Frank Ocean debuted nine minutes of new music during an episode of his Blonded Radio show on Apple Music. Fans tuned in to a lengthy piano piece featuring Ocean rapping and ad-libbing. Ocean wrote on his Instagram Stories that the majority of the track was recorded in a single take in the summer of 2020.

Ocean’s Blonded Radio episode also included audio culled from his discussion with Dutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker Wim “The Iceman” Hof, conducted following the death of Ocean’s younger brother Ryan Breaux in August 2020. “Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief and I remember marbling afterwards at how his energy blasted through the phone,” Ocean added. “So much vim in this Wim. We spoke for a while about his work, the purpose of grief and how going into the cold water changed his life.”

Ocean last released his singles “Dear April” and “Cayendo” in April 2020. You can listen to the new song – here.

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Travis Scott has been dropped by the perfume company Dior. Dior announced that it has paused indefinitely a “capsule collection” collaboration between Dior men’s artistic director Kim Jones, and Scott’s Cactus Jack label, which was due out next year. The partnership was to be Dior’s first with a musician.

Dior said in a statement, “Out of respect for everyone affected by the tragic events at Astroworld, Dior has decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of products from the Cactus Jack collaboration originally intended to be included in its summer 2022 collection.”

The indefinite Dior postponement is the second significant branding deal Scott has lost in a matter of weeks. Weeks ago, Anheuser-Busch announced it will no longer distribute Scott’s Cacti line of hard seltzers.  In addition, Epic Games has removed the “Travis Scott emote” from their massive online game, Fortnite; Parsons School of Design pulled out of their contract with Scott’s ‘Cactus Jack Design Center,’ and Nike postponed Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack collab. Scott has also been dropped from the 2022 Coachella lineup (which he was slated to headline).

https://www.thefader.com/2021/12/28/dior-postpones-travis-scott-collaboration-indefinitely

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Former “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Meghan King has split from husband Cuffe Owens after just two months of marriage. Owens is the son of Valerie Owens, who is President Biden’s younger sister.

The 37-year-old King revealed news of the split from Owens, 42, in a series of Instagram stories on Monday. King wrote: “I’ve been asked by many outlets and individuals to comment on the state of marriage. I am rattled. This situation is profoundly devastating. This is obviously not what I imagined when I made my vows — and I’m shocked and saddened by the way things turned out. I am moving forward with my children as we privately process our pain and begin to let go of shattered dreams. At this time I ask for your grace and gentle kindness as I navigate this labyrinth of grief with my family.”

King and Owens were married in Pennsylvania on October 11 in an intimate family ceremony that was attended by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. King first introduced Owens as her boyfriend in late September on social media, sharing a photo of her and Owens with their arms around each other and saying: “Trying my best to avoid any cheesy introductions like ‘my main squeeze’… so just meet my man.”

King was a main cast member on “Real Housewives of Orange County” for three seasons from 2015 to 2017.  She split from Jim Edmonds in 2019 after five years of marriage.  Edmonds and King share daughter Aspen, 5, and twin sons Hart and Hayes, 3.

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Marvel released the first trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a sequel to 2016’s Doctor Strange. 

The film is a follow-up to Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) most recent appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and will pick up on the revelations around Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) from ‘WandaVision.’

The trailer originally was released as the final post-credit scene for Spider-Man: No Way Home earlier in December, but Marvel has now put it online for everyone to see.   Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is set to hit theaters on May 6. Take a look at the trailer – here.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Trailer Reveals No Way Home Fallout: Watch

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Alicia Keys released the video for her song “Come For Me (Unlocked)” featuring Khalid and Lucky Daye.  Keys directed the video and all three artists are present in the clip. The official music video shows snippets from the “Come For Me” recording process, and Keys, Khalid, and Lucky Daye sing, dance, and even play games with each other throughout the video.

In a social media post shortly after the video’s premiere, Lucky Daye said, “Know you know the vibes . I could’ve never imagined an artist I have so much respect for would return it by working with me. ‘Come For Me’ video out now with my sis @aliciakeys and @thegr8khalid .”

“Come For Me (Unlocked)” is Keys’ eighth studio album and first-ever double album. The 26-track double record also features artists like Pusha T, Brandi Carlile, Lil Wayne, and Swae Lee.

Check out the official music video for “Come For Me (Unlocked)” – here.

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Doja Cat recently took to Instagram Live to let fans know she would love to make a double album consisting of pop-rap on one side and hip-hop on the other. Additionally, Doja revealed who her dream team would be, saying:  “New project. 12 songs. All of them, every f–kin’ one, Jay Versace and 9th Wonder.”

Both producers seem to be on board with the idea. Jay quote tweeted a clip from Doja’s Instagram Live saying, “Brah.” Meanwhile, 9th Wonder wrote, “Say what now?”

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/doja-cat-teases-double-album-reveals-she-wants-to-work-with-9th-wonder-and-jay-versace-news.145219.html

HBO has unveiled the first official trailer for season 2 of Euphoria.  Zendaya returns as Rue Bennett, and is joined by other familiar faces as she “must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction,” per a series synopsis.

The return of the drama—which was supposed to be filmed in March 2020 before the pandemic shut down production —will also include cast memebers Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid, and Austin Abrams.

Season 2 premieres on Jan. 9 on HBO, with new episodes dropping weekly. Check out the Euphoria season 2 trailer – here.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, earning an additional $83 million in ticket sales as of Sunday night.   The film, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, has earned about $467 million domestically. Last weekend it brought in $253 million of the total $283 million gross of films.

Spider-Man: No Way Home also earned a total of around $1 billion worldwide, making it the only film since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to reach the milestone. Globally, it earned $587.2 million last weekend, ranking as the third largest worldwide opening weekend in history behind only Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, both of which also featured Holland as Spider-Man.

Coming in at No. 2 this weekend is Sing 2 with $23.8 million, followed by The Matrix Resurrections at No. 3 with $12 million, The King’s Man at No. 4 with $6.4 million and American Underdog at No. 5 with $6.2 million. Rounding out the top 10 were West Side Story at No. 6 with $2.8 million, Licorice Pizza at No. 7 with $2.3 million, A Journal for Jordan at No. 8 with $2.2 million, Encanto at No. 9 with $2 million and ’83 at No. 10 with $1.8 million.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Third-Best Christmas Ever With $31.7M US; Domestic At $467M+ & $1.05B WW – Sunday Update

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NBA Youngboy has released his latest single called “Emo Rockstar“. The track is produced by Exavis, 12Hunna & DY Krazy, and it comes along with an official video which is directed by Nick Belotti.

In the visual, Youngboy shows his rockstar side with guitar, drums and more inside a garage, which rocking facial paint.  Youngboy also recently teamed up with Birdman for a joint project called “From The Bayou“.

Watch the new video for “Emo Rockstar” – here.

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Nas and Hit-Boy shared a special surprise for fans, dropping a new nine-track album, Magic. This marks Nas’s second new album of 2021, following the release of King’s Disease II in August, the follow-up to 2020’s King’s Disease.  Nas wrote on Instagram prior to the album drop: “MAGIC is in the air. Midnight ET brand new music to vibe to.”

Magic’s nine new tracks include ‘Wave Gods’, a collaboration with A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier. Nas had previously spoken about making a third album with Hit-Boy, who he has referred to as his “Quincy Jones”, shortly after the release of King’s Disease II.  That album has been nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, with “Bath Salts” also nominated for Best Rap Song. King’s Disease won Best Rap Album at this year’s edition of the prestigious music awards.

Buy or stream Magic at the link here.

Rapper Nas Releases Surprise New LP, ‘Magic’

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