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Jon Batiste’s Grammy Noms Are Validation for Verve and the ‘Exciting’ State of Jazz
On Nov. 23, Dahlia Ambach Caplin was walking through her Brooklyn neighborhood, listening as a series of artists announced the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards. Over the course of an hour, as the genre categories and Big Four honors were revealed, one name kept surfacing again and again: Jon Batiste, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert bandleader whom Ambach Caplin had signed to the Verve Label Group in 2018. In all, Batiste scored 11 nominations, the most of any artist, including nods for record and album of the year for his single “Freedom” and We Are album, respectively. “I was [multitasking] on a Zoom call, on a completely different subject, as all the album and record of the year stuff started coming out, and I was just like, ‘I can’t stay on the phone right now!’ ” she says...
Quavo Sued for Allegedly ‘Unprovoked’ Beating of Limo Driver in Las Vegas
A new lawsuit claims that Migos rapper Quavo and several associates assaulted a limo driver outside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, and that hotel security simply stood by and watched. In a complaint filed earlier in December in Nevada state court, a man named Terrill R. Cowans alleges Quavo and others attacked him “unprovoked” after they mistakenly believed he’d left a different member of the group behind at a club on July 3. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “When plaintiff responded, the Migos artists and affiliates told plaintiff to ‘shut the f–k up,’ and one of the Migos artists threw a bottle at plaintiff,” attorneys for Cowans wrote in the lawsuit obtained by Billboard. “Plaintiff was then attacked by three to five Migos artists and/or affiliates...
A Dubious Blunder: New York Knicks Misspell Immanuel Quickley’s Name On His Jersey
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Osentoski / Getty Someone was moving a bit too quickly when trying to spell Quickley. New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley probably had a word with the team’s equipment manager. Wednesday night (Dec.29) at Little Caesars Arena, in his second game back since clearing the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols, Quickley was the victim of what Walt Clyde Frazier would call a dubious blunder. Eagle-eyed viewers immediately noticed Quickley’s name was egregiously butchered on the back of his jersey. Tuesday night, Quickley’s jersey was fine during the Knicks victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, so it’s a bit of a headscratcher how this error slipped through the cracks. Jersey blunders are nothing new to the sports world, in fact, they are pretty common. Some Twi...
First Esports Skill-Based Wagering Event To Be Held In Atlantic City With ‘Madden 22’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LANDuel / EEG The e-sports world is set to mark another milestone as the first skill-based gaming tournament in the U.S. that will be wagered on will take place in Atlantic City, New Jersey with the help of a major casino. The Esports Entertainment Group recently announced that they have partnered with the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City to host the first-ever e-sports gaming tournament with sanctioning approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. In this tournament, participants can register with the LANDuel platform by creating an account. Once they are assigned a PC, they begin tournament play and can place bets on themselves as they compete. The tournament will serve as the launch for the LANDuel platform and will take place...
HHW Gaming: Snoop Dogg’s Seed Cordell Broadus Named Creative Director of New Gaming App Doge Dash
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty The first-ever crypto gaming app, Doge Dash, is partnering with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus. Broadus, who ditched the football pads following his time at UCLA, is taking his talents to the world of gaming, becoming the creative director of Doge Dash, and will oversee the brand and visual aesthetic. The game is described as a Super Mario-inspired play-to-earn game developed by Grammy-nominated director and producer Paul Caslin. In the game, players collect coins that will be added to their crypto wallets. Caslin hopes his game’s popularity will take off after partnering with Broadus. “I know talent when I see it, and Cordell ticks all the boxes, young, dynamic, creative, and above all else talented. I do not do...
HHW Gaming: Nintendo President Warns of Potential Switch Jig In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nintendo / Nintendo Switch (OLED model) New year, same issues when it comes to getting a new video game console. As seen on Destructoid, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa warned gamers of potential shortages of Nintendo Switch consoles that will once again rear its ugly head in 2022. Furukawa hints at the current supply chain issues that hamper component manufacturing, and supply could result in a limited supply of the popular hybrid console at retail stores throughout 2022, with Black Friday and Christmas exhausting whatever stock the company had. “I can’t say that I was able to supply enough for demand after Black Friday and after the beginning of the year,” Furukawa revealed in a conversation with Kyoto-Np. “It depends on the demand, but as I was co...
NTS Radio Is Hosting Mixes of Music From Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas
Rockstar Games and NTS Radio have created a way to revisit the sounds that permanently shaped many of our music tastes. In celebration of the developer’s recently released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, the world-renowned music hub hosted one mix from each of the three games. Titled “The Sound of GTA,” the mixes consist of music from Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and are presented by Show Me The Body, Scratcha DVA, and Paris Aden respectively. For those somehow unfamiliar with three of the most iconic video games of all-time, each in-game world featured many different radio stations that you could tune into to soundtrack your chaotic romps through the New York City-inspired Liberty City, ...
LUNAX Opens Up About Launching a Career During the Pandemic, Her Rise as a DJ, More
At only 19, fast-rising DJ dance music producer LUNAX has a blindingly bright career ahead. With over 65 million streams on her music, she has emerged as one of the most recognizable names in the slap house genre. Her versatile sound also dabbles in hyperpop and even psytrance, creating something unique that has clearly caught on in the international festival circuit. After launching her career in music around four years ago, LUNAX broke through in 2020 after gracing the covers of a number of large playlists on streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. She has already been featured on the cover of Europe’s largest dance music playlist on Spotify, “Main Stage,” three times. The talented German producer also already has a slew of top-notch relea...
EDM.com’s Best of 2021: Songs
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. With so much new music offered by EDM’s artist community, it would be unfair to its diverse range of creators to publish a nebulous blanket list of the year’s top songs. So to highlight the best songs of the year, we’ve chosen 10 popular sub-genres of dance music and recognized five tracks, each chosen by members of EDM.com‘s staff. Check out a playlist below, followed by a breakdown of each individual song from each genre. House Qrion – Your Love Nostalgic and wistful, Qrion’s “Your Love” leaves listeners yearning for nights in the big city. Delicate but moving, the track’s soundscapes leave listene...
Swedish House Mafia, REZZ, RÜFÜS DU SOL, More Curate New Year’s Eve Playlists for Amazon: Listen
Whether you’ll be ringing in 2022 from the club, your couch or your parents’ couch, a new playlist initiative by Amazon Music has guaranteed your speakers will stay thumping ’til midnight, no matter the setting. The “Choose Your New Year’s Eve DJ” series includes 13 sonically diverse playlists curated by some of the scene’s top artists, including REZZ, RÜFÜS DU SOL, TOKiMONSTA and Moore Kismet. Swedish House Mafia contributed an exclusive extended mix of “Moth to a Flame” (with The Weeknd) to their selections, and Sonny Fodera added a never-before-heard VIP remix of “Silhouettes” (with Poppy Baskcomb) to his tracklist. The endeavor also includes a 67-minute collection by Above & Beyond, which includes Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep re...
Wiz Khalifa “Can’t Stay Sober,” Piif Jones ft. Dave East “Glory” & More | Daily Visuals 12.29.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Wiz Khalifa’s one of those artists who’ll stay out of the spotlight for a hot minute only to then return with a slew of joints for his fans and after a semi-lengthy break, the Pittsburgh spitta has been coming through with some new work. Releasing some new visuals for “Can’t Stay Sober” (who can?), Wiz Khalifa finds himself getting levitated everywhere from the bathtub to the studio like the true weedhead that many fools claim to be. Method Man might have to pass down the “Iron Lung” moniker down to Wiz cause goddamn he be smokin’! Back in New York, Piff Jones and Dave East link up to make a Queensbridge to Harlem connection and for their clip to “Glory” take their gospel to the people of their community and touring the hood to spread love the Hip-Hop way. Check ...
Chrissy Teigen Celebrates John Legend’s 43rd Birthday With a Sweet & Funny Post
Chrissy Teigen marked her husband John Legend‘s birthday with sweet well wishes and humor in an Instagram post on Tuesday (Dec. 28). “Happy birthday to my forever,” the Cravings author wrote alongside a cute series of photos featuring the couple dressed to the nines and posing in a photo booth. “I am lucky to have known you 16(!!) of your 43 years and I still wish it were more. I picked the most kind hearted man, the best father, and most talented human being around, which is truly a testament to me! Anyhoo i love you more than a caption could capture. More than a boomerang could wrangle. I love you I love you.” Additionally, Teigen shared an adorable video of herself cuddled up to John on her Instagram Stories, wishing him a happy birthday as an old episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta p...
