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Quavo Pays Tribute to Takeoff in Emotional Track “Without You”
Quavo is remembering his nephew and Migos collaborator Takeoff in a moving new single, “Without You.” He shared a link to the song on social media on Wednesday evening, along with the message “Long Live Take Infinity.” Takeoff, whose real name is Kirsnick Khari Ball, was tragically shot and killed on November 1 at a bowling alley in Houston during a private party. He was 28-years-old and had just released his collaborative album, Only Built for Infinity Links, the month prior. “Tears rollin’ down my eyes / Can’t tell you how many times I cried (Can’t tell you how many times I cried,” Quavo raps in the intro verse. “Days ain’t the same without you / I don’t know if I’m the same without you.” In an accompanying video, Quavo sits alone in the recording studio and smokes while quietly reflecti...
Fake Florida Doctor Malachi Love-Robinson Sentenced To Prison Time…Again!
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ihor Lukianenko / Getty Malachi Love-Robinson, the fake teen doctor from Florida who has been arrested so many times he might as well start renting Air BnB cells at the local county jail is now 25 years old and, well, he’s still getting himself locked up for being a grifter. According to NBC News, Malachi Love-Robinson pleaded guilty in Palm Beach County, Florida, to charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, and he was sentenced to two years and four months in prison. Love-Robinson pleaded guilty, specifically, to stealing more than $10,000 from his employer. From NBC: Court documents show that in 2020, Robinson was working as a salesperson for a company that connects shippers with trucking companies. Instead of having customers make p...
French Montana Announces ‘Coke Boys 6’ Project As ‘Gangsta Grillz’ Mixtape
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty French Montana already has his work plotted for 2023. DJ Drama has announced the newest Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Coke Boys 6. As spotted on Hypebeast the Bronx, New York native is taking it back to the streets. On Monday, Jan. 2 the producer shared a teaser for the project on Instagram. The visual shows French casually walking into a private jet with the introduction to an unnamed song. “2023 New Year…Same Hustle Droppin 1/6,” Drama wrote as the caption. “@frenchmontana ‘Coke Boys 6…Money Heist Edition’ Gangsta Grillz…I Gave Yall A Chance To Catch Up…What Happened,” the caption read. The tape seems to be a group effort as several of his Coke Boy collaborators are featured on the cover art inclining the late great Chinx Drugz and the inca...
Quentin Miller Says He Never Got Publishing After Writing For Drake
HipHopWired Featured Video Quentin Miller has opened up more about his time assisting Drake and the OVO camp with songwriting duties over the past year, doing so again in a new interview. In the chat, the Atlanta native revealed that his publishing deal made it so that he never received any checks for his work on Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late project. Quentin Miller sat down with VladTV to discuss the issue at hand and it appears to be just a portion of a more extended conversation. In one clip, Miller explains how OG Maco was the person who informed Meek Mill that Miller was the alleged ghostwriter in Drake’s camp, making for a number of uncomfortable situations for Miller going forward. Beyond that, Miller shared that a lopsided publishing deal with Tricky Stewart didn’t w...
Vic Mensa Part Of Major Effort To Bring Drinking Water To Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Vic Mensa is not new to using his platform to help the less fortunate and does so once again for natives of his father’s homeland. The Chicago rapper is heading a major effort to bring drinking water to his ancestral village in Ghana by way of his nonprofit. Vic Mensa, 29, shared in a statement from a story published by Billboard that his nonprofit, Let Them Drink Water, will bring clean drinking water to his family’s village and other surrounding areas. “We’re building 3 Boreholes in different communities in Ghana to provide clean drinking water; the first being the Asokore Zongo in Koforidua where my family lives, which is already built. The other locations are a nearby community called Efiduase and then our ancestral village in the Volta Region Amedzope,” Mens...
Five Highly Anticipated Rap Projects We Know (or Think) Will Drop in 2023
If you’re wondering which rapper will deliver your 2023 soundtrack, we’ve got a few ideas. While 2022 brought us eagerly awaited albums from stars including Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T, who both made Billboard‘s year-end hip-hop albums list, MCs like Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Drake, J. Cole, A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti have all alluded to new projects arriving in 2023. Some have confirmed it outright in open forums like Reddit, while others have taken a more subtle approach — like completely wiping their Instagram feeds, or casually name-dropping an album title. No matter the approach, we’ve rounded up five highly anticipated rap projects that we know (or think) will drop this year. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Travis Scott, Utopia Travis ...
Kelly Clarkson Is Hopelessly ‘Lost in the Fifties’ in Stunning Ronnie Milsap Cover: Watch
Kelly Clarkson took viewers back a few decades with her latest Kellyoke segment. For Thursday’s (Jan. 5) episode of her namesake show, the American Idol season one champ traded her sweetness for something a bit more nostalgic. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The “Since U Been Gone” singer, accompanied by her band Y’all, opened up the talk show with a cover of Ronnie Milsap’s “Lost in the Fifties Tonight.” The band kept things jazzy on the instrumentals, allowing for Clarkson’s voice to glide on the melody and allow her signature robust tone and vocal runs to steal the show. “In the still of the night/ Hold me, darlin’, hold me tight, oh/ So real, so right/ I’m lost in the fifties tonight,” the vocalist sang, with a classy saxophone addi...
Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Debbie Harry Team For ‘Gonna Be You’ Single
A superstar A-team of iconic singers have teamed up for the upcoming single “Gonna Be You.” The Diane Warren-written song featuring Dolly Parton, Go-Gos singer Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Blondie’s Debbie Harry will be released on Jan 20 in advance of the upcoming Paramount Pictures road trip comedy 80 For Brady. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “When I wrote ‘Gonna Be You’ for 80 FOR BRADY, I wanted to write a song that celebrated these women’s deep friendship,” said Warren in a statement. “Since 80 was in the title I got a crazy idea, why not get some of the most iconic singers from the 80s, who are still amazing and always will be, to all sing it?!!!! Everyone I approached said yes and was just as excited as m...
Shania Twain Reveals How She & Harry Styles Became Friends ‘Before He Really Blew Up’
Harry Styles completely surprised his fans last April when he brought out the one and only Shania Twain as a guest performer at Coachella. But it turns out, the two go way back. In a recent appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Twain opened up about how her friendship with the 28-year-old “As It Was” singer began long before their partnership at the music festival. “He was playing a show in New York,” she explained on Wednesday (Jan. 4). “This is before he really blew up.” “I went backstage to meet him became,” she continued. “We became texting friends.” Later, the “You’re Still the One” musician was asked by Styles to wish his mom a happy birthday over the phone, she recalled. “‘My mom was a big influence on me and why I grew up with your music,’” Twain remembered Styles...
Miley Cyrus Announces Eighth Studio LP ‘Endless Summer Vacation’
Miley Cyrus describes her next album as a “love letter to LA.” Endless Summer Vacation, slated to drop on March 10 via Columbia Records, is the follow-up to 2020’s pop-rock Plastic Hearts. The album was recorded in the city to which it was dedicated and produced by Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin, Mike WiLL Made-It and Tyler Johnson. Cyrus bills it as a “very personal” project that finds her at “strongest and most confident.” The album is reflective of “the strength she’s found in focusing on both her physical and mental well-being,” she says. A trailer for Endless Summer Vacation, over which the singer reads a spoken word poem, features sunny cuts of Cyrus laying by the pool before cutting to her vibing out at night. The first single from the album is called “Flowers” and will drop next Friday,...
Nirvana, The Supremes, Slick Rick and More To Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Recording Academy on Thursday announced its latest slate of Life Achievement Award recipients. This year, the honorary Grammys will go to Nirvana, The Supremes, Ma Rainey and Slick Rick, as well as Nile Rodgers, Bobby McFerrin and Heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. The highly-coveted trophies will be presented to each winner at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on February 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Marking the ceremony’s first iteration since 2020, the Special Merit Awards will commence just one day prior to the 65th annual Grammy Awards. At the event, the academy will present additional awards, including the Trustees Award, which will go to Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, jazz pianist and teacher Ellis Marsalis and music phot...
Frankie Rose Announces First Album in 6 Years, Shares Song: Listen
Frankie Rose—who previously played in Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, and Crystal Stilts—has announced her first solo album in six years. Love as Projection is out March 10 via Slumberland. Today, Rose has released lead single “Anything,” which you can check out below. Scroll down to view the tracklist. Rose’s last full-length, Cage Tropical, came out in 2017. That same year, she released a full-album cover of the Cure’s 1980 record Seventeen Seconds. Prior to Cage Tropical, Rose issued her 2012 solo album Interstellar and 2013’s Herein Wild, as well as Careers, the 2014 LP by her band Beverly. Along with the new album, Frankie Rose has a pair of tour dates in the near future: She’ll play Montreal’s Casa del Popolo on February 11 and Brooklyn’s Union Pool on March 11. All products f...
