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Avril Lavigne Brings Out a Pink-Haired Machine Gun Kelly for First-Ever ‘Bois Lie’ Performance
Avril Lavigne celebrated the release of her seventh studio album, Love Sux, on Friday (Feb. 25) with an intimate show at Los Angeles’ The Roxy as part of SiriusXM and Pandora’s Small Stage Series. The 37-year-old punk pop princess was visibly elated throughout the night, where she gave high-energy renditions of fan-favorite hits including “Sk8er Boi,” “What the Hell,” “Girlfriend” and, of course, “Complicated.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Champagne bottle in hand, Lavigne drank to her return to the rock scene after her emotional 2019 LP Head Above Water — all with a little help from her famous friends. With Travis Barker on drums for four songs, Lavigne also called up her boyfriend Mod Sun for their “Flames” duet, complete with a ...
A Daft Punk Helmet LEGO Submission Could Enter Official Production
Daft Punk‘s helmets may soon be mass-produced in LEGO brick form. In January 2021, one ambitious LEGO modeler named Eliot O’Brien submitted a product idea inspired by the enigmatic robots themselves. With enough support from the LEGO community, O’Brien’s submission could end up in a store near you. LEGO IDEAS is a product submission platform whereby imaginative LEGO builders and 3-D modelers have an opportunity to showcase their creations. For the chance to be reviewed by the LEGO team and potentially receive an official product launch, submissions must first reach at least 10,000 supporters. O’Brien’s Daft Punk submission flawlessly nails the presentation on Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo’s iconic helmets to the pixel. Perching b...
New PC App Turns Your Nintendo Console Into an 8-Bit Synthesizer
An innovative app developer recently managed to unlock some hidden value in the Nintendo Entertainment System, a console discontinued decades ago. For those who’ve managed to hold onto their consoles, or buy a reissued version, Avicr has a new app that empowers players to turn their classic systems into a functioning synthesizer. Titled SynthNes, the app effectively allows users to control the system’s five dedicated audio channels NES’s with a MIDI instrument of your choosing. The reason why this works on the old-school Nintendo specifically is because the NES was part of an era in videogame history where consoles were sold containing dedicated sound chips. In the 1980s, CPU and storage technology was in its most primitive form, and the way music was produced in vi...
GRiZ and Big Gigantic to Release Reggae-Infused Dubstep Collaboration
GRiZ and Big Gigantic are once again ready to let the good times roll. The two have become a celebrated joint creative force over the years, and following up on their recent record “Daily Routine” from GRiZ’s Rainbow Brain album, bass music’s funkiest producers are back at it. That being said, however, what’s coming next appears to be a different beast. Late last year, fans began to inquire into an ID GRiZ had begun rinsing out on tour, a track characterized by a grinding, saw-like dubstep bassline. It’s tough to tell based on the brevity of the clip, but it’d seem GRiZ and Big Gigantic are taking their next release back to an era where reggae and dubstep were on a full collision course. Known in some circles as Reggaestep, th...
Elzhi and Georgia Anne Muldrow Announce New Album Zhigeist, Share New Song “Strangeland”: Listen
Detroit rapper Elzhi and musician, producer, and vocalist Georgia Anne Muldrow have joined forces on a new project. It’s titled Zhigeist and it’s out March 11 via Nature Sounds. Listen to “Strangeland” from the album below. “Georgia’s music is phenomenal,” Elzhi said in a press statement. “Her natural aptitude is limitless when it comes to production and vocals. I wanted to translate what her music was communicating to me.” After issuing Vweto III early last year, Muldrow has added her touch to a handful of remixes, offering new takes on tracks by Nubya Garcia (“Boundless Beings”), Mia Doi Todd (“Music Life”), and Little Dragon (“Hold On”). Elzhi’s most recent solo record is 2020’s Seven Times Down Eight Times Up. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Zhig...
Who Is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty The U.S. Supreme Court lost its most senior liberal member after Justice Stephen Breyer decided to step down at the age of 83. With the expectation that a Black woman would be Justice Breyer’s replacement, reports emerged Friday (Feb. 25) that President Joe Biden is set to name Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the nominee for Breyer’s seat on the bench. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, an especially prominent federal position to hold as a jurist. Her appointment to the federal bench was notable and elevated her among some observers as a potential Supreme Court justice. Below, we’ve shared some highlights of Judge Brown Jackson’s life and the trajectory of her career. E...
Pete Davidson Quits Social Media Again, Mr. Don’t Bully Me Kanye West Takes Credit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty Looks like Kanye West might’ve scored a minor victory in his uncalled for war on Kim Kardashian’s new beau, Pete Davidson. After weeks of taking all kinds of fire from Ye including disses on records and even rumors about him having an STD, Pete Davidson apparently fired back at Kanye West on Instagram… and then deleted his page altogether. Page Six is reporting that it all started after Pete Davidson posted a clip of Robert De Niro as wannabe comic Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorses’s 1981 film The King of Comedy in which he recited the line, “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Seems innocent enough, but y’all know social media and immediately fans began to speculate that it was a dart thrown at Kanye West ...
Pete Davidson Quits Social Media Again, Mr. Don’t Bully Me Kanye West Takes Credit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty Looks like Kanye West might’ve scored a minor victory in his uncalled for war on Kim Kardashian’s new beau, Pete Davidson. After weeks of taking all kinds of fire from Ye including disses on records and even rumors about him having an STD, Pete Davidson apparently fired back at Kanye West on Instagram… and then deleted his page altogether. Page Six is reporting that it all started after Pete Davidson posted a clip of Robert De Niro as wannabe comic Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorses’s 1981 film The King of Comedy in which he recited the line, “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Seems innocent enough, but y’all know social media and immediately fans began to speculate that it was a dart thrown at Kanye West ...
Book ‘Em: Three Ex-Cops Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Further accountability was served in a Minneapolis courtroom as the three former officers who were present at the time that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. On Thursday (February 24th), the jury found that ex-officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights when they failed to intervene as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck while he was on the ground for over three minutes on May 25th, 2020, ultimately killing him. The jury also determined that the three were deliberately indifferent to the suffering Floyd endured and neglected his medical needs. Thao and Kueng were also found guilty on an additional charge of failing to st...
Book ‘Em: Three Ex-Cops Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Further accountability was served in a Minneapolis courtroom as the three former officers who were present at the time that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. On Thursday (February 24th), the jury found that ex-officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights when they failed to intervene as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck while he was on the ground for over three minutes on May 25th, 2020, ultimately killing him. The jury also determined that the three were deliberately indifferent to the suffering Floyd endured and neglected his medical needs. Thao and Kueng were also found guilty on an additional charge of failing to st...
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State Bicycle Co. & Wu-Tang Clan Collab On New Bikes [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: State Bicycle Co. / State Bicycle Co. Wu-Tang Clan is for the children, and fly bicycles, too. The State Bicycle Co. has announced a new collaboration with the Hip-Hop icons from Shaolin. Ten years ago State Bicycle Co. first linked up with the Wu-Tang Brand to honor the 20th anniversary of the group’s debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). A decade later and the latest team up pays further homage to the WTC’s legacy. The new Wu-Tang and State Bicycle Co. collab features a full line of bikes, parts, and apparel, including their three most popular models; the Klunker, the Core Line and the 6061 Black Label. There’s a model for no matter where you land on the bike riding spectrum, and all are aesthetically pleasing, dipped in the black and yellow colo...
State Bicycle Co. & Wu-Tang Clan Collab On New Bikes [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: State Bicycle Co. / State Bicycle Co. Wu-Tang Clan is for the children, and fly bicycles, too. The State Bicycle Co. has announced a new collaboration with the Hip-Hop icons from Shaolin. Ten years ago State Bicycle Co. first linked up with the Wu-Tang Brand to honor the 20th anniversary of the group’s debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). A decade later and the latest team up pays further homage to the WTC’s legacy. The new Wu-Tang and State Bicycle Co. collab features a full line of bikes, parts, and apparel, including their three most popular models; the Klunker, the Core Line and the 6061 Black Label. There’s a model for no matter where you land on the bike riding spectrum, and all are aesthetically pleasing, dipped in the black and yellow colo...
