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Officers Who Did The Electric Slide At BLM Rally Also Stormed The Capitol During Saltine-Fueled Insurrection
Source: The Washington Post / Getty See? This is why we have a hard time trusting law enforcement. It turns out two police officers who showed support to Black Lives Matter activists during a rally were faking the funk cause they also were at the saltine-fueled capitol riots on January 6, which left five people dead and got Donald Trump impeached again. Rocky Mount Police Sergeant Thomas Robertson and Officer Jacob Fracker were charged a week after a mob of angry white Trump supporters stormed the capitol building fueled by the orange menace’s false narrative that the election was rigged and stolen from him. After a photograph of the two officers inside the US Capitol Building surfaced in front of a statue of General John Stark, Robertson and Fracker were placed on administrative leav...
#BRUHNews: Pooh Shiesty And Kodak Black Are Going At Each Other Over The Money Spread Pose
Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Have you ever wondered if rappers have too much time on their hands? Kodak Black and Pooh Shiesty are proving they clearly do. As spotted on HipHopDX the two performers are in the midst of a war of words; or rather social media posts. Apparently the man now known as Bill Kapri felt in a ways about the “Back In Blood” MC. In a recent post Kodak seemingly took a swipe at him by using his signature “blrrrd” adlib and claiming some of his peers are swagger jacking his “money spread” pose. Naturally this got back to the 1017 Records talent prompting him to respond to the veiled shot in a post and delete. “This shit here so lame too me lost all my respect @kodakblack,” he wrote. Kodak quickly retorted in typical Kodak ...
16 And Pregnant Sneak Peek: Why Shelby Decided Against An Adoption Plan
Shelby is 16 and pregnant with her first child and is no longer with the baby’s dad. There was a time when the teenager considered a different plan for her daughter — until she spoke to her ex’s mother April. “When you told his mom, she didn’t want you to get an abortion,” Shelby’s mother Angie remembers in the clip, below. “She didn’t want adoption either,” Shelby replies. “She was going to be mad if it was her own family. She would have wanted to adopt the baby.” She continued: “I was never thinking about abortion or anything, but adoption — I did think about it for a little bit.” So why did Shelby have a change of heart? And how does Angie feel about the father of her soon-to-be granddaughter? Watc...
Giveaway: Enter to Win a Rare Autographed Pair of Kygo’s A11/800 Headphones
Kygo has teamed up with EDM.com to give away a set of headphones from the producer’s new X by Kygo product line. One lucky fan will be able to get their hands on the A11/800 over-ear model, the flagship product in Kygo’s line. With a sleek, minimalist design, padded headband, and supportive memory foam ear cushions, the headphones are a fashionable fit and prime for comfort. These are not just any pair of cans though—they’ll arrive signed from the hit-making producer himself. You can enter the giveaway below. As far as features go, this model goes the extra mile with its touch control technology and active bluetooth cancellation capabilities. The Kygo Sound app puts the EQ controls directly in the user’s hands, offering a dynamic array of presets and settings. ...
Spotify’s 10 Highest-Earning Artists Have Raked in a Combined $337 Million
An analysis published by financial publication Top Dollar has revealed Spotify‘s top earners and assets—and the numbers are eye-popping. Perhaps not surprising, Drake is the current king of Spotify with a take of $52.5 million in earnings generated from his 21.5 billion streams. His haul is unmatched, even by J Balvin, who took the #2 spot on the outlet’s “Spotify Rich List” by netting $37.9M. The first sighting of dance music producers comes at #16 with The Chainsmokers, who’ve generated an impressive 7.2 billion streams and $17.7 million. Calvin Harris has taken home a cool $14 million so far, landing him at #25. Drake, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, and more landed on Top Dollar’s “Spotify Rich List.” c/o Top Dollar ...
Dillon Francis Mints Psychedelic NFT for Charitable Cause
Dillon Francis is diving deeper into the blockchain game by launching a new NFT, which is available now for charity auction. Developed by 3D artist Nicole Ruggiero, the quirky NFT titled “I think there’s something wrong with my phone” features a trippy visual of a translucent, paper-like cellphone interface. Synced to a beat crafted by Francis himself, the music pairs appropriately with the scene at hand featuring a thumping bassline and a swirling chorus of distorted background vox. The sale of the psychedelic visual will go towards an environmentally friendly cause as the artists have pledged to plant 100 trees in the winner’s name. You can make your bids here. Dillon Francis and Ruggiero first connected just a couple weeks ago, when the former purchas...
Explore a Cyberpunk Club in the New Video Game “Isolationist Nightclub Simulator”
Coming this week from the multi-talented digital artist and sound designer, Edwin Montgomery, is a new video game called Isolationist Nightclub Simulator. For years, he’s been celebrated by his peers in the industry and his work has been included in games involving major franchises like Wasteland, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40,000, and Game of Thrones, among others. Now, Montgomery is taking on the world of electronic music with his new surreal adventure. Alongside the listing for the game on Steam, a brief description on what players can expect was shared. In a dark and familiar future, a mysterious plague has all but shut down life on earth’s surface. From the safety of your bunker, enter this vivid simulation and transport yourself to a futuristic,...
The Metal Opera By Magnus Karlsson – HEART HEALER
RATING: 8/10 Barely nine months after the release of last year’s magnificent “We Are The Night”, relentless workaholic Magnus Karlsson has conjured yet another gloriously overblown celebration of metal and melody. This time around it’s a full-blown concept album, replete with multiple vocalists playing an assortment of roles, but the essence of the Swede’s eminently classy take on prog, power and symphonic metal remains the same. HEART HEALER is/are all about big, bombastic and fervently glossy heavy metal, but delivered with such breathless conviction that the only sane response is to sit back and soak up the remorseless barrage of sugary pomp. This stuff will clog your arteries, but what a way to die. Clearly a man with impeccable taste, Karlsson has made th...
TESTAMENT’s ERIC PETERSON Plans To Work On New Music Until Pandemic Subsides
On the latest episode of Dean Delray‘s “Let There Be Talk” podcast, TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson was asked how he plans on spending the next several months during the coronavirus pandemic. He said (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “For me, my plan is to have some music — in case summer’s canceled. ‘All right, let’s jam. I’ve got a bunch of new riffs.’ I’ve got some stuff now, but I’m just kind of putting that hat on, like, ‘Okay.’ It’s perfect weather, too — it’s raining out, and my backyard’s really woodsy. [So I can] sit out here. I’ve got everything downstairs. I’ve done the last DRAGONLORD record and the last two TESTAMENT records in this room. I have Logic and a DI — I jus...
GENE SIMMONS: Why I Keep Saying ‘Rock Is Dead’
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again repeated his claim that rock is dead, saying that the current business model “just doesn’t work.” While rock ‘n’ roll has been king of the music world for decades, in the past few years, it’s been unseated by the growing popularity of hip-hop. This has caused many pundits to proclaim the genre “dead” from an industry perspective, noting that it has been eclipsed in all measures by pop, hip-hop, and EDM. Simmons spoke about rock’s supposed diminishing status during a recent interview with Consequence Of Sound. Addressing the whole “rock is dead” debate, Gene said: “The point is, yeah, rock is dead because if we play the game from 1958 until 1988, which is 30 years, you h...
LAMB OF GOD’s RANDY BLYTHE: ‘All The Guys In METALLICA Were Nothing But Absolutely Lovely To Us’
In a brand new interview with I Ask No One With Kevin Re, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was asked if he ever got any piece of advice from METALLICA‘s James Hetfield when the two bands toured together more than a decade ago. He responded (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “James is a cool dude. I got sober on a METALICA tour — I got sober on a METALLICA tour in Australia. And I’ll just say that James Hetfield helped me out a lot with that. Actually, four of give guys on METALLICA‘s crew were sober. Three of us actually got sober on that tour and have been sober to this day. And that was over 10 years ago. “James is a good dude, man,” he reiterated. “The last time I saw James was in Oakland when we took C.O.C. out, and James showed up and played ...
St. Vincent Reveals She Initially Planned on Making Tool-Inspired Album
St. Vincent (photo by David Brendan Hall) and Tool (photo by Kevin RC Wilson) St. Vincent mastermind Annie Clark recently detailed her new album, Daddy’s Home, describing it as inspired by “music made in New York from 1971-76.” As it turns out, the project almost had an entirely different sound. During an appearance on RADIO.COM’s New Arrivals with Bryce Segall, Clark revealed she initially planned on making a “heavy record” inspired by Tool. “The crazy thing about music is, you can plan and plan and think you’re gonna go one way, and then you start writing and the music just takes you wherever the music takes you,” she explained. “That was certainly the experience with this. I was dead set in my mind that after MASSEDUCTION, I was just gonna make this like, heavy record. Like just heavy t...
