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Moderat Announce More D4ta, Their First New Album in 6 Years
Moderat, the collaborative electronic group by Apparat and Modeselektor, have announced their first new album in six years. It’s titled More D4ta and it’s due out May 13 via Monkeytown Records. More D4ta is Moderat’s fourth album and the follow-up to 2016’s III. Spanning 10 tracks in total, the new LP finds the band wrestling with the feelings of isolation that followed their decision to take a hiatus in 2017. This new album marks the first time Apparat and Modeselektor have performed together since their 2016 tour in support of III. They commemorated those shows with a special live album—the first-ever of their career—that was recorded at Berlin’s Velodrome and featured a career-spanning setlist.
Lil Peep Wrongful Death Case: Unsealed Texts Reveal “Drug-Infected Mismanagement,” Rapper’s Mom Argues
Peep’s European tour manager, Stephen Paul, worked alongside Mercer. Later in September 2017, according to the texts, Quin and Mercer disparaged Paul’s fitness for the job. Quin also intimated that Paul got the position only because he was the cousin of “someone very important at FAE.” Quin wrote, “Honestly this is so first access.” In another apparent reference to Stennett, the CEO, Quin wrote that “Sarah” was “up at 4am screaming down the phone” due to her “poor” staffing. Several hours after Mercer’s detention at the Canadian border, she apologized to her colleagues. “Bottom line is that I am so sorry and embarrassed about it all,” Mercer wrote in a WhatsApp message. “It was a huge mistake and will never happen again.” She did not elaborate on the nature of the mistake. Mercer, in her S...
Snacks, Bethany Cosentino’s Pet Cat and Best Coast Album Cover Star, Has Died
Snacks, Bethany Cosentino’s pet cat and the album artwork star of Best Coast’s debut album Crazy For You, has died. “Said goodbye to my best friend in the entire world today,” tweeted Cosentino. “My true love. My guardian angel. There will never be another one like him.” “I always knew this day would come, but I hoped it never would,” Cosentino wrote in an Instagram post with multiple photos and videos. “He was not just my cat. He belonged to all of you. He was the third member of this band. Our mascot. Our cover star. Our merch king. He meant everything to me and I’m going to miss him so much, but I know he will live on forever by way of the legacy he created simply by being himself. He loved you all so much and he knew you loved him. 14 wonderful years. I’m so honored that I got to be hi...
Watch Injury Reserve’s New Video for “Outside”
Arizona rap outfit Injury Reserve have released a music video for their song “Outside.” In the nine-minute-long clip, directed by the group’s own producer Parker Corey, members cook and dance in striking architecture locations in Arcosanti, Arizona while a slow zoom adds tension. Check the video out below. “Outside” is the opening song on By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Injury Reserve’s most recent album and their first record since the June 2020 death of rapper Stepa J. Groggs. They’re currently on the road for their 2022 tour in support of the LP. Revisit Pitchfork’s interview “Injury Reserve Get Back Up.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
DOJ Seizes Nearly $4B In Stolen Bitcoin, Awful White Rapper Who Calls Herself “Crocodile of Wall Street” Arrested
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Youtube / Youtube In 2016, about $4 billion worth of Bitcoin was stolen after Bitfinex’s cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. Now, the Department of Justice has recovered most of what was stolen. And one of the suspected thieves? Well, she’s uh…she’s something else. As reported by The Verge, DOJ says it seized about $3.6 billion worth of the cryptocurrency, and that the ill-gotten gains were being held by Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein. Who are Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein? Well, Lichtenstein doesn’t matter. I mean, he does because he’s been arrested too, but he’s not the weird AF white woman who’s a rapper, a Forbes contributor and a self-described CEO. But before we get to all that, here’s this from The Verge: The DOJ doesn’t e...
Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Widow Sues Wu-Tang Clan Productions For Unpaid Royalties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bob Berg / Getty It’s been almost 18 years since the untimely death of Hip-Hop icon, Russell Tyrone Jones a.k.a Ol Dirty Bastard, and while his music still bumps in all corners of the Hip-Hop world his widow, Icelene Jones, is claiming that she isn’t getting any royalties from his music catalogue. According to Variety, Jones has filed a lawsuit against Wu-Tang Clan Productions on Tuesday (February 8) alleging that the production company hadn’t paid any royalties to the estate from 2011 to 2021, when it had sent a check for $130,000. Though the estate did receive some payments from Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp in 2019 and 2020, they allege that it was only a fraction of what they’re owed. In the suit the Jones estate state that over the last 10 ye...
Soulja Boy Drops His Own Sneaker Line, Soulja Stars
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @souljaboy / Instagram Soulja Boy may not be moving units like he used to, but that was yesterday’s hustle as Big Draco is now looking to get into the sneaker game and we ain’t talking about becoming a reseller. HypeBeast is reporting that the “Crank That” rapper is releasing his own sneaker line dubbed Soulja Stars that will be retailing for a whopping $279! Even the hottest Nikes and Jordans don’t go for that much, but hey, might as well shoot for the stars, right? Releasing in three colorways, the Soulja Stars Fashion Stars Hi Top silhouette boasts leather uppers, two metallic star-studded velcro straps in place of laces, and a transparent “$OULJA” label printed on the elongated tongue. A second colorway features a black overlay with the star studded s...
Nelly Apologizes For Mouf Love Leak, Twitter Says He Came Up Short Twice
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Nelly has been the talk of the Internet for the past 36 hours after a sex tape went wide through social media circles and made the famed rapper a trending topic. In a new statement, the St. Louis star apologized for the video being inadvertently leaked, but fans on Twitter think that the apology came up a little short. TMZ reports that Nelly confirmed that the video was an accidental leak not meant to go wide to the public and extended his words towards the unnamed woman in the video with him performing the act. “I sincerely apologize to the young lady and her family, this is unwanted publicity for her/them. This was an old video that was private and never meant to go public,” Nelly said to TMZ exclusively. The outlet inquired a...
Sony Is Testing a Voice Command Feature for the PlayStation 5
The forthcoming PlayStation 5 update will include voice command controls. Rolling out to English-speaking users located in the United States and the United Kingdom first, the beta feature was initially available on the previous-generation console when it debuted in 2013. Users will be able to activate the feature by saying “Hey PlayStation.” From there, they can use their voice to launch games, apps and the system menu. They can use their voice to control other media aspects such as playback. In addition to voice command, Sony will be introducing new tools such as voice chats called parties, which are essentially group chats that can be made either available to join via invitation-only or open to the public. The console will also offer a filter that sorts games by genre and more languages ...
LAX ft Ayra Starr – Options
Don’t miss this brand new single from L.A.X he calls “Options”. Nigerian singer L.A.X returns to the music space with a special song titled “Options” teams up with Mavin Records songstress Ayra Starr to deliver a memorable piece. The new single “Options” is Lax’s first music for the year and it is an awesome tune dedicated to his fans as a new year special. “Options” definitely deserves a spot on your playlist, production credit goes to ATG Musick. Listen and L.A.X ft Ayra Starr – “Options” below. [embedded content]
HBO To Develop Facebook Drama Series ‘Doomsday Machine’
HBO has landed a development deal for Doomsday Machine, a limited series based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination, according to Deadline. The show, which is a co-production between HBO, Anonymous Content and Wiip, will star Emmy winner Claire Foy as the social media giant’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. Doomsday Machine is a “riveting human drama chronicling the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. The series places us in the shoes of Sheryl Sandberg (Foy) and Mark Zuckerberg, who are shaping the way that billions of people around the world communicate and consume information,” according to HBO. The series, which also finds inspiration from Frenkel and Kang’s ...
‘The Batman’ Will Premiere Early in IMAX Theaters
The Batman will premiere early in IMAX theaters, Warner Bros. announced on Wednesday. DC will hold a fan event on March 1 in more than 350 IMAX theaters across the U.S. ahead of the film’s scheduled debut on March 4. The event, which is scheduled on the same date as the movie’s New York premiere, has already sold out at several locations, according to the production company. The film, directed by Matt Reeves, stars Robert Pattinson in the titular role, along with Paul Dano as the Riddler, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Colin Farrell as the Penguin and several others. “Matt has created a must-see big-screen experience with The Batman, and audiences around the country have proven they really can’t wait to see it on the biggest screen possible,” Warners president of domestic distribution Jeff ...
