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Chief Twit Elon Musk Showcases How Petty He Is By Banning Several Journalists For Allegedly Violating Twitter’s New “Doxxing” Policy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty / Elon Musk Elon Musk is flexing his power as the owner of Twitter. After changing the rules to benefit him in the guise of protecting people’s privacy, Twitter banned several prominent journalists. Thursday evening Elon Musk’s Twitter set off a firestorm as one-by-one journalists who were critical of the bored billionaires running the social media platform accounts were suspended. Related Stories Among the unfortunate victims of Musk’s bitterness were CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times‘ Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, and other journalists covering the SpaceX owner since his acquisition of Twitter. Independent journalist Aaron Rupar’s account, was also shut down. So what did they do? Musk took to his platform to ...
GloRilla “No More Love,” Juice WRLD “Face 2 Face” & More | Daily Visuals 12.16.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty For a minute now GloRilla’s stardom has been ascending to the outer stratosphere of the rap game, and though she’s faced a bump in the road here and there that isn’t stopping the Memphis artist from staying on her grizzly. Keeping her buzz going and presence felt, Glo comes through with some new visuals for “No More Love.” GloRilla rounds up her girls to kick it on the porch before running down on her man and putting hands on him for stepping out on their relationship. Good thing GloRilla didn’t have that banana clip on her. Just sayin.’ Related Stories Juice WRLD meanwhile is having his memory kept alive by his estate, and in the latest clip to his cut “Face 2 Face,” we find a young woman dealing with night terrors and demons who ...
Boys Noize Confirms New Dog Blood Track With Skrillex “Very Soon”
New Dog Blood music is on the horizon. Boys Noize has revealed that he and Skrillex will be releasing a new single “very soon,” he told CULTR. Lucky fans were able to hear the record during one of the renowned electronic music producer’s recent live shows in Australia earlier this month. “Sonny and I make a lot of music together,” he said. “We have a new single actually coming out very soon. ‘Skrillex and Boys Noize’—I will be playing it tonight.” It’s been a decade since the advent of their collaborative alias and its first releases, “Next Order” and “Middle Finger.” After dropping Middle Finger Pt. 2 in 2013, the duo waited six years to release their next EP, 2019’s Turn Off The Lights. Scroll to Continue Recommended Artic...
Alicia Keys Set to Host ‘Holiday Masquerade Ball’ on Apple Music
Apple Music announced Friday (Dec. 16) that Alicia Keys is bringing her first-ever Holiday Masquerade Ball to the streaming service later this month. A trailer for the virtual event — which will stream Wednesday (Dec. 21) — shows the superstar performing a soulful cover of “Please Come Home for Christmas” on the Apple Music Live stage. “Bells will be ringing sad sad news/ Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues/ My baby is gone and I have no friends/ To wish me greetings once again/ Choirs be singing ‘Silent Night’/ Christmas carols by the candlelight,” she sings while pairing a bejeweled mask quite literally dripping in crystals with a sleek, tuxedo-inspired pantsuit. With an assist from TikTok, the Masquerade Ball will feature music from Keys’ new holiday album, Santa Baby, and include ap...
Danny Elfman ‘Surprised’ by ‘Wednesday’ Success, Thought It Was Going to Be ‘A Little Cult Thing’
Wednesday is officially a smash. The Netflix show, which premiered Nov. 23, has climbed the ranks since its release and has become the third most watched show on the streaming platform after Stranger Things and Squid Game, but for the show’s composer Danny Elfman, the success came as a major surprise. Speaking alongside Phoebe Bridgers for an interview with NME published Friday (Dec. 16), the composer — well known and loved for his work on The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland and more — spoke about what it was like working on Wednesday and how he feels about the show resonating with the masses. “Wednesday was just fun. I grew up on The Addams Family, but I really also dug the Charles Addams cartoons even more so, so for me, it was like a well known kind ...
Donald Glover to Star In & Produce Spider-Man Movie Based on Hypno-Hustler Villain
Donald Glover is finally getting a Spider-Man movie. It’s just not quite what you think. Glover is attached to star and produce a feature set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Myles Murphy, the son of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is on board to write the project, which has no title but is said to revolve on the Hypno-Hustler, one of the more obscure Spider-Man villains. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Created by Bill Mantlo, the writer who also created Rocket Racoon, and artist Frank Springer, Hypno-Hustler was very much a product of the disco music scene when he first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man No. 24 in 1978. His re...
Katy Perry Is the ‘Picture of Health’ in Ginger Root Costume
Sure, Halloween is long gone and we’re actually just nine days away from Christmas, but Katy Perry isn’t putting a good costume to waste. The “Harleys in Hawaii” singer took to Instagram on Friday (Dec. 16) to share a series of photos, two of which she’s dressed in a life-sized ginger root costume and the third is a photo of a Bragg organic apple cider vinegar prebiotic shot that is filled with turmeric and, you guessed it, ginger. “Picture of health,” Perry cleverly captioned the post, leading to confusion among fans in the comments section. “Why are you like this,” one fan joked, while another wrote, “u ate and left no ginger.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Some fans are also speculating that the photoshoot might be related to an up...
Kendrick Lamar Shares “Count Me Out” Music Video Starring Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren plays Kendrick Lamar’s therapist in the new visual for “Count Me Out.” Lamar directed and executive produced the video alongside his pgLang collaborator Dave Free. “Kendrick, Kendrick,” Mirren says to Lamar. “Did you hear what I just said?” The rapper, meanwhile, sits at the piano bench with his head in his hands, before he turns around to resume his therapy session. After a bit of banter between Mirren and Lamar, the video cuts to a montage of footage showing snaps of his of daily life, from laughing with friends to signing contracts. Interspersed is Lamar performing in front of a crowd as a messiah-like figure in the desert. The horde, entirely decked out in white, carries Lamar above their heads before gently resting him on the ground. The visual was choreographed by Charm ...
Angela Yee Says Gunna Ain’t No Snitch
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / Youtube Gunna is no snitch. That’s according to former Breakfast Club co-host Angela Yee. On Thursday (Dec. 15), Atlanta rapper Gunna, born Sergio Kitchens, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act, which allowed him to essentially become a free man while Young Thug continues to battle the RICO case against him. Of course, this led to wild speculation and hot takes on the Internes that Gunna was dropping dime on the entire Young Stoner Life (YSL) team, which the Feds says is actually a gang under the guise of a record label. Knowing he’s been able to walk (he got time served and will be doing community service) would raise eyebrows, he quickly issued a statement that read: “While I have agreed to...
Beyonce Throwing ‘Club Renaissance’ Event In LA, The Beyhive Reacts To Missing Out On Tickets
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Matt Cardy / Getty / Beyonce Who wouldn’t want to close out the year partying with Beyonce? Some lucky fans in Los Angeles will have that opportunity after it was announced a ‘Club Renaissance’ event is going down in the city. Beyonce is teaming up with Amazon Music for two nights of greatness and celebrating her 6-month-old album Club Renaissance. Per Variety, details were scarce about what the event will be, but the invite reads Parkwood, Beyonce’s company, “invites you to experience ‘Renaissance’ in spatial audio” on Dec.17 and Dec.18. So basically, it sounds like a very exclusive listening event, but will Beyonce be there? That’s the million-dollar question. Thursday afternoon, fans received text messages alerting them to visit the Club Re...
Dave Chappelle’s Attacker Who Caught The Fade Sentenced To 9 Months
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Earlier this year Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl, and though the attacker got a quick comeuppance from Dave and his entourage, the perp has now gotten hit with hard time behind bars. According to TMZ, 24-year-old Isaiah Lee, was just sentenced to nine months in Los Angeles County Jail after pleading no contest to entering a restricted area during a live event and battery, both of which are misdemeanors. Lee will be serving 270 days in jail due to the incident on May 3 in which he bum rushed Dave Chappelle while the comedian was on stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Related Stories Though Dave didn’t suffer any serious injuries, Lee was given a beatdown for the ages and was taken away in an a...
Lizzo “Very Hurt” By Comments That She Makes Music For White People
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Coppola / Getty Lizzo is once again addressing critics who have accused her of making music for “white people.” The 34-year-old singer responded to the past comments in a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, according to The New York Post. Lizzo began: “[It’s] very hurtful, only because I am a Black woman, and I feel like it really challenges my identity and who I am, and diminishes that, which I think is really hurtful,” the “Special” singer said. She said that her music is influenced by the feel-good songs of the ’70s and ’80s–calling her songs, “funky, soulful, feel-good music.” Related Stories “I feel like a lot of people, truthfully, don’t get me — which is why I wanted to do this documentary, because I was like, ‘I feel like ...
