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HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Has Arrived, Gamers React To Cortana Not Being Blue
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paramount / Halo Master Chief is making the leap from your Xbox Series X console to the small screen in a new Halo TV series, and it looks damn good, except for this one particular item. It only took multiple attempts and an abandoned movie plan, but Halo has finally gotten the Hollywood treatment in the form of a television series. The first trailer for the highly anticipated show arrived during the NFL’s AFC Championship game, giving us our first best look at the legendary Spartan soldier John-117 aka Master Chief, and his fellow Spartans in live-action. The show will go back in time in the Halo mythos focusing on Master Chief’s (Pablo Schreiber) life and the Human/Covenant conflict. Fans of the video game franchise will also see a tweaked t...
Rick Ross ft. Willie Falcon & The Dream “Little Havana,” Ella Mai “DEMU” & More | Daily Visuals 1.31.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Last December Rick Ross dropped his 11th studio LP in Richer Than I Ever Been and though it hasn’t generated as much buzz as his previous 10 albums, it’s still got some heat and Rozay is out to let everyone know. Dropping a new visual for the Willie Falcon and The Dream assisted “Little Havana,” The Bawse enjoys a night out in the town with the aforementioned artists and turn up at the Ball & Chain restaurant much to the delight of the women in attendance. Related Stories On the softer side, Ella Mai returns from a long haitus with a new clip for “DEMU” in which she spends time with her boo and sings sweet nothings into his ear before things go south. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from ...
Halsey Announces 2022 North American Tour
Halsey has announced a tour of the United States and Canada that begins this spring. PinkPantheress, Beabadoobee, the Marías, Abby Roberts, and Wolf Alice are set to join the run at various points in support of last year’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The dates begin in Florida in May before wrapping in July in California. See the full schedule below. After issuing If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power in August, Halsey delivered an hour-long visual counterpart and later appeared on a fall episode of Saturday Night Live. The record is up for a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy this year, going up against titles by Fleet Foxes (Shore), Arlo Parks (Collapsed in Sunbeams), Japanese Breakfast (Jubilee), and St. Vincent (Daddy’s Home). All products featured on Pitchfork are independently ...
Rosalía Reveals Artwork for New Album Motomami
Rosalía has shared the album artwork for her forthcoming album Motomami—the long-awaited follow-up to her 2018 Grammy-winning breakout album El Mal Querer. “Omg here you have the cover of MOTOMAMI and guess what new song is coming this Fridayyyy ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥,” she wrote on social media. Find the artwork below. The new album, which doesn’t have a release date just yet, features the single “La Fama.” It arrived with a video featuring a cameo from Danny Trejo. Rosalía recently got her own Grand Theft Auto radio station, which was named after her forthcoming album. Read Pitchfork’s 2018 interview “Get to Know R...
Blues Drummer Sam Lay Dies at 86
Blues musician Sam Lay died Saturday (January 29), his record label Alligator has confirmed. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Lay was experiencing heart problems, was taken to a nursing facility near his Chicago home, and died shortly after arriving. Lay, a member of the Blues, Jazz, and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame, helped bring Chicago blues to a rock and roll audience. A virtuosic player, he was renowned for his “double-shuffle”—a distinctive drum beat based on the double-time hand-clapping he would hear in church as a child—and memorable fashion sense, often see donning a cape and cane. Featured on some of the most iconic records in American music, Lay performed and recorded with the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, and many others. Born in Birmingham, Ala...
Ravyn Lenae and Steve Lacy Share New Song “Skin Tight”: Listen
Chicago-born arist Ravyn Lenae has released the new single “Skin Tight,” featuring Steve Lacy. The musicians recorded their collaboration in Los Angeles. Listen below. “I wanted to snap people into my world through the sonics, so they can feel how I’ve felt over the past couple of years,” Lenae said of “Skin Tight” in a press release. “It has those hypnotic elements, but it’s very simple, familiar, and fresh. Thematically, it’s about not being in a relationship with somebody, but still having those physical and mental ties. It speaks to sharing kinetic energy with another person, even if time has passed and you aren’t together anymore.” Ravyn Lenae released “Today” and “Rewind” in 2020. She shared her Crush EP in 2018. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Halsey Announces 2022 ‘Love and Power’ Tour Dates
Halsey has officially announced their 2022 Love and Power tour dates in support of their recent album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The headline run is set to kick off on May 17 in Palm Beach, Florida and will see them perform in areas like Nashville, Cleveland, Toronto, Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta and festivals such as Governors Ball and Hangout. Joining Halsey as their supporting act are Beabadoobee and PinkPantheress for the May 17 to June 8 dates, then The Marías and Abby Roberts from June 16 to July 9, with Wolf Alice temporarily replacing The Marías at the Hollywood Bowl on June 21. Take a look at the tour dates below. Tickets are on sale on February 4. Halsey’s Love and Power Tour Dates 5/17/2022West Palm Beach, FLiThink Financial Amphitheatre5/19/2022Tampa, FLMIDFLORIDA Cr...
Rich DietZ Set the Tone for Huge 2022 With Must-Listen House Banger, “Work Song”
After closing the book on a breakthrough 2021, Rich DietZ have kicked off the year with a brand new single called “Work Song.” In typical Rich DietZ fashion, the track is a house music stroke of genius. Arriving ahead of the spring season, “Work Song” isn’t a breezy poolside track, but a banger designed to induce noodle-flailing pool riots. Cover art for Rich DietZ’s new single, “Work Song.” One of the more coveted unreleased tunes from their repertoire, “Work Song” interlaces hip-hop-inspired samples in its arrangement, which beautifully blends elements of tech and G-House. Rich DietZ first debuted the single last year at EDC Week in Las Vegas, where they dropped it during a rip-roaring performance at Élia Beach Club cl...
Kanye West Announces He Currently Has No Plans To “Do a F*cking NFT”
The artist formerly known as Kanye West publicly declared that he currently does not have any interest on creating an NFT. Taking to Instagram to make the announcement, Ye shared a handwritten note stating that his “focus is on building real products in the real world,” which includes real food, clothes and shelter. “STOP ASKING ME TO DO NFT’s I’M NOT FINNA CO-SIGN,” he wrote in the caption. “FOR NOW I’M NOT ON THAT WAVE I MAKE MUSIC AND PRODUCTS IN THE REAL WORLD.” West is currently in the process of creating and releasing DONDA 2, which is set to drop on February 22. Producer Digital Nas recently revealed Ye’s “directives” for the new album: “If it cannot be played at a funeral, childbirth, graduation, a wedding, it will not be on our record.” He added, “We learned a lot from Donda ...
Petition Calling For Travis Scott To Be Reinstated As Coachella Headliner Removed For “Fraudulent Activity”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty Nice try, but this petition calling for Travis Scott to be allowed to touch the Coachella stage this year turned out to be a pure jig. Per Buzzfeed News, a fan-made Change.org petition was removed by the website after learning that 60,000 of the signatures it acquired were fugazi. On January 26, multiple outlets reported on the petition garnering attention before the website took action after noticing the number of signatures declined overnight from over 70,000 to barely reaching 5,000 on January 27. Related Stories Scott’s fans, the “ragers,” also noticed the drop, one of them pondered in the comment section under the petition, “Why the signs keep going down wtf going on here @change.org.” The website didn’t respond to the fan but respo...
HHW Gaming: Sony Is Buying ‘Destiny’ Developer & Original ‘Halo’ Creator Bungie, The Gaming World Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bungie / Destiny 2 Another day, another massive acquisition in the world of video games. Following Take-Two Interactive’s purchase of mobile gaming giant Zynga and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony said it too could acquire a popular game studio. Monday (Jan.31), Destiny developer and original Halo creator Bungie announced that Sony is purchasing it for $3.6 billion. In a blog post, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons quickly answered the burning question stating that it will “continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games.” “In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative inde...
Joe Rogan Comments On Artists Ditching Spotify, Apologizes To DSP
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LIONEL BONAVENTURE / Getty Joe Rogan attracts plenty of attention not only due to the massive popularity of his podcast but also his assumed stances against the handling of COVID-19 in the mainstream. However, his presence or Spotify has been somewhat disruptive to the business and Rogan took time to apologize to the DSP as a result. Rogan, who hosts the popular The Joe Rogan Experience, entered into an exclusive $100 million deal with the audio streaming service as part of its slate of original podcast programming. Rogan built an audience based on candid conversations and the occasional controversial guests, and part of that is why singer Neil Young opted to remove his entire catalog from Spotify. Related Stories Young says his decision to take his music...
