Urban Daypop Archives

Anderson .Paak will make his debut on Saturday Night Live’s December 1st episode. It was just announced that Paak will be the musical guest on long-running comedy series. SNL announced Paak’s appearance via social media, along with actress Claire Foy, star of the new film The Girl in the Spider’s Web, as the show’s host for the upcoming episode. Paak’s SNL debut will most likely feature music from his newly released Oxnard album, which dropped this past Friday, November 16. Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Q-Tip, Pusha T and Snoop Dogg are among the guests collaborators on the album, so there is the possibility that one of those artists could make a cameo appearance.

Travis Scott’s first “Astroworld Festival” took place on Saturday, Nov. 17 at Houston’s NRG Park, and was a star-studded event. Scott announced the festival back in August, but only revealed the lineup this past Friday, (11/16). The sell-out show featured Young Thug, Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Trippie Redd, Rae Sremmurd, Metro Boomin, Gunna, Sheck Wes, Smokepurpp, Tommy Genesis and the Houston All Stars.

Quavo, Offset and Takeoff — known to most of us as Migos — are taking their former business partner to court. The trio stated the man swindled them out of money from their Yung Rich Nation clothing line and refuses to pay what is owed. Court documents show Migos signed in 2015 to be the frontmen of clothing, jewelry and more but were not paid the percentage of the royalties that were originally agreed on. The lawsuit follows a suit issued by Yung Rich Nation from earlier this year, stating the Migos did not live up to the agreements of their deal; Migos denied the claims, and countersued.

Azalea said in an Instagram video “I’m a grownup, I’m not about to fight a kid in the club,” and addressed Bhabie directly by saying, “you look silly, I’m not going to be scrambling around on the floor with a 15-year-old girl from the Internet… You’re young and you’re going took back on this and feel real dumb.”

Chance the Rapper — real name Chancelor Bennett — has reportedly signed on to develop a feature musical with MGM, entitled Hope. According to a press release, MGM has acquired the rights to work with Chance and the project will be made in collaboration with Chance’s long-time manager, Pat Corcoran of Haight Films, as well as Scott Bernstein of Tradecraft. Bernstein also worked as a producer on Straight Outta Compton.The screenplay comes from Carlito Rodriguez, known for both Empire and The Leftovers, and the original music will be overseen by Nico Segal. Exact details of the project are still unknown, though MGM’s press release seems to hint that it will fall in line with Chance’s various efforts to support the city of Chicago. The rapper has done a tremendous about of community organizing and philanthropic initiatives over the years, which were referenced in MGM’s release.