Tom Hanks asks son Chet to explain Drake and Kendrick Lamar rap feud

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer For those who weren’t able to snag tickets to Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming Los Angeles show The Pop Out — Ken and Friends, Amazon Music has come to the rescue with the announcement that its hip-hop and R&B brand Rotation will livestream the concert. Tickets for the show, taking place on June 19 at the Kia Forum, sold out instantly when they went on sale to the general public earlier today.

Before Wes Anderson skipped this year’s Oscars to film “The Phoenician Scheme” in Germany, fans already knew which actors would be at the heart of the director’s latest ensemble.  Benecio del Toro and Mia Threapleton star as a father and daughter whose family business leads them into a dark espionage tale, with Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, and Anderson regular Bill Murray also starring.   Continue reading ‘The Phoenician Scheme’: Wes Anderson’s Espionage Flick Reportedly Also Stars Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe & More at The Playlist.

Kendrick Lamar will be headlining a Juneteenth performance at The Forum in Inglewood.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Fresh off of his war of words with Drake, Kendrick Lamar has announced a one-time show in Los Angeles on June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. The event, entitled The Pop Out — Ken and Friends, will be presented by pgLang and Free Lunch.

“How To Fail” podcast. The “Happy Days” star, 78, explained how he was fired from directing the 1989 buddy cop film “Turner & Hooch,” which starred Hanks, now 67, as a detective solving the murder of his former partner and caring for his dog.“I did 11 weeks of preparation,” Winkler said about the project, which ended up being directed by Roger Spottiswoode.“I knew this dog.

Tom Hanks is asking his son Chet Hanks to get him up to speed on the drama going on between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

Tom Hanks likes to stay in the loop.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar kicked off some of the best rap beef we’ve seen in decades. With the rappers going back and forth with viral songs, millions have been invested in the drama, including A lister and Hollywood icon, Tom Hanks.On Monday, his son Chet Hanks, who is also a rapper, shared screenshots of the Forrest Gump star’s text messages to him asking for an explanation of the drama.

Forget the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Bill Maher spent the first segment of Friday’s Real Time asking about a cultural battle – the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor don’t mind a bit of breathing room.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar of lying in their rap battle – but said he doesn’t know where the lie about a secret daughter came from.Back in March, Lamar ignited the now infamous feud between him and Drake when he called the Canadian out on ‘Like That’ – a song from Metro Boomin and Future’s debut joint record ‘We Don’t Trust You’. Drake replied with ‘Push Ups’ two weeks later, engaging in a rap battle with the Compton native.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar rap “battle is over”.Last week (May 10), Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith took to X/Twitter to promote the upcoming TDE 20th anniversary compilation album, while also speaking out about the long and recent feud between Drake and Lamar.“This battle is over. A win for the culture, while keeping it all on wax,” he tweeted. “Especially when these publications try to make it something else.

Drake, as conspiracy theories about the Canadian rapper and Kendrick Lamar are going viral.The two rappers have been engaged in a feud for years now, although the beef has come to a head in recent weeks – with each sharing increasingly personal diss tracks lately and other artists getting involved.Now, the rumours about the two have reached a new level after a person on X/Twitter going by the handle EbonyPrince2K24 posted grainy surveillance footage of Drake’s alleged personal items.Shared over the weekend, the items appear to be the same selection of the rapper’s possessions that were included on the cover of Lamar’s diss track ‘Meet The Grahams’.In the video shared on X, a bottle of prescription pills was shown as well as a package of Ozempic with Drake’s name attached. Since being shared, it has accumulated over 10million views and sent rumours about the single artwork into overdrive.#1. King @kendricklamar is not a liar, and I am not a thief!#2.

Tom Hanks was in the UK yesterday, watching his favourite football team – Aston Villa.The actor was spotted at the game in a claret and blue sweater in honour of his team, who were meeting Liverpool in the Premier League last night (May 13).In a video posted to Villa’s social media before the game, Hanks said: “Hello Birmingham, Tom Hanks here, celebrating the penultimate match here at Villa Park.

Four years after NBC revealed it was moving into big-budget wildlife programming, the fruits of its labor are finally heading to the screen.

MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. He was 75.

The Roots‘ Questlove has weighed in on Drake‘s and Kendrick Lamar‘s ongoing rap beef – see what he had to say below.Yesterday (May 8), Questlove took to social media to share his thoughts on the feud between the two wrappers, writing in a scathing post: “Nobody won the war. This wasn’t about skill.”He continued, referencing the rappers bringing their partners’ names and children into the fold: “This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary – women & children (& actual facts) be damned.

Universal Music Group has denied reports that it requested that Kendrick Lamar and Drake end their much-publicised feud.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. Earlier this week, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team. He also denied allegations of paedophilia lobbied against him by Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’.The feud stems from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ back in March.

Selome Hailu Dropout has set a new series of live recorded comedy specials titled “Dropout Presents.” The series will launch on June 12 with Hank Green‘s “Pissing Out Cancer,” taped at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles Green is a YouTuber best known for the “Vlogbrothers” channel he runs alongside his brother, John Green, with whom he also produces educational shows such as “Crash Course.” He is also the author of the novels “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” (2018) and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” (2020). Green was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023 and has thoroughly documented his experiences with the illness on the internet.

according to Eater New York.But Lamar’s mention of it in the song “6:16 in LA” has pushed the 18-year-old establishment to new heights.“My visa, passport tatted, I show up in Ibiza / Lucali’s dwellings in Brooklyn just to book me some pizza,” Lamar raps in the song, a response to an earlier Drake diss track that attacked Lamar’s $8.6 million Brooklyn Heights penthouse.That quick mention was enough to light up Lucali’s Yelp page with a slew of brand-new, five-star reviews, Eater said.“Kendrick Lamar recommended I try out the pizza here,” one reviewer wrote on the site.“Good enough for Kendrick, good enough for me,” posted another, according to the outlet.It’s not exactly a change for the popular dining spot, which sees long lines every day as fans of its fare line up to snag a table, the outlet added.Lucali’s owner, Mark Iacono, told Eater it’s been “business as usual” – and he didn’t know about the rap feud until his spot was caught in the crossfire – and a few customers mentioned the dispute.“We’re 17 years in,” he told the outlet.