Pusha T has announced the release date for his new album: ‘It’s Almost Dry,’ the long-awaited follow-up to his 2018 album Daytona. The new LP is due out this Friday, April 22; you check out the trailer for the album – here.

Pusha also shared the official tracklist, revealing 12 tracks including the previously released singles “Diet Coke” and “Neck & Wrist” with Jay-Z. T he album will have two additional features from Kanye West on the songs “Dreamin of the Past” and “Rock N Roll” with Kid Cudi. Don Toliver and Lil Uzi Vert appear on “Scrape It Off The Top”.

To pre-save “It’s Almost Dry” head to the link – here.

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Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced their co-headlining NY State of Mind tour. The tour, hitting 25 cities across North America, will kick off Aug. 30 in St. Louis, Mo., and come to a close Oct. 4 in Los Angeles.

Pre-sales are available to American Express and Citi card members beginning Tuesday. General tickets will officially be available for purchase on Tuesday, April 26th through LiveNation’s website. 

Bong Bong: Nas and Wu-Tang Clan Announce NY State of Mind Joint Tour

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Billie Eilish will appear in a new Simpsons short coming to Disney+.  Eilish and her brother, singer and music producer Finneas, will appear in the short “When Billie Met Lisa.” The streaming service said in an Instagram post: @BillieEilish is coming to Springfield Start streaming the short, @TheSimpsons: When Billie Met Lisa April 22 only on #DisneyPlus”

“When Billie Met Lisa” will see Lisa Simpson get discovered by Eilish and Finneas while searching for a quiet place to practice her saxophone. Billie invites Lisa to her studio for a special jam session she’ll never forget.  The short will premiere April 22 on Disney+.

This will be the fourth Simpsons short created for Disney+. The streaming service previously released the Star Wars-themed “Maggie Simpson in ‘The Force Awakens from its Nap,’” the Marvel-inspired “The Good, The Bart, and the Loki,” and “The Simpsons in Plusaversary.”

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Marvel has shared a teaser trailer for the upcoming new film ‘Thor: Love and Thunder,’ featuring Chris Hemsworth as the superhero Thor.  Thor: Love and Thunder is written and directed by Taika Waititi, and is the sequel to Thor (2011) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

The trailer shows Thor (Hemsworth) leave his “superhero-ing days” behind him and attempt to choose his own path, and ends with a glimpse of Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor. Portman played Jane Foster, an astrophysicist and the love interest of Thor, in 2011’s Thor; and will return in the new sequel.

Also starring in the film are Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel as the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’  The film also will feature Christian Bale, Sean Gunn and Jeff Goldblum.

Thor: Love and Thunder opens in theaters July 8.  Take a look at the teaser trailer – here.

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CBS has renewed the daytime talk show “The Talk” for a 13th season, it was announced during Monday’s show. All five hosts — Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Jerry O’Connell, Natalie Morales and Sheryl Underwood — are slated to return.

The Talk has undergone a huge turnover of co-hosts over the past few years. Underwood is the longest-serving host on the panel, having joined the show in Season 2.  Morales, a long-time NBC News correspondent and anchor, and American Ninja Warrior alum Gbajabiamila joined the show this season after the departures of Carrie Ann Inaba and Elaine Welteroth. Kloots joined the show in early 2021 along with Welteroth, and O’Connell joined the show in July 2021, a few months after Sharon Osbourne was let go following an on-air argument with Underwood and allegations of racist comments from former co-hosts Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini.

Watch the co-hosts surprise at the announcement of “The Talk” Season 13 renewal – here.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-talk-renewed-season-13-cbs-1235234732/

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Kendrick Lamar is back and finally dropping a new album after a five year hiatus. Kendrick last released a full length album in 2017 with his tracklist entitled “Damn.”  Following that release, Lamar curated the Black Panther soundtrack and featured songs by Sir, Raphael Saadiq, 2 Chainz, Busta Rhymes and Grammy-winner Baby Keem.

The 34-year-old rapper tweeted a link to his ‘Oklama’ website, where he revealed his new record’s title — “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” — and release date of May 13.  Kendrick also announced the news on his Instagram with a note that said “appreciate your patience.”

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Lizzo’s highly-anticipated album, SPECIAL, is scheduled for release on July 15th.  As a preview, Lizzo has shared her new single from the LP titled “About Damn Time,” along with the song’s accompanying video which can be viewed here.

Lizzo’s last full length album was 2019’s Cuz I Love You, and she released the Cardi B collab “Rumors” last year.  She has also been busy outside of the music world, dropping her new all-inclusive shapewear line, Yitty, last week.  Ranging from sizes XS to 6X, the line boasts “self-love, radical inner confidence, and effortless, everyday wear,” according to a press release.

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“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”, the third installment in the “Harry Potter” spinoff series, opened to $43 million in North America. According to studio estimates Sunday it was enough to secure the film the top spot on the box-office charts, but it’s also a franchise-low. The first film in the “Fantastic Beasts” series had a $74.4 million debut in 2016, and the second film “The Crimes of Grindelwald,” opened to $62.2 million in 2018. “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which opened in 4,208 locations in North America, cost approximately $200 million in production.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore stars Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller and Mikkelsen, who replaced Johnny Depp as Grindelwald.  As did the previous “Fantastic Beasts” films, “Dumbledore” will most likely earn more internationally. Both of the previous films made more than 70% of their global totals from international showings.

Also at the box office, in its second weekend “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” fell to second place with an estimated $30 million in earnings.  Rounding out the rest of the top five: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s “The Lost City” came in at No. 3, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” took the No. 4 spot, and “Father Stu” starring Mark Wahlberg finished fifth, earning an estimated $8 million in its first five days in theaters.

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Future has officially announced the release date for his new project; however, has not yet revealed the title for his forthcoming album, the follow up to 2020’s “High Off Life“. The upcoming LP is set for release on April 29th.

Future revealed that Kanye West and Babyface Ray are two of the guest appearances on the project. The Atlanta rapper will also co-headline this year’s Rolling Loud Miami along with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar, which will take place from July 22-24 at Hard Rock Stadium.

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Jim Jones has teamed up with Lil Wayne, Migos, DJ Khaled, and Juelz Santana in the video for his “We Set the Trends” remix. The video was co-directed by Jones, Shila the Don, Will C, and Denity.

Jones originally dropped his project Gangsta Grillz: We Set the Trends with DJ Drama at the top of the year and released the remix to the title track last week.

Watch the new music video for Jim Jones’ “We Set the Trends” remix featuring Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Migos, and Juelz Santana – here.

Jim Jones, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Juelz Santana & Takeoff “We Set The Trends Remix,” Millyz ft. Gio Dee “Love/Hate” & More | Daily Visuals 4.13.22

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