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Makin’ Tracks: Kelsea Ballerini Celebrates Smart Risk, Potential Reward in ‘Heartfirst’
Go ahead and jump. Some people are paralyzed by risk; Kelsea Ballerini, judging from the upbeat tone of her new single, “Heartfirst,” prefers to follow the Van Halen playbook. “It’s been a theme throughout my whole musical journey,” she says of embracing risks. “I really do believe that nothing good in life comes unless you jump, unless you just take the chance. And love obviously — like, relationships of any kind — are that.” Ballerini took a creative risk that mirrored the message of “Heartfirst” when she penned it in July 2021 with Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and songwriter Alysa Vanderheym (“Talk You out of It”) at Vanderheym’s home studio in the Nashville area. They poured some wine, listened to some music and came up with a pulsing Fleetwood Mac sort of groove. Explore Explore ...
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Champagne Poetry: Drake Gives Drunk Interview At Kentucky Derby With Jack Harlow [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Drake and Jack Harlow were acting up at the recent Kentucky Derby. So much so that Drizzy was a little tipsy during an interview at the festivities. As per Rap-Up Magazine the two rappers turned newfound friends pulled up to the iconic horse race. Harlow is a Louisville, Kentucky native thus he was slotted as the announcer for the event. After making the “Riders Up” call he was escorted to a private area where he got to view the festivities in grand fashion. There he was joined by Drake, Bryson Tiller, DJ Drama, Boi-1da, and Druski. The “Churchill Downs” duo went on to do an impromptu performance from a Bluetooth speaker while the crowd looked on. Related Stories Afterwards they conducted an interview with NBC and this is where it...
T-Pain & TIDAL Team Up To Debut Tip Hotline For Artists
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tidal / TIDAL Staying true to their founding mission of making the current and next generation of artists and their music accessible to all, TIDAL is connecting with T-Pain for a project to maximize that aim – a tip-line. On Monday (May 9th), the “Buy You A Drank” rapper & singer revealed that he’s in partnership with the streaming music platform to launch a new hotline specifically for those emerging artists that are looking to gain insight from him into how the industry works and also on how they can benefit from this knowledge. He took to social media to release the video announcement of the 1-833-4-TIPSONTIDAL Hotline. The hotline, inspired by the latest single from T-Pain entitled “That’s Just Tips”, will allow fans and others to call in and...
If Kendrick Lamar Is The Boogeyman Of Rap, Lil Baby Is Freddy Krueger
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty In every generation, you have talents who can transcend the hurdles that separate good from great. Kendrick Lamar has elevated himself to a rare level in the years since he first hit the mainstream market, inducing the type of fan favor people like Nas and Jay-Z bring with their releases. Joe Budden’s recent declaration that Kendrick is the Boogeyman of rap is a comparison few would disagree with. However, there’s another generational talent, who’s made himself a force in his own right, haunting the rap game with his verses and terrorizing rappers with nightmares and that’s Lil Baby. Related Stories In the five years since Lil Baby has been out, he’s become the name people can say as their favorite, but only once out of fear they’l...
Op Mayor Eric Adams Defends Cops Who Handcuffed Woman For Selling Fruit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Eric Adams young tenure as the mayor of New York City has been rocky to say the least as he’s made some questionable and controversial decisions over the past few months. Now the polarizing political figure is defending the NYPD for using unnecessary actions against street vendor María Falcon in a subway train station. According to The New York Times, Mayor Eric Adams came to the defense of police officers who last month handcuffed Falcon who was apparently selling mangos in a Brooklyn subway station without a license. New Yorkers know that many people sell all kinds of products in subway stations and it doesn’t bother anyone a single bit, but police decided it warranted some cuffs and now Adams is insinuating that the ill...
Sean “Diddy” Combs Launches New R&B Label Love Records
Sean “Diddy” Combs has launched a new R&B label dubbed Love Records, under a deal with Motown Records. The new imprint “will be dedicated to R&B music and will release singles and collaborative projects from a collective of world-class artists, producers and songwriters,” according to a release. Additionally, Love Records’ first project will be an album from Diddy himself, which is slated for release this summer, marking the rapper’s official return to music. “Music has always been my first love, Love Records is the next chapter is about getting back to the love and making the best music of my life,” said Combs in a statement. “For the label I’m focused on creating timeless R&B music with the next generation of artists and producers. Motown is the perfect partner for my album a...
Julia Jacklin Announces New Album Pre Pleasure and Tour, Shares Song: Listen
01 Lydia Wears a Cross02 Love, Try Not to Let Go03 Ignore Tenderness04 I Was Neon05 Too in Love to Die06 Less of a Stranger07 Moviegoer08 Magic09 Be Careful With Yourself10 End of a Friendship Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Julia Jacklin: 08-26 Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater Here and There Festival08-27 Pasadena, CA – This Ain’t No Picnic Festival09-09 Austin, TX – Mohawk #09-10 Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory #09-12 Nashville, TN – The Basement East #09-13 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #09-15 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club #09-16 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel #09-17 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts #09-18 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club #09-20 Montreal, Quebec – Corona Theat...
Stella Donnelly Announces New Album Flood and Tour, Shares Song: Watch
Stella Donnelly: 09-11 San Diego, CA – Casbah09-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda09-13 San Francisco, CA – Independent09-15 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios09-16 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore Cabaret09-17 Seattle, WA – Neumos09-21 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe09-22 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall09-23 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary09-24 Toronto, Ontario – Longboat Hall09-26 Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom09-28 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere09-30 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live10-01 Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd11-01 Leeds, England – Wardrobe11-02 Glasgow, Scotland – Mono11-03 Manchester, England – Band on the Wall11-04 Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s11-06 Liverpool, England – Zanzibar...
Diana Ross and Tame Impala Team Up on Stacked New Minions Soundtrack, Alongside St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, and More
A long-rumored collaboration between Tame Impala and Diana Ross is just one of the treats lined up for the unfeasibly stacked soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru. Their original song “Turn Up the Sunshine” is joined by a host of covers of ’70s classics: St. Vincent does Lipps Inc.’s “Funkytown,” Phoebe Bridgers does the Carpenters’ “Goodbye to Love,” Caroline Polachek does Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang,” Brittany Howard does Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Shining Star” (with original bandmember Verdine White), and Kali Uchis does the bossa nova standard “Desafinado.” Elsewhere, Weyes Blood takes on Linda Ronstadt’s “You’re No Good,” Thundercat covers Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like an Eagle,” and Tierra Whack puts her spin on Santana’s “Black Magic Woman.” Brockhampton, who are on an indefi...
Black Lives Matters Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Addresses Criticism
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Agro / Getty Last month (April), New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a piece that painted an unflattering picture of the once-ubiquitous Black Lives Matter movement which revealed alleged wrongdoing regarding financial donations. Now, former Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation leader Patrisse Cullors is addressing the criticism in a new interview. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, Cullors, 38, spoke directly to the allegations that the foundation took donations meant for the organization’s activism efforts and instead used the funds for personal gain and extravagant purchases. According to Cullors, the organization was slammed with a barrage of donations, and the group was improperly prepared to handle the massive ...
Atlanta Rapper Young Thug & YSL Crew Hit With RICO Charges, Twitter Investigating
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department On Monday *May 10), Atlanta rapper Young Thug was among 28 individuals who were arrested and hit with RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) conspiracy charges. Everyone was indicted by a grand jury and stands accused of being part of a street gang, with fellow rapper Gunna among those charged. Thugger got pinched in his own crib. Reports the New York Times: Mr. Williams has reshaped the rap world throughout his decade-plus career and inspired a host of emulators as he earned three No. 1 albums on the Billboard chart and collaborated with stars across the rap world and beyond. His arrest comes as District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County — a Democrat best known for investi...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Battle of The Tattoo Titans Contest Goes Down, Twitter Feels This Artist Was Robbed
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Last week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser united the Black Ink crews, and Tatti avoided major jail time. Now it’s time for the Battle of The Tattoo Titans in a drama-less season finale. The Ladies Came To Represent, Spyder Flops The three bosses, Ryan Henry, Ceaser, and KP, break down the competition rules for their tattoo artists and explain the first round will have the artists doing butterfly tattoos. Spyder, of course, runs his big mouth, but when it was all said and done flops claiming he couldn’t do a better tattoo because he couldn’t do colors on dark skin. Ceaser is wildly annoyed with his lead tattoo artist because they all just sat down with a Black tattoo artist specializing in doing color tattoos on Black skin, so h...
