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Nicki Minaj Breaks Yet Another Spotify Record With “Super Freaky Girl”
Nicki Minaj continues to prove that she is a true queen of her profession, setting yet another Spotify record with her new track, “Super Freaky Girl.” Off of her new album Queen Radio: Volume 1, the immediate hit has been a confirmed record breaker, making the OG Barbie the fastest solo female rap song to accumulate 100 streams on the music platform. Just last month, the track made history debuting atop the Billboard Hot 100. The song also gave Nicki her first No. 1 hit as a solo artist, as well as becoming the first chart-toping debut for any female solo rap artist since 1998. Earlier last week, Nicki tweeted and acknowledged the success of “Super Freaky Girl” as it topped five weeks in the global Spotify Charts, sustaining its streaming margins since the release. She writes, “5 weeks in?...
Dre London Provides Update on Post Malone After On-Stage Injury
Post Malone‘s manager Dre London has shared an update on the artist after he fell on stage during his show in St. Louis. Taking to Instagram to address his fans, London confirmed that Posty is in good condition and did not suffer from a major injury, “[Malone] didn’t break 3 ribs lastnite thank god.” He continued, “We did X-rays @ hospital after the show & they declared he had bruised his ribs! In true Posty fashion loving his fans he finished the show! I truly don’t know any artist like him.” London further stated that the artist is more than adamant on continuing his twelve carat toothache tour, asking fans to “keep him in our thoughts as we know he will wake up in pain.” Posty was performing his hit single “Circles” when he took the fall, later explaining that he didn’t notice ...
Post Malone Receives Medical Attention After Onstage Fall in St. Louis
Post Malone is currently on tour in support of his latest album Twelve Carat Toothache, and at his show on Saturday, September 17 in St. Louis, the vocalist stumbled over an opening on stage and injured himself, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and TMZ report. Midway through his song “Circles,” the R&B singer tripped and partially fell into an onstage opening that had been used to move his guitar, but hadn’t been fully closed. Medics rushed to the stage and brought the musician into their care, and after a 15-minute period, he returned to the stage and apologized to fans for the incident. “St. Louis, I’m so fucking sorry I ruined the show tonight, ladies and gentleman,” he said. “I promise next time I come around, I won’t fucking wreck y’alls night, I’m sorry for that. That being said, I wa...
Art Rosenbaum, Ethnomusicologist Behind Iconic Field Recordings, Dies at 83
Art Rosenbaum, the painter and folk musician known for sharing field recordings from across the spectrum of American folk music, has died, The New York Times reports. Rosenbaum’s death was confirmed by his son, Neil Rosenbaum, who told the paper that he died of complications from cancer on September 4, 2022 in Athens, Georgia. He was 83 years old. An influential figure in the American folk revival of the 1960s, Rosenbaum’s field recordings have been celebrated alongside the work of Alan Lomax and Pete Seeger, a hero of Rosenbaum’s since childhood. His recordings—which saw widespread release on collections including Dust-to-Digital’s The Art of Field Recording and Smithsonian Folkways’ *Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia—capture the intimate acoustic env...
Opry Milestones: Chapel Hart Makes Debut Performance, Jeannie Seely Celebrates 55 Years of Membership
In a matter of weeks, familial country music trio Chapel Hart have gone from earning the group Golden Buzzer from the judges of America’s Got Talent and making it all the way to the show’s finale, to making a triumphant, tear-filled Grand Ole Opry debut performance on Saturday evening (Sept. 17). The Mississippi-born trio — sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their cousin Trea Swindle — previously released the albums Out The Mud (2019) and The Girls Are Back in Town (2021). Their three-song Opry debut earned the trio three standing ovations and fervent cheers from the Opry crowd. On Tuesday evening (Sept. 13), the three-piece performed the patriotic number “American Pride” during the AGT finale, but were overcome by emotion during the show and battled vocal issues throughout the performance...
Fans Choose BLACKPINK’s ‘Born Pink’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
BLACKPINK‘s latest album, Born Pink, has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Sept. 16) on Billboard, choosing the K-pop girl group’s second full-length project as their favorite new music release of the past week. Born Pink beat out new music by Charlie Puth (“I Don’t Think That I Like Her”), Marcus Mumford (self-titled), Rina Sawayama (Hold the Girl), Fletcher (Girl of My Dreams), Maggie Lindemann (Suckerpunch), and others. In addition to its popular lead single “Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK’s follow-up to 2020’s The Album boasts second track “Shut Down” (with its Easter egg-filled music video), surprise Rosé solo cut “Hard to Love,” stunning ballad “The Happiest Girl,” and previously unreleased fan-favorite track “Ready to Love.” “Pink Venom” netted ...
Jack Kerouac’s Musical Side Celebrated on His Centennial With Help From His Friend, 91-Year-Old Pioneer David Amram
A Friday (Sept. 16) concert at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan was centered around 100 years of Beat Generation writer/poet Jack Kerouac, but the more mind-boggling number at hand that night was 65; it had been that many years since one of the night’s performers, David Amram, pioneered improvisational jazz poetry at an art gallery just blocks away back in 1957 alongside the On the Road author. And even though more years have passed in the interim than Kerouac spent on earth, the 91-year-old Amram remains agile on everything from the piano to the pan flute while effortlessly scatting out witty bon mots at the drop of a hat. Alongside Latin jazz maestro Bobby Sanabria, Amram was toasting the legacy of his late friend and collaborator as part of The Village Trip, an annual festival celebrating the ric...
2022 Life Is Beautiful: Gorillaz, Lorde & More Best Moments From Day 2
Day two of Life Is Beautiful, the three-day music, art, comedy and food festival that enraptures 18 blocks of downtown Las Vegas, produced electrifying performances from Gorillaz, Lorde, Coi Leray, Bob Moses and Orange County comedy bros Chad and JT. Saturday’s (Sept. 17) theme of the day-to-night gathering of 170,000 attendees seemed to be ultimate fan interaction as many took their magic from the stage to the crowd. The day kicked off with Chad Kroeger and JT Parr from the Netflix hit Chad & JT Go Deep spreading their stoke inside the Kicker Comedy Club. Life Is Beautiful’s comedy platform has flourished since its introduction in 2016, welcoming the likes of Michelle Wolf, Bob the Drag Queen, Sam Jay and Nico Santos. Occupying the first performance slot of the day, Chad a...
Giveaway: Win a Free Stateroom On Groove Cruise Cabo, Meet-and-Greet With Joel Corry
Departing from Los Angeles and sailing to Cabo San Lucas, Groove Cruise Cabo is making its long-awaited return six years since its last sail. Scheduled for October 19-24, 2022, the floating festival is scheduled to take place on the Norwegian Jewel, a towering, luxurious cruise ship. The five-day event will feature a bevy of high-profile DJ sets from some of the scene’s most beloved dance music artists, like Claude VonStroke, Gareth Emery, Green Velvet, Said The Sky, Blond:ish, HALIENE and EDM.com Class inductees ACRAZE and Blanke, among others. Groove Cruise Cabo 2022 Lineup. Groove Cruise As part of Groove Cruise Cabo’s programming, attendees will have the chance to take part in a wide variety of nautical activities, all of which will include participation from...
HHW Gaming: Twitter Says Its A Wrap For Whoever Leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Gameplay Footage
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / Grand Theft Auto 6 Yup, it’s true. Gameplay footage from Rockstar Games’ highly-anticipated video game, Grand Theft Auto 6, has leaked online. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier confirmed the clips floating around online from the GTA 6 leak are authentic through his Rockstar Games sources. Initially, PC Gamer dropped the news that a user on the GTA Forums dropped a 3GB file full of 90 videos of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage. It remains unclear how the footage was obtained, but the user, “teapotuberhacker,” who shared the file, also claims to be behind the recent and unrelated massive Uber data breach. The hacker also threatens to “leak more data soon,” including other things like GTA V and GTA VI source code, assets, and testin...
Flume Whips Up Audiovisual Feast on “Palaces” Tour
Flume puts picky hearts at ease by rolling out a buffet of a concert experience on the Palaces Tour. It’s often said you eat with your eyes first—Flume introduces sound sensory to the mix. There are flavors for every guest at the Palaces tour: nostalgic or romantic soundbites, raw or complex servings. There is something to satiate you no matter your tastes. In Vancouver, A.G. Cook, QUIET BISON and Prospa whipped up appetizers before Flume stepped up to the turntables. Flume transformed the PNE Amphitheatre into a racetrack, a psychedelic forest, a horror movie and everything else his heart desired. Flume, appropriately wearing a Motocross suit, revved the crowd up with a high-octane, race-themed intro before diving deep into the recipe bag. He immediately set the tone for a fun-fille...
Ludacris Manager Chaka Zulu Charged With Murder in Atlanta Shooting
Ludacris’ longtime manager Chaka Zulu (born Ahmed Obafemi) has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, simple battery, and more, Variety and CNN report. The charges stem from an incident at the APT 4B restaurant in Atlanta this past June in which three men were shot. Officers arrived at the scene and took the three men to the hospital, where 23-year-old victim Artez Jamil Benton later died. In the following weeks, Obafemi was identified as a suspect, with police obtaining warrants for his arrest. He turned himself in voluntarily on September 13 and posted the $200,000 bail later that day. He was arrested on charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and simple battery. On September 17, Obafemi’s lawyer Gabe Banks posted a statemen...
