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L’s On Deck: The Travis Scott x Nike Air Max 1 Slated To Drop This Month
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke With the anger of the Astroworld tragedy having subsided and people moving on from the horrible events that claimed the lives of 10 people and apparently opened a portal to hell (it did not), Nike will finally be moving forward with the release of the highly-anticipated Travis Scott Air Max 1’s that were supposed to have dropped last December. Hypebeast is reporting that the long-awaited sneaker collaboration will finally be seeing the light of day later this month when Nike drops not only the Travis Scott Air Max 1’s in a few different colorways (“Baroque Brown,” and Saturn Gold” ), but also some “Cactus Jack” Air Trainer 1’s in three color schemes including “Wheat,” “Cave Stone,” and “Grey Haze.” Defining features include Bohemian-patte...
Joey Bada$$ Announces Release Date of New Album ‘2000’
Joey Bada$$ is officially set to release 2000, his first full-length effort in five years, this June. The rapper/actor took to social media to announce the exciting news alongside an accompanying trailer. “Back on the set like I never left… #2000 #newalbum #june17th,” he wrote in the caption. Bada$$ also revealed in an XXL interview that fans can expect production from big names, “As far as producers go, I got my boys on there: Statik Selektah, Kirk Knight. I got a Cardo joint on there. I got a Mike WiLL [Made-It] joint on there. I’m supposed to be getting in with DJ Premier this week ’cause I told him I can’t complete this album if we don’t link up.” 2000 will mark his first album since 2017’s All-Amerikkkan Badass and serve as the followup to 1999, his debut mixtape which dropped almost ...
Zomboy Announces New Label, Rott N’ Roll Records
When one door closes another one opens, as the saying goes. For Zomboy, the culmination of Never Say Die Records has presented a rare opportunity to forge a new creative venture on his own terms. Never Say Die helped bring the pathfinding dubstep producer to prominence, placing an early bet on his success in signing 2011’s breakout Game Time EP. After the iconic imprint made the difficult decision to close shop after 13 years, it appears Zomboy is taking the initiative to help fill the void NSD has left. Now, the home for all things Zomboy has a new name: Rott N’ Roll Records. Better still, he’s wasting no time sharing what’s in store, dropping his first release of the year on the fledgling imprint, “Flatlined.” With “Flatlined,R...
Louis The Child, SG Lewis, Dom Dolla, More to Headline Holy Ship! Wrecked 2022
Returning to Mexico for the ultimate resort party, Holy Ship! Wrecked will host over 50 artists for four full days of fun in the sun. Scheduled to run December 13th through the 17th, HARD is drawing 2022 to a close with the third edition of Holy Ship! Wrecked, which will be returning to the Hard Rock Riviera Maya in Mexico. This year’s lineup includes performances from Louis The Child, SG Lewis, Dom Dolla, John Summit, Two Feet, Mersiv, Mr. Carmack and TSHA (one of EDM.com‘s Best Music Producers of 2021), among others. Check out the full lineup below. Since this experience is hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya all-inclusive resort, it has its perks. Throughout the duration of the resort party, attendees will not only enjoy music from world...
Growing Pains: How Desert Hearts Festival Fared—And Progressed—In Its Expansive New Home
One of the lamentable circumstances with growth is the inevitable change that comes with it. In the case of a prospering music festival and esteemed brand, this means losing the tight-knit appeal it once had in favor of expansion for its thriving legion of followers. This is the repercussion currently being felt by organizers of this year’s Desert Hearts festival, a fallout that will ultimately benefit them going forward. Porky, Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds and Marbs. Brian Ngo The multi-day camping and arts festival is commemorating a decade since its original Mojave Desert rendezvous. Since then, the team at Desert Hearts has continuously broadened their amenities while staying true to their inclusionary standards and love for house and techno. Consequently, the brand’...
5 Things Not to Miss Under the Electric Sky at EDC Las Vegas 2022
There’s less than two weeks until dance music fans unite by the thousands under the electric sky at EDC Las Vegas, and the excitement around the kickoff of North America’s largest dance music festival has reached a fever pitch. Despite having just held EDC Las Vegas in October of last year, the Insomniac team has been hard at work bringing more new innovations to their flagship offering. This year’s EDC experience includes the addition of a new stage, more rare back-to-back performances, and the same high-quality production fans of the festival have come to know and love. Discover our top five things to consider as you plan to make your EDC 2022 experience a memorable one. EDC Announces Addition of bionicJUNGLE, the Festival’s 9th Sta...
Bob Dylan’s Share of Traveling Wilburys Rights Purchased by Primary Wave
Primary Wave has acquired a few key rights from Bob Dylan‘s share of the Traveling Wilburys catalog, including master royalties and neighboring rights royalties from both of the group’s albums as well as their 2007 box set, the company announced Wednesday (May 11). Comprised of Dylan and fellow superstars George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, the Traveling Wilburys’ formation was a happy accident. After the five-some gathered to record a B-side single with Harrison in 1988, they went on to record two full-length LPs: the three-times platinum Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 and platinum-selling Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. For their work, the Traveling Wilburys earned an Album of the Year nomination at the 1990 Grammys for Vol. 1, won the Grammy for Best Rock Performanc...
Rebel Wilson Recalls Falling Flat on Her Face While Channeling Britney Spears’ ‘You Drive Me Crazy’ Video
Rebel Wilson knows firsthand that trying to keep up with Britney Spears’ choreography is really hard work. During her appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden on Tuesday night, the actress discussed her upcoming Netflix movie Senior Year, which features a re-creation of Spears’ iconic dance moves in the “You Drive Me Crazy” music video that resulted in her falling flat on her face during a take. “I love Britney and I just wanted to pay homage to her because 20 years earlier in the film in 2022, she was like the biggest star in the world, so we did the ‘Crazy’ video … when I’m dancing, I just really like to give it, just give my all to it,” Wilson explained. “And then what happens is that I fall over and so in the Britney thing, they actually keep the take where I’m dancing and lo...
Holland Speaks Out After Suffering Homophobic Attack in Seoul: ‘I Want People to Recognize the Pain & the Courage’
To an online following of millions of fans, Holland is the slender, soft-spoken singer-songwriter whose experiences of growing up gay in South Korea have created a musical safe space as rare visibility for LGBTQ people in the K-pop scene. But to one man in Seoul, his existence ignited a homophobic hatred that elicited an attack in one of Seoul’s most foreigner-friendly areas. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Late on May 5 local time, Holland shared through Instagram and Twitter that a stranger physically attacked him and called him “a dirty gay” in Seoul’s Itaewon area, primarily known for having a large foreigner population and a handful of gay bars. Writing, “this is obviously a hate crime,” Holland, who is not fluent in English, refle...
Dua Lipa Tells Her Worst Date Story, Pokes Fun at Her Viral ‘One Kiss’ Dance & More in ’73 Questions’
Dua Lipa is Vogue‘s latest cover star, and the Grammy-winning singer took part in the publication’s popular “73 Questions,” in which she discussed her music, dating life, style and more. The video started with Lipa welcoming Vogue from her tour’s “levitator,” which has her floating around the arena while she performs her hit song, “Levitating.” When asked what difference is between “onstage Dua” and “Dua hanging out,” the singer replied that she’s “pretty much the same” when she’s performing, just with “a lot more adrenaline.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The conversation then lead to the topic of dancing, and when asked what her most famous dance move is, Lipa already knew it was her viral “One Kiss” shimmy from 2018. She offer...
Everything We Know About Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’
Since announcing his fifth LP last month, Kendrick Lamar has set the hip-hop industry ablaze, with fans and critics alike ruminating on what the rapper will have to say on his first album in half a decade. He’s already dropped one song and music video off of the project, the symbolism-packed “The Heart Part 5.” Inspired by soul and funk from the 1960s and 70s, the single gave fans their first taste of what’s in store for the album’s release come Friday. Following the old school rap sound of 2017’s DAMN., Lamar is ushering in a new musical era with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. Leading up to the album’s release, here’s everything we know so far: The project will mark Lamar’s final release through Top Dawg Entertainment Lamar declared his return last month, sharing a link on social medi...
NJ Supreme Court Orders Parole For Former Black Panther Sundiata Acoli
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: naruecha jenthaisong / Getty A former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army convicted of murder in the slaying of a state trooper in 1973 has a new development in his case. The Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered parole for Sundiata Acoli, now 85 years of age. Gothamist reports that the state’s highest court made the decision via a 3-2 ruling on Tuesday (May 10). According to those close to Acoli, he is currently suffering from dementia and the court’s opinion states that the State Parole Board denying Acoli parole “is not supported by substantial evidence in the record or by a reasonable weighing of the relevant factors.” Acoli was convicted in the May 1973 shooting death of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop on...
