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Big Momma Thang: Lil’ Kim Stars In Fall 2022 Campaign For MACKAGE
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MACKAGE / MACKAGE Lil’ Kim is back in her fashion model bag. She is starring as the lead for MACKAGE’s fall winter 2022 campaign. Source: MACKAGE / MACKAGE As spotted on Hype Beast the Brooklyn, New York native is lending her beauty and sex appeal to the label’s newest collection. They detailed why the partnership made sense to launching their first ever monogram designs via a formal press release. “The legendary artist is an unapologetically powerful force who seamlessly traverses the worlds of fashion and music—and has paved the path for future generations. The artist is forever woven into the fabric of culture. The first to do it her way, a bold icon of making something your own. A trailblazer who embodies the MACKAGE spirit.” Kim also shared her ...
The Number Of Homeless Adults In New York At Its Highest Since 2013
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: UCG / Getty Things are getting bad in New York City. Whether it’s the crime rate, rising cost of living or number of rats running around the street, things are a struggle out here. Now Gothamist is reporting that the number of homeless adults in the Big Apple is steadily rising as homeless shelters are reporting numbers that no one really expected. According to statistics, the number of adults living in homeless shelters is the highest it’s been since 2013 with that figure expected to break the record in the coming months. The figures, dating back to 2013 and posted on the city’s Open Data website, show that on Sept. 23 there were 39,136 adults in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services. That was the first day that eclipsed the previ...
The Weeknd’s HBO Max Series The Idol Gets New Teaser Trailer: Watch
The Weeknd has shared a third teaser for his upcoming HBO Max series The Idol. The show stars Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as a charismatic cult leader moving through the upper echelons of Los Angeles celebrities. The show’s female lead, Lily-Rose Depp, plays a female pop singer who is seduced by Tesfaye’s character. The latest clip features all-new footage, and reveals that the show will hit streaming next year (though an exact date was not announced). Check it out below. In addition to Tesfaye, The Idol stars a slew of recognizable faces from the music and film worlds, including Moses Sumney, Blackpink’s Jennie, Mike Dean, Dan Levy, Rachel Sennott, Hank Azaria, Hari Nef, Troye Sivan, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, the late Anne Heche, Suzanna Son, Melanie Liburd, and more. Tesfaye produc...
Austin City Limits 2022 Hulu Livestream Schedule & Details Announced
The 2022 edition of Austin City Limits Music Festival will stream this weekend on Hulu. The schedule includes Cassandra Jenkins, Jazmine Sullivan, the Chicks, Big Boi, the War on Drugs, Flume, Larry June, Muna, Spoon, Paramore, Marcus Mumford, Kacey Musgraves, Kevin Morby, Nation of Language, James Blake, Omar Apollo, Slayyyter, Samia, Manchester Orchestra, Dehd, Bia, 6lack, Japanese Breakfast, Goose, and more. Check out the streaming schedule below. Channel 1 Schedule (All times listed in Eastern Standard Time) Schedule is subject to change. Friday, October 7, 2022 2:05 PM – Asleep at the Wheel2:45 PM – Cassandra Jenkins3:30 PM – Noah Cyrus4:15 PM – Charlotte Cardin6:15 PM – Jazmine Sullivan7:00 PM – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats...
Taylor Swift Reveals New Album Midnights’ Full Tracklist, Including New Song With Lana Del Rey
Taylor Swift has revealed the full tracklist of her new album, Midnights. After sharing several song titles via TikTok in recent weeks, Swift revealed the final track titles overnight, including one, “Snow on the Beach,” which features Lana Del Rey. See the full tracklist below. Swift announced Midnights at the end of August, while accepting the award for Video of the Year at MTV’s Video Music Awards. She’s described the album as “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout [her] life.” Midnights is out on October 21. The record includes a song called “Karma,” a title that has spawned speculative fan theories for the past six years. Some of them posited that Swift had recorded a secret album by that name amid her 2016 feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Midnights is the fi...
Caroline Polachek Shares New Aria Written for Kurt Cobain Opera
Caroline Polachek has released an aria that she wrote for Oliver Leith’s opera Last Days, an adaptation of Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film dramatizing the end of Kurt Cobain’s life. The contribution from Cook and PC Music producer Danny L Harle is titled “Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare,” Italian for “I Never Want to See the Sun Go Down.” Last Days runs at London’s Royal Opera House through October 11. Listen to “Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare” below. Since 2019’s Pang, Polachek has released the singles “Bunny Is a Rider” and “Billions.” In late 2020, she shared a cover of the Coors’ “Breathless” ahead of a set of Pang remixes. She’s also joined Charli XCX for “New Shapes,” remixed material by Christine and the Queens, made a guest appearance on Murkage Dave’s “Awful Things,” a...
PRETTYMUCH Announce Nick Mara Is Leaving the Band
Nick Mara from PRETTYMUCH announced he’ll be breaking from the group to “take on new endeavors as an individual.” The group released a statement Friday (Oct. 7) saying goodbye to Mara, but assuring fans that they’ll continue to make music with four members. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The band, who have four other members in addition to Mara — Edwin Honoret, Brandon Arreaga, Zion Kuwonu, and Austin Porter — also shared their new single “H2L” made by the remaining members. The single, which they describe as a Web3 single, is the band’s first independent release and is fully written and produced by the band members, according to their post on Sound.xyz. “We’d like to start off by saying we love each and every one of you for sticking by us and...
Here Are the Lyrics to David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s ‘I’m Good (Blue)’
The song, which interpolates Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee),” a No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2000, also claimed top Streaming, Airplay and Sales Gainer honors on the chart. If you need a guide to follow along with David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue),” find the lyrics below: I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alrightBaby, I’ma have the best f—in’ night of my lifeAnd wherever it takes me, I’m down for the rideBaby, don’t you know I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alright ‘Cause I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alrightBaby, I’ma have the best f—in’ night of my lifeAnd wherever it takes me, I’m down for the rideBaby, don’t you know I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alright Don’t you know I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alright You know I’m down for whatever tonightI don’t need the finer things ...
Here Are the Lyrics to Chris Brown’s ‘Under the Influence’
Chris Brown‘s “Under the Influence” has stood the test of time, as the three-year-old track ascended into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated September 24, 2022. The song is from Indigo (Extended), a deluxe version of Brown’s 2019 album, Indigo, released that same year. Though “Under the Influence” was not released as a single at the time, its recent streaming success has led to Brown’s label, RCA, officially sending the track for play on U.S. rhythmic radio stations as of Sept. 20. If you need a guide to follow along with Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence,” find the lyrics below: Get up, get upKiddominant on the beat, better run it back F—in’ RobitussinI don’t know why this sh– got me lazy right now, yeahCan’t do Percocets or Moll...
‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’: How to Watch Season 2 for Free
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. “New season, new problems.” Jon Stewart is going viral after the first episode from season 2 of his Apple TV+ series, The Problem With Jon Stewart, debuted on Friday (Oct. 2). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the episode titled “The War Over Gender,” Stewart questions Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge about the state’s ban on transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care. Arkansas became the first state to issue such a ban, which has since been blocked by a federal appeals court. ...
How Did Four Artists Release Music On the Same Day With the Same ’90s Sample?
Four dance tracks, four different artists, released by four different labels—all on the same day. This is the eyebrow-raising phenomenon that was spotted during this week’s Friday deluge of new music. Campbell’s “Beat Goes On (To The Brain),” Spencer Ramsay’s “Beat Goes On (DNB Flip), Chapter & Verse’s “The Beat Goes On” and Cody Wong’s “Beat Goes On (La Di Dadi Di Mix),” comprised the medley of songs all found to be using the same catchy vocal sample. The sample goes back to a 1997 release by The All Seeing I, “Beat Goes On,” a cover of Sonny & Cher’s 1967 song of the same name. In a TikTok video posted by British DJ and radio host MistaJam, the track’s original vocal hook, ...
Carl Cox Previews Upcoming Album and Wembley Arena Performance With New EP: Listen
Ahead of his first album in over a decade, Carl Cox has shared a mind-bending EP, Welcome to My World. Cox’s Electronic Generations is due out at the end of this month, but he’s given fans plenty to chew on with the new four-track EP. The storied techno and house music producer kicks off Welcome to My World with “World Gone Mad,” a song that leads with an impassioned, declarative vocal sample before opening the flood gates of frenzied acid bass. The pummeling techno riffs continue throughout the effort, marking a somewhat substantial departure in tone from the three previously released tracks. Cox takes his reworks of “See the Sun Rising,” “How It Makes You Feel” and “Speed Trials On Acid”—collabs with Franky Wah, Nicole...
