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Kendrick Lamar surprised fans on Saturday by dropping the first visual for his upcoming album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.

ATLANTA -- Attorneys for Young Thug, who was arrested this week under an indictment accusing him of co-founding a violent street gang, filed an emergency motion Friday seeking bond for the Atlanta rapper, calling his jail conditions “inhumane."The performer, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested Monday at his Atlanta home. He’s one of 28 people indicted in Georgia’s Fulton County on racketeering charges.

Kendrick Lamar has released his long-awaited new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and, as ever with the Compton rapper, there is a lot to unpack. Much of the intrigue around an album of this stature is just who Lamar would choose to work with on the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize–winning 2017 full-length Damn.

Young Thug‘s lawyer has hit out at the rapper’s “dungeon like” prison conditions in an emergency filing.Brian Steel said the rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was being held in “solitary confinement” in a “windowless cement compartment with only a bed and a toilet and an overhead light which remains on 24 hours per day,” according to a motion filed today (May 13) (via Rolling Stone).He also alleged that his client can’t sleep, rest, or meditate due to the disorienting environment and has “no opportunity to exercise, shower or have human contact.”“Mr. Williams, an innocent man, who is wholly isolated from the world, must obtain immediate relief,” Steel added.It comes after Williams was arrested on gang-related charges earlier this week.He is one of 28 people charged in an indictment that focuses on the alleged street gang YSL (“Young Slime Life”), believed to have formed in Atlanta in 2012.

Gunna’s lawyers have spoken out about the rapper’s recent RICO indictment.After being named in a 28-person grand jury indictment that also included Young Thug earlier this week, rapper Gunna was taken into custody on Wednesday (May 11).Gunna – real name Sergio Kitchens – is charged, along with the other 27 people listed in the 56-count indictment, with conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.The indictment centres around the YSL record label and collective, allegedly formed by Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams – in 2012, which authorities claim is a “criminal street gang”. Part of the indictment is based around Williams, Kitchens and other YSL associates’ lyrics and social media posts allegedly being “acts in furtherance of the conspiracy”.Among those lyrics are a line from Williams and Kitchens’ collaboration ‘Slatty’, in which the latter raps: “I killed his man in front of his momma / Like fuck lil bruh, sister and his cousin.”Now, Gunna’s legal team have responded, describing the RICO indictment as “intensely problematic”.In a new motion seeking Gunna’s release on bond, the lawyers say he has “no significant criminal history” and that he shouldn’t be locked up because of his lyrics.“It is intensely problematic that the state relies on song lyrics as part of its allegations,” they said.“These lyrics are an artist’s creative expression and not a literal recounting of facts and circumstances.

Kendrick Lamar released Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, his fifth studio album and first multi-track project in half a decade, Friday at midnight. And today, he's announced a five-month, international journey to promote the record, with support from Baby Keem and Tanna Leone.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Kendrick Lamar has shared his surprise fifth studio LP, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The 18-track project features Sampha, Blxst, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and more.

Young Thug was denied bond at a hearing on Wednesday following a Monday indictment that charged him — as well as Gunna and 26 other alleged members of the Young Slime Life crew — with felony conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The celebrated Atlanta rapper, whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, faces an additional felony charge of participation in criminal street gang activity within the indictment and was hit with seven new felony charges outside the indictment after a raid on his home during his Monday arrest.

Kendrick Lamar has officially released his fifth studio album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’.It’s a lengthy affair, spanning 73 minutes of heady, jazz-tinged hip-hop with rapping that, in true Kendrick style, oscillates between soulful and explosive.

alleged gang-related activity earlier this week, Young Thug has now been charged with seven more felonies.Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams – was arrested on Monday (May 9) as part of an indictment centering around his YSL label and imprint. Authorities allege YSL – also known as Young Stoner Life – is a “criminal street gang” that Williams is alleged to have co-founded in Atlanta in 2012.At the time of his arrest, the rapper was charged on two counts: participating in criminal street gang activity, and conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act.

28-person grand jury indictment that also included Young Thug earlier this week, rapper Gunna was taken into custody yesterday morning (May 11).Gunna – real name Sergio Kitchens – is charged, along with the other 27 people listed in the 56-count indictment, with conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.The indictment centres around the YSL record label and collective, allegedly formed by Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams – in 2012, which authorities claim is a “criminal street gang”. Part of the indictment is based around Williams, Kitchens and other YSL associates’ lyrics and social media posts allegedly being “acts in furtherance of the conspiracy”.Among those lyrics are a line from Williams and Kitchens’ collaboration ‘Slatty’, in which the latter raps: “I killed his man in front of his momma / Like fuck lil bruh, sister and his cousin.”Now, two days after the indictment, Kitchens has been arrested, according to Fulton County Sheriff’s Office’s jail record.

Kendrick Lamar just dropped the cover art for his upcoming album, . But, that's not the only thing he dropped.

Kendrick Lamar has revealed the cover art for ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’.Like the artwork for its predecessor, 2017’s Pulitzer-winning ‘DAMN.’, the new cover has Lamar featured front-and-centre with a blank expression.

Young Thug was arrested Monday night as part of an indictment of 28 alleged members and associates of the Young Stoner Life crew. The rapper, whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, initially faced two felony charges — conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) and participation in criminal street gang activity — each of which can carry up to a 20-year prison sentence in Georgia.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper Gunna, who was named Monday with fellow Atlanta rapper Young Thug and dozens of others in a massive gang indictment, was booked into Georgia’s Fulton County jail on Wednesday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other news outlets.The 28-year-old rapper (real name: Sergio Giavonni Kitchens) is charged with a single count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in the 56-count state indictment, which is aimed at alleged members of the Young Slime Life gang — which is similar to the name of Young Thug’s independent label, Young Stoner Life — and includes charges of murder, drug and gun possession, witness intimidation, carjacking, robbery, theft and drug dealing. The indictment includes 28 total defendants affiliated with YSL, and charges them with 56 counts related to gang activity and racketeering; the indictment alleges that Gunna committed felonies including receiving stolen property and drug possession with intent to distribute.

Young Thug has been charged – alongside fellow rapper Gunna and 26 others – with numerous counts of racketeering. Prosecutors in Georgia allege that the rapper co-founded a gang that went on to commit murders, shootings and carjackings, which he then bragged about in his music videos.“It does not matter what your notoriety is, what your fame is”, said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at a press conference yesterday.

Young Thug‘s lawyer has insisted that the rapper “committed no crime whatsoever” after he was arrested on gang-related charges this week.The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is one of 28 people charged in an indictment that focuses on the alleged street gang YSL (“Young Slime Life”), believed to have formed in Atlanta in 2012. Thug is suspected of being one of three of the alleged gang’s founding members, while rapper Gunna is also among those listed in the indictment.Speaking to WSB-TV, Williams’ lawyer Brian Steel pleaded his client’s innocence, saying: “I’ll tell you the response to any allegation; Mr.

The district attorney is issuing a message to Atlanta rapper Young Thug — and others — after he was charged with racketeering.The charge stems from what prosecutors allege occurred through the culmination of a street gang they say he founded, and is believed to be responsible for a string of multiple murders and shootings over roughly a decade. The "Guwop" emcee, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, 30, is one of 28 people indicted in Georgia's Fulton County on racketeering charges in an indictment spanning 88 pages.

Kendrick Lamar‘s music video for ‘The Heart Part 5’ has launched a partnership with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.Although Lamar directed and executive produced the video himself, it features a deepfake blending his face into those of OJ Simpson, Jussie Smollett, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Bryant and Kanye West.The deep fake was brought to life by Deep Voodoo, Parker and Stone’s studio specialising in the technology, according to Variety.Take a look at the video for ‘The Heart Part 5’ here:It marks the first collaboration between Lamar and Deep Voodoo, which made its first major steps with Sassy Justice in 2020, with the publication suggesting more projects to follow.In a five-star review of ‘The Heart Part 5’, NME wrote: “Lamar’s comeback takes a political stance, which is similar to his second album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ — hence the reference Obama, who was in the White House when it was released.“Like the 44th president, Kendrick is an emotive speaker and ‘The Heart Part 5’ finds him trying to get his crime-riddled neighbourhood to change.” Meanwhile in South Park news, the show announced a 25th anniversary live concert featuring performances from Primus and Ween.The special “one night only” event will take place at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado on August 10.The show is set to “celebrate 25 years of the music of South Park” with Parker and Stone also due to be in attendance on the night.“We’re so excited to go home and play at Red Rocks, a place that’s been known for hosting the most legendary artists and musicians.

Denzel Curry has said that he’s “the best rapper alive”.The Florida MC was speaking about his new album ‘MELT MY EYEZ SEE YOUR FUTURE‘ in an interview when he made the confident assertion at the end.He told XXL: “Just look out for me,” he said when asked if he’d like to add any thoughts when the conversation concluded. “Look out for any of the next projects that’s ’bout to come out. I’m ’bout to shake the whole game up.

Young Thug has been arrested on charges that include talking part in criminal street gang activity.The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is one of 28 people charged in an indictment that focuses on the alleged street gang YSL (“Young Slime Life”), believed to have formed in Atlanta in 2012. Thug is suspected of being one of three of the alleged gang’s founding members.The Grammy award-winning rapper has been charged on two counts: conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act, and participating in criminal street gang activity.

ATLANTA -- Rappers Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records.The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood just north of downtown. He is being held at the Fulton County Jail.The conspiracy charge dates back to 2013 and the gang charge to 2018, the jail record says.Young Thug is allegedly one of three founders of the Young Slime Life, “a criminal street gang that started in late 2012” in Atlanta, the indictment says.

Young Thug a.k.a. Jeffery Lamar Williams has been arrested and charged with racketeering. The Atlanta rapper was taken into custody on Monday and is currently being held in jail in Fulton County, records show.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt took a village to create Kendrick Lamar’s mind-melting new video for his song “The Heart Part 5,” which on the surface is just him performing in front of a red backdrop until you realize that his face deepfakes into those of OJ Simpson, Jussie Smollett, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Bryant and Kanye West (who, ironically, himself dropped a video the same day using deepfake technology).While the video was directed and executive produced by Lamar and longtime collaborator Dave Free and features a host of creative collaborators (listed below), the deep fake is credited to Deep Voodoo, a studio launched by “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to specialize in the technology — and the “The Heart Part 5” video appears to be the first fruit of a partnership between Lamar’s PGLang company and the “South Park” founders’ Park County banner to produce a new feature film for Paramount Pictures. (While Lamar, Parker, Stone and reps for PG Lang and Deep Voodoo all declined Variety’s requests for an interview about.) The Deep Voodoo studio — the name of which almost certainly was chosen in part for its phonic similarity to the term “deep doodoo” — made its first major splash late in 2020 with “Sassy Justice,” a spoof of a television investigative report on deep fakes done in collaboration with actor Peter Serafinowicz.

Kendrick Lamar returned today with comeback single ‘The Heart Part 5’ – see what they’re saying below.The new single is part of a series of songs titled ‘The Heart’ that Kendrick has released over his entire career, with ‘Part 4’ coming in 2017. All five editions of the song have arrived immediately before a full-length album, and Kendrick will release fifth album ‘Mr.

Kendrick Lamar has shared a new song and music video. "The Heart Part 5" is the latest installment in a series of non-album singles that began in 2010, though there's a possibility that it could be included on Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, the new Kendrick Lamar album out on May 13.

Kendrick Lamar has shared ‘The Heart Part 5’, the first single to be lifted from his fifth studio album ‘Dr. Morale And The Big Steppers’ ahead of its release this Friday (May 13).The song serves as Lamar’s first solo single since 2018’s ‘All The Stars’, which featured SZA and served as the lead single from Lamar’s curated Black Panther soundtrack.

Remember when Kanye had a blog? That was an era. It was revolutionary at the time for a mega-celebrity to post their unfiltered thoughts free of charge on the internet, an idea that's pretty quaint now. Ever the revolutionary, Kendrick Lamar has turned his site oklama.com into a cryptic blog of thoughts where even the more direct statements, like the one announcing his final T.D.E.

Kendrick Lamar has teased that his upcoming new album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, could be released as a double disc project.The rapper, who is due to headline Glastonbury this summer alongside Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish, announced details of the new album last month, tweeting out a link to his Oklahoma website where he revealed the title along with its release date.Set to be released on May 13, the forthcoming LP will be Lamar’s final project for Top Dawg Entertainment.

Kendrick Lamar has finally revealed key details of his long-awaited fifth studio album. The Los Angeles rapper tweeted a link to his website oklama.com with a new press release announcing the album's title as Mr Morale & The Big Steppers with a release date of May 13, 2022.

Kendrick Lamar has today (April 18) announced details of a new album, ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’.The rapper, who is due to headline Glastonbury this summer alongside Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish, tweet out a new link to his Oklahoma website where he revealed the album’s new title along with its release date. The new album will arrive on May 13.The album will follow on from Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning 2017 album, ‘DAMN.’ which received four stars in NME and was described as “a powerful, potent look inside the troubled mind of a genius”.

Deadline, with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment production company.While the project is still in the very early stages, the filmmakers are still focusing on trying to secure the life rights of Clinton before they start writing the script and casting the movie in its entirety. The film will follow Clinton, 80, and his childhood in North Carolina in the 1940s to the creations of his legendary collective Parliament-Funkadelic.The biopic will also chronicle his influence on singers of the hip-hop generation including Tupac Shakur, Dr.

Lil Nas X is back on the internet and he’s already promising his fans goodies.

Lil Nas X is back on the internet and he's already promising his fans goodies. On Wednesday, the rapper returned to his social media accounts after nearly four months of silence. «why are people surprised i’ve been away for so long? have y’all really never heard of maternity leave?» he tweeted, referencing his «giving birth» after carrying his debut album, , to full term. He followed that tweet by showing off the different hairstyles he sported while on his hiatus and joked that he actually stayed away from posting online because «i gotta bbl.» «i’m so happy i’m back on the internet,» he added. «I missed me so much.»why are people surprised i’ve been away for so long? have y’all really never heard of maternity leave?On Sept.

Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free have signed 23-year-old Los Angeles-based artist Tanna Leone to their pgLang record label.Leone was announced as the latest addition to the pgLang roster in an Instagram video posted on March 9, where the artist introduces himself and answers questions including what drives him and what he’s most excited for.The release of Leone’s double-single was then announced in an Instagram post that followed. ‘With The Villains’ and ‘Lucky’ are out now, along with an official music video for ‘With The Villains’.The Neal Farmer-directed video for ‘With The Villains’ has an ominous feel to it, starting off as a black and white affair.