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Kid Cudi Says It’ll Take A “Motherf*cking Miracle” For Him And Kanye To Be Good Again
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Friendships in the rap game can at times be fickle depending on circumstances and misunderstandings, but Kid Cudi isn’t even humoring burying the hatchet with Kanye West as their relationship seems broken beyond repair. Months after making it clear that he and Kanye West are no longer cool with one another, Kid Cudi has once again reiterated his stance on their relationship and shot down any notion that they’d be hugging it out anytime soon. In an in-depth interview with Esquire the Man On The Moon artist didn’t just say it would take a “motherfucking miracle” for him and Kanye to be friends again, but even got into detail about how one-sided their friendship had been for quite some time. Related Stories “I’ve been on every one of th...
A$AP Relli Feels “Vindicated” After Alleged Shooter A$AP Rocky Is Charged
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Irfan Khan / Getty This past Monday (August 15) A$AP Rocky was hit with charges for a 2021 shooting that took place in LA that left a man with non-life threatening injuries and now the victim is speaking out about the incident and couldn’t happier with how things are playing out. TMZ is reporting that A$AP Rocky’s victim, A$AP Relli is more than content that his former homie has been charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm as he feels the justice system is working in his favor. Relli’s lawyer, Jamal Tooson tells TMZ that his client felt “vindicated” when the charges came down as the incident left him reeling in the following months even though he wasn’t actually hit by any of the bullets. Related Stories The lawyer goes on to say R...
Kanye West Requests Yeezy Gap Gear Be Sold Out of “Trash Bags”, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP Billionaire rapper/producer Kanye West is nothing if not unpredictable. The star is being criticized for the merchandising presentation of his new Yeezy Gap collection. In a now-viral post, a Twitter user wrote, “This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP. The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had it on hangers and this is how he wanted it. They won’t help you find ur size too, you just have to just dig through everything.” Related Stories Per Page Six, an eyewitness said that, “The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had [his clothes] on hangers” because “this is how he wanted it.” “They won’t help you find [your] size,” they added, “you just have to just dig through everything.” See More: EX...
Shinedown Scores Record 18th Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘Daylight’
Shinedown retakes sole possession of the record for the most No. 1s in the history of Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Daylight” tops the Aug. 20-dated survey. The song is Shinedown’s 18th No. 1 and lifts the band out of a tie with Three Days Grace for the most rulers since the chart began in 1981. Shinedown and Three Days Grace have traded the record since February 2020, when the former scored its 15th No. 1 with “Attention Attention.” Shinedown pulled into the lead by itself with its 16th No. 1, “Atlas Falls,” that August, and the back-and-forth continued with Three Days Grace’s 16th No. 1, “So Called Life,” this February; Shinedown’s 17th, “Planet Zero,” in March; and Three Days Grace’s 17th, “Lifetime,” in July. “Daylight” is also Shinedown’s eighth consecutive Mainstream...
Here’s Where BLACKPINK Will ‘Light Up the Pink’ Across the Globe Ahead of ‘Pink Venom’
BLACKPINK is getting ready to “light up the sky” once again. On Wednesday (Aug. 17), the K-pop girl group announced a special “Light Up the Pink” campaign ahead of the release of its highly anticipated comeback single “Pink Venom.” The news was shared via Twitter with a poster of dates, locations and times for Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, New York and Los Angeles between Thursday and Friday for their Blinks to witness something special. New York fans can see the Brooklyn Bridge light up at 8 p.m. ET, while L.A. fans will see the Santa Monica ferris wheel aglow. The “Light Up the Pink” campaign — likely a spin on the group’s “light up the sky” lyric from its 2020 single “How You Like That” — is just the most recently announced BLACKPINK event tied to the girl group’s return to music. On...
Coldplay Lights Up Mexico City in Cinematic ‘Humankind’ Video: Watch
Coldplay unfurled a cinematic music video for their song “Humankind” on Wednesday (Aug. 17). Shot in Mexico City during the band’s ongoing world tour, the visual features Chris Martin and his bandmates performing the track from 2021’s Music of the Spheres for a massive crowd of nearly 260,000 fans inside Foro Sol. “I know, I know, I know/ We’re only human/ I know, I know, I know/ How we’re designed, yeah/ I know, I know, I know/ We’re only human/ But from another planet/ Still they call us humankind,” Martin crows on the chorus as the audience chants along with every other line and fireworks erupt above the packed stadium. The video marks Coldplay’s latest offering from their Music of the Spheres era following visuals for “Biyutiful” featuring otherworldly puppet band The Weirdos, “People ...
Cardi B Gets Her First Face Tattoo
Cardi B is adding to her tattoo collection, but this time her new ink is on her face. Over the weekend, hairstylist Luis Santana took to his Instagram Stories to share a video of his friend Cardi on a tattoo bed, getting some red ink done along her jawline. “Tattoo surprise,” he captioned the clip, tagging the “I Like It” rapper. Later on, tattoo artist Robinson De Los Santos shared a selfie with Cardi to his own IG Stories, with the facial ink on display, though it’s unclear exactly what the tattoo says. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Cardi B via instagram story getting a face tattoo. 😍👀 pic.twitter.com/ri8WoUCbaB — Cardi B Updates (@CardiBUpdatesHQ) August 14, 2022 Fans believe that the rapper might have gotten her so...
A$AP Rocky Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charges
A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty today (Aug. 17) to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in Los Angeles. The incident took place on Nov. 6, 2021, in Hollywood, Calif., when Rocky allegedly shot at former A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli. According to the L.A. District Attorney’s office, his next court date is on Nov. 2. If convicted, he faces up to nine years in jail, Rolling Stone reports. On Monday, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced that the rapper, born Rakim Mayers, would be charged. “Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” Gascón said. “My office conducted a thorough review of the evidence in this case and deter...
Willie Nelson Announces New Book About Longtime Drummer Paul English
Nelson added in press materials: “There’s something about my friendship with Paul that reminds me of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Tom was more civilized and Huck was wilder. Although I was plenty wild at age 22, I’d have to say Paul was wilder. Like Tom and Huck, though, we became a team. Nothing could or would ever separate us. If someone tries to tell my story without putting Paul by my side, don’t bother reading it.” Me and Paul traces Nelson’s career from his roots in 1950s Fort Worth through the founding of Farm Aid in the 1980s and more. (English served as Farm Aid’s treasurer for many years.) Nelson first immortalized English with his 1971 song “Me & Paul.” “I’ve got this song that begs to be a book and a book that begs to read like a song,” Nelson said in a press release. (Nelson ...
A$AP Rocky Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Assault Charges
At his arraignment today (August 17) in Los Angeles, A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, Rolling Stone and TMZ report. Rocky is accused of shooting the former A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli during a November 2021 altercation. Relli is also suing Rocky for assault and battery, negligence, and emotional distress. If convicted, A$AP Rocky faces up to nine years in prison, according to Rolling Stone. At the arraignment today, according to Rolling Stone, Rocky’s lawyer Sara L. Caplan asked Judge Victoria Wilson if the rapper is permitted to travel for work. The judge reportedly replied that Rocky should “clear dates” with the prosecutors. A$AP Rocky is currently scheduled to headline Rolling Loud New York at Citi Field in Queens on Saturday, Septemb...
Watch Tenacious D, Beck, and Dave Grohl Cover “Summer Breeze” at Los Angeles Benefit Show
Last night (August 16), Tenacious D, Beck, Dave Grohl, John C. Reilly, and Greg Kurstin joined forces onstage during filmmaker Judd Apatow’s charity concert in Los Angeles. They did a live rendition of Seals & Crofts 1972 ballad “Summer Breeze.” Watch a clip from the set on Instagram. Proceeds from the event went toward Victims First—an organization that educates communities and advocate for victims and survivors of mass casualty crime. The concert was held at the 280-capacity nightclub Largo at the Coronet. The event marked one of Dave Grohl’s first public appearances since the death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins in March. A pair of tribute concerts honoring Hawkins are slated for next month. The first will take place in London on September 3, followed by another at Los Ange...
Opening Statements in R. Kelly’s Chicago Federal Trial Begin
R. Kelly is currently on trial in Chicago for child pornography and obstruction charges. The trial’s opening statements began today (August 17), following 12 hours of jury selection on Tuesday, with the prosecution team delivering the first statement, WGNTV and the Chicago Tribune report. “The defendant, Robert Kelly, had sex with multiple children,” Assistant United States Attorney Jason Julien reportedly said in the prosecution’s opening statement. “He made videotapes of himself having sex with children. And these two co-defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, knew about it.” Prosecutors claim that Kelly and his former employees, McDavid and Brown, paid off victims and witnesses in the singer’s 2008 child pornography trial. The three men have pleaded not guilty to the allegations. T...
