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Riot Fest 2021 Set With Headliners My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins & Run the Jewels
Chicago’s Riot Fest 2020 has been scrubbed, due to the health crisis. But the multi-day festival will return next year with a bill headlined by My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins, Run the Jewels and Pixies. Also confirmed to the 2021 lineup are Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, Sublime With Rome, Dirty Heads and Lupe Fiasco, performing The Cool in full. The 2021 edition will take place Sept. 17-19, 2021 at Douglas Park, almost a year to the day from the scheduled 2020 show (originally set for Sept. 11-13). A first of three waves of performers 50 acts is announced with Vic Mensa, Living Colour, Big Freedia, Toots and the Maytals, Best Coast, L7, Gogol Bordello, and many more on board. “If you already have your 2020 ticket, you’re in luck, it’s good for 2021,” reads a stateme...
J. Cole Drops Incendiary New Track ‘Snow on Tha Bluff’: Stream It Now
J. Cole is back with new music. The Fayetteville-native releases “Snow on Tha Bluff,” his first new song of the year as a lead artist. Produced with Wu10, “Snow on Tha Bluff” is Cole’s first solo effort since 2018’s KOD album, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, one of five chart leaders to his name. “Bluff” is lyrical dynamite. Cole flows on social injustice, hardship and life in the ghettos, his words pouring over a dreamy production. On it, he raps: “Feel like a slave that somehow done saved enough coins to buy his way up outta slavery/ Thinking just maybe, in my pursuit to make life so much better for me and my babies.” Cole has kept busy of late. He assisted Gang Starr on 2019’s “Family and Loyalty” and contributed to the all-star set Revenge of the Dreamers III, which de...
Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza Will Not Be Hosting Events Through July
Two of Ibiza’s hottest clubs are continuing to mitigate risk from COVID-19 by remaining shut down even as the broader nation of Spain moves forward with reopening. A joint announcement from Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa revealed that the venues intend to stay closed through at least the month of July. Spain recently entered its third phase of reopening, which granted some nightlife venues permission to open at limited capacity. At the same time, President Francina Armengol of the Balearic Islands issued a decree preventing bars and clubs within her jurisdiction from reopening, which includes those in Ibiza. That decree guaranteed the island’s popular club circuit would remain closed until late June at the earliest. It appears now, however, that at lea...
Yohan, of K-Pop Band TST, Dies at 28
Yohan, of South Korean K-Pop band TST, has tragically passed away at the age of 28. According to a report published in Korean pop culture outlet Soompi, news of Yohan’s death broke today, June 16th, and the cause of death has not yet been revealed. According to reports, a wake is being held at Sinchon’s Severance Hospital, and Yohan’s funeral will take place on June 18th, 2020 at Yongin Catholic Church Park. Following a stint with the K-Pop group NOM in 2015, Yohan debuted with TST in 2017 as one of the group’s singers, performing alongside bandmates Ain, Junghoon, and Yonghyeon. Their most recent release was a single released in January called “Count Down.” Yohan’s final Instagram post, which you can view below, came on May 31st along with a caption that...
The Killers Share New Single ‘My Own Soul’s Warning’
The Killers teased new music over the weekend, and now it’s is here. Titled “My Own Soul’s Warning,” the song is the latest to emerge from Imploding the Mirage. “Caution,” which was the first single that was recently performed on The Tonight Show and Ellen, hit no. 1 on the Alternative and Triple A radio charts. “I tried going against my own soul’s warning/But in the end, something just didn’t feel right/Oh I tried diving even though the sky was storming/And I just wanted to get back to where you are,” the song starts before building into the synth-driven anthem. The art for the single was painted by Thomas Blackshear, who, along with the band, received the blessing of the Crow Tribe of Indians for its use. “Artists living across the world in...
George Floyd’s Daughter Gianna Thanks Kanye West
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN For the past few years Kanye West has made some very questionable political choices from throwing his support behind Donald Trump’s presidency to calling slavery a choice, but he finally did something we could get behind when he pledged to pay for the education of George Floyd’s daughter’s while also blessing the families of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery with financial assistance. On Monday night 6-year-old Gianna Floyd publicly thanked Kanye for his generous gift on her Instagram account (children have social media too. Welcome to 2020), and in the caption expressed her gratitude while tagging his famous wife, Kim Kardashian. “Thank You Kanye, Because of You I Will have a college Education… Mommy and I are so thankful for you and your family @kimkardashian.” ...
Cargo Shorts Defunded: NYPD Is Shutting Down Their Plainclothes Crime Unit
Source: Ramin Talaie / Getty While there is much more work to be done to put an end to police brutality we are already winning small victories. Some of the badges in the Big Apple can no longer go undercover. As spotted on Raw Story the New York Police Department is making changes to their force and how it patrols low income communities. The New York Times is reporting that Commissioner Dermot F. Shea announced they are shutting down their plainclothes crime unit. This change is monumental as the subdivision in question has been responsible for some of the most notorious police shootings in the city’s history. Shea explained the recent demonstrations have led to this new strategy. “Thankfully, here in New York City, angry demonstrations have turned peaceful. Thoughtful discu...
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‘Wakanda’ Is a Myth: We Are Still Dying In Atlanta [Editorial]
Source: Julia Beverly / Radio One Digital Atlanta is painted as a Black utopia with its affluent and successful Black establishments, cultural exporting significance in entertainment and celebrity, and the city’s black ass leadership with a mayor named Keisha. Some, like rapper T.I., affectionately describe it as a real-world Wakanda, partly because Black Panther was filmed there, but in reality, the underbelly of the city led by Black mayors for almost 50 years is quite seedy. George Floyd’s very public execution at the hands of the Minneapolis police galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement in the Twin Cities but Georgia natives were still reeling from the loss of Ahmaud Arbery, who was murdered by white supremacists while jogging in Brunswick, Ga. As the nation became inflamed over wi...
T-Pain “Get Up,” A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie “Bleed” & More | Daily Visuals 6.16.20
Source: Ryan Muir With a gang of artists releasing Black Lives Matter inspired cuts and joining in on the protests these days, Teddy Pendergrass becomes the latest to get behind the movement and drop some inspirational tunes to keep the motivation on the up and up. In his latest clip for “Get Up,” T-Pain calls on everyone to get out and protest for the people and make their voices heard as loud as possible. Ya heard? Please do practice safety and wear a mask though. The Rona still making itself at home in the US. Back in New York A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie returns to the rap scene in his new visuals for “Bleed” where he trains like he’s ready for whatever he comes across out in the streets. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Nino Man, Styles P and Sheek Louch, Machine Gun ...
FEAR FACTORY’s DINO CAZARES Is Still Auditioning Singers For New Solo Project
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FILTER To Release New Song ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ This Thursday
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