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Nicki Minaj Denies Trying To Bribe Husband’s Sexual Assault Victim
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz 2022 is already off to a controversial start for Nicki Minaj. She is denying that she offered her husband’s sexual assault victim a bribe to change her tune. As spotted on Complex Onika and her husband Kenneth “Zoo” Petty are being sued by Nicole Hough. She claims that the Queens, New York native allegedly raped her back in 1994. While his extensive criminal record was no secret Hough finally revealed her identity and came out to the public with her story. Back in September she and her lawyer Tyrone A. Blackburn made an appearance on The Real where she detailed the supposed horrid encounter with Petty. “It was September 16 of ’94. It was a Friday morning,” Hough recalled. “I was on my way to school — high sch...
GOP Ops Running Kanye’s POTUS Campaign Accused of Using Illegal Methods
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty Another bombshell involving the ill-fated 2020 presidential run of Kanye West has dropped, this time in the form of allegations that Republican insiders on his campaign team used illegal methods to hide their financial movements & involvement. According to reports, the boast by Ye that both Democratic & Republican consultants were involved in working on his campaign to be president has been undermined as it was discovered that Democratic consulting company Millennial Strategies was being used to funnel money up to $2.7 million to the firm running the campaign, Mercury Public Affairs, which is aligned with former President Donald Trump and other far-right notables. This situation would appear to be a violation of federal...
Looks Like NBA Star Ben Simmons And UK TV Host Maya Jama Are Getting Hitched
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Phillips/BFC / Getty Wedding bells are apparently in the air as NBA star and Philadelphia Sixer (at least for now) Ben Simmons has reportedly asked for UK radio and TV host Maya Jama‘s hand in marriage—and she apparently said yes. According to a course who spoke to The Sun, Simmons proposed to Jama over Christmas, but the couple “decided to keep the news low-key and tell only those closest to them.” “He chose the ring himself and felt he knew exactly what she would want,” the source continued. “Maya said yes and they’re both thrilled. News is going to get out eventually, but they’re keen to keep it under wraps until the new year. Ben fell for Maya almost immediately and was absolutely taken by her sheer beauty.” Ahh, young love, young love. But yeah,...
Ted Gardner, Lollapalooza Co-Founder and Rock Manager, Dies at 74
Ted Gardner, rock manager and co-founder of Chicago music festival Lollapalooza, has died, Billboard reports. While no cause of death was given, it’s reported that Gardner died on December 28 of last year. He was 74 years old. Long before Lollapalooza’s opening day in the summer of 1991, Gardner worked as a tour manager, first with bands in his native Australia. He toured with local outfit Men at Work in the early 1980s and worked with a number of rock groups from the decade—Crowded House, Echo and the Bunnymen, and New Order among them. By the late ’80s, Gardner was managing Jane’s Addiction full-time. In the following years, he would go on to work with massive rock acts like Tool, the Verve, and Queens of the Stone Age, as well as the more niche psych rock outfit the Brian Jonestown Mass...
2022 Grammys Postponed Due to Omicron
The 2022 Grammy Awards ceremony, originally scheduled for January 31, has been postponed, the Recording Academy and CBS announced today. The event has been rescheduled due to “the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant” of the coronavirus, the Recording Academy and CBS said in a joint statement. A new date has not yet been announced. Find the full statement below. Last year’s Grammys were also postponed as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Trevor Noah was recently announced as the host of the 2022 Grammys, which would mark his second consecutive year helming the ceremony. The 2022 show had been scheduled to take place at Crypto.com Arena (formerly the Staples Center) in Los Angeles, with a live broadcast on CBS. Last November, the Recording Academy announced its list of 2022 Grammy no...
Denzel Curry Announces New Album Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Denzel Curry has announced his next album, titled Melt My Eyez See Your Future. The rapper broke the news with a Western-style trailer for the LP, which finds Curry walking through a vast desert. The clip ends with a list of credits, teasing contributions from T-Pain, Thundercat, Rico Nasty, 6lack, J.I.D, slowthai, Robert Glasper, producer and prior Curry collaborator Kenny Beats, and others. A release date has not yet been revealed. Watch the teaser below. Curry’s last solo album was 2019’s wonderful Zuu. He followed that release with a pair of Kenny Beats collaborations: 2020’s Unlocked, and its subsequent remix version, Unlocked 1.5. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2018 interview “How Denzel Curry Helped Pioneer SoundCloud Rap.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from...
Watch Turnstile’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” Performance for NPR
Turnstile have shared their NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” performance. Filmed by Hate5six near an art installation by GIVE’s John Scharbach featuring hundreds of stuffed animals, it reportedly marks the first time a hardcore band has played the famous NPR series. Turnstile squeezed in seven songs from their album Glow On for the set: “Endless, “Underwater Boi,” “Blackout,” “Don’t Play,” a stripped-down version of “Mystery,” “T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection),” and “Alien Love Call.” Watch it below. Turnstile recently announced a world tour kicking off in February in support of their fourth LP Glow On. In December, Turnstile made their TV debut on Seth Meyers where they played two songs from the record. Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “How Riley Gale, Go-Go Music, and Jet Li Inspired Turnstil...
The Chainsmokers Are One of The Most Popular Groups of the Last Decade, According to Study
The Chainsmokers are one of the most popular groups of the decade, according to a new study and data published by 24/7 Tempo and the Chicago Tribune. To calculate each band’s position on the chart, 24/7 Tempo developed an intricate system that calculated popularity based on chart performance, certified album and single sales, monthly Spotify listeners, and Wikipedia pageviews from August 2011 to September 2021. Imagine Dragons and One Direction came in the top two spots, respectively, followed by The Chainsmokers. The chart-topping duo reportedly had 17 songs in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where they amassed a total of 291 weeks, buoyed by their most successful song “Closer” (with Halsey). Drew Taggart (L) and Alex Pall (R) of The Chainsmokers. Black ...
Watch SLANDER and if found Drop Soaring New Single “Getting Late” Live At Lights All Night 2021
Throughout their career, SLANDER have collaborated with a multitude of producers and singer-songwriters, ranging from industry titans to unheralded musicians. The duo never stray from a collab that cultivates new talent and gives rise to deserving artists. This past weekend on December 30th, SLANDER performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Lights All Night Dallas, where they debuted a new single called “Getting Late” in surprise fashion for fans. Fast-rising Los Angeles-based electronic music producer and collaborator if found joined the duo onstage for a spectacular debut performance of the new song, which features a powerful topline from blooming vocalist Danni Carra. Check out the momentous drop below. You can listen to “Getting Late” below and find the song on ...
Lollapalooza Co-Founder Ted Gardner Dead at 74
Ted Gardner, who co-founded Chicago’s iconic Lollapalooza festival alongside Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, has died at the age of 74. He passed away on December 28th, 2021 after battling an unspecified illness, Pollstar reports. Prior to launching Lollapalooza, Gardner was the full-time manager of Jane’s Addiction starting in 1989. He and Farrell in 1991 went on to host the inaugural festival, which was reportedly set up at the time as a farewell tour for the band. In addition to co-founding Lollapalooza, Gardner was a prolific rock manager who worked with Queens of the Stone Age and The Verve, among others. Originally from Melbourne, he and his wife, Nikki Brown, looked after a myriad of bands in Los Angeles for over 25 years, such as The Cramps, Rose Tatt...
Excision Drops “Onyx” Album Single With Dion Timmer and Donna Tella, “End Of The World”: Listen
There’s a lot to look forward to in electronic dance music in 2022, but one of the year’s most anticipated albums is coming sooner than later. Dubstep superstar Excision is set to drop his fifth album, Onyx, next week. Considering its his first since 2018’s Apex, enthusiasm from around the bass music community is at a fever pitch, especially after he unveiled a brilliant new single today. Excision has teamed up with fellow electronic music virtuoso Dion Timmer and promising singer-songwriter Alexis Donn (under her EDM alias, Donna Tella) for “End Of The World,” a stunning melodic bass tune. The track falls in line with the euphoric style of the “Dawn” vertical of Subsidia, Excision’s record label, which launched in late 2020 wi...
2022 GRAMMY Awards Postponed Due to COVID Concerns
The Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 2022 GRAMMY Awards due to COVID concerns, marking the second year in a row the annual music event had to be rescheduled. “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show,” said The Recording Academy and CBS in a joint statement. “The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority. Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31st simply contains too many risks. We look forward to celebrating Music’s Biggest Night on a f...
