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Brent Faiyaz’s ‘Wasteland’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Brent Faiyaz hits new career highs on Billboard’s charts, beginning with his first No. 1 album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Wasteland. The set, released through the independently distributed label Lost Kids, opens atop the list dated July 23 with 88,000 U.S. equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 14, according to Luminate. Of Wasteland’s starting total, 81,000 units come from streaming-equivalent album units, equal to 107.5 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. 6,000 units are through album sales, and the remaining balance through track-equivalent albums. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and...
SoundCloud, Warner Music Group Strike Deal on Fan-Powered Royalties
SoundCloud has finalized a deal with Warner Music Group that would allow WMG’s artists with songs on the SoundCloud platform the ability to get paid based on the number of individual users streaming their music, rather than by market share of total streams, sources tell Billboard. The revenue model is part of SoundCloud’s Fan-Powered Royalties initiative, which it launched last March with the aim of re-tooling how the platform doles out streaming revenue to rights holders and providing more detailed data to help support independent artists on the platform. In practice, it allows independent creators who own their rights and upload their works to SoundCloud through its Repost system the ability to get paid according to how many fans stream their music, rather than the current industry stand...
Rihanna Supports A$AP Rocky at Lollapalooza Paris in Chic Sporty Ensemble
A$AP Rocky took the stage at Lollapalooza Paris on Wednesday (July 20) with none other than Rihanna in the wings to support him. The songstress and new mom made her surprise appearance at the festival wearing a striped, black tracksuit featuring several pops of green. She also turned up the decidedly sporty look with a stack of long, pearl-like necklaces and matching green fanny pack while clutching her cell phone and a pair of white sunglasses. It’s only the second time the Fenty mogul has been spotted out and about postpartum, the first being during a lowkey outing to a London barber shop earlier this month, also with the “Fashion Killa” rapper. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Neither Rih nor her rapper love have confirmed the arrival of thei...
Beyoncé Reveals Tracklist for New Album ‘Renaissance’
Ahead of the record’s debut next week, Beyoncé has revealed the full tracklist for her upcoming seventh studio album, Renaissance. The tracklist, which Beyoncé shared via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, features 16 songs, and several of them boast intriguing titles, including “America Has a Problem,” “Church Girl,” “Alien Superstar,” “Cuff It,” “Thique” and more. The chart-topper’s previously-released “Break My Soul” also appears on the tracklist. After announcing the album in mid-June, Beyoncé returned last week to drop off the official cover art, which sees the Lemonade vocalist seated atop a crystal horse in a glittery bodysuit. The album artwork arrived alongside the following message from Bey: “Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape durin...
Black Family In Houston Targeted By Racists With Flyers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ABC 13 / abc 13 A Black family that just moved into a neighborhood in the Houston, Texas area has gone public with the evidence that they are the targets of racist threats. According to reports, a woman named Erika (who gave only her first name for fear of violence against her) moved into the Woodland Hills Subdivision in Kingwood, a neighborhood in the northeast section of Houston, Texas with a roommate and her 12-year-old daughter. A week after they arrived, a note was left on their front doorstep. “Very nasty. ‘Color of your skin. [Expletive], get out of here. You don’t belong here, get out of our neighborhood,’” she said to ABC13 reporter Shelley Childers. A second note was left at her door the next day. “Go to sleep. Wake up. There’s another no...
Kodak Black Claims The Oxycodone Pills He Was Busted With Were Prescribed By Doctor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty When Kodak Black was arrested again, he was busted with several oxycodone pills that he claims to have a good reason for having. Kodak Black Says A Doctor Prescribed His Pills Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s homie was stopped by police on a Florida highway for his illegal tints on his vehicle. The routine traffic stop led to law enforcement discovering 31 pills on his person leading to his arrest. Related Stories TMZ Hip Hop reports that Kodak Black’s legal team insists that the rapper uses the pills to deal with the “serious pain.” Per TMZ Hip Hop: Kodak’s attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ … the “Super Gremlin” rapper has battled chronic pain after getting shot in February during a scuffle in L.A. over ...
Master & Dynamic and Mercedes-AMG Team Up For New Audio Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Master & Dynamic / Master & Dynamic With Beats By Dre losing some of its steam the last few years, the audio game is basically up for grabs at this point. Mercedes is looking to fill that void and put some high-powered earbuds in it with the folks at Master & Dynamic. Source: Master & Dynamic / Master & Dynamic According to HypeBeast, Master & Dynamic has teamed up with Mercedes-AMG to create a next-level set of headphones and earbuds that is sure to make listeners feel like a million bucks. Using automotive-inspired robust and lightweight materials including magnesium, carbon fiber, and Kevlar, the Master & Dynamic x Mercedes-AMG collection was made to deliver some of the slickest sounds you’ll hear while not feeling the weigh...
Laz Alonso Reveals Mother’s Milks Tees On ‘The Boys’ Are A “Nod To Hip-Hop”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prime Video / The Boys Laz Alonzo’s Hip-Hop inspired t-shirt game in The Boys is exceptional, and now he’s breaking down the reasoning behind them. Laz Alonzo Drops Hip-Hop Easter Eggs Using Mother’s Milk Tees Outside of Homelander’s Trump-like villainous antics and Butcher’s relentlessness to kill the leader of The Seven, Mother’s Milk or MM’s t-shirt game is always the subject of conversation every episode. In the Emmy-nominated third season of the show, that continues to be the case. Speaking with HipHopDX, Laz Alonso broke down the reason behind the t-shirts. “What I’m trying to do is give you an Easter egg to Hip-Hop fans and basically describe where MM is and what’s going on in the story based upon the artist on my shirt and what songs are playing,”...
FKA twigs Showcases Power and Vulnerability in “Killer” Music Video
FKA twigs has released the visual for her poignant track, “Killer.” The track about heartbreak, power and vulnerability was first released in mid-June of this year. Now with the accompanying video, FKA twigs offers a closer look at romantic turmoil through the video’s enchanting scenes. Shot on Praia de Almagreira beach in Portugal, the visual cycles between black and white beach shots with actor Arón Piper and FKA twigs dancing in a studio. “Twigs approached me with a beautiful treatment for KILLER that she had written about her personal story. It felt empowering and vulnerable at the same time,” said Yoann Lemoine, the video’s director. “It was the perfect opportunity to portray her in a way that we have not seen before, raw and intimate. The video is about the poison and the fuel that p...
Magdalena Bay Share New Danny L Harle Remix of “Chaeri”
Magdalena Bay have announced a new deluxe version of their 2021 debut album Mercurial World. Mercurial World Deluxe is out September 23 via Luminelle Recordings. It features outtakes, remixes, and alternate versions of songs from the original album. The Los Angeles duo has also unveiled a new track from the release. Listen to “Chaeri (Danny L Harle Remix)” below. “The Deluxe is a miss mosh of sorts, an amalgamation of new songs that didn’t originally fit the flow of Mercurial World, of reimagined versions of existing album tracks by us and some talented remixers, plus some special secrets,” the band shared in a statement. “When we started working on the Deluxe, we wanted it to flow like the original album did. These secrets tie the record together in a cool way, we can’t wait for everyone ...
Shygirl Shares Video for New Song “Coochie (A Bedtime Story)”
Shygirl has released her new single “Coochie (A Bedtime Story).” The track arrives with a new music video from director Samuel Ibram, which follows the English vocalist in transit from a bus stop onto a horse-drawn carriage and eventually to the beach. Video footage of Shygirl singing along to the track is edited together with clips from anime films and superimposed with 3D characters. Watch below. Shygirl’s debut album Nymph is out September 30 via Because Music. The album will include singles “Firefly” and the Arca-produced “Come for Me,” and feature guest contributions from Mura Masa, Arca, Sega Bodega, BloodPop®, Vegyn, Danny L Harle, and Kingdom. In April, Shygirl made an appearance in the video for “Papi Bones,” a collaborative track with FKA twigs. She has also collaborated with Mur...
FKA twigs Shares New Video for “Killer”
FKA twigs released her new song “Killer” last month, and, now, she’s back with a music video for the single. Directed by Yoann Lemoine, the visual finds FKA twigs performing intricate choreography with actor Arón Piper on a beach in Portugal. Watch below. “Twigs approached me with a beautiful treatment for ‘Killer’ that she had written about her personal story. It felt empowering and vulnerable at the same time,” Lemoine shared in a press release. “I said yes instantly when she asked me to direct it. It was the perfect opportunity to portray her in a way that we have not seen before, raw and intimate. The video is about the poison and the fuel that personal trauma is in art. How our experience forces us to create and how sometimes it is only inhibition and violence.” “Killer” is the latest...
