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Staff Picks: The Albums and Songs We Loved in 2021
The late, great Lester Bangs once wrote that we will never again agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis. And he was basically right until Lil Nas X came sliding down the stripper-pole to Hell. Oh, 2021. You rocked us like a damn sociopath. What an insanely exciting, emotional, and reinvigorating year for music. President Biden took office and made Olivia Rodrigo an ambassador. We had Hot Vax Summer and Sad Girl Fall (Taylor’s Version.) Live music came back and Dave Grohl never left. Noobs ruled songwriting. Doja Cat ruled the planet. We brought back the electric guitar (all the rumors are true, baby), 2000s pop-punk, and Adele. We freed Britney. Halsey freed the nipple. And we all somehow found out about a Baltimore rock quintet called Turnstile. It’s all in SPIN‘s lists for Best Songs of...
Gucci Mane “Long Live Dolph,” Alicia Keys ft. Khalid & Lucky Daye “Come For Me” & More | Daily Visuals 12.21.21
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a month and change since the untimely death of Young Dolph and while his fans continue to mourn him, his rap peers are out here keeping his memory alive and his legacy going. To honor his late homie, Gucci Mane has come through with some new visuals for “Long Live Dolph” in which Gucci shares some footage of Young Dolph and some clips of his memorial service while he raps inside of a church. Rest In Peace, Young King. Back on the R&B tip, Alicia Keys returns to warm our hearts and for her Khalid and Lucky Daye assisted clip to “Amazing” takes to the studio with the two artists to create that baby makin’ magic. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Mary J. Blige featuring DJ Khaled, Cyn Santana, and more. GUCCI MANE – “LONG LIVE DOL...
Gucci Mane “Long Live Dolph,” Alicia Keys ft. Khalid & Lucky Daye “Come For Me” & More | Daily Visuals 12.21.21
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a month and change since the untimely death of Young Dolph and while his fans continue to mourn him, his rap peers are out here keeping his memory alive and his legacy going. To honor his late homie, Gucci Mane has come through with some new visuals for “Long Live Dolph” in which Gucci shares some footage of Young Dolph and some clips of his memorial service while he raps inside of a church. Rest In Peace, Young King. Back on the R&B tip, Alicia Keys returns to warm our hearts and for her Khalid and Lucky Daye assisted clip to “Amazing” takes to the studio with the two artists to create that baby makin’ magic. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Mary J. Blige featuring DJ Khaled, Cyn Santana, and more. GUCCI MANE – “LONG LIVE DOL...
Cardi B Defends Lil Kim & Givers Her Flowers, Calls Her A “Real F***** Legend”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Cardi B is not here for the blatant Lil Kim disrespect she is witnessing on social media. The Bronx native had time on Tuesday (Dec.22) and addressed the hate Lil Kim has been receiving lately. Following the release of “Big Santa Papi,” a track she worked on for Nick Cannon’s holiday film Miracles Across 125th Street, Bardi hopped on Twitter to give the Queen Bee her flowers, calling her a “real f***** legend.” Playboy’s first-ever Creative Director in Residence responded to a tweet highlighting the “weird hate bandwagon” toward’s the Brooklyn rapper telling her followers she was “tired” of it. In her tweet, she wrote, “I’m tired of it, and it’s heartbreaking… She’s is so sweet ,supportive and a REAL FUCKIN LEGEND ..I...
Cardi B Defends Lil Kim & Givers Her Flowers, Calls Her A “Real F***** Legend”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Cardi B is not here for the blatant Lil Kim disrespect she is witnessing on social media. The Bronx native had time on Tuesday (Dec.22) and addressed the hate Lil Kim has been receiving lately. Following the release of “Big Santa Papi,” a track she worked on for Nick Cannon’s holiday film Miracles Across 125th Street, Bardi hopped on Twitter to give the Queen Bee her flowers, calling her a “real f***** legend.” Playboy’s first-ever Creative Director in Residence responded to a tweet highlighting the “weird hate bandwagon” toward’s the Brooklyn rapper telling her followers she was “tired” of it. In her tweet, she wrote, “I’m tired of it, and it’s heartbreaking… She’s is so sweet ,supportive and a REAL FUCKIN LEGEND ..I...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Says He’s Not Shutting Down Season Despite The Omarion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty It was announced earlier this week that the NHL would be suspending their season due to the spike in COVID-19 infections in the U.S., but don’t expect the NBA to follow suit even though a slew of games have already been postponed due to players catching the Rona. According to Deadline, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made it clear that the season will continue to push forward even as the Omicron virus runs rampant across the world and has been shown to infect even the fully vaccinated. “No plans right now to pause the season,” Silver told host Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today. “We’ve, of course, looked at all the options, but frankly we’re having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now.” Though the ...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Says He’s Not Shutting Down Season Despite The Omarion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty It was announced earlier this week that the NHL would be suspending their season due to the spike in COVID-19 infections in the U.S., but don’t expect the NBA to follow suit even though a slew of games have already been postponed due to players catching the Rona. According to Deadline, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made it clear that the season will continue to push forward even as the Omicron virus runs rampant across the world and has been shown to infect even the fully vaccinated. “No plans right now to pause the season,” Silver told host Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today. “We’ve, of course, looked at all the options, but frankly we’re having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now.” Though the ...
Director Matt Reeves Sparks Intrigue in New Riddled ‘The Batman’ Poster
The Batman director Matt Reeves has shared a new teaser for the latest DC film. The latest teaser features a series of hints including Riddler’s fingerprints and trademark imprints. In a tweet, Reeves posted a motion poster accompanied by the caption “Question everything.” The promo poster sees the silhouette of Batman form in a blood-red rainstorm. Other insignia appear around the character while a question mark is created with the outline of Batman’s chin and ears. DC Comics responds to Reeves tweet with one of their own showcasing a banking check statement seemingly covered in miscellaneous symbols and the phrases, “Lets play a game” and “Just me and you.” The teasers coincide with the events revealed in the second trailer which shows Paul Dano’s Riddler as the main villain to go up aga...
‘Avatar 2’ Reveals First-Look Image at Jake and Neytiri’s Human Son Character Spider
A first-look image of a new character from James Cameron‘s Avatar 2 has officially been revealed. With the sequel arriving next year, the second installment notes the 13-year gap between the two films. The plot focuses on Jake, played by Sam Worthington and Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldana, as they have their own family including Na’vi kids Neteyam, Lo’al and Tuktirey. They also have a human child, Miles Socorro, also known as Spider, played by Jack Champion. Spider, who was born at the Pandora military base was too small to return to Earth and was later adopted and raised by Jake and Neytiri. The first-look image was revealed by Empire when the film’s producer Jon Landau sat down and discussed the plot of the film. Ladau discusses the relationship Spider has with his parents sharing, “Jake ...
BMW Honors the Esports Community With Limited-Edition Manga Print
With creative agency Jung von Matt, BMW Esports has released a special holiday edition of its highly successful manga series Heroes of Rivalry. The latest festive issue comes published alongside a new print version as well as a community prize draw for a collector’s edition magazine and original artwork. The digital manga was launched early this year and has now seen eight published issues to date. Based off BMW’s competitive racing culture, the storyline illustrates BMW’s United in Rivalry partnership with Cloud9, T1 and FNATIC and others, as they compete in a series of fantasy adventures. In the new holiday special, the story continues with the players returning home for the festive season before being faced with one of their biggest challenges yet- defeating the abominable hacker in the...
Watch the Teaser Trailer for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
Marvel-crazed fans across the globe flocked to their local movie theaters to get their minds blown by Spider-Man: No Way Home for its opening weekend, and those that stayed until after the credits rolled got a first glimpse at the all-new Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer. The theatrical clip has now been officially unveiled to the public, revealing several details of the multiverse that has spiraled into complete chaos. In Sam Raimi’s sequel trailer, we find Stephen Strange going through a handful of sketchy encounters including that of the return of the evil Mordo. In Strange’s quest to tackle all of these multiverse obstacles, he ventures out to align with Wanda Maximoff — whom has been in hiding since the events of WandaVision — along with America Chavez who is played...
Swedish House Mafia Performance In Las Vegas Cancelled After iHeartMedia Abandons CES Event: Report
The smaller, scaled back version of the the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is now in danger of being cancelled after major media companies like Twitter, Pinterest, and Meta (Facebook’s parent company) have reportedly pulled out. This includes a scheduled appearance by Swedish House Mafia at the AREA15 concert venue. The legendary electronic music trio were reportedly planning to perform at an offshoot CES event organized by iHeartMedia at AREA15, but the company called it off due to uncertainty surrounding the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “We were looking forward to seeing you at our iHeartRadio Live at CES party at Area 15 on Thursday, January 6, 2022 to share a special performance by Swedish House Mafia,” reads a st...
