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Megan Thee Stallion Says New Album Is “95 Percent Done”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Coppola / Getty Hotties everywhere are rejoicing as Megan Thee Stallion reveals that her upcoming album is almost done and ready for release. The “Cognac Queen” rapper shared the news as she was honored as Artist of The Year at the 2022 Webby Awards which were held in New York City on Monday night (May 16th). “I’m probably like 95% done with my new album,” she revealed during an interview with Jordana Jarrett, the editorial strategy manager for the Webby Awards while on the red carpet before the ceremony began. “I want to tease that for the hotties. I haven’t told them nothing about my album.” Related Stories Shortly afterward, Megan Thee Stallion took to the stage to accept the Artist of The Year award for her advocacy for Black women using var...
The Notorious B.I.G. Will Receive Empire State Honor For 50th Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty The Notorious B.I.G. was tragically murdered in 1997 at the age of 24, just as his career was soon to take on new heights. New York City will honor the Hip-Hop legend‘s 50th birthday this weekend. The Notorious B.I.G. AKA Biggie Smalls Is The Illest On Friday (May 20), the Empire State Building will host a ceremony ahead of illuminating the building the following day. The venture is a partnership between Bad Boy, Atlantic Records, Rhino Records, and the estate of The Notorious B.I.G. Related Stories Along with the lighting ceremony, the Empire State Building Observatory Experience will feature an avatar of Biggie Smalls for viewing. The photograph will display throughout Saturday, and fans can purchase exclusive Biggie x ESB appare...
Twitter Plans On Enforcing Merger After Elon Musk Threatened To Flake On The Acquisition
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Cardy / Getty Friday (May 13), Elon Musk threatened to back out of the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter “until CEO Parag Agrawal publicly proves that less than 5% of users are bots or spam accounts.” The social media platform and one Bloomberg financial opinion writer call C A P. Tuesday (May.17), Twitter’s board made it abundantly clear to Elon Musk that it intends to go through with the deal and plans to “close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement,” the New York Times reports. Related Stories “The board and Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share,” Twitter’s board expressed in a statement shared by The New York Times. “We believe this agreement is in the best interest of all shareholders. We intend to close the transactio...
‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Season 7 Champion
The last masks came off, and the final celebrity was outed Wednesday night (May 18) as season seven of The Masked Singer reached its conclusion. For the finale, three “Team Good” celebs battled it out for the Golden Mask. There could be only one champ, Firefly, who was revealed to be R&B singer Teyana Taylor. Second place went to “The Goldbergs” star Hayley Orrantia (as the Ringmaster) and third went to while “Call Me Kat” star Cheyenne Jackson (Prince). Taylor, who performed at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards and has charted three times on the Billboard 200, including a No. 8 best for 2020’s The Album, sang Usher’s “Bad Girl” for her final song. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Previous performances included “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka ...
Lil Wayne Fires Back at Mark Cuban Amid NBA Drama: ‘I Will P— in Ya Fkn Mouth’
Lil Wayne and Mark Cuban have traded insults like the NBA trades players amid the Western Conference semifinal face-off between the Phoenix Suns and Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks. As the two basketball teams duked it out in a seven-game series (which the Mavericks ultimately won 4-3), decade-old tensions arose on Twitter when Lil Wayne — who is longtime friends with Suns point guard Chris Paul — tweeted that Mavericks point guard Luka Dončić is “a ho” during Game 4 on May 8. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news More than a week later, Cuban fired back with an insult to Lil Wayne using the Grammy-winner’s own song lyric from the 2018 bop “Uproar.” “It’s a s–t show, put you front row’ #MFFL,” the mogul tweeted on Monday (May 16) with a photo of...
Allison Russell Wins Big at 2022 International Folk Music Awards: Full Winners List
Allison Russell won both artist of the year and album of the year at the 2022 International Folk Music Awards, which were presented Wednesday (May 18), the opening night of the 34th annual Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Russell took album of the year for her first solo album, Outside Child, which has been an awards magnet in recent months. Last November, it was nominated for a Grammy for best Americana album. On Saturday, it won a Juno Award in Russell’s native Canada for contemporary roots album of the year. On Monday, it became an Americana Honors & Awards nominee for album of the year. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Crys Matthews’ “Changemakers” garnered song of the year honors. Matthews performed on the show...
TWICE Dazzle With Late-Night TV Debut Performance of ‘The Feels’: Watch
TWICE are more than ready for their close-up. The South Korean pop group made their first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart last October when “The Feels” bowed at No. 83. That single would catch fire and scorch its way into the Top 10, peaking at No. 9. On Wednesday night (May 18), the singers stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform their hit for what was their in-person U.S. TV debut. The group, which formed in 2015, comprises members Chaeyoung, Dahyun, Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Mina, Momo, Nayeon, Sana and Tzuyu, all of whom dazzled with a colorful and choreographed routine. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Although TWICE is new to the Hot 100, it has tallied 27 entries on World Digital Song Sales, including 20 top 10s...
The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Life After Death’ To Receive 25th Anniversary 8-LP Vinyl Box Set
The Notorious B.I.G.‘s Life After Death is set to receive a special 25th anniversary super deluxe vinyl box set. The GRAMMY-nominated album’s re-release is set to drop on June 10 and will feature a total of eight LPs, a booklet highlighting rare photos from the album cover shoot, liner notes by music writer Sheldon Pearce and “exclusive reflections from members of the team who worked on the original album.” Fans can also look forward to the 12” of hits “Hypnotize,” “Mo Money Mo Problems,” “Sky’s The Limit” and “Nasty Boy.” Prior to the release of 8-LP box set, New York City will be celebrating what would have been Biggie Smalls’ 50th birthday. On May 20, the Empire State Building will host a ceremony with the rapper’s family, his mother Voletta Wallace, his children CJ and Tyanna Wallace a...
DONDA Academy Hosting Gospel Choir Auditions on Behalf of Sunday Service
DONDA Academy, headed by the artist formerly known as Kanye West, will be holding auditions for its gospel choir on behalf of Sunday Service. Set to take place on May 20 and May 21 at Eighty Eight Studios in North Hollywood, the newly-launched DONDA Academy website states that they are looking for Grade 2 to Grade 12 students “who love to sing and lift up the name of Jesus.” Although the extent of the gospel choir’s involvement with Sunday Service was not explicitly revealed, a press release states that the academy will be “allowing their students to grow in their faith and community through daily all-school worship and celebration at Sunday Service.” Jason White, the director of the Sunday Service Choir, told Rolling Stone in a 2019 interview about the origins of his work with Y...
Lizzo Documentary for HBO Max Announced
Lizzo is the subject of a forthcoming documentary, set to premiere on HBO Max this fall. It’s directed by Doug Pray, executive producer of HBO’s Dr. Dre/Jimmy Iovine documentary The Defiant Ones. The as yet untitled project is awaiting a specific release date. The Lizzo documentary will arrive in the months after her second full-length, Special, which she announced with the single “About Damn Time” in April. Lizzo premiered the title track on Saturday Night Live the same week, where she also pulled double duty hosting. Last summer, Cardi B joined Lizzo for the single “Rumors,” but Lizzo hasn’t said whether the track will appear on Special. She’ll tour North America beginning in late September, with Latto taking the opening slot. The History of Pitchfork’s Reviews Section in 38 Important Re...
Martin Shkreli and Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Both Released From Prison Early
Today, both Martin Shkreli—the pharmaceutical company fraudster and former owner of Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album—and Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland were released from prison early, BBC News, TMZ, and The Hollywood Reporter note. Both men, whose sentences dictated that they’d both be released in 2023, have been moved to halfway houses. McFarland is expected to be released on August 30, while Shkreli could be out in September. Shkreli was convicted in 2017 of lying to hedge fund investors and embezzling as a means to repay them. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding investors of Fyre Festival. He also pleaded guilty to a post-Fyre Festival tickets scam. Shkreli purchased Once Upon a Time in Shaolin in 2015 for $2 million. He once threatened to destroy the...
Watch Teyana Taylor Win The Masked Singer
Tonight’s episode of The Masked Singer was the season seven finale. During the episode, the Firefly took home the top prize and was revealed to be Teyana Taylor, the R&B singer signed to Kanye West’s label G.O.O.D. Music. Watch her unmasking below. When asked why she agreed to be on The Masked Singer, Taylor implied that she wanted to be able to perform for fun without the pressure of fame. “I was like, this would be something really nice to do and just be able to sing again,” she explained. “It would be fun again and there’s no judgement. Nobody knows who’s behind the mask. You just get to sing your heart out.” Other musical contestants this season included En Vogue as Queen Cobras, Shaggy as Space Bunny, and Jennifer Holliday as Miss Teddy. Earlier in season seven, Rudy Giuliani was ...
