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HHW Gaming: Verizon’s Xbox All Access Program Will Help You Get Your Hands On Microsoft’s Next-Gen Consoles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JUNG YEON-JE / Getty Are you still looking for an Xbox Series X or Series S console? Verizon might be your best bet, thanks to its new Xbox All Access program. Xbox All Access Launches On Thursday Tuesday (Jul.26), Verizon announced that starting Thursday (Jul.28), it will be teaming up with Microsoft to get Xbox’s next-gen console into the homes of Verizon customers via its new Xbox All Access program. Related Stories The program will be available in select stores and online and will get customers an Xbox Series X or Series S and access to hundreds of games and day one releases via Xbox Game Pass. Per Verizon: Join Xbox All Access and get the option of either an Xbox Series S or Series X and two years of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — allowing you to play a l...
Video Of Security Guard Crying During Kendrick Lamar Set Goes Viral
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Kendrick Lamar is one of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars and has a fandom that spans the globe for good reason. The impact that the Compton, Calif. artist has on listeners was seen in a video clip of a security guard crying during a performance. Kendrick Lamar, who is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, was in Houston, Texas over the weekend and tearing through a rendition of his top tracks as expected. While performing “LOVE.” from his 2017 album DAMN., TikTok user @dejaihvu shared a video of a guard emotionally moved to tears as the song played. Related Stories At first, many were critical of the sharing of what was obviously a deeply personal moment for the guard. In his own video, the gu...
French Montana ft. EST Gee “Keep It Real,” Redman “So Cool” & More | Daily Visuals 7.26.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / FYI Brand Group French Montana and Harry Fraud’s album, Montega has been out on these streets for a month now and French has been going hard promoting the project with a new video on a weekly basis. This time around the Bronx representative links up with EST Gee for his new visuals to “Keep It Real” in which French and EST steady mob to the Motthaven projects with their crew behind them and post up on top of the bodega much to the delight of the community who take pics of the rappers as they do their thing. Back in the Bricks, OG Hip-Hop legend Redman is out there proving he’s still a lyrical beast and for his clip to “So Cool” posts up in front of a few monster trucks with hydraulics as he drops his bars before driving off in a souped up ...
Take That: Fivio Foreign Reveals He Signed To Ma$e For $5K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) / (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Industry rule 4080 still rings true almost 32 years later. Fivio Foreign has revealed he signed to MA$E for only a mere $5000. As per Hip Hop N More the drill rapper wasn’t moving tactfully early on in his career. In a recent visit to the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast he discussed his business dealings with the former Bad Boy Entertainment talent. He explained he did a song called “Blixky Inna Box” with Jay Dee and Dee Savv which piqued Betha’s interest in all three MC’s. He went on to explain that he signed with him during their first meeting. “The n***a that brought me to him, he was like, ‘Yo, man. Just sign that sh*t, You buggin,’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, read it.’ He’s like, ‘A...
Barack Obama Includes Kendrick Lamar, Lil Yachty and Tems to His 2022 Summer Playlist
Barack Obama has officially unveiled his 2022 Summer Playlist, listing a total of 44 tracks he’s enjoyed this season. The playlist, which is available on Spotify, features the likes of Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard” featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer, Beyoncé’s “BREAK MY SOUL,” Tems’ “Vibes Out,” Doechii’s “Persuasive,” ROSALÍA’s “SAOKO,” Lil Yachty’s “Split/Whole Time,” The Internet’s “Under Control,” Vince Staples and DJ Mustard’s “MAGIC” and more. “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies—it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together,” he tweeted. Stream Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist below on Spotify below. Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new art...
Kendrick Lamar Responds to Video of Security Guard Crying During His Performance of “LOVE.”
Kendrick Lamar shared his thoughts on the viral video of the security guard crying during his performance of “LOVE.” in Houston, revealing that the fan’s reaction is how he would like his music to be received. Speaking to Jazlyn Guerra, a “kid reporter” known for her interviews with the likes of JAY-Z and Cardi B, after his headlining set at Rolling Loud Miami 2022, K-Dot explained that his music surpasses what is deemed to be “successful” nowadays. “It’s really just about the feeling of it, at the end of the day. Past all the politics. Past all the numbers. It’s what music makes you feel,” he said. The artist then touched on the topic of Devyn Sanford, the security guard in the video, and how that is the kind of reaction he’d like to see, ”Shoutout to him, by the way, because I seen ...
Girl Talk Announces 2022 Tour Dates
Girl Talk has announced a fall and winter 2022 tour of North America. Gregg Gillis has shows scheduled in September, November, and December, following the release earlier this year of Full Court Press—his collaborative album with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA. Along with the tour news, Girl Talk has shared the music video for a new remix of Full Court Press’ “Ain’t No Fun,” now mashed up with elements of Harry Styles “As It Was.” He’s also released an a capella version of the album as a free download on his website. Watch the video and find Girl Talk’s itinerary below. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Girl Talk: Tour 2022 Part II Girl Talk: ...
Neil Young Won’t Perform at Farm Aid 2022, Citing COVID-19 Concerns
Neil Young won’t be at Farm Aid for 2022, which he confirmed in a response to a fan letter on his Neil Young Archives website. “I am not ready for that yet. I don’t think it is safe in the pandemic,” he wrote, adding, “I miss it very much.” Young co-founded the annual benefit concert to support American farmers, but also dropped out of last year’s Farm Aid due to ongoing concerns about the pandemic. This year’s Farm Aid happens on September 24 in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, and more all on the lineup. Earlier this year, Young pointed his pandemic safety concerns at misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, eventually having his music removed from Spotify over the issue. He later encouraged Spotify work...
Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean Sued for Copyright Infringement Over “Go Crazy”
Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean have been sued for copyright infringement over their song “Go Crazy, ” Rolling Stone reports and court documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. Detroit artists Duawn “Go Hard Major” Payne and Harrell “H Matic” James claim that the song from Megan’s 2020 album Good News infringes on their 2012 song “Krazy” (which currently appears on ReverbNation under the title “Go Crazy”). The lawsuit claims that the title, chorus, wording, timing, melodic sequence, harmonic sequence, tonal sequence, use of reverb, and use of cadence in the Megan and Big Sean song are all “nearly identical” to the 2012 song. The lawsuit argues that their song is “so strikingly similar to the Copyrighted Work as to preclude the possibility of independent creation” and that Big Sean freq...
Bruce Springsteen’s Manager Defends Ticket Prices Amid Backlash
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s much anticipated 2023 tour has faced one major point of contention with his adoring public: Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing.” Fans with access codes were offered tickets priced between $1,000 and $5,000, which became the subject of backlash on social media. Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau has now released a statement defending the tour’s ticket pricing model. “In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing,” Landau said in a statement to The New York Times. “We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others. Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range. I believe that in today’s environment, t...
DJ Khaled Announces New Music Featuring Drake and Lil Baby
DJ Khaled has just taken to Instagram to announce that his next studio album, God Did, will feature a song with Drake and Lil Baby. “Are you a believer? Or do I need to continue to show you?” reads the caption. “I can show you better than I can tell you. Win with us. Or watch us win. This #GODDID” A 16-second teaser was released today featuring DJ Khaled, Drake, and Lil Baby standing in front of multiple ambulances, seemingly recording a music video. Although, there was no teaser on the song itself, we were blessed by an inspirational speech by Khaled, “They want to finish me. So I went and got Drake and Lil Baby. They never believed in me. Why you think I win so much? Because of you.” Khaled said in the video. The upcoming song will mark the pair’s fifth collaboration following “Yes Indee...
Erykah Badu Unveils US Dates for “The Digging Crystals in Badubotron Tour”
Erykah Badu is bringing her “The Digging Crystals in Badubotron Tour” to the United States this summer. The seven-date engagement kicks off July 30 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa Valley, California and will see the Queen of Neo-Soul in Brooklyn, New York, Columbia, Maryland, her hometown of Dallas, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri before closing it out at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. Fans also expect a DJ set from Badu as her moniker DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown at the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Check out the full list of tour dates below. The Digging Crystals in Badubotron TourDates with * slated to include a DJ set by DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown 7/30 Napa Valley, California* (Blue Note Jazz Festival)8/5 Brooklyn, New York (BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!)8/7 Columbia, Maryland (...
