Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia to face-off in ‘Verzuz’ battle
Verzuz announced that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will face off against Three 6 Mafia live from Los Angeles on December 2nd. Verzuz tweeted: “IT’S THAT TIME. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony vs Three 6 Mafia LIVE from Los Angeles!!” Thursday, DECEMBER 2ND MORE DETAILS COMING SOON! #VERZUZ” This will be the first time Verzuz has hit the West Coast since the show transitioned to a live music setting. As of press time, no venue has been announced, but the face-off will be streamed on Triller and the Verzuz IG.
The event will reportedly feature “ALL members” of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, namely Bizzy Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone and Wish Bone. Their battle arrives more than a year after Bone Thugs and Three 6 Mafia initially announced a separate battle via Instagram Live in April 2020, which was cancelled at the last minute after VERZUZ founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland joined the engagement.
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Ye (formerly Kanye West) releases deluxe edition of ‘Donda’ with new songs
Kanye West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, released a deluxe edition of his most recent album Donda featuring five new tracks. The tracks include “Life of the Party” featuring André 3000, “Up From the Ashes,” “Remote Control 2” featuring Young Thug, “Never Abandon Your Family” and “Keep My Spirit Alive Pt. 2.”
Ye has also re-organized the album’s tracklist, tacking on part two renditions of “Ok Ok,” “Junya,” “Jail,” and “Keep My Spirit Alive” to the end of the tracklist as well.
The deluxe edition of Donda is available to stream through services such as Spotify. Ye uploaded “Life of the Party” with Andre 3000 to his official YouTube page.
Kanye West Releases Deluxe Edition Of ‘Donda,’ Includes New Track With André 3000
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MGM shares clip of Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in ‘House of Gucci’
On Monday, MGM Studios shared a clip from the upcoming film “House of Gucci” featuring Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani and Adam Driver as her husband, Maurizio Gucci, the heir to the Gucci fashion house.
In the teaser clip, Patrizia influences Maurizio by trying to convince him that his uncle Aldo and cousin Paulo aren’t good for the company. “It’s time to take out the trash,” Patrizia says. “They’re poison. They’re an embarrassment to this company and everybody knows it.” MGM previously released a clip last Friday showing Patrizia and Maurizio inspecting fake Gucci bags.
House of Gucci is based on the Sara Gay Forden book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. The film explores the events surrounding the murder of Maurizio, who died in 1995. In 1998, Patrizia was sentenced to 29 years in prison for hiring a hitman to kill Maurizio. She was released from prison early in 2016.
Directed by Ridley Scott, House of Gucci also stars Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino and Jack Huston. The film opens in theaters Nov. 24. Take a look at the latest clip – here.
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Snoop Dogg shares tracklist for “The Algorithm” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Dave East, Mary J. Blige and more
Snoop Dogg has revealed the tracklist for his forthcoming album, The Algorithm, which features guest appearances from Ty Dolla $ign, Dave East, Benny the Butcher, Mary J Blige, and more.
Last week, Snoop dropped a video for “Murder Music,” which features Benny, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes; and back in September, Snoop introduced The Algorithm with the release of a new single and video on his 50th birthday – “Big Subwoofer” by Mount Westmore, the new supergroup comprised of west coast rap legends Snoop, Ice Cube, E-40, and Too Short.
To pre-order Snoop Dogg Presents: The Algorithm, head here.
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Polo G to release deluxe version of ‘Hall Of Fame’ on Dec. 3
Nearly five months after his smash album ‘Hall of Fame’ was released, Polo G took to Instagram to announce the album’s deluxe version with a trailer. At the end of the minute-long video, Polo says, “Before I just close out this chapter, I feel like we should turn up just one more time.”
Hall of Fame 2.0 deluxe is set to drop on Dec. 3 and will contain 14 songs, including the highly-anticipated “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal),” which was released on Friday, and can be streamed here. “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal)” is a modern take on the Michael Jackson classic hit, with snippets of the track going viral on Tiktok. The Arrad-directed music video follows Polo through a casino battle royale, You can take a look at the video HERE.
Polo G Announces ‘Hall of Fame 2.0’ Deluxe Album, MJ ‘Smooth Criminal’ Sampled Single
Taylor Swift drops music video for “I Bet You Think About Me” directed by Blake Lively
Taylor Swift has dropped her latest music video for the track “I Bet You Think About Me” (featuring Chris Stapleton) off Swift’s recent release of Red (Taylor’s Version). The video, featuring Swift, actor Miles Teller and guitarist Aaron Dessner, also has actress Blake Lively stepping behind the camera to make her directorial debut.
The music video features Teller as a groom who is haunted by his ex, a red-clad Swift, at his wedding to another woman (played by Teller’s real-life wife Keleigh). Credits at the end of the video reveal the clip was written by Lively and Swift, with Lively credited as director. Take a look at the video for “I Bet You Think About Me” – here.
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Leonardo DiCaprio to play cult leader Jim Jones in new film
Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in an upcoming film. The new film will explore how Jones orchestrated the Jonestown mass suicide that caused over 900 deaths in November 1978.
Jones founded the Peoples Temple religious organization in Indianapolis in 1955 and constructed Jonestown in Guyana in 1974. When U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan and members of his delegation arrived to investigate Jonestown in 1978, they were killed by Jones’ followers. Following the killings, Jones ordered a mass murder-suicide among his followers by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid. The mass suicide claimed the lives of over 900 people in November 1978.
Deadline confirmed that DiCaprio, 46, will star in the biopic as Jones. Venom writer Scott Rosenberg wrote the script and will executive produce with DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson.
Next up for DiCaprio is a starring role in the Netflix film Don’t Look Up and Martin Scorsese’s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Sitcom inspired by the life of Alanis Morissette in the works at ABC
Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, will be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom. Titled Relatable, the sitcom is a single-camera comedy that follows a 40-something woman, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star, famous for her self-penned anthems of female rage and teen angst. Now this “voice of her generation,” although deeply bonded with her family, can’t quite get the next generation living in her house to listen to her.. While the main character is based on the life of Morissette, it will be a fictitious portrayal; Morissette’s life will serve to “loosely inform” the writing and stories though characters are fictional and non-biographical.
Morissette will serve as an executive producer and will provide an original soundtrack for the series. Alongside her are co-creators Elizabeth Beckwith (the supervising producer on The Goldbergs) and Christopher Moynihan (the creator of Marlon).
Morissette currently serves as a judge on Fox’s competition series Alter Ego, and recently released her ninth studio album. She also kicked off a world tour celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill, and Jagged Little Pill: The Musical made its debut on Broadway in 2019.
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Release date for Juice WRLD’s second posthumous album ‘Fighting Demons’ is announced in trailer
Juice WRLD’s second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, is set to arrive next month. The release was announced in a 43-second trailer posted on the late rapper’s social media accounts, and comes more than two years after Juice—born Jarad Anthony Higgins—died from an accidental overdose at age 21.
The news comes following teasers from Lil Bibby and others, and kicks-off with the release of a new single titled “Already Dead.”
You can check out the trailer – here. Fighting Demons will drop Dec. 10 and is available for pre-save here.
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