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50 Cent and Y2K Icons Headline Golden Sand in Riviera Maya
Fashion isn’t the only space where 1990s and 2000s trends have made a strong resurgence. In the world of music, hip-hop and R&B artists who defined these eras are capturing the attention of both former and new fans. Golden Sand, a music festival taking place next year in Rivera Maya, is tapping into this with a stacked lineup of such talents. With headliners that include 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Lil’ Kim, Ludacris, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, TLC, T-Pain and more, the festival combines legendary music performances with beach life on the east coast of Mexico. Golden Sand will take place from January 12 to 16 2022, marking the the first fully-owned production by Pollen Presents, a technology company well-versed in creating music experiences for the likes of J Balvin and Justin Bieber. Designed as an i...
MTV Announces Trending: VMAs Award Celebration
Before Doja Cat became the host of the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, even before she received the coveted Best New Artist award at last year’s ceremony, she was a viral superstar on TikTok. And that formula has become canon for emerging artists today: Some of this year’s biggest and boldest hits — by Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, and many more — rocketed from the short-form video platform that’s defined the pandemic era. That’s why, in the lead-up to the VMAs on Sunday, September 12, MTV is launching the first-ever Trending: VMAs award celebration to highlight the creators and artists bringing music and pop culture to the palm of our hands. Streaming live from the MTV TikTok account on September 10 at 5 p.m. ET, the first-of-its-kind show will honor the breakthrough songs, the greatest throwba...
‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Receives Earlier Theatrical Release Date
Sony Pictures has once again revealed new release plans for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In an unprecedented move, the Tom Hardy-starring comic book adaptation is now set for October 1, marking the sixth time the release date has been changed. Tom Hardy‘s character, who is a journalist turned alien symbiote will act alongside Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott ad Naomie Harris. Sony announced the new date for the film shortly after Disney and Marvel reported a larger-than-anticipated opening weekend for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Over the weekend, Marvel collected $75.5 million USD and $90 million USD in just its first four days of release. Venom is not the only film Sony has pushed back several films in their repertoire including Ghostbusters: Afterlife an...
Cardi B and Offset Welcome Second Child
Cardi B has given birth to her second child with Offset. Cardi shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, featuring a photo of her holding their newborn son in a hospital bed while sitting with Offset under a Louis Vuitton blanket. “9/4/21,” Cardi captioned the post. Offset also took to social media to celebrate the moment, posting a photo of himself holding their newborn child while lying on a hospital bed next to Cardi. His caption reads, “Chapter 5,” a nod to this being his fifth child. “We are so overjoyed to finally meet our son,” the couple said in a statement via Cardi’s representatives shared with PEOPLE. “He is already loved so much by family and friends and we can’t wait to introduce him to his other siblings.” Cardi and Offset are already parents to their three-year-old dau...
‘The Matrix 4’ Debuts First Teaser Footage With an Interactive Website
Three months ahead of The Matrix Resurrections‘ premiere, Warner Bros. has begun its promotional rollout for the hotly-anticipated fourth installment to The Matrix franchise. Aside from a preliminary poster, the film studio has unveiled an interactive website, titled WhatIsTheMatrix.com, where fans can gain access to one of more than 180,000 unique teaser videos. Upon arrival at the site, users are able to choose between taking a red or blue pill, each of which leads to various sneak peeks and character narrations from the upcoming film. One clip features a short narration from Yahya Adbul-Mateen II, who challenges reality alongside The Matrix‘s classic green code, while another visual plays a narration from Neil Patrick Harris, who tells the viewer that they are here b...
After 13 Albums, Low Has Come Full Circle
Low has been doing this for a long time. The now-duo of drummer-vocalist Mimi Parker and guitarist-vocalist Alan Sparhawk has been making music since the ‘90s, and they have 13 studio records under their belt, as well as various EPs, one-off singles, and live albums. Many artists have formed and disbanded in the time that Low has been making music, and Sparhawk considers himself lucky. “It took a long time to get there,” Sparhawk explains to SPIN over Zoom. “I feel lucky that we’re still doing it.” Their 13th album, Hey What, furthers the trajectory initially laid out on 2015’s Ones and Sixes. It marks their third consecutive album working with prominent indie producer BJ Burton, who has contributed to Low’s stylistic plunge into digitally altered soundscapes. Whereas the group’s earlier o...
Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Makes History With Largest Album Debut of 2021
Kanye West‘s DONDA has made history as the largest debut of this year with more than 775 million global streams. The album accumulated more than 442 million streams on Spotify and 242 million streams on Apple Music across the globe, while also setting an Apple Music all-time record after claiming No. 1 in 152 countries. DONDA was first showcased during three listening events — two at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium and one at Chicago’s Soldier Field — which also collectively broke Apple Music’s worldwide record for largest livestream audience. Earlier this week, the 27-track record debuted at No. 1 with a total of 309,000 equivalent album units, with 272,000 streaming equivalent units, 37,000 in album sales and just below 1,000 in track equivalent album units, according to B...
Fade Over Easy: Waffle House Fight Video Garners Millions Of Views In 72 Hours
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty A few days ago a video of a fight that went down at a Waffle House in Georgia was uploaded to social media and made the circles around the net as viewers were both stunned and entertained at the ratchetness that transpired at the Atlanta eatery. Starting out as an argument between a man sitting at the counter and a group of women around him, the discussion went from 0 to 100 real quick as a Waffle House employee and the man began trading fisticuffs after the employee tried to remove the man out the restaurant. Unfortunately for the unhappy customer, the employee had them hands on him and faded the unruly patron like he stole something. With a flurry of punches the Waffle House employee/enforcer neutralized the threat and ended his shift ...
Fade Over Easy: Waffle House Fight Video Garners Millions Of Views In 72 Hours
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty A few days ago a video of a fight that went down at a Waffle House in Georgia was uploaded to social media and made the circles around the net as viewers were both stunned and entertained at the ratchetness that transpired at the Atlanta eatery. Starting out as an argument between a man sitting at the counter and a group of women around him, the discussion went from 0 to 100 real quick as a Waffle House employee and the man began trading fisticuffs after the employee tried to remove the man out the restaurant. Unfortunately for the unhappy customer, the employee had them hands on him and faded the unruly patron like he stole something. With a flurry of punches the Waffle House employee/enforcer neutralized the threat and ended his shift ...
Adios: Mexico To Take Down Statue of Lost Sailor Christopher Columbus
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Christopher Columbus might’ve “discovered” Mexico along with many other countries that were already inhabited, but Mexico has decided to pull the plug on his likeness and is taking steps to wash themselves of his legacy. According to Raw Story, Mexico has decided to remove a statue of the infamous colonizer that stands tall in Mexico City and will replace him with one of an indigenous women because, duh. The move was announced yesterday (September 6), just days before Mexico’s 200th independence anniversary. If Donald Trump was still President you know he’d do something punish Mexico removing a statue of a murderous colonizer who helped jumpstart white supremacy on a continent inhabited by indigenous people and original cultures. Still, f...
Tony Hawk Covers Millencolin’s “No Cigar” from Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtrack: Watch
Like a goofy-footed DeLorean, Tony Hawk’s skateboard can travel backwards in time. As proof, look no further than the new video of the legendary skater singing (!?) a cover of Millencolin’s “No Cigar,” which will transport you to the year 2000, when your back never hurt, the art world yawned at the election between Bush and Gore, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 had just hit the shelves. If you were fortunate enough to play the original run of Pro Skater games, then you’ll remember the soundtracks, which did as much to advance the art of video games as any graphical upgrade. For this new cover of “No Cigar,” Hawk was joined on guitary by Mikey Hawdon of Fairmounts, as well as Millencolin’s Nikola Sarcevic on bass, pro skater Steve Caballero on a guitar shaped like a sk...
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Says COVID-19 “Makes Your Willy Shrivel”
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has recovered from a breakthrough infection of COVID-19, and is advising people to get vaccinated. The metal legend insists that it’s not “just a flu,” and could even result in erectile dysfunction for men. Speaking with Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk, Dickinson said it took him 10 days to get over the virus and an additional week to regain his sense of smell. The singer added that he was double vaccinated in May and urged others to do the same in order to avoid serious complications and hospitalization. “It’s a bit more than a flu,” Dickinson said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “I would really caution against people who go, ‘Oh, it’s just a flu.’ No, it’s not. And I know a lot of people who were not vaccinated — not because they didn’t want to be, but t...
