Diplo was tripping on LSD during CNN’s live New Year’s Eve special

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Diplo kicked off the new year tripping on LSD, he revealed to CNN‘s Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.

During CNN‘s New Year’s Eve Live with Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper coverage, the two co-hosts invited DJ and producer onto the show as one of their many guests. During the show, which was live on air, Cohen asked Diplo where the “most conventional place” he had done LSD was.

Diplo then revealed that he was tripping on LSD at that very moment: “Right now. I did some on the helicopter, on the way here.” Laughing, he added: “I’m not even lying.”

Anderson Cooper immediately burst into laughter while Cohen seemed shocked, asking, “You’re tripping right now?”. Diplo replied: “Yeah, but it’s like a light trip.” He then shared that he was “microdosing,” but also could have “macrodosed” earlier the day.

 

During the interview, Diplo asked if that portion of their chat could be cut out before realising he was live on air. Instead, Cooper and Cohen disclaimed to their audience that they do not recommend the use of LSD.

Following Diplo’s interview, he performed a set at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles to kick off the new year.

Carrie Underwood, the Jonas BrothersTLC and Sophie Ellis-Bextor were among the performers at this year’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show in Times Square, New York. The show, produced by Dick Clark Productions and iHeartMedia, was hosted by Ryan Seacrest for the 20th consecutive year, alongside co-host Rita Ora, who also performed on the night.

The bill was topped by Underwood, on the 20th anniversary of her victory on American Idol. The Grammy winner played just before the famous ball drop in Times Square, playing the likes of ‘Church Bells’, ‘Pink Champagne’ and ‘Before He Cheats’.

Robbie Williams played in Sydney, Jungle were live in London, Luis Fonsi performed in Puerto Rico, Alanis MorissetteReneé RappJa Rule and Kesha were on the West Coast and Blake Shelton and Lenny Kravitz were in Las Vegas.

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Young Thug shares first verse since release on Lil Baby’s new album ‘WHAM’ – featuring Future, GloRilla and more

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Lil Baby has released his new album ‘WHAM’, featuring Young Thug‘s first verse since being released from prison.

Released today (January 3), ‘WHAM’ – which is short for “Who Hard As Me” – is comprised of 15 tracks and sees the Atlanta rapper team up with the likes of GloRilla on ‘Readbone’, Rod Wave and Rylo Rodriguez on ‘Be Myself’, Travis Scott on ‘Stuff’ and 21 Savage on ‘Outfit’.

Most notably, Lil Baby is joined by Future and Young Thug on ‘Dum, Dumb, and Dumber’, which also marks the latter’s first verse since being released from jail last year. The rapper takes a moment to address his situation in the interlude prior to his verse, rapping: “I don’t even believe I was locked up, for real, for real / I was havin’ my way the whole time, fool, you know what I’m sayin’?.”

 

Thug took to his official X/Twitter account earlier today to clear up one of his bars on the track and explained: “When I said these U.S bitches kinda bad I meant “bad girls” not ugly girls.. we got the prettiest girls on earth…”

Back in 2022, Young Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams – was arrested and spent two years in prison on gang-related charges. He was then charged with seven additional felonies. In November, the rapper was released from jail after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges, ending the longest criminal trial in Georgia history.

The ‘Slime Language’ rapper was originally arrested alongside fellow rapper Gunna, who are both involved with the musical collective YSL (Young Stoner Life), which prosecutors accused of being “a criminal street gang”.

Both musicians had denied their charges, with the former having his bail denied three times.

‘WHAM’ marks Lil Baby’s first full-length release since 2022’s ‘It’s Only Me‘. In a three-star review of the LP, NME shared: “Fortunately, closer ‘Russian Roulette’ bookends the album with a sentiment that mirrors the record’s introductory track as Lil Baby peers into the farthest corners of his musicality. If the trimmings were removed from ‘It’s Only Me’, it might rival his previous releases – instead, it’s a few notches shy of greatness”

In other news, Young Thug recently made his first post-trial appearance in an Instagram video with T.I.

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