UGK‘s Bun B is repping for his region. The Texas native went online to reveal a new show he had coming focused on Southern hip-hop. Bun B Announces New Radio Show Bun took to his Instagram account with the big announcement. He revealed the 2 Trill Show, which premieres on April 14. It comes out […]
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Waco, Texas native Wacotron is about to make a big splash this year, and it all starts with his new single “Umbrella” featuring G Herbo and produced by Marshmello. The new single is out now and it paints Wacotron as one of the rising stars of tomorrow.
Despite his newcomer status, Wacotron has been working for a minute with guys like Southside and the rest of 808 Mafia. In his 20s, he turned to rap to better provide for his family, and it looks like that plan will end up working out for the young man. “Umbrella” was released on Thursday with an official music video, showing the Texan showing off his lifestyle with G Herbo and Marshmello by his side. The two rappers float over Marshmello’s menacing guitar riffs, warning the opps and establishing Wacotron as one to watch.
Watch the new music video below and stay tuned because this is just the start for Wacotron. He’s coming with his debut project SMOKIN’ TEXAS very soon.
Quotable Lyrics:
That’s hate in your heart, probably was hate from the start
Planning to pick them apart, look at the art
Trip over any remark and I’m diving right next to a shark
Give it a spark, look out the door, see the park is ugly when you in the dark
Passing by Clark, smokin’ big Texas, I thought to myself how I make it this far?
Rich Homie Quan has his foot back in the door and there’s no way he’s stepping out this time. Following up on 2019’s Coma project, the Atlanta-born rapper has woken up and he’s ready to get back in the game.
For too long, he’s been one of the more underappreciated artists of his generation. Following his falling out with Young Thug and Birdman, RHQ had a tough time garnering the same sort of attention that his Rich Gang collaborator was getting. Thugger grew to new heights but Rich Homie was left behind, refusing to go mainstream and sticking to his brand of street music. As he continues to consistently release good singles and projects, fans are excited to be gifted a brand new record from the 31-year-old this week.
Dropping the video for “Daily Bread” on Thursday, Rich Homie Quan has officially returned and he’s angling to stay around for a while longer. The self-directed video takes place at his house as he spends time with his girlfriend, watching Kobe Bryant highlights by the pool and enjoying life. See how Rich Homie has been living in the video below.
Quotable Lyrics:
Got my foot back in, ain’t no way I’m gone let up
Bought thousand-dollar shoes just to go to church in
I spent forty-thousand on my latest purchase
It’s hate to see that hate through the Maybach curtains
Ain’t no man on earth I will ever worship
Had to keep it in the streets, I couldn’t go commercial
It feels ungrateful to openly ask for new music for Conway The Machine, given how prolific the Griselda lyricist has been of late. Riding a streak that has seen the release of Griselda collaboration album What Would Chinegun Do, the Alchemist-produced Lulu, the Big Ghost LTD-produced No One Mourns The Wicked, his stellar From King To A God, and the second Big Ghost-laced project If It Bleeds It Can be Killed, Conway has delivered enough material to hang up the spurs with a satisfied smile.
And yet — there remains unfinished business from The Machine, who has previously toyed with the notion of retirement. The matter of his upcoming God Don’t Make Mistakes, his first and possibly final release on Shady Records, a project that was delayed to some point in 2021. Alas, the updates since have been relatively scarce — though Conway recently took to Instagram to indicate his return to the studio, sharing footage of himself laying down a few bars for an unidentified track.
Conway The Machine at Sony Hall, November 19. Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images
Based on his caption, the song in question appears to be produced by Cardiak, who boasts production credits for Rick Ross, Eminem, Lloyd Banks, J. Cole, Dr. Dre, and many more. “I used to walk in the kitchen killing roaches, now revenge is the best dish I can serve before my kitchen closes,” spits Machine, focused in the booth. The acapella rendition segues into a recorded preview, during which Conway proceeds to showcase some serious dexterity as he effortlessly whips up new flows.
“It’s almost time,” warns The Machine. “Cooked up something spectacular wit my ni*ga @cardiakflatline just wait and see what’s bouta happen.”
Stay tuned for more news on Conway’s next endeavor, be it God Don’t Make Mistakes or otherwise. For more from The Machine, check out our exclusive interview with the lyricist right here.
Over the past decades, the criminalization of marijuana has destabilized countless American lives, especially those in the Black community. As the United States has progressed, laws across the country concerning marijuana have become increasingly disparate with some states completely legalizing and decriminalizing weed, others taking aggressive stances against the drug, and the rest of them meeting somewhere in the middle. On the West Coast, buying and smoking weed is harmless, but in the South, that could mean facing a hefty jail sentence.
Today, however, that dynamic has reportedly been slightly shifted. According to Complex, Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Legislature voted to approve Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed amendments to a bill that legalizes marijuana across the entire state.
As reported by Complex, Virginia’s ground-breaking weed legalization will go into effect on July 1, 2021, and the law will permit adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, each household to grow no more than four marijuana plants, and retail sales of cannabis to start in 2024. Although Virginia’s bill will not allow the public consumption of weed, its legalization bill leads the way in the South’s attitude toward marijuana.
Ahead of the Legislature’s vote, House Majority Leader Charniele Herring said, “The time has come for our state to legalize marijuana. The amendments ensure that while we’re doing the complicated work of standing up a commercial market, we aren’t delaying immediate reforms that will make our Commonwealth more equitable for all Virginians.”
This major legislation arrives nearly a year after the state’s Legislature agreed to “decriminalize” marijuana last summer. Stay tuned to see whether more Southern states follow Virginia’s lead.
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Run The Jewels and Rage Against The Machine were supposed to team up for the “Public Service Announcement Tour” in 2020, but naturally, that did not come to pass. Dates were later pushed back to 2021, and now, both groups are set to finally hit the road together in 2022.
The Rage Against The Machine & Run the Jewels “Public Service Announcement” Tour will now start in spring 2022. Your tickets will be honored for the postponed shows. Refunds are available at the original point of purchase for 30 days. See you next year.
Brad, Tom, Tim & Zack pic.twitter.com/5ywibk7x4H
— Rage Against The Machine (@RATMofficial) April 8, 2021
The new set of dates begins in Texas in March and features a number of North American stops before wrapping up with a week of Madison Square Garden in August.
Check out the full list of tour dates below and get tickets here.
03/31/2022 — El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center
04/02/2022 — Las Cruces, NM @ Pan American Center
04/04/2022 — Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
04/06/2022 — Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
04/26/2022 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/28/2022 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/30/2022 — Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
05/02/2022 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
05/05/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
05/07/2022 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
05/09/2022 — Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
05/11/2022 — Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
05/13/2022 — Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
05/15/2022 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
05/16/2022 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
05/18/2022 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
05/20/2022 — St Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
05/22/2022 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
05/23/2022 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
07/09/2022 — East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
07/11/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
07/12/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
07/15/2022 — Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
07/16/2022 — Quebec City, QC @ Festival D’ete de Quebec *
07/19/2022 — Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre
07/21/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
07/23/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
07/25/2022 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
07/27/2022 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
07/29/2022 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
07/31/2022 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
08/02/2022 — Washington DC @ Capital One Arena
08/03/2022 — Washington DC @ Capital One Arena
08/08/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/09/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/11/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/12/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/14/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
* Run The Jewels not performing
This week’s guest on Uproxx Sessions is Smrtdeath, a genre-bending rapper and singer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, singing his defiant anthem, “Too Far Gone.” Mashing up emo and punk influences with hip-hop production sensibilities, Smrtdeath is part of an underground movement that doesn’t follow the conventional rules of popular music. Smrtdeath himself takes things a step further, refusing to abide by the conventions of fashion, as well, as seen on the cover of his November album, Somethjng’s Wrong (that’s not a typo).
On “Too Far Gone,” Smrtdeath addresses any potential criticisms of his lifestyle head-on: “Living on my time, give a fuck about what they say,” he snarls. “All of this advice but it’s coming from no pain.” On that same note, he’s previously spoken about the encouraging messaging behind his music. “You’ve got to remember that things can be better,” he said. “You will come out on the other side.”
UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.
The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is the music you need, right now.
There’s no shortage of confidence on Lil Tjay’s latest full-length album, Destined 2 Win. The 22-year-old Bronx, New York native arrived with the assurance of an upperclassman on his swaggering debut, True 2 Myself, in 2018 and the scuffs and scrapes he’s taken since have done little to dull the sparkle in his eye as he guides the listener through 21 tracks displaying his wide-ranging abilities. However, you know how the saying goes: a Jack of all trades is a master of none, and that aphorism holds true despite the poise with which Tjay bears himself on his shape-shifting sophomore album.
There’s a lot to be said for the sort of confidence Tjay projects here. Some of us go 30 years or more without ever finding the level of intoxicating self-belief that allows him to write song titles like “Born 2 Be Great” without a hint of irony. Of course, self-belief and self-awareness seldom go hand-in-hand; whether that’s a boon to this album or a drawback depends on your point of view. I’m ambivalent; on one hand, I’m impressed by how deftly he dips into each stylistic tureen from which he draws his inspiration. On the other hand, I really wish that his own artistic voice would cut through the noise more distinctly, showing us who he is both as an artist and a person.
For instance, as Tjay metamorphoses, chameleonlike, between hood motivational speaker on propulsive tracks like “Hood Rich” and “Run It Up” and heartbroken, crooning lothario on “Irregular Love” and “Calling My Phone,” it gets increasingly difficult to pin down a unique worldview or dodge the sense that we’ve heard all this before. However, there’s an undeniable polish and panache to the proceedings that lends the sense that Tjay really put a lot of thought and effort into these songs to make them sound as catchy and captivating as possible.
When Tjay wants to party, “Move” and “Oh Well” provide plenty of the body-first, brain-second energy that makes such tracks work at their highest levels, then, when he tells us “Love Hurts,” he makes us believe him, worrying such juicy lyrical bones as “I see you postin’, that just put me on alert.” He’s certainly a product of his generation, pain-watching an ex’s social media and reacting in real-time, even as he admits “I know you feedin’ off of what I started first.”
Wearing his inspirations on his sleeve can bite him at times; his outright Drake impression on “Born 2 Be Great” is a microcosm of how much his flow treads in the footsteps of his forebears — ones who still have firm grasps on the pop culture zeitgeist. It also highlights just how little actual innovation he’s doing here. The singsong delivery he uses for most of the project has more-or-less been done to death and the beats, with their church bell chimes and menacing major chords, provide suitably ominous backdrops for his middling boasts and vague threats.
Through it all, his confidence carries, though. There’s a plainspoken earnestness that comes with that lack of self-critique or self-doubt. Few lines will stand out, but he sticks the landing on every one of them. By not taking huge swings, he rarely misses, offering a satisfying listen that doesn’t overstay its welcome, even if the back half of the album tends to drone. At 21 tracks, things could really drag, but instead, he brings the overall run time in at a crisp hour and five minutes, owing most of the dead weight to bonus tracks, which consist of older releases such as the Justin Bieber-sampling “None Of Your Love,” which was likely tacked-on to improve streaming metrics.
Although Destined 2 Win doesn’t offer many surprises or tremendous strides in character development for the burgeoning star, it does its job as a showcase for his burnished songwriting well enough to justify its existence. Eventually, Tjay’s young fan base will want more from him than empty flexes and generic “made it out the struggle” rhymes, and Destined doesn’t do quite enough to convince that he’ll be able to deliver when that time comes. His swagger is enough to coast on for now, with his charm as an artist and gift for imitation giving him a smooth surface to glide on while he figures himself out. Hopefully, no one scratches that surface before he does.
Destined 2 Win is out now on Columbia Records. Get it here.
Draymond Green and Kevin Durant certainly had their spats while playing together on the Golden State Warriors, although they also had their triumphs as they won two NBA titles together. At one point during their tenure together, they went viral for a clip in which Green was giving KD a pep talk and continued to poke him in the chest. The whole thing became a meme and to this day, fans have been trying to figure out what Green said.
While speaking to KD on his new podcast, Green revealed that he actually told Durant “Can’t nobody fuck with you. Can’t nobody fucking stop you.” This is somewhat what we had in mind when we saw the clip for the first time, and it’s clear that Green’s energy matched the words coming out of his mouth.
Throughout the podcast with Durant, Green and KD were able to clear the air on a number of issues, and it’s obvious that these two are still cool with each other and that there are no hard feelings about what went down in the Bay Area. After all, you can’t be too mad at each other after winning a couple of championships.
And just like that, the latest hip-hop beef has been kicked off as Soulja Boy has taken aim at Tory Lanez and Juelz Santana over their comments about him on Instagram. After claiming that he made BAPE popular, Soulja Boy was met with contrarian responses from Tory and Juelz. Tory’s response was tame, claiming that he was personally more inspired by Lil Wayne after seeing the rapper in the “Hustler Musik” video. Juelz was simply amused, writing, “Lololol” with a face-palm emoji.
Soulja Boy has been engaged in a Twitter feud with WWE wrestler Randy Orton for the last month, but he wasn’t about to let this smoke pass without fighting back. He took aim at the two rappers, hitting them where it hurts.
“N***az will smack the hairline off Tory Lanez dude a whole goofy,” said Big Draco. “Shooting b*tches and sh*t cap ASS n***a.” Of course, Soulja is making reference to Tory’s controversy last summer with Megan Thee Stallion. He continued, “Juelz Santana teeth fell out his mouth n***a better pipe down.”
He proceeded to respond to a tweet from Tory Lanez that likely wasn’t about him, saying, “Shut up n***a.”
Despite this seeming as though it could blow up into something bigger, Soulja Boy is already taking a more mature route. He said later that he spent some time on the phone with Tory Lanez and misunderstood his comment. “Just got off the phone wit @torylanez y’all chill we good on gang,” he explained. “Misunderstanding.”
Soulja has been experiencing a recent surge in his music sales with the success of his viral hit “She Make It Clap”. The song is currently #1 on TikTok and the competition really isn’t even that close. Check it out below.
