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Tyler, the Creator Earns 13 New Gold and Platinum RIAA Certifications
Tyler, the Creator is bringing home a total of 13 new gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), adding to the previous 10 plaques he received about a week prior. The RIAA website confirmed that the artist acquired nine gold certifications for the tracks “Potato Salad” with A$AP Rocky, “OKRA,” “F*cking Young/Perfect” with Charlie Wilson, Chaz Bundick, Syd and Kali Uchis, “IFHY” with Pharrell, “Foreword” with Rex Orange County, “Where This Flower Blooms” with Frank Ocean, “Glitter,” “Domo23” and “Smuckers” with Lil Wayne and Kanye West, one gold certifications for the album WOLF and three platinum certifications for the Flower Boy cuts “911/Mr. Lonely” with Steve Lacy and Frank Ocean, “Boredom” with Rex Orange County and Anna of the North and...
Drake Signs Expansive Deal With Universal Music Group That Could Be Worth Around $400 Million USD
Drake has signed a new deal with Universal Music Group covering “multiple creative lanes and revenue streams.” Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge confirmed the news during the label’s Q1 earnings call, stating that The Boy’s wide-ranging deal includes recordings, publishing, merchandise and visual media projects. Labelled by the music executive as “expanded portfolios,” Variety reports that an insider called the deal “LeBron-sized” and could be priced at around or higher than $360 million USD after Drizzy hinted at the signing with the bar “Three-sixty upfront, it all comes full circle,” which appears on the Scary Hours 2 cut “Lemon Pepper Freestyle.” A 2021 report from UBS Research named Drake as one of Universal Music Group’s 2021 “re-signings”; the label supposedly sp...
‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Reboot To Air on Paramount Plus
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paramaount Plus / ViacomCBS The pioneering Hip-Hop program Yo! MTV Raps is making a comeback to television, and Paramount Plus will be its new home. According to reports, the landmark television program will be revived on the streaming platform Paramount Plus with new hosts. Yo! MTV Raps was a pivotal influence in the rise of rap music among the greater public, and the revival announced by the platform looks to tap into that energy through a “comprehensive deep dive into the current state of hip hop”. The new hosts will be DJ Diamond Kuts and the battle rapper Conceited, and the format will contain interviews in addition to live performances and ciphers. The direction of the show looks to focus on more intimate in-studio experiences with the artists and g...
Man Who Stole On Tekashi 6ix9ine Says Struggle Rapper Provoked Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ A few days ago a video surfaced of a club goer living the dream and punching Tekashi 6ix9ine at a club in Miami. Although it didn’t land square on the famous snitch’s face, it did make enough contact to remind Tekashi he’s still loathed out in the streets. [embedded content] Recently TMZ was able to catch up with the man who touched Tekashin and not only does he have no regrets (why should he?) but he stated what we all felt: Tekashi deserved it. Interestingly enough though it seems like Tekashi actually provoked the punch from the man who goes by ItzMrBHN on social media as he says Tekashi and his new crew tried to bully ItzMrBHN and his peoples at Pilo’s Tacos Tequila Garden. How you ask? Well… Related Stories He claims Tekashi was filmin...
Drake Inks Monster Deal With Universal Music Group
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake has secured the bag, and it’s a massive one. Universal Music Group revealed that has renegotiated its contract with the Toronto rap star and it sounds like an all-inclusive and expensive affair. According to Variety, UMG’s Chairman revealed in its Q1 earnings calls, which went down Tuesday (May 3), that his company and Drake had “entered into an expansive, multi-faceted deal with the company that encompasses recordings, publishing, merchandise and visual media projects.” Related Stories The specifics of Drake’s new deal, which was reportedly locked down in 2021, haven’t been shared. He has been listed as a re-signing, after his last proper album from his first Young Money/Cash Money contract, Scorpion, dropped in 2018. Neverthel...
HHW Gaming: Razer’s New Blade 15 Laptop Sounds Like Its Going To A Beast
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Blade 15 Based on the specs, Razer might have just unveiled a beast of a gaming laptop. Tuesday (May.3), Razer announced its new Blade 15 gaming laptop, and it sounds like one powerful video game-playing machine. What sets this model apart from previous models is that it features an OLED QHD 240Hz display, which is unheard of on a gaming laptop. Razer boasts the Blade 15’s screen is brighter and has more vivid colors, plus performs at “esports-level speeds.” The screen is also paired with a 12th gen Intel Core i9-12900H processor and an NVIDIA®️ RTX 3070 Ti laptop graphics card making it the go-to machine for the gamers and creators. Related Stories The new OLED screen can also reach 400 nits brightness and include up to 100% DC...
Netflix Builds on Gaming Lineup With Mobile RPG ‘Relic Hunters: Rebels’
Netflix has expanded its game lineup with the addition of a new title. Billed as an action-packed RPG, Relic Hunters: Rebels hit the streaming platform on May 3. The game arrives as the first-ever mobile game from developer Rogue Snail’s Relic Hunters franchise. Users can play as one of the game’s four fighter characters — Jimmy, Ace, Pinkyy or Raff. Tasked with defeating the evil Duncan Empire, they’ll have the opportunity to craft and collect a variety of weapons, each with its own special abilities. In an interview celebrating the launch of Relic Hunters on Netflix, Rogue Snail CEO Mark Venturelli said that the studio “tried to make a game that would run easily on older phones, so we could reach a wider audience in places where people can’t afford a new device every year.” He also hinte...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ Could Be a Double Album
Kendrick Lamar‘s highly-anticipated project, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, could be releasing as a double album. Updating his Oklama website with a black-colored folder icon entitled “master,” the artist uploaded a photo of what seems like a book bearing his name and the album title, along with two “MASTER COPY” CDs individually labelled “STEPPERS” and “MORALE.” K-Dot did not confirm whether the speculations of the double album or the book were correct, however, leaving fans to wait for either an official announcement or the release day. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is Lamar’s first album since 2017’s DAMN. and will mark his last release with Top Dawg Entertainment. Label president Punch Henderson previously addressed the artist’s departure from TDE, “It’s been almost 20 years. S...
Daniel Radcliffe Is “Weird Al” Yankovic in Teaser Trailer for New Movie: Watch
The Roku Channel has shared the first teaser trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story—the new “Weird Al” Yankovic biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe. The thoroughly dramatic clip is soundtracked by Yankovic’s 1985 Madonna parody “Like a Surgeon.” Watch below. Yankovic is the writer, producer, and subject of the film. Weird was directed and co-written by Eric Appel, and is co-produced by Funny or Die and Tango. “Weird Al” Yankovic recently kicked off a tour that will find him playing over 100 concerts. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Phoebe Bridgers Tells Her Abortion Story While Advocating for Women’s Rights
Yesterday (May 2), Politico published a draft opinion from the Supreme Court that showed a majority of the court would vote to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has since confirmed the authenticity of the leak but claimed the court’s decision is not yet final. Politicians—including Attorney General Eric Schmitt of Missouri—are already pledging to ban abortion should the court go through with its decision. Today, Phoebe Bridgers has opened up about her own experience getting an abortion. “I had an abortion in October of last year while I was on tour,” she tweeted. “I went to planned parenthood where they gave me the abortion pill. It was easy. Everyone deserves that kind of access.” Bridgers also shared a link to The Cut’s list of ...
Teyana Taylor Announces Farewell Tour
Teyana Taylor has announced a continuation of what she’s calling her farewell tour. The Last Rose Petal 2…Farewell Tour takes place in cities across North America this summer that she missed on her fall 2021 tour of the same name. According to a representative, no new music is planned. “Sometimes we gotta take the time to smell our Roses even after the Last Petal falls,” Taylor said in a statement. Find the dates below. Taylor’s last album The Album arrived in 2020. Last fall she performed with Normani at the MTV VMAs. This week, she appeared at the 2022 Met Gala. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Teyana Taylor: The Last Rose Petal 2… Farewell Tour Teya...
Kendrick Lamar Keeps Fans Guessing With New Album Teaser
Kendrick Lamar has added a new link to his Oklama website. A black folder that leads to a folder called “master” hosts a photograph of a hand holding both a book with Lamar’s name and “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” on the cover and two compact discs—one with “Morale” and the other with “Steppers,” each marked as a “master copy.” Last month Lamar revealed that his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers would be released May 13 by tweeting a similar link to his Oklama website. Lamar first teased the record—his “final TDE album,” as he described it—with a note on the website launched in August 2021, which he signed “Oklama.” Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers follows Lamar’s 2017 album Damn. for which he won a Pulitzer prize. He’s since curated the Black Panther soundtrack, headlined...
