HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Dyson / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen Kelis do her thing on the music front but today the OG songstress returns with some more food-themed grooves for her fans who’ve been hungry for more. In her latest visuals to “Feed Them,” Kelis promotes healthy living as she encourages the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and basically anything that grows from the earth and isn’t mass produced in a process center. We expect this song to be played at organic fresh markets and whatnot. Back on the West Coast, Klypso takes us on a blast to the past as he calls on OG stoners, Cheech and Chong to join him and Snoop Dogg for some Mary Jane love making in the comedic clip to “Low Rider.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve ...
deadmau5‘s famed We Are Friends compilation series has been transformed into a new live experience. For years, deadmau5 has used his We Are Friends releases to showcase the incredible music producers that release music on his flagdhip mau5trap label. Now, he’s using his platform in an even bigger way. Coming this summer to 14 cities across the United States is the inaugural “We Are Friends Tour,” which is dedicated to the next generation of mau5trap stars. Bensley, BlackGummy, EDDIE, HNTR, Kasablanca, Lamorn, Lupa, Morgin Madison and No Mana will all take the stage on various dates throughout the tour. But deadmau5 won’t be the only veteran hitting the road. Featured on every stop will be longtime collaborators and legendary bass music outf...
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Let the good times roll! Stagecoach is back after being canceled the last two years, along with Coachella, due to the pandemic. The three-day country music extravaganza returns to the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. on Friday (April 29). Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs will headline separate nights. Click here for set times. The star-studded performance roster also includes Maren Morris, Midland, Brandi Carlile, Jordan Davis, Breland, Lee Brice, Margo Price, Brothers Osbourne, Colter Wall, Shenandoah, Laci Kaye Booth, The Black Crowes, Tanya...
Just three days before the finalists on the current season of American Idol competed in a live broadcast to narrow the top 14 down to a top 11, they sat down with Billboard for their first in-depth interviews of their Idol run. One by one, over almost eight hours, they filed into dressing room 36G at CBS Television City in Los Angeles to be grilled about their lives, their hopes and dreams and their Idol journeys to date. Although each contestant was interviewed privately, they named many of the same series alums as their favorite Idols. Alejandro Aranda received the most mentions, with Kelly Clarkson right behind him. Last year, it was a three-way tie for first place among Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson and Katharine McPhee. With the revelation of who made the current top 10 now announced on t...
Estrella Media has promoted longtime radio programmer and television personality Pepe Garza to head of content development and A&R for the company’s newly established music division Estrella Media Music Entertainment (EMME). Garza will also serve as the executive producer of digital audio for the multi-platform media company. According to an official description of his new role, Garza will help lead the new division where he’ll “seek out new talent” to sign to the label and publishing arm and “help develop the next generation of Latin music stars.” Garza will also be responsible for curating new original digital audio series for Estrella’s free streaming platforms and podcasts. “Pepe has been a leading figure in the growth and support of Regional Mexican music and transformed the way f...
It’ll take something special to stop Harry Styles from retaining the U.K. chart title with “As It Was” (via Columbia). Styles’ latest hit, the first single lifted from his forthcoming third studio album, Harry’s House, leads the midweek chart. If it holds firm when the positions are confirmed later this week, it’ll give the English pop star a fourth consecutive week in charge of the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Meanwhile, Cat Burns’ “Go” (RCA/Since 93) looks set for a new peak, climbing 5-3 on the Official Chart Update, while London rapper Potter Payper could bag his first U.K. Top 10 as “Gangsteritus” (0207) with Tiggs Da Author looks set to fly 40-10. A special 7” vinyl release of “The Lakes” tied into Record Store Day 2022 could give Taylor Swift another U.K. chart appearance. “The Lake...
The JAY-Z-curated Made In America music festival is set to return to Philadelphia this September for its 2022 edition. Although the official lineup is yet to be announced, fans can now purchase their early bird tickets for the Labor Day Weekend staple festival that is set to take place on September 3 and September 4 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway. “From the inaugural festival in 2012 to now, Made In America has had a home on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. We have seen some of music’s most iconic moments and built a community rooted in the Philadelphia community,” said Desiree Perez, CEO Roc Nation. “We’re thrilled to return for another year of music and culture, bringing the brightest and most powerful voices in music and advocacy to one stage.” The long-running festival is celebrating its 10th ...
First week projections for Kendrick Lamar‘s highly-anticipated album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers have been released — and the project isn’t even out yet. According to HITS Daily Double, the upcoming record is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a total of around 350,000 equivalent album units. Reports add that more than half of the 603,000 opening week units of DAMN. was comprised of sales, and “an equally intense level of consumption” can be expected for Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, “but overwhelmingly on the DSPs.” Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers marks K-Dot’s first full-length project since 2017’s DAMN. and will be his final album with Top Dawg Entertainment. A tracklist and its features are yet to be announced, however it has been confirmed that the album...
In a new interview with Kerrang! magazine, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke about the fact that he is currently involved in several projects outside his main band, including releasing his debut solo EP and publishing his first comic book, “Nights Of Lono”. He said: “I have to say I’ve been sober for seven and a half years now and my mind is in a different place, I’m better focused. I got my brain back, I’ve gotten my memory back so nowadays I’m in a better place. I record music and my focus is that much better. “When I got sober, I had so much more time,” he explained. “[Prior to that] I was spending almost every night in a nightclub or bar and then I’d spend almost every morning recovering from that. Day in, day out, ...
Gene Simmons (KISS) and David Draiman (DISTURBED) are among the musicians who have reacted on social media to the news that Twitter‘s board has agreed to let Elon Musk buy the social media network for $44 billion. If the deal officially goes through, it will make Musk — the Tesla and SpaceX founder and the world’s richest man — the new owner of the social media site that hosts more than 200 million users. Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” has said that Twitter could champion freedom as a private company. Opponents to the acquisition have theorized that Musk will allow users on the platform to spread misinformation and hate speech under the guise of protecting free speech. While many people are happy that Musk is taking control of another giant...
BULLETBOYS frontman Marq Torien joined STEEL PANTHER on stage yesterday (Sunday, April 24) at the Rainbow Bar & Grill 50th-anniversary part in West Hollywood, California to perform the BULLETBOYS classic “Smooth Up In Ya”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. In April 1972, Mario Maglieri, along with Whisky co-founder Elmer Valentine, Lou Adler and others, started the Rainbow Bar & Grill with a party for Elton John. It has been a second home for actors and musicians, their fans, friends and entourages ever since. Celebrities including John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Keith Moon, John Belushi, Grace Slick, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond, LED ZEPPELIN, Alice Cooper, GUNS N’ ROSES, VAN HALEN, MÖTLEY CRÜE and B-Real have all been sighted there, and the restaura...