Jack Harlow confirms new music is coming next week: “I need to drop”

Jack Harlow will make his acting debut starring in an upcoming reboot of Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy White Men Can’t Jump by 20th Century Fox.As Deadline reports, the rapper was offered the role after his first ever screen audition. The original film starred Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as street basketball hustlers who team up to go for a bigger score.

White Men Can’t Jump is getting a reboot.

Woody Harrelson as Billy Hoyle, a former college basketball star who wins bets against streetballers who think they can beat him because he’s white. His hustling strategy changes when he runs into Sidney (Wesley Snipes), another baller who tricks Billy out of a huge chunk of cash.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJack Harlow is making his feature film debut in “White Men Can’t Jump,” a remake of the 1992 sports comedy.Charles Kidd II, known professionally as Calmatic, is directing the reboot from a script by “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris and Doug Hall.More to come…

EXCLUSIVE: Talk about a slam-dunk audition. Musician Jack Harlow is set to make his acting debut in 20th Century’s reboot of White Men Can’t Jump. Calmatic is directing a script by Kenya Barris and Doug Hall. Barris and his Khalabo Ink Society banner are producing. Blake Griffin, Ryan Kalil and Noah Weinstein are executive producing through their Mortal Media banner. Hall and E. Brian Dobbins will also exec produce.

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returned for their first show of the month and their first show since Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine.Needing to address the tragedy before the night could begin, the show decided to forgo the usual cold-open sketch in favor of a moving and powerful choir performance paying tribute to the people of Ukraine.The show tapped the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York to take to the iconic Studio 8H stage, behind a platform covered in candles spelling out «Kyiv,» the capital city of Ukraine.Saturday Night Live https://t.co/sJuB8GVVVRAfter the performance, castmemebrs Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon — who have both been tasked in the past with opening somber episodes following national tragedies — walked out to deliver the show's traditional start-line, «Live from New York, it's Saturday Night.» airs live, coast-to-coast, at 11:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPete Davidson won’t be live from New York on this particular Saturday night.The “Saturday Night Live” cast member has been cleared to work on the production of “The Home,” the Miramax horror movie being directed by James DeMonaco, according to two people familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for “SNL” could not be reached for immediate comment.

Chris Willman Music WriterCoincidentally or not, Kanye West’s livestream and theatrical simulcast of his “Donda Experience” event Tuesday night seemed to make some use of a staging conceit that Adele had recently nixed for her scotched Las Vegas residency. The latter singer had reportedly balked at a design that would have had appear to be in or floating atop the middle of a large pool.

Just when it seemed like Kanye West was cooling off his feud with Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian, he strikes again! And things are only getting more concerning.

Kanye «Ye» West sampled a portion of ex Kim Kardashian's monologue during his listening event at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. «I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he's the richest Black man in America,» Kim says in the sampled monologue from last October.

Kanye West has praised rapper Jack Harlow, calling him one of the “Top Five [artists] out right now”.On Friday (February 18), Harlow released ‘Nail Tech’, his first new music in over a year. The track, which arrived alongside a video that stars City Girls rapper Yung Miami, has been received positively among fans, debuting at Number Two on the US Spotify chart.One particular fan of the track includes Kanye West – now legally known as Ye – who took to Instagram yesterday (February 18) to heap praise on the Kentucky rapper.“This n***a can raaaaaaap bro,” Ye captioned a screenshot of the ‘Nail Tech’ video. “And I’m saying n***a as a compliment Top 5 out right now.”Harlow caught wind of West’s endorsement, calling it “one of the greatest moments my life”, while sharing a screenshot of Ye’s post.A post shared by Jack Harlow (@jackharlow)Harlow released his debut album ‘That’s What They All Say’ at the end of 2020 and despite a series of high-profile collaborations with the likes of Lil Nas X, Eminem and Ty Dolla $ign, it’s been over a year since he last shared a solo track.He dropped his collaborative summer jam “SUVs (Black on Black)” with Pooh Shiesty back in August.Meanwhile, West is gearing up to release ‘DONDA 2’, the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 album ‘DONDA’, which is due to arrive on Tuesday (February 22).

Desiigner music video – watch it below.The beloved Full House star passed away last month aged 65. Saget was found dead by authorities in a Florida hotel room on January 9, the day after he had performed a stand-up comedy set in Jacksonville.In the new video, for Desiigner’s track ‘Bakin”, Saget cooks bacon for Desiigner, which he called “the best dad joke ever” in behind-the-scenes footage of the video.Speaking of the experience of working with Saget on the shoot, co-star DJ Whoo Kid told Rolling Stone: “When you have rappers pull up for videos, they bring a Maybach, or rent a Lambo, they show off,” the artist said.

Jack Harlow has kept his solo recordings close to the chest since dropping That's What They All Say, his certified-platinum debut studio LP, in December 2020. Today, he shared "Nail Tech," his first single since that record's release, along with a music video co-directed by Frank Borin, Ace Pro, and Harlow himself.