Month: August 2021

Deshaun Watson Accuser Details His Alleged Actions

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Back in the month of March, Deshaun Watson was accused by 22 women of sexual assault. All of his accusers are massage therapists in the Houston area who claim that he would book sessions with them and would then proceed to get very inappropriate as soon as they started working. As it stands, eight women have filed police reports all while sexual assault lawsuits are in the midst of being litigated. Throughout all of this, the NFL has also launched an investigation into Watson.

Now, one of the accusers is officially stepping forward to give her side of the story. During a recent interview, massage therapist Nia Reese Lewis-Smith spoke about her sessions with Watson and how they were both extremely bizarre. In fact, during the first one, Watson allegedly asked for her to massage the inside of his butt, and while she was weirded out, she thought it might just be a weird request. However, things got worse in the second session when he allegedly requested oral sex.

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“The only thing that really bothered me in the first appointment was that he kept asking me to go inside his butt,” she said. “I originally thought it was the crack and so I would go around that area and he still wasn’t satisfied. He was very adamant and was saying don’t be afraid to go inside. […] He basically didn’t want the rest of his body massaged, he wanted his groin area massaged and his butt only…he kept saying do you want to put in your mouth? It was just very very uncomfortable.”

The alleged acts described here are pretty disgusting, to say the least, and they match up with some of the other allegations that Watson has faced. In the midst of all of this, Watson has maintained his innocence and is currently still practicing with the Texans.

Stay tuned to HNHH as we will be sure to bring you updates on this story.

DDG Apologizes To Rubi Rose For Saying She Has “60 Bodies”

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Rubi Rose and DDG are one of the most notable on-again-off-again couples in Hip-Hop. As they both continue to make strides in the music industry, it’s almost as if their stories are permanently intertwined with each other. This summer, both the For The Streets rapper and the Die 4 Respect rapper were named XXL Freshman and featured on the annual cover. 

The two artists didn’t star alongside each together in the highly anticipated XXL Freshman cyphers, but they did recently get into it, albeit indirectly, on Twitter. Rubi Rose threw the first stone by saying, “My next n*gga gotta be tall, I wanna wear heels.” However, things quickly went from playful jabs to full-out slut-shaming when DDG tweeted roughly thirty minutes later, “My next girl gotta have less than 60 bodies.”

DDG’s outlandish response shocked many fans, and soon, the “Moonwalking In Calabasas” artist doubled back and retracted his original statement that he made on Twitter, admitting that he was lying about Rubi Rose’s sexual history.

“My tweet was petty & made up, and i admit i took it too far, that’s my bad,” DDG said about his offensive comments before apologizing directly to Rubi Rose. “I’m Sorry Rubster.” See DDG’s Instagram Story response below.

The Weeknd Wants To Make More Music With Kanye West

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The Weeknd brought a lot of collaborators on board for After Hours, like Oneohtrix Point Never, Lil Uzi Vert, and Ariana Grande. There are some other folks he’d like to team up with, though, including a previous collaborator.

In a new GQ profile, when asked about who he’d like to work with soon, he responded:

“I’d love to work with Arca. Arca’s great. I’d love to work with Kanye [West] again. Especially on production. I got mad love for Tyler The Creator, and what he’s doing right now. Tyler is funny, man. I remember he came to one of my performances — I think it was like a festival performance. And he was very vocal about how ‘Starboy’ was his favorite song at the time. You can tell he’s waiting for the song. I could see him. As soon as the song happened, he’s like, ‘All right, cool. Thanks.’ And he just peaced out. It was pretty funny. But he’s somebody that I really admire, because he wears his feelings on his sleeve.”

West previously produced “Tell Your Friends” from The Weeknd’s 2005 album Beauty Behind The Madness, while The Weeknd sang on West’s The Life Of Pablo track “FML.”

Read the full GQ feature here.

DaBaby’s Homophobic Comments Just Got Him Kicked Off The Governor’s Ball Lineup

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The trainwreck DaBaby caused at Rolling Loud two weekends ago continues as he gets removed from another festival lineup. This time, it’s New York’s Governor’s Ball, which issued a statement via social media that DaBaby will no longer be performing on Friday night ahead of Billie Eilish.

Yesterday, DaBaby was removed from the Sunday night lineup for Chicago’s Lollapalooza and replaced with Young Thug (an iffy selection at best, but at least he knows when to put down the shovel) over the remarks he made from the Rolling Loud stage. During a call to action during that performance, DaBaby told fans to light up their phones if “you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexual transmitted diseases that make you die in two or three weeks” and if “you ain’t suck a n****’s dick in the parking lot.”

When he was called out online, he refused to apologize at first, then as the pressure continued, he did so defensively and halfheartedly before defiantly dropping the music video for “Giving What It’s Supposed To Give,” in which the lyrics seemingly echo his Rolling Loud statements (“we like AIDS, I’m on your ass”) despite being recorded before the Rolling Loud performance.

As a result, DaBaby has been censured by “Levitating” collaborator Dua Lipa, GLAAD, pop icons Sir Elton John and Madonna, and Questlove, as well as losing his deal with Boohooman.

All The New Albums Coming Out In August 2021

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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in August. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, August 6

  • Andrea von Kampen — That Spell (Fantasy Records)
  • Andrew Rinehart — Have Fun Idiot EP (SonaBLAST Records)
  • Barbra Streisand — Release Me 2 (Legacy)
  • Barney McCall — Transitive Cycles (Heavy Machinery Records)
  • Benét — Game Over EP (Bayonet Records)
  • Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge — Brian Jackson JID008 (Jazz Is Dead)
  • Catbite — Nice One (Bad Time Records)
  • Circus Of Rock — Come One, Come All (Frontiers)
  • Colin Hay — I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Compass Records)
  • Crossing I’s Dotting T’s — Crossing I’s Dotting T’s EP (Riot Records)
  • Damon & Naomi with Kurihara — A Sky Record (20 20 20)
  • Ellen Foley — Fighting Words (Urban Noise Music)
  • Eluvium — Virga II (Temporary Residence)
  • Empty Streets — Age Of Regret (Cleopatra Records)
  • Ethan Slater And Nick Blaemire — Edge Of The World (Broadway Records)
  • Evan Giia — Endorphins EP (Astralwerks)
  • Fake Laugh & Tarquin — Fake Laugh & Tarquin (Republic of Music)
  • Foxing — Draw Down The Moon (Grand Paradise)
  • Gerry Gibbs — Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
  • Hippo Campus — Good Dog, Bad Dream EP (Grand Jury Music)
  • Homeboy Sandman — Anjelitu EP (Mello Music Group)
  • Information Society — ODDfellows (Hakatak International Records)
  • Jeffrey Alexander And The Heavy Lidders — Jeffrey Alexander And The Heavy Lidders (Baked Tapes)
  • John Moods — So Nice EP (Arbutus Records)
  • Jordan Lehning — Three Colored Wall (Tree Tone)
  • Kalie Shorr — I Got Here By Accident EP (TMWRK Records)
  • Kanye West — Donda (GOOD Music)
  • Khruangbin — Mordechai Remixes (Dead Oceans)
  • Kississippi — Mood Ring (Triple Crown Records)
  • Larsen Leap — Second Wind EP (Golden Robot Records)
  • Laura Stevenson — Laura Stevenson (Don Giovanni Records)
  • Leah Blevins — First Time Feeling (Crabtree Records)
  • Liam Kazar — Due North (Woodsist/Mare Records)
  • Liars — The Apple Drop (Mute)
  • Lingua Ignota — Sinner Get Ready (Sargent House)
  • Lovelorn — What’s Yr Damage (6131)
  • MAY-A — Don’t Kiss Ur Friends EP (Atlantic Records)
  • Nick Wilson — Now I’m Falling (Never Fade)
  • Night Ranger — ATBPO (Frontiers)
  • Patricia Barber — Clique (Impex Records)
  • Paul Thorn — Never Too Late To Call (Thirty Tiger)
  • RZA — RZA vs. Bobby Digital (Uncle Yura Records)
  • Sleepersound — Idle Voices (Shimmy Disc)
  • The Steoples — Wide Through The Eyes Of No One (Stones Throw)
  • Stephen Chopek — Dweller (Declared Goods)
  • Suncraft — Flat Earth Rider (All Good Clean Records)
  • Troy Redfern — The Fire Cosmic (Red7 Records)
  • Willy Mason — Already Dead (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Wolf Castle — Da Vinci’s Inquest EP (Forward Music Group)
  • Zachary Knowles — Tendency To Be A Loner (Fader Label)

Friday, August 13

  • A Great Big Pile Of Leaves — Pono (Topshelf Records)
  • Bendigo Fletcher — Fits Of Laughter (Elektra Records)
  • Ben Platt — Reverie (Atlantic)
  • Bikini — Motor Function EP (Northern Transmissions)
  • Blackbear — Misery Lake EP (ALAMO/Columbia Records)
  • Bloxx — Pop Culture EP (Chess Club Records)
  • Boldy James And The Alchemist — Bo Jackson (ALC Records)
  • Brandee Younger — Somewhere Different (Impulse! Records)
  • Brijean — Feelings Remixes EP (Ghostly International)
  • Brogan Bentley — Diapason Rex (Leaving Records)
  • Charles Spearin — My City Of Starlings (Arts & Crafts)
  • Chorusing — Half Mirror (Western Vinyl)
  • The Cold Stares — Heavy Shoes (Mascot Records)
  • Dan + Shay — Good Things (Warner Nashville)
  • Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson — Refuge (Dead Oceans)
  • Dreamers — Atlas EP (Nettwerk)
  • Explorer Tapes — Explorer Tapes (Omnivore Recordings)
  • Grace Vonderkuhn — Pleasure Pain (Sheer Luck Records)
  • Hein Cooper — Turbulent Heart EP (Nettwerk Records)
  • Jade Bird — Different Kinds Of Light (Glassnote)
  • Jeremy Garrett — Wanderer’s Compass (Organic Records)
  • Joey Cape — A Good Year To Forget (Fat Wreck Chords)
  • Joseph Taylor Sutkowski — Of Wisdom & Folly (Danger Collective Records)
  • Josienne Clarke — A Small Unknowable Thing (Corduroy Punk Tracks)
  • Jungle — Loving In Stereo (Caiola Records)
  • Junior Mesa — Cirque Du Freak EP (Nice Life Recording Company)
  • Kalie Shorr — I Got Here By Accident EP (TMWRK Records)
  • Katz — Only You EP (Dot Dash Recordings)
  • The Killers — Pressure Machine (EMI)
  • Lee Dewyze — Ghost Stories (RCA)
  • Luke Hemmings — When Facing The Things We Turn Away From (Arista Records)
  • Matthew Whitaker — Connections (Resilience Music)
  • Media Jeweler — The Sublime Sculpture Of Being Alive (Fire Talk)
  • Meet Me @ The Altar — Model Citizen EP (Fueled by Ramen)
  • Mountain Movers — World What World (Trouble In Mind)
  • Nick Garbett & Mike Majkowski — The Glider (Banksia Records)
  • OhGeesy — Geezy World (Atlantic Records)
  • Pachyman — The Return Of Pachyman (ATO Records)
  • Pole — Tanzboden EP (Mute)
  • Raven Bush — Fall Into Noise (PRAH Recordings)
  • Rebel Priest — Lost In Tokyo EP (Batcave Records)
  • Roy Montgomery — Rhymes Of Chance (Grapefruit Record Club)
  • Sally Decker — In The Tender Dream (NNA Tapes)
  • Still Woozy — If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is (Still Woozy Productions Inc.)
  • Stuck — Content That Makes You Feel Good EP (Exploding In Sound)
  • Supreme Love — We Are All Together EP (Animal63)
  • Susanna And David Wallumrød — Live (Susanna Sonata)
  • Trash Boat — Don’t You Feel Amazing? (Hopeless Records)
  • Watchhouse — Watchhouse (Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers)
  • Willie Nile — The Day The Earth Stood Still (River House Records)
  • Wing Vilma — Spirit Practice (Young Heavy Souls)

Friday, August 20

  • Alisa Tully — Holy Isle EP (Dalliance Recordings)
  • All Good Things — A Hope In Hell (Better Noise Music)
  • Anderson East — Maybe We Never Die (Low Country Sound)
  • Angel Olsen — Aisles EP (Jagjaguwar)
  • Badge Epoch — Scroll (Telephone Explosion)
  • Bambies — Summer Soon (Spaghetty Town Records)
  • Becky Hill — Only Honest On The Weekend (Polydor)
  • Between The Buried And Me — Colors II (Sumerian Records)
  • Black Light Animals — Playboys Of The Western World (Fat Beats Records)
  • Bnny — Everything (Fire Talk)
  • Chris Acker — Odd, Ordinary, & Otherwise (Gar Hole Records)
  • Chris J Norwood — I Am Not Cool (State Fair Records)
  • Cinema Cinema — CCXMDII (Nefarious Industries)
  • Connie Smith — The Cry Of The Heart (Fat Possum Records)
  • Darrin Bradbury — Artvertisement (ANTI- Records)
  • David Duchovny — Gestureland (GMG/King Baby)
  • The Dead Deads — Tell Your Girls It’s Alright (Rumble Records)
  • Deafheaven — Infinite Granite (Sargent House)
  • Debbie Gibson — The Body Remembers (Stargirl Records)
  • Eric Hilton — Ceremony (Montserrat House)
  • Ester Poly — Wet (Hummus Records)
  • G. Brenner — Brushfire (Very Jazzed)
  • George Lynch — Seamless (Rat Pak Records)
  • Girlpuppy — Swan EP (Royal Mountain Records)
  • James McMurtry — The Horses And The Hounds (New West Records)
  • Jeremiah Cymerman — Citadels & Sanctuaries (5049 Records)
  • Joe Troop — Borrowed Time (Free Dirt Records)
  • Johnny Yukon — Flight Plan 001 (Elektra Records)
  • The Joy Formidable — Into The Blue (Soundly Distro)
  • Justus Proffit — Speedstar (B.A.R.N.O.N.E. Records)
  • Khartoum — Vultures EP (Young Poet)
  • Kool & The Gang — Perfect Union (Omnivore Recordings)
  • Kunzite — Visuals (Lowly/Wilder Records)
  • L.A. Exes — Get Some (Black Rainbow Records)
  • Lorde — Solar Power (Universal)
  • Lorkin O’Reilly — Marriage Material (Team Love)
  • Mae Powell — Both Ways Brighter (Park the Van Records)
  • Maggie Rose — Have A Seat (Starstruck Records)
  • Mano Le Tough — At The Moment (Pampa Records)
  • Martha Wainwright — Love Will Be Reborn (Pheromone Records/Cooking Vinyl)
  • Martin Gore — The Third Chimpanzee Remixed (Mute Records)
  • Mildreda — I Was Never Really There (Dependent Records)
  • Molly Burman — Fool Me With Flattery EP (Prolifica Inc)
  • Morly — ‘Til I Start Speaking (Cascine)
  • Nathan Salsburg — Psalms (No Quarter Records)
  • Occurence — I Have So Much Love To Give (Archie & Fox Records)
  • Orla Gartland — Woman On The Internet (New Friends)
  • Rick Hyde — Plates 2 (Black Soprano Family)
  • Sam Williams — Glasshouse Children (Snakefarm)
  • Shannon & The Clams — Year Of The Spider (Easy Eye Sound)
  • Shining Bird — Deadlands (Spunk Records)
  • Shire T — Kingdoms In Colour (Ninja Tune)
  • Sierra Ferrell — Long Time Coming (Clear Summer Nights)
  • Strange Bones — England Screams (FSKT/300)
  • Sturgill Simpson — The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita (High Top Mountain Records/Thirty Tigers)
  • Switchfoot — Interrobang (Fantasy Records)
  • Telethon — Swim Out Past The Breakers (Take This To Heart Records)
  • Tropical Fuck Storm — Deep States (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Various Artists — The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2 (Sub Pop)
  • Villagers — Fever Dreams (Domino)
  • Vistas — What Were You Hoping To Find? (Believe)
  • Wanda Jackson — Encore (Big Machine Records)

Friday, August 27

  • A Great Big World — Particles (Epic Records)
  • Anamanaguchi — Summer Singles 2010/2020 (Polyvinyl Records)
  • Arjuna Oakes & Serebii — First Nights EP (Innovative Leisure)
  • Bendik Giske — Cracks (Smalltown Supersound)
  • Ben Stalets — Everybody’s Laughing (WhistlePig Records)
  • Big Red Machine — How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? (37D03D/Jagjaguwar)
  • Born Without Bones — Pictures Of The Sun EP (Pure Noise Records)
  • Botanist And Thief — Cicatrix/Diamond Brush (Prophecy Productions)
  • Bram Weijters’ Crazy Men — The Return (SDBAN Records)
  • Brian Setzer — Gotta Have The Rumble (Surfdog Records)
  • The Bronx — The Bronx VI (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Chubby And The Gang — The Mutt’s Nuts (Partisan Records)
  • Chvrches — Screen Violence (Glassnote Records)
  • Clifford / Wright — For All The Money In The World (BFD)
  • Cold Hart — Every Day Is A Day (Epitaph Records)
  • Comet Control — Inside The Sun (Tee Pee Records)
  • Container — Creamer EP (Drone)
  • E.VAX — E.VAX (XL)
  • EG Vines — Through The Mirror (Nowhere Special Recordings)
  • Emma-Jean Thackery — Yellow (Movementt)
  • Evann McIntosh — Character Development (Mom+Pop)
  • Ex Deo — The Thirteen Years Of Nero (Napalm Records)
  • Eyedress — Mulholland Drive (Lex Records)
  • The Faux Paws — The Faux Paws (Great Bear Records)
  • Field Guide — Make Peace With That (Birthday Cake)
  • Field Works — Maple, Ash, And Oaks: Cedars Instrumentals (Temporary Residence Limited)
  • Fotocrime — Heart Of Crime (Profound Lore Records)
  • Gord Downie — Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters’ Cabal (Arts & Crafts)
  • Granfalloon — Positive Songs (Cosmic Glue)
  • The Grascals — Up All Night (Mountain Home)
  • Gretta Ray — Begin To Look Around (EMI)
  • Halsey — If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (Capitol Records)
  • The Immediate Family — The Immediate Family (Quarto Valley Records)
  • Indigo De Souza — Any Shape You Take (Saddle Creek)
  • I See Hawks In L.A. — On Our Way (Western Seeds)
  • Isla — The Mediterranean Gardener (Yep Roc Records)
  • Jason Sharp — The Turning Centre Of A Still World (Constellation Records)
  • Jinjer — Wallflowers (Napalm Records)
  • Jo O’Meara — With Love (Metrophonic)
  • Joakim — Second Nature (Tiger Sushi)
  • Kabir Sehgal — Threshold EP (Tiger Turn)
  • Kat Von D — Love Made Me Do It (KVD/Kartel Music Group)
  • Kenny Garrett — Sounds from The Ancestors (Mack Avenue Records)
  • Kiefer — When There’s Love Around (Stones Throw Records)
  • King Calaway — Midnight EP (Stoney Creek Records)
  • L’Freaq — Showgirl EP (Position Music)
  • La Bonte — Don’t Let This Define Me (Anxiety Blanket)
  • Lewloh — Michigan/Missinghim (Where Are The Fruits Records)
  • Lindsay Munroe — Frogs And Birds (Troubadour Music)
  • Low Flying Hawks — Fuyu (Magnetic Eye Records)
  • Macy Rodman — Unimaginable Animals (Accidental Popstar Records)
  • Madi Diaz — History Of A Feeling (Anti- Records)
  • Maisie Peters — You Signed Up For This (Gingerbread Man Records)
  • Marisa Anderson And William Tyler — Lost Futures (Thrill Jockey)
  • Mirabai Ceiba — The Quiet Hour (Terrorbird)
  • Molly Herron — Through Lines (New Amsterdam Records)
  • Mouse Rat — The Awesome Album (Dualtone/Entertainment 720)
  • Nite Jewel — No Sun (Gloriette)
  • Ocie Elliott — A Place EP (Nettwerk)
  • Opus Orange — Object Lessons (Emoto Music)
  • Phinehas — The Fire Itself (Solid State Records)
  • The Poppermost — Hits To Spare (Think Like A Key Records)
  • Robert Ellis Orrall — Surf And Gun Club (Fixation Records/Infinity Cat Recordings)
  • Roxy Girls — Roxy Girls Are In The Drink EP (Moshi Moshi Records)
  • Scarypoolparty — The Act Of Forgiveness (Hollywood)
  • Snowy Band — Alternate Endings (Spunk Records)
  • Sonta — Chocolit (Machine Entertainment Group)
  • Southern Avenue — Be The Love You Want (Renew Records/BMG)
  • Spirit Adrift — Forge Your Future EP (Century Media Records)
  • Steve Gunn — Other You (Matador Records)
  • Straytones — Magic Green River Swimmin’ & Stunning Tarzanka Experience (Robustfellow Productions)
  • Sugar Horse — The Live Long After (Small Pond)
  • Suzanne Santo — Yard Sale (Soundly Music)
  • Terence Blanchard — Absence (Blue Note)
  • Thalia Zedek Band — Perfect Vision (Thrill Jockey)
  • Thyrfing — Vanagand (Despotz Records)
  • Tim Easton — You Don’t Really Know Me (Black Mesa Records)
  • Trace Adkins — The Way I Wanna Go (Verge Records)
  • Tré Burt — You, Yeah, You EP (Oh Boy Records)
  • TSHA — OnlyL EP (Ninja Tune)
  • Turnstile — Glow On (Grand Jury)
  • Velvet Starlings — Technicolour Shakedown (Sound x 3 Records)
  • Yann Tiersen — Kerber (Mute)

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Chris Paul & Russell Westbrook Hang Out In L.A, Lakers Fans React

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This past week, it was revealed that Russell Westbrook would be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrell. The trade will only be made official as of this Friday, although it is pretty well set in stone. Westbrook is one of the most athletic point guards of all time and he is a triple-double machine who will rack up the stats for the Lakers this season. 

In the meantime, other point guards like CP3 are still up in the air when it comes to their free agency status. Paul is going to free agency after declining his $44 million player option, which means he could be on the move from the Suns. He could also renegotiate with the Suns and come back on a smaller deal with more incentives.

Chris Paul & Russell Westbrook

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In typical free agency fashion, Westbrook and Paul created a bit of a stir recently as they were spotted together in Los Angeles. Of course, this probably doesn’t mean anything especially when you consider how the Lakers simply don’t have the money to afford Paul. Paul could always take a massive pay cut to win the title, but if we’re being realistic, that simply won’t happen.

Regardless, Lakers fans are using this as an opportunity to speculate on their roster heading into next season. There is a lot of false hope going around right now in regards to the purple and gold, and it has made for quite the spectacle on Twitter.

You can see how fans are reacting, below.

Frank Ocean Set To Headline Coachella 2023: Report

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Frank Ocean fans have it rough. While other fanbases get frequent opportunities to see their favorite artists live in person, Frank Ocean is an artist who rarely steps on stage to perform at all. As a result, the Hip-Hop community has seen how unruly his fanbase can get when they even think he may be making a surprise appearance.

Well now, Frank Ocean’s fanbase can stop playing the guessing games because the Blonde artist is reportedly set to headline the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Frank Ocean attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City.
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According to the Los Angeles Times, Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett has uncharacteristically confirmed one of the festival’s headliners two years in advance because he’s “just trying to be as fair as [he] can to artists and to the fans.” Frank Ocean had previously been booked as a headlining act in 2020, but due to COVID-19, the festival was pushed all the way back to April 2022. Frank was reportedly not available for the reschedule festival, so Tollet felt it necessary to reassure fans that the Channel Orange artist would be returning in 2023.

Although it may not be as fast approaching as the long-delayed 2022 Coachella Festival, fans can at least start saving up for tickets to the 2023 festival. Does Frank Ocean’s confirmation as a headliner make 2023 Coachella a must-attend festival?

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Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” Hits One Billion Views

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It’s no secret that Cardi B has amassed a fair number of vocal detractors, determined to tear her down at any opportunity. Yet a crucial fact remains — as an artist, she’s far more supported and beloved than her haters might have you believe. Case in point, Cardi has already amassed a collection of gold, platinum, and even diamond plaques that surpasses many of her hip-hop peers — and that’s only off the strength of one album and a handful of singles.

Now, Cardi has officially secured another new milestone, the likes of which have only been seen by some of rap’s commercial titans like Nelly, 50 Cent, Eminem. According to a report from Chart Data, Cardi B’s breakout single “Bodak Yellow” (which was recently certified diamond by the RIAA) has officially secured over one billion views on YouTube. Given that the track marks her — as of now — lone diamond single, it was only a matter of time before the YouTube numbers mirrored as much.

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As Chart Data points out, this makes her the fastest rising solo female rapper to achieve the YouTube milestone. You have to hand it to the New York rapper, who currently sits at the precipice of her long-awaited and yet-to-be-titled sophomore album. At this point, it wouldn’t be entirely out of the realm of possibility for the extravagantly explicit “Wet-Ass-Pussy” video to see a billy, as it currently sits at four-hundred-and-ten thousand in a little over a year. 

Give the “Bodak Yellow” video, originally released four years ago ahead of Invasion Of Privacy, a nostalgic revisit below. To this day, does it remain Cardi B’s defining song? 

WATCH: Cardi B – Bodak Yellow

Raptors & Heat Inching Towards Kyle Lowry Sign & Trade: Report

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Kyle Lowry is one of the biggest targets in free agency as it seems clear that he will be breaking up with the Toronto Raptors. Lowry has been linked to a plethora of teams including the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, and even the Los Angeles Lakers. With Russell Westbrook in Los Angeles, the Lakers are now off the table for Lowry, and for now, it seems like his best shot at winning another title would be with a team like the Miami Heat.

In fact, according to Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, Lowry and the Heat are destined to link up with each other. As of today, the Heat are positioning themselves to acquire Lowry in a sign and trade that would involve Goran Dragic and Precious Achiuwa. 

Kyle Lowry

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Per Fischer:

“All eyes remain trained on Kyle Lowry’s future as the NBA’s free-agency period readies to open at 6 p.m. ET on Monday. Word around the league, at this juncture, is clearly pointing toward the All-Star guard joining Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat via a sign-and-trade with Toronto. The Heat are also expected to sign Butler to a lucrative contract extension, sources told B/R.”

This is going to be sad news for Raptors fans who have seen Lowry blossom into a championship-winning player. Regardless, all good things come to an end, and for Lowry, this could be an opportunity to start fresh alongside Jimmy Butler.

Stay tuned to HNHH as we will continue to bring you the latest from free agency.

Coachella’s Co-Founder Says Frank Ocean Will Miss The 2022 Fest But Headline In 2023

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Back in January 2020, the lineup for that year’s Coachella festival was unveiled, with Frank Ocean as one of the headliners alongside Travis Scott and Rage Against The Machine. The event was pushed back to 2021 and then 2022; A couple months ago, it was revealed the 2022 festival will take place from April 15 to 17 and April 22 to 24. The lineup has yet to be revealed, but festival co-founder Paul Tollett shared some tidbits about it in a new Los Angeles Times story. The most notable takeaway: Frank Ocean won’t be performing in 2022 since he was unavailable for the rescheduled dates, but he’s apparently set to take the Coachella stage in 2023.

Explaining why he decided to make that reveal so far in advance, Tollett told the publication, “Right now, it’s the Wild West. I’m just trying to be as fair as I can to artists and to the fans to make sure that eventually they get to see everyone that we talked about.”

The story also notes that Scott and Rage Against The Machine will return to headline in 2022, while a third headliner is set to be announced.

Elsewhere in the piece, Tollett discusses what it was like to delay Coachella so many times and the state of the music/concert industry at large, so read the full story here.