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The FAIR Act to Repeal California’s ‘Seven-Year Statute’ Amendment Fails in the State Senate
The major record companies emerged victorious as the Free Artists From Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act failed to pass out of the California State Senate’s Judiciary committee on Tuesday (June 28) in Sacramento. The Fair Act, also known as AB Bill 983, received four votes, two short of the six needed to reach a majority from the 11-member committee. The bill was the latest effort to repeal a 1987 amendment to California’s “Seven-Year Statute” (a.k.a. California Labor Code Section 2855). That amendment allows record labels to sue artists for damages (including potential lost revenue) if they leave after seven years but before delivering the required number of albums in their contract. Though the committee addressed the bill early in the afternoon, it took until the conclusion of the 13...
For the Record: When Is a Hiatus Not a Hiatus? When BTS Says So
Earlier this month, Billboard and many other publications were attacked online by BTS fans for reporting in a way that upset them that the group was taking a “hiatus.” “Billboard you really love making articles with such a non consistent [sic] details,” wrote one reader on Facebook. “BTS is not even on break as clarified by HYBE and BTS members.” Another comment: “Oh can you shut up about ‘hiatus’ stuff?” Some of this bile may have been inspired by BTS rapper RM, who wrote the day after the group said it was taking a break that “it feels bitter” to see “provocative keywords” like “hiatus.” His implication is that the word was used to boost online traffic. The word “hiatus” came from subtitles written in English on a video message that BTS itself released on June 14. Soon after the video ra...
French Montana “Rushmore Pack,” Jae Nom ft. Styles P & Jadakiss “Momma Always Told Me Remix” & More | Daily Visuals 6.28.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past few weeks French Montana’s been going hard dropping new visuals in support of his collaborative project with Harry Fraud, Montega and today he continues to push more work out for his repeat customers. Coming through with some new visuals to “Rushmore Pack,” French travels to different parts of New York City to post up and show he’s good wherever he goes whether it be the back streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn or dead in the middle of Times Square. Keeping the scene in New York, Jae Nom recruits some of the city’s favorite sons and in his clip to “Momma Always Told Me Remix,” Jae is joined by Jadakiss and Styles P as they hit the block and reminisce about lessons they learned growing up. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Don Q featur...
Here’s The Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Diamond Crown of Thorns
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @kendricklamar / pgLang Kendrick Lamar continue to push the culture forward in more ways than one. His new diamond crown is a customized piece exclusively made for the Compton MC. As per Hype Beast we are getting the story behind the “HUMBLE.” rapper’s newest addition to the jewelry collection. According to the press release Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free approached Tiffany & Co. with a specific creative vision for the crown and worked directly with the house’s designers and craftspeople to realize it. The design draws inspiration from Jean Schlumberger’s iconic Thorns brooch. The archival brooch—which features a 47-carat sapphire—is on display at the House’s “Vision & Virtuosity” exhibition in London this summer. Handcrafted by four artisans o...
Charlamagne Tha God & iHeartMedia Team For First Ever Black Effect Podcast Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Fancher / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God is out here making all the moves and his latest venture will be coming to Brooklyn, New York as he’s teaming with iHeartMedia to put together the first Black Effect Podcast Festival later this summer. Variety is reporting that Tha God will be joined by other well-known personalities from The Black Effect Podcast Network and will be taking their show to Brooklyn Mirage’s Avant Gardner venue in East Williamsburg where Lil Duval will be hosting the festivities along with Power 105.1 DJ and personality Nyla Symone. There attendees will be treated a day of live podcast recordings and discussions in order to further amplify the Black voices in the podcast game. Related Stories Popular shows like “The 8...
50 Migrants Found Dead In Semitrailer Outside of San Antonio
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Up to fifty migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer found in a remote area of the city of San Antonio, Texas on Monday night, in the latest tragedy befalling people trying to cross into the United States from Mexico. According to reports, a city employee in a building near the scene heard a cry for help around 6 P.M. Monday night (June 27th). They found the truck with the trailer doors partially opened and saw the bodies of the deceased inside, prompting them to call the police. According to authorities, forty-eight people died on the scene and two would pass away later after being taken to an area hospital. Sixteen other people – twelve adults and four children – were found alive and rushed to medical facilities. A federal la...
Price Is Right: Showtime And BET Studios To Develop Show About Fat Joe’s Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @fatjoe / Instagram It looks like the Hip-Hop world is one step closer knowing the real Fat Joe story. Showtime and BET Networks are set to develop a show about the Bronx MC. As per Deadline a pilot has been ordered based on the life of Fat Joe. According to the industry trade publication The Book of Jose will be “a rags-to-riches story following Fat Joe’s evolution from growing up in the drug and violence-scarred streets of the Bronx to becoming a Grammy-nominee, producer, and actor with a career spanning nearly three decades. The project will follow every phase of Joe’s life and the threats that have come in the form of rivals, addiction, incarceration, and death. All of which showed the artist that resilience and the love of his family are the onl...
Lizzo Makes Her Debut on ‘Carpool Karaoke’, Shouts Out Beyoncé
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty What could be more fun than Lizzo in a car with James Corden singing? Um… nothing, according to fans and critics how celebrated the return of the popular streaming show, Carpool Karaoke—that is now airing on Apple+ TV. Lizzo kicked off the segment with her own song singing, “Good As Hell,” remarking, “Wow, this is so cool,” she marveled. “People know my music well enough that I can, like, do this. It’s so cool.” The segment definitely only went up from there with Lizzo celebrating her authentic self and leaning in to fun songs even when host James Corden brought up her “strict” parents. “For the first 10 years of my life, when we lived in Detroit, I was in The Church of God in Christ. When you have that faith, it is str...
Jane Remover (fka dltzk) Shares New Songs
The stage name dltzk has never sat right with me. Oftentimes in interviews or during conversations, I struggle to get the name out of my mouth. Originally being a username I’d conjured when I was a kid, it reminds me of what I’ve been doing with my teen years… Hiding. The best way to figure out who you really are is through honest self-expression and I’d prefer to start anew. With that being said, most people know I’m not very fond of my EP ‘Teen Week;’ it encapsulates a gradual acceptance of my own true self. While making that project, years ago, I was not in the same headspace, as I currently am today. I was much younger… I was a teen (LOL) and I was still learning how to navigate life. I’m not comfortable with the project as it currently is, so in the next coming weeks, that EP wi...
Phoebe Bridgers Joins the Jesus and Mary Chain for “Just Like Honey” at Glastonbury
Phoebe Bridgers joined the Jesus and Mary Chain on stage at Glastonbury Sunday night (June 26), making a guest appearance for their song “Just Like Honey” from 1985’s Psychocandy. Watch it happen below. During her own Friday night Glastonbury set—which happened hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—Bridgers led the crowd in a chant of “Fuck the Supreme Court.” After a few more dates in the United Kingdom and Europe, Bridgers will return to the United States for another handful of shows in August. The Jesus and Mary Chain, who last issued Damage and Joy in 2017, are currently engaged in a lawsuit against Warner Music Group to retain the copyright to Psychocandy and much of the band’s other earlier material. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates fro...
Fiona Apple Shares Statement on Roe v. Wade Reversal
Fiona Apple has shared a new statement about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a video shared via the Fiona Apple Rocks fan channel, she spoke out about the systems of control behind the decision. She added that she planned on donating to abortion funds and bail funds instead of politicians. “I’m just one of a lot of women who need to keep on expressing that we do not fucking accept this,” she said. Watch it below. “We have to talk about how we feel about this, how unacceptable this is. We have to keep on expressing ourselves, because this is all about control,” Apple said in her statement. In addition to her lifetime advocacy for women’s self-determination, Apple has more recently become a vocal supporter of judicial transparency and open court proceedings. L...
Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde, and More Protest Roe v. Wade Reversal at Shows
Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde, and Halsey all spoke out about the overturning of Roe v. Wade over the weekend, joining the outcry against the backslide in reproductive rights. During her Friday night set at Glastonbury, just hours after the Supreme Court handed down its ruling, Bridgers led the crowd in a “Fuck the Supreme Court” chant; Lorde expressed the same sentiment at the festival on Sunday. Lily Allen stepped on stage to join Rodrigo for “Fuck You” on Saturday, which Rodrigo dedicated to the five Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of striking down the 50-year-old ruling. Megan Thee Stallion noted that she was disappointed in her home state of Texas, adding “I just want to have it on the record that the motherfuckin’ hot girls and hot boys do not ...
