Lil Wayne, Common and more play Kamala Harris’ hip-hop anniversary gig

Fulham remain interested in Scott McTominay and could make an approach for the Manchester United midfielder in January, according to reports.

Lil Wayne will release a new mixtape, titled Tha Fix Before tha VI, on Friday (September 29). The ten-track project will feature the single "Kat Food," plus appearances from Fousheé, Euro, and Grammy winner Jon Batiste.

Viola Davis has been selected as one of the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States.

Billie Eilish and Peter Gabriel and a host of musicians have appeared in a new video by a new music coalition to tackle gun violence.Artist For Action To Prevent Gun Violence, which also features Sheryl Crow and Nile Rodgers, describes itself as a “non-political” organisation which asks Americans to volunteer and vote to eradicate gun violence in the country.

It looks like Strictly saved the best until last as Casualty's Nigel Harman topped the Strictly leaderboard with Bobby Brazier, Ellie Leach and Layton Williams close behind. Strictly Come Dancing kicked off with a bang on Saturday night, 23 September, as 15 brand new celebs prepared to battle it out on the dancefloor for the first time in the series.The show opened with a dramatic performance by the professional dancers performing at a scenic, coastal viewpoint before the scene moved to the Strictly dance floor where the rest of the professionals joined the performance.

McKinley Franklin editor Leaders from Mattel, YouTube, Universal Pictures, Google, Amazon and more gathered at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology summit, presented by City National Bank, to breakdown the future of marketing in the entertainment space. Panels included conversations with the leading experts on artificial intelligence, fan-focused growth on social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok and the massive future of online gaming. Here are a few of the key takeaways from a day of lively discourse.

he wasn’t good anymore because the 69-year-old is “woke.”“I hear that a lot that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke,” said Stern according to a report by the news site Mediaite.“By the way, I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke,” he said. “I’ll tell you how I feel about it. To me the opposite of woke, is being asleep.”“And if woke means I can’t get behind Trump, which is what I think it means, or that I support people who want to be transgender or I’m for the vaccine, dude, call me woke as you f—— want,” Stern said in the rant.“I am woke, motherf—–, and I love it.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Nine months after seeing his nephew and bandmate Takeoff shot to death as an innocent bystander during an argument outside a Houston bowling alley, Migos rapper Quavo has gone on a gun-control offensive: This week, he met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House, spoke on a panel about combating the issue during the Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference in Washington, and appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday morning talking about gun violence in the U.S. “I feel like your calling comes at the least expected times,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

Manchester United have retained their interest in Frenkie de Jong with Barcelona weighing up their finances, according to reports in Spain.

Jamie Carragher has blasted Andre Onana for angrily confronting a 'broken' Harry Maguire during pre-season.

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An unlikely club reportedly rejected the chance to sign Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek.

Nicki Minaj brought the tribute into more modern times with a medley of ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’ and ‘Red Ruby Da Sleaze’.She also rapped a line from her 2015 song ‘Truffle Butter’, in which she boasts: “I must have about a milli on me right now / And I ain’t talkin’ about that Lil Wayne record.” As the line came to a close, the beat segued into Lil Wayne’s ‘A Milli’ and the rapper took to the mic.

Lil Wayne has opened the 2023 MTV VMAs at New Jersey’s Prudential Center with the live premiere of his latest single ‘Kat Food’.The rapper kicked off the awards show by performing in front of a raised platform on the arena’s stage, flanked by female dancers dressed in white, as he aired the 2020 track ‘Uproar’.Midway through the song, he segued into ‘Kat Food’, walking through the crowd to the B-stage as he did so. The track was released on September 1 and was produced by Charlie Handsome, FNZ and Rogét Chahayed.Wayne is also due to perform as part of a special hip-hop performance celebrating the genre’s 50th anniversary later in the VMAs.

Scots DJ Calvin Harris and Radio 1's Vick Hope tied the knot over the weekend at a glamorous bash surrounded by some of their A-lister pals.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Lil Wayne spoke for a lot of people attending Saturday’s “50 Years of Hip-Hop” celebration at the official residence of the vice president of the United States in Washington, D.C.: At the conclusion of his set, he thanked the audience and said, “I cannot believe I am here.” Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke for many of the approximately 400 assembled artists, executives, politicians, journalists and others when she said as part of her opening remarks, “Hip-hop now shapes nearly every aspect of American popular culture, and it reflects the incredible diversity and ingenuity of the American people. I truly believe hip-hop is one of America’s greatest exports.” Although hip-hop has certainly received at least some of the respect it is due in recent years — nowhere near enough, considering it is indisputably the most important and influential cultural movement of the last half century — it was still surreal to be watching artists like Wayne, Common, Jeezy, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Doug E.

Kamala Harris marked the 50th anniversary of hip hop on Saturday with a first-of-its-kind celebration at the vice president’s residence on Saturday.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Vice President Kamala Harris will celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary Saturday by hosting an all-star celebration at her official residence featuring Common, Jeezy, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante and more. The event is being presented in collaboration with the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Live Nation Urban and will welcome “artists, musicians, industry leaders and cultural trailblazers,” according to the announcement.

The best in hip-hop are being celebrated.

Steven J. Horowitz 21 Savage and Cardi B lead the nominations for the BET Hip Hop Awards 2023 with 12 nods apiece, followed by Drake with nine and DJ Khaled and Burna Boy with seven. Cardi B, who is gearing up to release her new single “Bongos” with Megan Thee Stallion, secured nominations for best live performer, lyricist of the year, hip-hop artist of the year and song of the year for “Tomorrow 2,” her collaboration with GloRilla.