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Amazon CEO Says Antisemitic Film Kyrie Irving Shared Will Not Be Removed By The Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty/ Amazon The antisemitic film Kyrie Irving shared, but more than likely didn’t watch in full, is not leaving Amazon. Spotted on Raw Story per the Associated Press, Amazon CEO says his company will not take down Hebrews To Negroes: Wake Up Black America, the problematic movie that Kyrie Irving suspended by the Brooklyn Nets. Per Raw Story: Andy Jassy said Wednesday that his decision is due to customers having “many viewpoints.” “As a retailer of content to hundreds of millions of customers with a lot of different viewpoints, we have to allow access to those viewpoints, even if they are objectionable — objectionable and they differ from our particular viewpoints,” Jassy said. Jassy went on to say that making decisions about what ...
Cliff Paul Vibes: Ye Says He Caught Chris Paul With His Ex-Wife Kim Kardashian
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Chris Paul was probably somewhere trying to mind his business when Ye fka Kanye West mentioned the future NBA Hall of Fame point guard for reasons beyond our understanding. Via social media, Ye dropped a bombshell that he caught his ex-wife Kim Kardashian with Paul without adding any additional detail. Ye was back on Twitter and went on a tirade of sorts, stating forcefully that he stands with Balenciaga amid the controversy of a recent ad that seemingly suggested a connection between BDSM and children. The fashion brand recently ended its business dealings with Ye in the wake of antisemitic claims and other actions. “I stand by Balenciaga and denounce all witch hunts and I cancel cancel culture Jesus is King Ending trafficking doesn’t start or end with a f...
Jay-Z Put Up $1.5 Billion to Buy Bacardi’s Share of D’USSE Cognac
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ezra Shaw / Getty Jay-Z is currently embroiled in a legal tussle with Bacardi regarding the D’USSE Cognac brand. According to court documents, the artist born Shawn Carter attempted to purchase Bacardi’s stake in the brand for a reported $1.5 billion. Jay-Z and the battle over D’USSE made waves earlier in the year after it went wide that the rapper and mogul sued Bacardi this past October alleging that the company failed to be transparent about its finances in connection with the cognac brand. Digital Music News shared in a report that unsealed court documents reveal that Jay-Z’s SC Liquor company offered to buy Bacardi’s share of D’USSE. Still, it was rejected and Bacardi shared a lower value of the company at $460 million, far past its previous estimate...
5 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Metro Boomin, 100 gecs, BTS’ RM, and More
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and EPs from Metro Boomin, 100 gecs, RM, Babyface Ray, and Chris Abrahams. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.) Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains [Boominati Worldwide/Republic] Heroes & Villains is Metro Boomin’s second solo album, following 2018’s Not All Heroes Wear Capes. It was announced on the produc...
UK Rapper Pa Salieu Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison
The British rapper Pa Salieu has been sentenced to 33 months in prison, BBC News reports. The musician had been convicted of violent disorder and possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon, stemming from a 2018 incident. Salieu was cleared of a second count of violent disorder. According to prosecutors, Salieu took part in a fight that occurred outside Coventry’s Club M after Salieu’s friend Fidel “AP” Glasgow was stabbed to death at age 21. During the fight, he apparently used a bottle and a tree branch to attack a 23-year-old man. Salieu—who is now 25 years old and was 21 at the time of the incident—was one of nine men charged in connection with the fight. No one has been charged with the murder of Glasgow, who was the grandson of the Specials’ Neville Staple. Salieu was handed a suspend...
The Strokes Announce New Vinyl Box Set of Singles
The Strokes have announced The Singles – Volume 01, a new vinyl box set collecting 7″ singles of material from 2001-2006. Along with singles from the group’s first three albums—Is This It (2001), Room on Fire (2003), and First Impressions of Earth (2006)—the collection will include B-sides, demos, and rarities. Find the tracklist below. The Strokes released The New Abnormal in 2020. The following year, it earned the group the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. Read “The Urban Malaise of The Strokes’ Is This It, 15 Years On” on the Pitch. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Strokes: The Singles – Volume 01 The Singles – Volume 01...
Suspected Killer of Migos’ Takeoff Arrested
A 33-year-old man named Patrick Xavier Clark has been arrested for the murder of Migos’ Takeoff, who was shot and killed early in the morning of Tuesday, November 1, in Houston, Texas. A second man, 22-year-old Cameron Joseph, was arrested and charged with felony possession of a weapon. At a press conference today, Sgt. Michael Burrow of the Houston Police Department said the shooting was preceded by an argument that happened outside of 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston. The sergeant said that Takeoff “was an innocent bystander.” A memorial service for Takeoff took place on November 11 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. Quavo and Offset, have since shared emotional tributes to their late Migos bandmate and relative.
Listen to RL Grime and Nero’s Haunting Collab, “Renegade”
RL Grime and Nero are tying a bow on 2022 in a big way after teaming up for a monster collaboration, “Renegade.” The two influential electronic music acts today dropped the new single, which arrived by way of Grime’s Sable Valley imprint. It’s a soaring bass track featuring the signature, eerily breathtaking vocals of Nero’s Alana Watson, which float atop a haunting arrangement replete with stunning sound design. “Renegade,” which was originally teased in Grime’s remarkable “Halloween XI” mix, saw its live debut during his DJ set at Porter Robinon’s Second Sky festival back in October. It also pours gasoline on the momentous return of Nero, who recently joined forces onstage together as a complete band for the...
Houston Man Arrested and Charged With Murder of Takeoff
A month after Takeoff’s tragic death, a Houston man has been arrested and charged with the Migos rapper’s killing. Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested and charged with the murder of Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, on Thursday night. The Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner announced the arrest at a news conference on Friday. “We made a promise that we would get the individual that’s responsible for the murder of Takeoff in custody,” Finner said during the conference. “Yesterday evening, we arrested Patrick Xavier Brown, 33 years old, and he was charged with the murder of Takeoff.” “I can tell you Takeoff was not involved in playing the dice game, he was not involved in the argument that happened outside, he was not armed, he was an innocent bystander,” HPD Sgt. M...
Jeff Blackburn Retires as Head of Amazon’s Global Entertainment Group
Jeff Blackburn is retiring. The head of Amazon’s Global Entertainment Group will sign off from the company in January after more than two decades with the retail giant and streaming platform. The moves were announced Friday via internal memos from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Blackburn himself. The news comes a year and a half after Blackburn returned from a yearlong sabbatical in a new role as head of the company’s global entertainment group that included combined oversight of music, audio entertainment, games and video for the company. Blackburn’s decision to retire comes after a busy week at Amazon. The e-commerce giant this week fully integrated MGM into its exec ranks after its $8.5 billion purchase of the storied studio closed in May. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Sal...
Suspect Arrested & Charged for Takeoff Murder
Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner announced during a news conference on Friday (Dec. 2) that a man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the Nov. 1 killing of Migos rapper Takeoff. 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark was arrested on the east side of Houston, Texas, on Thursday (Nov. 1), and charged with murder, while another man, 22-year-old Cameron Joshua, was arrested and charged with the unlawful carrying of a weapon. Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) was just 28 years old when he was shot and killed Nov. 1 during a private party at 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston with his uncle, Quavo. The musician was killed by “penetrating gunshot wounds of head and torso into arm,” according to a report from the Harris County coroner’s office. Houst...
What Happens to Motown Next?
When Motown Records chairwoman and CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam announced on Tuesday she would be stepping down to “pursue new endeavors,” the news was met with surprise, concern and the one inevitable question: What’s next for the storied label founded by Berry Gordy? “Nobody saw this coming,” says one veteran label executive of the stunning announcement, stemming from the fact that Habtemariam was promoted to the chairwoman/CEO post in March 2021, only 20 months ago. Her groundbreaking appointment as the third woman — and only the second one of color — ever to hold that title at a major label was concurrent with other major news: Motown was being re-established as a standalone label after first being under the Island Def Jam umbrella and most recently under the Capitol Music Group banner. Du...
