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Drake and 21 Savage Reveal ‘Her Loss’ Cover Art
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Remembering Takeoff: 10 of the Rapper’s Hardest-Hitting Verses
Takeoff was the quiet catalyst of the Migos, the glue between Quavo’s flamboyance and Offset’s bluntness. Thoughtful and precise, he was a rapper’s rapper — the member of the group who had the most intricate take on the “triplet” flow that they popularized, rhyming three syllables over one beat while stuffing between nine and 12 syllables in a single line. He could stack, chop and remix the flow he popularized at ease too, as indicated by his vicious LA Leakers freestyle ahead of the release of Culture III in 2021. Having a ghostwriter was a foreign concept to the rapper born Kirsnick Khari Ball, as he’s listed as a lyricist on nearly all of Migos’ tracks — meaning he wrote his own bars. In tribute to Takeoff’s skill, influence and impact, we’ve rounded up 10 of his most hard-hitting verse...
SNIPES Launches Young Geniuses: Innovation Lab For More Inclusive Sneaker Community
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Snipes / Snipes SNIPES is making headway in the sneaker game not only by selling the latest kicks, but by serving the community, too. The sneaker retailer has launched the Young Geniuses: Innovation Lab with the goal of fostering a more including sneaker community. Source: Snipes / Snipes Snipes partnered with the Atlanta-based STE(A)M Truck to into a fresh crop of creatives of color to design, technology and engineering. The first SNIPES Young Geniuses Innovation Lab—part of the greater Young Geniuses program—launched in Atlanta on October 24. The space is designed for the purpose of teaching design and technical skills that can be applied to the footwear business. Participants in the program will go through an 8-week curriculum. Sounds like school for k...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Tapped To Host ‘Wakanda Forever’ The Official ‘Black Panther’ Podcast
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Proximity Media / Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast Before the highly-anticipated sequel to 2018’s Black Panther hits theaters, the Wakanda Forever podcast hosted by Ta-Nehisi Coates will give fans a deep dive into the film. Wakanda Forever, a six-episode series from Proximity Media’s new radio division narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates, will premiere episode one on Nov. 3, ahead of the release of the final Phase 4 film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The podcast will feature narrative storytelling revolving around the popular comic books and profound insight about the film from guests like director/co-writer Ryan Coogler, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, and Wakanda Forever star Angela Bassett. The first episode will feature Coogler, and p...
Pharrell To Feature Korean Pop Sensation BTS On New Album ‘Phriends’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jemal Countess / Getty Legendary producer Pharrell is readying a new album and shared that it will be packed with special surprises including an appearance by multi-platinum superstar group, BTS. Per Rolling Stone, Pharrell and RM from the group sat down for a candid conversation for the magazine where he shared the news about the feature. “Well, my project, it’s called . . . it’s [under] my name, and the title of the album is Phriends. It’s the volume one,” he said. “You guys [BTS] are on there, obviously. And I’m actually talking about this way more than I’m supposed to, but it’s a song from my album that [BTS] sang and it’s amazing, and I’m super grateful.” RM shared the same sentiments, “I f*cking love it.” Per Hypebeast, RM is also finish...
Elon Musk Unveils What Users Can Expect From His $8 Twitter Blue Subscription Service Nobody Wants
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Faithful users of Twitter slammed Elon Musk for his terrible idea to monetize the social media network’s account verification system. The “Chief Twit” has unveiled his revamped Twitter Blue subscription service. Initially, Elon Musk seriously thought it was a good idea to charge Twitter users $20 to get a blue check and force those who already have the blue check next to pay that price to keep theirs. After some intense backlash, Musk, aka Phony Stark, revealed that Twitter would not charge users $20 but would up the Twitter Blue subscription price from $4.99 a month to $8. In a tweet announcing the price adjustment and trying to justify the ridiculous price hike, he wrote, “We need to pay the bills somehow. Twitter cannot rely entirely o...
Music Is the Drug: A Deep Dive Into Substance-Free Raving With “The Sober Raver”
From non-alcoholic cocktail bars to substance-free music festivals, there has never been an era for sober raving quite like this one. To most people, ecstasy, LSD and vodka Red Bulls are practically synonymous with the “EDM” acronym. But over the last few years, a cohort of sober concert-goers have slowly brought their lifestyle to the mainstream, like the organizers of a “detox” music festival in Colorado and Electric Forest’s Camp Traction Sober Group Camp, which caters to those who want to get high off the music alone. Chelsie Cahoon has partied hard—and sober—since her late teens. Now she owns a clothing brand called Music Is The Drug and hopes to continue bringing awareness and acceptance to all corners of dance music culture, one t-shirt...
Moore Kismet Announces Debut Headlining Performance In Los Angeles
What a moment for Moore Kismet, who has announced their debut headlining show in their hometown of Los Angeles. The young electronic music prodigy, who was named to EDM.com‘s Class of 2021, today revealed the upcoming concert, “UNIVERSE: A CELEBRATION OF GROWTH.” Scheduled for December 3rd at the famed Roxy Theatre, the show takes its name from Kismet’s scintillating debut album, UNIVERSE, a Grammy dark horse released back in June. Fans of Kismet can expect a “completely unparalleled experience” and a “myriad of special surprises,” according to the genre-bending unicorn. And it’s all going down on their 18th birthday. “ever since I started Moore Kismet, I always dreamed of taking this beautifully weird music I make to shows w...
Dance Music Represents More Than 25% of U.K. Top 10 Tracks In 2022
The results are in: the U.K. loves electronic dance music. In fact, they love dance music so much that it accounts for over 25% of the country’s Top 10 tracks this year, according to a new report from record industry trade group BPI. The report concluded that the genre is second only to pop music, which can arguably be categorized as dance these days. BPI’s report suggests that 26.1% of all tracks in the U.K. Singles Top 10 this year are considered dance music. This is an 80% increase from 2021. “Britain has always excelled at dance music, so it’s gratifying that the genre’s renaissance is powered in part by homegrown talent, including breakthrough artists LF System and Eliza Rose, who have both spent multiple weeks at number o...
19-Year-Old Woman Dies After Collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V Festival: Report
Maya Nager, 19, has died after collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V electronic music festival, Edinburgh Live reports. Nager’s cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but local reports state she “ingested a substance” hours before the event. She eventually collapsed on the festival’s grounds and was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. Nager was pronounced dead on Monday morning. Authorities have now launched an investigation into her death. Maya Nager, 19, reportedly died after collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V electronic music festival. Edinburgh Live/Alex Lawrie Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “We were made aware of a 19-year-old woman taking unwell at an event in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, ...
Trey Songz Has Alleged Rape Lawsuit Dismissed
Trey Songz is no longer facing a lawsuit that accused him of rape, TMZ reports. When reached by Pitchfork, Songz’s attorney, Randall M. Awad, confirmed that the case has been dismissed. The complaint was initially filed in February by a woman (identified as Jane Doe) who claimed that the R&B singer assaulted her in 2016. Songz denied her accusations, and the suit was dismissed in July before being refiled with the same allegations. According to court documents viewed by Pitchfork, Songz’s legal team successfully argued that the statute of limitations for the woman’s claims expired in 2018, resulting in the suit’s dismissal. Pitchfork has reached out to Jane Doe’s attorneys for comment and additional information. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual assault, we encoura...
My Morning Jacket Announce Circuital Reissue, Share Demo: Listen
My Morning Jacket have announced an expanded version of their sixth studio album, 2011’s Circuital. The reissue is due out December 9 via ATO. The 3xLP or 2xCD release includes 10 previously unreleased demos, and will arrive on vinyl in three color variants. The vinyl will include expanded, glow-in-the-dark artwork, a poster, prints of photos taken during the recording sessions, and more. Today, the band has shared a previously unreleased, stripped-down demo of the title track. Listen to “Circuital (First Band Demo)” below. “Every record is like a time machine and we all keep changing and changing,” songwriter Jim James said in a statement. “I’ve come to see myself as a kind of older sibling to the younger version of me, so it’s almost like I become two beings when I sing a song from the o...
