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Day Shift Review: Jamie Foxx’s Vampire Hunter Movie Boasts Great Fight Scenes and Formulaic Comedic Beats
The Pitch: Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx) is a San Fernando Valley pool cleaner, but his mundane job is a cover for other, more exciting work. Casing the house next door while skimming a pool, he puts on a ski mask, loads up on weapons, and storms inside. The resident, a frightened old woman, asks “Who are you? What are you doing in my room?” Without answering, Bud blasts away at her with a shotgun. The woman, revealing herself as a vampire and baring her fangs, stands up with a gaping hole in her torso, and begins fighting back. Day Shift is the directorial debut of J.J. Perry, a veteran stuntman who played Scorpion and other masked fighters in 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, and choreographed the intense fight scenes in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire. And the scene that opens the vampire hu...
Anne Heche Not Expected to Survive: Representative
Anne Heche is “not expected to survive” the injuries she sustained after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home last Friday. A representative for Heche told People that the actress suffered “a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition” as of Thursday night. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she’s being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” the representative added. Advertisement Related Video The crash caused the home to catch on fire, and it took 59 firefighters over an hour to battle the blaze and safely pull Heche out of the wreckage. Heche was initially able to communicate, but lost consciousness a short time later. In a previous statement, Heche’s representative said that she suffered “a significant pulmonary injury r...
Danger Mouse and Black Thought Share Posthumous MF DOOM Collaboration “Belize”: Stream
Though Danger Mouse and Black Thought shared several a handful of stellar collaborations in anticipation of their new album, Cheat Codes, they held back a track with the late MF DOOM titled “Belize.” Now that the album is out in the wild, we can finally get ears on the reunion between the three artists. Danger Mouse’s production on “Belize” is steeped in soul, with warm brass and a hypnotic bassline making way for each MC to spit a dizzying array of bars. Even without a chorus to bridge the gap, the track still transitions from Black Thought’s precise delivery to DOOM’s less structured flow with ease. When two of the greatest rappers of all time appear back to back, song structure is basically irrelevant. “You checking the Top 2 of a thousand intelligent chaps,” Black Thought boasts. ...
Miss Independent: Neyo Once Grabbed Coco’s Fatty With Ice-T’s Approval?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Now that Neyo is heading to a divorce it seems he is publicly embracing being a City Boy. He reveals he once grabbed Coco’s donk with Ice-T’s permission. As per Hollywood Life the crooner made a recent appearance on the Drink Champs podcast. While he discussed his rise to fame, some of his career defining highs and not so proudest moments, he also detailed an experience with Ice-T and his lovely wife at a Halloween party. “‘Cause mind you she had some sh*t on,” Ne-Yo said. “Right, so I walked up to him and I was like, ‘Bro, all due respect, I’ve wanted to squeeze Coco’s ass for a really long time.’” Related Stories Yes you read that correctly, but the story gets even better as the “Colors” rapper obliged the request. “You know what? A...
Four Men Indicted For Murder of Rapper Moneybagg Vontae
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Last June, LA-based rapper Moneygang Vontae was gunned down in the Bronx while he was in town for a performance in New York City and now authorities say they’ve indicted four men for the deadly shooting. NBC New York is reporting that Isaiah Garrett, Allan Algarin, Nayshon White and River Jones have all been arrested and hit with murder charges for the June 9 shooting at a Pharmacy in the Tremont section of the Bronx. Aside from murder charges the four men were also slapped with manslaughter, robbery, gang assault, and weapon possession amongst other charges. The 24-year-old Garrett, of Morris Heights, and 18-year-old Jones, of New Rochelle, were arraigned Tuesday; Algarin and White, both from the Bronx, had previously been arr...
Man Who A$AP Rocky Allegedly Shot Comes Forward, A$AP Relli Files Suit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Wolff – Patrick / Getty The man who alleges that he was shot by A$AP Rocky last year has stepped forward to reveal that he is a former A$AP Mob member – and that he’s now filing a civil lawsuit against the rapper. According to reports, Terrell Ephron, aka A$AP Relli, has publicly spoken out to say that he was the man who A$AP Rocky allegedly shot last November in Los Angeles, California. The former A$AP Mob member and high school best friend of Rocky, aka Rakim Meyers, decided to go public by sending a statement to Rolling Stone with his lawyers Jamal Tooson and Brian Hurwitz announcing the lawsuit, claiming the incident caused “irreparable harm to his career in the entertainment industry”. In the statement, Relli claims that A$AP Rocky lured him to...
Texas Church Puts On “Unauthorized” ‘Hamilton’ Play And Now Might Be Facing Lawsuits
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty You know the Christian church is in decline when it starts resorting to copyright infringement in order to stay relevant. This appears to be the case for The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen, Texas, which live-streamed a Bargain Basement version of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Hamilton last week. According to NBC News, not only did the church put on its rendition of the famed musical without permission (what happened to “thou shalt not steal,” bro?) but the performance ended with associate pastor, Victor Lopez, equating substance abuse with homosexuality—in 2022. “Maybe you struggle with alcohol, with drugs, homosexuality, maybe you struggle with other things in life, your finances, whatever, relationships,” Lopez said. “God...
Megan Thee Stallion’s Sophomore Album ‘Traumazine’ Is Here
Megan Thee Stallion is closing out her weekend with the last-minute release of her newest studio album, Traumazine. Clocking in at approximately 50 minutes, the 18-track album features guest appearances from the likes of Key Glock on “Ungrateful,” Latto on “Budget,” Pooh Shiesty on “Who Me,” Rico Nasty on “Scary,” Jhené Aiko on “Consistency,” Lucky Daye on “Star” and Sauce Walka, Big Pokey and Lil Keke on “Southside Royalty Freestyle,” and includes the previously-released singles “Pressurelicious” with Future, “Plan B” and “Sweetest Pie” with Dua Lipa. Prior to the album’s releases, the Houston Hottie thanked her fans for sticking by her as she underwent a tough legal battle against her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment. “Y’all know I always have problems with dropping my musi...
The Game Enlists Kanye West, Pusha T and More for Extensive 10th Studio Album ‘DRILLMATIC – Heart vs. Mind’
After a short delay, The Game has officially dropped off his newest studio album DRILLMATIC – Heart vs. Mind. Clocking in at approximately two hours, the extensive 31-track effort features several high profile guest appearances from the likes of Kanye West on the previously-released single “Eazy” and “Fortunate” with Dreezy and CHILLER, YoungBoy Never Broke Again on “O.P.P.,” Pusha T and 2 Chainz on “No Man Falls,” Lil Wayne and G Herbo on “Chrome Slugs & Harmony,” A$AP Rocky on “Money Cash Clothes,” Big Sean on “Stupid,” Nipsey Hussle on “World Tours,” Rick Ross on “Save The Best for Last” and more. In separate now-deleted Instagram posts, the rapper promised listeners that DRILLMATIC will make them “understand why I’m the best rapper alive.” He continued, “My controversy has al...
Meek Mill and WME Announce Strategic Partnership to Focus on the Next Generation Cultural Leaders
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill has officially announced a partnership with talent agency WME with an aim to focus on the next generation of cultural leaders. The relationship between Meek and the agency is in due part to the rapper’s new initiative Culture Currency which is “designed to expand Meek’s business while identifying and supporting his network of artists, athletes, and entertainers so that they can take better advantage of their influence on culture, and open up more opportunities for them within the entertainment, brand and business space.” WME is also said to represent Mill in other areas of the business while Mill continues to search and identify talent represent and falls under various categories including, film, music, television, books digital endorsements and more. In respo...
Excision and Wooli Reveal New Collaborative EP and First Single, “Name Drop”
Just in time for the Bass Canyon and Lost Lands festivals is “Name Drop,” the first single off of a new EP from Excision and Wooli. The successor to 2019’s collaborative EP, Evolution, the upcoming release will see both Excision and Wooli once again drop high-powered bass from the Late Cretaceous era. The two dubstep stars took to Twitter to reveal “Name Drop” and offer up some details behind the single and its larger project. Although the reveal shares just a tiny crumb of music, Wooli went on to share a live performance video of “Name Drop.” In the embedded video, fans can hear a portion of Wooli’s set at îLESONIQ over the weekend that featured the unreleased track. “Name Drop” features a bone-rattling bass d...
This Air-Powered Hybrid of a Vehicle and Musical Instrument Tests the Limits of Sound
I don’t mean to toot my own horn… As part of its “Two Yamahas, One Passion” joint project, Yamaha Design Lab has designed an unexpected piece of technology: a mobile musical instrument powered by gas and air. With the new concept, dubbed “Untitled Instrument,” two Yamaha departments joined forces to re-envision the principle of sound and how it can be used in conjunction with modern day automotive engineering technology. If the airflow through a wind or brass instrument, like a trumpet, is controlled properly, a musical scale can be played. This same air is also used to power the propulsion of the bike. Depending on how the air is converted into energy, it can bring out different outcomes. The bike is able to move when air is converted into mat...
