In fact, Odell is so excited to be playing for the Rams that yesterday, he took to Twitter with a special hype video that pays homage to Biggie’s infamous track off of Life After Death called “Going Back To Cali.”
As you can see in the clip above, Odell is woken up early in the morning by a phone call, which is exactly what happens in Biggie’s video. He then hops on a plane to Los Angeles, all while “Going Back To Cali” plays in the background. In many ways, it is a victory lap of sorts for Odell, who is now going to play in a city that he truly has love for.
His first game with the Rams is going to go down tonight as his new team takes on their divisional rivals, the San Fransisco 49ers.
A group of women has come forward and shared their stories with the music publication, recounting the horrifying details of the small booth that’s said to sit in the corner of his West Hollywood apartment. It’s been said that Manson would lock people in there for hours on end as a method of psychological torture for any perceived transgressions.
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A former assistant of the 52-year-old revealed that the room’s existence was common knowledge, although he says he never saw anyone actually locked inside the foam-covered booth, which was built to contain any noise emitted from inside.
TMZ notes that Manson seemingly mentioned the “Bad Girls’ Room” in interviews over the years, but many of the comments were brushed off as jokes. Thanks to the Rolling Stone story, we know that, to the “Killing Stranger” singer’s victims, it was an all-too-real form of abuse.
Rumour has it that the Ohio-born recording artist’s home has been compared to a “meat locker” or “black refrigerator” on more than one occasion, where things are super dark and the temperature remains below 65 degrees at all times. Those who chatted with RS alleged that much of what they endured went down at Manson’s home – claims he has since denied.
You can read the entire harrowing account of Marilyn Manson’s many victims from Rolling Stone here.
Whether you smoke or not, you can’t deny that Friday isn’t a classic. Since its debut in 1995, it’s grown into a franchise with a strong cult following that has influenced the genre of stoner comedy for the decades that followed. Friday starred Ice Cube but it was Chris Tucker’s appearance as Smokey that brought all of the humor on screen.
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Unfortunately, Tucker went missing in Next Friday and Friday After Next with Mike Epps’ character, Day Day Jones, replacing him as comedic relief. There’s a reason for that, though. During a recent interview, Chris Tucker revealed the real reason why he didn’t end up starring in the subsequent films, and it stems from the success and the influence Friday had as a stoner comedy.
“Back then, I gotta tell you, once of the reasons why I didn’t do the second one is because of the weed,” he said. “Because I said, ‘Man, that movie became a phenomenon. I don’t want everybody smokin’ weed.’ I never really told people this because I kinda forgot about it but it was one of the reasons why I didn’t do it. Because I said, ‘I don’t want to represent everyone smokin’ weed.’ I kinda made it more personal than a movie and that’s one of the reasons I said, ‘Nah, I don’t want to keep doing that character.'”
Tucker explained that it was likely a better move for his career, anyways, as it allowed him to branch out to other roles. Check the clip out below.
Chrome Hearts has certainly become a quintessential brand in hip-hop fashion this year. With collaborations alongside Drake, and fans like Migos, Jay-Z, and more, the luxury clothing brand has seen a surge in mentions in rap lyrics while more and more rappers continue to rock their garments at nightclubs and red carpet events.
Chrome Hearts now finds itself as the inspiration behind the latest single from D-Block Europe. Alongside Offset, they delivered a new track called “Chrome hearts” which serves as the latest single off of their forthcoming album, Home Alone 2. ‘Set sounds particularly refreshing on this record, as he holds down the hook with flashbacks to pre-Culture flows. Meanwhile, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB drift into a more melodic territory where they offer tales from the trap and flashes of their luxurious lifestyles.
Quotable Lyrics Pay attention, ’cause we savage We bring a hammers to the party when we glow it Patek Philippe, and all these others ones are cool In Burj Khalifa, I think about my bando
WARNING: Spoiler for Eternals below. Although, the cat’s really out of the bag on this one.
In a casting coup that was unfortunately blasted all over Twitter two weeks before Eternals hit theaters, Harry Styles made his MCU debut in the film’s mid-credits scene as the classic Marvel character, Eros (a.k.a. Starfox if you want to get super nerdy), a hedonistic, yet occasionally heroic Eternal who spends his days wandering the galaxy looking for love. Oh, and also, he’s Thanos’ brother, which is why MCU fans absolutely flipped over Styles showing up in the cosmic film.
With the One Direction singer’s Marvel debut out in the open, Styles recently revealed to Dazed how he ended up playing the sibling of the MCU’s most brutal villain — for now:
Styles cautiously checks the publication date of this Dazed story before confirming his inclusion as the brother of villain Thanos. “I’m only in right at the very end,” he says humbly. “But who didn’t grow up wanting to be a superhero, you know? It was a great experience and I’m so grateful to have gotten to work with Chloé.”
According to Eternals director Chloé Zhao, she had Styles pegged for Eros from the first moment she saw him in Christoper Nolan’s Dunkirk, and that instinct was only further confirmed after meeting him. “There’s so much of Eros in him,” Zhao recently told Deadline while thanking Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige for making the casting happen.
As for what exactly Eros’ presence in the MCU means… that’s still anyone’s guess. He was never close with his genocidal brother in the comics, so there’s probably not a concern that he’ll be looking for revenge. Although, if there’s one thing the MCU has prided itself on, it’s switching things up, so maybe the Marvel Universe is about to be rocked again.
Rolling Loud is known for bringing a huge cast of hip-hop acts from all over the world to one place so that music lovers can watch performances from their favorites and discover new artists in the process. In 2021, Rolling Loud has brought showcases to both Miami and New York with a third one planned for Los Angeles next month. Hip-hop’s biggest names which include J. Cole, Travis Scott, Bobby Shmurda, Roddy Ricch, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Cart, Lil Baby, and many more all performed at the festival this year.
With that being said, Rolling Loud also has room for R&B acts to bring their own unique energy to the festival. At last month’s New York festival, Kaash Paige and Abby Jasmine were two R&B singers who took the stage at the showcase and it comes after a strong period for them both. Paige shared her debut album Teenage Fever last year while Jasmine delivered a deluxe reissue for her album Who Cares? to close 2020. She also dropped her I Hate You 2 EP earlier this year.
We caught up with both singers at Rolling Loud to discuss their feelings towards returning to the big festival stage. We also discussed their growth as performers and what’s next for them in their respective careers.
I assume it’s been a while since you’ve performed at a festival this big, how did you enjoy your experience in returning to the big stage today?
Kaash Paige: Man, I’m just really appreciative of the moment. You’re right, during COVID we didn’t get to shine. A lot of the artists, like myself, I dropped my debut album during COVID and I didn’t get to perform how I wanted to. But this year, I got to tour, I got to be outside. I’m just grateful for everything and I’m just excited for next year.
Abby Jasmine: It was a crazy experience from start to finish. The anticipation leading up to it was crazy. You anticipate for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks on a 15-minute moment. I was definitely on edge the entire time up until my performance. As soon as I got to the Rolling Loud, it was a little bit more real. That made me a bit more nervous, but as soon as I got on the stage, it was great. The crowd and dope, everybody came outside ready to have a good time. I’ve definitely done some shows where people just stand around, but the Rolling Loud crowd was dope.
What do you cherish the most about experiences like this?
KP: I think I cherish seeing every different section of the crowd, you see people that don’t mess with you, you see the people that mess with you, you see the n****s that’s like, “who is this?” You see motherf*ckers like, “Oh, I’m getting hip!” It’s really exciting because, in reality, it’s just work. I feel like this was probably the craziest Rolling Loud performance I’ve ever had, it was insane. I jumped in the crowd, they moshed everywhere, I didn’t expect the crowd to go that crazy. Yeah, I’m just in awe right now.
AJ: I think the biggest one for me is being able to share that experience with my friends, I consider them my chosen family. Sometimes I do shows out of state and they’re not able to make those performances. So being able to have all my friends in that one space and be able to turn up and look into the crowd and see my friends. Walking around backstage, I had my little Henny bottle, I was driving that thing around and we’re just having fun and doing sh*t that we do on a regular basis, but now we’re at Rolling Loud. It was just a really dope experience to be able to do that was my friends because we’re all from New York and we’d never been to a Rolling Loud.
You have both hip-hop and R&B in your discography, and being out here at a major rap festival, I wanted to ask: which one do you enjoy performing more?
KP: Nobody is really used to hearing an R&B singer at a festival for hip-hop. I think I just come out and let n****s know “I’m out here like God sent me.” I’m gonna sing these vocals, but I’m bout to turn up with y’all too. So I try to give them both of everything.
AJ: There’s a real big difference between R&B and rap crowds. There are certain songs I can play for R&B crowds that might not slide with the rap crowd because they’re there to turn up. They want to hear like, you know, lit sh*t. I feel like I do a really good job at trying to blend two as far as when I do sets. I always try to give the R&B crowds a little bit of some rap sh*t and I always tried to get the rap crowd a little bit of like R&B sh*t.
What song do you enjoy performing the most?
KP: I like singing “Love Songs” as my first song just because of course, people know me by that
AJ: I feel like the song that does well with both crowds is “Poland Spring.” That’s just a regular R&B joint, just a real feel-good song and it always does well with like crowds. So that’s one of my favorite ones to perform, and probably “On God” because every time I do that one, the crowd’s energy is crazy.
What do you think has made your onstage experience easier or more comfortable as you’ve grown as an artist?
KP: I just got off tour with Lil Tjay. Doing shows every single day just got me more comfortable to know that it’s gonna be tough crowds and it’s gonna be lit crowds. There’s gonna be moments where your mic’s not working or your sound’s not working. So it’s just being able to be prepared for those moments at all times.
AJ: To be very honest with you, live performances were not my strongest suit for a very long time because I felt like my priorities were always the music. Now I’m kind of seeing it for what it is. There are so many different elements to make music, like yes the music isn’t important, but live performances are something that I was really neglecting. I wasn’t paying much attention to it because I didn’t really have a lot of shows during the pandemic. So coming back, I got real humbled when I had a show and it was a sh*t show. I told myself, like, “Yo, this cannot happen at Rolling Loud. I need to be more prepared.” So I really went in on doing rehearsals and just all that type of stuff.
Did you check out other performances? Who did you enjoy the most? Who would’ve you like to see if you had the chance?
KP: I’m looking forward to seeing J. Cole. I need to hear that. It’s something about J. Cole’s aura that just draws me in. It’s not only the fact that he’s talking about real life, it’s the fact that I relate. He’s an artist that is [one of] the greatest of all time, but still tries to humble himself and put himself down. He be like, “Oh, I’m coming in third place” or I’m doing this or that, like n**** shutup. You’re the goat bro you know? I just relate because we’re all hard on ourselves, especially being artists.
AJ: Okay, so I only saw one performance and I’ll tell you why. The Hennessy caught up to me very early. I’m glad I wasn’t smoking because I would have been just passed out somewhere, probably. The Hennessy got to me real early. I remember very vividly, though, telling people to take me to go and see Asian Doll, I wanted to see Asian Doll so badly. They took me to see Asian Doll, I did go and see Asian Doll and I got to meet her afterwards, it was dope. Oh, I got to see a little bit of Kaash Paige’s set.
What’s the next chapter for you look like?
KP: The next chapter for Kaash Paige is let me finish these shows up this year, and top of the year, it’s my time and everybody’s gonna know Kaash Paige. It’ll be a lot of crazy music that’s dropping [at the] top of the year.
AJ: Well, right now I’m kind of on my little spiritual journey. This year’s been kind of rough. I thought last year was rough, but this year it’s definitely been a little rougher. [I’m] kind of on my spiritual journey, just trying to learn more about myself so I can put that into my music so that everything will keep being authentic. At the end of the day, I just want to be my most authentic self. I’m working on music, I should have something ready by the top of the year.
Pharrell Williams has been a trailblazer in the music world and he has also matched that status when it comes to the fashion and streetwear world. He has his very own brand called Billionaire Boys Club, and unsurprisingly, he has done various Adidas collabs with this imprint. Most collabs have to do with his Adidas NMD Hu, which has been a consistent heavy-hitter as far as Adidas shoes go. It’s a silhouette that everyone loves, and now, Billionaire Boys Club will get another new colorway.
As you can see in the images below, this model is mostly covered in dark grey. There is a bit of a blue tint here, all while the upper is covered in a black graphic that represents the infamous Billionaire Boys Club astronaut. When combined, these elements create a truly dope shoe that is bound to get fans excited. Overall, the aesthetics here are pretty clean, which is something you can typically expect from this brand synthesis.
In terms of the release date, you will be able to buy these at Adidas.com/Pharrell on Saturday, November 20th for a price of $250 USD. Let us know what you think of these new kicks, in the comments section down below.
Back in September, Tory Lanez wiped his Instagram clean and tweeted, “It’s been real,” without any explanation.
Fans speculated that Lanez was heading to jail, as a result of his ongoing court case stemming from allegations that he shot Megan Thee Stallion in the feet back in 2020. However, Lanez put that speculation to rest, and in a series of social media post, announced that his new album, Alone At Prom, was on the way.
Today, Lanez released the first single off Alone At Prom, “Lady Of Namek.”
Channeling a character he dubbed Ashton Rain, Lanez confirmed that Alone At Prom is going to sound like it was pulled straight from the 80s. “Lady Of Namek” is full of hard-hitting synths, and finds Lanez stepping back from hip-hop and R&B, and embodies the sound and feel of the decade it truly belongs it.
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According to Lanez, Rain is “a mixture of Hall & Oates, Toto, Michael Jackson, Rick James and more,” and pays homage to a time when “music was so retro and nostalgic that the character had to be created and authenticated through film, picture and music video.”
Quotable Lyrics She left me back in my room with no trace Why the f*ck’d you come? Just to show face? It drives me crazy (Baby) It doesn’t matter what I do, you still gon’ play me
Check out “Lady Of Namek” below and let us know what you think in the comments.
If there’s one celebrity pairing that isn’t afraid to pack on the PDA, it’s Coi Leray and Pressa. Over the weekend, the “Big Purr” artist shared some sultry new photos with her boyfriend on Instagram, and if they’re any indication of how things are going for the couple, we’d say that they’re happier than ever.
“Young rich nicca$$,” Coi captioned the photo dump. The first snapshot sees her and her eau sitting on the ground with two adorable dogs, Pressa’s hand sitting over the 24-year-old’s crotch as she leans back between his legs. Fans of the Boston-born singer know that she has a tendency to avoid shirts, and on this occasion, she opted to use her hands to cover her chest for the camera.
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For the following two pictures, Leray threw on a teensy tiny white tube top, which looks great paired with a some unbuttoned dark wash jeans, white sneakers, a printed bucket hat, and a designer bag. “The dogs are jealous they want attention. Y’all cute as usual,” one person joked in the comments while several others expressed their envy towards Pressa.
At the end of October, speculation spread around the internet that the Toronto-born hitmaker and his girlfriend had split after she tweeted out “single” followed by “if your n*gga lets you go to sleep mad every night, you need a new n*gga.” Since then, they’ve been noticeably lovey dovey, instantly shutting down any breakup rumours that had begun to mill.
Just a few days ago, Leray spoke fondly of her man on Twitter while also threatening anyone who may try to break them up. “His beautiful brown skin, and long Asian hair might tickle y’all feathers but try it hoe,” she wrote.
What are your thoughts on Coi Leray and Pressa? Are they hip-hop’s hottest couple right now, or bound to break up?
Last night on Instagram Live, drama erupted between rapper DaBaby and model/singer DaniLeigh, with whom he shares a child. The domestic drama spilled into the streets, resulting in the police being called to DaBaby’s home late into Sunday evening. DaBaby Calls Police On DaniLeigh The couple, who are not together but share custody of their […]
