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Samsung Unpacks Its New Galaxy S22 Smartphone Lineup, Seemingly Sticks A Fork In The Galaxy Note
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It’s a new year, so you know what that means, its time for new Galaxy smartphones from Samsung. Wednesday (Feb.9), Samsung unveiled its new S Series Galaxy smartphones, the S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra. As with every iteration of its Galaxy flagship smartphone, the Korean tech giant boasts significant improvements with the new S22 smartphones. All three models utilize Samsung’s new Armor Aluminum, first introduced on the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G and now being featured on S22 models, a first for Samsung’s S-series phones. The S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra boast Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ on the front and back of the phone. We got up close and personal with the devices, and each of them is impressive, so let’...
Years Of Hard Drinking Killed ‘Friday’ Star Anthony Johnson Per Autopsy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amazon / Amazon Last year the culture lost one the beloved comedic talents of Anthony Johnson. The Friday star is said to have passed due to years of alcohol abuse. As per TMZ the medical examiner has concluded that Los Angeles, California native’s death could have been avoided or prolonged if he had better taken care of himself. According to the autopsy reports obtained by the celebrity gossip media outlet doctors have concluded that “chronic ethanol use” was the cause of his passing. The documentation also calls out that he passed due to natural causes. Additionally no drugs where found in his system as per the toxicology report. Shortly after his passing the coroner’s office reported that he had tested positive for COVID prior to transit...
YG Announces Upcoming Album ‘Pray For Me’
YG has announced that his sixth studio album, Pray For Me, will release later this year via Def Jam Records. During an interview on Power 106’s Power Mornings, the Compton rapper provided context for the follow-up to 2020’s My Life4Hunnid, which included features from Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Tyga, Lil Tjay, Tay2xs, D3szn, Gunna, Ty Dolla $ign and others. “It’s just the growth of me, my headspace, what I’m on in life,” said YG. “And I think the whole COVID pandemic shit, I hated it, but I also look at it as like this shit kinda helped me get to where I’m at mentally.” “The music is just gonna be my truth, as far as my life right now,” he added, before revealing that he took a break from releasing music because he felt that “the timing wasn’t right.” Last week, ...
Kodak Black Announces Fifth Studio Album ‘Back for Everything’
Kodak Black is dropping a new album later this month called Back for Everything, following 2020’s Bill Israel. Ahead of its release, he shared its first promotional single, “Grinding All Season.” On the track, the rapper describes working hard throughout the year and details the riches it’s brought him, from laptops to diamonds. “I been vibin’ for a reason,” the Florida artist raps. “I been grindin’ all season. I been standin’ away from leeches.” Black also shared cover art for the album inspired by the sci-fi classic Back to the Future on his Instagram. The upcoming album will include October’s “Super Gremlin,” as well as December’s “Love & War,” the latter of which became popular on TikTok. Kodak Black’s Back for Everything hits streaming services on February 25. In other music news,...
Future Releases Trailer for Valentine’s Day Anthem “Worst Day”
About two weeks ago, Ye announced that Future would be executive producing Donda 2. Now, after not releasing any solo albums of his own throughout 2021, the Atlanta rapper has returned to tease his new song “Worst Day.” Titled “Healing Together With Dr. Kevin Samuels,” the approximately one-minute long trailer is directed by Daps and sees Future admit his addiction to showering women with expensive gifts. “Last year, how much did you say you spent on women?” Samuels asks, to which the rapper answers “around two to three.” Samuel concedes that two to three thousand isn’t too bad, and Future corrects him, saying that he meant two to three million. “Valentine’s is the worst day,” he raps as the video closes. Though Future didn’t a release date for the track, only letting on that it was coming...
NFTs 101: How the Music Industry and the Way We Engage with Artists Is Evolving
The cultural relevance of crypto is undeniable, as the use of blockchain continues to infiltrate and significantly influence the worlds of art, music, fashion and more. To provide a deeper level of understanding for the space, HYPEBEAST teamed up with crypto platform Coinbase for a new series that dives into various topics related to cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain, and cohesively and objectively shares how different industries are adapting. In our first installment of NFTs 101, we dive into the music industry and how recent trends are hinting at how fans will engage with artists in the future. The music industry has seen major changes over the past few decades, shaping the way we consume music and interact with our favorite artists. Before the internet, CDs and cassette tapes were the...
Ed Sheeran Confirms ‘The Joker and the Queen’ Remix With ‘Good Friend’ Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran ended the speculation over his upcoming remix of “The Joker and the Queen” featuring his “good friend” Taylor Swift on Wednesday morning (Feb. 9) when he confirmed that the dynamic duo will drop the track on Friday (Feb. 11). “‘The Joker and the Queen’ featuring my good friend @taylorswift13 is out this Friday,” Sheeran tweeted after offering up a chill performance of the song at Tuesday night’s 2022 Brit Awards. During a red carpet interview with LADbible ahead of the Brits, Sheeran shared that a new song “comes out Friday and it’s with Taylor Swift.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sheeran teased the remix in the tweet with a 30-second snippet of the gentle ballad featuring the pair’s vocals seamlessly intertwined over weepy s...
Brené Brown Will Resume Spotify Podcasts Amid Her ‘Tremendous Values Conflict’ With Joe Rogan
Brené Brown posted a message on her website Tuesday night (Feb. 8), sharing that, despite recent controversies, she remains committed to podcasting on Spotify and amplifying issues and voices that matter. Brown had, on Feb. 1, shared the decision to pause her podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead, to learn about the music giant’s policies in the wake of COVID-19 misinformation. “Unlike some creators, I don’t have the option of pulling my work from the platform,” Brown noted. This was an indirect reference to musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, who have removed music from Spotify in protest of the streamer distributing Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. “I’m always going to stand firmly on the side of free speech, so I had a lot of lea...
Snoop Dogg Calls Super Bowl Halftime Show ‘Dream Come True’
Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The ultra-smooth rapper said he will worry about his upcoming halftime performance after the fact. “For me, when performing, I never let the moment get bigger than me,” said Snoop Dogg in a recent interview with The Associated Press from his studio compound in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles where the Super Bowl will be held Sunday (Feb. 13). He’ll take the stage with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “I’m not going to understand it until it happens,” he continued. “While it’s happening, I’m in the zone. I’m stuck to the script, laser focused, being on point, sounding good, looking good and feeling good. I want to give off a great presentation....
Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Kennedy Charged With DUI in Fatal Crash
Former American Idol top five finalist Caleb Kennedy has been charged with DUI in a fatal crash in which he allegedly hit a man inside a building with his Ford pick-up truck. According to a statement from the South Carolina Highway Patrol, on Tuesday (Feb. 8), a man inside the residential building sustained a fatal injury when the truck driven by Kennedy drove onto a private driveway and struck the structure. WYFT reported that the victim, Larry Duane Parris, 54, was pronounced dead at a local hospital three hours after the crash. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The driver, identified as Kennedy, 17, was charged with felony DUI resulting in death; at press time a spokesperson for the South Carolina Highway Patrol said no further information was available as the crash is still un...
Nine Inch Nails Announce 2022 U.S. Tour
Nine Inch Nails have announced a U.S. tour that will find them playing their first live shows since 2018. The tour kicks off in Raleigh, North Carolina in April and includes appearances at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and the inaugural Primavera Sound Los Angeles. The tour is currently scheduled to wrap up with a show in Cleveland featuring special guests Ministry and Nitzer Ebb. Check out Nine Inch Nails’ tour schedule below. Like plenty of bands since the start of the pandemic, Nine Inch Nails have been foiled in their plans to return to the road. Most recently, Nine Inch Nails were forced to cancel a handful of 2021 concerts. Making the best of the situation, the group sold merch that was meant to be available at the shows. Since they last toured in 2018, Nine Inch Nails have rel...
Four Tet Signs Universal Music Publishing Deal
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) has signed a new global publishing agreement with Universal Music Group. “Four Tet has soundtracked my life from GCSE revision to dancefloors at university and now I get the pleasure to work with him,” Universal Music Publishing Group’s A&R director Pete Simmons said in a statement. “I’m honoured to represent a catalogue that means so much to not just me but the whole of UMPG. Looking forward to working with Kieran, Carol, and the wider Solar team. Special thanks to Amy Samson for making the initial introduction.” The new development comes on the heels of Hebden’s ongoing dispute over streaming royalties with Domino, stemming from a contract he signed with the label in 2001. Hebden filed his claim against Domino in a London court in late 2020, but the case ...
