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Michigan Police Officers Sued Over Targeting Black Athletes In A Coverup
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matthew Hatcher / Getty The police department in a small town in Michigan is facing heavy scrutiny after a lawsuit levied against it by a former high school student, charging that officers were racist in targeting Black athletes while covering up a hazing scandal. According to reports, the lawsuit was brought against the Warren, Michigan police department by Cleveland Harville, a former student at Warren De Lasalle High School. Harville was one of seven Black male students at the all-boys Catholic high school who were charged with misdemeanors related to a hazing scandal in 2020. The accusations claimed that these students who were athletes were holding down younger athletes on the locker room floor and forcibly prodding their bare buttocks and legs with ...
Jay DeMarcus’ Red Street Records Launches Country Division
Rascal Flatts‘ Jay DeMarcus is expanding his Red Street brand with the launch of Red Street Country after launching the company as a Christian label, Red Street Records, in 2018. DeMarcus, who is Red Street’s owner/CEO, and owner/chairman Dan Crockett are celebrating the label’s expansion with a press conference Thursday (Jan. 27) at the label’s Nashville headquarters. DeMarcus and Crockett are funding both labels, which are self-distributed. Red Street Country’s first signing is singer-songwriter Ryan Griffin, whose self-released single, “Salt, Lime & Tequila,” reached No. 3 on Billboard‘s Country Digital Song Sales chart last year and No. 1 on SiriusXM’s The Highway. Griffin is working on a new album. Several notable music industry veterans have joined the Red Street Country tea...
Billboard Explains: When a Soundtrack Smashes the Charts
‘Encanto’ is the first soundtrack to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in over two years, taking the charts by storm like many of our favorite soundtracks of the past. In the latest episode of Billboard Explains, take a look back at the history of hit soundtracks and what factors create their success. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Select category”][flexi-form-tag type=”tag” title=”Insert tag”][flexi-form-tag type=”article”...
Billboard Explains: When a Soundtrack Dominates the Charts
The Billboard charts have been an integral part of the music industry since the 1940s, keeping records of the most-played songs and albums across a broad range of genres throughout the decades. On occasion, movie, television or musical soundtracks are popular enough to make appearances on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts — a feat that first started with the original West Side Story film and now continues with Disney’s Encanto. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Upon its release in 1961, the West Side Story soundtrack broke several records, spending 54 weeks on the Billboard 200 and laying the groundwork for soundtrack albums from The Graduate (1967), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978) to top the all-genre albums chart following their release....
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Announce Split
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones revealed that after more than 30 years, 11 albums and 10 EPs, the group is breaking up. The ska band took to their website on Thursday (Jan. 27) to announce the news in a statement. “After decades of brotherhood, touring the world and making great records together we have decided not to continue on as a band,” the statement read. “Above all, we want to express our sincere gratitude to every single one of you who have supported us. We could not have done any of it without you.” The Mighty Mighty Bosstones also added some humor to the situation, sharing a caption-less video on Instagram of the Earth split in two to the sound of their When God Was Great hit, “Bruised.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news In the 1980s, the band’s lead singer Dicky Barrett fou...
Listen to Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s New Smile Song “The Smoke”
The Smile have shared their second-ever single. “The Smoke” follows Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner’s debut track “You Will Never Work in Television Again.” Listen to the Smile’s “The Smoke” below. “The Smoke” is produced by Nigel Godrich and features contributions from Sons of Kemet tuba player Theon Cross and British jazz trumpeter Byron Wallen, who contributed greatly to Greenwood’s score for the film Spencer. Additional contributors include saxophonists Chelsea Carmichael and Jason Yarde, trombonist Nathaniel Cross (brother of Theon), and multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman. The Smile will perform three consecutive live shows at Magazine London on January 29 (at 3 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Eastern) and January 30 (at 6 a.m. Eastern). The trio will perform to a seated audie...
Kanye West Announces New Album Donda 2, Executive Produced by Future
Kanye West has announced Donda 2 via his Instagram. According to the post, the new album will be executive produced by Future and get released on February 22. Check it out below. West and Future recently performed together at Rolling Loud California. The rappers collaborated in 2014 on the Honest song “I Won.” Donda 2 had been mooted by Steven Victor—the former chief operating offices of West’s G.O.O.D. Music and also the former executive vice president and Head of A&R at Def Jam Recordings. Victor told Complex, “Ye has started working on his new masterpiece Donda 2.” He added in a subsequent interview with Complex, “ Listen, [Donda 2 is] coming sooner than you think. The procession is starting and it’s not stopping.” Donda 2 will be the sequel to West’s last album, released in August....
Listen to Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama’s New Song “Beg for You”
Charli XCX has shared the new song “Beg for You,” featuring Rina Sawayama. It’s the latest single from her upcoming album Crash—due March 18. London-based musician Digital Farm Animals produced “Beg for You.” Check it out below. Last November, Charli XCX released Crash’s single “New Shapes,” a collaboration with Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens. They were scheduled to perform the track together on Saturday Night Live, but the performance was canceled due to concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Charli XCX’s last album, How I’m Feeling Now, came out in 2020. She will release Alone Together, her documentary about the process of making that album in isolation, in theaters and on-demand this Friday, January 28. See the revised score for Charli XCX’s 2016 Vroom Vroo...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Break Up
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are breaking up. “After decades of brotherhood, touring the world and making great records together we have decided not to continue on as a band,” the ska group wrote in a statement. “Above all, we want to express our sincere gratitude to every single one of you who have supported us. We could not have done any of it without you.” Lead singer Dicky Barrett founded the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in Boston with saxophonist Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton, guitarist Nate Albert, drummer Josh Dalsimer, trumpeter Tim Bridwell, and Ben Carr in the 1980s. The band released its debut, Devil’s Night Out, in 1989 via Taang! Records. The Bosstones signed to the major label Mercury Records in the early ’90s, issuing their Don’t Know How to Party in May 1993. The group’s most success...
Exclusive Listen: Tori Letzler’s “Lullaby” Is the Main Theme In Gripping New Netflix Series
Not many electronic artists can say they’ve contributed vocals and music production to projects like Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, American Horror Story and Batwoman. Even fewer can say they’ve written the music for an entire television series. But for Tori Letzler, also known as TINYKVT, it’s just another day in her studio. Her latest synth-heavy work, for which she composed the score, is about to premiere on Netflix. In From The Cold is a sci-fi thriller series that follows an American single mom and shape-shifter, who also happens to be an ex-Russian spy known as “The Whisper.” But once her past is discovered, she must exchange her retirement for secrecy. In her score, Letzler worked to take both sides of this main character into account: her grit and...
Mz Worthy Releases Fearless Track on Dirtybird, “Love & Give”
Worthy is now Mz Worthy, and she’s here with an empowering track called “Love & Give” on Dirtybird. “‘Love & Give’ is a message that I wanted to give to the world,” Mz Worthy said in a press release to EDM.com. “That we all need to Love ourselves and to Give that gift to ourselves. So many times we look outside of ourselves for love when what we need to do is find that love from inside. Everyday on the inside.” In true Mz Worthy style, “Love & Give” is a booming house track with acid-inspired sounds, piercing cymbals, and a bassline that rumbles through the full arrangement. Check out the new single below. Recommended Articles Mz Worthy came out as transgender back in December of 2020 and has been on a journey of...
deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin’s PIXELYNX to Bring 3D Avatars to Metaverse Gaming Platform
Richie Hawtin and deadmau5‘s music metaverse venture, PIXELYNX, has forged another groundbreaking deal, joining forces with cross-game avatar platform Ready Player Me. PIXELYNX has led the charge in the digital space at the intersection of music and the metaverse. Their new partnership will allow users to customize their Ready Player Me avatars in PIXELYNX’s upcoming mobile AR and PC game, as well as buy and sell one-of-a-kind NFT fashion wearables. “Ready Player Me has always been one of the most exciting avatar platforms,” said Inder Phull, co-founder and CEO of PIXELYNX in a press release. “The team has made it so easy to integrate into our ecosystem and it’s no surprise to see their community of partners growing at such a fast pace. Avatars ...
