Urban Daypop Archives

Tyler, the Creator is back with a music video for “See You Again”, taken from last year’s Flower Boy album. The new clip features Tyler dancing and rapping while onboard an aircraft carrier. ASAP Rocky and Kali Uchis, the song’s collaborators, also pop up briefly, with Rocky hanging below deck and Uchis floating on a nearby boat. Towards the end of the visual, Tyler is seen kicking it in a backyard while dressed up as a ghost. Tyler and Rocky recently teamed up again on “Potato Salad” and Tyler and Uchis also have history, as he appeared on her acclaimed debut album, Isolation. Check out the video below.

Pharrell Williams will host the Yellow Ball, which will take place on Monday, September 10, at the Brooklyn Museum. The event will benefit the Young Audiences Arts for Learning, the nation’s largest arts-in-education network whose work strives to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts. In a statement Williams shared that it was his early educators that inspired him to dabble in music. “Music and the arts have been part of my life since birth, but it was my teachers, Mr. Warren, Mrs. Warren and Mr. Sharps, who exposed me to so many different kinds of music, that it expanded my mind and my imagination. I would not be where I am today without music and arts education in my school as a youth.” The event will feature musical performances by Missy Elliott, A$AP Ferg, DJ Stretch Armstrong, and more, as well as a multi-room art experience from artist Daniel Arsham. 

Fifty days after XXXTentacion’s death, the fourth and final suspect in the slain rapper’s murder case has been arrested. Trayvon Newsome, 20, was taken into custody by the Broward Sheriff’s Office after he surrendered at his lawyer’s office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7. He’s currently incarcerated in Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail. Newsome and three other suspects Robert Allen, Michael Boatwright and Dedrick Williams have all been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy. Newsome is also charged with robbery with a deadly weapon. XXXTentacion was shot and killed in Deerfield Beach, Fla. on June 18 shortly after leaving RIVA Motorsports, where he was shopping for a motorcycle. All four are facing first-degree, premeditated murder; all in their early 20s and considered adults under Florida law, which means they could face the death penalty or life in prison.

Jay Electronica said that he will be dropping new music soon. Not much has been heard from Jay this past year, but on Tuesday the rapper hit Instagram and gave fans a bit of an update on when they could expect new music. He shared a post of himself riding his motorcycle and the rapper captioned the post, “one of my favorite things in life to do. It’s #brrrap season again. #BikeLife #ClutchDumper.” Fans were more interested in finding out if he has new music on the way and one fan commented, “someone always has to mention this in every post but drop that album please.” Electronica replied, “no worries. soon come.” Earlier this year, Electronica embarked on an eight city North American tour and hopefully his new project will be released before the end of the year. 

Drake’s Scorpion album has been at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the past five consecutive weeks but according to preliminary reports, Travis Scott’s Astroworld is expected dethrone that album. Upon its Friday (August 3) release, tracks from the album were reportedly streamed over 100 million times. Out of the Top 10 songs on iTunes, nine of them belong to Scott, and seven out of the 10 top tracks on Spotify are from Astroworld as well. Astroworld is the follow-up to 2016’s Birds In The Trap Sign McKnight and features contributions from Drake, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Stevie Wonder, Pharrell, James Blake and John Mayer, among others.