Kyrie Irving sits down with Xilla Valentine to discuss his new movie Uncle Drew. The movie starts off when Dax, played by Lil Rel, drains his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem. After a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival. This sends Dax on a mission to find the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW, played by Kyrie Irving and convinces him to return to the court one more time, but first they have to put Drew’s old team together. During their chat Kyrie opens up about what it was like being in make up all day, where does Uncle Drew rank against other basketball characters and he also refuses to deny any of the rumors out there. He really doesn’t care what people think. Uncle Drew is in theaters everywhere June 29th.
Kyrie Irving sits down with Xilla Valentine to discuss his new movie Uncle Drew. The movie starts off when Dax, played by Lil Rel, drains his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem. After a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival. This sends Dax on a mission to find the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW, played by Kyrie Irving and convinces him to return to the court one more time, but first they have to put Drew’s old team together. During their chat Kyrie opens up about what it was like being in make up all day, where does Uncle Drew rank against other basketball characters and he also refuses to deny any of the rumors out there. He really doesn’t care what people think. Uncle Drew is in theaters everywhere June 29th.
SplashNews Lizzo Is A Rockstar We All Should Know And Love We were over the moon to see one of our favorite “newer” artists, Lizzo , on the cover of the music issue of Teen Vogue. We love Lizzo because she’s super original, free spirited, fine as hell, with a bomb singing voice and dope raps… Inside the issue, Lizzo talks a lot about the body positivity she’s become famous for, as well as her thoughts on why it’s taken the industry THIS long to catch on to how amazing she is? Peep some excerpts: On Not Being Claimed “When I was in high school, I was a big girl with a cute face. So dudes liked me secretly, but they didn’t like me publicly. I never had a boyfriend because they didn’t want to claim me,” Lizzo says. “So now in this industry, I’m a big girl with a cute face and some cute music and I’m still being liked secretly and not claimed publicly.” On Her Struggle To Be Recognized “[People] will be like, ‘Lizzo’s my favorite new artist…why am I late for the Lizzo train?’” she says, growing serious. “You’re late, honey, but it’s not your fault. You’re late because I’m just at the back of the shelf. But I’m glad you’re here because you worked to find this.” On Learning To Embrace Herself “I didn’t love myself until I was 21,” she reveals. “Twenty-one was the worst year of my life.” She says that hitting rock bottom and “crawling out of the tunnel” helped to inform the Lizzo we know today, and she says the experience was intrinsically unfair. “Everyone shouldn’t have to hit rock bottom to love themselves,” she says. “That’s just the society we’re all unfortunately born in — the one where you have to hit your worst and hate yourself in order to love yourself? Those laws only exist because self-hate is so prevalent. Body positivity only exists because body negativity is the norm.” On Body Positivity “It’s bizarre to me that what I’m saying and doing is revolutionary, because it should be so innate and first-nature. Not even second-nature,” she says. “We should love ourselves first. We should look at our bodies as vehicles for success, and not a signifier of who you are, how good your pussy is, if dudes like you or not, or if you can fit certain clothes…that’s not what your body’s for.” On Gender/Sexuality “When it comes to sexuality or gender, I personally don’t ascribe to just one thing. I cannot sit here right now and tell you I’m just one thing,” she says. “That’s why the colors for LGBTQ+ are a rainbow! Because there’s a spectrum and right now we try to keep it black and white. That’s just not working for me.” Hit The Flip For More Lizzo
RCA Records and global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) release the UNCLE DREW: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack today. The all-star soundtrack features music from G-Eazy, Yo Gotti, YBN NAHMIR, A$AP Rocky, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, London On Da Track, Khalid, A$AP Ferg, Tone Stith, 2Chainz, Goldlink, Logic, French Montana, Remy Ma, Wiz Khalifa, Leikeli47, Grace Sewell and more (full track list below). Making a very special guest appearance on the soundtrack is none other than UNCLE DREW star Kyrie Irving with Lunchmoney Lewis. The highly anticipated film will be released via Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label on June 29 th . Over the past few months, the soundtrack released “1942”, “Cocky,” “Lightflex,” “Harlem Anthem” and “New Thang.” The 5 tracks racked up an impressive 75 streams worldwide and was praised as “a bona fide slammer” by Noisey . After the two singles were released Complex stated, “Considering the strength of the singles released from the soundtrack so far, it’s looking like the whole soundtrack is going to be required listening when it drops in June.” Last night, G-Eazy, Yo Gotti and YBN Nahmir turned the Jimmy Kimmel Live! stage into a basketball court to perform “1942” in celebration of the soundtrack’s release (click here to watch the performance). UNCLE DREW Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Track List “ Harlem Anthem ” – A$AP Ferg “ 1942 ” – G-Eazy feat. Yo Gotti and YBN Nahmir “New Thang” – French Montana & Remy Ma “ Cocky ” – A$AP Rocky, Gucci Mane & 21 Savage feat. London On Da Track “I Can Feel It” – GoldLink feat. H.E.R. “ Light Flex ” – Tone Stith feat. 2 Chainz “Chain Gang” – Leikeli47 feat. Clyde Guevara “Ballin” – Logic “Records” – Cousin Stizz “Stronger” – Dipset “I Need Your Lovin” – Nao “Stay” – Khalid “Us” – Kid Ink feat. Elley Duhé “What’s the Play” – Wiz Khalifa “Clap Your Hands” – Grace “Ridiculous” – Kyrie Irving feat. LunchMoney Lewis After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew’s old basketball squad (Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of seniors can still win the big one. After a successful five years as a fan-favorite digital episodic series, originally conceived by Pepsi, UNCLE DREW, will hit theaters June 29 th . The digital series has garnered more than 150 million views on YouTube – the most watched basketball series in history. #BlackMusicMonth UNCLE DREW from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment is also produced by Temple Hill in association with Pepsi Productions. Check out the full soundtrack here !
