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Key Glock Spits a (Literally) Fire Banger in ‘Off the Porch’ Video
Key Glock comes in hot for the new year with the new single “Off the Porch” and its accompanying music video. The Memphis rapper keeps it cool and low-key for the visual, which features him in a dark room surrounded only by a yellow sports car, a matching yellow bike and a mic that catches on fire once he’s done spitting. He flexes his chains, including one featuring Homer Simpson that blinks after he lets him hit his blunt, and compares his drip to that of Lil Uzi Vert. “Diamonds dancing on me like Uzi, choppa keep Bruce Lee, pullin’ up too deep,” he raps in the first verse. He released two back-to-back mixtapes last year, Yellow Tape in January and Son of a Gun in May via Paper Route Empire. His 2019 joint album with mentor Young Do...
From Lauren Jauregui to Cardi B, Here Are 7 Times Musicians Called Out Tomi Lahren
Lauren Jauregui Lahren took to Twitter on Jan. 6 to give her thoughts on the massive crowd of rioters supporting President Donald Trump, who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol and sent the building into lockdown. “Funny to see liberals suddenly so against protesting. Weird,” she sarcastically tweeted, in reference to the powerful Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Jauregui, however, wasn’t happy about Lahren’s comparison of the Black community’s fight for justice to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.”Tammy shut the actual f— up,” the singer simply replied. Cardi B Cardi and Lahren got into a fiery back-and-forth at the start of 2019, which all began when the “Bodak Yellow” rapper shared her thoughts on t...
Ariel Pink Defends His Decision to ‘Peacefully’ Attend Pro-Trump Rally at White House
He continued arguing past 2 a.m. that people attending such large gatherings during the ongoing pandemic “deserve whats coming to them” if they fail to socially distance themselves and wear face masks, while making a snide remark about the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. “Proof that I stormed Congress. yeah I don’t see it,” he replied to one user’s comments about his sighting. “Are u suggesting the congress building has a bed and breakfast we somehow got access to.” Pink joked about being “canceled” on his own Twitter account and drew comparisons to a panopticon, a circular prison where the cells are conveniently arranged for a centrally positioned guard to surveil every prisoner. “Welcome to the panoptigan...
HVME’s ‘Goosebumps’ Goes Top 10 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
HVME earns his first top 10 on Billboard‘s multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated Jan. 9) as “Goosebumps” jumps from No. 11 to No. 9. The track from the Spanish-born producer drew 1.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending Dec. 31, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. “Goosebumps” reached new highs a week earlier on Dance/Mix Show Airplay (No. 17) and Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs (No. 19). Additionally, the burgeoning international hit bounds 137-102 in its fourth week on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and debuts at No. 141 on the Billboard Global 200. “Goosebumps” updates (with an uncredited vocalist) Travis Scott’s 2017 track of the same name, which hit Hot Rap Songs (No. 13 peak), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (No. 21)...
Comedian Brian Posehn Trashes Just About Every Pop Act in “New Music Sucks” Video: Watch
Comedian and metalhead Brian Posehn takes aim at a who’s who of pop music acts in his just-released video for “New Music Sucks”. Musically, he gets help from from Patrick Stump and Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy, whom he also humorously trashes in the song. The clip also features cameos from Weird Al Yankovic and Patton Oswalt. The track appears on Posehn’s 2020 album, Grandpa Metal, with Stump singing the hook and Trohman playing guitar. In the song, Posehn names a whole bunch of music stars, with lyrics like, “Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Drake and even Macklemore/ Alan Thicke’s kid, One Direction, Mumford and the Shitty Sons/ Kesha, Biebs, Lorde, Miley, Even Bruno Mars/ I’m sure he’s super talented, but try telling that to my ears.” He gets more vicious with Imagine Dragons, singing, “Imagine Dr...
Jamiroquai Singer Confirms He Is Not the Horned, Shirtless Capitol Stormer
QAnon Trump supporter Jake Angeli (photo by AFP) / Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay (photo by Fabio Venni) Yesterday afternoon, a swath of Trump supporters tore through the Capitol during an hours-long siege. One of the rioters, a shirtless QAnon supporter with a pair of horns on his head, started trending on social media when Twitter users noted he looked like Jay Kay, the lead singer of Jamiroquai. Now, the goofy disco-funk artist has taken to social media to confirm that it wasn’t him. The Trump supporter has since been identified as Jake Angeli, a 32-year-old QAnon conspiracy theorist who regularly attends far-right rallies in Arizona. According to an interview with The Arizona Republic, he wears a fur bonnet, paints his face, and walks around shirtless to attract attention. He believes the ...
Elon Musk Becomes Richest Person in the World
Because of stock market valuations that strike some as utterly divorced from reality, Elon Musk has overtaken Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world. Via Bloomberg, his net worth is currently estimated to be $190 billion, while Bezos’ currently sits at $187 billion. Bezos had been the globe’s wealthiest man since October of 2017, when his stake in Amazon helped his fortune grow bigger than that of Bill Gates. Whatever you may think of Bezos morally, Amazon’s rising stock prices made sense. In the three years prior, the company introduced Amazon Pantry, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Day, and drastically expanded its markets for same-day delivery. At the time it was only the world’s fourth-largest retailer, but there was every reason to think it would continue to grow. Musk’s ascension h...
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Sought by Police for Storming the U.S. Capitol
Earlier today photos emerged of Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer storming the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. Now, the veteran metal musician is among the persons of interest sought for “unrest-related offenses” by the Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police unveiled a Powerpoint presentation of dozens of people who are wanted for unlawful entry of the U.S. Capitol Grounds. A photo of Schaffer, which has already run on several major news outlets, was among the pictures included. Schaffer can be seen at the front of a mob, with an Oath Keepers hat and his finger pointed while yelling at someone out of the frame. The guitarist, who formed Iced Earth in 1984, has been outspoken about his political beliefs in the past. In the past, he questioned whether H...
RUSH’s GEDDY LEE And ALEX LIFESON Reflect On NEIL PEART’s Final Years, Discuss Their Musical Future
Rolling Stone has published a lengthy new article in which RUSH drummer Neil Peart‘s bandmates and widow discuss his legacy and his final years for the first time since his passing. Guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee both said that they haven’t been motivated to pick up their instruments in recent months. “I love playing, and I never, ever wanted to stop,” Lifeson said. “And I thought, you know, ‘One day, when I’m just sitting around shitting my pants, I’ll still want to play guitar.’ And that’s kind of gone now. After he died, it just didn’t seem important. But I think it’ll come back.” “For the longest time,” Lee said, “I didn’t have any heart to play. … I still feel t...
New EXODUS Album ‘Persona Non Grata’ Is ‘Fast, Brutal And Violent’
In a new video posted to his Zetro’s Toxic Vault YouTube channel, EXODUS frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza confirmed that the band’s upcoming album, “Persona Non Grata”, will be released this summer via Nuclear Blast. It will be the follow-up to 2014’s “Blood In Blood Out”, which was the San Francisco Bay Area thrashers’ first release since the departure of the group’s lead singer of nine years, Rob Dukes, and the return of Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004. Speaking about the musical direction of “Persona Non Grata”, Souza said (see video below): “The EXODUS fans are not gonna be disappointed. It’s fucking heavy as shit, it’s fast, it’s brutal, itR...
Police Are Looking For ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER For ‘Unrest-Related Offenses’
Washington D.C. police and federal investigators have released 38 images of individuals suspected of unlawful entry during a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol carried out on Wednesday (January 6) during the final Congressional vote recording for the 2020 general election. Among them is a photo of ICED EARTH leader Jon Schaffer taken by Roberto Schmidt of AFP. “Anyone who can identify these individuals or has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE line at 50411,” the department wrote in an online posting asking for help. “The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indict...
ACCEPT Teases ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ Music Video, Postpones ‘Too Mean To Die’ Album Release
German/American metal legends ACCEPT will release a music video for their new single, “Zombie Apocalypse”, on January 15. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, “Too Mean To Die”, which will be made available on January 29 (postponed two weeks from the previously announced January 15) via Nuclear Blast. The LP will be the group’s first without bassist Peter Baltes, who exited ACCEPT in November 2018. He has since been replaced by Martin Motnik. ACCEPT‘s lineup has also been expanded with the addition of a third guitarist, Philip Shouse, who originally filled in for Uwe Lulis during last year’s “Symphonic Terror” tour, before being asked to join the band permanently. A teaser for the “Zombie Apocalypse” vide...
