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Watch Playboi Carti Perform “Slay3r” on Jimmy Fallon

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Fresh from his No. 1 charting album Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti takes the late-night stage to show what his core fans have been missing.

While touring is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, artists continue to find creative ways to put together exceptional live performances. On Wednesday (Jan. 20), Carti appeared on The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon.

The 24-year-old rapper started by hanging from a ladder, before jumping onto the stage to be surrounded by hypemen, decked out in all-black. The “Slay3r rapper’s rockstar performance aligned parallel with his album, which received mixed reviews from his core fans. Despite the reception, his fans appreciated the release, given the two year wait period.

For two years, the Atlanta rapper coveted one of the most anticipated albums to drop in 2020. As the momentum heightened before its release, a couple of surprises were revealed including features from Future, Kid Cudi, and the album’s executive producer, Kanye West.

Whole Lotta Red features production from frequent collaborator Pierre Bourne, Wheezy, Mally Raw, and more.

Peep the full performance on Jimmy Fallon below.

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Griselda Performs “Dr. Birds” On ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

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Just when it seemed like gritty hardcore Hip-Hop had no place in the mainstream who’d replace that sound with mumble rap and dance records, Griselda came through with their block approved WWCD. The high fashion rappers from Buffalo took it back to bars about drugs, guns, and violence—and It was a thing of beauty.

Recognizing their ascending popularity on the rap scene, Jimmy Fallon invited the Shady Records trio of Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine to take the stage on The Tonight Show to rip the microphone in a manner not seen very much in this era. Performing fan-favorite cut “Dr. Birds” for the studio audience in New York, Griselda walked around the stage like they owned the b*tch while kicking the rhymes to make your face scrunch.

Ayo!

[Editor’s Note: “Tell Virgil write ‘brick’ on my brick” is still the line of the year into 2020″—aqua]

Peep the lethal trio on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon below and let us know your thoughts on WWCD.

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Will Smith Brings Out “Fresh Prince“ To Rap His Life Story on ‘Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon’

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Will Smith may be most known for his acting ability, but during his recent appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon—he made sure to show everyone that Hip-Hop is still at his core.

While out promoting his long awaited film, Bad Boys For Life, Will Smith stopped by the late night show and decided to perform a retrospective sequence in which he and host Jimmy Fallon rapped “The History of Will Smith”, with musical backing by The Roots of course.

During the flashback performance, the Fresh Prince gave shout outs to every milestone of his three decade spanning career, including his breakout in acting roles like Fresh Prince, the original Bad Boys, Men in Black, Wild Wild West and Shark Tale among others.

It wasn’t all song and dance, Will joined Fallon on the couch to discuss his illustrious career and the moment when legendary action film director Michael Bay dubbed him a “movie star.”

“Michael Bay’s like ‘Dude, I’m gonna make you a freakin’ movie star. Take your shirt off,’” Smith recalled. “I was like ‘Mike, come on, man. Runnin’ with your shirt off? Come on, man. He was like ‘Dude! You don’t know! I know!’”

In addition, Will Smith also revealed that while his goal going into the third installment of the Bad Boys franchise was to perform his own stunts like Tom Cruise—but age showed him differently.

“I told myself I was doing all of my stunts,” Smith said. “I was doing Tom Cruise, you know, just hanging on the side of an airplane at 50. I was like ‘Man, I’m better than Tom Cruise.’ I did, like, two stunts and I’m like ‘I’m not better than Tom Cruise.’”

Check out “The History of Will Smith” below.

 

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Lupita Nyong’o Spits Bars As “Troublemaker” On ‘The Tonight Show’ [Video]

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Lupita Nyong’o has bars. The Oscar-winning actress spit a verse as her rap alter-ego “Troublemaker” during her appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Oct. 7).

After discussing how both Jay-Z and Beyoncé have name checked her in song, Nyong’o revealed that she was “baptized” troublemaker by rapper Common. And with a bit of cajoling, and a beat from The Roots, she blessed the mic.

“Much love to the Carters/ Hov and Beyoncé/ They always big me up in a big way/ I’m a brown skin girl so that means a lot/ Hov said we made it got an Oscar for my props/ Much love to Jimmy and The Roots ‘cause they hot/ Wrote a book about self-love Sulwe’s ‘bout to drop October 15th/ On time, to come/ Better go to commercial or these bars won’t stop,” she spit.

Bars, son. We’ll point out that Fallon just “happened” to have a mic and shades at the ready.

Watch the full interview below.

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Questlove to Drop New Book Titled ‘Mixtape Potluck’

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It seems like Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove is one of the busiest people in the world. He often claims he has 14 jobs. Not only is he the co-founder of the legendary Roots with Black Thought, but he’s the bandleader for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, a DJ, producer, designer, music educator, and bestselling and James Beard Award-nominated author. On top of all that, Quest is preparing for the release of his newest book Mixtape Potluck.

Besides music, Quest is a connoisseur of culinary delights. Another one of his books, Something To Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs, explores his love of food. He’s been hosting Food Salons—where the country’s best chefs cook for the star-studded guest list. At these salons, guests are always telling Questlove about their super-special secret recipes, which got him thinking: “Why not design an event where everyone makes that super-special secret recipe, all at once?” And everyone is invited.

According to the description of the book, in Mixtape Potluck (Abrams Image; October 15, 2019; U.S. $29.99; Hardcover), Questlove imagines the ultimate potluck dinner party. He invites more than fifty chefs, entertainers, artists, thought leaders, and musicians (full guest list below) and asks them to bring along their favorite recipes. He also pairs each guest with a song that he feels best captures their unique creative energy.

Quest has a slew of guests of his latest venture including Fred Armisen, Martha Stewart,  Nyesha Arrington Maya Rudolph Tariq Trotter, Ashley Graham, Kwame Onwuachi, Yvonne Orji, Limmy Fallon, Gabrielle Union, Q-Tip, Jarobi White, and many more.

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Chance the Rapper Reveals Cover Art and Release Date For ‘The Big Day’ Album

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For a while now, Chance The Rapper has been teasing the world what his official debut studio will drop sometime in July. The Grammy-award winner took his talents to The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon to announce the project’s title and release date.

Chance first let Fallon show off the cover of the project. The cover is a photograph of a hand holding up a transparent CD covered with raindrops. Then looking directly in-camera for dramatic effect, he announced:

“My name is Chance the Rapper and I will be releasing my debut album on July 26, entitled The Big Day.”

The Big Day will hit is set to drop on July 26. Fallon also revealed the album’s cover art. Leading up to this, Chance has released “Groceries” featuring TisaKorean and Murda Beatz.

“I’ve been waiting to make an album for a long time. So, the process has been just me being back in the studio all the time. Just making two songs a day. And trying to have fun,” said Chance in May. “But at the same time, I understand that it’s going to be more. More songs. More flexes. More dancing. Just more. It’s my album.”

Chance also told Jimmy Fallon that his pal, The Lion King star, and occasional collaborator Donald Glover/Childish Gambino got him a gig on the recent The Lion King remake.

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ScHoolboy Q Pulls Through For Lit NUMB NUMB JUICE “The Tonight Show” Performance

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Top Dawg Entertainment’s ScHoolboy Q kept his word on delivering a must-see performance. The hip-hop veteran pulled through on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last night to deliver his “Numb Numb Juice” to the masses.

Last night, Q performed his latest single in front of a packed crowd.

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A few days ago, Q blessed fans with both his new single and its accompanying music video.

On Thursday, TDE’s Jay Rock, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith and label president Punch hit up Instagram to geek out over Q’s single.

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Bitch let’s get it #numbnumbjuice @groovyq #TDE

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Early Thursday, Q blessed the Internet with his new “Numb Numb Juice” anthem.

Schoolboy Q is back with a new single. Schoolboy Q’s last full-length album, Blank Face LP, arrived in 2016. Last year, he appeared on 21 Savage’s i am > i was and joined TDE artists Kendrick, SZA, Jay Rock, and others for the Championship Tour. He also collaborated with Kamaiyah (“Addicted to Ballin’”), DJ Esco (“Code of Honor”), and others. (Pitchfork)

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