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Gunna has revealed that his long-awaited project, Drip Season 4, will be released on January 7 in a teaser video on Instagram, Saturday. The video features more of Gunna’s collaboration with Future and Young Thug from the upcoming project. The last time the three rappers connected was in 2019 on “Unicorn Purp,” off of Future’s The Wizrd.

Similar to his last video, the new teaser sees Gunna socializing and sharing drinks with friends.

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The comment section is loaded with excitement for the follow-up to 2018’s Drip Season 3.

“THANK U THANK U THANK U,” reads one popular comment.

Another fan writes: “Yea it’s a happy new year fashoooooo.”

It’s unclear who will be joining Young Thug and Future as guests on Gunna’s newest album. For his 2020 project, Wunna, Gunna tapped Nechie, Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, Travis Scott, and more.

In December, Metro Boomin announced on Instagram that he provided Gunna with “1 of the hardest beats I ever made,” and that the rapper “wrote a smash to it.” He added “#DS4.”

Drip Season 4 comes at a special time for Gunna, as he surpassed 10 Billion streams on Spotify, earlier this week, according to Young Stoner Life.

Check out Gunna’s Drip Season 4 announcement below.

Kid Cudi’s 2021 was less geared towards music, and more focused on outside endeavors. Along with releasing a documentary about his career on Amazon Prime and walking in Virgil Abloh’s posthumous Louis Vuitton showcase, Cudi also starred in Adam McKay’s newest blockbuster Netflix film Don’t Look Up, also featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and more.

When Director Adam McKay spoke about working with Kid Cudi, he showed nothing but praise: “I knew who @KidCudi was, but in meeting Scott Mescudi, I was completely taken aback. He can really act. He was immediately natural on set and such a humble guy. Scott was incredibly open and collaborative.”

The movie released on Dec. 5 and is one of the most celebrated films of the year. After ending 2021 on a high note like this, Kid Cudi looks forward to a jam-packed year in 2022 which could see him release two studio albums and new animated show titled Entergalactic. When the clock struck midnight to kick off the new year, Cudi wished his fans a happy new year on Twitter: “HAPPY NEW YEAR WORLD!!! PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL!! MAY THIS YEAR BRING U NOTHING BUT LIGHT AND HAPPINESS!!! – Scott Mescudi.”

Along with this, Cudi took to Instagram to further usher in the new year with a saucy shirtless photo. As he posted the photo of is bare torso, he explained this new year’s energy was infectious: “I usually don’t do this but I felt sexy and I wanna start the New Year off right. can I have my moment please?”

Check out Kid Cudi’s racy picture below.

Uncle Murda dissed Lil Nas X on his newest track, “Rap Up 2021,” saying that the Montero rapper is going to “catch AIDS and die.” Murda also compared himself to DaBaby and spoke about being canceled.

“Lil Nas X gon’ catch AIDS and die like Eazy-E/Hope the LGBTQ don’t cancel me,” Murda raps. “Like they tried to stop DaBaby from getting paid, when he was talking about how they be giving each other AIDS.”

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Murda is referencing DaBaby’s infamous comments on Rolling Loud in Miami in 2021 when he spoke about HIV and said his gay fans don’t have it because they’re not “nasty gay n****s.” In response, he was dropped from several festivals that didn’t want to associate with the rapper.

Earlier this month, DaBaby was invited back to Rolling Loud, this time in Los Angeles, and was not met with a warm welcome from fans. He was pelted with drinks during his set.

Murda goes on to rap about Drake and Kanye’s “fake” beef, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s relationship, and more.

Of Will and Jada, he raps: “But don’t got to Instagram or get the cops in it/If he kill her, she gon’ go to Heaven and let Pac hit it.”

Check out the track below.

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Omarion has responded to the ongoing jokes comparing his name to the new COVID-19 variant, omicron. The R&B singer played into the memes on TikTok, Saturday.

“Hi everybody, this is Omarion. I am an artist, not a variant,” he says in a video. “So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result in order to dance to my music. So please, be safe, be healthy, happy new year.”

It isn’t the first time the “Touch” singer has played into the joke. Over the holidays, he shared memes on social media accusing him of “ruining Christmas for everybody.”

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Around Christmas, omicron overtook delta to become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that it was responsible for 60% of all variants by Christmas. 

Experts have told CNN that omicron is expected to reach its peak by the end of January.

“I think it’s likely that we’ll see this wave come and go and that the spring and summer will look a lot better than right now looks to us,” Dr. Ofer Levy recently told the outlet.

Check out Omarion’s new TikTok below.

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#omarion#omnicron#happynewyear

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Miley Cyrus’ 2021 consisted of several notable live performances. The multi-genre pop star hit the stage with artists like The Kid LAORI, G Herbo and Megan Thee Stallion, as well as hosting Saturday Night Live earlier this month with Pete Davidson.

For NBC’s New Year’s Eve special last night, Miley and Pete linked up again to be the show’s hosts. As they celebrated the end of a hectic 2021, Miley was tasked with entertaining the crowd by performing some of the biggest hits of her career. 

Of these hits, Miley decided to play “Party in the USA,” which some would consider the most beloved song in her catalog. She had briefly retired the song during Donald Trump’s presidency because the Trump team used it during his campaign. However, after Joe Biden was elected to take over the oval office last fall, she reinstated the song to celebrate the candidate she endorsed: “Now THIS is a PARTY IN THE USA! @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris”

When performing “Party in the USA” last night on NBC, however, she had a wardrobe malfunction as the top of her outfit came undone. Instead of pausing the show to perhaps go backstage and rectify the situation, she decided to power through. Without a hitch, she continued performing the party anthem for a stellar showing.

She played off the situation well, joking about saucy, nearly-nude outfits she has rocked in the past: “Okay, people are officially watching my t*ts out. This is still the most amount of clothes I’ve worn onstage.”

Check out the video of Miley’s wardrobe mishap below.

Rihanna celebrated the new year by sharing several new photos and a video on Instagram to show off a lace set from her lingerie brand, Savage X Fenty. The singer also reflected on living up to her New Year’s resolutions.

“When you actually lived up to your New Years resolution….pressure applied,” she captioned one photo, with a check mark emoji.

If her New Year’s resolution was to build the Savage X Fenty brand, it was unquestionably a success. Back in February, the company reached a $1 billion valuation, and in August, Rihanna became a billionaire herself.

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“New year, same savage,” Rihanna captioned the video.

In the new posts, she can be seen modeling the Romantic Corded Lace Push Up Bra ($64.95), the Lace Brazilian ($22.95), and the Lace Garter Skirt ($44.95).

Rihanna’s focus on building her fashion brand has fans desperate for new music. The last album released by the Barbadian singer was Anti, back in 2016. Recent comments, however, have given fans hope that 2022 might bless them with new music from Rihanna. Earlier this month, she told the paparazzi that it’s coming “soon,” and is “going to be worth it.“

Check out all of Rihanna’s New Year posts below.