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Watch RÜFÜS DU SOL Perform Grammy-Nominated Song “On My Knees” Live at the Gorge
After RÜFÜS DU SOL performed their Grammy-nominated single, “On My Knees,” live at the Gorge in October, the uplifting display is now available for fans to watch and stream. In the clip, the famed Aussie electronic outfit cultivate a euphoric and atmospheric soundscape, complete with their signature sound. Flashing hues of red illuminate the band as drones sweep over their sprawling sea of fans at the Gorge, one of the nation’s most beautiful open-air concert venues. RÜFÜS DU SOL’s electrifying live version of “On My Knees” ends with a riveting drum solo, a fitting coda for the song’s dreamlike, cinematic energy. Check out the performance below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles RÜFÜS DU SOL brought their “Surrender” tour...
Get to Know the Artists Performing at This Year’s Afro Nation Ghana Festival Featured in Spotify’s Official ‘Afro Nation Ghana’ Playlist
Spotify’s “Afro Nation Ghana” playlist is your musical primer to the upcoming 2022 Afro Nation Ghana festival held on December 29 through the 30 in Accra, Ghana, at Marine Drive, Black Star Square. This year, the star-studded lineup includes special appearances from Meek Mill (marking his first performance in West Africa), P-Square, Skepta, Rema, Stonebwoy, Tiwa Savage, Asake, CKay, along with DJ and MC appearances from Scorpion Kings, Major League Djz, Uncle Waffles, Eddie Kadi and many more. Ahead of the festival’s return, Spotify celebrates its mission to platform the Afrobeats genre and unite the Black diaspora through music, entertainment and travel. The world’s largest Afrobeats music festival, founded by Obi Asaka and SMADE in 2019, first debuted in Portimão, Portugal, and has since...
Weezer Wraps Up ‘SZNZ’ Series With Final EP ‘Winter’
Weezer has dropped the last installment in their year-long SZNZ EP series. Winter is an exploration of how far the band has come in the decades since its formation in 2022. While Winter was initially supposed to be an acoustic and stripped-back record, the project transformed over the course of its recording, with assistance from producers Suzy Shinn and James Flanigan. Tracks such as “Sheraton Commander” mirror the orchestral elements of Weezer’s latest album OK Human, while the guitar-heavy “The Deep and Dreamless Sleep” is reminiscent of the band’s sound on 2014’s Everything Will Be Alright In The End. The release of Winter was preceded by the first song “I Want A Dog,” which the rock band performed live on Jimmy Kimmel earlier this month. SZNZ is an interesting experiment in sound, tim...
Joycelyn Savage Allegedly Gives Birth To First Child With R. Kelly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nuccio DiNuzzo / Getty The R. Kelly story just got even more bizarre. Joycelyn Savage has allegedly given birth to her first child with the disgraced singer. As reported by MadameNoire, the social media personality made a big announcement last week. On Thursday, Dec. 8 she gave birth to her daughter Ava Lee Kelly. On her Instagram post reveal she wrote “My baby girl Ava when you were born , my whole world shined so bright. I knew that it was no longer about me anymore it was about us . Though the world is cold , I promise to always protect you . I am so happy to be your mother & you bring me so much joy . 12.08.22 🎀💕”. Earlier this year, Savage announced that she was pregnant with the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer’s child. Initiall...
Knicks Owner James Dolan Uses Facial Recognition Tech To Kick Lawyers Out Of His Venues
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Graessle / Getty For more than a decade, James Dolan has been one of the most loathed men in New York City for the manner in which he’s run the New York Knicks amongst other things. But his most recent douche move, allegedly, puts him in a whole new villainous light. The New York Post is reporting that Long Island attorney Alexis Majano was booted from a Knicks game after James Dolan’s team used facial recognition technology to identify him in the crowd in Madison Square Garden. The news comes days after it was revealed that Dolan used the same technology to kick another lawyer, Kelly Conlon, from a Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular just last month. Majano is part of law firm that has a pending lawsuit against Madison Square Garden Entertain...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Secures $3M In Funding For Universal Hip Hop Museum
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The Universal Hip Hop Museum will be able to advance their mission in the coming years. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has secured 3 million dollars in funding for the institution. As reported by News One U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she secured $3 million in funding in the year-end omnibus package to go toward construction of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which broke ground in the South Bronx in May 2021 and is slated to open in 2024. The omnibus is expected to pass Congress and be signed into law this week. The Universal Hip Hop Museum aims to become a tourist hub honoring the genre’s influence over art, music, fashion, film, marketing and entertainment, celebrating the pioneers who built the culture, such as Gran...
Netflix & Nike Team Up To Stream ‘Nike Training Club’ Classes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Looks like Netflix is taking their streaming game up a notch as they’ve struck a deal with Nike to begin giving their monthly subscribers something to sweat it out to. According to The Verge, Netflix and Nike have surprisingly joined forces to bring viewers exercise training sessions so people can get their workout in while staying in the comfort of their own home. Beginning Dec. 30 (right in time to keep your New Year’s resolution), Netflix subscribers will be able to stream classes from the Nike Training Club which will feature 30 hours of content in its first two weeks. For the uninitiated, Nike Training Club is a popular fitness app where users can take strength, yoga, and high-intensity interval training led by Nike trainers. It’s geared ...
Alexandre Desplat Is Top Nominee for 2023 SCL Awards: Full List of Nominations
Less than 24 hours after Alexandre Desplat was shortlisted for Academy Awards for best original song and best original score for his work on Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, the French composer emerges as the top nominee for the 2023 SCL Awards for his work on that same film. Desplat is nominated for outstanding score for a studio film and outstanding song for a musical/comedy for “Ciao Papa,” which he co-wrote with Del Toro and Roeban Katz. The awards by the Society of Composers & Lyricists, now in their fourth year, will be presented on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Actor-musician Darren Criss is set to host. Many of the SCL nominees were shortlisted for Oscars on Dec. 21, but some who were left off received nods here, including Michael Giacchino (nomi...
Kate Bush Reflects on ‘Running Up That Hill’ Success, Shares Message of ‘Hope’ in 2022 Christmas Message
Kate Bush is looking back on the ups and downs of 2022. In a bittersweet message titled “Merry Christmas” on her website, the 64-year-old U.K. pop icon reflects on the pains of the the past year, including the war in Ukraine and death of Queen Elizabeth II, but also shares thanks for the renewed success of her classic 1985 song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” and expresses hope for a brighter 2023. “I don’t think any of us have ever known a year like this one,” Bush begins her note. “Life became incredibly frightening in the pandemic, but just as we think it might be over soon, it seems to keep going. It’s a bombardment — the horrific war in Ukraine, the famines, the droughts, the floods… and we lost our Queen.” The singer-songwriter then turns to a more uplifting topic: the resur...
Chrissy Teigen Jokes About Posing for ‘Storks Illustrated’ in Bikini Photo Baring Her Baby Bump
Chrissy Teigen is proving that being a swimsuit model and being pregnant aren’t mutually exclusive. In a new Instagram photo from her and John Legend‘s beachside holiday getaway, the former Sports Illustrated covergirl showed off her baby bump in a black bikini — a shot she hilariously dubbed “Storks Illustrated.” In the a photo shared Wednesday (Dec. 21), Teigen stands on a sandy shore with her feet in the water, looking on as her son, 4-year-old Miles, runs from an approaching wave. Facing slightly away from the camera, the Cravings founder’s belly is on full display in her two-piece, which she revealed in a followup post is from the brand Monday Swimwear. “storks illustrated? I don’t know,” she jokingly captioned the post. Teigen is currently expecting her third child with Legend, with ...
TWICE’s Tzuyu Gets Into the Holiday Spirit With a Christmas Cover of Ava Max: Watch
With just days left until Christmas, TWICE‘s Tzuyu is spreading cheer to ONCEs everywhere by gifting them a cover of a holiday track on Wednesday (Dec. 21). The K-pop star went with a modern Christmas song and put a sweet spin on Ava Max‘s 2020 song “Christmas Without You.” The TWICE vocalist filmed a video to accompany her take from the studio, and is in a cozy white sweater, red scarf and a festive reindeer headband complete with small antlers. Kicking off the first verse, Tzuyu went with a serene delivery of the track and its chorus. “Lights on the trees under fallen snow/ You get a bit closer when the winter’s cold/ Now I can’t wait ’til you’re by my side/ All of the best gifts, you just can’t buy,” she sang. “Wherever you go, you light up the room/ I hope that you’ll make it back home...
Young Thug Reportedly Enlists Hip-Hop Historians To Testify in Upcoming Trial
Young Thug is calling on experts of hip-hop music to testify in his upcoming trial. According to documents allegedly submitted by the rapper’s lawyer Brian Steel, which were obtained by AllHipHop, one “hip-hop historian” and two “lyrics experts” will serve as expert witnesses in the trial for Thug’s RICO case. Thug’s defense will call on Dr. Erik Nielson, who authored the book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America and is named as a hip-hop historian/expert in the documents. They’ll also be tapping Dr. Adam Dunbar of the University of Nevada, Reno and Dr. Charis Kubrin of the University of California, Irvine. Both professors are listed in the document as hip-hop/lyrics experts. Other witnesses the defense will enlist include a video analysis expert, a cell phone expert and a drug ...
