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Beef Between Mo’Nique & D.L. Hughley over Headline Slot Continues
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E! Entertainment / Getty Comedians D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique went viral this weekend for a spat where the two legends were both convinced that they were due the top slot at a show at Detroit’s Fox Theater. As previously reported by MadameNoire, the incident occurred on May 28 when as she came out to start her set (before Hughley) Mo’Nique ripped into the comedian with a profanity laced diatribe. Related Stories “The motherf****** contract said that a b**** is the headliner. Mo’Nique is to be the last motherf****** person on the g****** stage. She is the headliner. I’m 30+ years in this motherf****** business and I don’t open for no g****** body. The contract said the headliner. But a n**** named DL Hughley turned into a b**** and said ‘I won’t...
Kanye West Trademarks YEEZUS Amusement Parks, NFTs and More in New Patent Filings
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has filed several U.S. federal trademark registrations under his multi-faceted imprint YEEZUS through his Mascotte Holdings, Inc. company. According to trademark attorney Josh Gerben, the filings indicate Ye’s intent to create YEEZUS-branded amusement parks, blockchain-backed currencies and non-fungible tokes (NFTs), physical and online retail stores, toys, games, sporting equipment, campaign buttons, clothing, bags, household items and cosmetics. Kanye West has filed 17 new trademark applications around his YEEZUS name. The filings indicate an intent to launch YEEZUS-branded amusement parks, NFT’s, toys and more. ?#KanyeWest pic.twitter.com/bI7RkA1Pk3 — Josh Gerben (@JoshGerben) June 1, 2022 West first expressed interest in one day creating his own amusem...
WWE Announces Upcoming Two-Hour Ric Flair Documentary
According to reports, a documentary about the life of Ric Flair is coming later this year. The WWE recently announced that it will be working on the two-hour documentary along with the professional wrestling legends and FOX Sports’ Tom Rinaldi. Although not much is known about the project, the documentary is said to center around the “never-before-revealed history” of Ric Flair. Richard Morgan Fliehr, better known professionally as “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, has been widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time with a career that has spanned almost 50 years. Participating in Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Flair has held numerous titles and has made it into various w...
Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige’s “We Cry Together” Makes Record-Setting Billboard Hot 100 Drop
Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige’s collaborative Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers cut “We Cry Together” experienced the biggest single-week Billboard Hot 100 drop in history. According to Chart Data, the track dropped a total of 81 spots on this week’s chart from No. 16 to No. 97. “We Cry Together” officially overtook A$AP Ferg and MadeinTYO’s “Move Ya Hips,” which went down 80 spots to No. 19 from No. 99 in a week. “We Cry Together,” which is widely considered as one of the strongest cuts on the album, may experience a surge again, however, as Paige recently took to Instagram to tease the track’s music video. “F*ck you @kendricklamar,” she wrote in the caption, capturing the essence of the emotionally-heavy song. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers moved down to No. 2 on this week’s Billbo...
Anthrax Announce Blu-Ray and CD Release of 40th Anniversary Livestream Concert
Anthrax are releasing their 40th anniversary “Anthrax XL” livestream concert on Blu-Ray, CD, and digitally on July 15th via Megaforce Records. Ahead of its arrival, the thrash greats have offered up a clip of their performance of “Aftershock.” In July 2021, Anthrax celebrated four decades of thrash-metal excellence with a virtual concert and retrospective featuring interviews, testimonials, and reflections from the band members and many close associates from the scene. Guitarist Scott Ian even gave a “walking tour” of Anthrax’s stomping ground: New York City. “Forty years doesn’t feel like 40 years,” said drummer Charlie Benante via press release. “Sometimes, I have to remind myself about how long this strange trip has been. I enjoy playing these songs, they’re such a huge part of my life,...
Ray Parker Jr. Documentary Who You Gonna Call? Gets Official Trailer: Watch
Sure, you know who to call if there’s something strange in your neighborhood, but how much do you know about the man behind the iconic Ghostbusters theme song? Filmmaker Fran Strine and Sony Pictures today unveiled the official trailer for Who You Gonna Call?, the forthcoming documentary about Ray Parker Jr., the legendary rhythm guitarist who most certainly ain’t afraid of no ghosts. “If you only know him as ‘the Ghostbusters guy,’ then you don’t know him at all,” the Who You Gonna Call? trailer warns you. Thankfully, the documentary brings together some fellow music industry legends like Clive Davis to sing his praises. Parker himself appears prominently in the documentary to help tell his story from growing up in segregated Detroit to winning a Grammy, detailing...
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Release Statements Reacting to Defamation Verdict
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have both issued statements in reaction to the verdict in their dueling defamation cases. After six grueling weeks of testimony, cross-examination, and scandalous allegations levied by both sides, a jury found Heard guilty of defamation against her ex-husband, Depp. “False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me. It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career. And six year later, the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled,” Depp said in a statement reacting to the jury’s decision. “My decision to pursue this case, knowing very well the heig...
Elvis Estate Blocks Vegas Wedding Chapels from Using His Likeness
Update: In a statement to Billboard, Authentic Brands Group said they don’t intend to ban Elvis impersonators, but are instead requesting that chapels get licenses to continue their schtick. The Las Vegas tourist industry is taking a pretty big hit this week, as the licensing company that handles Elvis Presley’s estate has blocked the city’s wedding chapels from using his likeness in their ceremonies. As the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the company that oversees all Elvis-related merchandise, sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple Sin City chapels in May, arguing that unauthorized use of “Presley’s name, likeness, voice image, and other elements” constitute trademark infringement. The company counts “Elvis, “Elvis Presley,” and “The King of Rock and Ro...
Wolfgang Van Halen Slams Upcoming Documentary About Father Eddie Van Halen’s Death: ‘Pathetic & Heartless’
Eddie Van Halen‘s son Wolfgang took to Twitter on Wednesday (June 1) to express his disgust over an upcoming Reelz Channel documentary titled Autopsy: The Last Hours of Eddie Van Halen. “F— @ReelzChannel, f— everyone that works on this show, and f— you if you watch it,” the 31-year-old musician tweeted in response to the news of the documentary. “F—ing disgusting trying to glamorize someone’s death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to Blabbermouth, the Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… series delves into the deaths of global celebrities and “people whose untimely deaths were surrounded by scandal and intense media attention.” The docuseries uses autopsies and medical evidence to explain the d...
Event & Arena Marketing Conference Returns to Honor SoFi Stadium’s Vanessa Kromer
The Event & Arena Marketing Conference is returning after a two-year pandemic pause. This year, EAMC will honor Vanessa Kromer from SoFi Stadium with its top honor — the 2022 Gigi Award of Excellence — named after the late Gigi Pilhofer, one of the conference’s founders. Kromer is the former EAMC president and a Hall of Famer currently serving as senior director of publicity at SoFi Stadium, YouTube Theater and Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., and has actively contributed to the conference for more than 20 years. Kromer previously worked at Nederlander Concerts in Los Angeles. During her tenure at EAMC, she has hosted conferences in Anaheim (1999) and Los Angeles (2015), served as the president and v.p. of agenda, served as a board member, and created the EAMC Awards. Kosha Irby fr...
Sevenn Files Copyright Claims Against Alok in Brazilian Court
Dance music producers Sean and Kevin Brauer are formally pursuing copyright claims for 19 songs they say they worked on for the Brazilian DJ Alok over five years, for which they say they were denied proper credit. In a filing in a São Paulo civil court last month, the Brauer brothers, who have performed as the dance duo Sevenn, say they want the court to initiate a technical review of the authorship of the releases, which include some of Alok’s better-known songs, including “Favela” featuring Ina Wroldson, Alok and his brother Bhaskar’s “Fuego,” and a remix of Mick Jagger’s “Gotta Get A Grip.” The songs were produced while the Brauers — who are Brazilian-American dual nationals — were living mostly in Brazil, but their Rio de Janeiro-based attorney Eduardo Senna says that the brothers coul...
Facebook’s Longtime COO Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, is stepping down. Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined from Google in 2008, four years before Facebook went public. “When I took this job in 2008, I hoped I would be in this role for five years. Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next chapter of my life,” Sandberg wrote on her Facebook page Wednesday. Sandberg has led Facebook — now Meta’s — advertising business and was responsible for nurturing it from its infancy into an over $100 billion-a-year powerhouse. She’s leaving Meta in the fall and will continue to serve on the company’s board. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in his own Facebook post that Javier Olivan will serve as Meta’...
