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Valentino Khan’s New Single Is a War Cry for the Club: Listen to “Goin Up”
Knocking house music is the name of the game for Valentino Khan‘s latest single, a club heater that, like its name, promises to keep the temperature of the crowd “Goin Up.” Featuring rave sirens and a feet-stomping bassline, the track is out now via Khan’s VK Music imprint. Khan wastes no time plunging into the deep end on “Goin Up,” kicking things off with a sumptuous four-on-the-floor beat before the vocals storm in like a war cry. Menacing acid tones work in tandem with speaker-busting bass, bringing us to the basement with our sunglasses on and our hands in the air. “The moment felt right for me to put together another house banger, this time with 303 vibes. Go up with this one and enjoy,” Khan said in a statement. With the track al...
Celebrate Lane 8’s Birthday With 5 of His Best Tracks
From his ID-filled seasonal mixtapes to his sensational, phone-free live shows, there are plenty of reasons why Lane 8 is one of the best house music artists around. Visceral songwriting, introspective lyrics and elegant melodies embody the Lane 8 sound. His record label, This Never Happened, is not only home to his three stellar albums, but has also become a breeding ground for rising melodic house talent like Massane, Avoure and Anderholm. To celebrate Lane 8’s birthday, dive into five of his best releases below. “Watermelon Wormhole” Lane 8’s latest album, Reviver, was born of a desire for the producer to reinvent himself. While he declared it’s his “most dancefloor focused album yet,” there’s an understated gem in there, “Watermelon Wormhole.” ...
2022 World Series Will Not Feature Black Players Born In The U.S.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Warner / Getty The 2022 World Series is upon us and fans of the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies are surely ready to witness baseball excellence at the highest level. Ahead of the series, an alarming story from one outlet went wide stating that there were no Black players expected to play in the game but further examination proved that the headline was something of an overstatement. The 2022 World Series will kick off Friday (Oct. 28) at the Phillies stadium but The Hill, a Washington, D.C. media company that focuses primarily on politics, published a tweet stating that no Black players born in the United States will play in the game. The Associated Press had a more accurate description of the Black players who will play in the World Serie...
Stuck Inside: Tory Lanez Put On House Arrest Until Start Of Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Greg Doherty / Getty Mini Canadian artist and Iggy Azalea’s rumored boo Tory Lanez will be stuck inside for a while. Spotted on TMZ Hip Hop, a judge has put Tory Lanez on house arrest until the Megan Thee Stallion shooting trial begins. According to the celebrity gossip site, Yosemite Sam sucker-punching R&B crooner August Alsina is the reason for the judge’s decision. Per TMZ: The order came down Wednesday during a court hearing in L.A. … where it was ruled that Tory needs to be on lockdown until November 28 — the start of the trial — as a result of accusations he beat the crap out of Alsina in Chicago in September. Prosecutors argued TL deserved to be remanded into custody because — in their eyes — he’d violated the conditions of his bail in th...
Delonte West Arrested In Virginia, Facing 4 Charges
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Former NBA player Delonte West was arrested in Virginia according to a new report and is said to be facing up to four charges. The Washington, D.C. native fell on hard times after putting his basketball career behind him, but this latest incident might be cause for deeper concern for some. The arrest of Delonte West was first reported by TMZ Sports and it revealed that the 39-year-old was initially arrested for trespassing after eyewitnesses alerted the authorities. The arrest took place in Fairfax County, which is a suburb just outside of Washington. The arrest took place on Oct. 15 in the late afternoon hours and West was reportedly resisting arrest as the police placed handcuffs on him. Adding to t...
Ashanti Finally Addresses Irv Gotti Relationship Rumors
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JD Barnes / for HelloBeautiful When former Murder Inc. CEO Irv Gotti went on Drink Champs in August, he gave off major creep vibes as he talked about his past sexual relationship with his signee and protege Ashanti in the early 2000s. For her part, the songstress stayed quiet for months as rumors and conjecture about the relationship swirled. Well, Ashanti is quiet no more. Per our sister site Madame Noire, the 42-year-old R&B star sat down with veteran radio personality Angie Martinez for her IRL Podcast where she candidly told her side of the story. [embedded content] Ashanti told Martinez that it was after her career started to take off that she realized that Irv was “manipulative” and that as she began to take charge of her own ca...
MTV Announces 6 New Films For 2022 Holiday Season with Ashanti, Ne-Yo, MC Lyte & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty The holiday season is fast approaching, and MTV is getting into the spirit with six new movies set to air on their networks beginning at the end of November. On Thursday (Oct. 27), MTV Entertainment Studios announced the premiere of a slate of six new movies for the 2022 holidays with star-studded casts and equal star power serving as producers. “Last year we broke the traditional mold of holiday films in a big way,” said Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer, Paramount Media Networks & MTVE Studios Head of Unscripted Entertainment & Adult Animation P+ in the press release. “As we look toward this new slate, with the depth of our powerful producers coupled with the diversity of our amazing talent, we wil...
Twitter User Dupes Everyone Into Thinking Andre The Giant Is Biblical Figure Joseph
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 1 hour ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first B...
Machine Gun Kelly Plays an Anguished Rock Star in Meta ‘Taurus’ Trailer
“Do you think rock stars are special people?” That’s the question that kicks off the trailer for Taurus, the upcoming music industry drama starring Machine Gun Kelly. In the video, released Thursday (Oct. 27), the musician otherwise known as Colson Baker plays Cole, a depressed musician on the verge of self-destructing amid his seemingly glamorous L.A. lifestyle. As the events of the trailer get increasingly bleak, Kelly’s character begins writing new music. “I want it to sound far from everything,” he says while seated at the piano with a female collaborator. “Like everything’s upside down.” The untitled song that then plays over the second half of the trailer finds the Mainstream Sellout singer intoning, “Life imitates art/ Bury me alive/ Disappear underground where they found me/ Before...
Valerie Bertinelli Seemingly Responds to Matthew Perry Makeout Story With Taylor Swift Lyrics
Valerie Bertinelli took part in a popular TikTok trend this week, seemingly in response to a story about her in Matthew Perry’s new memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The actress shared a video lip syncing along to Taylor Swift’s Midnights track, “Anti-Hero,” featuring the lyrics, “It’s me, hi. I’m the problem, it’s me.” “Anyone misbehave in their 20s and early 30s?” Bertinelli captioned the clip. “Are you mortified?” In Perry’s memoir, he detailed having an unrequited crush on Bertinelli while the the two co-starred in the 1990 sitcom Sydney, in which Bertinelli played a single woman trying to make it as a private detective in Los Angeles and Perry played her younger brother. “I fe...
Lainey Wilson Says She’s ‘Here to Take Care of Business & Share My Story’ on ‘Bell Bottom Country’ Album
Lainey Wilson’s career has been developing at breakneck speed. In three short years, she’s gone from releasing her debut major label EP to being the top nominee at Nov. 9’s CMA Awards. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In 2019, she released Redneck Hollywood on Broken Bow Records/BBR Music Group, followed by 2021’s full-length, Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin.’ On Friday, Bell Bottom Country — a nod not only to her freewheeling form of music, but also to what has become her signature ‘70s hippie style – comes out. “This record is still me sayin’ what I’m thinking, but in a different way,” the Baskin, Louisiana, native says in her distinct Southern drawl, while seated at Red Light Management’s Nashville office. “I feel like I’ve grown leaps a...
See Chloe & Halle Bailey Reunite With Mentor Beyonce at Wearable Art Gala
Chloe and Halle Bailey had a chance to reunite with their mentor Beyoncé over the weekend at the Wearable Art Gala. On Saturday, Bey’s mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson, invited an A-list guest list to Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of WACO Theater Center. In addition to Beyoncé, husband Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy, other guests included Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Kelly Rowland, Lori Harvey and sister duo Chloe x Halle, who are signed to Queen B’s Parkwood label. Chloe took to Instagram on Wednesday to share an adorable photo of her and her sister standing alongside Bey in one photo and hugging her in the next. In the photo, the trio all shared a color theme, with Halle sporting a black dress with silver embellishments and cutouts around her...
