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What The Fuss: Stevie Wonder Slams Senators Hesitant On Voting Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Beloved musical icon Stevie Wonder had some choice words for those in the Senate who are still unmoved about securing voting rights for all on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and shared them in a striking video message. As many – including lawmakers- took to social media to share their thoughts of inspiration and hope on the holiday celebrating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday (January 17th), others including the King family were out protesting and calling on some of those same lawmakers in the federal government to secure voting rights on a national level. Stevie Wonder added his highly significant voice to theirs with a special message that was delivered via YouTube in the later hours of the day. Seated at his piano with his e...
Vic Mensa Arrested For Felony Drug Possession At Dulles Airport
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Daniel Boczarski / Getty Looks like Vic Mensa has once again run afoul of the law and just gotten himself into a heap of trouble. The Chicago rapper was arrested and hit with felony drug possession out in Virginia. According to COS, the “Down On My Luck” rapper was taken into custody at the Dulles International Airport in Fairfax, VA this past Saturday night (January 15) after allegedly being found in possession of mushrooms, LSD, and other psychedelic drugs. The report states that “The Chicago rapper had just returned from a trip to Ghana when he was pulled aside by U.S. Customs Agents for a secondary search. They discovered 41 grams of LSD, 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of psilocybin gummies, and six grams of psilocybin mushrooms conc...
Miami Rapper Wavy Navy Pooh Gunned Down In Front Of Family
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Wavy Navy Pooh, a Miami rapper signed with the Quality Control Music imprint, was gunned down this past weekend while presumably driving with his family. The other occupants of the vehicle, including a toddler and an older boy, were unharmed according to police. The Miami Herald reports that Wavy Navy Pooh, real name Shandler Beaubien, was driving in the neighborhood of West Kendall this past Friday (Jan. 14) when a four-door Lexus pulled up beside his Toyota Camry and opened fire. Miami-Dade police say that the ambush took place at the intersection of Southwest 152nd Street and 127th Avenue, not far from Zoo Miami. COVID-19 testing was occurring at Zoo Miami but was postponed as police investigated the scene of the shooting....
Exclusive: The Chainsmokers, Tiesto to Headline Maxim’s ‘Big Game Weekend’
Embargo 9am EST Tuesday The 2022 Super Bowl is just three weeks away and The Chainsmokers and Tiësto have been announced as headliners for one of the biggest events of Super Bowl weekend. The DJ acts will be headlining Maxim’s “Big Game Weekend,” a two-night event that combines music, entertainment and sports. The Chainsmokers will perform on Friday, February 11th at “MaximBet Music At The Market,” a new event that highlights MaximBet, Maxim’s online sports betting platform. Taking place at City Market LA, a former produce distribution center-turned-open air event space, The Chainsmokers’ show will feature a full, 90-minute set from the duo. Guests will also have the chance to win Super Bowl tickets, electronics and even cash, all dropping down from the MaximBet blimp that will be in the a...
Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7B Video Game Mega-Deal
Tech giant Microsoft will buy the video game publisher Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal that would reshape the gaming landscape. The deal, if completed, would bring together Microsoft, which owns the Xbox game platform and Xbox Game Studios (which owns Bethesda Softworks and 343 Industries, among other game publishers) and Activision, owner of the Call of Duty, Warcraft and Tony Hawk franchises, among others. Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony, when and if the deal closes. The deal is the largest in Microsoft’s history, with the companies targeting a close in 2023. “We need more innovation and investment in content creation, and fewer constraints on distribution,” Microsoft CE...
Daniel Ek, Defense Tech and Why Some Artists Have Joined a Call to ‘Boycott Spotify’
With his 2,141 SoundCloud followers, veteran U.K. psychedelic-music producer Darren Sangita didn’t exactly wound Spotify when he pulled his music from the streaming service last month. “I’m a zed-list music celebrity,” he says. But he couldn’t support a company whose founder, Daniel Ek, invested more than $114 million in Helsing, a European security startup that manufactures artificial-intelligence software to “keep liberal democracies from harm.” “The circumstantial evidence points to a massive investment in military/AI tech,” says Sangita, who runs indie label Sangita Sounds. “I was just enormously disappointed. Are there not any other alternatives that Mr. Ek could have possibly thought about investing in to make the world...
Cardi B Reveals What She ‘Really Really’ Wants for Her First Face Tattoo
Cardi B is ready to add to her impressive tattoo collection, this time, with an inking that has an extra special meaning to her. On Monday (Jan. 17), the “Up” rapper tweeted about “really really” wanting a tattoo of her son’s name — which she has not shared publicly — in a location she’s never done before. Explore Explore Cardi B See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Random but ….I’m 1% close too [sic] tatting my sons name on my face….I really really wanna do it!” the 29-year-old tweeted. The rapper later responded to a tweet from a fan, who shared they shared the have the same idea for a tattoo. “Me too like right by my ear,” the fan chimed in. Cardi then replied to reveal the exact location of where she’s thinking of getting hers: “I want mine on my jaw.”...
Bogdan Raczynski Announces New Album Addle, Shares Songs: Listen
Electronic musician Bogdan Raczynski has announced the new album Addle, which gets released March 18 via Planet Mu. The record follows 2019’s Rave ’Till You Cry and the 2007 studio album Alright! Below, listen to two entries from the album, “Ladde” and “Dleda.” “Calm is great,” Raczynski remarked in a press statement. “You need to take a breather in the eye of the storm now and then. But the real growth happens in turbulence, when your feelings oscillate in and out of sync. It’s not dry land you’re after. You’re trying to build a new island while on a piddly raft. Beleaguered and weary you lay the foundation with your bare hands while the rain lashes your back; a new place for you and yours to moor yourself to until the next storm hits. Addle is about that storm, its adjacent periphery, an...
Fly Anakin Announces Debut Album, Shares Video for New Madlib-Produced Song: Watch
Richmond, Virginia rapper Fly Anakin has announced his debut solo album Frank. The 17-track LP arrives March 11 via Lex and features guest appearances from Pink Siifu, Henny L.O., Big Kahuna OG, and others. Today, Anakin has shared a new song from the record called “No Dough.” Check out the Madlib-produced track below, along with a visual directed by Skyler Vander Molen. Frank follows Anakin’s self-produced 2021 EP Pixote, as well as his recent projects with Pink Siifu: 2020’s FlySiifu’s and last year’s Smokebreak EP. The new album includes previously shared tracks “Ghost” and “Sean Price.” Read about Fly Anakin and Pink Siifu ’s 2020 track “Richard Pryor” in the Ones. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Frank: 01 Love Song (Come Back)02 Dontbeafraid [ft...
Listen to Darkside’s New Song “Ecdysis!”
After returning last year with their new album Spiral, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington have shared a new song from Darkside. It’s a previously unreleased song culled from the album’s sessions. Listen to the six-and-a-half-minute single “Ecdysis!” below. Jaar and Harrington announced Spiral at the end of 2020 with the release of their new song “Liberty Bell.” It was the follow-up to Darkside’s 2013 debut full-length Psychic. In September, Darkside will perform at Primavera Sound Los Angeles—their first live show in eight years. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
PUP Announce New Album, Share New Song “Robot Writes a Love Song”: Listen
The Toronto punk band PUP have announced a new album. The follow-up to 2019’s Morbid Stuff is The Unraveling of PUPTheBand, which is out April 1 (via Little Dipper/Rise). Produced by Peter Katis, the album features the previously shared single “Waiting” and a new song that they’ve released today called “Robot Writes a Love Song.” Find the song’s Whitey McConnaughy–directed music video, as well as the album’s tracklist and artwork, below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The Unraveling of PUPtheband: 01 Four Chords02 Totally Fine03 Robot Writes a Love Song04 Matilda05 Relentless06 Four Chords Pt. II: Five Chords07 Waiting08 Habits09 Cutting Off the Corners10 Grim Reaping11 Four Chords Pt. III: Diminishing Returns12 PUPTheBand Inc. Is Filing for Bankrup...
Rosa Lee Hawkins, Singer of The Dixie Cups, Dies at 76
The Dixie Cups, a New Orleans girl group, did not want to sing “Chapel of Love.” “It sounded like a country song, OK?” the trio told the Brill Building professionals who’d written the tune. “We asked them could we do it like we wanted to. And they said, ‘Sure,’” Rosa Lee Hawkins, one of the group’s singers, who died on Tuesday (Jan. 11) at age 76, recalled to the Arizona Republic last year. “So we rehearsed it in a little corner, just the three of us, not the piano. And we came up with the version they released.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Chapel of Love,” written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich (with a songwriting credit to the late producer Phil Spector), hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, displacing The Beatles’ “Love ...
