Last month, SZA and featured opening act Omar Apollo kicked off the North American wing of the former’s SOS Tour. Following its opening, the singer took to social media to share that will she was excited by the crowd’s reception of the show. However as the tour progresses, the setlist will change to give her creative control.
Although SZA ended up postponing her Philadelphia show, she was sure to give twice as much energy during the first night of her shows in New York City. Not only did she bring out her latest musical bestie Phoebe Bridgers for a surprise performance of their song, “Ghost In The Machine,” she also called on hometown rapper Cardi B to join her on stage as well.
Performing their collaborative track, “I Do,” off of Cardi B’s Grammy-Award-winning debut album, Invasion Of Privacy, the arena went crazy. The pair have performed the song together in the past, most notably at Coachella in 2018, but as SZA’s star continues to rise, this moment meant a lot to the songwriter.
After the two performed, SZA took a moment to thank Cardi B for coming out, saying, “This queen is so kind to even take the time with two children and a bajillion dollar career to come here…thank you so f*cking much.”
Cardi B didn’t want the party to stop there, asking the crowd, “Should we get ratchet?” Then the DJ went on to play “Tomorrow 2,” in which Cardi is featured.
03/05 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 03/07 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 03/09 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center 03/10 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 03/13 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena 03/14 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena 03/16 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 03/18 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center 03/19 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 03/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum
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Last year, the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper made history as the festival’s first woman headliner at the New York installment. Fast forward to yesterday, a day after the release of her new single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” the Queens native wanted to celebrate with a mixed melody performance of her classic and newer hints. Unfortunately it didn’t go over as planned.
As Minaj began to get heated up after being introduced by Wayne, the individual responsible for the event audio struggled to deliver her outlined setlist in the order she had provided. While she attempted to remain calm on stage, she eventually grew frustrated. Lil Wayne tried to brush over the technical hiccups by dancing along to the song playing on stage (Minaj’s “Chun-Li” and Wayne’s “Truffle Butter” featuring Minaj).
However, after repeatedly cueing the parties responsible for the audio to which song should be played, she said, “Kill the DJ. Kill the sound guy.”
One user on Twitter claiming to have inside knowledge wrote, “I was there. I actually don’t think it was on the DJ. It sounded like someone from the sound team was cueing the music, at least for her set. He had zero issues during Wayne’s set, and peep how it sounds as if they’re skipping thru songs on an iPad vs. how DJs drop them in.”
I was there, n I actually don’t think it was on the DJ. It sounded like someone from the sound team was cueing the music, at least for her set. He had zero issues during Wayne’s set, and peep how it sounds as if they’re skipping thru songs on an iPad vs how DJs drop them in. Ehh https://t.co/iYYBc70cfp
Don Toliver’s time is now. His set on Saturday, March 4 at Rolling Loud California 2023 was the proof. Not only has the Cactus Jack signee released his third studio album, Love Sick, but late last month, he immediately doubled down to drop the deluxe version.
Toliver’s album release concert earlier this week at Irving Plaza set the bar high for Rolling Loud California ticket holders. But the “Leave The Club” rapper had no trouble delivering. During his set at the festival, he brought out collaborator Justin Bieber for an epic performance of their track “Private Landing.”
As the California sun set, the two danced along to the song as they left it all on the stage. Bieber’s appearance comes as a surprise as the singer has been battling a medical condition that has forced him to cancel shows in the past.
Although Future, also featured on the track, was notably absent, the duo carried on in a way that made his absence an afterthought. Fans of Future shouldn’t look too deep into his absence either, as the rapper is set to close the festival on Sunday, March 5. Toliver is also set to join Future on tour next month.
Toliver was also sure to feature one more important person to him during his set, singer Kali Uchis. Uchis and Toliver have been dating for over a year and have often featured each other in their music.
Day two of Rolling Loud California 2023 was officially one for the books. Although the billed headliners were 2Chainz, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, and Lil Wayne, the breakout of the evening was actually a surprise guest.
During Lil Wayne’s closing set on the GoPuff stage, the Young Money boss couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to bring out a dear friend of his, rap superstar Nicki Minaj. While the “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” rapper is no stranger to Rolling Loud. The Queens native made history last year after becoming the first woman to headline the festival.
Now, first off the release of her latest single, the recording artist joined her longtime friend and mentor on-stage for a melody performance of some of their biggest songs together as well as a few smash records of her own. As Minaj made her way to the stage, Wayne introduced her by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen. There’s no need for an introduction,” as they intimately made eye contact before he continued, “the motherf*cking queen.”
The pair performed their joint songs “High School” and “Truffle Butter,” while Minaj performed “Super Freaky Girl” and teased “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
(SPOILERS for this week’s BMF episode will be found below.)
In episode eight of season two of BMF, “Push It To The Limit,” Meech and Terry are ready to begin their new era as bosses in Detroit and elsewhere. After a brief celebration, the Flenory boys get right to work. Meech heads to Cleveland to establish a connection and hub with a man named Bleek while Terry stays in Detroit to find and instruct drivers for BMF so that they can avoid another Denise situation. Elsewhere, Charles faces some trouble after Lucille suspects that he’s being unfaithful, Wanda has to make a big decision that could impact her, Terry, and BMF, and Terry makes some long-awaited progress with Markeisha, but we’ll just have to wait and see how long that lasts
The aforementioned events in the eighth episode of BMF season two, titled ““Push It To The Limit”,” are soundtracked by songs that help to accentuate the emotions behind each scene. You can find a list of them belong as well as details about the scenes that the records soundtracked.
The following records were provided thanks to the Starz Public Relations team.
Run-D.M.C. — “Hard Times”
Run-D.M.C.’s “Hard Times” plays to start “Push It To The Limit” as Meech and Terry are looking proudly over their new batch of cocaine. Meech is much more excited than Terry who wants Meech to realize that the work is just getting started for them.
Bud — “Chicago House Mix”
We hear this record 1:17 mark as Meech and Terry arrive at a car wash in Detroit. It’s here that Meech says that BMF will use the car wash to secretly load vehicles with drugs.
50 Cent — “Wish Me Luck” Feat. Charlie Wilson
This is the theme song of BMF. It plays at the 3:10 mark in “Both Sides Of The Fence.” While it’s only 50 Cent and Charlie Wilson’s voices that are heard at this moment, the song also features Snoop Dogg and Moneybagg Yo.
Michael — “Hard Crew”
Around the 4:40 mark, Meech meets with the PA Boys who have also heard about K-9’s arrest. Meech pulls Sterling aside for a conversation. A short time later, Meech informs Terry that he’s going to Cleveland to establish a base there.
Marlon Coles — “Kind Of Vibe”
Marlon Coles’ “Kind Of Vibe” checks in around the 08:36 mark as Terry pulls up to a club to meet with Boom. He spots Markeisha and lets her know that he got a new plug in Colombia. He flexes some muscle to her and returns the money he owed him.
Dre and Arnie Woods — “Betcha Get Yours”
This song plays around the 09:40 mark as Meech arrives to meet with Bleek and proposes doing business with him. Despite his promise to make Bleek more money than ever, Meech is unable to get Bleek on board.
Taequan Black x Osi — “Don’t Even Try”
We hear this record around the 13:57 mark as Bleek’s crew arrives to confront Meech and Stone’s crew. Bleek’s crew attacks Meech and Stone’s crew, but Meech makes it clear that he gave Bleek the opportunity to cash in on what he’s doing, so it’s his fault he’s missing out.
Tucka Da Huntaman x Francion — “Let Me Find Out”
Around the 17:44 mark, Bleek returns to Meech to admit that he believes Meech’s offer is true. He asks if it’s still on the table and Meech confirms that the offer is available to him as long as Terrell and Meech’s cousin James are left out of it.
King Kahlo — “Never Too Far”
This song plays around the 18:56 mark as Monique and Lamar lay in bed together high on cocaine. This is all a part of Monique and Meech’s plan to kill Lamar, and though Monique has the opportunity to do it, she’s unable to gather herself to complete the mission.
Extreme — “Bills Theme”
We hear this song around the 23:18 mark as Markeisha walks into an empty restaurant for dinner with Terry. She stuns Terry with her dress, and the two don’t eat much of anything, as they head to a back room for some fun to start their night.
BChe — “Temporary”
Around the 25:48 mark, this song plays as Terry and Markeisha are doing some shopping at a luxury shop. Their time together ends with them going to another location to have sex once again. Markeisha is also able to convince Terry to cut off the rat tail on the back of his head.
Yellow Magic Orchestra — “Firecracker”
Yellow Magic Orchestra’s “Firecracker” plays around the 27:31 mark as the rollerskating night begins. At this moment, we see Meech express his displeasure for Terry cutting off his rat tail, which Meech suspects is connected to Markeisha. Lucille also arrives in the dress Meech bought her.
Solo D — “Come Party Wit Us”
This song plays around the 30:18 mark as Terry and Markeisha are talking to each other at the roller rink. As they’re talking, Wanda spots them and starts walking over to Terry to confront him about being with Markeisha, but Meech successfully talks her out of it.
Anita Baker — “Will You Be Mine”
Anita Baker’s “Will You Be Mine” plays around the 31:12 mark as a couples dance begins at the roller rink. Meech initially grabs Lucille to dance, but Charles arrives to take over. Meech and Monique also share a cute moment which is interrupted by Meech’s request for her to complete the mission they have to take down Lamar.
Erin n Franc — “Sexuality”
We hear this record around the 39:09 mark during a sex scene between Detective Bryant and Detective Jin. It comes after they both decided to let off some steam after Wanda decided not to give them information on Meech and Terry.
Cicero — “80s Rap 4”
Around the 44:03 mark, this song plays in Detective Bryant’s son Kevin’s headphones as B-Mickie steps into the house to find the gun he used to kill Jay Mo and Kato. Before he begins the frantic search, B-Mickie puts a bag over Kevin’s head and traps him in a closet.
Extreme — “Gang With No Name”
Around the 45:40 mark, B-Mickie begins the frantic search for the gun, but he’s unable to retrieve the weapon because he hears Detective Bryant return which gives him no time to get the gun.
Koron x Osinachi — “Not Making It Out”
The episode closes with this record playing around the 48:15 mark. It comes after a conversation between Meech and B-Mickie where the former promises to always have B-Mickie’s back despite his past actions.
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It looks like new music from EST Gee is coming sooner than we thought. On Friday (March 3), the Louisville rapper shared a trailer on Instagram for his upcoming project, Mad.
The trailer seems to tease that Mad will offer a more personal look into EST Gee’s life, as he shares stories of the trauma he’s been forced to deal with. In the short clip, viewers see a 2017 phone call between EST Gee and his friend Red, who was killed shortly after returning from prison.
In a voiceover, EST Gee shares some words, as he fights through the pain.
“You gonna look at me and tell me it ain’t that bad,” EST Gee says in the clip. “Let them bang on my past. Bet you don’t feel nothing, you can’t be mad. You cannot be mad… Ain’t no tragedy in life like the death of a child, they say.”
Mad marks EST Gee’s second project in six months, his previous being I Never Felt Nun. In an interview for Rolling Stone conducted around that time, EST Gee shared that he hopes his success motivates other rappers from Louisville.
“They know me,” said EST Gee. “So, where I was standing at, a lot of people standing at [now], so they know they can get on. That was important to see. Because Jack [Harlow], yeah, he from Louisville, but he from a different place, different demographic. So people just like me, [my success] motivates them. They created a scene where there wasn’t no scene before and there’s a scene now.”
Last month, Key Glock released his much-anticipated album, Glockoma 2, which featured some acclaimed new tracks. One of the fan favorites was one named after wrestler Randy Orton, appropriately titled, “Randy Orton.”
On the song, he alludes to the wrestler, rapping on the chorus, “I’m savage, but don’t call me Randy, yeah / I’m slammin’ these bitches like Randy Orton.”
Tomorrow (March 6), Key will kick off the Glockoma tour, however, it appears he’s still finalizing the setlist. Today (March 4), Key took to Twitter to ask fans for help selecting songs.
It appears Orton himself has caught wind of the song. Making a rare appearance on Twitter, Orton responded to Key’s inquiry with a thinking emoji. This marks Orton’s first time tweeting in nearly four months.
At the time of writing, Key did not confirm if he was including it on his set list, however, judging by an Instagram post in which he shared a screenshot of Orton’s quoted reply, it’s safe to assume he’ll perform it.
“What other songs y’all wanna hear on tour ??,” asked Key in the post’s caption.
(SPOILERS for this week’s BMF episode will be found below.)
In episode seven of season two of BMF, titled “Both Sides Of The Fence,” Meech and Terry are on the move once again. This time, they’re on their way to St. Martin to make a deal with the Colombians for a new supply of drugs. To do this, they’d have to go behind K-9’s back to make the deal happen. Despite some hiccups, Meech and Terry strike up a deal with the Colombians and receive 300 bricks of cocaine on consignment, rather than the 100 bricks they hoped for. The Felonry brothers return to Detroit and inform K-9 of their decision, and rather than threaten or harm them, K-9 salutes them and tells Meech and Terry that he would’ve done the same in their shoes.
Elsewhere, Meech learns that Charles is cheating on his mother after catching him at a strip club, Tee’s lady troubles get worse when Wanda discovers that he’s been sleeping with Markeisha, and speaking of Markeisha, she and Terry get into another argument.
The aforementioned events in the seventh episode of BMF season two, titled ““Both Sides Of The Fence”,” are soundtracked by songs that help to accentuate the emotions behind each scene. You can find a list of them belong as well as details about the scenes that the records soundtracked.
The following records were provided thanks to the Starz Public Relations team.
Mr. Anderson — “Million”
We hear this record around the 0:30 mark as Detective Bryant opens the truck where he left B-Mickie to threaten him over the missing bricks of cocaine. He adds that he will move his mom out of the good hospital and press murder charges on him for the deaths of Jay Mo and Kato if he doesn’t give him the details of the missing product.
Travon — “Soft Organ Music”
Around the 1:22 mark, this song plays as Meech and Terry are at the repast following Sockie’s funeral. They’re talking about B-Mickie’s whereabouts before they’re approached by Pastor Swift who expresses his disappointment in Meech and Terry’s participation in the drug game.
50 Cent — “Wish Me Luck” Feat. Charlie Wilson
This is the theme song of BMF. It plays at the 5:23 mark in “Both Sides Of The Fence.” While it’s only 50 Cent and Charlie Wilson’s voices that are heard at this moment, the song also features Snoop Dogg and Moneybagg Yo.
The Commodores — “Jesus is Love”
The Commodores’ “Jesus Is Love” plays around the 07:51 mark as Charles sits in his room upset that Terry cashed out of the Flenory Car Ride Service business. Lucille consoles him but begs that he doesn’t kick Terry out of the house as he did Meech.
Osinachi — “Retro Hip Hop”
This song plays around the 12:38 mark, as Meech and Terry arrive at K-9’s “Rich Man Poor Man” party. Meech makes a deal with K-9’s cousin Rayzin to orchestrate a meeting with the Colombians. Shortly after, Meech and Terry watch K-9 shoot his aunt at the party.
Don Cabán — “Tryna Tell You”
We hear this record around the 14:27 mark as Meech and Terry argue about bringing Rayzin with them to help make the deal with the Colombians. Meech reluctantly agrees to leave Rayzin but warns Tee not to pack any weapons for the flight. We find out later that Terry ignored Meech’s wishes.
Extreme — “Cascada” & “Elegante”
Around the 20:00 mark, both songs play as Terry and Markeisha sit outside to talk for the time since their motel stay. Terry buys roses for Markeisha, dances with her, tells her that he loves her, and lets her know that Wanda is pregnant.
Aerin — “Get Through to You”
We hear this record around the 21:38 mark as Lucille, Nicole, Wanda, and Wanda’s mom sit together for a girl’s night together. Wanda expresses her frustrations about Terry’s reaction to her being pregnant and Lucille assures her that the baby will be welcomed into their family. Wanda’s mom plots a way to make Terry more focused on his relationship with Wanda.
Marlon Coles — “Bounce Dat”
Marlon Coles’ “Bounce Dat” plays around the 22:38 mark as Charles nervously walks into a strip club with Mabel. There, Mabel gets a lap dance from one of the club’s dancers and Charles is having the time of his life. It all comes crashing down when he spots Meech across the room.
Atlanta Pan Sonic — “Gammin Nights”
Around the 25:02 mark, this song plays as Terry teases Nicole with a condom placed on a trophy after she bothers him about Wanda being pregnant. Lucille scolds him and Charles nervously asks Terry if he spoke to Meech recently.
Laces Out — “Preachers Organ in D”
This song plays around the 26:37 mark as Meech and Terry arrive at St. Martins. Terry takes their bags up to their room and Meech comes across an attractive lady who he takes up their room. When they get there, the Meech gets punched and robbed of his and Terry’s stuff.
The Jackson 5 — “I’ll Be There”
The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” plays around the 41:10 mark as Charles meets Meech at the record store. Charles tries to explain what he was doing at the strip club with Mabel and adds that it has nothing to do with Lucille. In the end, Meech assures Charles that he won’t Lucille about what he saw.
Taequan Black x Osinachi — “Code”
We hear this record around the 48:08 mark, we hear this track after B-Mickie learns that his mother passed away while he was tied up in the trunk of a car that Detective Bryant left him in.
New episodes of ‘BMF’ are available on the STARZ app on Fridays at 12:00 am EST and on the STARZ TV channel at 8:00 pm EST.
Last night at Rolling Loud, Tyga performed his set — and brought along a special guest in the form of YG.
While performing their 2019 collaboration, “Go Loko,” YG did a truly iconic dance, revaling that he’s multi-talented when it comes to moves. The duo also teased that they have what seems to be a full collaborative record on the way, as it was teased on stage.
“You know what I’m saying?” Tyga says in the video. “We only came up with one song, but now we about to drop the new album coming soon.”
When “Go Loko” was first released, Tyga revealed that they had been inspired by Mexico’s impact on culture…which hasn’t fully aged well. “Growing up in L.A., it’s a really big culture here,” he told the Recording Academy. “Even YG could tell you, he grew up around all Mexicans, so we really wanted to do something to give back to the culture.”
In addition, Tyga appeared on YG’s album last year, as a feature on “Run.”
“Me and Tyga were in the studio just trying to plot like, ‘What should we do for the video?’ There’s only so much you can do with that type of song. We ain’t wanna do like a flashy rap video, driving around in the cars. I got plenty of them,” YG revealed to Billboard.
Check out the videos of Tyga and YG’s performance (and album teaser) above.
After a tense incident at an Oakland nightclub last month, in which GloRilla had water thrown on her, the rapper’s now-former bodyguard is speaking out, claiming he was unjustly fired.
“So all that extra sh*t, I don’t want to hear none of that sh*t. I got her out of there safe,” the bodyguard said in the video. “She making videos ain’t she? She talking to y’all can’t she? ‘Cause she talked to me. You alive we got out that muthaf*cker. I did my job, it’s complete.”
On the second slide, there is a clip of the altercation. “F*ck you bitch, weak ass b*tch,” the club attendee shouted at GloRilla in the video. Although the footage is blurry, GloRilla’s team seems to be trying to move her out of the venue.
“I’m not finna get to fighting nobody dats paying to come see me that’s security job to make sure mfs under control that’s they get paid to do,” GloRilla tweeted afterwards.
I know what kinda crowd I bring out & I know my fans crazy af dats just part of being a ghetto rockstar Ik what I signed up for I’m not finna get to fighting nobody dats paying to come see me that’s security job to make sure mfs under control that’s they get paid to do
From the comments, at least on this post featuring the bodyguard, most social media users appear to be on his side, noting that if he had fought back, the other party could press charges in a lawsuit. “Security is not allowed to hit anyone because if that person sues him y’all not gonna help!” one person commented.
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