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Petition For President Biden To Free YoungBoy Never Broke Again Passes 100K In Signatures
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gary Miller / Getty It seems Hip-Hop is backing YoungBoy Never Broke Again like never before. A petition to free him has already surpassed 100,000 signatures. As spotted on Complex the Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper is still behind bars even though his stock in the music industry continues to rise. This week a Change.org petition was created requesting that he be freed by President Joe Biden. “Although his next court cases are scheduled to be on the dates of 10/18 and 10/19, there’s a slight chance that he would be able to be released and celebrate his birthday on the 20th with family and friends. It is with great belief that Mr. Gaulden would see this as a great opportunity to ameliorate himself as a person and an artist. We have watched him grow ove...
Letitia Wright Still Reps Anti-Vax Stance on Set of Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Sequel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supplied by WENN.com / WENN The set of the highly anticipated sequel to Marvel’s Black Panther is clouded in tension, thanks to the anti-vaccine stance of actress Letitia Wright. But a new stipulation set to go into effect could add to it and put her role in jeopardy. In an article by The Hollywood Reporter on the film industry’s struggles in keeping cast and crew members safe and healthy while the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, a major revelation is that Wright, who is currently in Atlanta, Georgia filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is still expressing skepticism about vaccines while on set. Related Stories The actress has been mired in controversy for her anti-vaccine stance since December 2020 when she shared a now-deleted tweet featuring a se...
Trifecta: Martin Garrix, Julian Jordan, and Tinie Tempah Drop Long-Awaited Club Banger “Diamonds”
Does Martin Garrix ever sleep? It’s been a busy year for the young dance music titan, who has now teamed up with Dutch compatriot Julian Jordan and famed hip-hop artist Tinie Tempah for “Diamonds,” a new single released under Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS banner. The track is an electro house banger designed for the hedonistic festival nights we’ve all longed for since the onset of the pandemic. According to Jordan, the record was finished in one night after Garrix had an o-dark-thirty epiphany one night. “While working on ‘Diamonds’ I got a call from Martijn in the middle of the night; he had the idea of putting Tinie on the track, Jordan said in a press release. “I rushed to his house and we finished the demo together that night. A f...
Apparently Billie Eilish Loves Dubstep—And Skrillex
Have you ever wondered what a dubstep song from Billie Eilish would sound like? Neither have we. But it’s now top-of-mind thanks to a new interview with The New Yorker, who chatted with Eilish and her brother FINNEAS, a prolific music producer and the mastermind behind the vast majority of her recordings. The Grammy-winning siblings recently took the virtual stage at the The New Yorker Festival, which featured discussions and performances by some of the most prominent names in music, literature, politics, film, art, and pop culture. And of all the things to analyze at such a prestigious summit, Eilish and FINNEAS chose dubstep. Eilish is apparently a fan of Skrillex and his old-school sound, which longtime diehards have been clamoring for as he continues to produce pop-ori...
Giveaway: Win a 3-Day Las Vegas VIP Experience at Élia Beach Club With deadmau5, Above & Beyond, More
Is there a better way to cure post-summer blues than with a rendezvous to Vegas? EDM.com and Élia Beach Club have partnered to give away a once-in-a-lifetime weekend takeover of Sin City’s newest pool utopia. The package includes: Three-night hotel accommodations at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas 10 complimentary entries to Élia Beach Club 1 Premium Cabana with bottle service (1 comped bottle) 2 GA Tickets to EDC Week Las Vegas $500 food and beverage credit (only available in Élia Beach Club) 10 complimentary entries to The Reset, Élia’s beachfront morning yoga, fitness, and meditation class VIP Gift Basket You must be following @EliabeachLV on Instagram to be eligible. Click here to enter the giveaway. The renowned, Mykonos-inspired venue quickly became one of the most cov...
Zedd and Disclosure Are In the Studio
Here’s something to latch onto: Disclosure and Zedd have been spotted in the studio. Zedd took to Instagram yesterday to share a clip from a studio session with the “Latch” hitmakers. The video shows Guy Lawrence at the piano, recording a melody for an upbeat deep house demo as his brother Howard, the other esteemed member of Disclosure, looms. It’s much too early to tell if Disclosure and Zedd are collaborating on new music or if the session was simply a friendly hangout. But we can dream. Check out the clip below, recorded from Zedd’s Instagram. Recommended Articles Disclosure have stayed typically prolific as of late. The duo released their Never Enough EP in August, which comprised five singles released on each day of the week leading ...
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Share Silk Sonic Debut Album Release Date
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have shared the official release date for their debut Silk Sonic album titled An Evening with Silk Sonic, which is set to arrive on November 12. ✨✨ #SilkSonic ALBUM OUT NOVEMBER 12!!!! ?? Pre-Save/Pre-Order: https://t.co/mrMvL9n5w2@AndersonPaak @Bootsy_Collins + a big happy birthday to @BrunoMars ?? pic.twitter.com/V29Vm5mm7l — Silk Sonic (@silksonic) October 8, 2021 Previously, the artists discussed the album’s arrival in January of 2022 during an interview with Rolling Stone in August of this year. It appears that the album is now complete as the arrival date has been bumped up by a few months. Additionally, the album will feature Booty Collins as a special guest. The chart-topping “Leave The Door Open,” “Skate” and “Silk Sonic Intro” singles h...
Dwayne Johnson Makes Rap Debut on Tech N9ne’s “Face Off”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made his rap debut with a guest feature on Tech N9ne‘s new single “Face Off.” The song comes off of Tech N9ne’s new album, ASIN9NE, which was released today via Strange Music. As one of the most famous actors on the planet, Johnson has been offered the opportunity to feature on songs before, but this is the first time he’s actually taken an artist up on it. “A lot of my friends who are hip hop artists — like big names — I’ve been asked a few times,” Johnson told Variety. “But it just has to feel right.” Johnson had been sharing Tech N9ne’s music on social media for years, according to the publication. The two had first met on the set of the NFL comedy Ballers. “When Tech texted me, I knew I would make this work,” Johnson said to Variety. Alongside Johnson, Joe...
New ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ Film Trailer Previews Characters
During its New York Comic Con panel, Toei Animation delivered the world premiere of a new trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Building on the anticipation for the second film for the Dragon Ball Super series, the latest preview is filled with newly completed footage from portions of the film set to release next year. Aside from revealing a CG animation style provided by Toei’s utilization of new technology, the trailer shows off old and new characters set to appear in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Most notably, are characters Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 who are still not revealed to be friends or foes of Goku. Watch the new trailer above and look for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to premiere in Japan sometime in 2022. For more entertainment news, the Squid Game writer and di...
Warner Bros. Debuts Final Action-Packed ‘Dune’ Trailer
Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for Dune before it hits theaters and HBO Max stateside on October 22. The two-and-a-half-minute visual teases the camaraderie between Timotheé Chalamet‘s Paul Atreides and Jason Momoa‘s and Duncan Idaho, the meeting between Paul and Zendaya‘s Chani and the troubles that House Atreides must face when they accept stewardship of Arrakis. It ends with Paul stating the first two lines of the Litany Against Fear, “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.” Dune raked in $36.8 million USD in the international box office during the first 24 hours of its premiere, tracking 4% ahead of TENET, 33% ahead of Black Widow, 52% ahead of Blade Runner 2049, 58% above Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and 80% ahead of Godzilla vs Ko...
Paramount Pictures Calls Bam Margera’s ‘Jackass Forever’ Lawsuit “Baseless”
Paramount Pictures and the involved parties have responded to Bam Margera‘s lawsuit regarding his firing from Jackass Forever. According to reports, lawyers for MTV, Johnny Knoxville, director Jeff Tremaine, executive producer Spike Jonze and more called the suit “baseless.” Legal documents filed on October 4 in Los Angeles Superior Court claimed that Margera’s complaint is “riddled with outright lies”: “Margera alleges that Knoxville, Tremaine, and Jonze accosted him in a rehab facility and browbeat him into signing a draconian sobriety contract (they did not, infra at II.A); that he was fraudulently induced and coerced into signing his talent agreement with Paramount (he was not, infra at II.C); that Paramount hired a doctor who forced him to take a “cocktail of pills” that Paramount sup...
‘No Time To Die’ Breaks Bond Movie Record in Thursday Previews With $6.3 Million USD
MGM and EON Productions’ No Time To Die opened with $6.3 million USD in Thursday night previews at the North American box office, according to Variety. The figure marks the highest preview number of any James Bond film; the previous record for the franchise belonged to Spectre, which earned $5.3 million USD in Thursday night previews in 2015. Before that, Skyfall raked in $4.6 million USD in 2012. Domestically, Skyfall earned the highest opening weekend figures, with $88.4 million USD in 2012. Spectre earned $70 million USD in its debut weekend, which No Time To Die is on track to beat. According to reports, the movie has already earned $121 million USD from its first 54 international markets, which include the U.K., Brazil, Germany, Italy,...
