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Bubba Wallace Helps Unveil His New Michael Jordan-Owned Car

Bubba Wallace has been making waves in the world of NASCAR over the past few years. The sport’s only African-American driver has garnered multiple wins in Truck Series, all while driving for Richard Petty in the main Cup series. This past year, Wallace’s name immediately hit the news as he began to run BlackLivesMatter paint schemes, all while putting up some of the best results of his career.

Prior to a race at Talladega, Wallace found a noose hanging in his garage, which led to an investigation as to how the noose got there. Since then, Bubba has revealed his plans to leave Richard Petty Motorsports and join Michael Jordan as well as Denny Hamlin, who have created their very own team called 23XI Racing.

Today, Hamling and Wallace took to CBS This Morning where they unveiled the looks of the car, which bears MJ’s iconic number 23. The car, which is manufactured by Toyota, is mostly white with red and black trim, which is similar to Jordan’s Chicago sneaker colorway.

“My main goal for 23XI Racing is to be competitive for a championship as soon as possible,” Jordan said in a statement. “Our partnership with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing gives us the equipment, resources and expertise to do it.”

Wallace expressed his gratitude for the opportunity, noting “[this is] an exciting opportunity that’s been put in front of me that I have to capitalize on.”

Wallace, Jordan, and Hamlin will officially begin their partnership next season as the first race will take place at Daytona in February.

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Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”

Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.

“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.

But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.

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ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”

ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.

“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.

What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.

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