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Flume, ILLENIUM, Marc Rebillet, More to Play Bonnaroo 2022 After Hours
Bonnaroo is giving fans time to prepare their after-midnight schedules for this year’s fest. When the sun goes down and the main stage clears, Bonnaroo will open up to the night owls who want to keep the party going. Organizers have announced the festival’s special After Hours lineup for the 2022 event featuring a bevy of high-profile performers from its primary lineup—and all of the performances won’t start until after midnight. Electronic music fans will have plenty to enjoy at this year’s late-night festivities. Headlining artists Flume and ILLENIUM will take the stage after dark alongside Lane 8, 100 gecs, Marc Rebillet, Nora En Pure, Chris Lake, LP Giobbi, VNSSA, SIDEPIECE and more. Outside of dance music, fans will be treated to nocturnal sets from Ludacr...
Lil Durk Recruits Future for “Petty Too” and “AHHH HA” on ‘Fallon’
Lil Durk on Tuesday evening performed a medley of two 7220 tracks with Future on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Durk began with a rendition of “Petty Too” alongside Future, whose entrance was well-received with rounds of applause, before Durk gave a fiery performance of “AHHH HA.” The performance marked Lil Durk’s first headlining performance as a musical guest on the late-night talk show, though he did make a guest appearance during Pooh Shiesty’s “Back In Blood” performance on the show in April of last year. Last month, Durk performed “Lost Kings” alongside 2 Chainz on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, off the Atlanta rapper’s latest effort, Dope Don’t Sell Itself. Lil Durk’s seventh studio album, 7220, which was released last Friday, is projected to earn t...
Here We Go Again!: NC School Under Fire Following Mock Slavery Auction Where Black Students Were ‘Sold’ By White Students
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JS Waters School / J.S. Waters School What is it about schools, white people and slavery reenactments? One would think that all the news stories about students getting in trouble for their Snapchat slavery auctions and racist prom-posals—or teachers getting fired or suspended for slavery activities—would deter all of these people and their return-to-Roots wet dreams from continuing to trivialize chattel slavery by reenacting Black oppression. And yet here we are—again. According to the Charlotte News & Observer, the Chatham County school system in North Carolina has some ‘splaining to do after it was revealed that students engaged in a mock slavery action during which Black students were “sold” by white students as staff members watche...
Taraji P. Henson Among List of Celebrities Criticizing Jussie Smollett’s Punishment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Days after a judge sentenced former Empire actor Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime, his television mom and real-life friend, Taraji P. Henson, is speaking out, calling for his release. According to reports, Taraji P. Henson joined several other celebrities in calling the punishment excessive. Though Smollett maintained his innocence, he was found guilty last year of filing a false police report and was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct. Related Stories Taking to social media to stand in solidarity with Smollett, who is currently in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, posting a stark black and white message with the hashtag #FreeJussie and a full-throated call for his release, writing: “I am not here...
Clay Travis Weirdly Connects Kyrie Irving’s 60-Point Game To Being Unvaccinated From COVID-19
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Brown / Getty Kyrie Irving attracts attention not only for his world-class skills as a professional basketball player but also for his stance on COVID-19 vaccinations, a fact that made him a reluctant symbol of resistance to some. Clay Travis, seizing an opportunity to dunk on the vaccinated, connected Irving’s 60-point outburst on Tuesday (March 15) to the fact he hasn’t had the jab which prompted some to drag the pundit’s name through the mud. Irving, 29, led all Brooklyn Nets players with 60 points, including an astonishing 41 first-half points, en route to a 150-108 demolishing of the Orlando Magic. Irving is famously known for being against taking the vaccine for COVID-19 and has been shunned from taking the home court in the Barclays Cent...
Why Dolly Parton Deserves to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Even If She Doesn’t Think So)
On Monday, Dolly Parton gracefully bowed out of her nomination to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying she didn’t feel she had “earned that right.” On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith discuss all angles of Dolly’s decision. Does she deserve to be in the Rock Hall? Has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame evolved beyond just “rock ‘n’ roll” artists? And really, shouldn’t Dolly be inducted into any Hall of Fame that would have her? Explore See latest videos, charts and news Listen to our full discussion on the podcast below: Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Glass Animals are the first British group since the Spice Girls to spend multiple weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a single, as “Heat Waves” logs its second week atop the list. Pl...
Wisin & Yandel’s ‘Recordar’ Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart
Wisin & Yandel secure their 15th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “Recordar” rallies 13-1 on the March 19-dated survey. It’s the second-biggest jump to lead the all-Latin genre tally in 2022 so far after another song where Wisin is also a collaborator: “Emojis de Corazones” (Wisin, Jhay Cortez, Ozuna, featuring Los Legendarios) rose 11-1 on the Jan. 8-dated list. “Recordar” was released Dec. 2 via Sony Music Latin/WK. It leads with a 56% increase in audience impressions, to 8.8 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 13, according to MRC Data. It’s the biggest gain of the week in terms of audience, a 31% improvement to be exact, ahead of Banda Los Sebastianes de Saul Plata’s “Modo Incógnito,” which lifts 41-24 with a 25% surge, the week’s second-greatest gain. T...
Ed Sheeran Remembers Getting Baked With The Game: ‘I Was Out’
Ed Sheeran is many things in the pop music world, a “super busker” (with some acting chops) who can fill stadiums around the world with little more than a mic, guitar, some effects pedals and a collection of original songs. One thing he’s not, is a pot head. Speaking with Fitzy & Wippa for Australia’s commercial radio network Nova, Sheeran recounted a slightly embarrassing moment back in the day, when he partied with The Game. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I remember I was in the studio once in, like 2013. I was doing some records with The Game and he took me to Compton,” Sheeran says. “And we were in studio and we probably made like 13, 14 songs. And towards the end of the session his boys come in and they’re sort of like, it starts bei...
Gwen Stefani to Headline Hollywood Bowl Opening Night
Gwen Stefani has a date at the Hollywood Bowl on June 3, as the pop superstar is confirmed to headline the new season’s opening night festivities. Opening night — a benefit for Los Angeles Philharmonic’s learning and community programs — will also feature music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel, the L.A. Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles and special performances from ballet dancer Roberto Bolle, saxophonist Branford Marsalis and dancing sisters Let It Happen. And in a surprising showing of unity, the program will feature rival marching bands from UCLA and USC. The night will close with an installment of the Bowl’s notable fireworks show. The L.A. Phil also announced today more details for the free two-day weekend festival known as 101 Fest, held at both the Bowl (June 11) and nearby v...
Mase Drops “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha” Track, Shots Thrown At Diddy
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Mason Betha, better known to most as Mase, established himself as one of the premier stars on Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ Bad Boy Records outfit before moving into other career ventures. The former Murder Mase hopped back in the booth and unleashed a new track titled “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha” which seemingly features barbs aimed towards his former mentor in Puff Daddy. Similar to his 2017 track “The Oracle” aimed at fellow Harlem native Cam’Ron, Mase is apparently ready to move the scope in the direction of Diddy. From “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha”: “Yeah, I’m just a Harlem n*gga reppin’ down a Vegas strip with my own Suge/You from Mt. Vernon, n*gga, go & rep your own hood/I’m not hating on your billi wort...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Young Bae’s “Offensive” Advice About Color Tattoos On Darker Skin Becomes A Teachable Moment
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Last week on Black Ink Crew, a Puma team-building exercise led to a Black client feeling offended after Young Bae gave her some advice about getting a color tattoo. Ceaser addresses the situation this week, but did Bae do anything wrong? Puma Comes Bearing Bad News For Bae It’s the day after the battle of the sexes tattoo competition, and Puma wastes no time telling Young Bae that their client left happy with her tattoo but felt very offended. Bae never said explicitly that the Black client was “too dark” for a color tattoo, but she did explain it would not stand the test of time after it’s done. Anyway, according to Puma, the client felt as if Bae made it seem like she couldn’t get a full-color tattoo because of her dark skin, ...
NBA YoungBoy Debuts New Solo Track “I Got the Bag”
YoungBoy Never Broke Again, who is always hard at work with new releases, has dropped off a fresh solo track entitled “I Got the Bag.” Clocking in at two minutes and 20 seconds, the song arrives with an accompanying music video helmed by Fly Guy Nick. In true NBA YoungBoy fashion, the Baton Rouge rapper offers a simple visual that sees him with stacks of cash and chains hanging around his neck as he sports several sports jerseys, including one of Shawn Kemp from during his Seattle Supersonic days. YoungBoy is fresh off his collaborative album Better Than You with DaBaby, which opened at No. 10, and will supposedly drop another project entitled The Last Slimeto soon. If the record drops this year, it will mark his third release of 2022 following Better Than You and Colors from January. Watc...
