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‘The Proud Family’ Revival To Star Lizzo, A Boogie, Lil Nas X And More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Disney / Disney One of Disney’s most impactful projects is about to get a facelift. The Proud Family will relaunch in 2022 with an all star cast. As spotted on Deadline the animated series will be revived under a new moniker The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder. This time around the show will feature a who’s who of talent; specifically many of today’s hottest talents in entertainment. According to the press release the likes of Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Chance the Rapper, Normani, Leslie Odom Jr., Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe, Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union, Debbie Allen, James Pickens Jr., Courtney B. Vance, Jane Lynch, Marsai Martin, Jaden Smith, Glynn Turman, Lamorne Morris, Brenda Song, Tina Knowles, Eva Longoria, Holly Robinson Peete, Al Roker, ...
Cast, Crew & Details Revealed About New ‘Bel-Air’ Drama Series Produced By Will Smith
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Peacock / Peacock New information has been released about what many of us who grew up on Black ’90s sitcoms consider the reboot to end all reboots. Ever since it was announced last year that our beloved series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is getting what showrunners describe as a “dramatic retelling” of the story of Will Smith’s character (of the same name) and his West Philadelphia rags to Bel-Air riches experience, our imaginations have run wild wondering just what that spin on the show would look like. It was announced earlier this year that the lead role in Bel-Air, which will stream on Peacock, will be an actor whose real-life last name is ironically Banks, Jabari Banks, and on Tuesday, the rest of the main cast was announced via Peacock’s...
New York State To Ban All Gasoline Operated Cars By 2035
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty In advance of Climate Week 2021, New York State Governor Hochul has announced new actions to make New York’s transportation greener. By 2035 they expect all cars on the road to be electric. As spotted on Engadget Governor Kathy Hochul today new actions to reduce climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from the transportation sector. The Governor signed legislation (A.4302/S.2758), setting a goal for all new passenger cars and trucks sold in New York State to be zero-emissions by 2035. In addition, the Governor directed the Department of Environmental Conservation to release a proposed regulation that would significantly reduce air pollution from trucks. If adopted, the regulation would accelerate zero-emis...
Nas ft. Blxst “Sunday Brunch,” DJ Kay Slay ft. Sheek Louch, Styles P & Meet Sims “The Struggle” & More | Daily Visuals 9.15.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 While the culture continues to debate who had the superior album between Kanye West (Donda) and Drake (Certified Lover Boy), one of the few God MC’s left in the game, Nas, too dropped an album (Kings Disease II), and it might very well be better than those of his aforementioned peers. Taking a fan favorite album cut in the Blxst assisted “Brunch On Sundays” for his latest visuals, the Queensbridge King breaks bread at an star-studded brunch with the likes of LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Cordae, Swizz Beatz, and Lil Rel. Whether or not this was filmed on a Sunday is anyone’s guess, but hey, we wouldn’t be mad if it wasn’t. Keeping that New York vibe going but on a much more grimy tip, DJ Kay Slay taps the likes of Shee...
VIDEO: Olamide – Jailer ft Jaywillz
YBNL boss Olamide drops the official music video for his song “Jailer” featuring Jaywillz out now. Another visual is served for a song “Jailer” off Olamide’s UY Scuti. The track features fast-rising singer Jaywillz. “Jailer” is a fan favourite from Olamide’s last album and fans have been pressing for a music video. Watch, enjoy Olamide – “Jailer” ft Jaywillz below. [embedded content] 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.
No Tickets, No Problem: You Can Now Enter Red Rocks By Scanning Your Palm
Thanks to a new partnership between Red Rocks and Amazon, we’re now a step closer to living in a real-life Black Mirror episode. Fans entering concerts at the iconic Colorado open air venue can now scan their palm in lieu of tickets or digital barcodes using Amazon One, the company’s biometric technology. After purchasing a pass to any given show, ticket-holders will be able to gain entry simply by hovering their palm over a touchless Amazon One device at the amphitheatre’s gates. An Amazon One palm reader. Amazon Prospective users must first enroll in the Amazon One program, which has to be done in person and takes less than a minute. Recommended Articles “When a ticketholder is ready to enter the amphitheater using their palm, there is a designated entry...
Jake Daniels Drops Angsty Alt-Rock Crossover Jam “Liar”
New York-based artist Jake Daniels has returned with his fourth track of the year, the gritty “Liar,” via CloudKid. “Liar” is a searing single that tells the familiar tale of a toxic and obsessive relationship, which of course never ends well. As per the anthemic track’s title, “Liar” follows a main character who is in love with someone who continues to lie to him—but like the throes of any addiction, he can’t help but re-enter the tantalizingly dangerous waters. “He struggles letting go of his infatuation and attraction towards her as she is obsessive over him, even though she is a liar of the worst kind,” Daniels explained. “You could even say that she’s downright ‘evil,’ using her looks to entra...
Imagine Music Festival Cancelled Due to Severe Weather Caused by Hurricane Nicholas
Just two days before its gates were to open, Imagine Music Festival has been cancelled due to severe weather conditions in Atlanta. Hurricane Nicholas made landfall this week, slamming Gulf Coast communities and bringing heavy rains to the Atlanta metropolitan area. According to Imagine organizers, who reportedly worked with meteorologists and local authorities, the remnants of the hurricane posed “an unacceptable risk of unsafe conditions” for ticket-holders and staff in Chattahoochee Hills. “We can’t even begin to describe how heartbroken we are and how much effort and dedication from our team has gone into this show,” reads a statement shared by organizers via the festival’s social media. “We are an independent organization and th...
ADE Festival 2021 Moving Forward Despite New COVID-19 Regulations
Prospective attendees of the 2021 ADE Festival can safely plan accordingly after organizers announced they’re moving forward with the event in light of new regulations by the Dutch government. The news arrives on the heels of an announcement by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said in a press conference yesterday that social distancing will end in the Netherlands on September 25th. Despite new COVID-19 regulations forcing clubs, bars, restaurants, and other nightlife businesses to shut down by midnight, ADE Festival will forge on as planned from October 13th to 17th. Rutte also noted that the country will begin mandating coronavirus access passes on the 25th, when patrons must provide proof of vaccination or a negative test within 24 hours. “The risk still is not gone,&...
Mac Miller’s ‘Faces’ Will Hit Streaming Services for the First Time Next Month
Mac Miller‘s 2014 mixtape Faces will be available on all streaming services for the first time since its release on October 15. Faces first arrived as a free download on Mother’s Day following Miller’s sophomore album Watching Movies With The Sound Off and prior to his 2015 album GO:OD AM. The tape enlisted contributions from Earl Sweatshirt, Sir Michael Rocks of the Cool Kids, Vince Staples and several others. One of the tracks off the project, “Colors and Shapes,” arrived today, along with an accompanying music video directed by Sam Mason. The visual follows a dog traversing imaginative dimensions in a storybook-like fashion. “The track felt very visual to me—like it had its own world,” Mason said in a statement via Pitchfork. “This atmospheric nighttime place th...
Playboi Carti Blames Hackers for Alleged NARCISSIST Merch Collection
After teasing NARCISSIST over the past few weeks, Playboi Carti appears to have finally dropped the mysterious project, albeit a day later than scheduled. While many fans had been hoping that NARCISSIST would be a new album since it shares the name of the rapper’s upcoming tour, it appears that the moniker refers to a new merch collection. Carti’s official online store was updated with a collection that includes a hoodie, ski mask, long sleeve tee, bomber jacket and motorcycle helmet. As fans balked at the aforementioned helmet, which boasted a $5,000 USD price tag, one fan decided to investigate further and unearthed an identical helmet that was already being sold on the Chinese retailer Alibaba for $29 USD, sharing their findings to Twitter. The user then discovered that the same $40 USD...
25 Years Into Their Career, Big D and the Kids Table Just Want You to Do Your Art
David McWane has been in Big D and the Kids Table for a real long time. For that matter, he’s been the Boston-based ska punk band’s vocalist and stabilizing force for longer than he hasn’t. The past 26 years of the 44 year old’s life have been dedicated to singing, shouting, and songwriting, and a month before the band’s latest album, Do Your Art (October 22 via SideOneDummy Records), he’s ready to recommit to it all over again. While they’ve never been the biggest band in the world — nor are they trying to be — Big D’s decades of existence are a testament to the enduring connection that McWane has built both with fans and musicians around him. Nine Big D albums into his career, the frontman, author and Northeastern University professor has pretty much seen every wrinkle the music industry...
