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Rapper Theophilus London Reported Missing By His Family
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Spellman / Getty One of the culture’s most unique talents can’t be located. Rapper Theophilus London has been reported missing by his family. As per Complex, the Trinidad and Tobago native is no where to be found. A representative acting on behalf of his family has shared a statement confirming that they have not been in contact with the musician in several months. “Over the last few weeks, friends and family of Theophilus London have been working together to piece together his whereabouts. The last time someone spoke with him reportedly stretches back to July 2022 in Los Angeles,” the message reads. “On December 27th, family members of Theophilus London traveled to Los Angeles to file a missing persons report with the LAPD. They are now see...
Philandering ‘GMA3’ Host T. J. Holmes Files For Divorce From His Wife Marilee Fiebig
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andrew H. Walker / Getty / T.J. Holmes T.J. Holmes, whose public affair with his fellow GMA 3 host Amy Robach had Twitter talking, is finalizing his divorce from his second wife. Spotted on Page Six, philandering journalist T.J. Holmes was spotted on Wednesday, Dec.29, in New York City fresh off from filing divorce papers officially ending his 13-year marriage to Marilee Fiebig. Holmes, 45, and Fiebig, also 45, jumped the broom in March 2010 and welcomed the birth of their daughter Sabine in January 2013. Related Stories The divorce comes after Holmes’ hot affair with his co-host Amy Robach was made public after photos of them in 4K engaging in couple-like behavior hit Twitter timelines. Sources close to the matter told Page Six that even though Fiebig an...
Pusha T and DJ Drama Have a ‘Gangsta Grillz’ Mixtape Coming
With 2022 all but complete, Pusha T has celebrated another landmark year as his rap catalog was bolstered yet again with the release of his critically acclaimed fourth album It’s Almost Dry. It scored Pusha T’s first appearance at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and had the rapper remarking it as rap album of the year throughout 2022. Additional contributions from Pusha T came via NIGO’s I Know NIGO which also received much appreciation. Now, the next entry in his revered discography is said to be a Gangsta Grillz mixtape with DJ Drama. The news of this collaborative project came via Brian “B.Dot” Miller’s Twitter Spaces and follows Drama’s most recent project with Icewear Vezzo titled Paint the City, the first Gangsta Grillz tape by a Detroit rapper. Previously, Pusha T ...
Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100 for Record-Extending 58th Week
Taylor Swift rebounds to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Dec. 31), spending a record-extending 58th week as the top musical act in the U.S. thanks to the continued success of her album Midnights. Plus, RM re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 6, a new best for the BTS member as a soloist. Swift’s Midnights ranks at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with 155,000 equivalent album units earned in its ninth week (Dec. 16-22), according to Luminate. Of those nine weeks, five have been spent at No. 1, making it her sixth album to have five or more weeks at the summit. Swift is the only woman with as many as six albums that have reigned for five or more weeks, tying her with Garth Brooks for the second-most among all acts, since the chart became a combined stereo and mono survey in 1963. ...
The Weeknd Teases New Music Video for ‘Dawn FM’ One-Year Anniversary
The Weeknd is closing in on the one-year anniversary of his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, and if you’re a fan, you might want to keep an eye on his YouTube page as the date draws nearer. In a Wednesday (Dec. 28) tweet, the 32-year-old hitmaker teased that a new music video for a song off the record is in the works, just in time for the milestone. Dawn FM arrived one week into 2022 on Jan. 7, two years after his No. 1 record After Hours was released. On Wednesday, a fan on Twitter asked the Toronto native — born Abel Tesfaye — “dawn fm almost a year old, how do you feel?” “i feel istheresomeoneelsemusicvideo-ish,” he simply replied. “Is There Someone Else?” is the 10th track on Dawn FM. So far, lead single “Take My Breath” and subsequent tracks “Out of Time,” “Sacrifice,” “Gasoline” and “How...
Watch BTS’ Suga Go Back to the Basics in a Hip-Hop Dance Class
Aside from singing, BTS is also known for its larger-than-life dance moves and crisp choreography. And despite going on 10 years of being in the septet, a good dance practice every now and then helps keeps its members in peak performance shape. Suga wanted to go back to the basics and shared a 10-minute video on Thursday (Dec. 29) to BTS’ official YouTube page of him taking a Hip-Hop Dance 101 class with the help of a private instructor. Before the lesson kicked off, Suga sat down at the camera and told viewers, “Hello everyone. At age 30, I’ve come to take dance lessons. Basic hip-hop moves. It’s been about 12 years since I last did this in high school. I’ll give it a try.” After dancing to tracks by Snoop Dogg, 2Pac and more, Suga exclaimed, “I feel like a trainee!” referencing his days ...
Cardi B Reflects on Early Days of Career With Throwback Promo Photos: ‘I Had a Dream’
Everyone starts somewhere. Now a Grammy-winning global sensation with five No. 1 singles to her name, Cardi B just shared a throwback to what she was doing about seven years ago: posing for some promo photos for her first mixtape, 2016’s Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1. “My first mixtape promo photos ….I had a dream,” the rapper tweeted Wednesday (Dec. 28), captioning a trio of snaps taken leading up to the mixtape’s release. In one of the photos, she pours a cup of detergent into a washing machine at a laundromat while wearing a black underwear set that shows off the majority of the signature peacock tattoo on her thigh. In another, she stands at a stove wearing a red bikini top and bandana in her blue hair, stirring a pot with her tongue sticking out. “’I don’t cook I don’t clean’ back in the...
JD Sports Dedicates Holiday Season to Championing Emerging Music Talent
Earlier this month, JD Sports teamed up with record label 777 Records to offer aspiring Dutch and Flemish artists the chance to release their own single and music video. The youth-focused talent search came as part of the sportswear retailer’s expansion across the Netherlands as it aims to bring its ongoing commitment to championing the rising stars of tomorrow to the region. Kicking off the hunt, JD and 777 invited artists to send in videos of themselves singing their own tracks on TikTok. A selection of acts were then invited to the JD stores to perform duets with Philly Moré, Delany and other recently-signed artists on the record label. Seven finalists made their way to a live show in the heart of Amsterdam, where Spijkenisse-based rapper B3LLY was crowned champion. As well as having th...
2022 Kennedy Center Honors: How to Watch & Stream for Free
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honorswill air on Wednesday (Dec. 28) at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+. The list of esteemed honorees include Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, U2, George Clooney and Tania León, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor and educator. The 2022 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4. Read on for on ways to watch and stream for free. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news How to Watch the 45th Annual Kennedy Cen...
A Figure Skater Just Recreated Wednesday Addams‘ ’Goo Goo Muck’ Dance on Ice
Kamila Valieva took the 2023 Russian Figure Staking Championships by storm last week by performing a routine to The Cramps‘ “Goo Goo Muck” dressed as Wednesday Addams. Starting outside the edge of the rink, the 16-year-old sensation nailed her recreation of the herky-jerky dance on the Jenna Ortega-led Netflix series — all the way down to the hand motions, gothic party dress and long black pigtails. “When the sun goes down and the moon comes up/ I turn into a teenage goo goo muck/ Yeah, I cruise through the city and I roam the streets/ Looking for something that is nice to eat,” Lux Interior’s voice sang as Valieva executed the choreography flawlessly and the audience in the stands clapped along to the beat. Then, halfway through the program, Valieva went full TikTok as the music abruptly ...
Drake and 21 Savage’s ‘Her Loss’ Album Has Surpassed One Billion Streams on Spotify
Drake has done it again. Earlier this week, Spotify announced that The Boy and 21 Savage‘s album, Her Loss has surpassed one billion streams on the platform. This is Drake’s 12th album that has hit one billion streams on Spotify, breaking the record as the artist with the most albums streamed over one billion times. The 16-track album follows after Drake’s first album of 2022, Honestly, Nevermind, which hit the same mileston earlier this year. Her Loss has sold over 411,000 units in its first week, and debuted unsurprisingly at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The feat gives 21 Savage his first album hitting one billion streams on the platform thanks to Drake, who has 12 straight albums with this milestone. Drake and 21 Savage had their 12th and third No. 1 album with Her Loss, respectively, ...
Drake and 21 Savage’s ‘Her Loss’ Album Has Surpassed One Billion Streams on Spotify
Drake has done it again. Earlier this week, Spotify announced that The Boy and 21 Savage‘s album, Her Loss has surpassed one billion streams on the platform. This is Drake’s 12th album that has hit one billion streams on Spotify, breaking the record as the artist with the most albums streamed over one billion times. The 16-track album follows after Drake’s first album of 2022, Honestly, Nevermind, which hit the same mileston earlier this year. Her Loss has sold over 411,000 units in its first week, and debuted unsurprisingly at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The feat gives 21 Savage his first album hitting one billion streams on the platform thanks to Drake, who has 12 straight albums with this milestone. Drake and 21 Savage had their 12th and third No. 1 album with Her Loss, respectively, ...
