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Too Far: Fat Joe Get Clowned For Yeezy Moonboot Fit, Memes Flourish
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @donnellrawlings / Instagram Fat Joe took to Instagram to show off what he thought was a fire fit that featured him wearing those YEEZY NSTLD boots. However, Joe Crack didn’t get the sweeping praise he was surely looking for. Instead, the Bronx rapper opened the door to waves of slander over his audacity to act like those glorified moon boots from the YEEZY brand are flames. Yes, there are people who think so, but please reconsider that decision. Anyway, the fit itself wasn’t too bad; denim, a khaki jacket and a pink hoodie. “Waiting on the snow” was Joe’s caption for the pic he share on IG. But those YEEZY boots got all the attention for all the wrong reasons. Some trusty Timberlands these are not. Soon enough, the photo went viral, and the memes s...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (January 29)
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Karol G is a Rule Breaker Billboard‘s 2022 Women in Music Awards is set to return to Los Angeles in March with Colombian hitmaker Karol G as one of the honorees. The “Bichota” singer, who will make her Coachella debut in April after closing her first-ever sold-out tour in the U.S., will receive the Rule Breaker Award. The annual Women in Music event recognizes music’s top female artists, producers and executives for their contributions to music industry and their communities. Check out which other stars will receive special awards at the event here. Explore See lates...
Stax Museum Offering Virtual Events for Black History Month
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and its music academy in Tennessee are once again offering an online concert and a virtual tour in honor of Black History Month in February. The Memphis-based studio produced soul music by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, The Staples Singers, Booker T. and the MGs, Wilson Pickett and others in the 1960s and 1970s. The studio has been turned into a museum, and the adjacent Stax Music Academy teaches music theory, business and performance to young people. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The museum offered an online concert and virtual tours in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 130,000 students and adults viewed the programs, Stax said in a news release. This year’s online concert wil...
Flume Reimagines PinkPantheress’ “Noticed I Cried” With Trippy Drum & Bass Remix
In the spirit of PinkPantheress‘ to hell with it remix EP, Flume throws caution to the wind, trying his hand once again at drum & bass music. Perhaps after seeing the reception of 2020’s single “The Difference” (with Toro y Moi), Flume was inspired to dig deeper into his affinity for energizing drum & bass. PinkPantheress’ original “Noticed I cried” had laid the potential groundwork for a feverishly rhythmic remix, and leave it to Flume to deliver in spades. Flume pins a dizzying PinkPantheress vocal loop at the center of the track, creating a trippy atmosphere. He plays up these psychedelic aspects as the track progresses with frenetic vocal pitch bends and distortion. As the vocals gradually swirl into the background, space is made f...
Zouk Group Shakes Up Sin City With Unmatched Roster of 2022 DJ Residencies
Zouk Group is gearing up for a momentous sophomore year in Sin City with an unmatched lineup of electronic dance music talent. Singapore’s Genting Group, parent company of Resorts World and Zouk Group, made a $5 billion splash in Las Vegas in the summer of 2021 while ushering in an unmissable slate of entertainment experiences. As the latest major development on The Strip in over a decade, Zouk had a lot to prove. On paper it was hardly an ideal time for a new nightlife venture given the macroeconomic backdrop of the pandemic, but Zouk met the moment. Amid the seasonal debuts of their Ayu Dayclub and Zouk Nightclub experiences, the organization leaned on their international reputation amongst world-traveling artists and their teams as an industry leader in hospitality to co...
DJ Fresh Revives Beloved Early 2000’s Drum & Bass Imprint, Breakbeat Kaos
Breakbeat Kaos, one of the industry’s most beloved record labels for drum & bass music, has relaunched at the direction of DJ Fresh. In the early 2010s, Fresh achieved world recognition for hit tracks like “Gold Dust” and then—alongside Rita Ora—became the world’s first artist to top the U.K. charts with a drum & bass single, according to UKF. He did the same with 2011’s timeless dubstep song “Louder.” As his career boomed, releases on Breakbeat Kaos began to wind down. By that point, however, the imprint had already released a slew of early career singles from future household names like NERO and Chase & Status. They also released Hold Your Colour, the debut album from legendary drum & bass group Pendulum. Recommended Articles None...
Innovative Digital Instrument Lets Disabled Musicians Make Music With Their Eyes
A new digital instrument is empowering disabled musicians and students to create music with their eyes. The assistive technology is called the EyeHarp, and it pairs with eye and head trackers so that players can control melodies—including chords, arpeggios and pitch—with only the smallest of movements. This feature makes EyeHarp uniquely accessible to players with all kinds of physical and mental disabilities, in therapy, teaching and performance settings. The technology is also adaptable to each user’s skill level and can change between the tones of more than 20 instruments, including piano, flute, trumpet and bass guitar. Watch it at work below, played by 11-year-old Joel Bueno. Recommended Articles According to founder Zacharias Vamvakousis, the idea for the EyeHarp wa...
Papoose ft. 2 Chainz, Remy Ma, Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne “Thought I Was Gonna Stop Remix,” Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J ft. Project Pat “Backseat” & More | Daily Visuals 1.27.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Papoose and Remy Ma in the same music video, but today the happily married rappers finally get together in the same visual and bring some of their famous peers along for the ride. Linking up with 2 Chainz, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne for the remix clip to “Thought I Was Gonna Stop,” Pap and Remy drop all the bars in the visually entertaining video filled with CGI effects and colorful backdrops. We lowkey surprised they haven’t dropped more cuts together. Speaking of CGI, Wiz Khalifa uses quite a bit of it in his Project Pat assisted visuals to “Backseat” which uses animation to delight the eye while Wiz and Project pleases the ears. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Berner featuring Cozmo, Rubi Rose, and mo...
The Cool Kids Announce New ‘Before Sh*t Got Weird’ Album
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anthony Pidgeon / Getty The Cool Kids began their journey in music in the early part of the 21st Century and became part of a select group of Hip-Hop acts that went on to influence others within the genre to great effect. The duo of Sir Michael Rocks and Chuck Inglish will return to the masses this year with the first of a three-album release rollout titled Before Sh*t Got Weird dropping early next month. After initially meeting on pioneering social media network Myspace in 2005, Sir Michael Rocks and Chuck Inglish released a number of acclaimed works starting in 2007. The duo also enjoyed successful solo careers respectively and blazed trails for other so-called “Blog Era” rappers that they’re largely associated with. Amid Sir Michael Rocks’ prolific per...
HHW Gaming: We Can’t Wait To Pick Up The Sticks For These Video Games In 2022
Source: Guerrilla Games / Horizon Forbidden West 2021 was a solid year for gaming, 2022 could possibly go down as one of the biggest years ever thanks to these video games dropping. Last year was our first full one with Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X. We didn’t get a lot of games, BUT we got enough to carry us through 2021. But the ball has dropped, and we are in 2022, and this year could shape up to be fantastic for gamers. Just in February alone were getting FOUR big games, and with a sprinkle of potential greatness throughout the year, that could make this year a significant one in the next-gen era. Hip-Hop Wired decided to comprise a list of the games WE (keyword WE) are excited to play on our PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. So if you have an...
College Student Busted For Smuggling Guns Into NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andy Kiss / Getty A 23-year-old college student went from the Dean’s List to the judge’s bench after facing more than 300 felony counts related to trafficking dozens of guns into New York City. Bronx native Shakor Rodriquez is accused of allegedly selling more than 70 guns, mostly loaded, to an undercover NYPD officer over the course of a year and a half, the New York Post reports. He is charged with criminal sale and criminal possession of a weapon, according to release from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Rodriguez, a student at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, reportedly maintained a 3.5 GPA and made the school’s Dean’s List while he was reportedly smuggling guns into the Bronx and Manhattan’s Lower East Side via duffle bags ...
Record Store Day’s ‘Improbable’ Success Recounted in New Book for 15th Anniversary
Record Store Day is getting a book-length origin story. On April 12, ahead of the annual celebration’s 15th anniversary, Rare Bird will publish author Larry Jaffee’s Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century, a book recounting how the long-running event helped save independent record stores across the world and played a major role in relaunching the now-booming vinyl format. The tale is told in the voices of those who were pivotal to the movement, including RSD’s founders, artists who were supportive of the event and independent record store owners, among others. Jaffee is a New York-based journalist who teaches writing at the New York Institute of Technology and Mercy College and serves as co-founder/conference director of the Making Vinyl series of conferences th...
