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Jack Harlow will celebrate the Memorial Day weekend performing in his Louisville, Kentucky hometown.

The “What’s Poppin” rapper is one of the headliners of the 20th anniversary Forecastle Festival being held May 27-29. The lineup also features Tyler, the Creator, Wale, 6Lack and many more. Tickets are now on sale on the festival website. 

Jack kicks off his Crème de la Crème California tour Friday, January 7 in Los Angeles, with another show in LA on Saturday. The tour will continue with stops in Pomona, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Oakland, and San Francisco. It wraps up January 16 and 17 in Sacramento.

This week, Harlow shared that Louisville declared December 18 as Jack Harlow Day. The plaque reads that he was honored “For answering, once and for all, that ‘What’s Poppin’ is Louisville when it comes to talent that makes it bigger than big, that doesn’t forget the ‘home’ in hometown or homegrown.”

“The rapper’s way with words and beats has earned him untold fans, chart-topping releases and an ability to give back in meaningful ways, and he does,” the citation continues.

 

 

 

 

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It’s been an almost three-year drought, but the wait for The Chainsmokers‘ new music is finally over.  The “Closer” singers revealed on Thursday that they’re back in the studio and cooking up something extra special for their fans.

The duo teased an all-new single, called “High,” on Twitter, and it sounds as if they’re returning to their EDM roots.  The small teaser contains a thrumming beat, choppy distorted vocals and other electronica elements. 

“Who’s ready?” The Chainsmokers ask in the caption, including a purple devil emoji as well as a link to pre-save the new single.  They also use the hashtag #TCS4, which is a code name of their upcoming fourth studio album that they’ve been teasing for several years.

The last time the duo tweeted was in February 2020, where they announced a social media hiatus so they could work on the album and “give it the attention it needs.”  They also said at the time, “We will be back soon (ish), but other than that next time you see our faces on here, will be when TCS4 is ready… time for album mode.”

Does the announcement of “High” mean the album has been completed, as they previously promised? Already their social media accounts have adopted new imagery, such as profile pictures and purple headers that match the color scheme they picked for their new music teaser.

So far, no date has been given when we’ll hear “High,” nor when we can expect their next record.

The last original single The Chainsmokers released was their Blink-182 collaboration “P.S. I Hope You’re Happy” in December 2019.  However, on January 2, the duo released a remix of Bonnie Raitt‘s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” calling it “a gift for your patience.”

Who’s ready? #TCS4 😈 https://t.co/RhEo7emSKM pic.twitter.com/VCVEJ2E9ug

— THE CHAINSMOKERS (@TheChainsmokers) January 6, 2022

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Welcome to 2022…we’ve got new Guns N’ Roses music. Or we will, anyway.

In an interview with Classic Rock magazine, Slash reveals that there’s “new Guns material coming out as we speak.”

The guitar icon notes, “We’ll probably keep putting it out until the entire record’s worth of stuff is done and then put it out solid,” adding, “It’s cool. I’m enjoying working on the stuff and having a good time doing it.”

Last year, GN’R released two new singles: “Absurd” and “Hard Skool.” The tracks marked the first new tunes from the “Welcome to Jungle” rockers since Slash and bassist Duff McKagan rejoined frontman Axl Rose in the band in 2016.

The most recent Guns N’ Roses album is, of course, Chinese Democracy, which was finally released in 2008 after nearly a decade in development hell. Rose is the only original GN’R member featured on that record.

Slash, meanwhile, is set to drop a new album called 4 with his solo band Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators on February 11.

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Back in August, Kane Brown took to Instagram to share the before and after shots of a personal project he’d been working on: His fitness level.

“Scroll to see how tiny I was,” the singer wrote in the caption, putting an old picture side by side with his current, more muscular physique by way of comparison.

In a new interview with Men’s Health, Kane talks in greater depth about the moment that he decided to up his fitness game. It all started during a Fourth of July get-together with some friends, including his fellow country artists Granger Smith and RaeLynn.

Granger had been on tour with Kane in the past, and the headliner recalled how Granger would take his shirt off and toss it into the crowd. “He was just so shredded,” Kane remembered. The conversation turned to the singer’s own physique, which he and his friend thought was comparatively kind of scrawny.

“So I told them, from then on, ‘Just wait. I’m going to get ripped,’” he continues. “And every day since then, I’ve started working out.”

Kane started exercising with his security guard every morning between 9:30-11:00 a.m., six days a week. “I’ll usually take Sundays off, kind of like Chick-fil-A,” he jokes.

Now, though, the singer says he’s a work in progress, and he’s starting to reap the benefits of his hard work. Not only does he like the way he looks, but he’s also in better shape to play with his two-year-old daughter, Kingsley, and he has an easier time putting on a killer live show.

“Ask anyone who has seen my show recently; I’m literally sprinting across the stage,” Kane points out.

 

 

 

 

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Selena Gomez opened up about the difficulties she has with her mental health and how she advocates for herself.

Speaking to InStyle, the “Lose You to Love Me” singer candidly spoke about how the pandemic affected her thoughts and feelings, which she now manages with self care and therapy.

“I became aware that my little world is complicated, but the picture is much bigger than the stuff I deal with,” Selena said when assessing the past two years. “I have problems with depression and anxiety, and I found it difficult for me to be me.”

While she grappled with her mental health, Selena said she also made strides in becoming a better version of herself.

“At one point Instagram became my whole world, and it was really dangerous. In my early 20s, I felt like I wasn’t pretty enough. There was a whole period in my life when I thought I needed makeup and never wanted to be seen without it,” she admitted. Selena said she learned to “take control of what I was feeling” as she grew older, and worked on her self-confidence — and that involved “taking a break from social media.”

She said that “was the best decision that I’ve ever made for my mental health.”

“The unnecessary hate and comparisons went away once I put my phone down,” Selena explained. “I’ll have moments where that weird feeling will come back, but now I have a much better relationship with myself.”

The Grammy nominee says she is a “big believer in therapy” and revealed that “taking care of myself” allows her to know when she is “not in the best headspace.”  Now, she is working on “changing the narrative of mental health” with her new platform, Wondermind, adding that she has “big aspirations for that field.

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Law enforcement officials have released the name of a man wanted for the murder of Young Dolph.

The U.S. Marshals Service, Memphis Police Department, Crime Stoppers, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are offering a combined reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the capture of 23-year-old Justin Johnson.

A first-degree murder warrant has been issued for Johnson, who is accused of shooting and killing the late rapper, born Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., on November 17, 2021, at Makeda’s Cookies in south Memphis. Johnson also has an outstanding warrant for violation of federal supervised release on a weapon offense, and has been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s “Most Wanted” list.

U.S. Marshals say Johnson has ties to organized criminal gangs and should be considered armed and dangerous.

As previously reported, on December 16, Young Dolph was honored at a public memorial at the FedExForum arena in Memphis as fans and community members gathered to pay tribute to the slain rapper one month after his death. The memorial included a series of tributes from stars who’d collaborated with the rapper, including Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz and T.I., as well as a message from jailed rapper C-Murder, and a tribute from Grammy-winning singer Monica.

Dolph is also being remembered with a street named after him in his Castalia Heights neighborhood of Memphis.

🚨#TNMostWanted: We need your help to find Justin Johnson, wanted by @MEM_PoliceDept and TBI for 1st Degree Murder, Criminal Attempt-1st Degree Murder, & Theft of Property $10,000-$60,000.

He should be considered armed & dangerous.

Seen him? Call 901-378-3132 or 1-800-TBI-FIND pic.twitter.com/38OkN4zWko

— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) January 5, 2022

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After Twitter exploded Tuesday with rumors of a Jill Scott sex tape, the three-time Grammy winner has responded.

“Say word!?!” Scott tweeted alongside a GIF of herself taking her bows onstage in front of an adoring crowd. “I expect this energy when my new movies, albums and tv show drop. Ya’ll too much. #headedbacktowork #hydrate.”

After numerous people tweeted that they searched for an X-rated Jill Scott video and could not find it, they realized that the rumors were simply idle gossip.

“It’s no Jill Scott sex tape that mf was lying. How you gone start a rumor like that?! Report his account,” one person wrote. 

Another fan chimed in, “You know what, if y’all lying about this Jill Scott flic you’re going to hell and ya mami cant save ya.”

Yet another person referenced the Jussie Smollett scandal, writing, “Honestly this is worse than Jussie telling the world he was jumped at 3 a.m. outside of a subway restaurant in the middle of the winter for no reason.”  The former Empire star was convicted in December on five felony counts of disorderly conduct for making false police reports and staging a fake hate crime against himself in Chicago in January 2019.

As the rumors about Scott die down, she’s continuing to focus on acting after a very successful recording career from 2001-2015. She starred in the BET series The First Wives Club from 2019-2021, and in November, she starred in the Lifetime movie Highway to Heaven.  Scott also starred for one season in 2008 in the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

Say word!?! I expect this energy when my new movies, albums and tv show drop. Ya’ll too much. #headedbacktowork #hydrate pic.twitter.com/9uGO2PFhtK

— ⭐Jill Scott⭐ (@missjillscott) January 5, 2022

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Pentatonix member Matt Sallee is a married man.  The bass singer revealed on Twitter that he recently tied the knot with girlfriend Sarah Bishop.

“Mr. & Mrs. Sallee,” he captioned the announcement, along with a green heart emoji. He shared a happy photo of the two at their wedding; Matt’s wearing a classy black tuxedo while Sarah’s dressed in a strapless lace gown with intricate floral stitching.  The photo also clearly shows their wedding bands.

Writing about the wedding, Matt shared in an emotional Twitter update, “Overwhelmed!!! Yesterday was perfect.”  

One Twitter user shared additional photos of the ceremony, which show the two moments after saying “I Do,” stepping onto the dance floor at their reception and enjoying a sweet kiss.

Matt proposed to Sarah on October 11, 2020 and shared a sweet video on his personal Instagram detailing how he popped the question.

Matt and Pentatonix wrapped up their Evergreen tour at the end of December.

Mr. & Mrs. Sallee 💚 pic.twitter.com/GQVtuHVL47

— Matt Sallee (@mattsalleemusic) January 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

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