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Jessie Reyez and Grandson Join The Suicide Squad in New Visual for “Rain”
The official music video is out today for “Rain,” an exclusive single by Jessie Reyez and Grandson off of the soundtrack for the upcoming action film, The Suicide Squad. Directed by James Gunn, the newest development in the franchise follows the assembly of a group of DC’s misfit supervillains into Task Squad X, tapped for a mission to destroy a mysterious project. The star-studded cast includes Margot Robbie in a reprisal of her role as Harley Quinn, alongside Idris Elba as Bloodsport and John Cena as Peacemaker. Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney and Peter Capaldi also feature in the film, while Sylvester Stallone provides the voice for fish-human hybrid King Shark. Interspersed with scenes of Robbie from the movie, the neon-lit “Rain” visual sees Jessie Reyez and Grandson start ou...
Lil Nas X Dances Naked And Stages A Jailbreak In Daring ‘Industry Baby’ Video
Lil Nas X doesn’t fail to bring his genius creativity in his iconic new single and music video “Industry Baby,” featuring Jack Harlow and brief cameos from Jason Momoa and Colton Haynes, which is out today (July 23). The music video is set following the events of the prelude trailer that detailed a fictitious court trial over his infamous Satan shoes. The “Old Town Road” rapper is sentenced to five years in Montero State Prison for being gay, but it doesn’t stop him from working out with Momoa and busting moves naked in the prison showers or in a pink jumpsuit in the prison yard. In the pre-chorus, Lil Nas X explicitly says this new track is a huge “fuck you” to all his haters. “And this one is for the champions / I ain’t lost since I’ve began, yeah,” he sings. “Funny how you s...
Camila Cabello Throws A Family Fiesta In ‘Don’t Go Yet’ Video
Camila Cabello dropped her new single and music video “Don’t Go Yet” on Friday (July 23) with an announcement of a new album. The video begins with Cabello driving a vintage convertible. The footage changes into a stop-motion scene of the car continuing along a dirt road accompanied by green hills and palm trees to a grand coral pink house. Upon ringing the doorbell, Camila is greeted by a party of family friends and relatives. The song begins after the singer greets more guests and the video pans over a wall plate. Although “Don’t Go Yet” is a love song pleading for someone to say, the song and video celebrate Cabello’s Cuban-Mexican heritage with a mix of Spanish lyrics and flamenco guitar strings, maracas, drums, trumpets, and handclapping overlapping as beats. Additional voices in the ...
Kanye West’s Donda Listening Party Could’ve Only Happened In Atlanta
By Neima Abdulahi Kanye West’s decision to host the Donda album listening party in Atlanta, which he did in front of thousands at the city’s massive Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday, July 22, was spiritually symbolic in many ways. As the artist unveiled his first album since 2019’s pair of gospel LPs, the untold story became clear: of Kanye and how the Black Mecca is part of his identity, even though his brand is synonymous with Chicago where he grew up. The 44-year-old rapper and business mogul was born in Atlanta, home of both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his late mother, Donda West, during her most transformative years. The city is where she earned a master’s degree from Atlanta University, the historically Black college that was later renamed Clark Atlanta University in 1988. ...
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Include Previously Unseen ‘Tiny Music’ Session Footage in New ‘And So I Know’ Video
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have released a new music video for their track “And So I Know” to coincide with the 25th anniversary of their 1996 LP “Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop”. The Hi8 clip was filmed by the bandmembers as they were laying down tracks in late 1995 with producer Brendan O’Brien at Westerly Ranch house in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS is celebrating the “Tiny Music” anniversary by releasing a three-disc/one-LP deluxe edition. Available today (Friday, July 23), it features a remastered version of the original album, alternate versions and mixes of several of the songs, and a complete concert taped at the Club La Vela in Panama City Beach, Florida, on March 14, 1997. Prior to the release of “T...
DAVID LEE ROTH Shares ‘Global Storming’ Artwork
Since April 2020, VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth has spent much of his time creating COVID-themed drawings — he calls them comics — and then sharing the finished works on his social media channels. His latest work, which he calls “Global Storming”, can be found below. According to a New York Times profile from last summer, Roth picked up the pen and ink during his coronavirus lockdown, but he had long been interested in art. “My approach is the best of both worlds: vintage and hyper-atomic digital,” he said. “Sort of like watching ‘Dragnet’ on your iPad. “You know, I moved to Japan for two-plus years to study Sumi-e and calligraphy, and four nights a week I trained and then I did homework. Jesus, I’ve spent thousands of hours learning ...
JIMI HENDRIX’s Longtime Girlfriend LITHOFAYNE PRIDGON Dies At 80
Lithofayne Pridgon, Jimi Hendrix‘s long-term girlfriend and the presumed inspiration for his classic song “Foxey Lady”, died at her home in Las Vegas on April 22 at age 80. Her death wasn’t publicly announced until this week. Upon meeting each other in Harlem in 1964, Faye and Hendrix enjoyed an immediate connection with the two sharing a love for each other and music. They lived together, wrote songs and spent hours together listening to favorites from her mother’s deep collection of blues 45s and 78s. Pridgon was struck by Hendrix‘s knowledge and understanding of these artists and their music. Their relationship helped inspire “Foxey Lady”. “Faye was an extraordinary lady,” explains Experience Hendrix catalog manager John McDerm...
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s ‘A Little Bit Off’ Certified Gold In U.S.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH‘s song “A Little Bit Off” has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for accumulating 500,000 certified units. The track appears on the band’s latest album, “F8”, which was released in February 2020. The follow-up to 2018’s “And Justice For None” capped a turbulent period for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in which singer Ivan Moody finally got sober after a near-fatal struggle with addiction, while co-founding drummer Jeremy Spencer bowed out of the band due to physical issues. According to the RIAA, one equivalent song unit is equal to a single digital song sale, or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams. In June 2020, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH released the official video for ̶...
How Jimmy Eat World Fought Their Way Out of ‘The Middle’
Jimmy Eat World were only two albums into their deal with Capitol Records when they were dropped by the label. After receiving little support for their third album, the now seminal Clarity, the band was hardly surprised when they were notified in August 1999. Most artists in their position would have viewed the rejection as a potential career-ender, but the Mesa, Arizona-based band took it well. In fact, they agreed with Capitol’s decision. “All big labels are extremely adept at pushing bands that are moving 20,000 or more records a week,” frontman Jim Adkins explains. “Capitol knew exactly what to do with that. But they had no idea what to do with bands like us that sold 10,000 copies between all releases. [Clarity] grew over time into what it is now, but that wasn’t the case back then. I...
Digital Hov: Roc Nation & Jay-Z Launch New Multimedia Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty Another move in the world of multimedia is further solidifying Jay-Z as one of the more powerful global moguls in entertainment. On Thursday, July 22, Roc Nation announced its new partnership with the largest luxury media company in America, Modern Luxury Media. This new venture is to launch a new brand and multimedia platform, Edition, which is primed to be a “fully multi-platform portal into a world of luxury that celebrates talent from diverse communities.” The platform will be a mix of print and digital journalism along with a variety of audio and video content featuring different artists. Isoul H. Harris, the former head of UPTOWN Magazine will serve as editor-in-chief of Edition. In a press statement, Roc Nation co-founder...
Big Flex: Cardi B Shows Off Her Large Collection of Hermès Birkin Bags
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Cardi B is getting to the bag; figuratively and literally. She recently stunted on the world with enough Hermès Birkin purses to stock a couple of shelves. As spotted on Complex the Bronx bombshell proved that her love for the luxury bag brand is far from cap. Earlier this week she posted a carousel of photos of her Birkin inventory. Her first photo and last photo shows her walking while carrying a tan version of the Birkin Cargo model. The second was the real flex as the visual was a picture of her living room and on the floor were over 25 Birkin bags. They ranged from your general market releases from some very rare prints including a pink bandana and green camouflage colorways. The caption read “Every other day ne...
Damon Dash Launches Auction For His Share Of Roc-A-Fella, Bids Starts At $10M
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Damon Dash / Damon Dash The Damon Dash NFT saga continues. The serial entrepreneur has moved forward with the selling of his share of Roc-A-Fella Records. As spotted at Vibe, the self proclaimed Cake-A-Holic is not letting any legal concerns stop him from letting go of what he feels is rightfully his. An NFT for his 1/3 of Roc-A-Fella is currently on auction. According to the host site Open Sea, the “It’s The Roc” offer will the winning bidder to “Own a moment in time when Reasonable Doubt changed Hip Hop Culture. This commemorative NFT will be gifted to the highest bidder on Damon Dash’s 1/3 interest in Rock-A-Fella Inc. It’s The Roc (2021) is a collaboration between Raquel M. Horn and Billy Pablo III & The Black Guns.” To prom...
