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Related: 100 days to the Tokyo Olympics: Twenty-five US athletes to watch Manuel – who made history in Rio when she became the first African American woman to win an individual swimming gold medal, then backed it up (and then some) with eight more titles at the 2017 and 2019 world championships – finished fourth in the first semi-final heat at 54. 17 seconds.

Mac DeMarco and Kenny Beats tried to make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle on the latest episode of the producer’s series The Cave.The YouTube series sees Beats and a guest, including the likes of Slowthai, Thundercat and Danny Brown in the past, make a song from scratch.Asked by the producer what he wanted to make, DeMarco replied: “We’re smoking cigars. I am 25 per cent Italian.

This Friday, Polo G will share his highly anticipated new project Hall Of Fame. It'll be a closely watched release in the world of hip-hop after his single "RAPSTAR" hit No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the biggest achievement yet in a string of crossover successes for the Chicago rapper.

Vision Film has acquired rights to I Love Us, a romantic drama from Danny A. Abeckaser’s 2B Films. Abeckaser stars with Jackie Cruz, Katie Cassidy, Harlow Jane, David James Elliott, Robert Davi, Jasper Polish, Greg Finley, James Madio, David James Elliott, Elya Baskin and Courtney Lopez in the ensemble, which wrapped production at the end of March after a shoot in Los Angeles. It will get a 10-city theatrical run along with VOD in September.

EarthGang have shared a new freestyle titled ‘Aretha’ and music video.The song is the second in the group’s #GHETTOGODS series, which pays homage to their musical legends, after they put their spin on Drake and Rick Ross‘ ‘Lemmon Pepper Freestyle’ earlier this month.The track was produced by EarthGang’s own Olu along with Yudu Gray. The accompanying music video was directed by Neri.

Headie One is the latest artist to take part in GRM Daily’s ‘Daily Duppy’ freestyle.You can watch Headie One’s performance below, which sees him joined by members of the OFB collective to which he belongs.Former participants in the Daily Duppy series include Fredo, Digga D, Unknown P, Aitch and more.It’s the first new material from Headie One since he featured on Smallgod’s latest single ‘Sinner’ earlier this month (May 10).On May 11, meanwhile, the rapper delivered a powerful performance of his

Kino Lorber has acquired distributor Artsploitation Films from its owner and president Ray Murray. Murray and his team will remain with the business as a Kino Lorber brand and division. The deal for Artsploitation, which releases international genre and cutting-edge specialty films, adds 100 titles to Kino Lorber’s library that now has more than 4,000.

The Off-Season, would drop this Friday, May 14. Naturally, many fans were excited to see that he would be releasing a project.

J. Cole has divided fans by mentioning Bill Cosby during a freestyle rap.

With his new album The Off-Season only days away, J. Cole has turned up for a freestyle with the L.A.

The 31st Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival this week unveiled its full lineup for its virtual edition, which will run May 27-June 6. A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series will unspool, according to new executive director Lauren Howes and director of programming Andrew Murphy. A total of 70% of this year’s selected films are by women/trans/non-binary directors

AJ Tracey has returned to his childhood home to deliver his latest Fire In The Booth freestyle – scroll down the page to watch it now.The London MC first made an appearance on Charlie Sloth’s freestyle series back in 2016 and again in 2017.For his third performance on the series, Tracey took the cameras back to where he grew up – the Ladbroke Grove area of west London.During the five-minute segment, the rapper performed a freestyle called ‘4am In The Grove’ outside a block of flats.

Good Deed Entertainment’s genre label Cranked Up Films has acquired U.S. rights to American Badger, an action film written and directed by and starring stunt veteran Kirk Caouette (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Mission to Mars). It is set for a digital and VOD release on June 15.

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli’s inclusive musical romanceBest Summer Ever after a SXSW festival premiere. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Benjamin Bratt have cameo roles in the feature shot with a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities.

DaBaby is trying to make it up to JoJo Siwa. The rapper made headlines and felt the wrath of Siwa's fans after appearing to diss the 17-year-old star in a freestyle last month, despite his declaration it was all a play on words. As DaBaby told ET's Kevin Frazier at the 2021 GRAMMYs on Sunday, he's tried to clear the air with Siwa — and even invited her to perform with him at the awards show. «We're 1000% JoJo Siwa fans.

Drake is getting personal about being a dad in his new song!

Giggs has shared a ferocious new ‘Daily Duppy’ freestyle – you can watch it below.The new freestyle comes a little over a week after the London rapper teamed up with Ghetts for a special performance of their recent single ‘Crud’.In his latest performance, Giggs uses Marvel references and retro superhero characters to get his point across.Opening the track, Giggs raps: “The liveliest member, I’m live in the centre/ Rising Avenger/ Riding around, hiding a blender/ These guys are corona, I’m nice

Juice WLRD fans are getting an extra splash of music from the late musician.

Juice WRLD has been shared as part of the video for ‘Conversations’ – scroll down the page to hear it now.The track featured on ‘Legends Never Die’, the late rapper’s posthumous album, which was released last July.The visuals for ‘Conversations’ were directed, shot and edited by Steve Cannon and sees Juice WRLD performing live interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage and images of bikers doing stunts while a CGI monster looms over them.The video ends with the star on his tourbus doing a

DaBaby released a new track recently, and one line drew a lot of backlash from fans.

DaBaby apparently has beef with JoJo Siwa, and the Internet is going wild.

Hot on the heels of her debut album Good News and her verse on Ariana Grande's "34+35" remix with Doja Cat, it really does feel like Megan Thee Stallion is on top of the world. Despite all the success, she's staying loyal to the city that built her.

Idris Elba has shared a new end of year freestyle called ‘Gospel 21’ – watch the track’s video below.Sharing news of the new record on Twitter, the talented actor, writer and musician said he penned ‘Gospel 21’ on New Year’s Eve and has only now decided to release it.“I wrote this on 31 December 2020 and decided to put it out now,” he wrote.

Freestyle Digital Media has secured the North American distrubtuion rights to On Thin Ice, a social justice-themed sports documentary featuring athletes Allyson Felix, Evander Holyfield, Robbie Rogers, Apolo Ohno, Michael Sam, Aimee Mullins, and Greg Louganis. Directed by Keli Price, the film will be available to rent and own on February 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired rights to Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico a documentary from journalist and host Natasha S. Alford, Vice President of Digital Content & Senior Correspondent, theGrio. The docu is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center and is currently available on Amazon, theGrio and Local Now.

MF DOOM, titled ‘for DOOM’.In his performance over a beat produced by Illingsworth, Open Mike Eagle reflects on his collaborations with DOOM, his reaction upon first hearing about his passing, his iconic Marvel-inspired mask and more.“Got two songs with you, but only spoke to a go-between/Was still proud as fuck to reach ground zero/’Cos who the fuck ever gets to rock with their heroes?” Open Mike Eagle raps – in reference to his two collaborative songs with DOOM, ‘Phantoms’ and ‘Police

I don't know about you, but hearing on December 31 that MF DOOM had passed away at the end of October really took the wind out of my already-flimsy New Year's Eve spirit.

Lupe Fiasco has paid tribute to MF DOOM with a new freestyle – listen to it below.The legendary rapper and producer (real name Daniel Dumile) died on October 31, but the news was only confirmed by his wife Jasmine last night (December 31).Posting on his Instagram account, she revealed that DOOM (real name Daniel Dumile) passed away on October 31, 2020 – but broke the news last night. His cause of death has not yet been confirmed.Jasmine wrote: “To Dumile.

Lupe Fiasco has shared a new freestyle that he made in a room on social media app Clubhouse.Last night (December 4), the rapper hosted a Clubhouse room called ‘Rhymen Shop #2’, where he broke down his writing process and crafted a new record in real-time for those in attendance.Rapping over the beat for Beanie Sigel‘s 2001 track ‘Nothing Like It’, produced by Kanye West, Lupe named his freestyle after Queensbridge rap group Mobb Deep.For those not present on Clubhouse, the ‘Food & Liquor’ rapper

finale night — and the stars are leaving it all on the dance floor.

Kanye West has released a snippet of a new song titled "Nah Nah Nah." The rapper and presidential candidate posted the audio on Twitter overnight alongside the message: "THE WHOLE TEAM IS SO ENERGIZED THAT I HAD TO RELEASE THEME MUSIC." "Nah Nah Nah" is accompanied by footage from a recent UFC fight between middleweight Joaquin Buckley and Impa Kasanganay that featured what many have described as the most spectacular knockout in UFC history.

Noname has taken to Twitter to share a video of her freestyling over Jay Electronica's "Rough Love," a song taken from his recently leaked, then released, album Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn). "I write to Jay Elect beats when I'm bored," Noname captioned the video.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorFreestyle Digital Media has acquired North America rights and set a October 16 theatrical release for Twiceborn, the Hiroshi Akabane-directed inspirational drama. The film, produced by IRH Press, is having its U.S.

If you need to escape the daily monotony of lockdown or are daydreaming about a far-flung dream vacation, YouTube can help. It's not hard to find first-person videos of cities around the world that serve as a kind of tour of different locales.

Dev Hynes‘ Blood Orange and producer 박혜진 Park Hye Jin have linked up to release a new track titled ‘CALL ME (Freestyle)’.The song features Hynes’ signature vocals over a melody that interpolates Park’s 2018 track ‘Call Me’.

Megan Thee Stallion is finding inspiration in a painful situation.A day after winning her second MTV Video Music Award — taking home Best Hip-Hop Video for her breakout hit, «Savage» — the rapper took to Instagram to share a brand new freestyle verse, which makes reference to her alleged violent assault last month, in which Megan said she was shot by fellow rapper Tory Lanez.«Tic-tac-toe, I’m gonna X this b**ch / if a hit dog holler, I address that sh*t,» Megan begins the new freestyle verse,