Month: May 2022

A Preview Of Saucy Santana’s Beyonce-Sampling New Single ‘Booty’ Is Already Being Called The Song Of The Summer

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The summer may very well belong to Saucy Santana if his new single lives up to the high expectations fans have set for it. Santana, who only started rapping professionally in 2019 after working as a makeup artist for City Girls, has already seen his star rise tremendously as a result of TikTok-favorite singles like “Walk,” “Material Girl,” and “Shisha,” but his next single, “Booty,” has the potential to be his biggest yet for three reasons.

Reason number one: Santana teased the single on TikTok and Twitter just hours ago, and he’s already trending, with fans calling “Booty” the song of the summer despite only having 15 seconds to go on. That’s influence, people.

Reason number two: Booty samples one of the biggest hits in one of the most storied discographies in the recording industry. It’s not subtle either; the sample of Beyonce’s breakthrough solo single “Crazy In Love” blares out of an unseen speaker in Santana’s teaser as he twerks and pops to the particularly sticky hook.

Reason number three: There’s a mystery guest, and Santana is at that stage in his career where it could be someone huge. His hiding the name makes it all the more likely since it implies it’s someone he hasn’t worked with already, who you might not expect him to work with, but who will totally make sense when you find out who it is. There’s also that collaboration that Lil Nas X teased a few months ago…

For now, we’ll have to stick with guessing but if Santana’s dropping teasers, the answer can’t be too far around the corner. Check out the snippet above and the reactions below, and get ready for a Santana summer.

Jaylen Brown Is Reportedly Joining Kanye West’s Donda Sports

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Jaylen Brown is on his way to the first NBA Finals of his career, as the Celtics finally broke through the Eastern Conference Finals ceiling on their fourth visit in the six years Brown has been on the roster, as he has developed into the Celtics second star alongside Jayson Tatum.

The former No. 3 overall pick has steadily improved over the course of his career and is now among the best two-way wings in the NBA, and as he prepares for an increased profile off of a Finals run, he’s making an off-court move to capitalize. TMZ reports Brown has signed with Kanye West’s Donda Sports, although it’s not abundantly clear what the exact relationship will be between the budding agency and the NBA star. Brown is currently on the second year of a four-year, $106 million deal with the Celtics that was negotiated by agent Jason Glushon.

Brown joins Aaron Donald with Donda Sports, as the NFL star announced his partnership with the agency this week — although he noted it was a partnership focused on off the field endorsements and ventures. Whether Brown is leaving Glushon Sports Management in total for Donda Sports or if he is joining them, like Donald, for off-field management remains to be seen, but either way it’s clear he’s getting ready to expand his brand with a new agency.

Chloe Lends A Sultry Verse To A ‘Shemix’ Of Capella Grey’s ‘Gyalis’

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Over the past year, New York singer Capella Grey’s 2021 single “Gyalis” has become a slow-burning, fan-favorite hit, rising to No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and receiving a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

It doesn’t look like the song will run out of gas anytime soon; after rising star Chloe offered her own take on the song for Instagram, today, Grey officially added her verse to a sultry “shemix” of the hit single, adding a feminine perspective to Grey’s indecisive single.

Responding to the wishy-washy vibe of the song’s original verse, Chloe flips the script, noting that she too has plenty of options when it comes to romance. Rather than putting up with a reluctant, possibly unfaithful paramour, she dismisses his affections to return to the streets. “I ain’t the bitch that you can lie to,” she asserts. “I ain’t the bitch you gonna cry to.”

Chloe’s covers have been one of the main drivers behind her rise to solo stardom, as she takes on versions of songs like Kanye West’s “24,” Minnie Riperton’s “Loving You,” and more. When she’s not performing covers, she has been using her social media to preview new songs from her upcoming solo debut album, Chloe.

Check out the “shemix” of “Gyalis” above.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” Sets Impressive Billboard 200 Chart Record

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Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is officially the first hip-hop studio album to spend 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. Eminem’s 2005 Curtain Call: The Hits is the only other project in the genre to do so but as a compilation.

For the latest week of counting, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City landed at number 17. Lamar’s latest effort, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers fell to number two, shy of Harry Styles’s new album, Harry’s House.

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While he’s alone at the top with Lamar, Eminem doesn’t seem to share any animosity toward the Compton rapper. Eminem recently admitted on Twitter that he was left speechless by Lamar’s work.

“Yo @DrDre this Kendrick album is f****** ridiculous. I’m speechless,” Eminem wrote in the tweet, tagging Dr. Dre. 

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was released in October 2012 and was supported by five singles in “The Recipe”, “Swimming Pools (Drank)”, “Backseat Freestyle”, “Poetic Justice”, and “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.” The album landed number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 242,000 copies in its first week. As for features, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City includes appearances from Drake, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Jay Rock, and more.

While Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City currently reigns supreme on the hip-hop charts, Drake’s Take Care isn’t far behind with 481 weeks. The project remained on the charts, last week, ranking at 43.

Outside of rap, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City ranks eighth on the all-time list. Ahead of it sit Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon (962 weeks), Metallica’s Metallica (660), Nirvana’s Nevermind (576), Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans (572), Adele’s 21 (541), Michael Jackson’s Thriller (522), and AC/DC’s Back In Black (516).

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Air Jordan 1 High OG “True Blue” To Honor The AJ3: Details

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With 2023 a few months away, we are already getting a bunch of teasers from the sneaker world. Jordan Brand is a huge part of those teasers and as you can imagine, most of them are for the Air Jordan 1 High OG. Next year, the Air Jordan 3 will celebrate its 35th anniversary and to celebrate, Jordan Brand will bring the “True Blue” aesthetic to the Air Jordan 1 as a nice little homage.

As you can see from the photoshop rendering below, courtesy of @zsneakerheadz, this shoe has a very obvious “True Blue” aesthetic. From the white base to the blue overlays and grey back heel, there is no doubt that this is a shoe that pays homage to the infamous Air Jordan 3 of the same name. Once it is released next Spring, it will definitely turn quite a few heads.

For now, there is no exact release date associated with this shoe, so stay tuned to HNHH as we will be sure to bring you all of the latest news and updates from around the sneaker world. As always, head down to the comments section below and let us know what you think of this brand new Air Jordan 1.

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Moses Ingram Addresses Racist Backlash To “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Role

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Moses Ingram, who stars as Reva Sevander in Disney’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi series, has addressed the racist hate messages she’s been receiving online from certain Star Wars fan upset with her character. Ingram spoke about the issue during an Instagram Live stream.

“Long story short, there are hundreds of those. Hundreds,” she said, after showing several examples of racist messages. “And I also see those of you out there who put on a cape for me and that really does mean the world to me because, you know, there’s nothing anybody can do about this. There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. And so I question my purposes even being here in front of you saying that this is happening.”

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Ingram continued: “I don’t really know. I don’t really know. But I think the thing that bothers me is that sort of this feeling that I’ve had inside of myself. This feeling that no one has told me, but I just got to shut up and take it. I just got to bury it. And I’m not built like that. So I really just wanted to come on, I think, and say thank you to the people who show up for me in the comments and the places I’m not going to put myself. And to the rest of y’all, y’all weird.”

Ingram isn’t the first actor of color to receive substantial backlash after being cast in the Star Wars universe. Both John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran have spoken publically about receiving hate messages over the years. The two actors were cast in the series’ sequel trilogy.

Obi-Wan Kenobi debuted on Disney+ on May 27 with two episodes, while subsequent episodes are being released weekly. In the show, Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor both reprise their roles from the prequel trilogy.

Check out Ingram’s video from Instagram Live below.

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