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Nicki Minaj Drops Official “Super Freaky Girl” Video
Nicki Minaj has dropped off the official music video for her chart-topping track, “Super Freaky Girl.” The visual, directed by Joseph Kahn, sees Minaj cosplay as Rick James, whose 1981 hit “Super Freak” is sampled on the single. She also appears as an animated, knife-obsessed Nicki Barbie, complete with a robotic pet dog, a head-to-toe pink fit and her very own Ken, played by Alexander Ludwig. The video arrives after Minaj accepted the Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, where she also performed a decades-spanning medley of some of her most popular tracks, which included “Super Freaky Girl” and her fan-favorite “Monster” verse. Following its release, “Super Freaky Girl” earned a total of 21.1 million streams, 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions and 89,000 do...
It’s Finally Happening: Twitter Confirms It Is Now Testing A Edit Tweet Button Feature
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Twitter has been giving us all the features except the one we wanted until now. The social media network that Elon Musk is trying to bail on confirmed it is working on an edit button. It’s happening. It’s finally happening. The one feature that even Kim Kardashian has been begging for is coming. Twitter announced it is currently testing an “Edit Tweet” button and that it will roll out the feature to Twitter Blue subscribers first in late September. Those with access to the “Edit Tweet” feature can edit a tweet a few times within 30 minutes. Tweets that have been “edited” will have a label, icon, and timestamp so “it’s clear to readers that the original Tweet has been modified,” Twitter announced in a blog post. Twitter Explains Why It’s F...
Ari Lennox Explains What Her Album Means To In Her In Touching Message Shared By J. Cole
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cassidy Sparrow / Getty In more J. Cole news, the Dreamville general shared a touching message between himself and the label’s R&B princess, Ari Lennox. Ari Lennox is gearing up to drop her sophomore effort age/sex/location on Sept 9. Cole asked his artist what her album meant to her, and he decided to share that message with his fans. Related Stories Lennox’s lengthy message explained that her sophomore album is about healing. The “Power Trip” crafter decided to share that message while noting how excited he was about the world hearing new music from Lennox. In the caption for the post, Cole wrote, “I asked Ari what this new album means to her. I needed to know cuz I fuck with it so heavy. What I hear is the highs, lows, joys, and pains of dating lif...
Paramount+’s Battle Rap Film ‘On The Come Up’ Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paramaount Plus / Paramount+ Not since 8 Mile have we seen another feature film centered around an aspiring rapper using the battle rap scene to break into the game, but now Paramount+ is about to drop a just that for this new generation of Hip-Hoppers who may or may not be familiar with such underground events. Source: Paramaount Plus / Paramount+ Recently Paramount+ dropped a trailer for their new Hip-Hop centered film dubbed On The Come Up which stars Jamila C. Gray as an up and coming battle rapper named Bri who is looking to fill the shoes that her dearly departed local rap legend of a father left behind. Related Stories But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this...
HHW Gaming Exclsuive: Dreamville’s Bas & Elite Talk ‘NBA 2K23,’ J. Coles Real-Life Hooping Rating & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 Dreamer Edition If you have been under a rock, 2K revealed that Hip-Hop superstar and part-time professional hooper J. Cole is gracing the cover of the NBA 2K23 Dreamer Edition. The game will not only feature Cole on the cover, but he, alongside his Dreamville crew Bas and producer Elite will also star in the game’s MyCAREER story, which 2K boasts is “the largest and most involved storyline in franchise history.” Related Stories The Fayetteville, North Carolina-raised rapper will also serve as the executive producer for NBA 2K23’s in-game soundtrack, featuring Hip-Hop’s biggest stars. In doing so, Cole will join the likes of DJ Khaled and JAY-Z, who also curated sounds for previous game iterations. Source: Visual Concepts / NBA ...
Watch Megan Thee Stallion Twerk With She-Hulk, Her New Lawyer
This week, Megan Thee Stallion guest-starred in Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law series on Disney+. The rapper appeared briefly in the third episode of the show, first as a shapeshifting elf that takes the form of Megan Thee Stallion to defraud an associate of She-Hulk. During the trial of said liar, the rapper appeared as herself to jeer the elf. “There’s only one Megan Thee Stallion,” she declares before delivering her signature tongue-out taunt (“ah!”). A post-credits scene features the rapper hiring She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany) as her lawyer. Together, they twerk in celebration to “Body.” Watch the clip below. Last month, Megan released the album Traumazine, which features the tracks “Her,” “Plan B,” “Pressurelicious,” a collaboration with Future, and more. The She-Hulk cameo is the pa...
Sofia Coppola, Phoenix’s Thomas Mars, and Jim Jarmusch Go Vampire Clubbing in What We Do in the Shadows
Note: This article contains light spoilers. Sofia Coppola, Phoenix’s Thomas Mars, and Jim Jarmusch all appeared in a new episode of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, which aired on Tuesday (August 30). In the opening of “Freddie,” the trio of human artists show up for a night at a newly opened Staten Island vampire club. Things go awry when Coppola (who’s married to Mars) asks for a special item on the menu. The episode is currently streaming on Hulu. Elsewhere in “Freddie,” vampire Laszlo (Matt Berry) rattles off a list of vampire acts that includes Gloria Estefang, Batboy Slim, and Tame Impaler, along with the wraithy Bonnie Wraith, Wraith Hill, and Wraith Evans. Mars had no comment about his appearance in the episode, and Pitchfork has contacted representatives for Coppola and Jarmu...
The xx’s Oliver Sim Cancels Fall Tour
The xx’s Oliver Sim has canceled his upcoming fall tour. Sim shared the news on Instagram earlier today (September 1), writing that his September and October dates would no longer take place. The trek was scheduled to support his debut solo album Hideous Bastard, which arrives September 9 via Young. “Part of the reason Hideous Bastard came to be was imagining playing the songs live,” Sim wrote on Instagram. “But timing is everything and sometimes things don’t quite come together the way we‘d hoped.” He noted that ticket refunds would be made available. Find his full statement below. Sim was slated to kick off the tour September 29 in Seattle, with subsequent shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and more, before a final gig in London on October 30. “The shows booked for September a...
Rhye’s Michael Milosh Sues Ex-Wife’s Attorneys, Claiming Malicious Prosecution
Michael Milosh of Rhye filed a lawsuit on Tuesday (August 30) against the lawyers of his ex-wife Alexa Nikolas, who sued Milosh in 2021 for sexual battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and a violation of California’s Tom Bane Civil Rights Act. Milosh sued the attorneys for malicious prosecution, calling it a “frivolous” lawsuit without “legal basis or factual support,” court documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. The lawsuit is hinged on the fact that Nikolas’ lawsuit was dropped in May; court documents from earlier this year confirm this is the case. Nikolas has told Rolling Stone and Consequence that she plans to re-file her lawsuit. “In an effort to extort money, garner fame, and drum-up new business, [the lawyers] filed a frivolous lawsuit agains...
Ali Gatie Talks New Album, Collaborating With Kehlani & More
Ali Gatie is fresh off the release of his new album, Who Hurt You?, and ahead of embarking on tour to support his new music, he sat down with Billboard‘s Tetris Kelly to talk creativity, his collaboration with Kehlani and more. “There’s always that pressure of trying to beat yourself,” he said of making music after having two hits — “It’s You” and “What If I Told You That I Love You” on the Billboard Hot 100. “Sometimes, it’s numbers-wise but also creative-wise. ‘It’s You’ is one of my favorite songs, and there’s times in the studio where you’re trying to beat that song, but that’s always the wrong mentality. It clouds your judgement. I try to write songs without worrying about how it’s going to do numbers-wise. I write it from my heart. The fans choose the hits, and the universe...
Viral Hip-Hop Artist YNG Martyr Signs With Warner Music, Unleashes ‘It Happened’
YNG Martyr is the type of hip-hop artist who drives in his own lane. To push the cliché further still, his car is a self-designed one-off, and he rarely adheres to the speed limit. A proud Wiradjuri man, YNG Martyr today joins the Warner Music Australia roster. And straight out the gate, the 21-year-old drops “It Happened,” his first release through the music major. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It Happened” is a kooky hip-hop number with touches of Earl Sweatshirt, a production that could come from anywhere. If you said it was born in Canberra, the Australian capital, you’d be right, and it would be a total fluke. YNG Martyr is no novice. His independent career has yielded more than 140 million streams for his tracks on Spotify. If ...
Avril Lavigne Honored With Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: ‘What an Amazing 20 Years’
Avril Lavigne received her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of her debut album Let Go. During the ceremony, the pop-punk pioneer reflected on her very first trip to Los Angeles at 16, and the first time she ever saw the famous star-lined path. She even unveiled a picture of her teenage self from that trip, wearing a navy hoodie emblazoned with the words “Skateboarding is a Crime” and made a surprise quick change into that very same sweatshirt mid-speech. “Today, I love making music more than ever,” the singer said from the podium, according to Variety. “I feel so inspired. And I hope that the next 16-year-old from their small town who comes to Hollywood one day, full of hopes and dreams, sees this star and thinks to themself, ‘O...
