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Jamaican Cosplayer Chet Hanks Doubles Down on Jafaking Foolery In Interview With Ziwe
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Every family has a black sheep, and Tom Hanks’ son, Chet Hanks, fits that definition. The Jamaican cosplayer, aka Shabba Hanks, doubled down on his cultural appropriation of Jamaican culture and clapped back at “social justice warriors” who called him out for it during an interview with Ziwe Fumudoh on her Showtime show. Fumudoh, who has gained popularity for her satirical style of putting her guests on the hot seat, shared a clip of her latest sit down featuring Hanks. “I asked Chet Hanks if he wanted to apologize to any marginalized communities,” Ziwe wrote in the caption featuring the video clip. Ziwe specifically focused on the backlash Hanks was understandably receiving for his use of Patiois. “Are there any margina...
Peep The New Trailer To ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 20th Century Studios / 20th Century Studios It’s been damn near 13 years since James Cameron’s Avatar premiered and went on to become the highest grossest movie of all-time and now we’ve gotten our first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated and long-awaited sequel, but are people still interested in the franchise? Looks like we’ll be finding out just how popular the franchise still is as according to Variety, Avatar: The Way of Water is going to be the second installment to a trilogy with Avatar 3 set to drop in 2024. Even though Avatar 2 is more than a decade removed from the first installment, the original cast is set to return and reprise their CGI roles including Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and even Sigourney Weaver in a...
Chris Rock Calls Will Smith “Softest N-Word That Ever Rapped”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur/VF16 / Getty The intense moment between Chris Rock and Will Smith at The Oscars won’t leave the minds of many for years to come, but the comedian isn’t running away from discussing it. During a surprise guest appearance at a recent Dave Chappelle comedy set, Rock called the retired rapper the “softest n-word to ever rapped.” As we shared last week, Chappelle was nearing the end of his set at the Netflix Is A Joke festival and thanking his guests and fans when a man rushed the stage in an attempt to tackle the comedian to the floor. After a tussle, the man, identified as Isaiah Lee, was beaten by a security team there to project Chappelle. Lee, who apparently carried a vendetta against Chappelle, suffered a number of serious injuries. Rock was ...
Future Logs Eight No. 1 Album With ‘I NEVER LIKED YOU’
Future is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with I NEVER LIKED YOU. The 16-track album earned a total of 222,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 214,000 in streaming equivalent album units (283.75 million on-demand streams of the tracks), 6,500 in album sales and 1,5000 in track equivalent album units. I NEVER LIKED YOU marks Future’s 15th entry in the Billboard 200 top 10 following High Off Life (2020), Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019), HNDRXX (2017), Future (2017), Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (2015) and DS2 (2015) and is his largest week for a solo record; his collaborative What a Time to Be Alive joint with Drake earned 375,000 units. Elsewhere in the chart, The Weeknd’s Dawn FM returns to No. 2 from No. 35 following the release its vinyl, c...
Former Bad Boy Rep Legend Yung Joc Arrested For Child Abandonment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Yung Joc has some explaining to do. The former Bad Boy South rapper now better known for his turn as a reality television star has been arrested for child endangerment. The Jasmine Brand reports that Joc got pinched in the wee hours of May 5 in Gwinett County, GA and posted his $1300 bail a few hours later. The rapper was reportedly pulled over for speeding, and the cops arrested him after running his information. Related Stories The rapper born Jasiel Amon Robinson was coughing driving, wait for it…with a suspended driver’s license. But Hollywood Unlocked was the first to report that the warrant that was out on Joc was for child abandonment. This is where it’s necessary to point out that Joc reportedly has eight children with f...
Young Thug Arrested on Racketeering and Gang Charges, Young Stoner Life and Gunna Facing 56-Count Indictment
Young Thug was arrested in Atlanta on two separate charges while associates of his Young Stoner Life (YSL) imprint — including Gunna — are facing a 56-count indictment. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 30-year-old Thugger, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested and booked into Fulton County Jail on charges of “conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participation in street gang activity.” The RICO Act charge is from an alleged offense committed in January 2013 while the gang charge stems from allegations dating back to May 2018. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is yet to release a statement. In addition to the arrest, Young Thug, Gunna and 26 other YSL associates were listed in a 56-count indict...
Rock Hall CEO Defends Eminem’s Induction Into Hall of Fame
Rock Hall CEO Greg Harris recently discussed Eminem‘s induction into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, stating that the rapper’s music emits the same feeling as music from metal artists. Speaking to Audacy, Harris explained that they were “thrilled” to have Em be inducted in his first year of eligibility. “For a lot of years people asked about hip-hop. He’s the 10th artist to be sort of categorized that way. But you listen to his music, it is as hard hitting and straight ahead as any metal song,” he said. “Like, it’s right there. It really is. It’s a chest punch with a message and with a power and with a rhythm and with a bang, so we’re thrilled he’s going in his first year of eligibility. It’s a big statement.” The CEO added that the rapper is a good friend of the Rock Hall’s and has h...
Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs Enters New Chapter at Sephora: ‘The Future Is Beautiful’
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. Lady Gaga is inviting fans along as she embarks on the next chapter of Haus Labs. An all-new Haus Labs is slated to launch next month with an improved lineup of products that will be available at HausLabs.com and in select Sephora stores as well as online, the superstar announced on Sunday (May 8). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’m extremely excited to announce that we are bringing brand new supercharged clean artistry makeup to the world, through a place that has inspired me for years,” Gaga tweeted. ...
One Direction’s ‘Drag Me Down’ Video Reaches 1 Billion Views on YouTube
As the title of their latest music video to hit a billion views may suggest, nobody can drag One Direction down — even all these years later. The music video for the group’s “Drag Me Down,” which was released in 2015, has officially passed the milestone of one billion views on YouTube, seven years after its release. The song was the group’s first music video without Zayn Malik, who left the group in March 2015. In the “Drag Me Down” video, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne explore NASA. Zayn gave his former band the stamp of approval. “Proud of my boys the new single is sick,” he tweeted. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Drag Me Down” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart on August 22, 2015, two da...
Artists Without Labels Must Be the ‘CEO of Their Brand’ (Music Biz 2022)
One of the most significant byproducts of the streaming era has been the increasing number of ways that artists can make money outside the traditional record label system. But there’s often less attention paid to the actual ramifications of artists choosing to go that route — and the roles that distributors, managers, digital marketers and others play in filling that gap while using the data offered by digital service providers to help an artist succeed in whichever way they choose. That was the topic of the panel “Navigating New Strategies: How A&R, Artist Marketing & Distribution Come Together in the Age of Streaming” at the Music Biz 2022 conference on Monday (May 9). Moderated by Label Logic co-founder, digital strategy Jay Gilbert, the panelists — Rareform co-founder Hallie An...
Spotify to Host First-Ever Investor Day on June 8
Spotify will host an investor day at the company’s New York City office on June 8 at 10 a.m. EST, the company announced Monday (May 9). This will be streamers’ first investor day since going public in 2018. The event will feature a series of presentations from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, CFO Paul Vogel and other members of the leadership team, followed by a live Q&A focused on the progress Spotify has made since its direct listing in April 2018 along with its current roadmap and future growth opportunities. A live webcast of the investor day will be available at investors.spotify.com, while in-person attendance is by invitation only due to limited capacity. Additional details will be sent out in advance of the event. The investor day was announced as Spotify stock reached an all-time low of...
Win a Pair of Pioneer DJ’s Sleek, Ergonomic HDJ-CX Headphones
If you can count on Pioneer DJ for one thing, it’s innovation. The leading DJ equipment and music production tools company has now launched the HDJ-CX, a brand new pair of headphones engineered for agile performance mixing. The on-ear headphones were built to deliver comfort, a high level of sound insulation and, perhaps most of all, durability. But how strong are they really? The HDJ-CX model passed the U.S. Military’s MIL-STD-810H, a shock testing standard used to evaluate any given piece of equipment’s lifecycle and response to environmental stress. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Durability aside, the model was conceptualized with comfort in mind. According to Pioneer DJ, the HDJ-CX can be worn for hours “with artists hardly feeling the headpho...
