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Friday 22 September 2023

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Lil Yachty Schedules ‘The Field Trip’ North American Tour for Fall 2023

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Let’s Start Here , the latest studio album from Lil Yachty , will get the proper live treatment on the rapper’s newly announced The Field Trip tour . Kicking off later this year, the 39-date world tour will include 23 stops in North America.

The Field Trip tour will begin on September 21 in Washington D.C. and conclude its North American leg on November 5 in Detroit. Lil Yachty will also make stops in New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, Charlotte, New Orleans, San Diego, Portland, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, and more.

General sale for the tour will launch on Friday, May 12 at 10 a.m. local time.

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Lil Yachty 2023 North American Tour Dates Sept. 21 — Washington, D.C. @ Echostage Sept. 22 — New York, NY @ SummerStage in Central Park Sept. 24 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Sept. 25 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz Sept. 27 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS Sept. 29 — Wallingford, CT @ The Dome at Oakdale Oct. 1 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre Oct. 2 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY Oct. 4 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte Oct. 8 — Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Oct. 9 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works Oct. 11 — New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore Oct. 15 — Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre Oct. 17 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA Oct. 21 — Vancouver, BC @ UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre Oct. 22 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Oct. 26 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas Oct. 27 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex Oct. 29 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium Oct. 31 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant Nov. 2 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore Nov. 4 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee Nov. 5 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore

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Sep 22, 2023 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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Lil Yachty, an artist who describes his music as "bubblegum trap," has had an illustrious career, starting with modeling and gaining fame through TikTok. He has collaborated with esteemed artists like 2 Chainz and Chance the Rapper, and has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY awards. His most recent album, Let's Start Here (2023), draws inspiration from psychedelic rock and has been met with resounding critical acclaim. According to Rolling Stone, his fresh approach to music feels "truly innovative," and he has been praised as "one of the music industry's most audacious creative directors."

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Fred Again Shakes Up New York With Surprise Set, Debuts New Song With Lil Yachty

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And when, on Thursday, after a series of teases, Fred formally announced a pop-up show at Knockdown Center just hours before it would begin, he sold out 3,200-some tickets in less than 10 minutes.

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But that doesn’t mean the set lacked thrills. During the last half-hour of the final set, Fred introduced a special guest, as Lil Yachty emerged onstage wearing a neon green shirt and orange durag. The rapper hummed a few lines into an auto-tuned mic before jumping on the table with Fred and leading Knockdown Center in singing the chorus to an unreleased collaboration song from Fred, Yachty and Overmono titled “Stayinit.” It’s a dark, clubby track in line with Fred’s “USB” project and the Baby Keem collab “Leavemealone,” and was received well as blue lasers and strobe lights showered the crowd.

Watch footage of Fred and Lil Yachty below.

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Lil Yachty Announces North American Tour

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Lil Yachty will tour North America and Europe behind Let’s Start Here. this summer and fall. Check out all the dates, including a September show at New York’s SummerStage in Central Park, below.

Last month, Yachty was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live , where he played “The Black Seminole.” and “Drive Me Crazy!” with a full band. 

Below, listen to Pitchfork’s Alphonse Pierre and Dylan Green join the Pitchfork Review podcast to discuss Let’s Start Here.

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09-21 Washington, D.C. - Echostage 09-22 New York, NY - SummerStage in Central Park 09-24 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore  09-25 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz 09-27 Montreal, Quebec - M Telus 09-29 Wallingford, CT - The Dome at Oakdal 10-01 Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre 10-02 Toronto, Ontario - History 10-04 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte 10-08 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre 10-09 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works 10-11 New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore  10-15 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre 10-17 San Diego, CA - SOMA 10-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - UBC - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 10-22 Portland, OR - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom 10-26 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas 10-27 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex 10-29 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium 10-31 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant 11-02 Minneapolis, MN - Fillmore  11-04 Madison, WI - The Sylvee 11-05 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore 11-22 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 11-24 Stockholm, Sweden - Fryhuset 11-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hallen 11-27 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle 11-28 Cologne, Germany - Palladium 11-30 Manchester, England - O2 Victoria Warehouse 11-01 London, England - OVO Wembley Arena 11-03 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 Academy 11-04 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy 11-06 Paris, France - Salle Pleyel 11-08 Tilburg, Netherlands - Poppodium013 11-10 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique 11-12 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 11-14 Milan, Italy - Fabrique  11-16 Zurich, Switzerland - Komplex 457 11-17 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer

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7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)

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Self-described “bubblegum trap” artist Lil Yachty has had a storied career– from modeling, gaining viral TikTok fame, and collaborating with artists like 2 Chainz and Chance the Rapper, to securing multiple GRAMMY nominations, he’s done it all. His latest album, a psychedelic-rock-inspired Let’s Start Here (2023), was released to great critical acclaim. Rolling Stone described his update in style as something that felt “genuinely brand new,” hailing him as “music’s boldest creative director.”

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Night two of “The Field Trip Tour” seized New York’s SummerStage in Central Park as Lil Yachty gears up for 44 dates across North America and Europe through the remainder of the year.

Night two of “ The Field Trip Tour ” seized New York’s SummerStage in Central Park as Lil Yachty gears up for 44 dates across North America and Europe through the remainder of the year.

2023 has been a year of expansion and consistency upon the creative consciousness of Lil Yachty, as he kicked the year off by venturing into psychedelic rock and soul with his fifth studio album, Let’s Start Here. , back in January.

He continued his momentum by releasing TESLA – EP in August, which features the flourishing track “Strike (Holster).” He also appears on BlakkBoyz present Half Doin Dope/Van Gogh alongside J.I.D , which contains a leaked version of “Van Gogh” from 2019.

I couldn’t help but notice an ironic theme surrounding the demographic of those in attendance. It actually felt like a field trip because the majority of the crowd was young teens accompanied by their parents. Regardless, the crowd came energized and eager to experience the show. Brooklyn-based artist Nick Hakim drifted onto the stage to tranquillize the crowd with his fiery timbre and inviting ambience. His presence introduced a calm and thorough atmosphere that roused the audience’s attention ahead of the hallucinogenic experience to come.

Lil Yachty’s set list was segmented into three parts which included a wardrobe change after the opening section. The all-female band marched onto the stage in front of visuals that read “distort reality” over a sparkling constellation, followed by a montage of kaleidoscopic imagery to introduce Yachty to the spotlight for the first sequence of songs off of Let’s Start Here… The live band was a great addition to his production, and they were absolutely necessary for the grand execution of his new material.

It was nice to see his vocal range shine as he frequently isolated his voice and performed the entire verse from “Coffin” a cappella. He also performed Tee Grizzley ’s part on “From the D to the A” as well as Playboi Carti ’s verse on “Get Dripped” and Juice WRLD ’s feature from “Yacht Club,” after a moment of silence for the late emcee. It was refreshing to hear a keyboard rendition of “One Night” to close out the second sequence of the set with a firm reminder that he’s not the same person he once was. He concluded the song by reflecting on his mindset from 2016 and changing lyrics in the second verse to:

“now I’m older, now I’m wiser, now I need somebody in my life who can take care of me. I’m looking for a wife, is she in the crowd? Is she in New York tonight? I don’t know, I’m trying to change my life around, I switched up my goals, I no longer only want a girl for a night, I changed up my ways, I’m trying to do you right.”

The show comes to a close after the band returns to finish the set with some of the remaining songs from Let’s Start Here. , wrapping up the final segment with “the BLACK seminole.”

Let’s Start Here. is essentially the beginning of Yachty’s journey to becoming the artist he truly wants to portray. In an effort to gain “respect” as an artist, he broke the SoundCloud rapper stigma that surrounded his rise by taking the most unexpected yet progressive step into alternative forms of foundation to expand his musical pallet. Consistent releases, along with his experimentation of sound and vocal ability, seem to be the driving factors of development as Lil Yachty’s progression as a creative force continues. Lastly, a shoutout to the production crew at SummerStage because the audio mix was outstanding, and Yachty’s mic sounded crispy throughout the entire show.

Lil Yachty’s Set List:

drive ME crazy! the ride- pRETTy sHouLd i B? sAy sOMETHINg In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins (Cover)

SOLO STEPPIN CRETE BOY Slide Split/Whole Time Get Dripped Yacht Club NBAYOUNGBOAT Flex Up Coffin From the D to the A Minnesota Broccoli iSpy TESLA Poland Strike (Holster) One Night

IVE OFFICIALLY LOST ViSiON!!!! THE zone~ WE SAW THE SUN! the BLACK seminole.

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About That Yacht Life: How Teen Rapper Lil Yachty Made It Big

Meet the 18-year-old Atlanta rapper and Yeezy model making waves.

It was 3 p.m. on a Wednesday in New York, and the 18-year-old rapper Miles Parks McCollum, known to everyone as Lil Yachty, could not stop yawning. His bedazzled grill caught the overhead light of a Chinatown hotel room with each Wookie-like yawp; beneath his beaded red braids, it was almost impossible to tell whether or not his eyes were open.

His voice, which had the hypnotic drawl of a Novocaine-induced stupor, only reinforced the appearance of sleepiness. Only when the subject of Supreme surfaced did he perk up: “It went from me going in there to shop, to them playing my music now,” he declared. His friend Chalis, who came up with Yachty in Atlanta, reminded him that they once saw Joe Jonas in the store. Everyone in the room, including other core members of the “Sailing Team”—producer “Burberry Perry” and “Bloody Osiris,” plus Yachty’s manager, who goes by “ Coach K “—busted out laughing.

“I forgot we seen him,” Yachty recalled with a smirk.

Yachty, who came to seemingly everyone’s attention when he modeled in Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 show, wore a velvet Supreme sweat suit and Gucci slide sandals. On his neck hung a sizable diamond-encrusted gold medallion with the letters “QC,” which stand for Quality Control. Having only started making music a year ago, this is apparently the prize for going from no one to someone, boy to man, boat to yacht.

Lil Yachty, Perry, Chalis, and Osiris

“In high school, there was a group of older kids who called themselves the ‘Yacht Club,’” Yachty said of his stage name. “I was trying to get in the club.” They eventually let him in, but he had to start from the bottom as Lil Boat, which has since become his alter-ego. “They’re the same person,” Yachty continued. “Same soul. Same body. But one is more calm and the other is more aggressive.”

Chalis, who is two years older, was one of the charter members of the Yacht Club. “We were starting waves,” he said. “We used to record in my closet in Atlanta. We had a bum-ass mic and we put a sock on it. We had nothing.” After graduating, Chalis sailed off to New York. Once he was installed there, Yachty sent him a list of kids he followed on Instagram for Chalis to befriend. The advance team set the table for last summer, when Yachty arrived in town to stay with Chalis; together, they broke onto the scene, successfully networking with the likes of Ian Connor and Eileen Kelly .

“I just thought I’d give it a shot,” said Yachty. “I just wanted to get cool.” He shrugged and then paused, as if his rapid success had finally just hit him. “I was just in a dorm room. I was at Alabama State—I was literally just there !”

Last week, Yachty attracted a crowd so large at his VFiles show that the police had to barricade the street. He then went on to perform at the Museum of Modern Art, followed by a show in Philadelphia with Young Thug. On Tuesday, he released his music video for “ 1 Night ,” which is quickly making its rounds on the Internet for its meme-friendly visuals. “He’s one of the most focused young guys I’ve ever met,” said Coach K, who’s worked with stars like Young Jeezy, Migos, and Gucci Mane. “He’s going to be really big .”

When he’s onstage, Yachty comes to life. In one clip of a performance posted to his Instagram, he jumps up and down so energetically that his sweatpants practically fall off. His hair thwacks his face in sync with the beat. He dives into the audience. He is buoyant, like, well, a yacht.

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“He’s got a lot of little white boy fans,” Osiris said of the usual crowd.

“Like lemme-get-a-pic-for-the-gram !” Burberry Perry chimed in.

Music is something that Yachty simply tried, and found that he had a knack for it. “Growing up, my dad used to play India Arie, Coldplay, and Paul McCartney ,” he recalled. His father, Shannon McCollum , is a photographer who’s worked with everyone from Outkast to Dead Prez, so maybe the spotlight is the beam by which Yachty was meant to chart his route. His raps, which have the same hazy quality of his speaking voice and are infused with nonchalant humor, have little to do with the trap artists—like Migos, Young Thug, Young Jeezy, and Future—that came before him in Atlanta. In fact, Yachty claimed he’s not interested in the genre; instead, he described his sound as “colorful” and “soft.”

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“When you think of trap, it’s like hard, gutter stuff,” explained Chalis, whose job description seems to be happily filling in Yachty’s long silences. “But we’re young kids; we’re not like that. Obviously, we love trap and are influenced by where we come from, but Yachty is fun. His voice is angelic! A lot of rap you can’t relate to, but Yachty is young. Not even a year ago he was a regular civilian.”

While Yachty claimed the only music he listens to is his own, his friends name-dropped people like Lil Uzi Vert , who is 21. “Why so many Lil’s?” I asked.

“It’s because everyone wants to be a kid again,” explained Osiris.

I turned to Yachty and asked him what else he might hope to accomplish next. He stretched out his arms and yawned deeply, and then mumbled something in his drowsy baritone.

“You want to what?” I asked.

Yachty stuck his hand down his Nautica boxer shorts and closed his eyes: “I just want to be mainstream.”

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Atlanta rapper Lil’ Yachty is taking his pizza obsession IRL in New York this weekend.

The artist — who just turned 20 this week and claims he’s eaten pizza every day since the 2nd grade — will be turning Soho restaurant Famous Ben’s into Yachty’s Pizzeria on Friday and Saturday. Lil’ Yachty is popular with the teens, so don’t be surprised to see a line. He will be there , according to Instagram.

Pizza will be for sale, but mostly, it’s a merch play. The pop-up will feature a variety of pizza and Lil’ Yachty-themed gear, including a $100 satin bomber jacket, a $30 t-shirt, and a $30 hat. All of them bear the “Yachty’s Pizzeria” logo. Here’s a sampling:

The pizzeria at 177 Spring Street, near Thompson Street, will be transformed from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, August 25th and Saturday August 26th.

This is a great opportunity to watch this excellent interview where Lil’ Yachty explains his diet:

Update : People — including many, many teens — started lining up for the pop-up before it opened at noon. Employees on-site say the expect at least 2,000 people to show up for the event on Friday and again on Saturday.

For the transformation, “Yachty’s Pizzeria” has been emblazoned on the outside of the restaurant, as well as on a mirror inside. Menus list what merch people can purchase, and people who buy that $100 bomber will receive it in a Yachty’s Pizzeria box.

See some more shots from the scene here:

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Lil Yachty: Nautica Windbreakers Are Cool, Sailing Is "Wack"

By Liza Corsillo

Photography by Alex Reside

Lil Yachty just finished a lunch of Domino's pizza (a stack of untouched pies and breadsticks sit behind him) backstage before Nautica's Fall 2017 presentation at New York Fashion Week: Men's. The Grammy-nominated rapper is on hand to support the brand he wears most and now collaborates with—and he's taking his fashion week debut seriously. He's dressed in a lemon yellow T-shirt, white jeans, Air Jordans, and, naturally, a rare vintage Nautica jacket draped over his shoulders. Adjusting his grills in the mirror, he is ready to talk about his plans for the sailing-inspired label and how, at only 19, he's found himself in the enviable position of menswear insider.

Following the success of the rapper's capsule with the American sportswear label for Urban Outfitters , the two parties made it official: Yachty was named a Nautica creative designer. "I didn't really have anything to do with this." Yachty confesses about presentation we're about to see—a reworking the brand's extensive archive of ' 90s sportswear into fresh pieces a wide swath of guys would want to wear. The blinged-out sailboat charm hanging around the rapper's neck, however, was all Yachty and not up for sale (Nautica did make a limited edition T-shirt with the chain screenprinted on it—driving New York teens to queue up at their pop-up last night). We talked to the laid-back multi-tasker about his creative plans for Nautica, his epic windbreaker collection, and how he really feels about the brand's favorite water sport.

How did you begin working with Nautica?

I'd been wearing it, I kept tagging them. I dunno I just kinda got their attention and they hit me up.

What is the one thing you wear more than anything else right now?

Nautica, of course.

Is there a specific piece of clothing?

I don't wear anything more than once, most of the time. I try not to wear the same thing twice. I have too many clothes to wear the same thing twice.

At this point, how many windbreakers you have?

I wouldn't be able to tell you.

Do you ever wear a suit? Do you own a any suits?

No, I just got my first suit today. Well it's my second suit. I got three today. One's white and black, one's all black, and one's navy blue. They're for the Grammys. That's why there were three made. I'm not normally big on suits.

What shoes do you think men should wear with a suit?

I like penny loafers.

Which do you think women prefer? A suit or your vintage gear?

I think women like men in suits.

What about men in windbreakers?

I don't know. That's a funny question. I don't think men dress to look attractive, I think they dress to look cool.

What's the difference?

Well to be cool you don't always have to look attractive.

How would you describe today's Nautica presentation?

Oh yeah, that's like some sailing shit. Some boat shit. Boathouse with your family. Golfing. Some old man shit.

Do you sail?

Nah. I have before. That shit is wack. It's hard, well it's not even hard. It just takes a lot of energy. I'm real laid back.

Do you think there's a difference between what preppy clothes used to be like, and what they're like now?

Yeah. Cause like in the '90s everything was colorful. You could be very preppy. Like polos and shirts tucked in, and sweaters around the neck. That was like rich preppy-type shit.

Do you think that's changed?

Everything's changed. Nothing's only for one person anymore.

What is it about Nautica's archives that you wanted to revisit?

I've never been one for designing until now. I just got so many ideas that feel like they could help make Nautica be bigger and better. Not even better actually, because it's already amazing, but just help attract a different demographic. A different age group.

Is that partially your role? What do you want them to do differently this year?

Yeah, nowadays. They're very open to my suggestions. I think they should just care about more than one specific lane of the lifestyle. I want to see Nautica just be more out there, catering to everyone. And more colors.

What's the coolest thing you see young kids doing in fashion now?

I think it's cool that fashion is no longer for a certain age group. You know, designers are all ages. Your clothes don't have to be in a store for you to make a ton of money. You can sell them online now. So it's just all open, it's free, it's creative, and it's accessible.

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The Sudden Rise of Lil Yachty

The stylish 19-year-old rapper has made his way from obscurity in Atlanta to working with LeBron James and Kanye West.

Louis Vuitton mohair sweater, about $690, at louisvuitton.com . Gosha Rubchinskiy pants, $310, at Dover Street Market New York. Converse sneakers, $50, at converse.com . Credit... Clement Pascal for The New York Times; Styled by Alex Tudela

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• Dec. 9, 2016

After 18 years of trying to get noticed, the rapper and teenage eccentric Lil Yachty has been forced recently to practice blending in. It’s mostly the hair.

On a recent Saturday, following a dayslong spate of promotional appearances and photo shoots, the 19-year-old internet supernova, who found fame online and beyond this year with a series of catchy mixtapes and goofy viral moments, hoped to do a little shopping in the heart of Brooklyn.

But before he could peacefully enter Kith , the streetwear store that specializes in sneakers and sugary cereal , Lil Yachty needed to hide his trademark accessory: his grenadine-red skinny braids adorned with clear plastic beads. As his chauffeured S.U.V. approached the buzzing shop, the Atlanta rapper grabbed a knit cap from the head of a friend, who assented without a word, seemingly familiar with the routine.

It worked. Locks tucked atop his head, Lil Yachty, whose face is usually obscured by the clacking tentacles, proved unrecognizable even to those who may have binged on his whimsical music videos or Instagram account. Like a millennial Clark Kent, he went unbothered in the maw of his target demographic, drawing stares only as he stacked five pairs of shoes and two art books (“Pharrell,” “KAWS”) by the register.

As with the mini-shopping spree, there was still some thrill in needing to go undercover. “At the beginning of this year, I used to walk through the local mall and say, ‘One day, I’m not going to be able to walk through this mall,’” Lil Yachty said later in the privacy of a Caribbean restaurant, his hair since released. “No way I could walk through the mall now. Unless I’m hiding.”

Last winter, the teenager born Miles McCollum, who had recently dropped out of college and had been arrested in a Florida mall for credit card fraud, was hoping to shake his anonymity. Rapping was a relatively new pastime (it still is), though striving for fame came naturally to a diligent student of social networks.

“I always knew I was going to be something,” he said. “I didn’t know what.”

Now, at the end of a career-making 2016, Lil Yachty seems more certain. “I’m not a rapper, I’m an artist,” he said. “And I’m more than an artist. I’m a brand.”

The stats back him up. In addition to releasing the popular “Lil Boat” and “Summer Songs 2” mixtapes, filled with his taffylike digital wails and cartoon melodies, and reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his sweet-and-sour guest verse on D.R.A.M.’s “ Broccoli ,” Lil Yachty has modeled Kanye West’s Yeezy line at Madison Square Garden, starred in a Sprite commercial with LeBron James and teamed up with Nautica on a capsule collection for Urban Outfitters. An official debut album with Capitol Records is planned for early 2017.

Yet even among the bevy of singular voices in the new Atlanta hip-hop scene, where male rappers can wear dresses and carry designer bags, moan about their feelings and dance with their hips, Lil Yachty is demonstrably odd, flaunting his indifference to rap traditionalism and aiming to remain somewhat wholesome: more schoolyard than trap house.

“Rappers don’t have endorsements because of their images,” he said. “Endorsement money is huge. And I care about my character.” He added: “I don’t rap about drinking or smoking, ever, because I don’t do it. I don’t rap about anything I don’t do.”

Instead, Lil Yachty preaches an all-purpose positivity fueled by timeless adolescent ambitions: chasing girls, looking cool and hanging out with friends. (Lil Yachty’s crew is known as the Sailing Team : “If you’re a fan of me, then you know my friends, because I push them just as hard.”) His most menacing raps can feel playful, his sexuality disarmingly juvenile and his boasts betray his age: “Parents mad at my ass ’cause their kids sing my song in class,” he taunts while proclaiming himself the King of the Teens. “We are the youth!” goes another battle cry.

As with his breakout viral hits “1 Night” and “Minnesota,” Lil Yachty’s music relies less on technical rapping than on simple melodies that invoke warped nursery rhymes, with bright, bubbly production and an affecting falsetto smoothed with Auto-Tune. Along with Kanye West and Kid Cudi, both of whom count as elder statesmen to someone born in 1997, his most direct influences include the cult-favorite, outre internet rappers Lil B and Soulja Boy, along with pop acts like Coldplay, Daft Punk and Fall Out Boy.

While modeling for Nautica last month to his own personal playlist, Lil Yachty mimed air guitar to “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses and boogied to Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets” when he wasn’t belting Chris Martin ballads. Between looks, he dined on his preferred menu of Domino’s pepperoni pizza, candy and cookies, head buried in his two Louis Vuitton-cased iPhones. (One had a hand-scrawled message: “LETS BE RICH FOREVER.”)

At the same time, Lil Yachty’s stated indifference toward the catalogs of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. has made him a punching bag for rap purists, the poster child for a style-over-substance new school dismissively dubbed “mumble rap.” He’s leaned into that mantle, so online schadenfreude bubbles up every time Lil Yachty, say, bombs a freestyle over ’90s beats or fails miserably at dunking a basketball .

“I ask myself all the time, ‘How do I always go viral?’” Lil Yachty said with a grin. “I’m the face of the youth, the new sound. Nobody likes my truth.” Except the youth, that is. “They relate to me because I’m so like them,” he said, “but on a global scale.”

Music, it turns out, was something of an afterthought, despite his deep roots in Southern rap. Though he was raised mostly by his mother in the Atlanta suburb Austell, his father, Shannon McCollum, lived in the city and worked as a photographer with local acts such as Outkast, Goodie Mob and Lil Jon. But hanging around stars as a child bolstered Lil Yachty’s sense of style and business acumen more than his sense of hip-hop history.

“I would let him help direct photo shoots, and I would always show him my invoices so he could see what I made,” Mr. McCollum, 46, said. “I used to photograph Miles every week. By 3 or 4, he was so comfortable in front of a camera.”

An obsession with fashion followed. “Once, when he was about 7, we were picking up his friend, and Miles had on a pink polo shirt,” his father recalled. “The little boy got in the back seat and started laughing uncontrollably at Miles, calling him a girl. Miles just said, ‘You don’t know nothing about this, man.’”

In high school, influenced by the bright colors favored by Pharrell Williams and Tyler, the Creator, Lil Yachty would spend the money he earned working at McDonald’s or as an assistant to his father at thrift stores. “Ninety-nine cents, 50 cents, I just knew how to put it together,” he said. His mother even taught him to sew.

His confidence and originality helped to win over his eventual manager, Coach K, an Atlanta stalwart who has worked with Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane and Migos. “It was like your first meeting with Marilyn Manson,” Coach K said of encountering Lil Yachty. “You’ve got this freakish look, but he’s not scared of who he is. He’s wearing it with pride. Instantly I said, ‘This is it.’”

Lil Yachty had already determined that packaging a mystique was his strong suit. After graduating from high school, he traveled repeatedly to New York and Los Angeles — his father’s day job at Delta gave him access to free flights — where he slept on couches and worked to ingratiate himself with rap-adjacent tastemakers like Ian Connor and Luka Sabbat .

“I was simply trying to get people who had an audience to hang out with me, so that I could get that audience,” Lil Yachty said. “I was making music, but I wasn’t really pushing it yet. I knew exactly how it worked.” He corrected himself. “I know exactly how it works .”

Still, even he has been surprised by the speed of his ascent.

“It just feels like a dream,” he said, recalling that in January, he couldn’t make it past the door of Kanye’s studio. “I sat in the hallway for hours while ASAP Rocky was in there. They wouldn’t let me in. By August, I was working with him.” Nautica, too, came calling only after a year of Lil Yachty’s attempting to get the maritime brand’s attention via social media.

It was backstage among the V.I.P.s at Jay Z’s Made in America festival in September that Lil Yachty’s new reality started to sink in. “Obama’s daughters knew who I was,” he said. “They were huge fans. Jay Z said my name to me before I introduced myself.”

And yet, persona aside, a teenager can only be a teenager.

At an Urban Outfitters meet-and-greet in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, among decidedly less dazzling guests, the rapper hid once again behind his hair and phone as overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph: $5 bills, laptops, water bottles, purses, coats and, yes, eventually breasts. Not yet immune to such attention at close range, Lil Yachty could only giggle to himself, shaking his head as he mouthed the words to his own music.

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Lil Yachty headlines University Union’s Block Party 2024. He played old hits like “Broccoli,” as well as newer songs from his latest album, “Let’s Start Here.”

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In an interview with The Daily Orange before his Saturday performance, Teezo Touchdown said Lil Yachty was a source of encouragement for him in his career. During his brief stint in college, he remembered borrowing videos of one of Lil Yachty’s first press runs from the library to watch.

“To watch that, and then him being one of the first people to pour into me and to share the stage with him tonight, I’m honored to open up for him,” Touchdown said. “We’re gonna get the crowd right for him because he deserves it.”

On April 28, over 4,000 students came to JMA Wireless Dome to round out the end of the semester with University Union’s annual Block Party. This year’s artists were Lil Yachty , Teezo Touchdown , KARRAHBOOO and isoXO , with student DJ group FEƎM opening the event. The crowd was lively for the duration of the event, but it wasn’t until Lil Yachty took the stage that they went loose.

Before Block Party, UU kicked the day off with their second annual Block Darty on the quad. The event included free food, merchandise and live performances from Dreamer Isioma, renforshort and DWLLRS.

In a new move for UU events, students from other schools in New York including Le Moyne College, New York University and Ithaca College also came to take in the night of music alongside Syracuse University and SUNY ESF students.

FEƎM opened the event in the Dome. While the group of SU seniors recognized plenty of familiar faces in the crowd from shows on campus, this was the biggest set up the house collective has had the opportunity to participate in.

“It felt like we were people that snuck on stage,” said Dominic Brancoli, SU senior and member of FEƎM.

KARRAHBOO took the stage next. The Concrete Boys — Lil Yachty’s label — signee kept the crowd engaged while performing tracks including “Running Late.”

Along with songs from his discography like “how2fly,” Isoxo kept the crowd’s energy up by playing mixes of songs including “FE!N” by Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti as well as “GATTI” by JACKBOYS.

As students waited for Teezo Touchdown to land on stage, “RUNITUP,” a song from Tyler The Creator’s album “Call Me if You Get Lost” featuring Teezo Touchdown, started playing.

As the chorus of the song kicked in, Teezo Touchdown, dressed in spiked shoulder pads and leather, ran onto the stage and started rapping along into his Morrisey-inspired microphone of roses.

After rapping over a portion of the song, he asked the crowd if he could play some new songs from his latest album “How Do You Sleep At Night?” and opened with “OK,” the first song from the album.

Through the rest of his set, he stomped on stage with his padded boots and interacted with the crowd as he performed more songs including “UUHH” and “5 O’Clock.”

“Syracuse, do you wanna dance?” he asked the audience before performing “MODERN JAM,” a song from Scott’s “UTOPIA” featuring Touchdown.

After Touchdown left the stage, the audience of thousands chanted “Yachty,” eager for him to make his arrival. At 9:50 p.m., the lights dimmed and members of the audience quickly took their phones out to record Lil Boat as “WE SAW THE SUN” from Lil Yachty’s 2023 album “Let’s Start Here.” played.

As the song transitioned into “drive ME crazy!,” which follows it on the album, the rapper, dressed in a white and black Yamaha jacket, approached the stage to a wave of cheers.

After he performed “A Cold Sunday,” Lil Yachty reminded the crowd that the night was just getting started.

“I’m trying to get y’all nice and toasty,” he said.

To create more activity during his set, he called for mosh pits multiple times, where students would come together for songs like “Flex Up,” “Pardon Me” and “Ice Tray”

Along with playing newer songs like “Slide” and “SOLO STEPPIN CRETE” through the night, Lil Yachty took the time to play his classics, including “Broccoli” and “I Spy.”

“I wanna hear you sing this sh*t if you remember it from day one,” he said before singing “One Night.”

After proclaiming that he wanted to end his set with a “bang,” Lil Yachty played “Poland” and “66.” Before leaving the stage, he thanked everyone for coming and wished students luck with finals.

“Syracuse, y’all gave me 1000% energy tonight,” he said. “Love y’all. I will be back.”

Disclaimer: Anish Vasudevan is the editor-in-chief for The Daily Orange and a member of FEƎM. He did not influence the editorial content of this story.

Published on April 27, 2024 at 10:40 am

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Lil Yachty’s Great Gig in the Sky

Since the release of his Lil Boat mixtape in 2016, Lil Yachty has cultivated a peculiar rap career that has benefited from versatile musical interests. The Atlanta rapper, singer, and producer’s early work juggled booming southern trap drums, gauzy synths, unclearable samples , and melodic sensibilities on loan from children’s television. Shifting listlessly between disaffected snark and sweet repose, the best songs answered the question of what Brian Wilson’s teenage symphonies might’ve sounded like if he’d grown up hanging around the Migos. On future projects, Yachty leaned into the gruff anthems of his labelmates on Atlanta’s Quality Control Music, toughening up on 2018’s Lil Boat 2 in some of the ways Drake did on Scorpion the same year, this after dividing critics and listeners with the synthpop and reggae excursions on Yachty’s 2017 debut studio album Teenage Emotions .

Restlessness saves his catalog from the pedestrian work of peers chasing the sound of a beloved early mixtape. Lil Yachty is always up to something , quietly penning an undisclosed piece of the City Girls smash “Act Up,” or producing a chunk of Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss , or logging an unlikely chart hit about sneaking promethazine through customs . He’s a lightning rod for guys who see a new wave of absurdists and crooners as a displacement of rap traditionalism (rather than a continuation of a detailed history within it); he knows what the fans are into and where they’re getting into it online, so accusations about his music ruining hip-hop are complicated by every unforeseen success. The work varies greatly in style as well as quality, but being difficult to pin down also buys him freedom to make unusual plays.

Let’s Start Here , his fifth album and first full-length excursion into psychedelic rock, didn’t spawn entirely from nowhere, and not just because it sprung a leak under the name Sonic Beach a few weeks back. His appearance on a remix for Tame Impala’s Slow Rush jam “Breathe Deeper” hits a few of the markers the new album visits: the taste for psychotropic drugs and the interaction between the shimmering sound achieved by an elaborate pedal board and raps that feel both lightly thought through and also spirited and spontaneous. The first song, “The Black Seminole,” outlines the project’s guiding ethos, from its burbling, delay-drenched analog-synthesizer sound to the trippy changes and show-stopping vocal performance by “Bad Habit” co-writer Diana Gordon — all of which amount to an attempt to jam every idea housed in Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon into a single seven-minute performance. Bolstered by memorable spots from Gordon (who gives the Clare Torry screams in “Failure” and “Seminole” her all), Fousheé (whose softCORE album served rockers like “Die” and “Bored” that share Yachty’s love of walls of noise), and Justine Skye, the new album makes more space for women in its love songs than most rappers percolating on the charts tend to care to now. (Note also the presence of one Daystar Peterson in the credits as a co-writer on “Paint the Sky.”)

Let’s Start Here journeys back in time and out to space and sometimes up its own ass. It’s a drug odyssey that delightfully defies expectations whenever it’s not overindulging, taking its adulation for its influences from pastiche to parody, pushing its sound from psych to cacophony. Much will be made of Kevin Parker’s impact here, because Tame is also a project about savvily jumbling ideas from other eras and getting synthesizers to feel as delicately enveloping as puffs of smoke. It’s also an oversimplification of the scope of Let’s Start Here to call it Lil Yachty’s Tame album. Patrick Wimberly co-produced every song, and the snap of the drum sound and the flair for gooey horn accompaniment are assets Chairlift — Wimberly’s former group with Caroline Polachek and Aaron Pfenning — used to employ. U.K. producer Jam City and Yves Tumor collaborator Justin Raisen sat in on a lot of these, too; the maximalist sonics and the mix of love songs and acid-addled horror here are both a result of its pick of personnel and an authentic re-creation of the wild fluctuations of a lurid trip.

Its intriguing bio- and band chemistry are Let’s Start Here ’s gift and curse. “Running Out of Time” kicks off with drums that feel like Thundercat’s “Them Changes” (which, in turn, feels like Paul McCartney’s “Arrow Through Me”) and a bubbly bass line evoking “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. Pushing through to a gorgeous bridge, matching vocals with Skye, Yachty pokes out from under the shadow of his forebears and delivers one of the finest bits of music he’s ever made. The blissed out “The Ride” plants the Texas rapper Teezo Touchdown into a wobbly groove that could’ve fit into last year’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. It feels like both songs could collapse at any moment, hanging a sharp turn into an unflattering section wrecking the momentum they built. Equally prone to swift tense shifts and long detours, Let’s Start Here meanders a great deal between highlights, raining sheets of sound that soak and weigh down the delicate grooves it’s trying to build. “Paint the Sky” sounds like a radio hit dropped into a flooded pit cave. These songs sink or swim on Lil Yachty’s ability to steady himself amid a maelstrom of phase-shifted guitars, delay-kissed drums, and synths shrouded in reverb. He’s a good study and a great hook man, but the novelty of some of his experiments wear off as ideas repeat and choruses get smothered. The less they tinker, the better.

Restraint guides Let’s Start Here to a few of its most sublime moments. “Pretty” will draw comparisons to Childish Gambino’s Awaken My Love! and the hit slow jam “Redbone,” but the drum programming recalls the stuff Prince did with the LinnDrum and the vocal performances feel inspired by cloud rap, a sensibility teased out in a cocky, carefree verse by Fousheé . “Say Something” strikes gold coolly poking around the pillowy synth pads and echoing drums of ’80s pop in the same way recent albums from the Weeknd picked up where Daft Punk left off in marrying dueling interests in 20th- and 21st-century popular music. “Pretty” and “Say Something” keep things relatively simple, stacking a few complementary ideas on top of each other and allowing space to breathe. (Other producers might abuse the clav hits in the latter for the old-school feel they bring, but this group lets them drift in and out of frame, recalling the minimalist trap lullabies on the back end of Lil Boat .) The noisier and less structurally sturdy cuts that surround them feel like the jams a band works through on the way to more refined compositions, before taking them on the road where they grow new layers of sound and significance. Let’s Start Here begs to be untangled in a live setting the way artists drawn to the tactile and communal experience of music tend to, allowed to drift over warm air, playing during the sunny days and reckless nights it describes.

Maybe this album is the new beginning its title implies, a first step toward tighter songcraft on the horizon, and maybe Yachty will pop back up in six to 18 months’ time on some different shit entirely, as is often his tendency. The new record finds him sniffing around the same intersections of pop, rock, psych, and soul as “Bad Habit” or Frank Ocean’s “Pretty Sweet,” sacrificing the brevity of his hits for a purposeful sensory overload, which sometimes works in his favor but sometimes encumbers tracks that ought to seem weightless. It is important for young artists to get the space to grow and change and eat mushrooms and make weird but enthusiastic indie-rock music.

Let’s Start Here fits into a long tradition of pleasant curveballs from rappers, unheralded classics like Q-Tip’s Kamaal the Abstract, side projects like the Beastie Boys and Suicidal Tendencies offshoot BS2000 , imperfect genre excursions like Kid Cudi’s WZRD , and effortless R&B pivots like Tyler, the Creator’s Igor . Yachty is stumbling down well-trod pathways, learning lessons imparted on generation after generation of listeners ever since Pink Floyd’s international breakthrough 50 years ago and taking metaphysical journeys endeavored since humans first discovered fungi and plants that made them see sounds and smell colors. The sharpest songs here could go toe-to-toe with the best in the artist’s back catalog, and the worst ones sound like excitable demos for various guitar pedals. Let’s Start Here isn’t Lil Yachty’s greatest work, but it goes over better than the pitch — “Poland” guy does shrooms and jams on instruments — implied it might. And if shoegaze-adjacent rockers like “I’ve Officially Lost Vision” and sound experiments like the one at the end of “We Saw the Sun” drone-pill even a fraction of the audience, it was all worth it.

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Taylor Swift Brings Her Eras Tour to Paris, Plus Sarah Jessica Parker, Harrison Ford, Lil Yachty and More

From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to

Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since April 2022. Her work previously appeared in Newsweek .

Stars have been everywhere this week, from Taylor Swift performing the first of four shows of her Eras Tour in Paris, to Sarah Jessica Parker filming the upcoming third season of And Just Like That... in New York City. In Los Angeles, Harrison Ford hosted the 10th Annual Endeavor Awards.

Here, the best photos of celebs out and about this week. Come back tomorrow for more of the latest A-list outings!

Eras Reaches Europe

Taylor Swift dazzles in a sparkling two-piece onstage as she kicks off the first night of her Eras Tour in Paris at the La Défense Arena on May 9.

Third Season's a Charm

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Sarah Jessica Parker smiles on set while filming the third season of And Just Like That... at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York City on May 10.

Cheerful Host

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Harrison Ford is in happy spirits attending the 10th Annual Endeavor Awards hosted by himself and Angel Flight West in Los Angeles on May 10.

Star Quality

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Lil Yachty hypes the crowd while performing at Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Spain, on May 10.

Number One Stunner

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Sabrina Carpenter celebrates her single "Espresso" reaching the top of the U.K. charts for a second week on May 10.

Special Duo

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton make a cute couple performing together onstage at Keep Memory Alive's 27th Annual Power of Love Gala in Las Vegas on May 10.

Showbiz Starlets

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Lisa Vanderpump and Kristin Chenoweth pose in coordinating sparkly looks at the 27th Annual Power of Love Gala on May 10 in Las Vegas.

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Dakota Johnson sports a casual look of a baseball cap, white jacket and Nike sneakers on the set of her romantic comedy The Materialists in N.Y.C. on May 10.

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Natasha Bedingfield flashes a pease sign while performing on stage at the 31st Annual Race To Erase MS Gala on May 10 in Los Angeles.

Family Time

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend celebrate the launch of their new pet lifestyle brand Kismet with two of their children, Miles and Luna , at their L.A. home on May 9.

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Jennifer Lopez steps out in oversized shades during a trip to Paris on May 10.

Back on Set

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Sarah Jessica Parker is all smiles in a colorful ensemble while filming And Just Like That... on May 10 in New York City.

Dapper Dude

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Tom Brady takes a trip to Venice, Italy, for the 2024 E1 Venice GP on May 10.

Zipping Around

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Joel McHale heads out for a ride on his electric bike after a coffee stop on May 10 in L.A.

Stage Stars

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Brody Grant and Eddie Redmayne pose together at the 77th annual Tony Awards Nominee Luncheon at the Rainbow Room in New York City on May 10.

Leading Lady

As one of this year's nominees, Rachel McAdams opts for an all-white ensemble for the celebratory lunch on May 10 at the Rainbow Room.

To the Nines

Also at the Rainbow Room, Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa are all dressed up at the 77th annual Tony Awards Nominee Luncheon on May 10.

All Together Now

Sarah Paulson , Corey Stoll and Jessica Stone are also on deck Friday afternoon at the Tony Awards Nominee Luncheon at the Rainbow Room.

Costar Chat

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Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten have a chat during the Fallout Emmys FYC Event at Prime Video's Prime Experience at NYA West in L.A. on May 9.

Streaming Star

Walton Goggins has some fun at the Emmys FYC event for Fallout at Prime Video's Prime Experience in L.A. on May 9.

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Deborra-lee Furness and Eric Bana pose together at the IFC Films & Cinema Society screening of their film Force of Nature: The Dry 2 on May 9 at NeueHouse in New York City.

Premiere Pose

Mischa Barton and Peter Brant Jr. step out for the IFC Films & Cinema Society screening of Force of Nature: The Dry 2 in New York City on May 9.

Ladies' Night

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Charlotte Cho, Molly Sims and Pritika Swarup gather around for the FounderMade Future of Beauty Awards at Genesis House in New York City on May 9.

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Kaley Cuoco throws up a peace sign at the Warner Brothers Animation’s Harley Quinn Emmys FYC event on May 9 in L.A.

Up and At 'Em

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale make an appearance at CBS studios in New York City on May 10.

Center Stage

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Akon takes the stage during his The Superfan Tour at Anexet in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 10.

Ready to Go

Pedro Pascal is on set of his upcoming film, Materialists , on May 10 in New York City.

Flower Power

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Peter Cincotti marries Zeynep Onaran in a wedding officiated by Katie Couric in Turkey this week.

Poolin' Around

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Chris Pine takes method dressing to a new level in a green pattern set reminiscent of his upcoming movie Poolman as he arrives at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 9 in L.A.

All Fun and Games

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle play games and laugh upon arrival at the Lightway Academy in Abuja, Nigeria, celebrating 10 years of the Invictus Games on May 10.

Spanish Vacay

Joe Jonas steps out in Barcelona, Spain, on May 9, looking comfy and cool in a red button-up.

'PEOPLE' People

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Drew Barrymore poses with PEOPLE's editor-in-chief Wendy Naugle and PEOPLE president Leah Wyar at the magazine's 50th Anniversary Photography Exhibit opening night party at Fotografiska in N.Y.C. on May 9.

Tamron Hall and Montego Glover also smile for the cameras inside the opening night celebration of PEOPLE's 50th Anniversary Photography Exhibit at Fotografiska in New York City on May 9, sponsored by Smirnoff and Rubik's Cube.

Picture Perfect

Peloton's Tunde Oyeneyin and Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel hang out together at PEOPLE's 50th Anniversary Photography Exhibit opening night party at Fotografiska in N.Y.C. on May 9. (You can see it in person through June 30; tickets here .)

Photo Finish

Harry Hamlin finds his own photograph —  his Sexiest Man Alive cover! — inside PEOPLE's 50th Anniversary Photography Exhibit opening night party at Fotografiska in N.Y.C. on May 9.

Sweet Treat Selection

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Prince William takes time to choose a treat from a bakery during a visit to St Mary's Harbour in the Isles of Scilly, England, on May 10.

Unicorn Dreams

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Jourdan Dunn has a whimsical night at the Charlotte Tilbury Future of Fragrance Experience launch party at Protein Studios in London on May 9.

Who Needs Lasagna?

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Garfield and Hannah Waddingham hug on the carpet for the photo call for Garfield: The Movie at the Soho Hotel in London on May 10.

Sister, Sister

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Host Kaley Cuoco hugs her sister Bri on the red carpet of the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health "An Evening from the Heart LA" event at the Sunset Room in Hollywood on May 10.

Red-y or Not

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Gabrielle Union supports her husband (not pictured) while attending When We Gather: A Night of Stand-Up Comedy Curated by Dwyane Wade during Netflix is a Joke Fest on May 9 in Inglewood, California.

Award Winning

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Billy Porter accepts an award during the 19th Annual Brotherhood Sister Sol Voices Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom in N.Y.C. on May 9.

Swimming Lessons

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Michael Phelps helps Jimmy Fallon with his swimming technique during an interview on The Tonight Show on May 9 in N.Y.C.

Up in the Club

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Ludacris gets down onstage during the Room to Read 2024 New York Gala at TAO Downtown on May 9 in N.Y.C.

A$AP? Yes Sir

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A$AP Rocky leaves the Roxy Hotel in N.Y.C. looking cool in sunglasses and a suit on May 9.

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Meanwhile, Rihanna looks stunning and sleek in all-black as she steps out in Manhattan on May 9.

Seeing Double

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Sarah Paulson receives a caricature honoring her performance in the Broadway play Appropriate on the walls of Sardi's on May 9 in New York City.

Chatting It Up

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Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy chat on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show at SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills on May 9.

Pretty in Polka Dots

Nina Dobrev poses in a gorgeous matching polka dot dress and coat set at the Bristol Hotel in Paris on May 9.

Stepping Out

Naomi Watts looks cool and coordinated while stepping out in New York City in a monochromatic beige look on May 9.

Peak Performance

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Nick Offerman holds a guitar onstage at Netflix Is a Joke Fest Presents "Nick Offerman & Friends vs. Climate Crisis" on May 9 in L.A.

Maya Rudolph gives a thumbs up to the crowd in a surprise cameo on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 9 in N.Y.C.

Close Conversation

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Angel Carter Conrad , Soleil Moon Frye and Aaron Pearce participate in a conversation onstage at the Hollywood & Mind Second Annual Entertainment and Mental Health Summit in Beverly Hills on May 9.

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Taylor Swift sparkles on stage as as she brings the Eras Tour to Paris on May 9.

Sweet Selfie

Taylor Zakhar Perez , Uma Thurman and Nicholas Galitzine pose for a selfie while celebrating the Red, White & Royal Blue Emmys FYC Event at Prime Video's Prime Experience on May 8 in L.A.

While celebrating their own show, Maya Erskine and Donald Glover pose together at the Mr. & Mrs. Smith Emmys FYC Event at Prime Video's Prime Experience on May 7 in L.A.

Pedro Pascal reps the Los Angeles Lakers while on set for Materialists on May 9 in New York City.

Back to the City

Kim Kardashian is spotted at a photo shoot on May 8 after returning to New York City.

On the Court

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Prince William plays volleyball during a visit to Fistral Beach in Newquay, England, on May 9.

New York Fan

Dakota Johnson sports a New York Mets cap while heading to the Materialists set in New York City on May 9.

John Krasinski arrives for an appearance at CBS Studios while promoting his film IF in New York City on May 9.

Birthday Stroll

Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo step out for a dog walk in L.A. on the model's birthday on May 8.

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Kenan Thompson and Leslie Gordon pose together at the Food Bank for New York City's second annual Gotham Ball at Major Food Group's The Pool + The Grill in New York City on May 8.

Back to Work

Donnie Wahlberg is spotted on the set of Blue Bloods in N.Y.C. on May 08.

Suit & Tie

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David Beckham steps out for the world premiere of 99 at Printworks in Manchester, England, on May 9.

All Dressed Up

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Eiza González attends the Vogue x Netflix BAFTA Television Awards celebration at Dovetale Restaurant in London on May 9.

Winning Title

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Charli XCX strikes a fierce pose at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards on May 8 in L.A.

Off to the Races

Flor de Cana

Candice Swanepoel slowly sips on a Flor de Caña Spresso Martini at the F1 Paddock Club in Miami.

Milestone Moment

Bouquet Box

Courtney Sixx and Anthony Shriver pose together at the launch of Eunie's Buddies taking place at Best Buddies' annual Mother's Day event in Franklin, Tennessee.

Front Row Seats

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Michael J. Fox sits courtside at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks play the Indiana Pacers during the 2024 NBA Playoffs on May 8 in New York City.

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Justin Long and Kate Bosworth are an adorable pair at the Smile Train Gala on May 8 in New York City.

Streaming Stars

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Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan pose together during the photo call for the upcoming season 3 of Bridgerton at Bulgari Hotel on May 9 in Milan.

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Will Ferrell has some fun with a T-shirt cannon during Netflix Is a Joke Festival Presents: Dodgers Comedy Night hosted by Cedric The Entertainer on May 8 in L.A.

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David Beckham steps out for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 8 in L.A.

Matchy, Matchy

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Rowan Henchy and Brooke Shields show off their matching mother-daughter tattoos at a special screening for Mother Of The Bride at the Bay Theater in L.A. on May 8.

It's Showtime

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Andie MacDowell, Evan Williams and Chyler Leigh pose together at The Way Home season 2 screening and Emmys FYC event at the TV Academy's Saban Media Center on May 8 in North Hollywood, California.

Working Late

Gracie Abrams stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 8 in New York City.

Sweet Embrace

Sarah Paulson and Andrew Scott bring it in for a hug backstage at Appropriate at The Belasco Theatre in New York City on May 8.

Bumping Along

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Jenna Dewan shows off her growing baby bump in a white dress while stepping out in L.A. on May 8.

Pedro Pascal and Dakota Johnson share a kiss while filming a scene for Materialists in New York City on May 8.

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Spike Lee shows off his history as a Knicks fan while sitting courtside as the team takes on the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden during the 2024 NBA Playoffs on May 8.

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Jennifer Lopez steps out in Paris following her Met Gala appearance on May 9.

New York Minute

Sydney Sweeney is out and about in New York City in a pair of micro shorts on May 8.

Pretty in Pink

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Sherri Shepherd opts for pink for her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show this week in L.A.

Triple Threat

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Former Riverdale costars Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch and Camila Mendes pose together at The Strangers: Chapter 1 premiere in L.A. on May 8.

Special Visit

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Geri Halliwell watches from the Rose Garden as Marine One lifts off with President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House on May 8.

Robert De Niro and Lesli Linka Glatter are on the set of Zero Day on May 8 in New York City.

Speaking Out

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Kelly Rowland , Ciara and Olivia Wilde join together for the Baby2Baby maternal health press conference with Huggies on May 8 in L.A.

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Rebel Wilson takes her seat for an appearance on Loose Women on May 9 in London.

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Jason Bolden and Gabrielle Union smile from their seats at the Living Beauty Spring Luncheon and Fundraiser with Valentino on May 8 in Beverly Hills.

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Elaine Welteroth , Diane von Furstenberg and Jeannie Mai attend Diane von Furstenberg x birthFUND: A New Movement for Maternal Health in New York City on May 7.

Jatinder Channa

Celebrity makeup artist Sir John celebrates the Met Gala with DeLeón tequila in New York City.  

A Prince's Hello

Prince Harry gives a wave to the crowd during the 10-year anniversary celebration of the Invictus Games at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on May 8.

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Gigi Hadid keeps it cool in a pair of shades as she steps out in New York City on May 8.

Riley Keough is out and about in New York City while promoting her new show Under the Bridge on May 8.

In Character

Dakota Johnson hits the set of Materialists in New York City alongside a classic yellow cab on May 8.

Dog On Board

Jack Harlow holds tight to his adorable pup as he peeks from his shades and hoodie on May 8 in New York City.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla each don elegant hats for a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 8.

Mother-Son Moment

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Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian Hurley are all smiles during a special screening of Strictly Confidential on May 8 at the Everyman Chelsea in London.

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Jared Leto grabs his guitar for a surprise performance at the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków, Poland, on May 7.

Family Moment

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Terri Irwin , Bindi Irwin and Robert Irwin pose together at the Endometriosis Foundation of America's 12th annual Blossom Ball at Gotham Hall in New York City on May 3.

On the Guest List

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Mo Rocca, Cynthia Nixon , Robert De Niro and Aidan Quinn come together for The Center's Evening of Discovery Gala on May 7 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

Good to Glow

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Joan Smalls and Irina Shayk hit a Met Gala afterparty together following fashion's biggest night.

Movie Stars

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Vicky Krieps and Viggo Mortensen attend a photo call in Madrid for Hasta El Fin Del Mundo at Hotel Urso on May 8.

Early Riser

Jennifer Connelly is up early for an appearance on Good Morning America on May 8 in N.Y.C.

Tippy, Tippy Top

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Alexandra Daddario takes a trip to the top of the Empire State Building to light up the iconic skyscraper in honor of Children's Mental Health Awareness Day with the Kids Mental Health Foundation on May 8 in New York City.

Country Strong

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Ashley Cooke casually stops by SiriusXM Studios in Nashville on May 8.

Chrissy Teigen cuddles with a furry companion at the 2024 ACE Awards held at the Pierre Hotel in N.Y.C. on May 7.  

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Awkwafina  poses at the 2024 ACE Awards at the Pierre Hotel on May 7 in New York. 

Strike a Pose

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Coco Rocha shows off her sparkly ensemble at the 2024 ACE Awards at the Pierre Hotel in N.Y.C. on May 7.

Bring It In

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In matching sparkly blazers, Vin Diesel and Rita Moreno embrace during the WNET Group Gala honoring the West Side Story star on May 7 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.

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Following her Met Gala appearance, Kim Kardashian speaks from the stage at the OMR Festival in Hamburg, Germany on May 7.

Showing Support

Howie Mandel throws on a pair of shades for his appearance at One Humanity Foundation's global launch event on May 7 in Bel Air, California.

Paul Archuleta/Getty

Jaime King steps out for the One Night for One Humanity: An Evening to Catalyze Global Innovation in Mental Health event on May 7 in Bel Air, California.

Swiftie Swagger

Josh Brolin shows off his Taylor Swift T-shirt from under a leather jacket while out and about in L.A. on May 7.

Family Tree

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Lil Yachty Claims Him Liking A Shady Tweet About Kendrick After “Euphoria” Was “An Accident”

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Accidents happen! Lil Yachty claims that he did not intend to link a tweet where a Drake fan account called out Kendrick Lamar for infidelity.

The Compton, Calif., rapper released his Drake-targeted diss record “ Euphoria ” on Tuesday (April 30) and called out the Toronto superstar for being a “deadbeat” father. Naturally, fans of the “Rich Baby Daddy” rapper weren’t pleased with the claim and recalled an admission he made on his 2022 album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers .

On the song “Worldwide Steppers,” he rapped, “The first time I f**ked a white b**ch, I was sixteen at the Palisades, fumblin’ my grades,” and “Next time I f**ked a white b**ch, was out in Copenhagen/ Good Kid, M.A.A.D City tour, I flourished on them stages.” He mentioned a conversation he had with his wife, Whitney Alford, about the situation as well: “Whitney asked did I have a problem/ I said, ‘I might be racist’/ Ancestors watchin’ me f**k was like retaliation.”

On “Mother I Sober,” Kendrick confirmed that he cheated on his wife, though he did not specifically say that it was with white women. “Intoxicated, there’s a lustful nature that I failed to mention/ Insecurities that I project, sleepin’ with other women/ Whitney’s hurt, the pure soul I know, I found her in the kitchen/ Askin’ God, ‘Where did I lose myself? And can it be forgiven?'”

A Drake fan account posted a Genius lyric card from Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria” where he raps, “Y’all think all of my life is rap?/ That’s h** sh*t, I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ bout that.” In the caption, they asked, “So who was raising your child while you were out cheating on your wife with white women? @kendricklamar.”

These days, a large part of being a Hip-Hop fan is perusing artists’ social media activity. So, unsurprisingly, a music account discovered that Lil Yachty liked the tweet alluding to K. Dot’s infidelity. The act was perceived as him subtly going to bat for the Toronto superstar, with whom he has collaborated and developed a strong friendship over the last few years. Beyond that, Yachty himself was mentioned in “Euphoria” with the lines: “I’m allergic to the lame sh*t, only you like bein’ famous/ Yachty can’t give you no swag neither, I don’t give a f**k ’bout who you hang with.”

so who was raising your child while you were out cheating on your wife with white women? @kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/voR80vQ99p — أ (@drizzyys) April 30, 2024

Shit was an accident lmao https://t.co/0cF77iblW0 — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) May 1, 2024

???????? https://t.co/zXejRz8l3O — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) May 1, 2024

Lil Boat cleared the air hours later, writing, “Sh*t was an accident lmao.” A fan responded to his tweet with a video saying, “There’s no way out of this one…you’re done” and wrote “Too late buddy” in the caption. The Atlanta rapper quoted the tweet and added multiple laughing emojis.

“Euphoria” was Kendrick Lamar’s response to Drake’s one-two punch of “ Push Ups ” and the now-deleted “ Taylor Made Freestyle ,” the latter of which featured modulated vocals from Tupac and Snoop Dogg. K. Dot kicked off this chapter of his feud with his former collaborator on Future and Metro Boomin’s “ Like That ” at the end of March.

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April's Best Jewelry Purchases Including Lil Yachty and Rihanna's Latest Grills

Lil Yachty, Rihanna, and Playboi Carti were some of the celebrities unveiling the best jewelry in April 2024.

Grills seem to be a hot commodity right now. No, we aren't talking about a new Weber for the Memorial Day backyard barbecue in a few weeks. Some of our favorite celebrities decided to pay a visit to the jewelry store in April to get some new ice.

We saw Lil Yachty hit up AB Jewelers in Miami for a full diamond set, Rihanna do her best James Bond villain impression for her Interview cover shoot, and Playboi Carti reach out to one of his go-to shops in Atlanta, Jewelry Unlimited, for an unconventional set of blue open face grills. 

Take a closer look at some of this month's best custom jewelry, below.

Lil Yachty's Grill

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Jeweler: AB Jewelers

"I got known for my grill like I'm Gary Coleman," raps Lil Yachty on the track "Jeff and Lita." The bar is actually a hilarious reference to Drake and Josh , but that's besides the point. Of course, when you rap like that you have to have some crazy grills in your arsenal to back up the claim. Yachty has hit up everyone from Icebox to Johnny Dang throughout his career. For his latest mouthpiece, he went to Miami's AB Jewelers. The 20-tooth top and bottom set features 16 teeth with invisible set VVS+ diamonds. The remaining four molars are open face with diamond borders. This isn't Yachty's only grill from AB. The gold smile on the "Strike (Holster)" cover is also courtesy of the Miami-based business. 

Rihanna's 'Jaws' Grill

Jeweler: Gabby Elan

Unfortunately, an illness kept Rihanna off the Met Gala carpet this year, but at least we got that photoshoot a few weeks ago to accompany her Interview  cover story. One of the standout images from the shoot saw Rihanna doing her best impression of the James Bond villain Jaws. The signature element of Jaws' appearance are his titanium grills. For her set, Rihanna hit up Gabby Elan. Despite its simplistic appearance, this grill did present some challenges. "They're kind of a jigsaw style on the teeth and the real trick was getting the bite aligned properly within the gold," Elan Pinhasov of Gabby Elan tells Complex . Pinhasov also notes that Rihanna refused to have the piece made by any jeweler besides them. Quite a stamp of approval. 

Future and Metro Boomin's Boominati Freebandz Chains

Jeweler: Eliantte

To celebrate We Don't Trust You and We Still Don't Trust You ( and igniting the biggest rap feud of the past decade), Future and Metro Boomin hit up one of the best jewelers in the game for some new pendants. The piece fuses the logos of Metro's Boominati and Future's Freebandz. The result is a gold pyramid with an eagle's face poking out of the front and its wings extending out of each side. The back of the chain is inscribed with the phrase "Forever or Never." This looks like some shit straight out of Yu-Gi-Oh! We approve. 

Marvin Harrison Jr.'s Draft Day Chain

Jeweler: Leo Khusro

These days, their new team's cap isn't the only signature accessory we see draft picks rocking at the NFL Draft. More and more every year, we see these players celebrating the huge milestone by showing off some new ice. One of the best examples we saw this year was around the neck of the best wideout in the 2024 class and son of NFL legend Marvin Harrison, Marvin Harrison Jr. The newest member of the Arizona Cardinals was wearing a an oval-shaped pendant with diamonds around the border and enamel paintings on each side inspired by the strong bond with his father that was crafted by Leo Khusro. One side features an images of a lion cub and its father. The flip side shows an illustration of Harrison Jr. as a child and his dad in his number "88" Indianapolis Colts uniform. 

This was far from the only piece by Khusro that made it to Draft for the NFL Draft. Cornerbacks Kool-Aid McKinstry and Kamari Lassiter also got some amazing chains of their own. The Texas-based jeweler continues to prove why he's become the go-to guy for some of the best athletes in the world. 

Playboi Carti's Blue Open Face Grill

Jeweler: Jewelry Unlimited

Wafi Lalani's Jewelry Unlimited has become a go-to source for Playboi Carti when he wants to grab some new custom pieces. The most recent purchase that Carti has shown off was a set of grills. There is no gold or diamonds to speak of on this one. Instead, Carti opted for metallic blue metal. From what we can see in the photos shared by Jewelry Unlimited, the set features two blue spacers on the top and a row of open face teeth across the bottom. These aren't nearly as intricate as some of Carti's other recent customs from the Atlanta-based jewelry store, like this Opium Rolex , but the pop of color still makes them pretty unique nonetheless. 

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A clip has resurfaced of Lil Yachty linking up with Dr. Umar and showing him a unique piece of art he owns. Donning African-inspired attire, the rapper unveils a painting of Jesus. The painting works as a secret mirror, revealing a black Jesus beneath the white one.

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