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Tyler The Creator Announces His ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Tour With Vince Staples And Kali Uchis

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Tyler The Creator‘s Call Me If You Get Lost made waves as Tyler’s unofficial entry to DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz canon and now, he taking the album on the road, along with a few friends. The Call Me If You Get Lost Tour kicks off in February 2022 in San Diego, California, then continues through 33 more cities, concluding in Seattle, Washington in April.

Coming along with Tyler are friends and collaborators Kali Uchis, Vince Staples, and Teezo Touchdown, the latter of whom appeared on the album on “Runitup” after Tyler tweeted about him last summer. Kali Uchis has collaborated with Tyler on the songs “Perfect,” “After The Storm,” and “See You Again,” while Vince Staples got his early start on songs with members of Tyler’s Odd Future collective and appears in Tyler’s recent Converse ad, representing one of the groups of people known for rocking the iconic Chuck Taylors.

Tyler also recently performed at Lollapalooza, while Vince Staples recently released his self-titled album, and Kali Uchis recently announced her sophomore album “Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros).”

Check out the tour’s dates below.

2/10 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena
2/11 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
2/12 — Las Vegas, NV @ Michelob Ultra Arena
2/14 — El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center
2/16 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
2/18 — St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena
2/19 — Kansas City, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena
2/20 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
2/22 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
2/24 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
2/27 — Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
2/28 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
3/3 — Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
3/4 — Norfolk, VA @ Chartway Arena
3/6 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
3/7 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
3/9 — Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
3/11 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
3/12 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
3/13 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
3/16 — Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
3/18 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
3/19 — Tampa, FL @ Yuengling Center
3/20 — Miami, FL @ FTX Arena
3/23 — Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
3/25 — Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena
3/27 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
3/29 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
3/31 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
4/1 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
4/2 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
4/4 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
4/7 — Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
4/8 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

A Collaboration Between Lil Baby And André 3000 Is Apparently In The Works

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Since his breakout moment, Lil Baby has not held back with his collaborations. The rapper has songs with Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, and even made an entire joint album with Gunna. But for his next collaboration, Lil Baby is setting his sights on someone a bit more elusive: André 3000.

Lil Baby recently sat down for a cover interview with Billboard where he talked about his rise to fame, his responsibility as a role model, and what he has in store next. The rapper sparingly divulged details about his third studio album, saying he has reached out to André 3000’s team in hopes of securing a feature from the Outkast rapper.

“I’m in a whole different head space than I was at with My Turn — I’m going to be at a different level every time I drop because I’m at different levels in life,” he said about his upcoming effort.

That wasn’t the only bit of information Lil Baby let loose about his next LP. Apparently, the rapper is vying for André 3000, who he labeled “a cold motherf*cker,” to lend a verse on a track. “I talked to somebody who be talking to him, and he’s on it right now,” he said of the potential collaboration. “We’re in third-party communications.”

Other than occasionally being spotted with his flute in public, André 3000 has been laying low lately. The rapper did end up making a rare appearance on Goodie Mob’s Survival Kit track “No Cigar.” But other than that, a song with Lil Baby would mark André 3000’s first new music in quite some time.

Read Billboard‘s Lil Baby cover story here.

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

Nas’ ‘King’s Disease 2’ Tracklist Includes Features From Eminem And Lauryn Hill

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Last year, Hit-Boy helped Nas overcome his recent album slump, executive producing the Queens legend’s latest full-length, King’s Disease. The results spoke for themselves; not only was the album credited with breaking rap fans’ prevailing “Nas has a tin ear for beats” narrative, but it was also one of the most critically acclaimed rap projects of the year.

It looks like the two principals were pretty impressed with each other, as they recently announced a follow-up titled King’s Disease II to be released on the same projected date as Kanye West’s Donda. Either that, or it’ll be a Lost Tapes-type release collecting some of the cutting room clippings from the original sessions and stitching them together — which has worked for Nas before on Lost Tapes. Today, they shared the tracklist, revealing collaborations with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Blxst, Eminem, EPMD, Lauryn Hill, and YG.

King’s Disease II will thus mark the second collaboration between Nas and Em and Nas and Lauryn. While Eminem produced Nas’s 2002 God’s Son song “The Cross,” Nas and Ms. Hill collaborated on Nas’ biggest hit to date, 1996’s “If I Ruled The World” from It Was Written. You can see the full tracklist courtesy of Nas’ Instagram below.

DaBaby Removed From Two More Festival Lineups

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DaBaby is getting dropped from festival line-ups left, right, and center following the homophobic and largely misinformed comments he made at Rolling Loud festival in Miami last month. The rapper found himself engulfed in controversy that he initially refused to apologize for. Well, at least until it started affecting his bag. 


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More and more festivals are dropping DaBaby from their line-ups. It was reported this morning that DaBaby was officially removed from the Austin City Limits festival line-up. That came after he was dropped from the Lollapalooza lineup, Governor’s Ball, and Day N Vegas. Two more festivals have announced that DaBaby will no longer be performing on their stages. iHeart Radio Music Festival and Midtown Music Festival have both pulled Charlotte rapper from their lineups.

DaBaby offered a second apology for his comments yesterday prior to being removed from the festival stage. “I want to apologize to the LGBTQ+ community for the hurtful and triggering comments I made. Again, I apologize for my misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS and I know education on this is important,” he wrote on his Instagram page.

DaBaby faced widespread backlash from industry legends. Questlove recently denounced DaBaby’s comments while both Madonna and Elton John issued statements calling out the rapper’s homophobic comments. However, DaBaby’s also received support from people like Boosie Badazz and Akademiks.

We’ll keep you posted on any more updates regarding DaBaby. 

Tyler, The Creator Announces Tour With Vince Staples, Kali Uchi & Teezo Touchdown

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Tyler, The Creator is going on tour this upcoming winter, with Vince Staples, Kali Uchis, and Teezo Touchdown. Tickets for the star-studded tour will go on sale, Friday.

Both Tyler and Staples are fresh off the release of new albums, this summer. Back in June, Tyler dropped his sixth studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost, while in July, Staples released his self-titled fourth studio album.

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Tyler also recently collaborated with Staples on a short film released for Converse. Tyler directed the film while Staples starred alongside Tim Meadows and more.

After the announcement, Staples tweeted an outdated flyer but followed up by saying, “These n****s gave me the wrong flyer. But we going on tour.”

Tyler recently admitted on Twitter that he thinks, Call Me If You Get Lost, is the best work of his career: “CMIYGL might overall be my best one. not necessarily my favorite (yet) but this one was executed at a level i havent hit before.”

Tickets for the Call Me If You Get Lost tour will go on sale Friday and can be purchased at Tyler’s website.

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

Wale Reflects On 11 Years Of “More About Nothing” & Possible Re-Release

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The streaming era has plenty of positives for music listeners, namely the convenience of having a vast musical library at one’s disposal. Yet one of the most glaring negatives — at least for many hip-hop fans — is the more-or-less complete omission of mixtapes. Given how many classic tapes have been released throughout the years, be it late-nineties drops of the more recent mixtapes-as-albums era, their absence is certainly felt.

Being an artist who originally forged his reputation through his mixtape catalog, Wale knows all about that life. In fact, today happens to mark the eleven-year anniversary of his beloved More About Nothing mixtape, the Seinfeld-inspired sequel to his 2008 Mixtape About Nothing. 

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Though many still hold his pair of Seinfeld tapes dear to heart, the rapper has found it difficult to transition both projects to streaming platforms. Not for lack of effort, however, as Wale confirms he’s been attempting to make it happen for two years now. 

“I secretly been working for two years to rerelease this,” writes Wale, taking to Twitter to share an update. “I did everything in my power to surprise y’all and get this on dsp today. But it’s really impossible to clear EVERYTHING no matter how much I tried .. maybe one day. Happy Bday to the SECOND “about nothing” project.” 

Many used the opportunity to reminisce on their favorite tracks, and before long, Wale’s Twitter thread had turned into a stroll down memory lane evocative of the Seinfeld clip-show “The Chronicle” — all that’s missing is Green Day’s “Good Riddance.” Alas, the road to re-releasing a mixtape on streaming platforms is a long and arduous one; while some artists like Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa have seen success, there are plenty of classics yet to make the transition. Perhaps they never will. 

On a more positive note, Wale’s tape sounds as refreshing today as it did all those years ago. We wish him luck in his efforts to bring the tape to streaming platforms, even if it doesn’t appear to be on the table for now. Happy anniversary to More About Nothing. 

Drake Comments On Kyle Lowry’s Sign & Trade To The Miami Heat

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The latter half of the 2010s was an interesting handful of years for the NBA. Apart from the stronghold that the Golden State Warriors continued to have on the NBA Finals, two of the league’s most deprived franchises earned their first-ever championships. One of those franchises was the Toronto Raptors, who helped debunk the “Drake Curse” theory and deliver an NBA Championship to the city of Toronto.

Led by Kyle Lowry, Kawhi Leonard, and Fred VanVleet, the 2018-2019 Raptors squad will forever be remembered by Toronto fans, but two years following their surprise Finals win over Golden State, a major change has shaken up the Raptors roster. Nine-year Raptor Kyle Lowry has officially been sent to the Miami Heat in a game-changing sign-and-trade, and now Drake has taken to Instagram to celebrate everything that Lowry has done for his city.

Drake and Kyle Lowry #7 of the Toronto Raptors holds the championship trophy during the Toronto Raptors Victory Parade on June 17, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors 4-2 to win the 2019 NBA Finals.
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Taking a moment to show love to Lowry on his Instagram story, Drake shared a photo of Kyle Lowry holding the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy while wearing a red and white Toronto Raptors uniform. In another story post, Drake shared a picture of himself, Kyle Lowry, and DeMar DeRozan from an issue of SLAM! magazine. 

“@kyle_lowry7 the city is yours eternally and we wish you the best in south beach…,” Drake stated underneath the sentimental throwback. “We will continue to celebrate you.”

Check out the screengrabs from Drake’s Instagram story below.

Screenshot of Drake's Instagram Story 8/3/2021
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Screenshot of Drake's Instagram Story 8/3/2021
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Are you excited to see Kyle Lowry link up with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and Duncan Robinson in Miami next season?