19-year-old Grammy award-winning reggae star Koffee holds it down for her first Tiny Desk performance. NPR’s Tiny Desk series shows some of our favorites in an intimate lights. Freddie Gibbs, Megan Thee Stallion, Dave, and Burna Boy have paid visits in recent times. Artists who are typically seen performing on major stages post up in a small office, typically with a live band, and deliver stripped-down versions of some of the biggest songs in their catalog. This week, NPR blessed us with a special performance from 19-year-old Jamaican Grammy-award winning reggae superstar Koffee. She came through with her band and performed...
Imagine having this much time on your hands! Toy Story 3 is one of the most beloved movies in the Disney Pixar vault, arriving as the third in a four-part series (so far!) that envisions a world where toys come to life after we’re not looking. Two brothers, Morgan and Mason McGrew, took things a step further by actually recreating TS3 in its truest to life form. While the directors of Toy Story 3 used CGI graphics and an entire studio funded by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios to bring their vision to fruition, the McGrew brothers only had each other to rely...
Dearie me. The warning signs are all there. Full-scale iguana invasions. Rats running rampant on independent islands. Wild hogs decimating a perfectly good cocaine stash. After years are wanton slaughter the animal kingdom is finally fighting back. Though they lack unity in organizing anything on a larger-scale, guerilla tactics have suited them just fine. Case in point this recent strike that has been making viral waves. It all started when a retired Detective and his wife were returning from some early afternoon McDonald’s. Carefree in their demeanor, it stands to reason that the McDonalds may have attributed to a lowered...
“FIRE EMOJI” has you covered with the best releases of the week. It’s time. Our weekly “FIRE EMOJI” playlist is back to round up the best tracks from the last seven days. With a new album from Lil Wayne out, the New Orleans rapper was bound to dominate the playlist. Wayne has three spots held down this week: “Dreams,” “I Do It,” and “Mahogany” all make an appearance. “I Do It” comes featured with Big Sean and Lil Baby who team up to help Wayne put together one of the best tracks off Funeral. “Mahogany” isn’t to be forgotten either. This track features...
When you're clowning around with your buddies, there always that one friend who takes it all too far. That friend is NBA Youngboy. After one of NBA's boys squirted him with a water hose, he sought revenge by pouring a bucket of paint on the prankster. View this post on Instagram Do Y’all Think #NbaYoungBoy Went Too Far? ?? (Via ? @louieknows) A post shared by DAILYRAPTRAP ?❗️ (@dailyraptrap) on Jan 31, 2020 at 12:47pm PST As you can see, the victim's hair and a good chunk of his body were painted white. It's all fun...
Sebastian Stan has the Marvel fans upset. Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes in the Marvel films, recently reposted a tweet that seemingly criticizes the writing for Avengers: Endgame, according to Complex. On Instagram, Stan posted a screenshot of a tweet reading, “Together until the end of the line. Or until bad, inconsistent, out-of-character writing turns Steve Rogers into his own anti-thesis. Shouldn’t it be ‘together until the end of the lie’ now?” The complaint is regarding the ending of Avengers: Endgame, calling Rogers’s action selfish and not in-line with his character. Stan’s reposting of the opinion, while it may not even be...
It’s all fun and games until the memes turn on you. What if a viral meme had the ability to bring the world as we know it to an end? Never thought about it? Well, Seth Rogen has, or at least he did when he was presented with the concept from James Tynion IV’s Boom! comic, Memetic, that tackles that very concern. Seth’s production company, Point Grey Productions, is adapting Memetic into a feature film of the same name, and co-writer of the upcoming Batman film, Mattson Tomlin, will pen the script. Lionsgate is in final talks to pick up the horror-thriller, which explores the detrimental effects...
Offset and Cardi B show love to some ATLiens. Atlanta is a place with some rich hip-hop history. From the Dungeon Family days to the reign of Quality Control, the South has always had something to say, regardless of who was tuning in. As ATL solidified itself as a hub for hip-hop over the past two decades, the majority of rap music coming out these days has certainly taken influence from the city’s regional sound. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images Migos are the new reigning kings of Atlanta’s rap scene these days, along with their generation of rappers who’ve emerged and shifted the...
Gorillas will be teaming up with Kevin Parker. Gorillas are teasing an upcoming collaboration with Tame Impala. What will be another installment in their “Song Machine” project, the upcoming collab was teased by the band’s guitarist, Noodle, on Instagram through a post of Tame Impala’s Currents album cover blended with Gorillas’ artwork. “Song Machine is a whole new way of doing what we do.” Gorillaz drummer Russel said, according to NME. “Gorillaz breaking the mould ‘cos the mould got old. World is moving faster than a supercharged particle, so we’ve gotta stay ready to drop. We don’t even know who’s stepping...
The company addressed the rumours that circulated earlier this month. Earlier this month, rumours began circulating after Tokyo-based consultancy Kantan Games’ CEO Serkan Toto, predicted that Nintendo would drop a a Switch Pro model later this year. Toto told Games Industry, “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Nintendo will launch a “Switch Pro” in 2020, my guess is at $399. More specifically, I predict 4K support, bigger cartridge sizes, and of course, beefed-up components.” He even predicted the release date, noting, ” I also think the device will launch after the summer holidays to counter the roll-out of the PS5 and next-gen...