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Nikole Hannah-Jones Turns Down UNC Job, Joins Howard University Faculty With Tenure
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Nikole Hannah-Jones, an award-winning journalist responsible for the stellar The 1619 Project for the New York Times, was on track to join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s faculty, seeking tenure in the process. After haggling with the university, Hannah-Jones has elected to go with famed HBCU Howard University and has received tenure to boot. Hannah-Jones was a guest on CBS This Morning with host Gayle King on Tuesday (July 6) where she made her first interview stating that she will be joining Howard as the Nikole Hannah-Jones as the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism. Joining Hannah-Jones at the Washington, D.C. establishment is author and MacArthur Fellow Ta-Nehisi Coates and the pair will help form the...
A Tribe Called Quest Deny Involvement In NFT Auction Of Group’s Royalties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty All the news about A Tribe Called Quest becoming the newest Hip-Hop entity to enter the world of NFT’s is flat-out false, says Ali Shaheed Muhammad in a fiery social media post that reveals another controversy concerning Hip-Hop and cryptocurrency. The DJ and producer was compelled to speak out at length after a Billboard article last week claimed that the iconic Hip-Hop group entered into a partnership with online music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange to auction off a 1.5% share of the group’s sound recording royalties from their first five albums. This would be sold off as a non-fungible token (NFT). Dubbing the article as “Not Friggin True,” Muhammad decided to detail exactly why this move wasn’t approved by the group. “At the...
Kodak Black Gives Out New Air Conditioners To Florida Residents
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) There’s a heatwave currently blasting parts of the United States and while many have to just grin and bear it, Kodak Black is doing his part to help the less fortunate get through these mutant dog days of summer. According to TMZ the “Roll In Peace” rapper decided to go out and help Floridian’s fight the oppressive heat by linking up with Francky Pierre, who runs the charity, Philanthropic Work and Outreach, and purchasing 100 brand new air conditioners and handing them out to the residents of the Golden Acres Projects in Pompano Beach. Actually manning up and carrying the units to the residents himself, a shirtless Kodak went door to door to bless people with the cool gift as if he was...
‘I Feel So Alone’: Siesta Key‘s Madisson Opens Up About Mental Health Issues
It doesn’t matter how someone’s life seems, because you never know what’s going on just beneath the surface. And on this week’s Siesta Key, Madisson opened up about her mental health — specifically, how she copes with anxiety and depression. During a “bittersweet” engagement photo shoot with her fiancé Ish, Madisson admitted to Kelsey that “it sucks” being in a somewhat long-distance relationship — primarily due to the former SK producer‘s frequent business trips. “I had hoped he would be able to stay for the whole month, but he can’t,” she said. “Having Ish here just helps keep me grounded, and it’s a little nerve-racking when he leaves.” That’s when the bride-to-be broke i...
Hear Miley Cyrus’s Glam-Rock Take On Cocteau Twins’s ‘Heaven Or Las Vegas’
Miley Cyrus rocked the stage on the 4th of July with a fitting cover of the Cocteau Twins’s “Heaven or Las Vegas” at the Resorts World casino in Las Vegas. At the grand opening of the new resort, Cyrus introduces the song with a joke referencing some of her younger fans being annoyed that she keeps covering old songs. “I’m gonna sing a song that no one fucking knows,” Cyrus said. “But you will know it after tonight. And I’ve seen the tweets: ‘Stop doing covers!’” Miley can’t stop, and she won’t stop. A fan managed to film the performance, which you can watch below. The Cocteau Twins posted on Facebook promoting the cover, captioning “Surprise, surprise!” During the Independence Day concert, Cyrus sang more covers from other classic artists including The Guess Who’s “American Woman,” Blondi...
Confidence Okelowo – Hail Yahweh
Check out this brand-new song coming from Confidence Okelowo – Hail Yahweh. Gospel Nigerian singer, Confidence Okelowo shares this latest piece of hers titled “Hail Yahweh” which is her debut release. The singer is coming off the platform of Voice of Unity Music World better known for convenience sake as VOU and she happens to be one the platform’s flagship products. Yahweh is a byproduct of a deep koinonia where the revelation was gotten about the victory of Christ over the sin, death, hell, shame and the grave. Christ gained victory over all of these and brought forth salvation that we might choose and be free from the bondage of sin. In that victory was the sound and Hail Yahweh was birthed. This song was produced by ProDoctor and is one sound that will ignite your spirit for God and ca...
VIDEO: Nathaniel Bassey – There Is A Place
Don’t miss this brand-new video coming from Nathaniel Bassey – There Is A Place Veteran gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey premieres the official music video for his single “There Is A Place”. It’s a spiritual single that speaks of the presence of God and is coming off the singer’s latest album titled “Halleluyah Again”. There is a place that he loves to dwell and that’s the place of the Most High God where his presence is felt alongside the host of angels and 24 elders worshiping and calling Him Holy. There is a place that every Christian loves to dwell and that’s a place where the presence of God is. This song is one of the most spiritually impacting in the album which has been a blessing to many lives. The video is one that depicts the meaning of the song perfectly as the singer is seen cl...
New Film Captures Remote African Tribe’s Introduction to Electronic Music: Watch the Trailer
Do you ever wish you could go back and experience hearing dance music for the first time? The organizers of a thought experiment called The Ive Experience hoped they could instill a similar feeling of joy in a population that had never been exposed to the genre before. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the team behind the initiative had to travel to one of the most remote locations in the world to conduct and film the experiment, according to one organizer who shared a statement with EDM.com. The Himba tribe, a nomadic group hailing from Namibia in southwest Africa, haven’t even owned a radio let alone been exposed to electronic music. Nonetheless, many members of the tribe—believed to be around 50,000 strong—have a penchant for dancing. The tribe even has its own dance for everyday ...
Annie Mac Opens Up About “Tokenism” Throughout Her Multi-Decade Radio Career
On July 30th, legendary voice of BBC Radio 1 Annie Mac will step away from her current role after a distinguished 17-year run. The announcement, which Mac delivered in April, was met with surprise. However, she quickly qualified her intent was not to retire from music, or even from radio necessarily. “I will be coming back to radio broadcasting when the time is right,” Mac said at the time. In more recent comments to Radio Times, Mac articulated a similar sentiment. “I love the BBC and hope at some point I can come back,” she said. “It’s not walking away from radio, it’s just walking away from that slot.” As for why she is departing, Mac attributes the move to a confluence of factors, but mainly suggests she’d prefer to have the time to...
Dubloadz Announces New Music Following Indefinite Hiatus
The music industry is healing, and so is Dubloadz. After taking a break from the industry to focus on his health, the beloved bass producer is set to release his first song in over a year. “I actually have a song coming out this month,” Dubloadz tweeted yesterday, cautioning fans that the track is a departure from his heavy-hitting dubstep sound. “It’s house though, and it’s chill and pretty. No headbanging sorry suckas,” he wrote. Longtime fans of Dubloadz are more than acquainted with his “Houseloadz” sound, which reinforces the technical prowess of one of the dance music scene’s most versatile producers. Long revered as one of the most creative sound designers in the bass music community, Dubloadz announced an indefinite hiatus ...
deadmau5 and Lights Announce New Collab “When The Summer Dies”: Listen to a Preview
deadmau5 and Lights have reunited for a new collab, which will soon arrive on the former’s beloved mau5trap imprint. The two first teamed up in 2018, when they dropped the trippy midtempo track “Drama Free.” Longtime friends and collaborators, they also famously performed together at the 2019 editions of Ultra Music Festival and Creamfields. deadmau5 and Lights have now joined forces for a new tune called “When The Summer Dies,” sharing a preview and announcing a release date. The clip is short, but fans can safely look forward to what sounds like a signature deadmau5 electro song à la “Sofi Needs a Ladder.” deadmau5 first played “When The Summer Dies” during a March 2021 Twitch stream before debuting it live at his...
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: ‘I Don’t Collaborate With People’
In a new interview with Sonic Perspectives, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked if he would ever want to collaborate again with such musicians as Derek Sherinian (keyboards) and John Macaluso (drums). He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “No, ’cause I don’t collaborate with people. I write all parts. Even when I hire people such as them, when they were hired to record with me, then I wrote the parts and sounds and so forth. “Listen, I never say never to anything, but right now this is exactly where I wanna be.” Malmsteen also spoke about his reluctance to play a fashionable style of music, preferring instead to forge his own path. “The thing is that I’ve done this for such a long time, and I was a very accomplished ...
