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Watch Daniel Radcliffe Find His “My Bologna” Moment of Clarity in New Trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story arrives on the Roku Channel later this year, and the first full trailer dropped today (August 29). In addition to Daniel Radcliffe as the accordion star, the trailer features Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, and another quick look at Quinta Brunson’s Oprah Winfrey. “Weird Al” Yankovic himself makes an appearance as a music industry executive. Check it out below. Roku announced the Funny or Die–produced Weird in January, followed by short teasers about the project. Along with a graphic novel treatment of “Weird Al” Yankovic songs, a photo book titled Lights, Camera, Accordion! is slated to hit shelves later this year. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
This EDM Remix of the Viral “Corn Kid” Song Is A-Maize-Ing
There’s nothing corny about Tariq, the kid who has captured the hearts of millions after going viral for his love of corn. While EDM Twitter once again descended into a digital hellscape over the weekend, something much more wholesome was happening over on TikTok. It was the “Corn Kid” video, wherein Tariq can’t help but hide his excitement for the “big lump with knobs.” “Ever since I was told corn is real, it tasted good,” Tariq says in the viral video, which has been viewed over 53 million times on TikTok at the time of writing. “When I tried it with butter, everything changed.” DJ and dance music producer Kaivon decided to remix the music from the video and turn it into an electronic track that could cause utter corn-age a...
New Report Hints At What Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier Could Cost For Potential Users
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Netflix’s ad-supported tier is the movie streaming service’s worst-kept secret. A new report shows what it could cost when it finally launches. It looks like some users will get some strategically placed ads during their binging experience. A new Bloomberg report dropped details about Netflix’s ad-supported tier. According to the website, the new tier will cost between $7 and $9 per month, a significant price drop from its current $9.99, $15.49, and $19.99 offerings. Per the report shared on Friday (Aug.26), Netflix will sell approximately four minutes of ads per hour that would be placed ahead and in the middle of content. Bloomberg also reports that kid’s content or original movies will not see any ads, and it hopes to launch the ad-sup...
Usher Is ‘Blown Away’ After Becoming The First Featured Artist Of Twitter’s ‘Behind The Memes’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Denise Truscello / Getty Never let it be said that Usher Raymond doesn’t have a sense of humor about himself. In fact, the “You Got It Bad” singer appears to be thrilled that he’s the first celebrity to be spotlighted on “Behind the Memes,” which HuffPost described as “a new content series that is a twist on the popular ‘Behind the Tweets’ and highlights viral memes trending on the platform from the originators themselves.” The series was launched Wednesday, Aug. 24 and if features Black Twitter’s brightest and wittiest memes that hit the memes-o-sphere after Usher’s NPR “Tiny Desk” performance in June. “I was blown away. I was shocked. I was in Los Angeles somewhere,” Usher said describing through laughs how he felt when he first learned he was trending....
Sen. Lindsey Graham Says If Trump Prosecuted There Will Be “Riots In The Streets”
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 1 hour ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first B...
Notorious B.I.G. Mural In Brooklyn Vandalized
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty For years now Brooklyn went from the most thorough of borough’s to home of the hipsters. But over the weekend nothing has demonstrated just how much Kings County has changed than the defacement of a mural of The Notorious B.I.G. (for shame!). CBS News reported that over the weekend a beautifully made mural of the OG King of New York on the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill (not the one pictured) was vandalized. It’s so disrespectful to the culture that even the NYPD are on the case and are trying to track down the perps who played themselves bigly. The mural was done by artist Vincent Ballentine and unveiled back in March to mark the 25th anniversary of Biggie’s passing. Speaking to CBS, Ballentine says he pl...
Cleopatra Records Founder on How to Make It as an Indie Label for 30 Years
Goth, industrial, punk and space-rock fans were the first to discover Los Angeles’ Cleopatra Records in the 1990s. The independent upstart — formed in 1992 by Brian Perera — initially rode the second wave of goth music right into the bins of indie record stores and chains. During that decade, it presciently created electronic music label Hypnotic Records (in 1996) and hair metal imprint Deadline Music (1998) ahead of the EDM explosion and the hard rock revival. Perera noticed the electronic body music movement in Europe expanding into trance and big beat and licensed earlier releases by U.K. stars like Juno Reactor and The Future Sound of London. The business strategy of signing ’80s hard-rock groups for moderate advances with low expectations and then watching the genre revive worked out ...
Taylor Swift Announces New Album ‘Midnights’ at 2022 VMAs & Swifties Are in Shock: See the Fan Reactions
From getting interrupted onstage by Kanye West to winning video of the year in 2015 for “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift has a long history of making career-defining moments at the annual VMAs. But during Sunday night’s (Aug. 28) show, she eclipsed them all by taking video of the year — one of the biggest awards of the night — for her self-directed “All Too Well” music video and announcing her 10th studio album in one fell swoop. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This, of course, sent shockwaves into the Swiftie community, whose residents just a few hours prior weren’t even certain that the “I Bet You Think About Me” singer would even be attending this year’s VMAs. They’d also spent the past several months theorizing which of Swift’s rerec...
NFL’s First Head Of Music On Halftime Show Planning & Why They Don’t Pay Performers
Even before the National Football League announced that Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem would perform during the Pepsi-sponsored halftime show at Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, Seth Dudowsky knew he had a crucial sound issue to solve. One of his many responsibilities as the point person for the production at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., which would be seen by 103.4 million television viewers (and rack up more than 121 million YouTube views), was keeping the set list under wraps. The problem, however, was the venue, which is next door to the NFL’s Los Angeles-area headquarters where he works and is anything but soundproof. “It’s technically an outdoor stadium with a roof,” Dudowsky says. “So sound blows out the [open] sides of the stadium.” Knowing that medi...
Nicki Minaj, BLACKPINK, Anitta & More: Which 2022 VMAs Performance Was Your Favorite? Vote!
Another year, another MTV VMAs in the book. The annual music awards ceremony took off without a hitch on Sunday night (Aug. 28) and featured some of the most famous stars in pop music coming together to honor their achievements and perform their biggest hits on stage. But which performance was you favorite of the night? Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Prudential Center in New Jersey lit up Barbie pink for Nicki Minaj in honor of her receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the show, which saw the iconic rapper perform a medley of her biggest hits from “Super Bass” and “Moment for Life,” to her newer hits such as “Anaconda” and “Super Freaky Girl,” which recently hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The audience in the stadium shouted the lyrics...
Nicki Minaj Adds Remix of Skeng’s “Likkle Miss” to ‘Queen Radio: Volume 1’ Compilation LP
Nicki Minaj has added a new track to her Queen Radio: Volume 1 compilation album. Out now via Republic Records, the project marks the rapper’s first greatest hits LP, containing some of the best songs from her long-running career in the music industry. The album officially debuted on August 26, but Minaj returned on Sunday to tack on another single, a remix of Jamaican dancehall artist Skeng’s “Likkle Miss.” The song was released by Skeng with a music video at the beginning of July. Minaj teased that she was writing her own “Likkle Miss” verse ahead of dropping her iteration of the track. In addition to “Likkle Miss,” the 29-song project features older classics such as “Super Bass” and “Starships,” as well as “Truffle Butter” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne and a recent Rick James sample, “S...
Watch Nicki Minaj Perform Career-Spanning Video Vanguard Medley at VMAs 2022
Nicki Minaj performed at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards tonight (August 28) in Newark, New Jersey. She delivered a medley that included “Super Bass,” “Super Freaky Girl,” “Monster,” “Beez in the Trap,” “Anaconda,” “Chun-Li,” “Roman’s Revenge,” “Moment 4 Life,” “All Things Go,” and more. The Queen rapper also co-hosted the event and received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Watch it happen below. After insisting her assistant bring her a phone with some detailed notes. She thanked influences including Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh, as well as artists who gave her opportunities: Britney Spears, Rihanna, Madonna, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, and Eminem. She also shouted out her fans, plus Drake and the Young Money team. “I wish that Whitney H...
