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Chance the Rapper and Joey Bada$$ Perform “The Highs & The Lows” on ‘Fallon’
Chance the Rapper and Joey Bada$$ took to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon stage on Monday to perform their collaborative track “The Highs & The Lows.” The rappers delivered an inventive rendition of the single, which debuted during Art Basel in Switzerland last month, brought to life by kaleidoscopic visuals and superimposed lyrics. The joint cut was first released alongside a short film produced by Yannis Davy Guibingain France and Italy. Notably, “The Highs & The Lows” is the duo’s second collaboration, following Joey Bada$$’s 2013 single “Wendy N Becky.” While appearing as a musical guest on the late-night show, Chance also spoke with Fallon about the 10th anniversary of his career-defining 10 Day mixtape and his forthcoming Black Star Line Festival with Vi...
Lucky (the Monster) Pulls No Punches With ‘Queer Apocalypse Doomgrass’ and Demonic Machines
In what would be the lone bedroom of a small apartment in San Diego, the musician, guitar pedal builder, and anti-establishment artist known primarily as “Lucky (the monster)” has set up a hub of sorts for their multiple musical acts and guitar pedal business. Their small four-toothed mutt, Rocco, makes his way across the small room, wagging his tail between an array of guitars and mounds of electronic parts. It’s part mad scientist’s laboratory, part musical practice space, and part disorganized corporate headquarters for a rapidly growing online business — but that makes sense when you consider what Lucky’s day-to-day actually looks like. A teacher by day, Lucky’s become known as the head of Demonic Machines, solo artist Great Big Thing Crawling All Over Me (a nod to the old punk song “S...
Microsoft Says Activision Blizzard Has No “Must Have” Games in Antitrust Statement
Hoping to push through with its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is now trying to please antitrust regulators by saying that the massive video game developer and publisher has no “must have” games. According to new reports, Xbox‘s parent company made a filing with New Zealand’s Commerce Commission stating that the company doesn’t produce any titles that Microsoft finds particularly attractive or necessary. “There is nothing unique about the video games developed and published by Activision Blizzard that is a ‘must have’ for rival PC and console video game distributors that give rise to a foreclosure concern,” the filing wrote. On the flip side, it’s hardly likely that a studio with no “must have” games would justify a $68.7 billion USD buyout price, as Sony points out. In anot...
PlayStation 5 Stock Could Increase by End of 2022
The chances of purchasing a PlayStation 5 could be higher by the end of 2022 as Sony revealed that stock for the console could be higher. According to reports, CFO Hiroki Totoki said during a recent conference call that an “improvement in component supply” could increase the amount of PS5 stock during the last months of this year. ComicBook adds, however, that since the increase may happen around the holidays, demand for the console will be higher than the rest of the year as more people would like to buy or receive the PS5 as a gift. Ever since its release, players have had a difficult time purchasing the console and have had to either buy a PS5 at a much higher price from a reseller or try their luck in raffles and limited restocks. The global shortage of semi-conductors has evidently pr...
SEGA’s Genesis Mini 2 Will Only Have 1/10th the Original Stock Outside of Japan
SEGA fans outside of Japan will be disappointed to learn that there’s extremely limited stock for the long-awaited Genesis Mini 2 if you’re not in the region. According to Polygon, the Japanese gaming company has now confirmed that the number of consoles available for those outside of the country will be “one-tenth” the amount of SEGA Genesis Minis sold back in 2019 due to the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. The company said it considered making the Genesis Mini 2 a Japan exclusive but ultimately decided against this thanks to Amazon Japan’s system that’ll allow shipment to the United States and Europe. That said, with the retro console starting at $104 USD on the website, the total cost of importing it will be more than $120 USD due to a shipping fee of $22 USD. Of course, it ...
Prince Heirs Settle Estate Dispute More Than Six Years After His Death
Prince‘s heirs have finally kissed and made up. The late music legend’s family members and advisers have put to rest all remaining issues involving the disbursement of his $156 million in assets, according to court papers reviewed by SPIN. Prince died in April 2016 at age 57 of a fentanyl overdose, without leaving a will. As such, and because he had no living children or a spouse, his six half-siblings were named heirs. Unfortunately, they could not come to an agreement on how to manage the estate moving forward and frequently found themselves in court. Three half-siblings sold their shares to Primary Wave, while three others kept their shares and retained longtime Prince advisor L. Londell McMillan and Charles Spicer to oversee them. In January, the heirs and the Internal Revenue Service ...
Bad Bunny ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is The Most Popular Album Of 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gladys Vega / Getty Bad Bunny is having a monster year and has another milestone to prove it. His album Un Verano Sin Ti is now the most popular album of 2022. As per Billboard Magazine the Puerto Rican rapper is currently the king of music with receipts to prove it. His newest LP has spent six consecutive weeks atop the weekly Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, including the last numbers from the week of July 25. Un Verano Sin Ti, which translates to A Summer Without You, has overtaken the Encanto soundtrack as the most popular release of 2022. Originally released on Friday, May 6 the Spanish studio album has earned rough 1.606 million equivalent album units (a combination of organic album sales, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, ...
‘Lost’ Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970 Royal Albert Hall Show Coming Out for First Time: Exclusive
On April 14, 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival—fresh off of three Top 10 albums in less than a year—stepped onto the stage of London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first of two shows. Now, more than 52 years later, that concert by the revered rock band is being released in its entirety for the first time on Concord’s Craft Recordings on Sept. 16. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The release serves as the audio companion to the Jeff Bridges-narrated documentary, Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, which will be released on the same day. The movie, directed by Bob Smeaton, follows the band from its El Cerrito, California-roots in the mid-to-late ‘60s through the Royal Albert Hall show. The documentary had b...
Killer Mike, 2 Chainz Slam Proposed Atlanta ‘Nuisance’ Ordinance They Say Could ‘Wipe Out’ Black Businesses
Killer Mike and 2 Chainz appeared at a City Council meeting in Atlanta on Monday (Aug. 1) to speak out against a proposed city ordinance they said could have a negative impact on local businesses and nightclubs run and owned by people of color. Chainz, who introduced himself by his birth name, Tauheed Epps, noted in his remarks that he owns two local businesses, Escobar and Escobar Seafood, before turning the microphone over to his friend Mike. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’m very blessed and I also like to be a blessing to others, and that’s what my businesses have allowed me to do,” 2 Chainz said in video posted of the appearance. “They need to retract some of the things they have on the ordinance. And I think crime is up everywhere, not...
Katy Perry Throwing Slices of Pizza at a Club Crowd Is the New Caking
Katy Perry is many things: pop superstar, Las Vegas headliner, mom, shoe designer and now, professional pizza pitcher. Over the weekend the singer decided to spice up a Saturday night (July 31) club appearance in Las Vegas by hopping into the DJ booth and hurling individual slices of pizza at her ravenous Katy Club Kats. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “A mother feeding her children,” Perry captioned the bizarre clip that quickly became a hilarious meme, which shows her first plating up a giant slice and flipping it to an eager fan and then just grabbing cheesy triangles and whipping them into the void. In the short video, Perry wears a tight pink dress as she dances to J Balvin and Skrillex’s “In da Getto” in a Vegas club when someone ...
VERIVERY Reveal Dates, Venues for 2022 U.S. & Latin America Tour: Exclusive
VERIVERY was the first K-pop act to tour around the U.S. post-pandemic in late 2021 and the boy band is coming back to the western hemisphere to visit even more cities and countries. After VERIVERY announced they’d be returning to America, and visiting Latin America, with their ‘PAGE : O” tour, Billboard can exclusively reveal the dates and venues for the ambitious live trek. Starting on Sept. 14 in Boston, the septet will visit more than a dozen cities across the States before heading south for concerts in Chile and Mexico mid-October. MyMusicTaste will be supporting the tour alongside VERIVERY’s label Jellyfish Entertainment. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We’re so glad to be given a chance to go on another tour ...
Eternally ‘Grateful’: Peter Shapiro Is Helping Keep Jam-Band Music Alive, One Trip at a Time
Peter Shapiro has worked both on and off the stage with the biggest names in music history and has overseen some of the most beloved venues in the United States. But after more than 25 years in the business, he’s still a super-fan at heart who loves nothing more than rocking out with and talking shop about the artists who’ve shaped his life. Shapiro, 49, chronicles his remarkable career in his new Hachette book, The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic, co-written with longtime collaborator Dean Budnick. Structured as 50 different chapters about specific shows and experiences, the book details a Eureka moment at a 1993 Grateful Dead concert in Chicago (when he was a film student at nearby Northwestern University) that s...
