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Watch Kanye West Throw Out First Pitch at Chicago White Sox Game – MotionXI

Kanye West and his son Saint West both threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Chicago White Sox game Sunday afternoon.

The rapper, wearing a White Sox jersey, came out on the Guaranteed Rate Field diamond with Saint on his shoulders as the stadium’s speakers blared his 2007 track “Homecoming.”

After removing Saint – who also tossed a ball from the pitchers’ mound – from his shoulders,…

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo’s Genre-Stretching Duets – MotionXI

There comes a moment in every Metallica gig lately where guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo take the spotlight for themselves. It’s listed officially on the band’s set lists as “Kirk/Rob Doodle” – a sort of open-ended “they’re gonna do whatever they want” – and it’s allowed them to stretch out in interesting ways.

They started out in 2017 riffing on infrequently-played…

Jason Aldean Talks Route 91 Shooting Anniversary in Las Vegas – MotionXI

October 1st marks the one-year anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas, where a gunman opened fire on a crowd of country music fans, killing 58 and injuring more than 500. It stands as the worst mass shooting in modern United States history. On Friday night, Jason Aldean — who was performing at Route 91 when the shooting began — returned to the stage in the still…

Ella Mai, Teyana Taylor and Ty Dolla Sign Are Bringing Back R&B’s Soul – MotionXI

During the 50-odd years that R&B was a central force in pop culture, no other genre celebrated as many fine gradations of the human voice. Few acts could match Otis Redding’s volcanic ache; Smokey Robinson’s exquisite falsetto communicated unrivaled fragility; Aretha Franklin offered an inimitable combination of steely and combustible. These tones (and many, many others) thrived side by side,…

Watch Billie Eilish Reveal Style, Musical Inspiration at NYFW – MotionXI

While Billie Eilish was in town for her first New York Fashion Week, the 16-year-old singer-songwriter sat down to discuss her writing process, style and forthcoming projects during this year’s MotionXI Styled conversation series at Manhattan venue VNYL. She’ll be touring with Florence and the Machine this fall.

Eilish greeted the packed crowd of screaming fans with warmth as she dove into…

Christine & the Queens, Prince and More – MotionXI

EDITORS’ PICK: Christine & the Queens, Chris “Chris is an LP doubled,” writes Will Hermes. “First, there’s a mostly English-language set, with heavily accented lyrics, charmingly off-kilter syntax, and polyglot asides. ‘Let me taste/On a butch babe in LA,’ she pleads on ‘Damn (What A Woman Must Do),’ lamenting the extremes of ‘what must a woman do/Para follarse’ (sure, look it up). Then…

Watch Cardi B Flex With Pardison Fontaine in ‘Backin’ It Up’ Video – MotionXI

Cardi B joins old friend Pardison Fontaine in the flex-heavy video for their single “Backin’ It Up.” She credits Fontaine with helping form her voice as a rapper.

In the video, Fontaine enters a pizza parlor only to immediately steal another man’s girl. But he states his case to the girl as to why she should spend her time with him instead. Cardi B appears in all red — from hair to coat —…

Watch Liam Payne, French Montana’s Late-Night ‘First Time’ Video – MotionXI

Liam Payne and French Montana go on a nighttime adventure through New York City in the video for “First Time.” The simmering R&B collaboration is the lead single off Payne’s debut EP of the same name.

The simmering R&B single has Payne and French Montana in peak seduction mode, cooing sweet nothings while driving through the city’s neon lights and walking down rain-dampened streets. As they…