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Blackpink’s Rosé Lifts Off for Debut TV Performance of ‘On The Ground’: Watch
Shot in black and white, Rosé is framed with eye-catching angles and a support cast of slick dancers. There’s more energy on screen than you’ll find in a triple-shot latte. Born in Born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Rosé is a founding member of the record-setting four-piece that is Blackpink. Last October, their full-length The Album bowed at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, for the highest-ever ranking in history by a female K-pop group on the all-albums tally. The Album went on to shift 1.5 million total global units, according to the IFPI, for a No. 5 ranking on the 2020 Global Album Sales Chart. Watch Rosé’s late-night performance below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. I...
UMG Signs Expanded Licensing Deal with African Streaming Service Boomplay
Under the deal, UMG content will now be available via Boomplay in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea- Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tchad, Togo and Zimbabwe. Markets covered under the 2018 agreement were Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. “Since our original deal with UMG, the African music industry has seen exponential growth and made huge strides towards being the next powerhouse that it should be,” said Boomplay dir...
Westlife Sign Global Deal With Eastwest, Tease ‘Surprise Announcements’
The band’s members remark: “We have found a record label that share the same energy and high ambitions as the four of us, in what will be a very busy year, where there will be some surprise announcements and of course new music.” Formed in 1998, Westlife made an immediate impact. They hold the record for most consecutive No. 1s in the U.K. (seven) and most singles to debut at the summit. All told, they’ve scored eight No. 1 albums in the U.K. and have a remarkable bounty of 14 No. 1 singles, one of the biggest hauls for any act. Twenty-five Westlife singles have hit the U.K. Top 10. According to Warner Music, the group has sold over 55 million records worldwide. Warner Music expects to add to that tally. “Westlife is one of the most popular and commercially successful boybands of all ...
Tucker Carlson Decries “WAP” Grammys Performance: “Trying to Degrade Our Culture and Hurt Our Children”
On Monday night, conservative snowflake Tucker Carlson threw his latest hissy fit about Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s No. 1 hit, “WAP”, claiming their Grammys performance was proof that “they’re intentionally trying to degrade our culture and hurt our children.” Despite being so outraged about the display, the Tucker Carlson Tonight host continued to play the performance in the background and nearly showed the entire thing. The Daily Beast captured the segment, in which Carlson started disingenuously ranting about the “culture vandals” reexamining the racist and misogynist tones of Dr. Seuss, Disney, and Looney Tunes characters. He then aired “the only portion we can play you,” a statement he went back on shortly afterward. “No more Dumbo, it’s too filthy. We get that instead,” he said...
St. Vincent to Play Saturday Night Live
St. Vincent will make her long-awaited return to Saturday Night Live when she serves as the musical guest for the April 3rd episode of the show. Annie Clark, who previously played SNL way back in 2014, will return to Studio 8H for a pair of performances in support of her new album Daddy’s Home. Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) will host the April 3rd episode. Former SNL cast member Maya Rudolph will return to host SNL’s March 27th episode alongside musical guest Jack Harlow. And on April 10th, Carey Mulligan, whose performance in Promising Your Woman earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination, will host an episode featuring Kid Cudi as musical guest. Cudi previously appeared on SNL in 2018 as a guest of Kanye West, but this will mark his first time going at it sol...
L’Orange and Namir Blade Announce New Album Imaginary Everything, Share “Corner Store Scandal”: Stream
Producer L’Orange and Nashville rapper Namir Blade have teamed up for a new collaborative album, titled Imaginary Everything. The project is out on May 7th through Mello Music Group. Imaginary Everything is entirely produced by L’Orange and features appearances from Quelle Chris, Marlowe, Fly Anakin, and Jordan Webb. It arrives on the heels of Blade’s breakthrough 2020 album, Aphelion’s Traveling Circus. To preview their project, L’Orange and Namir Blade shared the lead single, “Corner Store Scandal”, and its accompanying Joel Davis-directed video. “I wrote this song after making an exuberant purchase at a corner store,” the rapper shared in a statement. “Sometimes you just have to allow the mundane to be extravagant.” The track features boom bap production driven by a funky guitar loop an...
Natasha Lyonne to Star in Rian Johnson’s New TV Series Poker Face
Two years after making a smash hit whodunnit with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Rian Johnson is ready to solve a different case. Earlier today, Peacock announced that the filmmaker will serve as the creator, writer, and director of a new mystery TV series called Poker Face on the streaming service. It turns out Natasha Lyonne is already onboard as a star and executive producer for the show, too. Right now, Poker Face will consist of 10 episodes. There’s no word yet on whether or not it will be a limited series or who else will star alongside the Russian Doll actress. What we do know is that this is Johnson’s first time writing a TV show, but not his first foray as a director on one. In the early 2010s, he was responsible for directing three episodes of Breaking Bad — including th...
“I’m a Trysexual”: Mister Cee Addresses His Past and Preference
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Mister Cee has finally decided to openly talk about his past. Last week, during an appearance on rapper Maino‘s podcast, Maino Presents: Kitchen Talk, Mister Cee elaborated on his sexual preferences and schooled the Brooklyn MC on the correct terminology to use when referencing trans women. In the interview, as Maino asks the legendary DJ about his past, Cee stopped to correct the language used by Maino — who wrongly refers to trans women as “dudes” while referring back to the circumstances surrounding Cee’s 2013 scandal where a trans woman reportedly recorded a conversation of them bartering over the cost of sex acts and where they would be performed. “Let me correct you. It wasn’t a dude that taped me,” Mister Cee said. “It wa...
Rick Ross & JetDoc To Provide Free Doctor Visits To Georgia Citizens
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Jetdoc / JetDoc Rick Ross is making sure his neighbors have a fair share to healthcare. He has announced that he will giving back to the people in a major way. As spotted on News One the Miami native is launching a unique initiative that aims on providing citizens of the Peach State an appointment that could change their life. Rozay and JetDoc, the fastest growing virtual urgent care and telehealth app, announced their service is now available in Georgia, This launch will give immediate and affordable virtual healthcare to millions in the state. With a large Black and Brown community that is often underserved by the broader healthcare system, Georgia residents can now seek expert medical care from board certified healthcare prof...
Yaphet Kotto, Actor Known For Playing Tough Characters, Dead At 81
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Yaphet Kotto made his mark in film and television by playing imposing tough guys and grizzled individuals fighting against the trials and tribulations of life. It is being reported that Kotto died on Monday (March) 15 according to an announcement from his wife via Facebook. Kotto was born November 15, 1939, in New York, N.Y. to a father reportedly of Cameroonian royalty lineage and an American mother of Panamanian and West Indian descent. Kotto began studying the craft of acting as a teenager and at 19, he made his debut as an actor in Othello. Kotto joined the Actors Studio in New York and appeared in productions on Broadway, honing his skills on stage. Kotto made his big-screen debut in 1963 in an uncredited role at 23 and the following year...
E-40 ft. Joyner Lucas & T.I. “I Stand On That,” Lil Durk ft. King Von, Booka600 & Memo600 “JUMP” & More | Daily Visuals 3.16.21
HipHopWired Featured Video It seems like that Verzuz between E-40 and Too $hort done really went and put a brand new battery in the back of 40 Fonzarelli. After dropping a few new joints in the past few weeks, E-Bonics comes through with some new visuals for “I Stand On That” which features himself, Joyner Lucas and T.I. hanging in some garages with OG whips and thick young women. If she knows how to fix a car then she’s wifey. That’s all we sayin.’ Back in Chicago Lil Durk is doing what he can to keep King Von’s legacy alive and for his visuals to “Jump” he features the dearly departed King along with Booka600 and Memo600 in what seems to be one of the last times Von got in front of a camera. R.I.P., homie. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Ranna Royce and Kxng Crook...
‘It Was Empowering’: Teen Mom OG‘s Catelynn And Tyler Voted For The Very First Time
Last fall, Catelynn and Tyler expressed their desire to make their voices heard in the 2020 election. And during tonight’s Teen Mom OG episode, the longtime couple stuck to their word and voted for the very first time. And they made sure to bring their daughters Novalee and Vaeda along for the memorable experience. “You voted!” an enthusiastic Cate told Novalee as they emerged from their Michigan polling place. “You helped me fill in the circle, didn’t you?” After the Baltierras returned home, Tyler told Cate he “felt good doing it” and Cate admitted she couldn’t wait to see who won. “I felt like it was empowering, especially as women,” Cate told her husband about bringing their little girls along for the civic duty. “...
