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Swae Lee Is Reportedly Expecting His First Child With His Girlfriend Victoria Kristine

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Rapper Swae Lee has been keeping busy. From a stacked selection of features to new Rae Sremmurd music, it’s safe to say he’ll have the year on lock. But it appears soon Swae has even more exciting news in the pipeline. According to posts from his longtime girlfriend, Victoria Kristine, the two are expecting a baby.

The two celebrated the baby’s impending birth at a safari-themed celebration this past weekend, where decorations read Baby Brown, referring to Swae’s legal name, Khalif Brown.

“Our little wild one is on the way,” wrote Kristine in an Instagram caption.

Kristine later shared in her Instagram stories that Swae had gifted her a Land Rover to celebrate their little one.

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Earlier this month, French Montana celebrated his Swae Lee collaboration, “Unforgettable,” going diamond. Swae also dropped a Rae Sremmurd track called “Community D*ck,” which features Flo Milli and is set to appear on the duo’s upcoming fourth album, SREMM4LIFE.

The duo’s upcoming album will also feature James Blake, as Swae revealed in an interview with GQ.

“I be in my melody stuff, and I respect bro craft so much,” said Swae of Blake. “He’s one of my favorite artists…[He’s] putting out some of the best vocals in this generation, in this decade, in this whole music industry. It’s a different style of music from Rae Sremmurd too.”

French Montana Becomes First African Born Artist to Go RIAA Diamond With ‘Unforgettable’

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French Montana Becomes First African Born Artist to Go RIAA Diamond With 'Unforgettable'

French Montana held a private dinner and plaque presentation at his home to celebrate receiving the RIAA’s coveted rare diamond award for his 2017 smash song “Unforgettable,” featuring Swae Lee. He now has the distinction of being the first male artist from the South Bronx and the first artist born in Africa to receive diamond certification.

Leading businesspeople, family, and friends gathered to honor Montana, including recording artist and his brother Ayoub, SALXCO VP of A&R Rahsaan “Shake” Phelps, Chair and CEO of Epic Records, Sylvia Rhone, Co-founder and CEO of XO Records, Sal Slaiby, and many more.

French Montana rapidly uplifted society after releasing Jungle Rules, his second full-length album, on July 14, 2017. “Unforgettable” (featuring Swae Lee) has sold 10 million copies in the US and received over 3 billion streams worldwide, placing French exclusive company. Now, five years later, the groundbreaking LP has reached another milestone.

He recently launched the summer with the much-praised tape, Montega, featuring Harry Fraud. As a result of collaborating with the renowned and well-respected producer, it received millions of streams almost immediately.

On Thursday, August 25, the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles will host the official debut of French’s new joint venture, NAQI Healthcare, in collaboration with Guardian Recovery Network. Through in-home and private accommodation detoxification services for clients in Florida, New York, Texas, and California, NAQI wants to increase access to addiction treatment for clients who value their privacy, with future intentions to extend program availability to clients across the nation. NAQI is donating 10% of all profits to MusiCares. MusiCares, a 501(c)3 organization run by the Recording Academy, has helped millions of musicians in need by providing them with medical, financial, and rehabilitation assistance.

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Swae Lee Gets Rescued After Being Stuck In An Elevator

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Artists are constantly on the move, whether it’s by vehicle or plane. However, while indoors in buildings, the elevator is necessary. The last thing they need is to get stuck in one. The latest victim was Swae Lee. The other half of Rae Sremmurd was trapped in an elevator for three hours.  Swae, like most […]

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Diplo And Swae Lee Delivered A Lively ‘Tupelo Shuffle’ Performance At The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards

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No matter how far artists go, it will always feel special bringing a little piece of their hometown to some big stages. For Diplo and Swae Lee, that came in the form of their first live TV performance of “Tupelo Shuffle” at last night’s (June 5) 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards. This was not only significant for those two but also for their fellow Tupelo, Mississippi native, the late legend Elvis Presley, whose upcoming self-titled biopic is set to feature the track.

Swae Lee was clad in a hot pink suit and Diplo opted to go very light blue with eccentric designs on his back while an aggressive amount of confetti fell from the sky. With dancers in front of them dressed to the nines, it felt like Las Vegas and Tupelo fused together to provide an unforgettable moment in Los Angeles.

For Diplo, it’s been an active year as he is still riding high from the release of his eponymous fourth studio album featuring Miguel, Lil Yachty, Busta Rhymes, Leon Bridges and more. Swae Lee, one half of Rae Sremmurd, is looking ahead to the release of Sremm4life that the duo teased last week after years of rumors that they would be splitting up.

Check out a snippet of Diplo and Swae Lee’s “Tupelo Shuffle” performance at the 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards above.

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Diplo And Swae Lee Shake, Rattle, And Roll With ‘Tupelo Shuffle’ From The ‘Elvis’ Soundtrack

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The soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis biopic continues to show off its unexpected eclecticism with another new song from Diplo and Swae Lee titled “Tupelo Shuffle.” The song also features Gary Clark Jr. and the film’s star Austin Butler and is built atop an interpolation of Elvis Presley’s 1954 cover of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 blues hit, “That’s All Right Mama” (Clark plays Crudup in the film). The upbeat, bluesy sample is different from anything we’ve ever heard from either Swae Lee or Diplo and evokes the loose-limbed energy of a juke joint at its highest spirits.

It’s a prime example of the kind of reinterpretations of the Elvis hits and deep cuts found elsewhere on the soundtrack. The previously released Doja Cat single, “Vegas,” likewise uses an interpolation of Elvis’ 1956 rendition of Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” to dismiss a wannabe lover. Meanwhile, the soundtrack is also set to feature such eyebrow-raising additions as Denzel Curry, Eminem, Jack White, Kacey Musgraves, Maneskin, Nardo Wick, Stevie Nicks, and Tame Impala.

While the soundtrack selection is a big look for Swae Lee — who’s become somewhat of a go-to for these things (see: Into The Spider-Verse and its smash single “Sunflower” or Shang-Chi‘s “In The Dark” with Jhene Aiko) — he’s apparently looking forward to getting back to his old Rae Sremmurd shenanigans with brother Slim Jxmmi for Sremm4Life soon.

Listen to “Tupelo Shuffle” above.

Rae Sremmurd Teases ‘Sremm4Life,’ Their Upcoming Fourth Album: ‘Bout To Get A Dose Of This Sremmy’

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It’s been quite a while since Rae Sremmurd gave the world a full body of work. To find that, you’d have to go back to 2018 when the rap duo composed of Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi released their third album SR3MM. The project arrived as a triple-disc with one side being a 9-track Rae Sremmurd release, and the remaining two discs being 9-track solo efforts from Swae and Slim. The rappers have shared some tidbits about their fourth album over the years, but music has yet to arrive from it. All of that could change soon as they teased the project once again from their social media accounts.

The rap duo posted an image of the number four of fire to the Rae Sremmurd Twitter page with the caption, “SREMM4LIFE.” In a second tweet that Swae Lee shared from his personal account, he added, “Bout to get a dose of this Sremmy.” Slim Jxmmi also chimed in with his own tweet, writing, “Time for that 4 foe four for phor.” All of the aforementioned posts seemingly confirm that new music from the project should arrive much sooner than later.

In an interview with Essence back in 2019, Rae Sremmurd seemingly confirmed that their upcoming fourth album would be set up like 2018’s SR3MM. For what it’s worth, that interview was more than three years ago, so it remains to be seen if that is still the plan for the duo.

You can view Rae Sremmurd’s tweets about Sremm4Life above.

New Elvis Movie to Feature Major Hip-Hop Stars including Doja Cat and Eminem

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Elvis may be known for the blues, but the new movie about his life will feature some of hip-hop’s hottest names including Doja Cat, Eminem, CeeLo Green, Tame Impala, Swae Lee, Diplo, Jazmine Sullivan, and more.

The biography about the famous late artist aptly titled Elvis, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The biopic is directed by Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Romeo & Juliet) and stars Austin Butler in the lead role as Elvis. The movie also stars Tom Hanks and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The soundtrack, which will be released on June 24, the same day the movie hits theaters, is already getting almost as much hype as the film itself, namely for its eclectic mix of artists, many of whom have integrated his music into their own original works.

While the soundtrack itself is still under wraps, Doja Cat already teased her piece at Coachella last month. She performed her song “Vegas,” an interpolation of Elvis’s 1956 hit song “Hound Dog,” receiving rave reviews from the audience and critics alike. A sample is available on YouTube.

The other artists have not yet teased their work on the album, but it appears based on an Instagram post that Eminem and CeeLo Green have a collab on the soundtrack. In addition to the previously mentioned hip-hop artists, other notable names on the soundtrack include 70’s icon Stevie Nicks, Europe’s Måneskin, country artist Kacey Musgraves, new rapper Nardo Wick, Australian dance music trio Pnau, and other emerging artists.

In addition to gracing the album of what is already likely to be one of summer’s hottest films, Doja Cat has a busy summer coming up as she prepares to embark on The Weeknd’s Dawn FM arena tour.

Elvis Presley, often dubbed “The King of Rock and Roll” or sometimes just “The King,” was born in 1935 and died on August 16, 1977.

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