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Common To Make Broadway Debut & Aim For EGOT Status
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty Common is gearing up for another acting role, this time making his debut on the Broadway stage in a revival of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play – potentially putting him in line to make the EGOT list. According to reports, the veteran rapper and actor has signed on to be in the revival of Between Riverside and Crazy, completing the cast. The play, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. It will be directed by Austin Pendleton and return most of the cast from the original production. Common shared the news with his fans on social media last Friday (Sept. 16th), expressing his gratitude for being a part of the production. Related Stories Common’s addition to the cast has him playing the role of recentl...
White Georgia Principal Caught On Camera Using N-Word While Lecturing White Student About C-Word
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Google Maps / Google A white Georgia high school principal is under fire after being caught on camera using the n-word while trying to explain the harm of racial slurs to a white student. He apparently didn’t realize the student was recording him, but that’s only a legitimate excuse if you’re of the opinion that racial slurs are OK so long as they aren’t documented. (If a racist drops the n-word in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a bigoted sound? HELL YES, IT DOES! TF?) According to NBC News, Jeff Cheney, the principal of East Forsyth High School in Gainesville, was reprimanding the white student in front of two other staff members, according to a statement by Forsyth County Schools. Apparently, the white student had called him a “crack...
Tacky Brooklyn Pastor Bishop Lamor Whitehead Gets Physical With Woman During Church Service
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Egregiously tacky Brooklyn Pastor Bishop Lamor Whitehead is again making headlines, and it’s nothing the good lord would be proud about. What would Jesus do? Well, we know he would turn the other cheek before he put his hands on a person, especially a woman. TMZ reports Bishop Lamor Whitehead got physical with a woman while leading church service because he claimed she would charge his wife and daughter. According to the celebrity gossip site, Whitehead claims the woman was part of a group of people individuals sent to specifically disrupt his service and are somehow tied to the current litigation he is involved in. In the video, the woman can be seen shouting something, and Whitehead invites her up to help him deliver the word while ...
Travis Scott Previews Unreleased ‘Utopia’ Collaborations With Kid Cudi, Future, Pharrell and Lil Uzi
On Saturday night, Travis Scott headed to Zouk Nightclub in Las Vegas for the first performance of his Road to Utopia residency. The seven-night residency, which is only one part of a “multi-year partnership” between Scott and Zouk, will see the rapper perform six shows non-consecutively between September 17 and October 15. Taking its name from Scott’s long-awaited fourth studio album, Utopia, the residency kicked off with a slew of songs from the unreleased project. Fans at the concert were able to hear snippets of new material featuring Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Kid Cudi and Pharrell. The collaborating artists weren’t there in person, rather, Scott streamed the songs live with the help of his DJ. Utopia will follow Scott’s breakout LP, 2018’s Astroworld. Following the show at Zouk, Scott con...
The Tallest Man on Earth Announces New Covers Album Too Late for Edelweiss
The Tallest Man on Earth has announced a new covers album. Too Late for Edelweiss is due out this Friday, September 23, via Anti-. The 10-track release includes covers of songs popularized by Bon Iver, Lucinda Williams, Yo La Tengo, the National, Hank Williams, and more. The album takes its name from “För sent för Edelweiss,” a song by the Swedish pop musician Håkan Hellström that’s also covered on the album. The LP was recorded in Tallest Man on Earth songwriter Kristian Matsson’s native Sweden and in North Carolina between sessions for a new album of original songs. As Matsson shared in statement: This past year, I’ve spent a lot of time touring but also writing and recording an album that I’m wildly proud of and will see the light of day eventually. But in the small hours in between t...
Armenian Festival Urvakan Postponed Due to Conflict With Azerbaijan
The Armenian music festival Urvakan has postponed its 2022 edition after clashes broke out on the country’s border with Azerbaijan. Nicolás Jaar, Mulatu Astatke, Habibi Funk, and Aya had been among the slated performers for the event in the town of Dilijan. “The escalation of conflict on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan came as a shock to us,” the festival wrote in a statement. “Despite the fact that the sides have come to a ceasefire agreement, it is very hard to predict how this will continue to develop.” The statement continued, “This year we tried hard to relaunch Urvakan considering new realities that our region and the world are facing. While we were developing the festival some of its topics became even more real, and now we observe aggressive actions of authoritarian leade...
Mariah Carey Hints at Release for Secret 1995 Alt-Rock Album
Mariah Carey says she has unearthed the original version of her mythic 1995 alt-rock album—a version, believed lost, that features her own lead vocals. In a podcast interview with Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt, Carey hinted that she intends to release her version of Someone’s Ugly Daughter, and that she was also planning a related project, or perhaps an update of the album, with another artist. Asked how her search was going for the buried version of Someone’s Ugly Daughter, Carey told Hiatt, “We actually have it.” The unearthed version, she said, “will become something we should hear, but also, I’m working on a version where there will be another artist working with me…. Possibly something built around the album.” Back in 1995, Someone’s Ugly Daughter was eventually released overlaid ...
Metro Boomin Announces Upcoming Album ‘Heroes & Villains’
Metro Boomin will be delivering his highly-anticipated new album Heroes & Villains this November. The hip-hop producer announced the news of the forthcoming project on Friday, sharing a fiery teaser trailer. While the trailer doesn’t offer any information aside from the news of the album, fans can only hope Metro Boomin maintains the same hard-hitting energy he brought to Savage Mode II, his hit collaboration with Migos. Heroes & Villains marks Metro Boomin’s second full-length solo endeavor, due to arrive four years after his debut Not All Heroes Wear Capes. The 2018 platinum-certified LP packed in appearances from a star-studded roster of rappers including Drake, Travis Scott, Young Thug, Gunna, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane and Kodak Black. Metro Boomin’s new album Heroes & Villains...
Soulside Announce First Album in 33 Years, Share New Songs: Listen
Post-hardcore outfit Soulside have a new album on the way, their first full-length since 1989’s Hot Bodi-Gram. It’s titled A Brief Moment in the Sun, and it arrives November 18 via Dischord. They’ve shared two songs from the project: “Reconstruction,” and “Runner,” which comes with a video by the band’s drummer, Alexis Fleisig. Check them out with the album’s track list and a handful of upcoming tour dates below. Soulside formed in Washington, D.C. in 1985, dissolving in 1989 and reuniting in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. In 2020, they shared three new songs through a two-song 7″ single that came with a bonus track download. The band shared a statement about the creation of A Brief Moment in the Sun: We started writing the songs for A Brief Moment in the Sun in late 2020. It...
Jhené Aiko’s 2017 Sophomore Album ‘Trip’ Goes Platinum
Almost five years after its debut, Jhené Aiko’s Trip has been certified platinum by the RIAA, surpassing one million sales in the United States. Aiko dropped the project, her sophomore album, on September 22, 2017, succeeding her 2014 debut LP Souled Out and her collaborative effort with Big Sean Twenty88. Released via ARTium and Def Jam, the 22-track Trip features guest appearances from Sean, Rae Sremmurd, Kurupt, Brandy, Aiko’s own father and daughter and more. Trip was dedicated to Aiko’s late brother, and reflects Aiko’s struggles with depression in the aftermath of his death, as well as her past tumultuous relationships with men. “I always tell people when I lost my brother that was the biggest heartbreak, but it also taught me about life and death, Aiko told Billboard in 2017. “But a...
Latin’s Top Producers Talk Stepping Out of the Studio and Into the Spotlight
One of the biggest global hits of the year belongs to a mysterious, fast-rising 24-year-old Argentine producer. Bizarrap’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” — an electronica club banger featuring Spanish singer Quevedo — spent four weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Global 200 chart this summer and has quickly cemented the producer’s place alongside hit-makers like Tainy, Ovy on the Drums and Edgar Barrera. All four have helped pave the way for a new wave of Latin producers who are moving from behind the scenes and into the global spotlight. “It shows you in today’s world that consistency is more important than just a hit,” says Lex Borrero, Tainy’s longtime manager. “[Bizarrap] created a loyal fan base that led him to having the No. 1 record.” Bizarrap launched his music sessi...
R&B Group WanMor Signs With Mary J Blige’s Beautiful Life Productions
R&B quartet WanMor announced on Monday (Sept. 19) their new deal under Mary J Blige’s Beautiful Life Productions and 300 Entertainment. “There’s been so much conversation about the state of R&B and the next generation of R&B artists,” says Mary J. Blige. “This generation has been giving us great R&B, and that feeling, that soul, and that sound remains in our DNA. When we heard WanMor sing, we knew we could stop looking. They are IT! Supporting and cultivating true R&B talent is why I started Beautiful Life Productions, and I couldn’t be more proud to do this with these young men.” “WanMor is what we have been missing in music. There’s no one out like them,” says Kevin Liles, chairman & CEO of 300 Entertainment and Elektra Music Group. “It all comes down to their voi...
