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Tommy Kha’s Elvis-Inspired Portrait Reinstalled at Memphis Airport Following Backlash Over Its Removal
Kha initially reacted to the news in an Instagram post on Monday (March 21). “After some disturbing complaints about my work, it was decided, and without my knowledge, the pictures were removed. I’m the only artist they have removed,” Kha wrote. In Kha’s photographic piece, he’s dressed in a jumpsuit that recalls Aloha From Hawaii–era Presley stands in a room filled with kitchen and office wares. Kha and the Memphis Urban Art Commission, which helped facilitate the airport’s purchase of Kha’s work, denounced the removal. According to a statement from the UAC, Kha, who grew up in nearby Whitehaven, Tennessee, “has spent years doing documentary work about Elvis tribute artists/impersonators, and considers himself a part of that community.” Brockman, president and CEO of the Memphis-She...
Justin Bieber Drops Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations
Justin Bieber has dropped his lawsuit against two women who accused him on Twitter in June 2020 of sexual assaults said to have occurred in 2014 and 2015, Billboard reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. The suit was dismissed with prejudice, so Bieber will not be able to re-file the claim in the same court. A woman identified only as Danielle first accused Bieber of assaulting her in 2014 during South by Southwest in Austin. Bieber publicly denied her allegations shortly after they were initially made, going so far as to offer screenshots, receipts, emails, and articles published around the time of the alleged incident to establish his alibi. Another woman, Kadi, then posted her own account where she claimed that Bieber had assaulted her in New York the following year. He did ...
Eagles of Death Metal’s Tuesday Cross Is Out of Coma & Reunited With Fiance Jesse Hughes: ‘She Is Our Miracle’
Eagles of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes paced back and forth outside the Mountain View Convalescent Hospital in Sylmar, Calif., on a humid afternoon on March 15. The 49-year-old barely slept the night before, his lids heavy, his hair slicked back into a tight braid with a pink hair tie, smoking a cigarette, as he anxiously counted down the minutes until he was allowed to see the love of his life again. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news His fiancée, 31-year-old Marina Cardenas — better known as EODM’s bassist and keyboardist Tuesday Cross — has been comatose since Jan. 23, after suffering brain damage. It had been 51 days since he last saw her. “Is it time yet?” he asked his attorney Alexandra Snyder via phone, a hint of sadness in ...
Jay-Z Oscar Party Draws Criticism for Ignoring Chateau Marmont Boycott
Pre-pandemic, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Oscars afterparty in the Chateau Marmont’s parking garage had become the most coveted invite of the big night. Revelers at the 2020 event, known as the Gold Party, which features a no-phones policy, included Rihanna, Reese Witherspoon, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Travis Scott, Gabrielle Union and Charlize Theron. Explore Explore Jay-Z See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Now, after a two-year absence, Jay-Z is set to throw the Oscar-night event in a lounge space on the Sunset Strip hotel’s storied property that was once home to Bar Marmont. The hitch: There is an ongoing boycott of the property, led by the local hotel workers’ union, over the Chateau Marmont’s alleged treatment of employees. The campaign — which h...
Sony Music Opens Singapore Office, Shifting Asia Hub From Hong Kong
Sony Music Group is moving its Southeast Asia headquarters to Singapore, joining a host of other music and tech companies that have shifted regional business hubs away from Hong Kong amid street protests and crackdowns by the Chinese government. The new Singapore office will house SMG companies Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing and artists and label services company The Orchard, the company said in a press release Tuesday (March 22). It will also serve as the new base for Sony Interactive Entertainment, creators of PlayStation. A host of pan-regional specialists focused on Singapore and the wider region will work out of the new headquarters, including in marketing, data analytics, human resources, finance, digital innovation, business development, A&R, and publicity. Esta...
Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo & Lil Nas X Are Top Winners at 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Full Winners List
Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” won song of the year at the 2022 iHeartRadioMusic Awards, which were presented on Tuesday (March 22) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. LL Cool J hosted the fast-paced, two-hour show, which aired live on Fox. Lipa wasn’t present, so the biggest category wasn’t presented on-air. But three of the other top winners were present to accept — Olivia Rodrigo for female artist of the year, Lil Nas X for male artist of the year and Silk Sonic for best duo/group of the year. It was the first win in those categories for all three artists. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In accepting his award, Lil Nas X pointed out that he was “delusional” to think he could drop out of school and make it big, come out of the closet at the pea...
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon Is Performing at Lollapalooza 2022
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is set to perform at Lollapalooza 2022. A spokesperson of the investment bank confirmed that he will be playing a DJ set under his musical alias “D-sol,” which he initially changed to his legal name last year upon the release of his single “Learn to Love Me.” The rep also shared that Solomon tends to DJ four to six events a year with all of the profits going to charity; he previously DJed for an Amazon event in 2019 and a Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party. In a 2017 Goldman Sachs podcast, the CEO shared, “[I] kind of stumbled into it as a hobby, and now I just do it for fun.” D-sol will be joining the likes of Metallica, Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Green Day, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby, Kygo, The Kid Laroi, Big Sean, Still Woozy, Cordae, YG, D...
HHW Gaming: Hunt Down Ghosts or Haunt Everyday Citizens In Illfonic’s ‘Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed’ Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Illfonic / Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Could this possibly be the Ghostbusters’ video game fans have been waiting years for? Tuesday (Mar.22) Illfonic, the studio with a knack for making video games based on popular movie franchises with titles like Friday The 13th: The Game and Predator: Hunting Grounds, announced its latest project would be a new Ghostbusters game, called Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. The game will keep the studio’s four-versus-one asymmetric multiplayer game energy, allowing players to create their own Ghostbuster’s team or even become a ghost and terrorize humans. As a Ghostbuster, players will put on the signature jumpsuit, strap on a proton pack, and use other ghostbusting tools like Ghost Traps, Particle Throwers, and ...
Travis Scott’s Baby Mother Announces That Her Baby Is Not Named “Wolf” Anymore
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Barritt / Getty Only a few months after revealing that their newborn baby would be named “Wolf,” Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have had a change of heart. According to TMZ, Kylie took to Instagram on Monday (March 21) to inform her millions of followers that the baby isn’t named “Wolf” anymore as it doesn’t seem to be a proper fit for him at 7 weeks old. Taking to her IG stories to make the announcement, Kylie wrote “FYI OUR SONS NAME ISN’T WOLF ANYMORE… WE JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT WAS HIM. JUST WANTED TO SHARE BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING WOLF EVERYWHERE.” As for what they have renamed the child, we’re still in the dark. Related Stories “It’s unclear what Kylie and Travis are calling their boy now — she’s only saying it’s not Wolf and they wanted folks to...
Kodak Black Denies He’s The Rapping Creep Sending Latto Flagrant DMs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Latto’s revelation about an unnamed male rapper causing her headaches related to her upcoming album have many pointing the finger at Kodak Black, who has called them false claims. On the eve of the release of her second album 777, Latto has been fueling the excitement surrounding it by releasing the tracklist and speaking about a collaborator on the album who had been giving her grief by not clearing his vocals since she wouldn’t respond to his direct messages on social media. The Atlanta, Georgia native first brought up the situation while being interviewed on the Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show last week, with the discussion topic focusing on how it is to work with men in the rap ga...
“Regeneration Earth”: Inside the Transformational 2022 Edition of Lucidity Festival
You are now entering Lucidity Festival, a mythos, lived story, and epic journey. Based off Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey, Lucidity Festival has been telling an immersive, epic saga of personal, collective, and global transformation for the past decade. The fest’s organizers have long positioned it as an open-source, transformational arts and music festival, allowing its attendees to co-create the experience and storyline. At Lucidity’s bedrock are a number of core values: participation, immersion in the artistic process, personal growth, healing, awake and aware consciousness, environmental and social responsibility, family fun and creative play, communal reciprocity, and transparency. After exploring its first two trilogies, the festival will close out a third with its ...
“It’s Done”: ODESZA Announce New Album
With two simple words, ODESZA broke EDM Twitter today. The Grammy-nominated electronic music duo have announced a brand new album, the fourth in their illustrious career and first since 2017’s A Moment Apart. “It’s done,” they tweeted. ODESZA have not yet revealed a title or release date of the album, but who’s complaining? They recently announced a triptych of comeback concerts dubbed “The Return,” which are scheduled for late July at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena. Fans will most likely hear new music from the album at the shows, which are said to serve as “a reminder of how ODESZA has pioneered the live stage for electronic music.” “The Return” marks the duo’s first performances since the ...
