Mike Stud always knew he’d have fans — he just didn’t always think they’d be following him because of his music.

“Forget a mic, my whole life, I thought it’d be the mound,” the Rhode Island native raps in his new video, “Closer.”

He’s referencing a promising baseball career, which was derailed by an injury after his sophomore season at Duke University, where he was a pitcher. But he pivoted and found a new outlet: music, which he’s been working on for the last few years.

His latest video, directed by Jon Kilmer and James DeFina, finds Stud turning metaphor into visual, as he runs uphill amid raps about proving doubters wrong and working to reach a level of success where he can spoil his family. The song ends with a voicemail his mother left for him.

This is the title track for Stud’s upcoming album, Closer, which follows up last year’s Relief. It will be independently released on July 7.

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After Shia LaBeouf was arrested on Thursday night for being “disruptive” at the Broadway show “Cabaret,” more details are emerging on what exactly “disruptive” entailed.

The actor was released from jail early Friday morning after he posted $2,500 bail, pleading not guilty to five misdemeanor counts of trespassing, disorderly conduct and harassment. But eyewitness accounts have emerged suggesting that LaBeouf he was very intoxicated and disruptive during the show.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, LaBeouf stood up in the middle of the show and yelled at the actors onstage. After being escorted out, the arresting officer claimed that LaBeouf spat at his feet and told him, “F— you. This is f—ing bullshit. Do you know my life? Do you know who the f— I am? Do you know who I am?”

Eyewitnesses told reporters that LaBeouf was indeed “quite a mess” during the show, saying, “He had a torn shirt, he had a cigarette, he was blending into the crowd, trying to and chasing bums and craziness.”

In a video obtained by Page Six from earlier in the day on Thursday, LaBeouf is seen chasing a homeless man in Times Square, and TMZ reported that he had been day drinking before the show, since at least 1 p.m.

The actor’s next court date is July 24.

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Soul singer Bobby Womack died on Friday (June 27) at age 70, according to Rolling Stone.

Womack released dozens of albums during his decades-long career, beginning with Fly Me To The Moon in 1968. His music became an influence for later R&B records, as well as hip-hop, and he was sampled by a number of artists, including by 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Big K.R.I.T., and Mariah Carey. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.

Rick Ross was supposed to work with him for his most recent album, March’s Mastermind, but the collaboration was never released.

“I actually just got off the phone with Bobby Womack less than an hour ago; he’s one of my favorites,” Ross told MTV News in October. “We just spoke on it, so we got a little connecting to do, but it’s feeling good.”

Womack performed at Bonnaroo earlier this month, and his The Best Is Yet To Come album was scheduled for a 2014 release.

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By Emilie Cruz
When did the words “like a girl” become an insult?

That’s exactly what Always asks in their “Rewrite the Rules” campaign, perfect for your Friday night fix of girl-power.

In the video, two groups of people are asked what it looks like to run, throw and fight “like a girl”: older men and women, and young girls. The former do silly body gestures and flail their arms, while the young girls leave all that out, with one girl saying running like a girl means doing so “as fast as you can.”

“I think it definitely drops their self confidence, and really puts them down, because during that time they’re already trying to figure themselves out,” one of the older girls Erin says after the experiment. “It’s kind of like telling them that they’re weak, and they’re not as good as them.”

Take a look for yourself… like a girl.

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By Emilie Cruz
The population of “Jurassic World” increased by on Friday as James Dumont joined the cast of the highly anticipated sequel.

Dumont, most recently seen in “Dallas Buyers Club” (he played the father of Jared Leto’s Rayon) is the latest actor chosen to walk with dinosaurs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He joins leading man Chris Pratt as well as Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Irrfan Khan.

“Jurassic World,” directed by Colin Trevorrow, is set to hit theaters in June 2015 (or as we call it, NOT SOON ENOUGH), but Dumont’s acting chops will be on display in the James Brown biopic “Get on Up” before then.

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MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — From the 43-song set list to the emotional, never-before-seen home movies, there’s so much to absorb during Beyoncé and Jay Z’s On The Run Tour. The last thing you need to be worrying about is your outfit, which, to be fair, will never even come close to rivaling any of Bey’s tour looks — like the Dolly Parton wedding pantsuit complete with veil, HELLO — so you should probably just go ahead and take a seat.

Just in case you’re still nervous about assembling a flawless lewk, check out these 19 fans I photographed at the On The Run Tour kickoff on June 25 for inspiration. Still stressing? Based on what I saw at Sun Life Stadium, the merch stand will have you covered, provided you momentarily accept the fact that $40 is a totally reasonable amount to pay for a ski mask.

There were lots of tees, each for $40.

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Got $35 and a cold head? There was also this floral-brimmed Beyoncé cap or this black and white Hova snapback.

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I recognized a lot of the merch from Bey’s online store, like the emoji lyric tees and the “CAKES BY THE POUND” heather-grey sweatshirt.

Beyoncé's official online store

A lot of the Jay-centric apparel sold on tour is available on his site, too.

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Ice-T’s grandson, Elyjah Marrow, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The report says that police found Daryus Johnson unconscious, and he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. He was reportedly shot by the rap veteran’s 19-year-old grandson, who will now face charges of possession of firearm in the commission of a felony, reckless conduct, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, and possession of a stolen firearm.

“Marrow was not using proper firearms safety when handling the gun,” David Baldwin, a Marietta Police Officer, told the Marietta Daly Journal. “That reckless handling of the firearm is what led to Johnson being accidentally shot and eventually killed.”

Marrow is currently being held in the Cobb County jail.

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The countdown is on. We’re exactly one week away from the July 4 debut of Gucci Mane’s Trap House 4 album, and MTV News is premiering his first single, “Top in the Trash,” which includes a feature from Chief Keef.

Gucci and his Brick Squad affiliate trade bars over a catchy beat from Mike Will Made It, serving up a little appetizer from the project.

Gucci is currently facing a 20-year sentence for weapons possession charges, but that hasn’t derailed his output. Most recently he dropped “Panoramic Roof,” featuring Young Thug and in addition to Trap House 4, he also plans to release Trap God 3 in September.

Stay tuned, there’s plenty more on the way.

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Future’s creativity knows no bounds. Since he entered the game in 2010, the Atlanta hitmaker has used his knack for rap and songwriting to make a handful of hits.

As prolific as Future is though, he isn’t taking very much credit for one of his latest smashes, “Move That Dope.” The props all go to his production partner Mike Will Made It.

“When I first did it, I just did the hook, I didn’t do the verse,” Future explained to MTV News right after he got off the stage at Hot 107.9′s Birthday Bash concert in Atlanta on June 17. “Mike found the verse and he put it on the song, off another record and I just had it. I didn’t even want to do the song.”

Future finished up his Honest LP with no intention of adding the song, which has peaked in the top 10 on Billboard’ Hot Rap Songs chart. Luckily for him, Mike Will saw the potential and added Pharrell, Pusha T and Casino to the track.

“It was a song that I really didn’t have nothing to do with. I left it in the studio and I told him I didn’t want it on the album,” Future admitted. “Once I heard it I was like it sound like one of those ones. I always tell him, I call him, I text him everyday and be like, ‘Man I appreciate you on that one because I didn’t know.’”

Maybe Future will be less resistant on his next ...

When you live in a culture that only pays attention to soccer every four years (four? Four feels right. It feels like four years since we last cared about soccer), sometimes you need a trusted source to explain to you what the hell is happening. It’s not even a single elimination double alley-oops whatever elimination system, either. We don’t get it.

Luckily, “Tammy” star Melissa McCarthy and her husband, writer/director Ben Falcone, do. Kind of.

MTV News caught up with McCarthy and Falcone on the red carpet of a special screening of “Tammy” this week. The two, who speak fluent fùtbol, not only explained what happened that made the U.S. advance in the World Cup even though they lost, but also demonstration their best goal faces. Oh, and you just know they had something to say about that biting incident.

Check out the clip above to let McCarthy and Falcone answer all (or at least some) of your soccer questions.

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