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Black Activist Files Lawsuit Accusing NYPD Of Swarming His Home In Riot Gear & Lying About Warrant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ira L. Black – Corbis / Getty If the wave of protests against systemic racism in policing that took place during the summer of 2020 taught us anything it’s that cops really hate when we protest against them. But one thing they love, apparently, is explicitly demonstrating the exact reasons they get protested against. On June 14, 2020, Derrick Ingram, co-founder of the nonviolent activist group Warriors In The Garden, was involved in a protest in Manhattan, New York. During the protest, an NYPD officer attempted to prevent Ingram from crossing a police line resulting in an alleged struggle. In a statement to CNN, NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie said Ingram allegedly “placed a handheld megaphone directly against the officer’s ear, activated the megaph...
Hulu’s ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ Renewed for 3rd Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOHNNY NUNEZ / Johnny Nunez Fans of the Wu-Tang Clan will undoubtedly have some mixed feelings as it was announced that Wu-Tang: An American Saga will return for a third – and final season – on Hulu. Wu-Tang: An American Saga is the story of the rise of the group from their hardscrabble beginnings on the borough of Staten Island in New York City in the early 1990’s as the crack cocaine epidemic was in full effect. Bobby Diggs, aka The RZA, is someone who has a unique vision to create a new path involving music and the involvement of other young Black men he knows from the streets. Their path would lead them to become one of the most innovative and unconventional groups ever in Hip-Hop culture and music overall. The second season, which ended in October, s...
Alpo Martinez Lived A Quiet Life As An Unassuming Construction Worker In Maine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube Even in his afterlife, Alpo’s name continues to ring bells. A new article details his low profile life in Maine under an alias. Recently The Sun Journal dug deeper into the Harlem, New York native’s second life in The Pine Tree State as a member of the witness protection program. Not only does the feature confirm that he was released from prison in 2015, but it also goes into depth about his day to day as Abraham Rodriguez. The news outlet reports that he held various jobs including as a Pepsi fulfillment center employee and most recently as a construction worker. The accounts from his neighbors show that while he didn’t share much he still had a love for the fast life. “He kept to himself a lot,” said Harold Hanlon, but “he’d do an...
Astro, Former Member of UB40, Dies at 64
Further details about Astro’s death were not provided at press time. UB40 remembered the singer in a tweet on Saturday. “We have heard tonight, the sad news that ex-member of UB40, Terence Wilson, better know as Astro, has passed away after a short illness,” the group wrote. “Our sincere condolences to his family.” This story is developing… You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Kylie Jenner Says Travis Scott Was ‘Unaware of Any Fatalities’ Until Astroworld Ended
Video taken from the event shows people pleading for help amid the chaos as the concert kept going. An estimated 50,000 people attended the Friday night event at NRG Park. The surge and then panic began shortly after 9 p.m., according to Houston officials. “There are a lot of unanswered questions,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday. “Over the next several days, several weeks — could be even longer — we’ll take an in-depth look at everything that took place, why it took place, what steps we can do moving forward to mitigate an incident of this kind from taking place at any other point in time.” In a statement posted to social media on Saturday, Scott said he was “absolutely devastated.” “My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festi...
Ed Sheeran Returns to ‘SNL’ With Upbeat ‘=’ Performances After COVID-19 Quarantine: Watch
Despite rumors that his recent positive COVID-19 diagnosis would prevent him from performing on Saturday Night Live, Ed Sheeran returned to Studio 8H on Nov. 6 with upbeat performances from his new album, =. Fresh out of self-isolation, the English singer-songwriter appeared vibrant and in good health while delivering rousing performances of “Shivers” and “Overpass Graffiti.” Sheeran, who tested positive for coronavirus in late October, recently spoke with Howard Stern about his diagnosis and recovery. “Everyone was saying they were scrambling to find a replacement,” the Grammy winner said of rumors about his SNL appearance being impacted, but “I was always playing that. I tested for COVID and I announced it a couple days afterwards because I had to cancel [some] stuff.” ...
Astro, UB40 Toaster, Dead at 64
UB40‘s Terence Wilson, better known by his stage name Astro, passed away on Nov. 6. at the age of 64. His group broke the news in a statement yesterday, writing: “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness. The world will never be the same without him. We ask you to please respect his family’s privacy at this incredibly difficult time.” We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness. The world will never be the same without him. We ask you to please respect his family’s privacy at this incredibly difficult time. pic.twitter.com/GRDjtApyzy — ALI CAMPBELL & ASTRO (@UB40) November 6, 20...
Really the Blues: Our 1993 PJ Harvey Feature
This article originally appeared in the August 1993 issue of SPIN. Polly Harvey is standing in the rain, in the middle of a generic English small-town shopping street. The 23-year-old singer is wearing a plush fake leopard-skin coat, her usual Olive Oyl bun let loose into barely restrained curly waves. She is bone-tired, fed up with interviews and photo sessions, sick of being the latest fixation in the music press’s neurotic search for new blood. Although she leads me to a local tea house, Harvey looks like she’d rather be getting a tetanus shot. I’m deeply flattered. Harvey and her band, PJ Harvey, released one of the most talked-about debuts of last year, Dry, and have just issued the ballyhooed follow-up, Rid of Me. Critics have wet themselves over her striking image and her...
Martin Rehof of Communions Pays Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen has been a huge inspiration for me as a songwriter. But in a different way than most other artists or bands, which one might otherwise regard as obvious direct musical “influences” on my band Communions. Although our music isn’t rooted in folk—post-punk, Britpop and alt-rock are perhaps our biggest genre influences—the influence of Leonard Cohen enters through a different route, which is, first and foremost, lyrical. But it wasn’t until I began writing our upcoming record Pure FabricationthatI really allowed myself to embrace Cohen as an influence; that is, I allowed his influence to directly seep into my own writing. Cohen’s poetic approach to music has always cast its shadow over my musical consciousness, but had previously been latent in my expression. I think that’s becau...
Watch RUDY SARZO Play His First Show Back With QUIET RIOT
Rudy Sarzo played his first show as the returning bassist for veteran rockers QUIET RIOT last night (Saturday, November 6) at The Groove Music Hall in Thornburg, Virginia. Joining him in the group’s current lineup are guitarist Alex Grossi, vocalist Jizzy Pearl and drummer Johnny Kelly. Fan-filmed video footage of the Thornburg concert can be seen below. Rudy was one of the members of QUIET RIOT‘s “Metal Health” lineup. He played bass on the classic LP, which sold over ten million copies and spawned the hits “Cum On Feel The Noize” and “Metal Health” and on the follow-up record “Condition Critical”. Sarzo appeared in the most notable music videos in the MTV age and toured with the band until 1985 and again from 1997 to 2003. Durin...
Watch METALLICA Headline Second Night Of ATLive Concert Series In Atlanta
METALLICA headlined the second night of ATLive on Saturday, November 6 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Ride The Lightning 03. The Memory Remains 04. Seek & Destroy 05. Holier Than Thou 06. One 07. Sad But True 08. Moth Into Flame 09. No Leaf Clover 10. For Whom The Bell Tolls 11. Fuel 12. Fade To Black 13. Master Of Puppets Encore: 14. Blackened 15. Nothing Else Matters 16. Enter Sandman When the event was first announced in July, METALLICA said in a statement: “We’re honored to be part of the second annual ATLive two-day festival — featuring two unique, separately ticketed events — this fall when we’ll be hitting the stage with our fr...
THE DOORS Guitarist ROBBY KRIEGER Says IAN ASTBURY Was ‘Really Great To Work With’
After THE CULT recorded 2001’s “Beyond Good And Evil” album, the band broke up and singer Ian Astbury performed with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger in THE DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, which was later renamed RIDERS ON THE STORM. Asked in a new interview with Tigman of the WPDH radio station in Poughkeepsie, New York if there is a chance he might work with Astbury again, Krieger said: “I’d like to. I’ve actually recorded some stuff with him, and we haven’t put it out yet, but we’re thinking about it. “[Ian] was really great to work with — except every night, we’re at the show, we’re ready to go on, and there’s Ian ironing his clothes before the show,” Robby added. “He was late every show. ‘Wait, I have t...
