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Doja Cat Says She Wants To Record a Pop and Hip-Hop Double Album
Doja Cat has revealed that she wants to make a double album with hip-hop and pop music sides. On an Instagram Live late Friday evening, the singer outlined what the potential future project would look like. One side of the project would consist of seven songs in her typical pop-rap sound. The other side would see her venture into hip-hop music across twelve singles. For the hip-hop album, Doja Cat wants Jay Versace and 9th Wonder to produce the tracks. “New project. 12 songs. All of them, every f***in’ one, Jay Versace and 9th Wonder,” she said. Versace became popular for his comedic content on the platform Vine before he began producing in 2018. He gave one of the first beats he made to Westside Gunn. Meanwhile, 9th Wonder has established himself as a legend in the rap industry over the c...
BTS Members RM and Jin Test Positive for COVID-19
Two more members of BTS have tested positive for COVID-19. Following yesterday’s news of Suga’s diagnosis, the group’s management company, Big Hit Music, has now revealed that RM and Jin have also received positive test results. Similar to Suga, RM is asymptomatic at the moment. However, Jin is experiencing flu-like symptoms, including a fever. Related Video All three members of BTS received their second COVID vaccination in August, and are currently self-quarantining in their respective homes, according to Big Hit. Advertisement “Our company will continue to provide support for the rapid recovery” of the group’s members, Big Hit added, “placing our highest priority on the health and safety of our artists. We will continue to cooperate fully with the requests and guidelines of healthcare a...
Frank Ocean Releases New Track on ‘blonded Xmas’ Radio Show
Frank Ocean has returned with a special Christmas segment of blonded RADIO. The episode premiered on Apple Music 1 earlier today and featured an intimate conversation between the rapper and the motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim “Iceman” Hof about dealing with grief. Ocean’s younger brother, Ryan Breaux, passed away in August 2020. After the discussion wrapped, Ocean debuted a new song, saying that he had begun working on it during the summer of 2020 and then recently returned to it to add more verses. Clocking in at a little over eight minutes, the unnamed track essentially sounds like a thoughtful freestyle laid over a simple piano melody. “Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief,” Frank wrote on his Instagram story, per&nbs...
See Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Former Uber CEO in New ‘Super Pumped’ Series Trailer
A teaser trailer is out for the anthology from Showtime, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Based on the book by journalist Mike Isaac, the drama stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Kalanick famously left the company in 2017 under internal pressure after reports were published detailing an unethical corporate culture at the company. “We are in the world-changing business,” Gordon-Levitt shouts at a cluster of employees. Kyle Chandler as Bill Gurley, the co-founder of Uber, calls Kalanick “a liability.” Uma Thurman portrays Arianna Huffington, the founder of The Huffington Post and a member of Uber’s board. The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria plays Apple CEO Tim Cook and Elisabeth Shue plays Kalanick’s wife, Bonnie. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber will premiere on Showtim...
Bad Bunny Joins The Simpsons in New “Te Deseo lo Mejor” Video: Watch
Bad Bunny has shared a new music video for his El Último Tour del Mundo song “Te Deseo lo Mejor.” The animated clip finds Bad Bunny among the cast of The Simpsons. During his stay in Springfield, the Puerto Rican superstar rekindles Homer and Marge’s relationship after the titular couple get into a fight. Check it out below. Bad Bunny shared El Último Tour del Mundo in 2020. Earlier this year, the singer was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world. J Balvin penned a tribute to Bad Bunny for the magazine. Read more about Bad Bunny in Pitchfork’s Longform piece “The Year in Latin Music.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Chino Moreno’s ††† (Crosses) Return With New Cover of Q Lazzarus’ “Goodbye Horses”: Listen
††† (Crosses)—the witch house project of Deftones/Team Sleep’s Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez—have returned with a cover of Q Lazzarus’ 1988 single “Goodbye Horses.” The original song was included in a famous scene from Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. Check out †††’s version below. ††† issued their self-titled full-length in 2014. That album followed their 2012 EP ††. According to a press release, the group will release new music in spring 2022. Revisit Pitchfork’s list “25 Microgenres That (Briefly) Defined the Last 25 Years.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Listen to Frank Ocean’s New “blonded Xmas” Radio Show
Frank Ocean has returned with a new installment of “blonded RADIO.” Today’s Xmas episode is the first edition of the show since Christmas 2019. The program features an excerpt from Frank’s conversation with Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim “Iceman” Hof. Listen to it here on Beats 1. “Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief,” Frank wrote in an Instagram story (viewed by Pitchfork). “I remember marveling at how his energy blasted through the phone. So much vim in this Wim.” He continued: We spoke for a while about his work, the purpose of grief, and how going into the cold water changed his life. It reminded me of conversations in the studio with players I know. Freewheeling, psychedelic, emotionally charged, intelligent...
Kodak Black Drops New Single “Nightmare Before Christmas”
Kodak Black has shared a new single just in time for its namesake holiday. “Nightmare Before Christmas” dropped yesterday evening, December 24. A music video directed by Black himself opens with the rapper decked out in a black and orange Balenciaga set as puts presents under a bright orange Christmas tree. Remaining consistent with the color palette, Black hops inside an orange car. “I’m the nightmare before Christmas,” he raps. The rapper went on to seemingly reflect on his struggles with mental health “Got a fish tank with no fishes,” he says later in the verse. “I was outside in the deep end and even Nemo couldn’t find me.” The video cuts to the Florida rapper surprising children with Christmas presents, explaining that he’s “always giving back to youngin’s.” Black has a pattern of cel...
Joyner Lucas “My Escape,” DJ Kay Slay ft. Sauce Money “Do It Again” & More | Daily Visuals 12.23.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Joyner Lucas has been one of the game’s most overlooked rappers for a minute now and even though big names like Eminem, J. Cole, and Logic have collaborated with the homie, heads still continue to sleep. Regardless, Joyner keeps on dropping that heat and comes through with some new visuals for “My Escape” where the Worcester rapper kicks it with a gang of thick women who look ready to ride or die with homie while twerking to the beat. Back in NY, DJ Kay Slay calls on another overlooked rapper from back in the day and links up with Sauce Money for the clip to “Intro” where they roll big through the back streets of the Big Apple. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Jay Critch, Fredo Bang, and more. JOYNER LUCAS – “MY ESCAPE” [embedded content] D...
For The Man Who ‘Literally Got It All’: Cardi B Gives Offset $2M Dollar Check For His Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Bord / Getty Cardi B appears to have solved the age-old question: What do you get the man who has everything? Apparently, the answer is two million bucks. According to BuzzFeed, Migos rapper and Cardi-hubs Offset turned 30 on December 14, and his wife threw him a huge, lavish, star-studded party during which she presented him with an oversized check for $2 million. “He literally got it all,” the “Bodack Yellow” fem-cee reportedly captioned video footage of the check posted to her Instagram story. Related Stories I meeeean, OK. A multi-millionaire giving another multi-millionaire $2 mil is like taking a mermaid on a date to a swimming pool, but obviously, this has just become the couple’s tradition of giving each other expensive-for-no-reason gifts...
Tiffany Haddish Says She Was “Disappointed” In Common’s Breakup Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty While some people might’ve forgotten that Common and Tiffany Haddish were an item a minute back, Common’s recent comments about their breakup reminded everyone about their previous relationship and they seemed to have rubbed Haddish the wrong way. In a recent interview with Jason Lee on Fox Soul’s Hollywood Unlocked, the Night School actress said she was “disappointed” in Common saying that their breakup was a “mutual” decision and that the reason behind it was that he felt that they didn’t want to be in a relationship where they’d “be one foot in, one foot out.” After Lee asked her why he dates famous women, Haddish simply said “He might be the type of person that never really settles with somebody; maybe he’s like, you know, like a ...
Hit-Boy Says “King’s Disease III” With Nas Is On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vivien Killilea / Getty Nas surprised fans with a new album, and producer and collaborator Hit-Boy reveals that he and the iconic rapper have begun work on another album – King’s Disease III. The world was caught off guard as Nas announced that he was set to release a new album that he worked with Hit-Boy on at midnight on Christmas Eve (December 24th), entitled Magic. As fans began to listen intently to the nine-track release, Hit-Boy took to social media to celebrate the album drop and to let the public know the two have more on the way. Related Stories “KD3 otw this just to feed the buzz… @Nas my dawg is a maniac,” Hit-Boy wrote via Twitter minutes after midnight. Nas did drop a lyric announcing that the new album was on the way as well, on the track “...
