The Boy is back. Though rumors about Certified Lover Boy have been swirling since 2021 began, the timeline has been a little jittery so far. Fans were sure Drizzy’s next album was going to drop a few weeks ago, but his producer 40 insists that although they’ve been working all through the pandemic, it’s going to be some time still — but within the next two months. Drake, rather infamously, has been recovering from a pretty severe knee injury, but that doesn’t seem to limit his mobility in the new video that dropped tonight, the “What’s Next” video that comes alongside the release of a new mixtape, Scary Hours 2, which is obviously the follow up to Scary Hours. In the meantime, he’s also been busy relaunching the OVO Sound Radio Show with SiriusXM, notably moving the show away from its f
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Chance The Rapper Details An Internal Battle On His Reflective ‘The Heart & The Tongue’ Single
For the first time in nearly two years, we’ve received new music from Chance The Rapper. The Chicago native makes his return with his highly reflective single, “The Heart & The Tongue” and it comes with a music video that finds rapping the song in the many corners of his house as he looks to tackle the internal battles that he feels within. This issue is made clear with lines like, “My heart and tongue are fightin’ / My mind is undecided / It’s not like Trump and Biden / It’s more like it’s something private.” The song is Chance’s first official single since he released his official debut album, The Big Day, which arrived after his impressive mixtape run with 10 Day, Acid Rap, and Coloring Book. Chance has also given fans a decent number of guest verses in the last two years, working
Read MoreBaby Keem gained nationwide attention back in 2019 thanks to his breakout hit, “Orange Soda,” which appeared on his Die For My B*tch project. Since then, the Vegas rapper has kept things rather quiet, with the most noise he made coming through an appearance he made in an ad for the launch of Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s media company, PgLang, as well as landing a spot on the 2021 XXL Freshman class. After bringing 2020 to somewhat of a quiet end, Baby Keem is back in action for 2021. The Vegas rapper touches down with his new single, “No Sense.” On it, Keem tackles some tension that is present between him and his love interest. He questions her actions as a way to get under his skin while apologizing for his towards her. The single also arrives just a few days after he teased it in a b
Read MoreWithout Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Kelly Oubre Jr., the Warriors lost 120-98 to the Suns Thursday in Phoenix. Facing a Suns team that entered the night winners of 15 of their last 18 games and with the second-best record in the Western Conference, the Warriors decided to rest Curry and Green on the second night of a back-to-back following Wednesday’s loss in Portland. Oubre was sidelined with a sprained wrist for the second straight game. All considered, a win for the Warriors (19-18) was a long shot and the Suns (24-11) put them away early with a 34-23 lead after the first quarter. But the Warriors after going down by 20 in the second quarter battled back to cut the deficit to single digits a handful of times in the second half — an encouraging sign for a young group that had to s...
Read MoreEven though the early accidental leak of “Best Friend” had Saweetie upset one night, now that the song is actually out, fans are giving it the love it deserves. Aside from launching the “Bestie In A Tessie” contest to give away Teslas, Saweetie and Doja Cat’s ode to female friendship is popping off like it should. In fact, the song is so catchy that another rising female rapper, Stefflon Don, wanted to hop on a remix to add another character to the friend group, giving her a verse early in the track. The British rapper is quickly earning fans on this side of the pond, adding bars to the song that flex with the best of them. Strangely enough, Stefflon isn’t the only other woman concerned with the “Best Friend” collaboration — Roc Nation duo Ceraadi also accused Saweetie and Doja of plagia
Read MoreAnderson .Paak And Bruno Mars Unite As ‘Silk Sonic’ With Their Groovy New Single, ‘Leave The Door Open’
Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars have both proven to be phenomenal artists in their respective fields, but sometimes, two good things are better as one, and that’s exactly what the two singers will look to show next. Anderson and Bruno announced last week that they would soon release an album together as Silk Sonic. Outside of a confirmed appearance from Boosty Collins, details on the upcoming body of work are limited, but tonight the first single from the effort has arrived. “Leave The Door Open” is a groovy number that sees the duo promising to keep a spot in their lives open for a past lover. It comes with a match visual that finds Anderson and Bruno passionately playing the song in a studio. The new track is the first piece of music from Anderson in a few months. The Cali-born singer w
Read MoreAt the end of a nearly seven-hour meeting, the Pasadena Unified Board of Education voted on Thursday, March 4, to bring its youngest elementary school students back on campus for in-person instruction by the end of the month. The first to return will be students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, who will come back to campus on March 29. First and second graders will come back on April 1. They’ll all leave for spring break one week later, coming back on April 13. That’s when students in third through fifth grade will join them. If Los Angeles County’s coronavirus case rate falls below seven cases per 100,000 residents — as current trends indicate may happen within the next week or so — and stay at that level for another two weeks, the district will be allowed to bring back middle and h
Read MoreMcKinley Wright IV leads the way as CU Buffs pull away from Arizona State in regular season finale
Style points never are necessary, and in March they become completely irrelevant. And on Thursday the Buffaloes did something they hope turns into the norm as March moves forward by simply finding a way to get the job done. After a first half that was downright ugly at times, the 24th-ranked Buffs slowly overpowered Arizona State during the second half of the regular-season finale, pulling away down the stretch for an emotional 75-61 win at the CU Events Center. The victory gives the Buffs four wins in a row to complete the regular season one year after they struggled to five consecutive losses to finish the 2019-20 season. The win also all but locked up the third seed for the Buffs at the Pac-12 Conference tournament next week, as they will pass the loser of Saturday’s matchup between US
Read MoreBill restricting governor, mayor, health officials’ emergency powers is nearly through Utah Legislature
Dr. Kurt Hegmann, director of the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Gov. Gary Herbert, and Dr. Joseph Miner, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, confer after a press conference about COVID-19 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on March 13, 2020. A bill to restrict Utah gubernatorial, mayoral and local health department powers to issue prolonged emergency orders is moving through the state Legislature. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsSB195 nears final approval despite concerns from Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to restrict Utah gubernatorial, mayoral and local health department powers to issue prolonged emergency orders cleared its near-last legislative hurdle on Thursday, the eve of the final d
Read MoreJohn Antonoff/Chicago Sun-Times“I think we need to prove to ourselves that we can get where we want to be,” right fielder Jason Heyward said. GLENDALE, Ariz. — When the Cubs started their run of success in 2015, there was no denying how bad they wanted to win. Back then, the Cubs had nothing to lose and everything to gain, and a year later they did. But after winning the World Series in 2016, the years that followed haven’t gone exactly as planned. There’s no denying the Cubs have been successful since they burst onto the scene in 2015, with playoff appearances in five of the last six years. But with disappointing finishes the last three seasons and a core that was expected to do more, the last few years have felt underwhelming. The talk among players throughout the first three weeks
Read MoreCuomo’s advisers covered up high nursing home death tolls by pushing NY health officials to alter reports
Summary List PlacementNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's advisers pressed state health officials to change a report last summer to hide the true count of COVID-19-related deaths at nursing homes, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The report, compiled by the New York State Health Department, was released in July and looked at virus transmission in nursing homes. It was a response to criticism the state received over a March 25 directive that said people could not be denied access to nursing homes based on a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Sources told The Journal the report initially included data on COVID-19 deaths that occurred in nursing homes, as well as those that occurred at hospitals after a person became infected at a nursing home. However, Cuomo's top advisers successfully pushed ...
Read MoreRefaat Shafikmeshrek was hit by a car March 3, 2021, in Douglas. | Adobe Stock PhotoRefaat Shafikmeshreki was struck by a northbound vehicle about 6:10 p.m. while he was walking in the street in the 3400 block of South King Drive, Chicago police said. A 71-year-old man died after he was hit by a passing car Wednesday in Douglas on the South Side. Refaat Shafikmeshreki was struck by a northbound vehicle about 6:10 p.m. while he was walking in the street in the 3400 block of South King Drive, Chicago police said. Shafikmeshreki was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died from his injuries, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy ruled his death an accident. The driver, a 44-year-old woman, told officers that Shafikmeshreki was wa...
Read MoreNaomi Osaka (L) and Serena Williams after the 2018 U.S. Open finals | Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty ImagesGoing into the match against her idol, Osaka, just Naomi Osaka is one of the brightest stars in women’s tennis after winning yet another major, the 2021 Australian Open recently. While Osaka is undoubtedly one of the best tennis players in the world, her first Grand Slam win exacted a toll. During the 2018 U.S. Open, she competed against her idol, Serena Williams. Though the young prodigy won, the media seeded the moment with controversy that Osaka still thinks about today. Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams RELATED: Naomi Osaka Made More Money Last Year Than Canelo Alvarez and Aaron Rodgers Although Osaka was born in Japan, details the Washington Post, she spent much of he
Read MoreFederal investigators are zeroing in on potential communications between lawmakers and Capitol mob in lead up to the insurrection
Summary List PlacementFederal agencies in charge of investigating the January 6 insurrection in DC are reviewing communications between lawmakers and members of the pro-Trump mob, according to a new report from CNN. According to a US official who spoke with CNN, investigators are trying to determine whether those who breached the Capitol were directly or indirectly aided by lawmakers ahead of the insurrection. The CNN report added that so far, there are indications of contact between lawmakers and rioters in the lead-up to the insurrection. Some who planned or participated in the January 6 rally touted their relationships to members of Congress; as Insider previously reported "Stop the Steal' organizer Ali Alexander says three congressmen helped him plan the rally that preceded the Ca...
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