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Serena To Help Black-Owned Businesses With New Jewelry Line
Source: NurPhoto / Getty With small Black businesses suffering huge damage thanks to the Coronavirus shutdowns and lack of governmental help, Serena Williams is looking to do her part to help keep such establishments afloat and created a jewelry line in support of that cause. Debuting her latest Unstoppable collection from her namesake jewelry line, the Athlete of The Decade took to her social media page to announce that proceeds generated from the new collection would be going to helping Black-owned businesses via the Opportunity Fund’s Small Business Relief Fund. I am so excited about the @serenawilliamsjewelry UNSTOPPABLE capsule collection. It represents serenity and unity, and is a reminder that your optimism and strength are unstoppable ❤️ Now through August 5th, w...
HHW Gaming: Sony Promises To Let Gamers Know When That PS5 Pre-Order Link Is About To Drop
Source: Sony / PlayStation Gamers were chomping at the bits when rumors began swirling that a PS5 pre-order link was supposed to drop sometime this week. Sony was also taken by surprise by the news and has responded. Don’t worry, we will let you know when that pre-order link drops, is basically what Sony is telling anxious gamers. Based primarily on assumptions due to a new PS5 landing page on Amazon, ignited rumors that a pre-order link or information was coming. When that day comes, PlayStation promises it will not come as a surprise. Speaking with Geoff Keighley after he briefly showed off the PS5’s beautiful DualSense controller Worldwide Head of Marketing Eric Lempel said: “I think it’s safe to say…we’ll let you know when pre-order will happen. It’s not going to happen with a minute’s...
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MC Lyte, Yo-Yo & Remy Ma Featured In New Episode of OWN’s ‘Girlfriends Check-In’ [Video]
Source: YouTube / OWN MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Remy Ma are legendary MCs, and aren’t too shabby on a reality show set either. The three Hip-Hop ladies are featured in the latest forthcoming episode of OWN‘s series Girlfriends Check-In. Each show features four celebrity girlfriends supporting each other in sisterhood via a virtual chat room check in. The convo is supposed to be light and bubbly, with plenty of tea—and its second season just kicked off last week This Saturday’s episode (July 18), will have the aforementioned women, as well as Lyte’s best friend Dr. Lynn Richardson connecting and building. In the exclusive clip below, the women are “building” a perfect man for Yo-Yo, and Remy Ma goes into detail about how Yo-Yo must take no shorts, as in making sure she has a well-endowed man. “He ...
Moneybagg Yo Ft. DaBaby “Protect The Brand,” Joey Bada$$ “The Light” & More | Daily Visuals 7.17.20
Aside from putting hands on overzealous people and female fans trying to take his picture, DaBaby’s had a stellar year early in his rap career and if y’all thought he’d be falling back anytime soon, you’d be wrong. Lending an assist to Moneybagg Yo for the visuals to “Protect Da Brand,” DaBaby and Yo find themselves making money moves in the shadows before SWAT closes in on Gotti leading to a Baby bailing him out on a chopper. When did DaBaby got his helicopter license? Landed hella smoothly on that rooftop. Joey Bada$$ meanwhile partakes in a traditional voodoo ceremony in search of his rebirth and shares the ritual in his cultural clip to “The Light.” Well, that’s one way to become a new man. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from August Alsina, Dame D.O.L.l.A. ft. Dreeb...
Hands On with the “Avicii Invector Encore Edition” Video Game for Nintendo Switch
Since the tragic passing of Avicii back in 2018, the EDM world has put together an amazing collection of tributes. We’ve seen everything from a star-studded concert to an upcoming museum dedicated to his career, and the late artist is now getting the Nintendo Switch treatment with the forthcoming Avicii Invector Encore Edition video game. The standard edition of Avicii Invector released late last year on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Encore Edition, however, features 10 new tracks, including some from Avicii’s posthumous album Tim. Developers Hello There Games offered EDM.com a hands-on preview of the first five tracks of the upcoming game so we could see what to expect later this year. We got to explore the worlds of his songs “Can’t Catc...
Eliminate and Shaq Drop Rowdy Trap Slammer “Tear It Up”
Shaq has been making his way around the bass music world as of late. In the past year, he’s collaborated with NGHTMRE and Lil Jon on “BANG,” Nitti Gritti on “Takin’ Over,” and Riot Ten and T-Wayne on “Ultimate.” With his latest collaboration, he’s teamed up with Eliminate for their new single “Tear It Up,” out via Disciple Records. “Tear It Up” is a monster of a track. Opening with a goofy phone conversation between the collaborators, the tune quickly accelerates into maniacal drop filled with resonating, metallic synths and pounding kicks. The track is a perfect fusion of the aggressiveness we’ve heard in previous Shaq collabs and Eliminate’s incredibly unique sound design. ...
Maya Jane Coles Drops Hypnotizing 3-Track EP “Would You Kill (4 Me)”
Dynamic UK-based house producer Maya Jane Coles is here to bring the club straight into your living room with the release of her 3-track EP Would You Kill (4 Me). The release arrives via her own I/AM/ME imprint as the first EP under her original moniker since 2018. She has also been operating under the pseudonym Nocturnal Sunshine, receiving critical acclaim, but recently released the infectiously haunting hit “Run to You” featuring Claudia Kane under her Maya Jane Coles banner. Coles kicks off the new EP with its title track, featuring sharp, intricate synth work that balances the steady house bassline. The way Cole navigates sound design is something to be admired, especially in the ensuing track “Sweet Luv.” The club tune showcases her signatu...
Shambhala Postpones Forthcoming Virtual Music Festival In Light of Billy Kenny Allegations
Shambhala Music Festival‘s forthcoming virtual edition has officially been postponed in light of recent allegations of the sexual assault and rape of multiple women by Billy Kenny, who once appeared on the event’s lineup. Organizers took to Twitter to share an official statement in which they address “allegations against past and present artists” on the performance roster and outline the steps they plan on taking in the immediate future. Those steps include “extensive background checks for artists and a zero-tolerance policy for assault of any kind,” “staff training into conducting sexual harassment and violence investigations,” and “in-depth consent training manuals and content for [their] guests, crew, and artists.” “...
DAVID COVERDALE Unboxes WHITESNAKE’s ‘The Rock Album’ Collection (Video)
An unboxing video for WHITESNAKE‘s recently released “The Rock Album” collection can be seen below. “The Rock Album” brings together some of its hardest-hitting songs of WHITESNAKE‘s multi-platinum career, consisting of revisited, remixed and remastered versions of the group’s best rock songs. The album is the first release in the band’s “Red, White And Blues” trilogy, a series of fresh, new collections organized by musical themes that will include: “Love Songs” (red), “The Rock Album” (white) and “The Blues Album” (blue). “The Rock Album” was made available on June 19 on CD ($14.98), and as a double-LP set pressed on 180-gram, white vinyl ($31.98). The collection features the debut ...
DAVE MUSTAINE’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Book To Include Foreword By SLASH
Hachette Books has set a September 8 release date for “Rust In Peace: The Inside Story Of The Megadeth Masterpiece” (formerly “Building The Perfect Beast”), a new book by Dave Mustaine, the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of MEGADETH, the original lead guitarist of METALLICA, and the author of The New York Times bestseller “Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir”. Book synopsis: “‘Rust In Peace: The Inside Story Of The Megadeth Masterpiece’ details the making of MEGADETH‘s iconic record ‘Rust In Peace’, which was released in 1990, at an incredible time of flux and creativity in the rock world. Relayed by Mustaine, the book covers the process of hiring the band and supporting cast, of trying to handle the ensui...
JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Welcomes First Child With GEORGE LYNCH’s Daughter
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner and his girlfriend Mariah Lynch, daughter of former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on July 8. George broke the news of his fifth grandchild’s arrival in an Instagram post earlier today (Friday, July 17). He posted an adorable photo of Richie bottle-feeding the baby, with Lynch shredding the axe in a chair only several feet away. “New baby time .big chubz>little chubz>micro chubz. the most precious perfect creature in the present universe entered our world July 8th xo”, George wrote. Earlier this year, Lynch expressed his desire to play in PRIEST alongside Faulkner. Speaking at a Pitbull Audio guitar clinic in San Diego in January, Lynch said: “I still to this day love PRIEST. I wis...
Ex-STATIC-X Guitarist TRIPP EISEN To EDSEL DOPE: ‘You Hired DONALD TRUMP’s Law Firm To Ensure That You Can Steal My Songs’
Ex-STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen has responded to DOPE leader Edsel Dope over accusations that Tripp‘s former bandmates took undeserved songwriting credit on some of the tracks on the group’s just-released “Project Regeneration Vol. 1” album. The first of two volumes, “Project Regeneration Vol. 1” features 12 brand new tracks, containing many of the final vocal performances and musical compositions of late STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static, along with the original “Wisconsin Death Trip” lineup of bassist Tony Campos, drummer Ken Jay, and guitarist Koichi Fukuda. Both volumes are being worked on by longtime STATIC-X producer Ulrich Wild. During the recording sessions for “Project Regeneration”, STATIC-X claimed in a press release tha...
