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“Easily the Hardest Show We’ve Ever Pulled Off”: Watch RY X’s Mesmerizing Cercle Performance
In the latest imaginative masterstroke from Cercle, fans can journey through the vast sand dunes of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. Situated among the cavernous desert landscape of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, renowned singer-songwriter RY X delivered an awe-inspiring performance. Accompanied by musicians Gene Evaro Jr., Tim Gardner and a string quartet, RY X and his ensemble’s 90-minute performance is downright breathtaking. Aiming to showcase the world’s culture and heritage through the lens of captivating electronic music performances, Cercle has immersed music lovers in some of the world’s most magical locations. The company, which was honored in EDM.com‘s “Best of 2020: Industry Leaders” list, is revered for org...
Bearded Kanye West Talks Terminated Gap Deal on CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Brandon Magnus / Getty The lucrative partnership between Ye aka Kanye West and The Gap is now over after his declaration of intent to terminate the deal. He explained why in a recent interview. According to reports, West’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr. sent a letter to the retailer on Thursday. (September 14) informing them of the decision. The letter expresses the claim that the retailer has not lived up to the contractual obligations of the deal. Related Stories “Ye had diligently tried to work through these issues with Gap both directly and through counsel (but) he has gotten nowhere,” Gravante Jr. said in an interview with CBS MoneyWatch. “Gap left him no choice but to terminate their agreement.” He added that the artist would “promptly move forward t...
Backdoor 7’s?: Air Jordan 7 Gets Trophy Room Remix Treatment, Set To Drop In October
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Focus On Sport / Getty For a while now Marcus Jordan‘s Trophy Room sneaker boutique has been known to release some exclusive versions of popular retro Air Jordans, and while the shop has gotten much backlash for backdooring their exclusive releases, that’s not keeping them from continuing to remix the grails that we hold near and dear to our hearts. According to HypeBeast, the Trophy Room’s newest upcoming retro remix is in the form of the classic Air Jordan 7 which actually coincides with rumors that 2023 will be the year of the Air Jordan 7. Borrowing inspiration from the timeless “Olympic” Air Jordan 7’s that dropped in 1992 when the OG Dream Team ran roughshod through the ’92 Barcelona Olympics, the 2022 version features more red than white along with...
Cardi B Pleads Guilty To Assault In NYC Strip Club Brawl
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YUKI IWAMURA / Getty Cardi B appeared in a New York City courtroom to plead guilty to assault and reckless endangerment at a strip club in 2018 on Thursday. The Grammy Award-winning rapper appeared before Justice Michelle Johnson at the Queens Supreme Court on Thursday morning (Sept. 14) and pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree and reckless endangerment in the third degree. It was part of a deal Cardi B struck with the Queens District Attorney’s office after a year of back-and-forth negotiations. “No one is above the law,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to the press. “In pleading guilty today, Ms. Belcalis Almanzar and two co-defendants have accepted responsibility for their actions. This office is satisfied with the resolution, which...
Vegas Podcasts Offering $100K To Find Who Killed 2Pac
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty The shooting and subsequent death of famed rapper and actor 2Pac still remain a mystery among Hip-Hop circles. Now, a pair of podcasts is offering a six-figure payment for information leading to who carried out the crime. On September 11, The Problem Solver posted a video promising a $100,000 payout to anyone who had information on who shot 2Pac on that fateful day in 1996 in Las Vegas, Nev. Joining with The Problem Solver podcast in offering the cash is the Action Junkeez Podcast, with both sides combining $50,000 of their own cash for the effort. 2Pac, real name Tupac Shakur, was shot four times in a drive-by near the Las Vegas Strip after leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM grand. 2Pac would succumb to his wounds six ...
Montell Fish Releases Melodic Post-Break-Up Ballad “Hotel,” Announces First Headlining U.S. Tour
Less than two months following the release of his new album JAMIE, Montell Fish has returned with a new single. “Hotel” takes the singer’s unique gospel-infused style and directs it towards a darker subject matter: the vexation one grapples with in the aftermath of a relationship ending, after the initial pain begins to subside. “’Hotel’ is meant to represent the beginning of the next chapter after JAMIE, a kind of post-break-up anger,” Fish said. “Instead of soft, ambient guitars, I wanted to contrast it with dark heavy bass and a more rock guitar solo towards the end.” While Fish broke onto the scene in 2016 with EPs of Christian ballads recorded and produced from his own bedroom, JAMIE marked a reinvention for the young artist. As his first album, JAMIE sees a lovesick Fish eulogize the...
Rina Sawayama Approaches Pop-Punk With Raw Emotion on Accomplished Sophomore LP ‘Hold the Girl’
Rina Sawayama has come a long way since her eponymous 2020 debut. The nostalgic Y2K-inspired SAWAYAMA saw the British artist take on an eccentric and glamorous persona, threaded with vulnerable anecdotes about conflicts between herself and her family or friends. On her sophomore endeavor, out for steaming today, Sawayama has turned the lens entirely on herself, taking a poetic and layered approach to dissecting her own trauma and memories. In an interview with Pitchfork, the singer shared that she wrote all of the songs on the LP in just two months. Entitled Hold the Girl, the project takes its name from a term the singer invented in therapy to describe tending to her inner child. “Oftentimes when I’ve failed, I haven’t felt love from my family, and that’s been the big struggle,” Sawayama ...
deadmau5 and Kaskade Tease Debut Kx5 Album With Second Single, “Take Me High”: Listen
Since releasing their debut single, “Escape,” earlier this year, Kaskade and deadmau5 have kept fans on the edge of their seats as Kx5. Today the duo continued to reveal more about the direction of their joint venture by way of “Take Me High,” a stunning house record they teased during their EDC Las Vegas 2022 performance, Kx5’s first headlining set. “Take Me High” feels like a natural escalation of “Escape.” While the new track is more uptempo and club-focused, its haunting vocals, tense builds and dramatic crescendos are signatures of deadmau5 and Kaskade, who have perhaps signaled a stylistic trend for their collaborative nom de plume. Listen to “Take Me High” below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “Take Me High&#...
This Photography Series Transforms the Interiors of Instruments Into Stunning Architecture
A grand piano transformed into a cavernous grand hall; a clarinet reimagined as a majestically bottomless tunnel—with individual names like “The Cello Once Hit By a Train” and “The Exquisite Architecture of Steinway,” a new series of photographs by Charles Brooks turns the oft-overlooked interiors of instruments into majestic works of art. And it’s not just classic instruments that the New Zealand photographer highlights in “Architecture in Music.” Others include an Australian didgeridoo hollowed out by termites, a 1780-era cello (which, yes, was once hit by a train) and a wooden flute crafted out of local New Zealand timber. Charles Brooks. Charles Brooks/Facebook To create each image, Brooks uses specialized lenses to capture hundreds of photogra...
Watch SOFI TUKKER Perform DJ Set In a Helicopter Flying Over New York City
To celebrate the release of their new single, “Summer In New York,” SOFI TUKKER went above and beyond—literally. The duo took to the skies to perform a DJ set from a helicopter while flying over New York City. The recording of the 40-minute set includes a host of tracks off their scintillating sophomore album, WET TENNIS, as well as remixes by the likes of Claptone, LP Giobbi and J. Worra. Sultry house drops, fist-pumping basslines and Sophie Hawley-Weld’s infectious smile and finger snaps are all paired with sweeping, sky-high views of the City That Never Sleeps. The pair provide details about “Summer in New York” throughout, as well as introduce special songs and shout out their collaborators. “If I make any weird faces, it’s R...
Cardi B Pleads Guilty to 2018 Misdemeanor Assault Charges
Cardi B pleaded guilty to two charges in a New York court today, ending a case brought in 2019 when she was implicated in two 2018 fights at New York strip clubs. Formally, she pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree. The judge sentenced the rapper to 15 days of community service; Cardi B was also handed a three-year full order of protection for the two victims and court fees, according to the Queens district attorney’s office. In a statement, Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, wrote, “Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions. As a mother, it’s a practice that I am trying to instill in my children, but the example starts with me. I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid t...
iLe Announces New Album Nacarile, Shares New Song “Traguito”
iLe has announced her third album Nacarile. It’s out October 21 via Sony U.S. Latin. The lead single “Traguito,” out today, features Chilean icon Mon Laferte. “I like iLe’s voice, it has a lot of personality and I really enjoy the type of music that she makes,” Mon Laferte said in a statement. “Although the song was already in the works, iLe invited me to write a new part of it so it was a challenge to add something more to a story that already existed. Thank you iLe, I enjoyed the process and I hope everyone enjoys the final recording as much as I do.” Hear it below. The album features her previously released single “En Cantos” with Natalia LaFourcade. The title of the album is both a reference to iLe’s name and the Puerto Rican colloquialism “nacarile del oriente,” an exc...
