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50 Cent Calls Out Starz On Instagram, Tells G-Unit Film & Television Crew To Pack Their Bags
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Is 50 Cent really going to leave Starz and take all his hit shows with him this time? Or is he once again trolling? The G-Unit general and social media troll is fed up with the television home of his “drug dealing cinematic universe,” better known as the Power Universe, and is allegedly leaving. Taking to Instagram, the Queens rapper shared a gif of a man packing a suitcase voice his displeasure with Starz for renewing High Town, but not Power Book IV: Force, despite it being the highest-rated show on the network. Related Stories “This is me packing my stuff, STARZ 😵🍆Sucks, my deal is up over here I’m out,” the “Wanksta” rapper writes. “They Renewed High town and FORCE is the highest rated show they have it sitting i...
CloZee, G Jones, Opiuo, More to Perform at Kosmic Kingdom Music Festival 2022
Prepare to be transported back to the middle ages at Kosmic Kingdom Music Festival. Hosted at one of the most unique locations, the fest takes place at Sleepy Hollow’s Renaissance Park in Des Moines, Iowa. The park features multiple real-life castles that will be used as stages, as well as over 35 fully functional Renaissance buildings. Kosmic Kingdom organizers have now announced the official lineup for the three-day event, which is scheduled for June 3rd and 4th, with a pre-party on the 2nd. The multi-genre festival features an array of DJs across experimental bass music, electro-funk, dubstep and beyond. Headlining Kosmic Kingdom 2022 are CloZee and G Jones, followed by Of The Trees, Opiuo, VCTRE and NotLö, among others. The undercard is filled with emerging electro...
Miami Music Week 2022 Guide: Clubs, Pool Parties, Showcases and More
Editor’s Note: The list contained in this article will be updated as more events are announced. Veteran screenwriter Mitch Glazer hit the nail on the head when he called Miami a “storytelling engine.” But in the throes of a relentless pandemic, the only stories coming out of the city were ones of the horror variety. So it’s not a stretch to say that the stories bubbling beneath the surface of the return of Miami Music Week will ultimately be timeless. With the pandemic in Miami’s rearview, this year’s gathering has the feel of something special. Hedonism be damned, fans from all over the world are planning to descend on the city for a week of uncaged raving. The Magic City is going to be a no-holds-barred electronic music utopia. Ahead of Miami Musi...
Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Future To Headline Rolling Loud Miami 2022
Kanye “Ye” West, Kendrick Lamar and Future have officially been announced as the headliners of Rolling Loud Miami 2022. The annual music festival will return to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on July 22 to July 24, and will also feature sets from the likes of Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Saweetie, Don Toliver, Baby Keem, City Girls, Ski Mask The Slump God, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Three Six Mafia and more. Rolling Loud Miami 2022 will mark K-Dot’s first Rolling Loud performance since Miami 2017 and will see Future followup his finale performance from Rolling Loud California 2021, when he brought out Ye. Take a look at the full lineup below. VIP and general admission tickets go on sale March 7 at 12 p.m. EST on the Rolling Loud website. Elsewhere in mus...
Kid Cudi To Hold First Performance in His New Virtual Concert App Encore
Kid Cudi will be performing his first concert on Encore, the virtual concert that he co-founded, next week on March 7. The app launched earlier this month and is designed as a “music-first creator platform” that allows artists to interact with fans and host shows in a virtual setting. “My number one priority has always been inspiring others and providing them the space to tell their own stories in an authentic and meaningful way,” Cudi said when it launched. “We created Encore as a space for artists to share their art, build community, while also being able to pay their rent.” Fans will be able to compensate artists for performances and music releases via a microtransaction system called “claps.” His upcoming performance will be directed by Lyrical Lemonade founder, Cole Bennett. Fans can ...
Sharon Van Etten Shares Video for New Song “Used to It”: Watch
Sharon Van Etten is back with her second single of the year. It’s called “Used to It” and it arrives with a video created by her musical director and bandmate Charley Damski. The clip stars Van Etten alongside dancer and choreographer Hayden J Frederick. Check it out below. Van Etten originally wrote “Used to It” for the HBO documentary Baby God, which follows a fertility specialist who impregnates women with his own sperm. “Ultimately, the film team changed their musical direction, but I found myself welcomely challenged to the idea of writing a song about the concept of family, connection through blood, nature vs nurture, while attempting to incorporate ideas of love and the complexities of science and technology,” Van Etten said in a press release. She continued: “I am grateful for this...
Japanese Breakfast and Brian Eno Join SXSW 2022 Speakers Lineup
SXSW has announce a new round of keynotes and featured speakers. Joining previously announced keynote speakers Beck and Lizzo are Japanese Breakfast and Brian Eno. Michelle Zauner is a keynote speaker, while Eno will take part in a featured session called “Art & Climate: A Conversation With Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe.” Beto O’Rourke, Ron Howard, Beggars Group’s Nabil Ayers, Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein, and Sevdaliza have also just been announced as SXSW speakers. Check out the full list here. Read Pitchfork’s feature “Japanese Breakfast Is Working the Pain Away.”
Watch Charli XCX’s Video for New Song “Baby”
Charli XCX has released a video for her latest single from her upcoming album Crash. The track is produced by Justin Raisen and Sad Pony (aka Jeremiah Raisen). Watch the video for “Baby”—directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando—below. “‘Baby’ was actually one of the first songs that came together for this album,” Charli XCX said in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “I was working on it with Justin Raisen, and we’d done a lot together for my first ever album, True Romance. So it kind of felt cyclical to go back and with him again on what is my final record in my deal with Atlantic.” Charli XCX continued: But obviously so much has changed, and, this song, it was kind of the foundation of the vibe of the album. It’s probably the most sexy song I’ve ever made. It’s about sex...
Stereolab Announce 2022 North American Tour
Stereolab have announced a 2022 North American tour. It starts in Nashville at the beginning of September, wrapping in Asheville, North Carolina in mid-October. See the full itinerary below. In addition to the tour, Stereolab are set to appear at the first installment of Primavera Sound Los Angeles in September. Their most recent release is last year’s Electrically Possessed (Switched On Vol. 4), an installment in their long-running series of non-album material. Band member Lætitia Sadier has a solo follow-up to 2017’s Find Me Finding You in the works. She shared “New Moon” from the project in October, but has not yet shared further details about the record’s release. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our r...
Britney Spears Bares All, BLACKPINK’s Rosé Tests Positive for COVID & More Top Stories | Billboard News
Britney Spears bares all in steamy new pics, Rosé of BLACKPINK has a health scare and can ‘Encanto’ and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” hold onto the top spots on the charts? Plus, Kygo teams up with Joe Jonas on a new track and a list of artists pulling out of tour dates in Russia. This is Billboard News for Tuesday, March 1. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Select category”][flexi-form-tag type=”tag” title=”Insert tag”][flexi-form-tag ...
Calibre 50 Announces New Singer: ‘We Begin a New Era’
After a month of auditions searching for a new lead singer, Tony Elizondo was officially announced Tuesday (March 1) as the new frontman of norteño band Calibre 50. “We begin a new era in our career as we welcome Tony Elizondo,” the group captioned the announcement on social media, which included a photo of the Nuevo León-born artist with his new band mates. Explore Explore Calibre 50 See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Elizondo joins the chart-topping Mexican band following former frontman Edén Muñoz‘s departure back in January when he announced he was leaving the group he founded in 2010 and launching his solo career. Following Muñoz’s announcement, Calibre 50 opened auditions to aspiring singers in search of the next member to join remaining members Arm...
T.I.’s Grand Hustle Films Partners With HBCU for Film & Mentorship Project
Students at Marshall, Texas HBCU Wiley College will have the opportunity to assist in producing a film alongside Tip “T.I.” Harris’ Grand Hustle Films, it was announced Tuesday (Mar. 1). The film will be bankrolled with funds awarded by The Propel Center, a recently-established HBCU technology and learning hub that provided a $300,000 grant for the project. Last Wednesday (Feb. 23), students selected to participate in the project — which is designed to help increase representation in the entertainment industry — joined T.I., the founder of Grand Hustle Records, for a virtual lunch to announce and celebrate the partnership. “I know that there is just as much of a need to cultivate and support the young creatives in our communities as there is for the young scholars and the educators. This i...
