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Takeoff’s Parents Squabbling Over Who Gets His $26M Estate
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Now that Takeoff has been laid to rest (R.I.P), the question about who gets his fortune has been opened and already, his parent’s are locking horns over who gets his $26 million bag and music catalogue. MadameNoire is reporting that Takeoff’s mother, Titania Davenport-Treet, and his father, Kenneth M. Ball, are battling over who gets control of his estate as the rapper died without having leaving behind a will. According to Georgia law, the closest living relative would be first in line to get the assets left behind by someone who dies without leaving behind a will. In this case it would be Takeoff’s parents, who haven’t been on the best of terms for quite some time. Though Takeoff has previously stated that he was mainly raised by hi...
Mother Of Diddy’s New Daughter Revealed As Cyber Security Specialist Dana Tran
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Presley Ann / Getty Sean “Diddy” Combs shocked the Twitterosphere this weekend when he announced that his family had welcomed a new member. Yup, a whole daughter. “I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world,” the Hip-Hop mogul wrote on Saturday, “Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest!” Related Stories The tweet racked up thousands of comments as social media users speculated who could be the mother of Diddy’s child. Well, in true TMZ fashion–the gossip site uncovered a birth certificate that revealed the little girl’s mother as 28-year-old Dana Tran, a cyber security specialist from California. It also revealed that the baby was born in October, alt...
The Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Trial Is Underway
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Two years after allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion’s foot, Tory Lanez is finally going to trial over the 2020 incident as court proceedings are officially underway. According to BBC, a jury was told that not only did Tory Lanez shoot at Megan Thee Stallion‘s feet as they drove away from Kylie Jenner’s pool party in July of 2020, but he told her “dance b*tch” as he let off five rounds in the luxury vehicle. The shooting apparently took place after the “WAP” rapper insulted Lanez’s rap skills and demanded he pull over so she could get out of the car. Apparently the “LUV” artist didn’t take too kindly to the criticism and request and chose violence instead (literally). Related Stories Megan – real name Megan Pete – left a ...
Jin Becomes First BTS Member To Enlist in Military Service
Jin is the first member of BTS to begin their mandatory military service. The 30-year-old began his service on Tuesday at a front-line boot camp located in Yeoncheon, South Korea, where he’ll undergo training for five weeks before being assigned to a military unit elsewhere in the country. BTS announced in June that they would be going on hiatus as the K-pop boyband’s members complete their military service requirement, which, by law, requires healthy men to serve in South Korea’s army for 18 to 21 months. Service is typically supposed to be fulfilled before the age of 28, though as a K-pop star, Jin was able to defer for a few years. As the oldest member of BTS, Jin, whose real name is Kim Seok-jin, is the first to enlist. BTS is expected to reconvene in 2025 when all seven members have c...
Plunge Into an Alternate Reality With Alan Walker On the “WalkerVerse” Tour
The “WalkerVerse” is teeming with life. Alan Walker journeyed to all corners of the globe, unlocking portals to his futuristic playground. Walker plugged in coordinates for Vancouver, B.C. and beamed his way to the Harbour Event and Convention Centre for an extended visit. A quick sell-out for his November 25th tour date necessitated an additional show on the 24th, which also sold out. The anticipation was palpable in the lead-up to Walker’s set. Chatter filled the dead air between sets. A packed house scanned left and right for signs of the headliner. A hush fell over the crowd as crackling and whirling teased an imminent departure to the “WalkerVerse.” Pockets of cheering broke out as the audience was confronted by a large, red cybernetic eye interacting wit...
Watch the Trippy Music Video for Kx5 and Elderbrook’s Haunting House Track, “When I Talk”
After the release of Kx5‘s latest stunning single, the hype surrounding deadmau5 and Kaskade‘s collaborative debut album is bubbling over. “When I Talk” is the fifth single to drop ahead of the album, which is expected to release in early 2023. It’s a haunting house record produced in collaboration with Elderbrook, whose feathery vocals are as aching as ever. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and beatsmith stuns with his spellbinding topline, which explores the difficulties of breaking the binds of a loved one who builds emotional walls. “[“When I Talk”] is about barriers. Shutting people out and dealing with that,” Elderbrook said in a statement. “The song means a lot to me, I’m so happy to have it coming out finally a...
Watch RÜFÜS DU SOL Take On Nirvana Classic for First “Like A Version” Cover In Eight Years
Channeling the influences of the legendary Kurt Cobain is a tall task, but RÜFÜS DU SOL took it head-on for “Like A Version.” triple j’s long-running cover series recently invited the Grammy-winning trio back for the first time since 2014, when they mashed up Foals’ “My Number” and “Booka Shade’s “Charlotte.” This time around, they took Nirvana’s 1991 classic “Something in the Way” in for a spin alongside a string quartet—and they nailed it. The original track appeared on the fabled rock band’s second studio album, Nevermind, a record etched in the memories of RÜFÜS DU SOL’s James Hunt. “In my childhood, this band was everywhere,” Hunt, the band’s drummer, told triple J. “[Neve...
This Company Is Turning the “DNA” of Music Into Medicine
There’s good reason to believe the emerging field of music therapy is a multi-billion dollar industry in-waiting. As the team at MediMusic notes, music has consistently shown promise in its naturally healing potential. Prior studies on music exposure has shown the art form demonstrates the benefit of reducing anxiety by up to 44%, and pain reduction by 29%. Knowing those statistics, there’s certainly good reason to believe music is medicine. But in this case, it’s more than a cliché. MediMusic is prescribing music to help remediate a variety of everyday and chronic ailments. “MediMusic has managed to digitally fingerprint the DNA of music so we can prescribe the right songs as medicine to ease anxiety and stress,” said Gary Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of M...
Deathprod Announces New Album Compositions, Shares Video: Watch
Deathprod, the ambient project of Norwegian musician Helge Sten, has announced a new album. Compositions will arrive on January 27 via Smalltown Supersound. He’s released the lead single “Composition 1” to coincide with the news, and it comes with a music video directed by Kim Hiorthøy. Find it below. Compositions is Deathprod’s first studio album since releasing the comeback effort Occulting Disk in 2019. He recorded it at Audio Virus Lab in Oslo, Norway. The new LP spans 17 tracks in total, all of which are organized in chronological order of when Sten recorded them. Read about Deathprog’s 2004 album Morals and Dogma in Pitchfork’s list of “The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy somethin...
SZA Announces 2023 North American Arena Tour
SZA is embarking on her first arena tour next year in support of her new album, SOS. Omar Apollo will join her on the North American run, and tickets go on sale Friday, December 16 at noon Eastern. Find the dates below. After performing “Shirt” and debuting “Blind” on Saturday Night Live at the beginning of December, SZA revealed that her record would be out less than a week later. SOS arrived more than five years after SZA’s 2017 debut, Ctrl. She shared a new video for “Nobody Gets Me” on the day of the album’s release. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SZA: The S.O.S. North American Tour SZA: 02-21 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center02-22 Chicag...
OFF! Announce Rescheduled North American Tour Dates
OFF! have announced rescheduled dates for a North American tour the group had originally planned for the fall. The updated monthlong run in support of September’s Free LSD begins on April 28. See the new itinerary below. Free LSD is the first new album from the group since 2014’s Wasted Years, featuring drummer Justin Brown and bassist Autry Fulbright II as new members. OFF! were set to begin a tour in Phoenix, Arizona in late October, but upon Brown’s hospitalization for “a non-Covid-related emergency,” they scuttled the first leg of dates. The band’s previously announced December shows on the West Coast are in progress as scheduled. In addition to the album, OFF! made a feature film called Free LSD. It’ll premiere at Utah’s Slamdance Film Festival in January. All products featured on Pit...
Concert Venues Are Still Closing After the Pandemic — My Local Club Just Shut Down
DENVER — Tennyson’s Tap was the kind of music club where, on packed nights, the lone frazzled employee serving drinks, running sound and manning the door might ask one of the bands to help out and collect the $5 cover charge. I know because I sang in one of those bands, Smaldone Faces, and our bassist Luke and I pretty much let everyone in for free. The Tap, at 4335 W. 38th St. in Denver, specialized in whiskey and scruffy musicians of every conceivable genre — my two bands that played there did country, punk and metal covers, and we opened for screamo indie-rockers, jazzy improvisationalists and dreadlocked funk-and-reggae combos. The bar smelled like cigarettes and beer, and had a capacity of about 90, but when we drew our crowds of 20 or 30 people, it roared like Springsteen at the Roxy...
