We may not yet have the visuals for Beyoncé’s critically-acclaimed Renaissance album, but fans will soon be able to channel Queen Bey by way of other visual elements. As her Renaissance World Tour kicks off today (May 10) in Stockholm, Sweden, the Beyhive has finally gotten a look at the merch for the tour.

Fans who lined up early at the Swedish venue have taken to Twitter to share images of merchandise fans may be able to purchase during tour.

For this particular era, fans can look forward to several stylish t-shirts, hoodies, and accessories. On one shirt is the horse from the Renaissance album cover, who fans have nicknamed Reneigh. On some of the other t-shirts, Bey herself is seen rocking a futuristic unitard, as well as a stylish, metallic helmet.

A cozy hoodie has an image of what appears to be the stage, which pair well with the tote bags that feature Bey in full costume.

It appears that VIP ticket holders will be able to purchase a metallic tote bag, as well as a Renaissance World Tour black baseball cap.

Additionally, the Beyhive has also been going crazy over a tour book that has appeared online, which features artwork corresponding to each of the songs on Renaissance, as well as a potential set list.

You can see some of the merch above.

source https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-renaissance-tour-merchandise-europe/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/here-is-beyonces-renaissance-tour.html

A YSL co-defendant was given a separate trial after a mental health evaluation, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Jayden Myrick, originally one of 14 defendants in the YSL RICO case, was ordered to undergo the evaluation after claiming that he was receiving legal advice from Donald Trump and Joe Biden and wanted to represent himself in the upcoming trial.

Chief Judge Ural Glanville severed Myrick’s case on Monday due to the fact that the 22-year-old hadn’t been taking his medication for at least four months. In April, Myrick was quoted saying, “I’m not the regular inmate, I be with Joe Biden and Donald Trump and they be talking to me. Donald Trump is going to get me out.”

Myrick is already serving a life sentence for murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault for a 2018 robbery that turned into a deadly shooting. With his case being severed, there are now 10 remaining co-defendants in the original YSL case. The rap label is suspected of being a street gang led by Young Thug responsible for a slew of murders and other violent crimes in the Atlanta area.

Of the 28 men who were initially indicted, several received plea deals in exchange for time served and their admission that YSL is indeed a criminal organization. However, no such deal was ever extended to Young Thug, whom authorities believe is the ringleader of the entire operation and has been in jail since his arrest a year ago.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/ysl-rico-case-co-defendant-separate-trial-mental-health/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-ysl-co-defendant-was-given-separate.html

Tonight (May 10) is the first night of Beyoncé‘s Renaissance World Tour, which kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden. While the Beyhive has been buzzing with anticipation, not much is known about the tour, the setlist, or the visual elements, and we’ve been anxious for a taste of what to expect.

It appears some fans have gotten their hands on an early copy of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour book. Several fans have taken to social media to share images from the book, which includes corresponding artwork for each of the Renaissance album’s songs.

Additionally, an alleged copy of the setlist also appears in the tour book, though some fans believe this setlist isn’t what it seems to be. Some fans have theorized that the alleged setlist is fake, to keep the actual setlist from leaking.

“Beyoncé put a fake setlist in the tour book,” said one member of the Beyhive on Twitter. “this girl knows her fans.”

The setlist contains notes in pen, as well as other markings, so some fans don’t believe that it’s fake, but rather an early iteration.

“This looks like an early draft, but not necessarily ‘fake,’” said another fan.

If the setlist is real, it looks like fans can look forward to hearing much of the Renaissance fan favorites, including “Break My Soul,” “Cuff It,” “Alien Superstar,” and more. Some of her other hits, including “Diva,” “Run The World (Girls),” and “Savage (Remix)” with Megan Thee Stallion also seem to be on the alleged set list.

You can see images of the alleged tour book above.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-renaissance-tour-setlist-book/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/beyonce-fans-are-buzzing-about-supposed.html

As fans wait for new Billie Eilish music, the singer has instead shared some old music: Yesterday (May 9), she brought “Hotline (Edit)” to streaming services. The track is just a minute long and it’s a cover of the Drake classic “Hotline Bling.”

While this may seem random, it doesn’t come completely out of nowhere.

Per setlist.fm, Eilish performed the song dozens of times in 2017 and 2018, seguing it into her own “Party Favor.” Those songs were paired up for a Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl release in 2018 and Eilish shared the two-minute “Hotline Bling” cover on Soundcloud shortly after. The newly shared version is just the second half of the Soundcloud upload.

As for why Eilish decided to share the one-minute version now, that remains unclear. “Hotline Bling” album Views just celebrated its seventh anniversary on April 29, so perhaps that make Eilish think about her old cover again.

Meanwhile, Eilish recently said of performing for huge crowds, “It’s weirdly in a way underwhelming when there’s more people. I played my first stadiums over the summer. […] I was like, ‘I’m in a stadium, it’s so sick, it’s so big, you’re a f*cking star.’ And then you’re on the stage and you feel like you’re alone. It feels like there’s a printed out wallpaper of thousands of people. They’re so far away that there’s like no intimacy.”

Listen to “Hotline (Edit)” and the longer 2018 Soundcloud version above.

source https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-drake-hotline-bling-cover/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/billie-eilish-unexpectedly-shared-drake.html

Artificial intelligence has progressed rapidly in recent times and has therefore increasingly found its way into our everyday lives. Meek Mill had an encounter with AI recently and it left him scratching his head.

Late last night/early this morning (May 10), he tweeted, “Ai wrote a rap about my dad and this what he said WTF.”

The tweet included a video of an apparently AI-generated rap song, called “Back From The Grave” and credited to Big Robbie; Meek’s father, Robert Parker, died from a gunshot wound when Meek was a child, which Meek rapped about on “Traumatized.”

The lyrics of the AI song go, “I died in a shootout, just tryin’ to feed my fam / But death couldn’t stop me, I’m back in the lab / My son Meek Mill, he’s the light of my life / Gotta watch over him, I’m back from the afterlife / I’m Big Robbie and I’m back with a plan / I’m comin’ back to life to see my fam / My soul’s come alive, I’m gonna make it right / Back from the grave, I’m gonna fight the fight.”

Check out the AI track above.

Meek Mill is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/meek-mill-ai-rap-dead-father/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/ai-wrote-truly-bizarre-rap-as-meek.html

Governors Ball 2023 is quickly approaching. The multi-day festival is set to kick off on Friday, June 9, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Across the three-day event, music superstars Lizzo, Odesza, and Kendrick Lamar are slated to headline.

On opening night, Lizzo will headline. While Odesza will do the honors on Saturday, June 10. Closing out the festival on Sunday, June 11, is Kendrick Lamar. Other notable acts include Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Metro Boomin, Diplo, Rina Sawayama, and Aespa, who will be making history as the first K-pop act to perform at Governors Ball. However, with dozens of performers scheduled to take the stage, planning out with sets you will catch could quickly become overwhelming. To help alleviate the stress, the festival organizers have shared the set times for each day via their mobile app.

Check out the set times for this second weekend below. All times are p.m. and ET.

Friday, June 9

Kaycyy — 12:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage
School Of Rock Queens — 1 @ GoPuff Stage
Maxo Kream — 1:15 @ Bacardi Stage
Saba — 1:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage
PJ Morton — 2 @ GoPuff Stage
Alexander 23 — 2:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Michelle — 3 @ GoPuff Stage
Eladio Carrión — 3 @ GovBallNYC Stage
070 Shake — 4 @ Bacardi Stage
Tai Verdes — 4:15 @ GoPuff Stage
Diplo — 4:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Joey Badass — 5:30 @ GoPuff Stage
Remi Wolf — 5:45 @Bacardi Stage
Haim — 6:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Ice Spice — 6:45 @ GoPuff Stage
Metro Boomin — 7:30 @ GoPuff Stage
Kim Petras — 7:45 @ Bacardi Stage
Lil Uzi Vert — 8:45 @ GoPuff Stage
Lizzo — 8:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage

Saturday, June 10

The Amazons — 12 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Zolita — 12:15 @ GoPuff Stage
Flipturn — 12:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Lovejoy — 1 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Sarah Kinsley — 1:15 @ GoPuff Stage
Evan Giia — 1:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Suki Waterhouse — 2 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Kennyhoopla — 2:30 @ GoPuff Stage
Syd — 2:30 @ Barcardi Stage
Amber Mark — 3:15 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Koffee — 4 @ Bacardi Stage
Snail Mail — 4 @ GoPuff Stage
Rina Sawayama — 4 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Finneas — 5:30 @ GoPuff Stage
Kenny Beats — 5:45 @ Bacardi Stage
Aespa — 6:30 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Oliver Tree — 7 @ GoPuff Stage
Lauv — 7:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Lil Baby — 8:30 @ GoPuff Stage
Odesza — 8:30 @ GovBallNYC Stage

Sunday, June 11

Haiku Hands — 12 @ GovBallNYC Stage
PhatJazz — 12 @ GoPuff Stage
Ella Jane — 12:30 @ Bacardi Stage
School Of Rock Brooklyn — 12:45 @ GoPuff Stage
Charlie Burg — 1 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Coast Contra — 1:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Cat Burns — 1:45 @ GoPuff Stage
Phony Ppl — 2 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Maude Latour — 2:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Black Midi — 2:45 @ GoPuff Stage
PinkPantheress — 3:15 @ GovBallNYC
Sabrina Claudio — 4 @ Bacardi Stage
Central Cee — 4:15 @ GoPuff Stage
Tems — 4:45 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Pusha T — 5:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Sofi Tucker — 5:45 @ GoPuff Stage
Giveon — 6:30 @ GovBallNYC Stage
Lil Nas X — 7:20 @ GoPuff Stage
Girl In Red — 7:30 @ Bacardi Stage
Kendrick Lamar — 8:30 @ GovBallNYC Stage

Find more information here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/governors-ball-set-times-2023/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/here-are-governors-ball-set-times-for.html

Showing pride in how far he’s come in life, Meek Mill proudly proclaimed that he’s “taking things far from being a trench baby.”

Now, the musician is using his platform to impact the youth. In a video uploaded to Meek’s Instagram profile, the recording artists took a moment to offer some sound advice to a few young kids who asked to perform a freestyle for him. After the young boys delivered their original bars, Meek asked the group, “Why are y’all talking all that crazy stuff,” referring to the aspiring rappers referencing violence and guns.

Meek added, “Y’all got to rap about y’all life too, though. Y’all got a good one? I need that good stuff.”

To not discourage them, the entertainer closed with an explanation as to why they need to clean up their raps, “You gotta turn your cuss words down so you could get on Spotify, YouTube.”

Although his music often reflects those rough times, the “Dreams & Nightmares” rapper has dedicated himself to helping those who are growing up in the same conditions that he did. The entertainer has donated millions of dollars to Philadelphia schools and has even posted bail for local women to help reunite them with their families through his criminal justice reform-focused non-profit Reform Alliance.

Watch the clip above.

Meek Mill is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/meek-mill-kid-freestyle-advice/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/meek-mill-offered-some-sound-advice-to.html

When last we heard from Danny Brown, the Detroit rapper was checking himself into rehab for alcohol abuse. In March, Danny told fans he was voluntarily seeking treatment as he had overstepped during a recent episode of his podcast which he’d filmed while drunk. “Alcohol is something I need to be done with cause it makes me hurt the people that care the most,” he admitted.

Well, he’s returned with a new episode of The Danny Brown Show in which he addresses going to treatment head-on. He called the experience “humbling” while saying it gave him a newfound appreciation for his work, especially compared to some of those who were also in the program with him.

“Being in treatment… one thing it did do: It humbled the f*ck out of me,” he said. “It made me real f*ckin’ umm… Just showed a lot of gratitude. I got a cool-ass life, man. Hearin’ other motherf*ckers stories… ‘Cause a lot of these motherf*ckers that’s in there, they had drinking problems, drug problems, they gotta go back to work…. I have one of the best jobs in the f*cking world. I was taking a lot of sh*t for granted.”

It’s good to see Danny focused and grateful ahead of his upcoming tour with Jpegmafia. They may be scaring the hoes, but at least it’ll be for the right reason. You can watch the full episode of The Danny Brown Show up top.

source https://uproxx.com/music/danny-brown-alcohol-treatment-humbled/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/danny-brown-said-going-to-rehab-for.html

While Lizzo recently performed at the 2023 Met Gala and was continuing her 2Special North American Tour, the pop star took to social media a few days ago to announce that she had to postpone a second show after getting strep throat.

“Hello Hartford, it is me. As you know, I canceled my Montreal show ’cause I was experiencing extreme flu-like symptoms,” Lizzo said in the Instagram video. “I tested for COVID and it’s negative. However, I did test positive for strep throat. Though I’m feeling stronger, my body, my throat is still extremely raw and swollen. My lymph nodes are swollen, and the doctors say that it would not be wise to sing while my throat is like this.”

“In the past, I have pushed myself because I always want to bring you guys an incredible show. And I want to bring you guys the best of me,” she added. “And I’m realizing as I mature that this is not the best of me. I need to heal so that I can be the artist that you guys deserve and maintain my body. Still hurts to swallow, still hurts to speak, but it really hurts to cancel.”

In the video’s caption, Lizzo does note that all current tickets will be honored for the new date. Her next show is intended for tonight in Baltimore.

Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

source https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-postponed-hartford-concert-tour-date/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/lizzo-postponed-second-tour-date-in.html

So far, SZA has a couple of albums to her name, 2017’s Ctrl and 2022’s SOS, and they’re both beloved. She has some EPs under her belt, too, but when SZA goes back and listens to her old work, there’s one element of them that doesn’t sit well with her.

On Twitter recently, SZA wrote, “I still listen to my albums and get pissed off at the mixes [face-palm emoji].”

A few minutes later, she also shared her favorite songs from SOS, tweeting, “snooze ,love language, kill bill ,nobody gets me ,ex pack ,blind ,good days ,gone girl, I hate u, F2F,low , seek and destroy , ghost , Sos , used. Personal picks.” She then added in subsequent tweets, “FORGIVELESS too,” and, “Open arms too.”

Meanwhile, “Kill Bill” recently reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, making it SZA’s first No. 1 single. She took her time to reflect, eventually tweeting, “took me over a week to process cause I dreamt of this my entire career. didn’t feel real lol, still doesn’t. but I wanna say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. Every person, every fan base every ear that listened and pushed for me. Can’t believe we have a number 1 record.”

source https://uproxx.com/music/sza-pissed-off-old-albums-sos-favorite/

source https://trapbeats2023.blogspot.com/2023/05/sza-gets-pissed-off-about-something.html