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NYC MTA Announces Plans To Provide Cellular Service Between Train Stops
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty Soon New Yorkers will be able to stay social while traveling underground. The New York City MTA is working on providing service for locals in between train stops. As per Gothamist New York will have bars no matter what iron horse they ride. The Metropolitan Transit Authority is once again partnering with 5G wireless infrastructure vendor Transit Wireless to ensure connectivity no matter where commuters are in their public transportation journey. “Bringing cell connectivity to the tunnels between stations and Wi-Fi to above-ground stations is a major step forward in enhancing transit riders’ experience,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement. “And the deal MTA has landed will also help the MTA’s bottom line – a majo...
HHW Gaming: ‘Prey’s Director Reveals How The Movie Was Influenced By 2018’s ‘God of War’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hulu / Prey The Predator film franchise is getting a hard reset with the upcoming film Prey, and surprisingly it also draws some inspiration from 2018’s God of War. Kratos’ Legendary Gear From 2018’s God of War Inspired Weapons In Prey The latest film in The Predator franchise, Prey, takes the big game hunting alien 300 years back to the past before he encounters Arnold Scwarzhegger’s Dutch. Instead, the iconic movie monster will face Naru (Amber Midthunder), a member of the Comanche Nation who tracks and hunts the Predator to protect her tribe. Related Stories Speaking with Cassius Life’s Bernard “Beanz” Smalls Trachtenberg revealed it was challenging keeping the Predator technology advanced at the same time, showing its weaponry isn’t on the level of ot...
Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Overtakes ‘Encanto’ as 2022’s Most Popular Album in U.S.
Bad Bunny’s smash album Un Verano Sin Ti has overtaken the Encanto soundtrack as the most popular album of 2022, according to Luminate. Released on May 6, Un Verano Sin Ti has now earned 1.606 million equivalent album units in the U.S., through the week ending July 21. It surpasses the Encanto soundtrack, which is now the year’s No. 2 most popular set, with 1.565 million units earned in 2022. Earlier in July, when Luminate (whose data powers Billboard’s charts) released its midyear data (reflecting the tracking period of Dec. 30, 2021-June 30, 2022), Encanto was the top album, while the all-Spanish-language Un Verano Sin Ti was the second-biggest set. Equivalent album units comprise traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equa...
Get Lifted With Full Northern Nights 2022 Sets From Qrion, Two Feet & More
The 2022 incarnation of California’s Northern Nights festival had the distinction of being the first-ever U.S. festival with multiple onsite dispensaries, meaning that the boutique show’s 7,000 attendees had myriad ways to get lifted during the woodsy three-day affair. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Taking place this past July 15-17 in Piercy, Calif. — at the center of Northern California’s Emerald Triangle, the United States’ largest cannabis-producing region made up of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties — Northern Nights 2022 featured cannabis-related activities and legal cannabis consumption within the festival grounds, in areas compliant with local and state regulations. (Attendees have been able to legally purchase and consume canna...
Rap on Capitol Hill: Proposed Federal Law Would Ban Lyrics From Criminal Cases
A proposed law introduced in Congress on Tuesday (July 27) would heavily restrict when federal prosecutors can cite rap lyrics as evidence during a criminal case, mirroring recent efforts in California and New York to limit the increasingly controversial practice. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (RAP Act) would sharply limit when any form of creative or artistic expression could be used as evidence against the person who created it. “Our judicial system disparately criminalizes Black and brown lives, including Black and brown creativity,” Bowman said in a statement announcing the bill. “We cannot imprison our talented artists for expressing their experiences nor will we let their creativity be suppressed.” The bi...
Beyoncé Unveils Three New Versions of Her Ethereal ‘Renaissance’ Cover
Beyoncé is just days away from unveiling her much-anticipated seventh studio album — her first since 2016’s Lemonade. The aptly titled Renaissance is led by a whimsical cover art of Queen Bey with long blonde hair, saddled on a glowing silver horse. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While the album is set to arrive on Friday (July 29), the “Formation” singer surprised fans two days before by revealing three more shots from her cover art photoshoot. In the snaps, Bey is seen on the same silver horse, moving her hands in different directions. See the poses on the homepage of Beyoncé’s website here. In the post revealing the Renaissance art, Bey gave some insight on her intention while creating her upcoming album. “Creating this al...
Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino Sings the National Anthem at a Dodgers Game
Last night (July 26), the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium, and, before the game began, famed Angeleno Bethany Cosentino sang the national anthem. The Best Coast songwriter announced the performance earlier this month on her official social channels, where she posted a baseball card–like image of her batting in a Dodgers uniform. Watch Cosentino sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” below. (The Dodgers lost the game 8-3.) “Let’s play ball babes ⚾️🧢!!! ever wanted to see me belt it out at a freaking @dodgers game!? well now you can,” she wrote. “I’m hyperventilating a bit omg. it’s time for dodger baseball!!!” In a later post, Cosentino called the occasion “a little baseball girl’s dreams come true.” Best Coast’s latest album, A...
Listen to the New Young Dolph Song “Hall of Fame”
A new Young Dolph song has been released. The single, “Hall of Fame,” arrives on what would have been the Memphis rapper’s 37th birthday. Hear the track, produced by Bandplay, below. Young Dolph was shot and killed in November 2021 at the age of 36. A street in Memphis has since been renamed to honor Dolph, and Paper Route Empire released the tribute compilation Long Live Young Dolph. Last week, one of the songs from the album—Chitana’s “Love for Me”—got a new music video featuring footage of Dolph. Read “Remembering Young Dolph, a Rapper of Uncommon Generosity” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Rina Sawayama Announces U.S. Tour, Shares New Song “Hold the Girl”
Rina Sawayama has released a new song called “Hold the Girl.” The title track from her upcoming album, the single premiered on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 show Future Sounds, and the vocalist sat down with Amfo to discuss the song. “‘Hold the Girl’ was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020,” she said in the interview. “I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song… that was the start of [the writing process for the album]. I was crying before going into the studio to write about it.” Sawayama has also announced that she’ll be heading out on a North American tour following the release of Hold the Girl. She’ll perform in 13 venues across the United States, kicking things off at Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner before trekking up and down the East Coast, ...
Watch the New Trailer for Brett Morgen’s David Bowie Movie Moonage Daydream
Following a teaser trailer, the first official trailer for Brett Morgan’s new David Bowie movie Moonage Daydream has been released. The new clip features footage and narration from Bowie. Watch below. Moonage Daydream premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The film, which Bowie’s estate approved, features unreleased 35mm and 16mm footage from his personal archives. Brett Morgen, best known for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, directed, wrote, and produced the film. It hits theaters globally on Friday, September 16. Revisit Pitchfork’s review of David Bowie’s Blackstar. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
GT_Ofice Unveils Anthemic Dance Track, “Never Together”
GT_Ofice has just made his return, unveiling a song that’s bound to become a summer staple for many. The Miami-based producer has been making waves since he first emerged in 2019, separating himself from his peers by crafting compelling dance gems while having developed a strong taste for catchy toplines and gifted collaborators. Having signed his singles to well-established labels such as Soave Records, the talented DJ and musician is well on his way toward leaving his mark within dance music. His early 2022 single “Tuff” alongside celebrated singer-songwriter VASSY charted at charted #1 in the UK’s Commercial Pop Radio Charts while receiving massive praise from fans and critics alike. Now, he has unveiled yet another dance heater with “Never Together,” which makes for the perfect s...
Dombresky and Crusy Drop Latin-Flavored House Collab, “El Beso”
Dombresky and Crusy have teamed up to release their first collaborative single, “El Beso,” a vibrant, Latin-inspired house track bound to get bodies moving on the dancefloor. Out now via Toolroom Records, “El Beso” signals that the fast-growing Latin house genre is more than just a trend. The track features winding, rhythmic percussion beckoning Spanish-language vocals by Mathieu Ruz. The combination of 126 BPM, upbeat melodies and spicy beats make “El Beso” an irresistible and infectious dance anthem. It’s no wonder this space is so quickly expanding and holding the gaze of the dance music hive mind. You can listen to “El Beso” below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles French beatsmith Dombresky has emerged as one ...
