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Adele to Perform at 2022 BRIT Awards
Adele is performing at the 2022 BRIT Awards. “Anddddd I’ll also be popping in to see Graham [Norton] for a chat on the couch while I’m in town too!” she wrote on social media. Adele last performed at the BRITs in 2016, singing “When We Were Young” while also taking home four awards. Revisit that performance below. The 2022 BRIT Awards broadcast live from London on Tuesday, February 8 at 8 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. Eastern). The show will stream live on YouTube for international audiences. Along with Adele, the 2022 BRITs will feature performances from Little Simz, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, and more. Adele is up for four awards at the 2022 BRITs: MasterCard Album of the Year (30), Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (“Easy on Me”), and Best Pop/R&B Act. Adele’s BRITs appearance will mar...
Graham Nash and India.Arie Join Protest Against Joe Rogan, Say They Want Their Music Off Spotify Too
Graham Nash is hoping to remove his music from Spotify, joining his former bandmate Neil Young in protesting the platform for its exclusive support of The Joe Rogan Experience. “Having heard the Covid disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend, Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the service,” Nash said in a statement. He continued: There is a difference between being open to varying viewpoints on a matter and knowingly spreading false information which some 270 medical professionals have derided as not only false but dangerous. Likewise, there is a difference between misinformation, in which one is unaware that what is being said is false, versus disinformation which is knowingly false and intended to mis...
Lee “Scratch” Perry Documentary Gets Streaming Debut on Criterion Channel
The Criterion Channel has made available a documentary about the late dub icon Lee “Scratch” Perry. The Upsetter: The Life & Music of Lee “Scratch” Perry is the work of filmmakers Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough, and Benicio del Toro narrates the project. See a clip from The Upsetter below, and watch the full thing at The Criterion Channel. In addition to archival footage, The Upsetter features Perry discussing his life in interviews with Lough and Higbee. The documentary makes its streaming debut on the platform as part of the newly assembled “Roots & Revolution: Reggae on Film” collection, which includes The Harder They Come, The Story of Lovers Rock, and more. Perry died at age 85 last August at a hospital in Lucea, Jamaica. Some posthumous material has been released in ...
21 Savage, Summer Walker, Gunna To Headline 2022 Broccoli City Festival
After a two-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions, Broccoli City Festival has announced its return in May of this year. To celebrate the return of one of Washington D.C.’s most well-known music festivals, this year’s event is packed with a range of heavy-hitting names from 21 Savage to Summer Walker. Broccoli City Festival is Back Bigger Than Ever!! May 7-8th. Link in Bio https://t.co/HIsjYoO9ki GET PRESALE ACCESS TODAYCODE: “BCBACK”VALID UNTIL 10PM EST pic.twitter.com/Si9kmkwxDD — Broccoli City (@BroccoliCity) February 1, 2022 The two-day festival will take place from May 7-8 and includes performances from 21 Savage, Summer Walker, Gunna, Ari Lennox, Rico Nasty, Wale, Lil Durk, Don Toliver and more. Alongside the music festival, the weekend also marks the debut of BLK Change Weekend wh...
21 Savage, Summer Walker, Gunna To Headline 2022 Broccoli City Festival
After a two-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions, Broccoli City Festival has announced its return in May of this year. To celebrate the return of one of Washington D.C.’s most well-known music festivals, this year’s event is packed with a range of heavy-hitting names from 21 Savage to Summer Walker. Broccoli City Festival is Back Bigger Than Ever!! May 7-8th. Link in Bio https://t.co/HIsjYoO9ki GET PRESALE ACCESS TODAYCODE: “BCBACK”VALID UNTIL 10PM EST pic.twitter.com/Si9kmkwxDD — Broccoli City (@BroccoliCity) February 1, 2022 The two-day festival will take place from May 7-8 and includes performances from 21 Savage, Summer Walker, Gunna, Ari Lennox, Rico Nasty, Wale, Lil Durk, Don Toliver and more. Alongside the music festival, the weekend also marks the debut of BLK Change Weekend wh...
Rapper Leikeli47 Photographed By Hedi Slimane For Celine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Kovac / Getty Hedi Slimane must be a Hip-Hop head, with good taste. The renowned fashion designer has photographed Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 for a series of portraits for Celine. If you’re unfamiliar, Leikeli47, born Hasben Jones, is known for covering her face up with a mask when she performs, but moreso for the sharp bars. She recently dropped a new single called “Chitty Bang,” which was featured on EA Sports’ Madden 22 and an Apple iPhone commercial while her last proper album was 2018’s Acrylic. So props to Hedi Slimane aka the Creative Director of luxury fashion brand Celine, for featuring Leikeli in his latest set of portraits, outfitted in some mean Celine fits, too. Leikeli is seen rocking a Celine bandana scarf, naturally, as well as a tr...
Brawl Erupts At Golden Corral Over Sold-Out Steak, Understandable Or Nah?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Greim / Getty The old notion of “Never get in-between a man and his food” was taken to a whole other level on Friday (January 28) when a brawl broke out at a Golden Corral in Bensalem, PA. According to CBS Philly, things got wild after a customer learned that the restaurant had run out of steak and though no one knows exactly why so many people ended up in the brouhaha, they did and not only were punches thrown, but chairs were flung like party favors and customers mad a run for cover. Bensalem police confirmed the brawl and say more than 40 people were involved in the melee that could’ve started after someone cut the line to get their grub on. Maybe he got the last piece of steak? Regardless, it was quite the scene. “I’ve never seen nothing like tha...
Jay Electronica Salutes The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan With Face Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Jay Electronica emerged from the primordial ooze in 2020 and delivered the long-awaited A Written Testimony, and he went on an electrifying feature spree in 2021. The New Orleans wordsmith has displayed great regard for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan across previous verses but a new face tattoo saluting the Nation of Islam leader upped the ante. The first image most saw of the tattoo, which spells out Farrakhan, was seen on Electronica’s Instagram page with the image squarely focused on the artwork. Electronica attached Westside Gunn’s “Free Kutter” track which he also featured on. A larger image of the tattoo was shared by TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson via his Instagram page, which also showed Electronica with a mouthful of gold tee...
Proud Prolific Papa Nick Cannon Officially Confirms 8th Child, Expecting A Boy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Nick Cannon and his loins found themselves in the news recently after a weekend baby shower pointed to the fact that he’s adding to his already massive brood. Cannon confirmed the impending birth of his eighth child after celebrating with model Bre Tiesi via his daytime talk show. Cannon shared the big news during an episode of his eponymously-named talk series, making sure to note that he loves all his children dearly and equally. “As everyone knows I have a lot of children and I love them all dearly, sincerely,” Cannon said. “Every single one of my children are just as special as the other.” Cannon received criticism after the news went wide by way of a TMZ report, and he addressed the critics by saying that their words do h...
Anitta Performs ‘Boys Don’t Cry,’ Predicts Super Bowl 2022 Winner on ‘Fallon’: Watch
Anitta is already a superstar in her native Brazil. With a new LP on the way and high-profile festival slots on the near horizon, don’t bet against the pop singer blowing up across North America. Indeed, she’s made it her personal mission. On Monday night (Jan. 31), the singer stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a chat and a rendition of “Boys Don’t Cry,” which she performed with a full backing band. Everything is headed in the right direction for Anitta, the highest-streamed artist in Brazil. She recently signed with Sony Music Publishing ahead of the release of Girl From Rio, her fifth studio album. And she’ll showcase her talents to the masses when she performs at Coachella on April 16 and 23. Explore Explore Anitta See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos,...
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Wades Into Spotify Scrum, Launches Weezify Streaming Service
There’s more than one way to weigh in on the Spotify dust-up between the streamer and Neil Young. On Monday, Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo waded into the morass not by pulling his band’s music from the service as Young did, but by launching a Weezer-specific streaming destination of his own called Weezify. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The move came as a number of artists have joined Young in asking that their music be removed from Spotify in reaction to the COVID-19 misinformation being spread by the service’s biggest podcasting star, Joe Rogan. And while Apple Music, SiriusXM and other streamers have taken advantage of the controversy, Cuomo reacted by offering his fans an invitation. “Tired of Spotify? Come on over to Weezify,” he tweeted about th...
Gomez Founder Tom Gray Appointed Chair of Ivors Academy
LONDON – Tom Gray, a prominent artist rights advocate and founding member of British rock band Gomez, has been elected chair of The Ivors Academy, the U.K. association for songwriters and composers. Gray has been a key figure in the global push for creators to receive a greater share of streaming royalties. In April 2020, he founded the #BrokenRecord campaign, calling for reform of the music industry and a rebalance of power away from record labels and streaming platforms and towards artists. Gray’s #BrokenRecord campaign ran alongside The Ivors Academy’s #FixStreaming drive, attracting support from stars like Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and compelling U.K. regulators to take a closer look at how the record business operates. That led to a nine-mo...
