he has a number of unfinished songs with the late Tim Bergling on his computer. He ended the poignant tweet by writing that the songs make him “feel grateful and sad at the same time.” Posner was a close friend of Avicii’s, famously referencing the legendary dance music artist in his global smash “I Took a Pill In Ibiza.” While they never officially released a song together on streaming platforms, they were known to colla...
The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Covers Bob Dylan’s ‘Standing in the Doorway’
While they’ve been in quarantine, Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne of The Pretenders have been putting together their own series of songs called “Dylan Lockdown Series.” And their latest collaborative cover is Bob Dylan’s “Standing in the Doorway,” off 1997’s Time Out of Mind. Sticking to a similar arrangement to the original, piano, organ and electric guitar with light drums provides a soft pillow for Hynde’s vocals to lie on. Meanwhile, the video showcases a lot of outdoor space — something many people are wishing for right now — giving the song a place to breathe. “Thanks one more to Tchad Blake on mixing duties and the whole Blake family for the video,” she posted on Instagram to announce the new recording. The Pretenders have been gearing up for the release of their new album, Hate ...
Sunken Place Soldier Tristan Thompson Files Libel Suit Against Woman Who Claims He’s The Papi
Source: Hollywood To You/Star Max / Getty NBA baller Tristan Thompson is suing. The current Cleveland Cavalier and Khloe Kardashian’s baby daddy is suing the woman who claims he fathered her kid. Thompson was in a relationship with the woman way before he got with Kim Kardashian’s sister, but he feels she has sullied his good name. And considering a DNA test reportedly proved he’s not the papi, it sounds like an open and shut case. Reports TMZ: Tristan just filed the suit against Kimberly Alexander … the woman who’s very publicly claimed the NBA star is the father of her 5-year-old son — something he’s repeatedly denied. In the lawsuit, Tristan says the paternity test he took back in January “definitively concluded that [he] is not the father.” Paging, Maury Povich! Accordin...
Old Footage Of White Cops Harassing Ahmaud Arbery Surfaces
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty Ahmaud Arbery was apparently a target of Glynn County Police for some time, this after older video footage was unearthed and shared publicly. In the clip, Arbery is seen being cooperative and had his hands up but police still attempted to fire a taser gun at him. The Guardian shared the clip of the 2017 incident in where Glynn County cops approached Arbery’s vehicle as he sat in a Brunswick, Ga. park rapping to instrumental beats and enjoying a day off from work. Police claim that they approached Arbery because the area was known for drug activity and ordered him out of the car. Naturally, Arbery attempted to defend his actions and why he was there and even told the officers that he worked at a local truck washing facility. The video was obtained through a publ...
Roger Waters Rips David Gilmour Over Pink Floyd Website Access: ‘David Thinks He Owns It’
If you thought that time would soften the forever-going feud between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, think again! In a video posted on Tuesday, Waters ripped his ex-Pink Floyd bandmate, saying that Gilmour has cut off his access to the Pink Floyd website and that Gilmour thinks he owns it. “Nothing from me is on the website — I am banned by David Gilmour from the website,” Waters said, clearly irked. “I think he thinks because I left the band in 1985 that he owns Pink Floyd, that he is Pink Floyd and that I’m irrelevant that I should keep my mouth shut. We’re all welcome to our opinions,” he said later on. Things have been on-and-off since 1985, when Waters left the band and wanted to take hold of the Pink Floyd name. He sued his former bandmates over the name and they ...
Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy’s Hella Mega Tour Pushed to 2021
In what should come as a surprise to no one, Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy have pushed their Hella Mega stadium tour to 2021. The bands announced the news in tweets on Tuesday (May 19) morning. “Hopefully this doesn’t come as a surprise, but as much as we were all looking forward to seeing you all this summer, everyone’s safety is our highest priority so we’ve officially made the call to reschedule all North American dates of the Hella Mega tour until next year,” a statement read. Hella Mega was supposed to hit 20 stadiums in the U.S., including Dodger Stadium, Wrigley Field, Citi Field, Fenway Park and more. Previously, the bands pushed the European leg of this tour, so it was just a matter of time when this announcement arrived. Check out the band’s tweets below: You Deserve to...
Billy Corgan Gives Unplugged Performance of ‘Hard Times’ on Tonight Show
Back in January, Billy Corgan revealed that the Smashing Pumpkins were working on new material. But since then, the global pandemic hit and well, things have changed a little bit, to put it mildly. However, he did “stop by” The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: At Home Edition on Monday night (May 18) to perform solo. Rocking a black bucket hat and some quarantine scruff, the Smashing Pumpkins lead singer performed “Hard Times,” which is off his 2019 album, Cotillions that he released as William Patrick Corgan. While it’s not the usual sound many are used to from Corgan, the unplugged track had lyrics that fit perfectly with what we’re all feeling right now. Watch Billy Corgan’s performance of “Hard Times” below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for ...
Brandon Flowers Shares Joy Division’s ‘Profound Impact’ in Ian Curtis Tribute
Brandon Flowers paid tribute to the Ian Curtis on a special charity livestream, Moving Through The Silence: Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Ian Curtis, to honor the 40th anniversary of the late Joy Division singer on Monday night (May 18). “My journey to Joy Division started at New Order. I distinctly remember being a young man and seeing ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ on MTV and knowing that this was something I could get behind,” Flowers said in a pre-recorded clip (at 54:10) for the charity special. “As I got older and more invested in music, I traced that New Order lineage back to Ian Curtis and Joy Division. This unparalleled, stark, beautiful, primitive, soulful music: it had a profound impact on me, just like it did many others.” While some may have hoped that The Killers’ frontman wo...
