Month: December 2021

“Astroworld Concert: From Hell”, Travis Scott Hulu Documentary Causes Social Media Uproar

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This weekend will mark just one month since Travis Scott‘s deadly Astroworld Festival tragedy where 10 people lost their lives and over 300 people were injured. The streaming platform, Hulu, is already advertising a documentary on it and fans are infuriated saying it’s too soon. Hulu Announces Astroworld Documentary Many anticipated that Astroworld documentaries would […]

Kyrie Irving Will Only Play This Season If This Happens

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Kyrie Irving has not been able to play any basketball this season as he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA superstar is refusing the jab right now and since he plays for a team located in New York, it is simply illegal for him to actually participate. While the team has tried to convince him to get the vaccine, Kyrie has continued to fight against this, and as it stands, Irving has zero plans to actually return if it means getting a needle in the arm.

Recently, Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic spoke to Pat McAfee about the Irving situation and what it will mean moving forward. As Shams confirmed, Irving is still not budging on the jab, and there is really only one way in which he will actually play this year.

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In the clip below, Shams reveals that the one way we can see Irving on the court soon is if he gets traded by the team. There have been talks surrounding a potential Irving trade in the past, although, given his history, his trade value isn’t exactly very high right now. Regardless, he remains one of the best point guards in the league and there are certainly teams out there who will want him around. Whether or not a trade happens, remains to be seen.

Despite this situation, the Nets are still first in the Eastern Conference, so things aren’t exactly all bad for Brooklyn right now.

Juice WRLD Song With Justin Bieber Announced

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Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber never had a chance to collaborate while the Chicago rapper was alive but it appears as though they’ve got a record together on Juice’s upcoming posthumous album. The single, titled “Wandered To LA,” will be released tonight on what would have been Juice’s twenty-third birthday. It was announced through a trailer.

In the video, the song is previewed as Juice WRLD speaks about his battle with anxiety and depression. Justin Bieber opens up about how he used to wake up and the first thing he would do was pop pills and smoke a blunt before realizing that he needed to change his lifestyle. Juice’s friends also speak about the late rapper’s drug addiction, talking about how he would lock himself in his room for hours to “withdraw” from his addiction. 


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The song sounds very catchy and pop-leaning, and many are anticipating that this could end up being a chart-topping hit. Despite his death two years ago, Juice WRLD remains one of the most popular artists in the world. This was also a huge year for Bieber, who is nominated for a bunch of GRAMMY Awards. 

“Wandered To LA” drops at midnight. Fighting Demons, the posthumous album, is coming out on December 10. The day prior, his estate has planned a special Juice WRLD Day event at United Center in Chicago.

Are you looking forward to the new single?

Playboy Announces Cardi B As Its First-Ever Creative Director

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Playboy has revealed that Cardi B will take over as the brand’s first-ever creative director. In the role, she will focus on providing direction with co-branded fashion, sexual wellness products, digital editorial content, and more.

“For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt connected to Playboy. It’s truly the original platform for uncensored creativity and I’m inspired by its incredible legacy of fighting for personal freedoms,” Cardi said in a press release, according to the NY Post. “I have so many ideas already – I can’t wait!”

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The brand added: “In her new role as Playboy’s first-ever Creative Director In Residence, Cardi will provide artistic direction across co-branded fashion and sexual wellness merchandise collections, digital editorial, experiential activations and more. In addition, Cardi B will serve as the Founding Creative Director and a founding member of Playboy’s upcoming creator-led platform, CENTERFOLD.”

With CENTERFOLD, Playboy says they aim to  “revolutionize” the creative world.

Cardi recently became the first female rapper to receive two RIAA diamond singles. Both Cardi’s 2018 collaboration with Maroon 5, “Girls Like You,” and her breakout hit “Bodak Yellow” have reached the impressive milestone.

Check out Cardi’s announcement on Twitter below.

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Saba Joins Fellow Pivot Gang Members MFnMelo And Squeak On ‘Mood Swing’

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In the wake of the death of Pivot Gang producer/DJ Squeak, the Chicago-based collective is preparing to release the deluxe edition of his and MFnMelo‘s June joint album, En Route. To mark the new release, Melo shared a new single, “Mood Swing,” which features fellow Pivot Gang members Saba, Joseph Chiliams, and Frsh Waters. It also features production by Squeak, Big Goose, and Daedae of Pivot Gang.

En Route‘s deluxe edition will mark the first release from Squeak since he was shot and killed in June this year. It’s set for release on December 9.

Melo remarked on the “weirdness” of promoting a new project while still mourning his late friend — especially a project produced by that friend. “Lately I’ve been having even less things to say,” he wrote on Instagram. “Not too many people get it but shorty did. Which makes this way harder. So understanding. So influential. So missed. This sh*t weird to promote anything right now honestly but I’d be damn if I didn’t follow thru with our plan! Finishing this was some of the hardest sh*t I had to do. But because of your love and belief, I stayed #ForeverEnRoute! You know what time it is bro and they soon will too!”

Listen to MFnMelo and Squeak’s “Mood Swing” featuring Saba above.

Seth Rogen Still Has No Idea How He Ended Up Sitting Front Row At Adele’s Televised Concert Special

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Seth Rogen digs weed. Let me take that back. Seth Rogen absolutely loves weed. He recently lit up with Conan O’Brien on the last episode of the host’s TBS late-night show. Rogen’s got his own weed company and is rolling in success, along with rolling in joints. For those reasons, it’s not at all hard to believe that Seth was high while recently appearing in the front row of Adele’s CBS TV concert special, “Adele One Night Only.”

There were a few surprises during the course of that special, apparently. Adele helped one gentleman pull off a surprise proposal that night, and as it turns out, Rogen was very surprised to be front row at an Adele show while the thing was being taped for TV. Here’s how he boisterously explained (to Jimmy Fallon) how this happened. Let’s just say that weed wasn’t the reason, but it still came up in conversation:

“I was in the front row of the Adele concert. And that is as surprising to me as anyone because I had no idea I was attending the taping of an Adele television special at all. I got an invitation, ‘Do you want to go to a small Adele concert?’ is what I remember absorbing. And I go to my wife Lauren, ‘You want to go to this small Adele concert?’ ‘Great, sounds fun’ … So, if I’m being honest, I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, I smoke weed, Jimmy.”

Rogen continued while adding that he “smoked a ton of weed” that night, and then, when he and his wife (Lauren) arrived at she show, “we see camera cranes.” That was when he realized that this was probably going to be on a TV show, but he reasoned, “Maybe it’s not that big a television special.” That’s when he saw Oprah at the show, and then Rogen thought maybe he could “just sit in the back.” However, that’s not what the powers in be had in mind for him, despite not being “equipped mentally to deal with doing this right now, really.” The situation progressed to where “I sit down, there’s like a camera literally just pointed at my face.”

Sounds surreal. And as one might expect, Rogen rolled with it. He stars as Santa Claus in Santa Inc. (which is currently streaming on HBO Max), and you can watch him at the aforementioned Adele concert in the below video from Entertainment Tonight.

Ari Lennox Assures Fans She’s Safe After Being Racially Profiled And Arrested In Amsterdam

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Ari Lennox jetted off to Europe just after the Thanksgiving holiday last week when her fun trip turned into a nightmare. Just after she touched down in the Amsterdam airport, the singer began live tweeting that she was being racially profiled by an airport security agent. The singer said the incident ended with her getting arrested and she’s gone radio silent since. But thankfully, Lennox returned to social media on Thursday to let fans know she’s safe and sound.

Lennox’s awful experience was detailed in the series of tweets on Monday. Shortly after her plane landed, Lennox tweeted “Hi Amsterdam.” But that’s when things took a turn for the worst. “F*ck Amsterdam security. They hate black people,” she wrote, later saying that she’ll “never leave her house again” and just wanted to go home. Her tweets then stopped after announcing that she was being arrested. “I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me,” she wrote.

Now, a few days later, it seems that Lennox has finally been released. The singer hasn’t shared any more details about what exactly went down or where she was taken when she was arrested, but she did assure fans that she’s now safe. “Hey loves I’m safe. Thank you so much for your prayers and love,” she wrote.

Drake, Dua Lipa, And BTS Top The ‘Billboard’ Year-End Charts For 2021

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The flood of year-end music round-ups has started over the past few days, as websites (like Uproxx) have shared their year-end lists and Spotify Wrapped has made the rounds. Now Billboard has chimed in with their year-end charts, and some expected figures have found themselves atop the ranks.

Drake was 2021’s top artist and following him on the list are, in order, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, and Morgan Wallen. As for Top New Artists, Rodrigo tops that list and is followed by The Kid Laroi, Giveon, Pooh Shiesty, and 24kGoldn. There’s also a lists of top artists that are duos or groups, and that’s led by BTS, as well as Glass Animals, Dan + Shay, Fleetwood Mac, and AJR.

When it comes to Billboard 200 albums, Morgan Wallen reigns supreme with Dangerous: The Double Album, ahead of Rodrigo’s Sour, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Swift’s Evermore, and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy. Meanwhile, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” leads the Hot 100 Songs chart, followed by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s “Mood,” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U.”

Check out all of the year-end charts here and below.

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

Brandon Ingram Divulges On His Future In New Orleans

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When Brandon Ingram was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans, there were a lot of questions about what his future in NOLA would look like. Of course, Ingram is a very talented young player, however, the Pelicans have been known to waste talent over the years. Not to mention, with Lonzo Ball leaving the team in the offseason, there was this sense that Ingram could walk sooner rather than later.

In a recent report from NBA.com, Ingram decided to speak on his future with New Orleans and how he feels about the club, moving forward. As he explains, he told the team that he wanted to spend at least five years there, and he is planning to run that out, no matter what. He wants to see where this team goes, and he isn’t going to run away, even when things are bad.

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“I’ve made a commitment to New Orleans that I was going to be here for five years and not knowing what was going to come with it,” Ingram said. “Of course, I want to always be on the winning side. It’s always frustrating when you lose, you lose and you lose. But I think you find beauty in pushing hard. I’m trying to figure out a way with the group that we have with making each other better every single day.”

The team is going to be getting Zion Williamson back soon, so that is certainly going to make things better as the team looks to bounce back from a harsh start to the season.

Stay tuned to HNHH for more updates from the NBA world.

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Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2021

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2021 will be remembered for these projects. Continue reading…