aespa Blast Baddies in Video For ‘Dark Arts’ Single Collab with KRAFTON’s PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Battle Royale Game

aespa get to live out their rogue warrior dreams in the shoot-em-up video for the K-pop quartet’s new single, “Dark Arts.” The follow-up to their recently released single Billboard Global 200 No. 5 hit “Dirty Work” finds KARINA, WINTER, GISELLE and NINGNING dropping into the battle zone world of KRAFTON’s PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS battle royale video game as they wield long guns and sharp-shoot enemies from the back of motorcycles.

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“Ain’t no stoppin’ no, ain’t no stoppin’ no, ain’t no stoppin the show/ Got you movin’ now, got you movin’ now, got you movin’ now slow/ I go savage when I pull up, I’m a classic you can’t get enough,” they sing over the spare track’s jittery R&B beat before dropping into the alluring chorus, “Dark arts, black magic/ Can’t handle it?/ Can’t have it/ Feel the power, feel the force/ We a-ta-ta-tackin’/ Dark arts, black magic/ One show go maximum damage.”

In the visual, the women enter a warehouse filled with enemies who they dispatch with pinpoint rifle shots from their band logo’d weapons when they’re not sitting in wait on hilltops and sniping at waves of bad guys in tactical gear. After securing their objective — a shiny silver rune — they hop into their convertible and enter a galactic portal to another dimension.

The group will perform the song live for the first time at the eSports PNC 2025 Grand Finals on July 27 at the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The women are also slated to perform at KCON LA 2025 (Aug. 1-3) alongside fellow K-pop superstars including NCT 127, RIIZE, KISS OF LIFE, MEOVV, NOWADAYS, MONSTA X, KEY, HWASA, YUQI and CHOIHOJUNG.

Listen to “Dark Arts” below.

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Joyner Lucas Replies to Skepta With Fiery ‘Nobody Cares’ Diss Track: ‘We Don’t Play Your S—t in the States’

Joyner Lucas teased that his response to Skepta was on the way, and he didn’t waste much time stepping into the booth and unleashing his relentless “Nobody Cares” diss track on Tuesday (July 15).

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The Massachusetts rapper continues to pepper Skepta with jabs across the track, while claiming the U.K. rhymer has lost his buzz back home and he’s washed up. “And after I body you, I don’t want you saying my name anymore,” Lucas raps. “I bet you sit in your room and secretly wish that you were American.”

JL clearly doesn’t respect Skepta’s pen and crossover appeal. “I never heard nobody tell me to put on that Skepta s—t,” he spews. Lucas implores Skepta to call up fellow U.K. rappers such as Dave and Central Cee for backup, and goes on to mock his friendship with Drake.

“Nobody cares about how you and Drizzy are close/ Or how you invented U.K. rap but still ain’t top 10 on your coast, n—a,” he continues to unload the clip for three minutes of shots.

The cover art finds Lucas draped in a ski mask and jacket that’s half of the U.K. flag while the other half clashes with a patterned American flag. He’s also rocking chains with pendants repping the Ruff Ryders and Cash Money Records.

Fans seemed to be receptive to Joyner Lucas’ reply. “Joyner woke up and chose Tea and crumpet with a rifle,” one fan wrote in the track’s YouTube comment section.

Joyner’s response comes four days after Skepta unleashed the bristling “Friendly Fire,” which saw him jab at Lucas for not being a hitmaker and called him a “joke” in the U.S. “Where I’m from, I’m a GOAT/ Where you’re from, you’re a joke/ SK turn you to a ghost, yo/ Talkin’ like you’re lyrical miracle, oh please/ Where I come from, that’s a default speed,” Skepta raps.

The origin of the feud seemed to be sparked by the U.K.-U.S. rap debate, which Drake chimed in on by taking London’s side. “No disrespect to America, but nobody in the world can outrap London rappers,” he told the Wireless Festival crowd.

Listen to “Nobody Cares” below.

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Watch a Tween Justin Bieber Predict His Pivot to R&B in 2008 Interview

Was Justin Bieber pulling a long con on us this whole time? The singer who surprise dropped his soulful, 21-song Swag album on Friday doubled-down on his seventh album’s swerve to a more spare, less pop radio-ready vibe in a throwback video he posted on Tuesday morning (July 15).

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In the way back clip from a 2008 interview with Canadian broadcaster CTV’s eTalk program, Bieber, 31, is asked by the interviewer if he gets nervous when he sings. “To be honest, no, not really,” says tween JB, who was likely 12 or 13 when the chat was recorded. Looking dwarfed by the red leather chair he’s sitting on, Bieber says of his chance to showcase his talents, “I would never have thought this opportunity would happen, like, it’s out of this world.”

Flashing forward to the day when he might have some success and a recording deal, London, Ontario-born Bieber predicts that when his day comes, “I see myself doing more, like, R&B.” The video is cued to the sultry Swag between-the-sheets soul ballad “Too Long,” which features the grown man lyrics, “Yeah, sometimes I get insecure/ I be trying you know I do/ But I wanna let go/ Keep on stroking my ego while you’re stroking my…”

In the full version of the conversation, Bieber talks about playing guitar, piano and trumpet after teaching himself to strum when he was “really little,” and posting videos online of his early efforts that, at that point, were starting to rack up views. “It’s kind of weird, because I’m just like a normal person. I play sports and stuff with my friends… it’s kind of different for me,” he says shyly about the widening spotlight. He admitted then had sometimes didn’t tell his friends about his cover song videos because he just wanted to be “a regular kid.”

At the time the video was recorded, Bieber said he had just returned from hanging out with one of his musical heroes, Usher. Soon after, he would sign with his longtime, now former, manager Scooter Braun, who discovered those early YouTube videos and signed the singer to a joint venture management contract with Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG). The pair would team with Island Def Jam to release Bieber’s debut EP, My World, in Nov. 2009.

While Bieber’s career would mostly follow a pop path in the years to come thanks to hits such as breakout 2010 smash “Baby” and Billboard Hot 100 No. 1’s “Boyfriend,” “What Do You Mean?,” “Sorry,” “Love Yourself” and “Peaches,” on his first full-length since 2021’s Justice he appears to have been fully in charge of the look, feel and sound following his split with Braun in 2023.

The result is an album featuring a new cast of contributors including Carter Lang (SZA), Australian singer Eddie Benjamin, indie guitarist-singer Mk.gee and Dijon (Kanye West, Bon Iver), as well as features from rappers Gunna, Sexyy Red, Cash Cobain and Lil B on songs that get back to his early love of Usher-like balladry. On seductive, spare tracks that chronicle his turbulent personal life and struggles in the spotlight, Bieber seems to have achieved his early dream on an effort Variety said in a review, “lands somewhere in between Bieber’s greatness and his proclivity to give in to his artistic impulses, for better or worse, existing in a pocket of R&B that can often feel aimless but is nevertheless intentional.”

Check out Bieber’s clip below.

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Ray Romano Takes a Swing at Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ at Celebrity Golf Tournament Karaoke

Add this to the list of surprises for 2025. Actor Ray Romano took the mic at karaoke for a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif., over the weekend and got his Slim Shady on with a performance of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” anthem.

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After playing a round Saturday (July 12) at the American Century Championship, Romano hit the stage with a live band and backup vocalists in a New York Jets T-shirt and backward cap. “One moment. We could capture it or just let it slip away,” he began the performance while channeling his inner-Slim Shady.

The Everybody Loves Raymond star lost track of the beat at various times, but managed to stumble through the finish line as he even turned his hat sideways for Em’s last verse.

Fans had love for his effort while hopping into the comment section of the viral TikTok video. “Telling my kids this is the beastie boys,” one person joked.

Another chimed in: “First Obama… now Ray Romano… people I never thought I’d hear singing Eminem. Love it!”

“Lose Yourself” arrived back in 2002 as the lead single for Eminem’s 8 Mile film. The soundtrack hit gave Em his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it led for 12 weeks. The hit also won best original song at the 2003 Oscars.

Ray Romano wasn’t the only celebrity to grab the mic at karoake that night, as the Kelce brothers, Travis and Jason, teamed up for a duet of Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll.”

Travis was the star of the annual karaoke show last year when he performed Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again,” which the Kansas City Chiefs tight end dedicated to his girlfriend, Taylor Swift.

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Everything Nick Cannon Has Said About Being a Dad to 12 Kids & Wanting Even More

Nick Cannon is famous for numerous music, acting, comedy and hosting projects, but in recent years, he may have become best-known for being a dad — to not one, not two, but 12 kids and counting.

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The Masked Singer ringleader first became a parent during his former marriage to Mariah Carey, with whom he welcomed twins Moroccan and Monroe in 2011. A few years after the couple separated in 2014, Cannon became a father again to a son named Golden Sagon, whom pageant star and podcaster Brittany Bell delivered in 2017. Three years after that, the Drumline star and Bell welcomed another child, daughter Powerful Queen.

In 2021, more kids came into the mix with twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, Cannon’s sons with DJ and radio personality Abby De La Rosa. That same year, he welcomed a son named Zen with model Alyssa Scott; tragically, the little boy died of brain cancer when he was just a few months old.

The following year proved to be Cannon’s most fertile yet, with the Wild n’ Out comedian welcome five babies in the span of about six months. First came son Legendary Love with Selling Sunset star Bre Tiesi, followed by daughter Onyx Ice with model LaNisha Cole, son Rise Messiah with Bell, daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with De La Rosa and daughter Halo Marie with Scott.

All of this to say, Cannon is a very busy — and probably very tired — man. Throughout his fatherhood journey, however, the star has both maintained a good sense of humor about the situation while remaining open about his plans (or lack thereof) to grow his family even more.

From jokes about vasectomies to remarks about the joys of fatherhood, keep reading to see everything Cannon has said about his many kiddos, and whether he wants to have more, below.

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Here Are the 2025 Primetime Emmy Nominees in All 7 Music Categories: Full List

Kendrick Lamar and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are among the 2025 Primetime Emmy nominees for outstanding music direction. Lamar is nominated for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, alongside co-nominee Tony Russell. Questlove is nominated for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, alongside co-nominee James Poyser.

The other nominees in the category are Rickey Minor for The Kennedy Center Honors; Michael Bearden for The Oscars; and Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann for SNL50: The Anniversary Special.

Gabe Hilfer had three of the six nominations for outstanding music supervision. He’s nominated for his work on The Studio, The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones (the latter alongside DeVoe Yates). Ariel Marx had two of the six nominations for outstanding music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special. He’s nominated for his work on both Black Mirror and Dying for Sex. Cristobal Tapia de Veer received two nominations in different categories for his work on The White Lotus.

Two SNL alums are competing for outstanding original music and lyrics. Adam Sandler is nominated for “Adam Sandler’s Song: 50 Years,” which he co-wrote with Dan Bulla for SNL50: The Anniversary Special. Kristen Wiig is competing with “Harper and Will Go West,” which she cowrote with Sean Douglas and Josh Greenbaum for Harper and Will Go West. The latter song was shortlisted for an Oscar for best original song late last year, but wasn’t nominated.

First-round voting in the Primetime Emmys runs from Aug. 18 to 27. The Creative Arts Emmys will be will be presented over two nights, Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. Highlights from the two ceremonies will air Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. PT on FXX.

The Primetime Emmys will be telecast live coast-to-coast on Sunday, Sept. 14, from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on CBS and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Comedian Nate Bargatze is hosting for the first time.

Here’s the complete list of nominees in the seven music categories:

Outstanding Music Direction

The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar • FOX • Roc Nation, DPS, Jesse Collins Entertainment and pgLang; Kendrick Lamar, Tony Russell, Music Directors

The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • Done + Dusted in association with Rok Productions; Rickey Minor, Music Director

The Oscars • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Michael Bearden, Music Director

SNL50: The Anniversary Special • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann, Music Directors

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert • Peacock • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; James Poyser, Music Director, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Music Director

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)

Andor • “Who Are You?” • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.; Brandon Roberts, Composer

Based on a True Story • “Relapse” • Peacock • UCP, Aggregate Films, and Parasox; Sherri Chung, Composer

Cobra Kai • “Blood In Blood Out” • Netflix • Sony Pictures Television for Netflix; Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson, Composers

Severance • “Cold Harbor” • Apple TV+ • Fifth Season in association with Apple; Theodore Shapiro, Composer

The Studio • “The Missing Reel” • Apple TV+ • Lionsgate Television in association with Apple; Antonio Sánchez, Composer

The White Lotus • “Amor Fati” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord and MC Pictures; Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Composer

Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Black Mirror • “Hotel Reverie” • Netflix • Broke & Bones for Netflix; Ariel Marx, Composer

Black Mirror • “USS Callister: Into Infinity” • Netflix • Broke & Bones for Netflix; Daniel Pemberton, Composer

Dying For Sex • “It’s Not That Serious” • FX on Hulu • 20th Television; Ariel Marx, Composer

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story • “Spree” • Netflix • Ryan Murphy Productions for Netflix; Thomas Newman, Julia Newman, Composers

The Penguin • “After Hours” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Acid and Tender Productions, 6th & Idaho Motion Picture Company, Dylan Clark Productions, Chapel Place Productions, Zobot Projects, DC Studios, and Warner Bros. Television; Mick Giacchino, Composer

The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat • Hulu • Searchlight Pictures presents A Temple Hill production; Kathryn Bostic, Composer

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

The Americas • “Andes” • NBC • BBC Studios Natural History Unit in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio; Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman, Kara Talve, Composers

Chef’s Table • “José Andrés” • Netflix • Boardwalk Pictures and David Gelb Planetarium for Netflix; Duncan Thum, David Bertok, Composers

Leonardo Da Vinci • PBS • Florentine Films & WETA; Caroline Shaw, Composer

Planet Earth: Asia • “Beneath the Waves” • BBC America • A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production co-produced with BBC America and ZDF for BBC; Jacob Shea, Laurentia Editha, Composers

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story • HBO | Max • DC Studios presents in association with HBO Documentary Films and CNN Films in association with Words+Pictures, a Passion Pictures and Misfits Entertainment production in association with Jenco Films; Ilan Eshkeri, Composer

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

Agatha All Along • “Circle Sewn With Fate” / “Unlock Thy Hidden Gate” / Song Title: “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” • Disney+ • Marvel Television; Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Music & Lyrics

Andor • “Who Are You?” / Song Title: “We are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)” • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.; Nicholas Britell, Tony Gilroy, Music & Lyrics

The Boys • “We’ll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here” / Song Title: “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures; Christopher Lennertz, Music & Lyrics

SNL50: The Anniversary Special • Song Title: “Adam Sandler’s Song: 50 Years” • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Adam Sandler, Dan Bulla, Music & Lyrics

Will & Harper • Song Title: “Harper and Will Go West” • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary / A Wayfarer Studios Film / A Delirio Films Production / A Gloria Sanchez Production; Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, Music & Lyrics; Josh Greenbaum, Lyrics

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Dept. Q • Netflix • A Netflix Series / A Left Bank Pictures Production, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Scott Frank, Composers

Dune: Prophecy • HBO | Max • HBO presents a Legendary Television production in association with Flying Life Productions, Herbert Properties LLC, and Wandering Jew Productions; Volker Bertelmann, Composer

Lazarus • Adult Swim • Sola Entertainment and Studio MAPPA; Kamasi Washington, Composer

The Residence • Netflix • A Netflix Original Series in association with shondalandmedia; Mark Mothersbaugh, Composer

The White Lotus • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord and MC Pictures; Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Composer

Your Friends & Neighbors • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios / Tropper Ink; Dominic Lewis, Hamilton Leithauser, Composers

Outstanding Music Supervision

Hacks • “I Love LA” • HBO | Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment; Matt Biffa, Music Supervisor

The Last of Us • “The Price” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog; Evyen Klean, Ian Broucek, Music Supervisors

The Righteous Gemstones • “You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the Very Heart of the Seas” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Rough House Pictures; DeVoe Yates, Gabe Hilfer, Music Supervisors

Severance • “Cold Harbor” • Apple TV+ • Fifth Season in association with Apple, George Drakoulias, Music Supervisor

The Studio • “The Promotion” • Apple TV+ • Lionsgate Television in association with Apple; Gabe Hilfer, Music Supervisor

The White Lotus • “Same Spirits, New Forms” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord and MC Pictures; Gabe Hilfer, Music Supervisor

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Drake’s ‘What Did Miss?’ Debuts at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

In his new song, Drake repeatedly asks, “What Did I Miss?” Well, we know one thing he didn’t: No. 1.

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The surprise track, released on July 5, storms onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated July 19 to give the superstar his record-extending 31st champ. By adding to his chart-topping collection, Drake further distances himself from runners-up Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, each with 20 No. 1s.

Here’s a look at the acts with the most No. 1s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, dating to the chart’s consolidation into a single genre-based ranking in October 1958:

  • 31, Drake
  • 20, Aretha Franklin
  • 20, Stevie Wonder
  • 17, James Brown
  • 16, Janet Jackson
  • 15, The Temptations

Further, Drake collects his 140th week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, doubling the career total of all other acts. Wonder ranks second, with 70 weeks at the summit.

“What Did I Miss?,” released via OVO Sound/Republic Records, earned 22.6 million official streams, 3.6 million in airplay audience and 6,000 sales in the United States for the tracking week of July 4-10, according to Luminate. From those counts, Drake picks up a record-extending 21st No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and his 15th leader on the Digital Song Sales survey, while radio results include a No. 36 entrance on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.

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“What Did I Miss?” also widens Drake’s record collection across other Billboard charts: It arrives atop the Hot Rap Songs chart as his unprecedented 31st No. 1 and marks his 81st top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with its No. 2 debut. The track is the expected first offering from a potential Drake album. Fans suspect its title will be Iceman, based on Drake using the name across social media captions and video promotions in recent weeks.

In winning the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs throne, Drake’s track replaces another juggernaut, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” which soared to a record 28 weeks atop the chart between December-July. The victory avenges the second-place showing for Drake’s single “Nokia” that peaked at No. 2 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for 12 consecutive weeks earlier this year behind “Luther.” Adding another layer of intrigue, “What Did I Miss?” finds Drake ruminating on feeble allegiances from supposed friends and collaborators in the aftermath of his feud with Lamar, a defining pop-culture storyline of 2024.

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Nick Cannon Says Quincy Jones Predicted He’d ‘Get Tired’ of Having Only 2 Kids With Mariah Carey

Before he famously became the father of a dozen children, Nick Cannon was a dad to only the two kids he shares with superstar ex-wife Mariah Carey. But according to the actor, late friend Quincy Jones always knew that more kids were in his future. 

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In a Vulture cover story published Tuesday (July 15), Cannon reflected on a few words of wisdom that the iconic producer passed on to him after they met in 2007 on the set of Nick Cannon’s Star Camp, on which Jones served as a mentor. “He used to talk to me when I only had two kids, and it was just me and Mariah,” began the Masked Singer host, who shares 14-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with Carey.

“He’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s light work. You going to get tired of that soon,’” Cannon continued of Jones. “And I was like, ‘What do you mean? … I got an amazing wife who’s my dream girl!’”

According to the Drumline star, Jones replied, “I know your kind … You’re cut from the same cloth as me.”

The 28-time Grammy winner, who had seven kids of his own before dying at the age of 91 last November, would later become something of a blueprint for Cannon. “People ask, ‘Why you got 12 jobs?’ Because I’ve got 12 kids!” Cannon told the publication, citing how Jones reportedly left each of his children large inheritances. “I was like, ‘He did it right.’”

Cannon was married to Carey from 2008 to 2016, and they had their son and daughter in 2011. Following their split, the comedian would welcome 10 more kids with five other women. He shares Golden Sagon, Powerful Queen and Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell; Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir and Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; Zen and Halo Marie with Alyssa Scott; Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; and Onyx Ice with LaNisha Cole.

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The Wild ‘n Out star has since said that he isn’t actively looking to father more babies — but, as he told Vulture, “I never say ‘never.’”

“I always say people have so many different opinions about my parenting and who I am as a father, but one thing I know is that whatever my children want to do, I can help cultivate and amplify,” he added to the publication. “It’s maybe not the traditional or conventional way of parenting. Everybody else says, ‘There’s no way he could spend all the time with them kids and be present for all them kids.’ But I’m doing my best, and where I fall short, hopefully the things that I do have that bring me an advantage, I can lend to them.”

See Cannon on the cover of Vulture below.

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How to Watch the 2025 ESPY Awards Online Without Cable

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Hosted by Shane Gillis, the 33rd annual ESPY Awards (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards) honors the best and brightest in sports with superstar nominees, including Josh Allen, Shohei Ohtani, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, A’ja Wilson, Saquon Barkley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Simone Biles and others.

The ESPYS takes place at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16. Additionally, Busta Rhymes, Clipse, Tobe Nwigwe and former-basketball player-turned-rapper LiAngelo Ball A.K.A. GELO are all set to perform.

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What Time Is the 2025 ESPY Awards?

The 2025 ESPYS airs on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The awards ceremony broadcasts on ABC.

Where to Watch The 2025 ESPY Awards for Free

If you’re a cord-cutter, then there are a number of ways to watch the ESPYS without cable — especially if you want to watch for free. For example: DirecTV offers a 5-day free trial to try out the streaming service, while others like Fubo and Hulu + Live TV offer free trials too, so you can watch ABC without spending money up front.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch the 2025 ESPYS on ABC with DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and others.

How to Watch The 2025 ESPY Awards on DirecTV

A subscription to DirecTV gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, including ABC, starting at $59.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards). The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks, such as NBC, CBS, Fox and PBS, while you can also watch many cable networks, including FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, Cartoon Network, ESPN, FS1, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, Lifetime, CNBS, BET, MTV, Paramount Network and many others.

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Fubo starts at $64.99 for the first month ($84.99 per month afterwards) with more than 230 channels — including local and cable, like ABC — that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers. And with a seven-day free trial, you can watch for free, if you act fast and sign up now.

The services gets you live access to local broadcast networks including NBC, CBS and Fox, while it also has dozens of cable networks, such as FX, Bravo, TLC, ESPN, E!, FS1, MTV, CMT, ID, Ion, OWN, Paramount Network, TV Land, VH1 and much more.

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The broadcast network ABC is available to watch with Hulu + Live TV too. Prices for the cable alternative start at $82.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost.

Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one package. It also features many other networks, like CBS, NBC, Fox, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, ESPN, Hallmark Channel and more.

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If you’re overseas and you’d like to stream the ESPYS internationally, you can sign up for a VPN, such as ExpressVPN, NordVPN and PureVPN, which lets you access a number of streaming platforms, like the ones mentioned above — legally.

The 2025 ESPY Awards broadcasts on ABC on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. One of the best ways to watch the awards ceremony is with DirecTV. Check out a complete list of categories and nominees on the ESPY’s website.

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Fundraiser for Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch Launches Following Terminal Brain Cancer Diagnosis

A fundraiser has been launched for JD Twitch, one half of the beloved Scottish DJ duo Optimo (Espacio) following his reveal of a terminal brain cancer diagnosis earlier this month.

The duo’s official Instagram account posted about the fundraiser on Tuesday (July 15) with a message from his wife, Marissa. “After so many kind messages from friends and fans around the world asking how to help, we are launching a Crowdfunder to support Keith’s urgent care needs,” she wrote, providing a link to the page where fans can donate.

The Crowdfunder page for the artist born Keith McIvor notes that “professional second opinions about Keith’s diagnosis have been sought, and while suggestions for medical interventions or alternative therapies have been gratefully received, it’s important to stress how advanced, inoperable and untreatable this particular tumor is — and that we can’t be raising false hopes.”

The statement continues by saying that McIvor “now requires 24-hour nursing care. His condition has affected his speech, his mobility and his independence. While he’s managed to take a few supported steps, he’s extremely vulnerable and needs constant assistance to do so safely. Referral by the NHS to a hospice in Glasgow would make everything much simpler. However, his symptoms are not currently advanced or severe enough to justify a successful referral, nor is it easy to predict when this might be the case.”

The Crowdfunder has already raised £61,630 (approximately $82,500). Money raised will prioritize private residential nursing care, additional support services and ongoing transport and palliative care needs.

The fundraiser follows McIvor’s announcement earlier this month that he’d been diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor experienced by adults.

In a July 3 statement on Instagram, the artist wrote that his symptoms “weren’t immediately diagnosed, and my health declined very quickly over just a few weeks.” He went on to thank “everyone who has supported me throughout my journey in music, from the early days of Pure in Edinburgh in the ’90s and through the past 28 years of Optimo (Espacio). Jonnie and I have been lucky enough to play out music at countless clubs and festivals throughout the world, and it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to make a career out of something I love. We have connected with so many beautiful souls through our shared passion for music.”

Optimo (Espacio) is revered around the world for incredibly selected and often soaring sets played at clubs and festivals across continents. The pair, JD Twitch and JG (Jonnie) Wilkes originated in their hometown of Glasgow and have continued ongoing club nights in the city. McIvor’s statement continues to say that “I trust Jonnie implicitly to continue Optimo (Espacio). I know he will carry it forward with the same spirit and passion we always shared showing you, as ever, just how much we ‘love your ears.’”

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