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Camila Cabello Comes Down With COVID-19, But Is Making the Best of It
Camila Cabello may have tested positive for COVID-19, but she’s not letting it keep her down. In fact, in a TikTok video shared Monday (July 18), she revealed that she’s making the best of the situation. “I got the rona,” the singer captioned the video. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The 30-second clip kicks off with Cabello lying in bed with a smile on her face. A remix of Pitbull’s “Watagatapitusberry” begins playing, and she immediately sticks her tongue out and starts rocking to the catchy beat. But that’s not all. As the song continues, she’s showing off her stash of cold and flu medications, including a bag of Halls cough drops and some chest rub. When the lyrics kick in, she begins energetically lip-synching with passion, even u...
Hot 100 First-Timers: Joony Scores First Chart Entry Thanks to Feature on Brent Faiyaz’s ‘FYTB’
Joony makes his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 23), thanks to his featured credit on Brent Faiyaz’s “FYTB,” which debuts at No. 97. The track starts with 5.7 million U.S. streams in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. It appears on Faiyaz’s sophomore LP Wasteland, which dropped July 8 (on the Lost Kids label) and debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 88,000 equivalent album units. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It’s such a beautiful thing,” Joony tells Billboard. “It’s such a big thing for Black music and hip-hop and R&B to be the No. 2 album in the country independently — as an independent artist. It’s amazing.” “FYTB” earns the 21-year-old Silv...
A New Monthly Rave Series Is Coming to Rwanda
Rwanda’s EDM scene is pretty quiet, but Nep DJs are hoping to crank up the volume with their new monthly EDM event series, “The Rave Party.” Nep DJs are a rising dance music duo who have performed at the Kigali Jazz Junction, Rwanda’s premier music event, which takes place annually in the country’s capital. Iyarwema Kaysan Bertrand (Berto) and Kamugisha Habib (Habs) of Nep DJs are reportedly launching “The Rave Party,” which will feature amapiano, house music and more across a one- to two-hour DJ set, Berto told The New Times. Nep DJs hope the new series will spark a bigger movement to adopt electronic dance music culture across Rwanda. Habs said that EDM is gaining traction in the East African country, but fans and listeners don’t have a loc...
Titus Andronicus Announce New Album The Will to Live, Share New Song
01 My Mother Is Going to Kill Me02 (I’m) Screwed03 I Can Not Be Satisfied04 Bridge and Tunnel05 Grey Goo06 Dead Meat07 An Anomaly08 Give Me Grief09 Baby Crazy10 All Through the Night11 We’re Coming Back12 69 Stones Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Titus Andronicus: 09-24 Atlantic City, NJ – Frantic City Festival09-30 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle10-01 Columbia, SC – Jam Room Festival 10-03 Atlanta, GA – The Earl10-04 Nashville, TN – Drkmttr10-05 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry”s10-06 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s10-07 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger10-08 Austin, TX – Far Out10-09 Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Co10-10 Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard10-12 Fayetteville, AR – George’s Maje...
Lloyd Banks “Dead Roses,” Kodak Black “Usain Boo” & More | Daily Visuals 7.18.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from ’04 rap phenom, Lloyd Banks and though he’s no longer rolling with the G-Unit that put him on the map, Blue Hefner continues to show and prove that he’s worthy of all the flowers owed to him even if Jim Jones might feel differently about it. Last week Banks dropped his latest album, The Course of The Inevitable 2, and with it a new black-and-white visual to “Dead Roses” in which he uses a cemetery and images of social unrest to remind everyone that sh*t ain’t sweet out here. Down in Miami, Kodak Black comes through with a new clip to “Usain Boo” where he turns up with some fellow Floridians as he faces some pretty serious charges after getting arrested over the weekend. That might be the last video you see from Kodak ...
L Day: The Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 Dropped Today
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Louis Vuitton / Louis Vuitton The highly-anticipated release of the Louis Vuitton x Air Force 1 is about to go down and best believe it’ll be a damn near impossible copp but worth the try. At 12pm ET, heads will have their chance to purchase a pair of highly coveted LVAF1’s on the Louis Vuitton website as it’ll be an every man for himself situation with sneaker bots sure to attack at noon sharp. Retailing for a mere $3,450, Sneakernews has the info on how the release will go down an it seems simple and fair enough. By entering this waiting room, you accept our specific sales terms: Related Stories 1. Entry to view and purchase the collection is on a random basis and will end once products are sold out. First come first serve cannot be guaranteed. 2. If yo...
Nardo Wick Announces ‘Who Is Nardo Wick? 2’ Album
Nardo Wick has announced a sequel to his debut album, aptly titled Who Is Nardo Wick? 2. Further details such as a tracklist and guest features were not revealed, however the young rapper did share the album art and confirm that the project will drop on Friday, July 22. The announcement arrives after Wick released a few singles this year, including “Yeah Woah,” “Riot” and “Krazy Krazy,” but it remains to be seen whether this tracks will join the new album. His debut studio album Who Is Nardo Wick? dropped in December 2021 and has since been certified gold. It featured guest appearances from Hit-Boy, Future, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, G Herbo, Lil Durk, BIG30 and Lakeyah, and dropped just under a year after the release of his hit single “Who Want Smoke?,” which went platinum in November 2021. Nar...
YouTube Creators Can Now Link Their Shopify Stores to the Platform
YouTube creators and merchants will now have the ability to link their Shopify stores to their YouTube channels via a newly announced partnership between the two platforms. Revealed Tuesday (July 19) in a blog post by YouTube VP of Shopping Product David Katz, the partnership will allow creators to display their Shopify-listed products across their YouTube channels while benefitting from Shopify’s real-time inventory syncing “so that viewers are never disappointed to find a product out of stock,” Katz wrote. Additionally, creators can enable checkout directly from YouTube so users can purchase items without ever leaving the platform. “Shopify is the commerce infrastructure of the internet, powering millions of independent businesses all over the world,” said Shopify VP of Product Kaz Nejat...
Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Becomes First Album to Sell 7 Million In U.K.
Queen reigns in the U.K., where the legendary rock act’s Greatest Hits (via Polydor) passes seven million chart sales, becoming the first album to do so. The hits compilation reaches the sales benchmark this month, having crossed the six million threshold back in 2014. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The record-setting feat is made through a combination of physical sales, downloads and 1.26 billion total streams in the U.K., the OCC reports. In an acceptance video posted to YouTube, founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor say they’re “humbled and honored” by the accolade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0WgJCobss The LP also recently celebrated its 1,000th week on the Official Albums Chart, with Queen becoming the first British act ever t...
Elton John Extends ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ Tour In Australia and New Zealand
Elton John is laying down more track for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The British pop legend today (July 20) adds five new “encore” shows to the Australasian leg of his final trek, set for January 2023. Elton returns to Aotearoa in January 2023 to perform two rescheduled Auckland shows (Jan. 27 and 28) as part of his multi-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which was cut short when the iconic singer fell ill with pneumonia near the end of its domestic run, in February 2020, just weeks before the pandemic was declared. The Brit promised to return and fulfill his commitments to the Kiwis. He’s doing that and more, with dates added for Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Christchurch. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news By th...
Chapel Hart Thrills With Original ‘Jolene’ Update on ‘AGT’: Watch
For New Orleans trio Chapel Hart, home is where the Hart is. The family act is raised in Mississippi, specifically in the small community of Harts Chapel, which takes its named after the sprawling Hart family. Chapel Hart, comprising sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and cousin Trea Swindle, stopped by America’s Got Talent Tuesday night (July 19) for an audition that was glittering with the golden stuff. The singers are country fans, their idol Dolly Parton. So given the chance to blow back the hair of AGT’s judges and millions of viewers back home, the trio hit an original, an ode to Dolly. Their song, “You Can Have Him Jolene,” is chapter two of Parton’s classic plea from 1974, reenergized and updated for 2022. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and...
London Council Approves Office Development to Replace Iconic Printworks Venue
It’s the end of an era for a pillar of London’s club scene. Printworks started from humble beginnings. The iconic club was perhaps never intended to become a staple within the dance music community, but that’s precisely the level of prestige Printworks ascended to since first opening its doors around five years ago. Unfortunately, it appears the saga of Printworks will end with the storied venue having recently been approved for a full developmental conversion into office space and shops. Per an application submitted to London’s Southwark Council by the property’s owner, Printworks was only meant to be a temporary endeavor while the space was continuing to be developed. The club rose out of the ashes of a defunct printing plant previ...
