When adapting novelist Elin Hilderbrand’s best-selling novel “The Excellent Couple” for Netflix, sequence creator Jenna Lamia may have made it an intense homicide thriller, or leaned towards all of the scrumptious bits that make the story an irresistible seashore learn. Lamia selected the latter. “The Excellent Couple” follows Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson), a zoologist who’s marrying into the rich and esteemed Winbury household. Sadly, when a physique is found on the Winbury property the morning after Amelia and Benji’s (Billy Howle) rehearsal dinner, the joyful event shortly turns into a homicide investigation. As clues are unearthed, long-held secrets and techniques concerning the Winburys come to gentle in probably the most absurd methods, making method for a pulpy, overdramatized and fully entertaining present. 

“The Excellent Couple” opens on Nantucket Island throughout a picturesque Fourth of July weekend. With the cameras rolling, the viewers is launched to the friends having fun with the pre-wedding festivities below an enormous tent within the Winburys’ beachfront yard. Whereas Amelia’s dad and mom and finest good friend/maid of honor, Merritt (Meghann Fahy), are in attendance, that is principally a Winbury affair.  

Amela’s fiancé, Benji, is considerate and sort, however his prosperous household is totally different. Benji’s older brother, Tom (Jack Reynor), is an blowhard bro barely stored in line by his conniving spouse, Abby (Dakota Fanning). In the meantime, Will (Sam Nivola), the youngest Winbury, is emotionally disturbed and haunted by the previous. Windbury patriarch Tag’s (Liev Schreiber) sole passions seem like rowing, {golfing} and smoking weed. And matriarch Greer (Nicole Kidman), an acclaimed novelist, guidelines her husband and sons with a seething calculation, and stands on the high of this home of playing cards. 

The rehearsal dinner seems glamorous and joyful, however issues take a dire flip within the early hours of the next day. Nantucket Chief of Police Dan Carter (Michael Seashore) receives a name {that a} floater has been discovered. Chief Carter, a Nantucket resident who is aware of that Winburys’ energy, initially makes an attempt to wrap the investigation up as swiftly as potential. But he should confront the reality when Det. Nikki Henry (Donna Lynne Champlin) is introduced in from the mainland to work on the case. Because the pair shortly uncover, there may be way more to the Winburys than their flawless facade. 

Kidman, Schreiber and Fanning, specifically, successfully painting profoundly damaged people who find themselves involved solely with appearances and sustaining their existence. The present’s pacing and timeline additionally preserve viewers engaged. As marriage ceremony friends are known as into the police station for questioning, the viewers learns about their interior ideas and preoccupations. Nevertheless, the sequence’ tone is nearly comical, as a result of the larger image turns into obviously obvious as every puzzle piece clicks collectively. From the soap-opera-esque dialogue to a tacky dance sequence involving the whole forged that opens every episode, there may be by no means a degree the place viewers can take “The Excellent Couple” critically. However for this reason it’s so fulfilling. 

Although Amelia adores Benji, it’s clear she’s deeply uncomfortable below the Winbury roof. Furthermore, whereas everybody else appears scared of Greer, Amelia will not be concerned about placing on airs. She pushes again in opposition to sure etiquette and desperately searches for solutions to all of the questions which have arisen for her. In Episode 3, “The Excellent Household,” a dinner descends right into a actuality TV-like affair when the bride-to-be boldly asks Greer about her use of NDAs and the cryptic disappearance of a household good friend. What’s uncovered are solutions nobody on the desk is able to confront. An analogous scene within the finale, “That Feels Higher,” results in extra jaw-dropping and fantastical revelations.  

Whereas it’s billed as a gripping investigation, “The Excellent Couple” examines appearances and what individuals are keen to do to uphold them. Regardless of the nonsensical narrative and its lack of precise depth, the sequence has sufficient magnetic star energy and conspicuous intrigue to make it a pleasant and extremely watchable expertise.

“The Excellent Couple” premieres on Netflix Sept. 5.

Hear, I’m not going to defend all of Greer Garrison Winbury’s life selections as a result of she might or might not have murdered the lady who we now know for positive was sleeping along with her husband and in addition what is that this wig she’s sporting, however I do empathize along with her as a result of goddamn is she surrounded by a bunch of incompetent males. Her three sons are weenies at finest, psychopathic, drug-addicted douchebags at worst. Her husband has one job — to maintain his shit collectively for the sake of Greer’s profession — and he can’t appear to do it. No surprise she continually has a glance of disappointment on her face.

Take Thomas, who we spend extra time with in episode two. Thomas isn’t a sophisticated particular person to determine. (Though, like the entire characters on this ensemble, I do recognize that he by no means feels stereotypical or one-note.) Thomas is an entire asshole. There’s not one particular person, and I’m together with his spouse on this, who truly likes him. His mom, perhaps, tolerates him? From the very starting, we perceive the way in which he works. Within the first episode, we watch Abby completely dominate him, demanding he discover the cash to purchase an condo on the Beresford — she even provides him a deadline. He goes instantly from that dialog to cruelly ripping into Benji; he’s searching for somebody to dominate. He’s looking for somebody he could make really feel small, the way in which he feels in his marriage. But it surely’s greater than simply his marriage. In that very same episode, we additionally noticed Tom ask his dad for that mortgage, and Tag replied by evaluating his son to a ship that [checks notes] “drop[s] to the underside like a fucking stone.” A really cool, very chill mother or father/little one relationship.

Sometimes, Tom would simply proceed on doing what he does finest — being a dick — however we get to see a unique shade of him in episode two after we discover him on the Sand Greenback Motel in mattress with Isabel. It’s extra than simply an affair to him, although; he’s in love along with her, he says. Isabel is certainly solely on this for the intercourse and medicines, to be clear. It’s not likely stunning on condition that Isabel is a lady of the world and Tom is the kind of man who loses a ton of cash in crypto and whose thought of pillow speak is whining about how nobody takes him severely. He isn’t incorrect — actually nobody takes him severely — however he additionally isn’t going to do something to vary that. Tom’s self-awareness solely goes to date and more often than not it looks as if he simply can’t assist himself however be an entire asshat.

That model of Tom definitely attends the household assembly Greer calls to ensure everybody will get their story straight as to what occurred and put together all of them for the press launch her crew is placing collectively during which, apparently, they’ve selected their very own to rule Merritt’s demise a suicide. They conveniently forgot to ask Amelia to this household chat, however she walks in on it and doesn’t hesitate to query the Winburys’ actions right here. It’s Tom who condescendingly explains to her that they should “management the narrative” and that is simply how they do issues right here — as if that dipshit has any say. Benji as soon as once more reveals how a lot he’s beneath Greer’s thumb when later he arrives at his grieving fiancée’s bedside and is mainly like there, there, my mother wants you to signal this NDA actual fast, thanks, bye. Greer is answerable for all the pieces occurring on this home, is what I’m saying.

So why is ol’ GGdubs scrambling to get the story she needs on the market? All of it has to do with Tag, after all. Because of the flashback taking part in again and again in Amelia’s head during which she and Merritt have an enormous combat on the seaside about Tag, we all know for positive that Merritt and Tag had been having an affair. So, Tag has a vested curiosity in all the pieces occurring — even when he didn’t do it, he should know he’d be prime of the suspect checklist if the reality acquired out. It’s no surprise, then, that he pays a go to to Chief Carter and Detective Henry as they search Merritt’s bed room. He tries to cozy as much as them with espresso and casually floats a concept of unintentional drowning to see if there’s any traction to it, however it doesn’t assist his state of affairs in any respect. Henry has zero time for this wealthy man attempting to impede her investigation — she refuses to be pushed round or charmed by him. Watching Tag attempt to get all buddy-buddy with Carter solely to name his daughter Chloe by the incorrect identify is a delight — for each me and Henry.

When Detective Henry calls out Chief Carter for going too straightforward on the locals, he explains that he merely is aware of tips on how to deal with these individuals and he’s attempting to remain answerable for this case. He doesn’t need them bringing in hotshot attorneys to close issues down. “The minute [these people] really feel like they’re dropping management, they burn all of it down.” He is aware of what he’s doing. It’s sufficient to persuade Henry — it looks like the 2 cops are prepared to develop into a crew now. We discover them on the bar later attempting to piece collectively the occasions of the night. Because of some intel from Abby, they’re honing in on the truth that Merritt was one of many individuals in an after-party late-night crew; they want to determine who else was in that group.

With Tag going rogue and doing it so poorly, it appears proper that Greer would really feel the necessity to lock this shit down. However is her frustration along with her husband rooted in one thing deeper? What does Greer know at this level? It looks as if she is aware of rather a lot since later, Tag appears to be mending fences by bringing out a tray with all of the fixings for a gin and tonic, and afterward, she tells him to scrub it up as a result of, in any case, she’s “been cleansing up after [him] all day.” The lady is a well-known author, so I shouldn’t be that stunned that she will be able to fell a person with one sentence, however nonetheless. How chopping!

Truthfully, Greer’s proper to be apprehensive about her husband flying off the deal with or getting caught up in his feelings. Later that evening, a positively drunk Tag (he’s at all times drunk and/or excessive) calls Amelia into his workplace to speak about what an ideal woman she is and what an ideal woman Merritt was. He is aware of that Amelia is aware of the reality. When she sees this man getting teary-eyed, she can’t stand there any longer and let Merritt’s demise be swept beneath the in all probability insanely costly Winbury rug. What does she do? She drives herself over to the police station to inform Henry and Carter what she is aware of.

And what she is aware of is that Merritt was pregnant with Tag’s child. So no matter was occurring between Merritt and Tag was intense and the final time Amelia noticed Merritt, her finest good friend was operating up the seaside, sobbing.

The information of Merritt and Tag’s affair may shock Carter and Henry, however you realize who received’t be stunned in any respect to listen to about it? Greer. It seems that Greer clocked that gold bracelet on Merritt’s wrist the second Merritt acquired out of the cab the day she arrived. She’s recognized the entire time. And in the previous couple of seconds of this episode, we watch Greer alone in her kitchen, sipping on some tea, remembering the way in which she screamed at her husband, “What the fuck, Tag?!” So, uh, sure, one may say Greer positively has a motive.

• Abby is appearing suspicious as hell: On the prime of the episode, she vigorously washes a glass sitting within the sink and appears jumpy when Detective Henry approaches her within the kitchen. Later, Tom finds her packing up their issues, claiming “Danielle at Sally Hershberger had a last-minute opening,” and he or she actually wants some “me time.” I don’t doubt that Abby would discover a method to make Merritt’s demise about her or that she would suppose a hair appointment is extra necessary than being along with her household right now, however there’s no manner she didn’t know the police weren’t going to allow them to go away.

• Abby stays absolutely the worst (by which I imply finest, clearly). From repeatedly denigrating Tom’s faculty girlfriend to mainly demanding their unborn little one be a lady, and sure, for positive, gleefully ransacking Benji and Amelia’s marriage ceremony items with zero hesitation. Even the way in which she calls Merritt “such a cool woman” sounds scathing.

• Shooter Dival has shot up on the suspect checklist. (Though it’s so early within the season, I doubt it might be him.) Like Abby, he will get a bit jumpy after seeing all of the police round Summerland and so he grabs his passport and tries to take the ferry off Nantucket — Carter and Henry seize him earlier than he can. They wish to query him as a result of his prints had been discovered on her telephone, however we noticed him take that photograph of Merritt and Will in episode one, so it might be nothing.

• Gosia doesn’t belief Shooter as a result of “he makes his mattress, like a poor particular person.”

• One other piece of proof that washes up on shore: A person’s swimsuit jacket. That, paired with the bruising on her wrists and the gash on her foot along with her drowning makes it seem like Merritt wasn’t alone on the market — this was greater than probably a homicide.

• Greer ignores one other name from Broderick Graham — who is that this man?

• An ideal character second: Greer rolling calls concerning the canceled marriage ceremony. Yeah, she seems to be actually torn up about what’s occurring as she apathetically reapplies her lip gloss and will get aggravated that she has to subject a name from Oprah Winfrey.

• “Frankly, I’d slightly be spending the weekend with my youngsters, which is saying rather a lot as a result of now we have passes to Water Wizz, which, because it seems, is a really correct identify.” Donna Lynne Champlin is so good on this position.

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN CLEATS—Zach Charbonnet, left, sacks Westlake QB Jake Kaplinski for Oaks Christian Excessive’s soccer workforce on Nov. 3, 2017. Charbonnet, a Camarillo native, is a second-year NFL working again with the Seattle Seahawks. ROB VARELA/Acorn Newspapers

The NFL, America’s hottest professional sports activities league, kicks off a brand new soccer season this week.

Legends of Acorn nation are able to rumble, whereas the top coach of Southern California’s least standard workforce (the con artists previously often known as the San Diego Spanos Meat Muppets), Jim “Cheats in Khakis” Harbaugh, devises new methods to fish with dynamite.

It’s go time.

Alex Singleton, the most important mensch within the Conejo Valley, can be one of many NFL’s greatest linebackers. Singleton, a Thousand Oaks Excessive graduate, is a big advocate for Particular Olympics and runs camps for youths at his outdated stomping grounds. Singleton recorded a career-high 177 tackles final season, a Denver Broncos workforce report. He broke the Philadelphia Eagles’ single-season report for tackles with 137 stops in 2021.

The Los Angeles Rams not observe in Thousand Oaks—they practice in Woodland Hills—however native followers cheer for Rams tight finish Colby Parkinson. The Simi Valley man starred on the soccer area at Oaks Christian, and he signed a three-year contract with the Rams in March after toiling with the Seattle Seahawks in his first 4 professional seasons.

 

Drake London of Moorpark is primed for a breakout third season with the Atlanta Falcons. The huge receiver had 69 receptions for 902 yards and two touchdowns in 2023, and that was a quiet 12 months by London’s requirements. Barring accidents, Acorn Sports activities Island can be shocked if the Falcon doesn’t rack up at the very least 110 catches, 1,200 receiving yards, double-digit touchdowns and Professional Bowl honors.

Michael Pittman Jr. of Oaks Christian, a fifth-year professional for the Indianapolis Colts, had 109 receptions for 1,152 yards and 4 scores final season. He’s a Professional Bowl caliber huge receiver.

Camarillo’s Zach Charbonnet, who performed at Oaks Christian, is a second-year working again for the Seahawks. He averaged 4.3 yards per carry with zero fumbles on 108 carries, 462 yards and one landing as a 2023 rookie.

Darnay Holmes, who graduated from Calabasas after stints with Newbury Park and Oaks Christian, enters his first season with the Las Vegas Raiders. Holmes, a cornerback with two interceptions final fall, spent his first 4 seasons within the NFL with the New York Giants. The Giants play in New Jersey, not New York.

Kayvon Thibodeaux, who had 11 ½ sacks for the Giants final 12 months, is a third-year exterior linebacker from Oaks Christian.

Bryan Anger of Camarillo is a Professional Bowl and All-Professional punter for the Dallas Cowboys. The 35-year-old is in his thirteenth NFL season. He averaged a career-best 51.4 yards per punt final 12 months.

Patrick Mekari of Westlake is a sixth-year veteran offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens.

Michael Wilson, a Simi Valley native who prepped at Chaminade of West Hills, is a receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. Receiver Andre Baccellia of Westlake is on the Cardinals’ observe squad.

Tremendous Bowl champion quarterback Ryan Griffin (Westlake native/Chaminade grad) is a first-year offensive assistant coach with the Chicago Bears.

Au revoir, Spanos Meat Muppets.

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LINKIN PARK—Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, Joe Hahn, alongside new members Emily Armstrong [of critically acclaimed band Dead Sara] as co-vocalist and Colin Brittain [songwriter/producer for G Flip, Illenium, One OK Rock] as drummer—share their first model new music in seven years. 

The long-lasting band shared a deluge of treats for followers: a brand new single (HERE) and video (premiering HERE at 4pm PT/7pm ET), for “The Vacancy Machine,” plus a world livestream efficiency (occurring now HERE and obtainable just for 24 hours), and the launch of 6 upcoming area exhibits in Los Angeles, New York, Hamburg, London, Seoul, and Bogota as a part of the From Zero World Tour. LP Underground fan membership unique pre-sales begin September 6 and basic on-sales September 7. Go to LinkinPark.com for more information.

These surprises herald the arrival of LINKIN PARK’s first album since 2017, FROM ZERO, on November 15. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE by way of Warner Data. 

Tomorrow, Friday September sixth, the band joins long-time pal and Apple Music host Zane Lowe for an in-depth candid dialog concerning the unimaginable legacy of Linkin Park, the 7-year lengthy journey to new music and their pleasure for the longer term. Followers can tune in at 6AM PT to observe the total interview HERE.  

With out expectations, Shinoda, Delson, Farrell, and Hahn quietly started assembly up once more in recent times. Moderately than “making an attempt to restart the band,” their intuition was to easily spend extra time collectively, and reconnect with the creativity and camaraderie that has been on the core of their friendship since school. Throughout this time, they invited numerous buddies and cohorts to affix them within the studio; among the many friends, they discovered a particular kinship with Armstong and Brittain. A pure chemistry drew these musicians again into its gravitational pull as they logged increasingly hours within the studio. It was the sound of lifelong musicians rediscovering the uncontainable power of a brand new starting as soon as once more. Over this season, FROM ZERO was born.

Concerning the new period, Shinoda said, “Earlier than LINKIN PARK, our first band identify was Xero. This album title refers to each this humble starting and the journey we’re at the moment enterprise. Sonically and emotionally, it’s about previous, current, and future—embracing our signature sound, however new and energetic. It was made with a deep appreciation for our new and longtime bandmates, our buddies, our household, and our followers. We’re pleased with what LINKIN PARK has develop into through the years, and excited concerning the journey forward.”

Proper out of the gate, “The Vacancy Machine” channels the DNA of LINKIN PARK, harnessing the band’s explosive power and retaining the hallmarks of their immediately identifiable and inimitable sound. A chameleonic and catchy anthem, Shinoda’s hypnotic melodies hand off to Armstrong’s blistering refrain, over distorted riffs and head-nodding drums. 

Shinoda elaborated, “The extra we labored with Emily and Colin, the extra we loved their world-class abilities, their firm, and the issues we created. We really feel actually empowered with this new lineup and the colourful and energized new music we’ve made collectively. We’re weaving collectively the sonic touchpoints we’ve been recognized for and nonetheless exploring new ones.”

Finally, with FROM ZERO, the band is trying to harness the purest power of their previous, current, and future. The brand new period has formally begun. 

FROM ZERO WORLD TOUR 2024

September 11, 2024 | Kia Discussion board – Los Angeles, CA

September 16, 2024 | Barclays Middle – New York, NY

September 22, 2024 | Barclays Enviornment – Hamburg, Germany

September 24, 2024 | The O2 – London, UK

September 28, 2024 | INSPIRE Enviornment – Seoul, South Korea

November 11, 2024 | Coliseo Medplus – Bogota, Colombia

FROM ZERO TRACKLIST

1. From Zero (Intro)
2. The Vacancy Machine
3. Minimize The Bridge
4. Heavy Is The Crown
5. Over Every Different
6. Casualty
7. Overflow
8. Two Confronted
9. Stained
10. IGYEIH
11. Good Issues Go

ABOUT LINKIN PARK: 

LINKIN PARK emerged as an modern musical drive and are one of many best-selling artists of the final twenty years. Their RIAA Diamond-certified full-length debut, Hybrid Idea, stands out because the “greatest promoting debut of the twenty first century,” whereas landmark sophomore album Meteora bowed at #1 on the Billboard Prime 200 earlier than going 8X-Platinum within the U.S. The band’s worldwide gross sales throughout the whole catalog eclipses 100 million, and amongst quite a few accolades and honors, they’ve garnered 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 MTV VMA Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. Promoting out stadiums worldwide, they’ve headlined the most important festivals globally and likewise stay the primary and solely Western rock band to play a five-stadium tour in China. 2017’s One Extra Mild marked their fifth #1 debut on the Billboard 200. In 2020, the band celebrated their groundbreaking debut album, Hybrid Idea, by releasing a complete twentieth anniversary version tremendous deluxe field set which options their RIAA Diamond-certified single “In The Finish.” In 2023, the band launched Meteora twentieth Anniversary Version, which topped the charts and featured the newly-uncovered tune “Misplaced.” The emotionally charged single was initially recorded throughout classes for his or her second studio album Meteora (2003), and shortly after its 2023 launch, “Misplaced” hit #1 at each Different and Rock radio. 2024 marked the discharge of their first best hits package deal Papercuts, that includes vault monitor “Pleasant Fireplace” that equally topped each the Different and Rock charts. LINKIN PARK have all the time prioritized charity and goodwill in an effort to make the world a greater place, serving to to boost thousands and thousands through the years for victims of pure disasters. In the present day, LINKIN PARK’s imprint on music and tradition continues to develop and enlarge.

Observe LINKIN PARK: 

Official Website | Fb | X | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Discord

For extra data, contact Warner Data Publicity:

Laura Swanson | [email protected]

Ceri Roberts | [email protected] 

For extra data on From Zero World Tour, contact Dwell Nation Concert events:

Monique Sowinski | [email protected] 

Valeska Thomas | [email protected] 

It’s official – Linkin Park are again and are releasing a brand new album, ‘From Zero’, on November 15.

Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix Farrell and Joe Hahn are joined by new members Emily Armstrong of Lifeless Sara as co-vocalist and Colin Brittain, a songwriter/producer for G Flip, Illenium and One OK Rock, as drummer.

New single ‘The Vacancy Machine’ is obtainable now – the band’s first new music in seven years.

Hear it under:

On this new period, Shinoda says, “Earlier than LINKIN PARK, our first band title was Xero. This album title refers to each this humble starting and the journey we’re at present enterprise. Sonically and emotionally, it’s about previous, current, and future—embracing our signature sound, however new and energetic. It was made with a deep appreciation for our new and longtime bandmates, our mates, our household, and our followers. We’re pleased with what LINKIN PARK has turn out to be over time, and excited in regards to the journey forward.”

Take a look on the album art work and full tracklisting under:

1. From Zero (Intro)
2. The Vacancy Machine
3. Reduce The Bridge
4. Heavy Is The Crown
5. Over Every Different
6. Casualty
7. Overflow
8. Two Confronted
9. Stained
10. IGYEIH
11. Good Issues Go

Plus, Linkin Park can be hitting the street later this month for a collection of headline dates on the ‘From Zero World Tour’. LP Underground fan membership unique pre-sales begin September 06 with normal on-sales from September 07.

Try the complete record of tour dates under:

SEPTEMBER

11 – Kia Discussion board – Los Angeles, CA
16 – Barclays Heart – New York, NY
22 – Barclays Area – Hamburg, Germany
24 – The O2 – London, UK
28 – INSPIRE Area – Seoul, South Korea

NOVEMBER

11 – Coliseo Medplus – Bogota, Colombia

The band performed a particular present tonight (September 05) in Los Angeles which was broadcast by way of livestream on the band’s official web site and was additionally proven on the massive screens in New York’s Instances Sq. and Shoreditch Excessive Avenue Station in London. Opening with ‘The Vacancy Machine’, Shinoda greeted the group by merely saying “It’s good to see you once more.”

Tonight’s present was the fruits of a number of weeks of teasing from the band as, on August 24, they posted a mysterious countdown clock of 100 hours main as much as an announcement, fuelling fan hypothesis that they have been about to make their reside return. Nevertheless, because the clock ran out, it as an alternative started counting ahead, because the band reposted the hyperlink on social media alongside the phrase ‘It’s solely a matter of time’.

Previous to this night, the band’s final reside look collectively was on the tribute live performance to the a lot missed Chester Bennington, ‘Linkin Park and Pals: Have fun Life in Honor of Chester Bennington’, which came about on the Hollywood Bowl in October 2017 and included particular visitor vocalists corresponding to Oli Sykes, Taka Moriuchi and M. Shadows.

Rumours of a reunion tour first started to flow into earlier this summer time with Billboard reporting that reserving company WME had been exploring attainable headline and pageant dates for 2025.

Linkin Park’s reputation has continued to develop over latest years because of their latest best hits assortment ‘Papercuts’ and the twentieth anniversary reissues of the albums ‘Hybrid Concept’ and ‘Meteora’, the latter of which additionally featured the one ‘Misplaced’ which went on to have big success on the US and UK rock charts.

Earlier this 12 months, in his Rock Sound 25 Icon interview, Mike Shinoda mirrored additional on that viewers development and persevering with legacy:

“To be in 2023 seeing model new, teenage artists and bands present up referencing and loving Linkin Park music is such a blessing. We’d have by no means guessed that we might be on this place. It’s loopy to suppose that a few of them can be on this place later, they’ll develop as much as be a band that any individual else references. That chain of affect and inspiration goes on. That’s a fantastic lineage. Separate from that, on the extra sensible or logical facet of issues, there’s the tip of the 12 months when all people will get quite a lot of their knowledge again, in addition to your Spotify Wrapped and stuff like that, extra deep dive wrap ups that you simply get from administration or your label or your writer and so forth. For a band that’s technically inactive, Linkin Park has been on an upswing within the final two years. That’s unbelievable. We obtained on one report for one DSP platform that we had gained a number of tens of hundreds of thousands of latest listeners. Wow. That’s thoughts blowing. These are folks that have by no means listened to Linkin Park and located us this 12 months. All I can do is be grateful. There’s virtually nothing else I can say about that. It’s simply surprising. What do I say? Thanks.”

You’ll be able to learn that full interview with Mike inside his cowl challenge of Rock Sound journal, obtainable right here.

Le rappeur Wealthy Homie Quan, de son vrai nom Dequantes Lamar, est mort aujourd’hui à l’âge de 34, dans sa demeure à Atlanta, sa ville natale. La trigger de son décès n’est pas encore confirmée. 

TMZ Hip Hop a confirmé la mort de l’artiste après que des rumeurs de son décès par overdose circulaient sur le internet. La famille du défunt a révélé à la plateforme être attristée par la nouvelle. 

Wealthy Homie Quan a décidé d’arrêter ses études et lance son premier single Keep Down en 2008. Il dévoile sa mixtape I Go In On Each Tune and Nonetheless Goin In en 2012 et half en tournée avec Trinidad James la même année. Il collabore avec Gucci Mane et lance Kind Of Approach qui a été un succès en 2013. Way of life, sortie en 2014 avec Younger Thug, est probablement son titre le plus mémorable de son répertoire. 

Crédit photograph: Ryan Lowry

Atlanta rapper Wealthy Homie Quan, who burst onto the hip-hop scene in 2013, died in Georgia, authorities mentioned.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner mentioned in a press release that Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital notified its personnel Thursday of the rapper’s demise.

He was 33, the workplace mentioned.

A trigger and method of demise was not launched. An post-mortem has been scheduled for Friday, the medical expert mentioned.

The artist, whose given title is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, scored a giant hit greater than a decade in the past with the music “Sort of Method.” He adopted it up in 2015 with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh).”

Rapper Boosie Badazz posted about his good friend’s demise on social media.

He mentioned the 2 had “GOOD ASS MEMORIES TOGETHER N THAT GO ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE. #restupquan.”

Boosie Badazz mentioned the 2 artists have been collaborating collectively earlier than Wealthy Homie Quan’s demise.

Wealthy Homie Quan’s household and his administration representatives couldn’t be reached for remark Thursday afternoon.

Mark Dantonio, the previous head soccer coach at Michigan State College, posted an image on X of him and Wealthy Homie Quan embracing after Dantonio’s workforce gained the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2014.

“Sort of method” turned the squad’s celebratory anthem for the season. Gamers and coaches danced to the smash hit within the locker room following their 24-20 win over Stanford College.

“RIP ⁦@RichHomieQuan Particular Time, Particular Place with Particular Folks,” Dantonio wrote, ending the put up with an emoji of praying fingers.

That very same yr, Wealthy Homie Quan was named to rap publication XXL’s coveted inaugural Freshman Class, Selection reported. Others named by the journal embody Likelihood the Rapper, Ty Dolla $ign and Kevin Gates.

Throughout his profession, he was nominated for a number of BET and BET Hip Hop Awards together with finest new artist and other people’s champ award, Selection reported.

Wealthy Homie Quan additionally collaborated with different notable names within the trade reminiscent of 2 Chainz, Younger Thug, Gucci Mane and Trinidad James.

CORRECTION (Sept. 5, 2024, 6:12 p.m. ET): A earlier model of this text misstated Wealthy Homie Quan’s age. He was 33, not 34.

Wealthy Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream notoriety by means of the lure singles “Sort of Method” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has died. He was 34.

Homie Quan, whose authorized identify is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at an Atlanta hospital, the Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed to The Related Press. The health worker was knowledgeable of his demise Thursday; particulars weren’t instantly obtainable, with an post-mortem scheduled for Friday.

Quan was one of many greatest names in hip-hop within the mid-2010s. He launched a slew of mixtapes earlier than he broke by means of in 2013 with the infectious “Sort of Method.” The tune grew to become so successful that a number of different rappers jumped on the remix, together with Jeezy and Meek Mill. He maintained his momentum, showing on a YG observe with Jeezy and releasing the London on da Observe-produced tune “Life-style” by means of his Wealthy Gang rap collective that included Younger Thug and Birdman.

Quan adopted up with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” a tune produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz. It grew to become his highest charting solo single at No. 26 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. He additionally featured on Lil Dicky’s viral “$ave Dat Cash.”

In 2018, Quan debuted his first and solely studio album “Wealthy as in Spirit,” which principally went with none options — aside from “Assume About It,” a single with Rick Ross.

Quan spoke with The Related Press in 2022 about returning to music after an abrupt hiatus. On the time, the rapper mentioned he was going by means of litigation with unbiased label T.I.G. (Assume It is a Recreation Report), however was ready to make a comeback.

Throughout that point, Quan ended up in a feud along with his outdated collaborator Younger Thug — who together with rapper Gunna — have been amongst a gaggle indicted on fees of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and in addition accused of participation in a prison road gang.

Quan mentioned there was no beef between him Younger Thug and was open to having a dialog with him if the chance introduced itself. He mentioned he hated to see Younger Thug locked up, including that rappers have been being focused by legislation enforcement.

“I wouldn’t say unfairly focused as a result of on the similar time, a few of these rappers are placing weapons in movies and, you understand, it’s like social media — it goes again to the social media factor,” he mentioned.

“I feel we exhibiting an excessive amount of, I feel they’re exhibiting an excessive amount of, you understand what I imply. Like that’s the distinction in my music, I’ma inform a narrative however I ain’t going to let you know how I did it,” he added. “It’s nonetheless Black artwork, however we’re undoubtedly being focused. In order that’s why I’m conscious of what I say in my music.”

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Landrum reported from Los Angeles. Related Press author Gary Gerard Hamilton contributed to this report from New York.

Jonathan Landrum Jr. And Andrew Dalton, The Related Press