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T Bone Burnett Reveals New Analog Reproduction Technology
T Bone Burnett has developed a new medium for recorded sound, a disc format he’s dubbed Iconic Originals. He’s tried out the technology with Bob Dylan re-recording some of his classic songs, but those recordings are not yet available for the public to hear. A press release indicates that the project is part of Burnett’s attempts to “reset the valuation for recorded music.” According to a statement from the producer, one-of-a-kind Iconic Originals are “lacquer painted onto an aluminum disc, with a spiral etched into it by music.” Burnett’s project is the first major development in analog music reproduction in more than 70 years, when phonograph discs shifted from being made of fragile shellac to the polyvinyl plastic material still used in the present day. The rest of Burnett’s stateme...
How to Get Tickets to Lil Nas X’s 2022 Tour
Lil Nas X revealed via a cinematic video announcement that he’ll be making his live touring debut this fall with the “Long Live Montero Tour,” which is sure to be one of the year’s most sought-after events. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Lil Nas X’s Next Tour? The “Long Live Montero Tour” consists of a 14-date North American leg starting in September, followed by a 7-date European leg in November. The tour kicks off in Detroit on September 6th, hitting Chicago and Toronto before traveling along the East Coast from Boston to New York to Washington, DC to Miami. He heads west to Los Angeles on October 18th, Phoenix on October 21st, and finally San Francisco on October 23rd. Advertisement The European leg commences two weeks later in Amst...
How to Get Tickets to “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour”
Fans of Disney’s Oscar-winning animated movie Encanto will now be able to celebrate with The Family Madrigal as they embark on “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” this summer. Audiences won’t be able to stop talking about Bruno and the brilliant original songs penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the movie’s chart-topping soundtrack. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is the “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour”? “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” is a one-of-a-kind concert event, featuring the entire feature-length film and an on-stage band performing music from its beloved soundtrack. Advertisement Related Video The 32-city tour begins on July 18th in Ridgefield, Washington followed by a trek across the west including Phoenix...
Future, WizKid, and Dave to Headline Inaugural Rolling Loud Toronto
Rolling Loud is going international. The beloved rap and hip-hop festival is crossing the northern border into Canada this September for the inaugural Rolling Loud Toronto, with Future, WizKid, and Dave headlining the three-day event. Going down this September 9th-11th, 2022 at Ontario Place, Rolling Loud Toronto will welcome mainstays Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, Roddy Ricch, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie. The lineup also includes Canadian rap favorites NAV, Belly, and Pressa, as well as the UK’s Skepta, Central Cee, AJ Tracey, and Afrobeats mastermind Rema. Tickets for Rolling Loud Toronto go on sale this Friday, April 29th at 12:00 p.m. EST, at which time you’ll be available to book your seat here. See the full lineup below. Advertisement Related Video Back in the states,...
Die Antwoord’s Adopted Son Alleges Years of Abuse and Exploitation
Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez, the adopted son of Die Antwoord’s Yolandi Visser (aka Anri du Toit) and Ninja (aka Watkin Jones), has accused the couple of physical and sexual abuse and exploitation. The allegations surfaced through a 44-minute interview with the South African group’s former filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman and a subsequent sitdown with News24. du Preez and his younger sister were adopted by Die Antwoord in 2010 — when he was just nine years old — under foster parenting agreements with their biological mother. They would go on to appear in music videos like “I Fink U Freeky” and “Ugly Boy” while being raised with du Toit and Jones’ biological daughter and a boy from another poor family in Johannesburg. “They adopted me to be a slave,” he recalled about the experience. “They made me f...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
Phony Stark: The Fact And Fiction Behind Elon Musk
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media platform Twitter has gotten a lot of attention and some worry. But we’re here to separate the fiction from the facts with regards to the billionaire. Techpreneur billionaire Elon Musk is taking center stage once again after his acquisition of Twitter on Monday (April 25) caused shockwaves around the globe. Many expressed concerns about the South African-Canadian’s intentions behind buying the influential social media platform and what he plans to do if shareholders approve the $44 billion purchase of the company. It’s notable that many right-wing pundits including those on Fox News and far-right extremists were celebrating the news as “reclaiming free speech,” hoping that former President D...
Phony Stark: The Fact And Fiction Behind Elon Musk
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media platform Twitter has gotten a lot of attention and some worry. But we’re here to separate the fiction from the facts with regards to the billionaire. Techpreneur billionaire Elon Musk is taking center stage once again after his acquisition of Twitter on Monday (April 25) caused shockwaves around the globe. Many expressed concerns about the South African-Canadian’s intentions behind buying the influential social media platform and what he plans to do if shareholders approve the $44 billion purchase of the company. It’s notable that many right-wing pundits including those on Fox News and far-right extremists were celebrating the news as “reclaiming free speech,” hoping that former President D...
Cardi B & Beyoncé Are All Of The Devil, According To Black GOP Candidate
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Olson / Getty The GOP sure does know how to find the ditsiest, most ignorant QMorons in America to endorse for positions of power, don’t they? This is especially true when Republicans start scouring the sunken place looking for Blacky-lackey mascots they can parade around as their resident Black friends. Kristina Karamo, a community college professor who claimed she witnessed election fraud during the 2020 presidential race where not a shred of evidence proving any fraud was discovered, has officially been endorsed by the Michigan GOP as a candidate for secretary of state. Karamo is also apparently a Republican looney-coo…I mean, toon who thinks pop music is music by Of the Devil, by the Devil and for the Devil. It turns out Karamo used to host the ...
