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Brittney Griner To Stand Trial Over Alleged Cannabis Possession This Week
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty Brittney Griner and her ongoing cannabis possession case in Russia will be moving on to a trial to occur this coming Friday (July 1). The WNBA star was allegedly caught with cannabis in her travel bags, landing her in hot water with Russian authorities and creating a standoff of sorts. Brittney Griner Could Face Up To 10 Years Griner, 31, was arrested over four months prior in Moscow and held in custody since, sparking a series of statements from both the WNBA and the NBA in support of her gaining freedom. As reported by ESPN, Griner will head to trial where she could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale drug transportation. The charges read as excessive to observers since Griner was allegedly found with can...
Soltan and RIOT Join Forces for Punishing Dubstep Track, “Arabian Knights”
Soltan and RIOT have teamed up for their first-ever collaboration, “Arabian Knights,” a riveting dubstep track out now by way of NGHTMRE and SLANDER’s Gud Vibrations. Soltan, whose signature production style has dazzled the electronic music community in recent years, and RIOT, a virtuosic Israeli bass music duo, are no strangers to writing dubstep hits. “Arabian Knights” pays homage to both artists’ Middle Eastern heritage. Akin to a classic warrior’s victory anthem, the roaring single features a cascade of sounds from the traditional Zurna—a double reed wind instrument played in central Eurasia, Western Asia and parts of North Africa—as well as Turkish strings and hypnotic bell patterns. “Arabian Knights” event...
Bonnie X Clyde Drop Heartfelt Single “In Too Deep” Ahead of New Album
Los Angeles-based dance music duo Bonnie X Clyde are back with “In Too Deep,” a heartfelt single borne from a turbulent time in their personal lives. “In Too Deep” is a slow-burning tidal wave of captivating lyricism and aching sound design. One of Bonnie X Clyde’s most riveting songs to date, it explores the difficulties of channeling one’s own vulnerability and opening up “even if it’s heavy.” A melancholic house beat chugs through a sea of soft pads, soundtracking the struggles to reconnect. While “In Too Deep” has somewhat of a somber tone, its angelic vocals manage to lift and embolden. Their effect mirrors the track’s recording process, which the duo likens to a “therapy session....
Helicopter Captures Remarkable 70,000-Person Crowd Control Experience at Defqon.1 2022
One of the most chaotic traditions on the music festival circuit reached new heights in 2022. Each year at the world’s leading hard dance festival, Defqon.1, fans gather by the Red stage for a signature “Power Hour” performance. With more than two-thirds of the 95,000-plus audience in tow, the frenzied set saw fans raging to a medley of breakneck hardstyle hits and festival staples. However, while the performance itself is a unique tradition, it gives rise to a one-of-a-kind crowd control experience that always steal the show. This year, Red Bull Netherlands fired up their helicopter and captured remarkable aerial footage of the festival’s biggest “left to right” crowd control movement to date. Through the power of hard dance, summer suns...
Monstercat Is Hosting a Virtual Game Show to Celebrate the Label’s 11th Anniversary
Monstercat is celebrating their 11th anniversary with a new competition for their loyal fans. Beginning this weekend is Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1, a weeklong virtual game show that celebrates the music and culture of the beloved label. Testing their fans’ talents, Monstercat is set to give away prizes that include a golden ticket to all of their events through 2023, a trip to their Vancouver office and more. Hosted by the record label’s Community Manager Dylan Todd, the online event will host a total of 11 challenges. Fans can flex their sartorial skills at the Best Artist Cosplay contest, test their musical IQ for Guess The Song, put their photo editing talents to work for the Demonstrate Your Photoshop Skills event, show off their twisted sense of humor for the Best Meme c...
Ne-Yo “You Got The Body,” Consequence “Blood Stain” & More | Daily Visuals 6.27.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard any new material from Ne-Yo but today the Sin City crooner returns with some new work, new moves, and new thick models. Dropping some new visuals for his latest single “You Got The Body,” Ne-Yo lets a few thick bodied women flaunt their curves and work the pole for the majority of the video as he only appears for a few seconds here and there throughout the joint. Back on the rap side of things, Consequence comes through with a new clip to the Kanye West produced “Blood Stain” in which the Queens rapper finds himself washed up on shore apparently at the hands of a white woman before eventually crawling to safety into the arms of a Black woman. This was a hella random concept but aight. Check o...
Cardi B Claps Back At Troll Who Called Her Daughter Autistic
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B isn’t here to take sh*t from anyone so y’all knew when someone came for her daughter she was going to clap back something serious. According to Madamenoire, Cardi B’s daughter, Kulture, became the subject of controversy when a twitter user suggested that she was autistic and that Cardi should be paying more attention to her daughter than what’s going on on the Twitterverse. “Your daughter is literally autistic and you’re on stan twitter instead of making sure she’s not sticking her finger in outlets,” user @theeminajprint wrote in a now deleted tweet. Of course they’d delete it. Naturally that kind of slander did not sit well with the Grammy Award winning artist and she promptly fired back at the troll saying that h...
Music Exec Chaka Zulu Shot In Atlanta, Twitter Is Livid & Extends Prayers
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The Hip-Hop music industry is reeling after renowned executive Chaka Zulu was shot on Sunday (June 26) in Atlanta. The Disturbing Tha Peace co-founder is expected to recover and is reportedly in critical but stable condition 11 Alive reports that Chaka Zulu, Ludacris’ longtime manager, shot in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta according to police. Zulu was one of three men who were shot off Peachtree Road around 11:35 p.m. Per Fox 5 Atlanta, police responded to the parking lot of APT 4B, a restaurant that Zulu owns, which is part of a strip of businesses near Peachtree Creek, located at 2293 Peachtree Road. Unfortunately, one of the men who police found shot did not survive his injuries after all three were taken to a local ho...
Dove Cameron Says She’s Never Felt Like a ‘Disney Girl’: ‘I Had Huge Imposter Syndrome’
While Dove Cameron‘s acting career skyrocketed due partially to her roles in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie and in the Descendants films — she revealed in a new interview that she doesn’t feel like she ever fit in with past Disney stars. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I never had that moment where I was like, ‘I’m a Disney girl,’” she told the LA Times this week. “I never looked at Miley [Cyrus] or Demi [Lovato] or Selena [Gomez] or Zendaya or Bella [Thorne] or anybody — Hilary Duff or anybody that came before me — I never looked at them and thought, you and me — same.” She added that she was “always the strange outlier who doesn’t belong and who will never fit in. I had huge imposter syndrome.” “...
Hot 100 First-Timers: Corey Kent Debuts With ‘Wild as Her’
The track, released via Combustion Masters/Sony Music Nashville, debuts at No. 89 with 6.8 million U.S. streams (up 29%) and 700 downloads sold (up 16%) in the June 17-23 tracking week, according to Luminate. It concurrently rises 24-20 on Hot Country Songs. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “The last few months have been a wild ride,” Kent tells Billboard. “The way people have responded to the music is completely changing my life. It’s been humbling to see ‘Wild as Her’ continue to grow and accomplish new things. Stoked to see where it goes from here!” [embedded content] Though it’s his first time reaching the Hot 100, the 28-year-old Oklahoma native had previously made a dent on Billboard’s charts in 2015-16 as a finalist on the eight...
Britney Spears’ Ex-Husband Jason Alexander Ordered to Stand Trial on Felony Stalking Charge
A California judge found Monday (June 27) that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old Jason Allen Alexander should be held to answer on the charge, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, court records showed. Not-guilty pleas to all the charges were entered by an attorney for Alexander, who did not attend and remains jailed. Spears married longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari at her home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on June 9, in front of several dozen guests i...
Andrew Gertler Brings On Co-Manager for Shawn Mendes, New Client Lauren Spencer-Smith
Andrew Gertler’s AG Artists is expanding. The management company has brought leading client Shawn Mendes’ longtime A&R Ziggy Chareton on as a partner to co-manage the Grammy nominated artist, as well as two new artists: Lauren Spencer-Smith and JP Saxe. Chareton has worked at Island Records since 2011, most recently as head of A&R, which he’ll continue in addition to joining Gertler in management. Rising singer-songwriter Spencer-Smith has been searching for new management since May after parting ways with David Ehrlich. In February, Spencer-Smith (who competed on American Idol in 2020) signed a record deal with Island and Republic Records after breakout hit “Fingers Crossed” took off, becoming a Hot 100 top 20 hit. Saxe is behind the 2019 Grammy-nominated smash ...
