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Images Of eBay x Nike SB Dunk Low “Sandy Bodecker” Have Leaked & Umm…
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @zsneakerheadz / Instagram The Nike SB Dunk has been the hottest sneaker out in these streets for the past few years. While we continue to get bombarded by new and sometimes unnecessary colorways, the latest eBay SB Dunk might be the most struggle of them all, respectfully. HypeBeast is reporting that pics of the upcoming SB Dunk have leaked and well… how ’bout them Yankees?! Aaron Judge, am I right?! Rumored to be stocking at a measly 8,000 pairs, the eBay x Nike SB Dunk Low “Sandy Bodecker” features the recognizable eBay colors of blue, yellow, green and red in patent leather over a white leather base which “resembles one of the three models in the series, which was given to the late and influential Sandy Bodecker in 2008 when he retired.” But that’s no...
‘MyPillow’ Founder Mike Lindell Says Feds Liberated Him Of His Phone At Hardee’s Drive-Thru
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The man behind the MyPillow company and one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, announced that federal agents ran up on him at a Hardee’s drive-thru and took his phone. Mike Lindell, a prominent advocate for Trump and a major spreader of misinformation about the 2020 presidential election, spoke of the encounter at a Hardee’s restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota in a video post on his Internet show, “The Lindell Report” on Tuesday (Sept. 13). “We pulled through the drive-thru, they take the order, we pull up, and she says pull ahead,” Lindell says before going on to note that another car pulled up next to them. “These are either bad guys or the FBI.’ Well, it turns out they were the FBI.” At that point, the feder...
Star-Studded Power 105.1 ‘Powerhouse ’22’ Lineup Revealed; Fivio Foreign, Kodak Black Headlining
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It’s that time of the year for Power 105’s annual Powerhouse concert and for 2022, it’s boasting a pretty deep lineup that’s sure to hit a few dingers out of the park. Produced by Live Nation, Powerhouse ’22 will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. EST at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, and will feature Hip-Hop’s heavyweights such as the current King of New York Drill Rap, Fivio Foreign, Kodak Black (unless he gets arrested again), Moneybagg Yo, and Tems. Related Stories Keep in mind these are the artists that have been locked down so far, so expect more names to be added to the festivities taking place next month at the Prudential Center. “We’re thrilled to celebrate the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B again this year ...
Malcolm X Named 1st Black Nebraska Hall of Fame Honoree
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty After a long period where he was deemed too controversial for consideration, Malcolm X is now the first Black member to be inducted into Nebraska’s Hall of Fame. The board of commissioners for the organization unanimously granted the honor to the late civil rights icon on Monday (Sept. 12th) after an initial 4-3 vote. The honor comes 18 years after his initial nomination in 2004. He would be passed over, with the committee at that time, nominating the late Senator Kenneth Wherry who was a controversial choice due to his isolationist beliefs and his obsession with rooting out suspected Communists and gay people from government in the 1940s and 1950s. Related Stories That selection would later be thrown out due to a committee violatio...
Bomba Estéreo and Manu Chao Release New Song “Me Duele”
Bomba Estéreo have shared a new song in collaboration with Manu Chao. “Me Duele” was made in Liliana Saumet’s home studio on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Give it a listen below. “We are very happy to collaborate with one of the greatest artists ever,” Bomba Estéreo’s Simon Mejia said in a statement. “This song was created during a wonderful organic collaboration. It’s a song about how pain can always find its relief during difficult times and life can come back to its essential beauty.” Following the release of their 2021 album Deja, Bomba Estéreo collaborated with Bad Bunny on his new song “Ojitos Lindos.” Find the band’s tour schedule below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Bomba Estéreo: 09-16 Orlando, FL – Plaza Live09-17 Miami...
Pitchfork Announces the 1990s Karaoke Party
Desperate to scream “You Oughta Know” in front of a crowd so loudly your ex will hear it? Think the world needs to hear your Mariah Carey impression? Dying to do a “The Boy Is Mine” duet with your bestie? Join Pitchfork and The Kings of Karaoke on Tuesday, September 27 at the Woods (48 S. 4th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn) for an epic ’90s karaoke party. This 21+ event is free and open to the public—no RSVP necessary, but it’s first come, first serve. The party starts at 8 p.m. The party kicks off a month of ’90s fun here on Pitchfork. Starting on September 26, and continuing throughout October, we’ll celebrate the music of the decade with a series of lists, features, and interviews. (Take our poll to tell us your favorite albums and songs of the 1990s here. The poll closes on Sunday, Sept...
Hammered Hulls Announce Debut Album, Share New Song “Rights and Reproductions”
Hammered Hulls—the band of bassist Mary Timony, vocalist Alec MacKaye, guitarist Mark Cisneros, and drummer Chris Wilson—have announced their debut LP, Careening, with the new song “Rights and Reproductions.” The album is due out October 28 via Dischord. Check out the album artwork, tracklist, and “Rights and Reproductions” below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Produced by Ian MacKaye and engineered by Don Zientara at Inner Ear in Arlington, Virginia, Careening is likely to be the last album recorded and mixed at the storied recording studio, which shut down in October 2021. (Hammered Hulls began work on Careening prior to the pandemic and finished the record in the summer and autumn of last year.) Hammered Hulls released their first three songs—“Wr...
Nicki Minaj Sues Blogger Who Called Her a “Cokehead”
Nicki Minaj has sued a blogger and podcaster who goes by the name “Nosey Heaux,” TMZ reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. Nosey Heaux, whose real name is Marley Green, apparently released a video in which she called Minaj a “cokehead” who was “shoving all this cocaine up her nose.” The rapper is claiming that the clip is defamatory. According to the lawsuit, the video received 260 retweets and roughly 2,000 likes and also included “vile comments” about Minaj’s son. The lawsuit alleges that Nosey Heaux was acting under direction from an unnamed rival of Minaj, “mistakenly believing that she and [Minaj] are stars of equal stature,” in a “hopeless effort to advance her career” at Minaj’s expense. Minaj, who says she has never used cocaine, is seeking $75,000 in damages. When rea...
Rolling Loud Is Headed to Thailand in 2023
Rolling Loud has hit major cities across the United States, Australia, Canada, Portugal and the Netherlands since its inaugural event in 2015. Next year, the hip-hop festival will take place in Thailand for its first iteration in Asia. Scheduled for April 2023, the festival will spotlight some of the most exciting Thai and Asian artists in the music industry. While the location of the festival has yet to be disclosed, festival co-founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif said that it will take place in a picturesque location. “We’re proud and honored to have Thailand host our first festival in Asia,” Zingler and Cherif said. “Rolling Loud has been looking to expand to Asia for a while, and we’re confident that Thailand is the perfect setting. Our local partners are pulling out all the stops t...
Alec Benjamin Talks Struggles with Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
[embedded content] Pop artist Alec Benjamin has given everything to music over the last decade on his path to mainstream success. The Arizona native started in the industry by promoting his music in parking lots of popular concert venues but made his mainstream debut in the late 2010s. In 2019, the singer/songwriter teamed up with Alessia Cara for the multi-platinum single “Let Me Down Slowly,” which landed on the Billboard Hot 100. Earlier this year, Benjamin released his highly anticipated sophomore album, (Un)Commentary, which features introspective tracks like “Devil Doesn’t Bargain,” “Hill I Will Die On,” and “Hipocrite.” Benjamin is no stranger to vulnerability in his music and prefers to let his mental state dictate the type of songs he creates. The first track from his debut album,...
Mayyas Gives an Otherworldly Performance for ‘America’s Got Talent’ Finals
Mayyas hit the stage of the America’s Got Talent finals on Tuesday night (Sept. 13) for a performance that was nothing short of magical. The all-female Lebanese dance team began the number in a surprising formation created to look like one single dancer was wearing a giant gown made out of white feathers — only for the makeshift dress to come alive as the rest of the members revealed themselves beneath it, controlling each feather according to the movements of the lead dancer. Dressed in traditional gold belly-dancing ensembles and glittering face jewelry, the dancers then spread out across the stage in a new formation waving glowing orbs of light in their hands. Combined with the traditional Lebanese music and colorful backdrop of outer space, the result was mysterious, thrilling and awe-...
Simon Cowell Tried to Grab ‘…Baby One More Time’ From Britney Spears By Offering Max Martin a Mercedes
What kind of world would it be if Britney Spears‘ debut single wasn’t “… Baby One More Time?” That impossible-to-image parallel universe would have become a reality if Simon Cowell had had his way. In an interview with the British music mogul/reality singing judge on the latest episode of his America’s Got Talent co-star Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Cowell revealed that he once offered the song’s producer/writer Max Martin a brand-new Mercedes for the track. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I had a boy band at the time called Five, who I’d put together, we were just on the verge of breaking them from America,” Cowell told Mandel of the five-piece London act he signed to BMG/RCA. “Someone phones me from America and says I’ve j...
