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Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Widow Sues Wu-Tang Clan Productions For Unpaid Royalties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bob Berg / Getty It’s been almost 18 years since the untimely death of Hip-Hop icon, Russell Tyrone Jones a.k.a Ol Dirty Bastard, and while his music still bumps in all corners of the Hip-Hop world his widow, Icelene Jones, is claiming that she isn’t getting any royalties from his music catalogue. According to Variety, Jones has filed a lawsuit against Wu-Tang Clan Productions on Tuesday (February 8) alleging that the production company hadn’t paid any royalties to the estate from 2011 to 2021, when it had sent a check for $130,000. Though the estate did receive some payments from Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp in 2019 and 2020, they allege that it was only a fraction of what they’re owed. In the suit the Jones estate state that over the last 10 ye...
Soulja Boy Drops His Own Sneaker Line, Soulja Stars
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @souljaboy / Instagram Soulja Boy may not be moving units like he used to, but that was yesterday’s hustle as Big Draco is now looking to get into the sneaker game and we ain’t talking about becoming a reseller. HypeBeast is reporting that the “Crank That” rapper is releasing his own sneaker line dubbed Soulja Stars that will be retailing for a whopping $279! Even the hottest Nikes and Jordans don’t go for that much, but hey, might as well shoot for the stars, right? Releasing in three colorways, the Soulja Stars Fashion Stars Hi Top silhouette boasts leather uppers, two metallic star-studded velcro straps in place of laces, and a transparent “$OULJA” label printed on the elongated tongue. A second colorway features a black overlay with the star studded s...
Nelly Apologizes For Mouf Love Leak, Twitter Says He Came Up Short Twice
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Nelly has been the talk of the Internet for the past 36 hours after a sex tape went wide through social media circles and made the famed rapper a trending topic. In a new statement, the St. Louis star apologized for the video being inadvertently leaked, but fans on Twitter think that the apology came up a little short. TMZ reports that Nelly confirmed that the video was an accidental leak not meant to go wide to the public and extended his words towards the unnamed woman in the video with him performing the act. “I sincerely apologize to the young lady and her family, this is unwanted publicity for her/them. This was an old video that was private and never meant to go public,” Nelly said to TMZ exclusively. The outlet inquired a...
“Sausage Rave”: Watch 8 Dachshunds In Festival Gear Party In the Trunk at a Car Wash
Wiener dogs: life is short, and so are their legs. A creator named Grace Park, who owns eight dachshunds, recently threw the world’s cutest rave. Adorned with holographic smiley stickers and glowsticks, the wiener dogs paraded into a trunk and went buck wild to the night’s mainstage performance: a car wash. Soundtracked by Darude’s inescapable trance anthem “Sandstorm,” the first rave for Meatball and the gang seemed like the coolest function so far in 2022. And after the most paw-some party in the scene, one important question remains: How do we get on the guestlist for round two? Check out the puppy party below. Recommended Articles [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form...
Event at New York Nightclub Ends Abruptly After Pepper Bombs Go Off
On Thursday, February 3rd at around 1:30AM, New York nightclub Nowadays hosted an event by black beyond, which featured an all-Black lineup. After attendees reportedly began coughing, excessively sneezing, and complaining of a burning sensation in their throats, the event abruptly ended. “At first, people were trickling out to the back patio,” Lamb, one of the night’s performers, told Resident Advisor. “I thought they were just getting some air or were part of a really big group who came together and were planning to leave. Then you could see a bit of commotion stirring–people were asking each other if they’d begun coughing and sneezing too. When the consensus was ‘yeah,’ almost everybody moved outside.” When the “mace-like&...
Black Coffee, Charlotte de Witte, More to DJ at Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza’s Joint 2022 Opening Party
This a party the electronic dance music community so desperately needs after a rough 2021. Iconic White Isle clubs Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza are joining forces to put on a marathon 2022 opening party, dubbed “Better Together.” The event will take place from Saturday, April 30th to Sunday, May 1st and feature Adam Beyer, Charlotte de Witte, ARTBAT, Black Coffee, The Martinez Brothers, and EDM.com Class of 2022 inductee Anfisa Letyago, among others. “Better Together” will celebrate the return of Ibiza’s dormant nightlife sector and welcome dance music enthusiasts from around the globe. Yann Pissenem, CEO and founder of The Night League, has been busy with his team planning what he called “the biggest and best” program they’ve ever ha...
Pollen And Brownies & Lemonade Announce First-Ever Spring Break Experience In Puerto Vallarta
It’s always a good day when a new Brownies & Lemonade show gets announced. The acclaimed events brand has been branching out of their Los Angeles base over the past couple years, and their latest event announcement makes for one of their most exciting initiatives to date. In collaboration with the ever-expanding team at Pollen Presents, B&L have announced their very first Spring Break experience, coming to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico March 21-25. Throughout the event’s four curated days, dance music enthusiasts will be able to explore the event’s stunning locale as well as enjoy a jam-packed itinerary, which includes daily party brunches, wellness events and a slew of outdoor activities. A Brownies & Lemonade and Pollen event would not be complete without a ja...
Lil Dicky Teases a Super Bowl “Quartertime Show”
Lil Dicky has announced that he will be performing a “Quartertime Show” during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 13. The comedic rapper shared the news in a humorous commercial in partnership with Gopuff this week. “It’s a show that exists between the first and second quarter. Interesting. Innovative. I know, I know,” Lil Dicky explains in the teaser. “Now, there’s not the same amount of time in between the first and second quarter as there is at halftime, so I’m gonna have to put on the fastest show anyone’s ever put on…And it’s gonna be spectacular.” The countdown is on for the #QuartertimeShow. It’s going to be better, faster, and more Quartertime-y than anything ever, all thanks to me…and @Gopuff. Tune in here on Sunday directly after the first quarter of the big game. #ad pic.twitter...
Kanye West’s Live Album ‘Late Orchestration’ Arrives on Streaming
Ye’s Late Orchestration album has made it to streaming services 16 years after its initial release. Recorded in 2006, the live album features renditions of tracks from his first two full-length releases, 2004’s The College Dropout and 2005’s Late Registration. For the performance, West’s rapping was backed by a seventeen-member all-female string orchestra. He tapped John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, GLC and Consequence as guest artists. The project was previously only available in the form of a CD or DVD. The CD contained 12 singles, along with a live bonus recording of “Gold Digger.” The DVD, meanwhile, packed in concert footage, interviews and exclusive music videos for the first four singles off of Late Registration. On Tuesday night, fans noticed that Late Orchestration had appeared on streami...
GOP & Right-Wing News Outlets Falsely Claim President Biden Is Spending $30m For Free Crack Pipe Distribution
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Aisha Thomas / EyeEm / Getty Another case of misinformation spreading faster than the facts. If you have been on social media the past few days and avoided Nelly and Lil Fizz’s manhood, you definitely saw people talking about the Biden Administration “spending 30 million to give out free crack pipes to Black people,” calling it “racial equality.” That, of course, is not the case, and NewsOne broke that down exceptionally, but, as expected, right-wing news outlets have seized the narrative and painted the story in a manner that even has some Black folks sharing it without proper context. Per NewsOne, the $30 Million Harm Reduction Grant “supports community-based programs geared toward overdose prevention, syringe services programs and other harm redu...
You Care: Kanye West, Julia Fox Reportedly In An “Open Relationship”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeremy Moeller / Getty The Kanye West and Julia Fox whirlwind romance has just got even weirder. Page Six exclusively reports that Ye and his bootleg barbie doll, actress Julia Fox are in an open relationship. Sources close to the “couple” claim West and Fox still see other people while they rock struggle matching denim fits together. “Their bond transcends typical norms because they’re evolved beings who just want each other to be happy,” a source close to Fox told the publication. “There is no jealousy or bad vibes.” But, wait, it gets even weirder. Another source told Page Six that West is “openly seeing” Instagram model Chaney Jones and get this, she is basically a Kim Kardashian clone. We can’t make this up even if we want to. Jones was recently spot...
Dr. Dre Enlists The Talents Of Two Deaf Rappers For Super Bowl Halftime Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz This year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was already getting much hype due to the impressive lineup of OG Hip-Hop legends taking part in the festivities, but Dr. Dre is taking things up a notch by adding a bit of a surprise to the highly-anticipated event. According to The Huffpost, the good doctor has just added two more rappers to a lineup that includes himself, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem, and they’re both deaf. Sean Forbes and Warren “WaWa” Snipe have just been penciled into the star-studded lineup of performers at this Sunday’s big game and will be the first deaf rappers to perform in the show’s 55 year history. Speaking to the Detroit Free Press, Forbes said “The doors to accessibility are busted wide open with...
