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Nike To Use One Sneaker Box To Ship & House Their New Releases
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke For decades Nike has been known for their innovative and creative products and with climate change a big topic amongst the world’s population, the Swoosh brand is doing their part to help curb global warming any which way they can. Source: Nike / NIke Now the good folk over at Nike are looking how to cut down on double-boxing their product and creating a sneaker box that will more than likely infuriate sneaker collectors who’ll love to have their collection intact and spiffy. According to Nike they’re looking to take their “Move To Zero” initiative to the next level and are adding to their line of shoes that are made with at least 25 percent to 50 percent recycled material by giving those sneakers a sneaker box that doubles as a shipping box. ...
Brockhampton Announce Surprise “Final Album” During Coachella 2022 Performance: Watch
Brockhampton performed one of their final shows at Coachella last night. The group wore matching letterman jackets with the phrase “All Good Things Must Come to An End” embroidered on the back. Their stage set was decorated with boulders, a colorful mountain scene, and a giant blue animatronic gorilla. Brockhampton did live renditions of tracks like “Buzzcut,” “1999 Wildfire,” “Summer,” “Boogie,” and more. After leaving the stage, they played a video clip of Kevin Abstract meeting with his bandmates, discussing the last Brockhampton LP. The video then cut to a graphic that read: “Final Album. 2022.” The band are set to go on indefinite hiatus following next weekend’s Coachella performance. Watch clips from their set below and follow all of our Coachella 2022 coverage. In January, Brockhamp...
Watch Megan Thee Stallion Debut a New Song at Coachella 2022
Megan Thee Stallion made her Coachella debut last night. The Houston rapper performed an unreleased song that samples Jodeci and Wu-Tang’s “Freak’n You Remix.” Meg introduced the track by saying that it is “very motherfucking personal,” and dedicated it “to whom it may the fuck concern.” She also did live renditions of her Good News single “Body,” Suga’s “Savage,” “Eat It” from Something for Thee Hotties, “WAP,” her Dua Lipa collaboration “Sweetest Pie,” and more. “Shoutout to Dua Lipa for doing this with me,” Meg said ahead of “Sweetest Pie.” Meg was joined by a bevy of dancers throughout her Coachella set. Watch clips from her performance below, and follow along with all of our Coachella 2022 coverage. Ahead of last night’s Coachella performance, Megan Thee Stallion tweeted, “I got this ...
Watch Flume Bring Out Beck, Vince Staples, Caroline Polachek at Coachella 2022
Flume performed last night at Coachella, and his set was packed with surprise guests. He was joined by Beck for “Tiny Cities,” Vince Staples for “Smoke & Retribution,” Caroline Polachek for “Sirens,” Tove Lo for “Say It,” and Kai for “Never Be Like You.” Watch clips from the set below, and follow along with Pitchfork’s full coverage of Coachella 2022. This weekend’s set arrived before the release of Flume’s new album Palaces. The album, which follows the Grammy-nominated mixtape Hi This Is Flume, arrives on May 20. Read about Flume in Pitchfork’s feature “25 Microgenres That (Briefly) Defined the Last 25 Years.” Twitter content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Twitter content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Watch Lizzo Host, Debut New Song “Special” on SNL
Lizzo was the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live yesterday evening (April 16). She performed two songs from her new album Special: the title track, which she debuted live onstage, and “About Damn Time.” Lizzo was introduced by her mother for the first song and played a flute solo during the latter track. Watch the performances and Lizzo’s sketches below. During the SNL episode, Lizzo starred in sketches spoofing the Black Eyed Peas, TikTok, the YouTube algorithm, and more. In one clip titled “Orchestra,” Lizzo played a professional flutist auditioning for a prestigious symphony orchestra who can’t stop twerking while playing. In a later sketch, Lizzo brought a man home after a first date only to have her grandfather, the bald dancing man from the Six Flags commercials, repeatedl...
Nicki Nicole Makes Her U.S. Debut at Coachella: ‘I Felt So Emotional’
“I never imagined that so many people would come watch my first show in the U.S.,” Nicki Nicole told her fans at Coachella’s Sonora stage as she tried to hold back tears. No one could have guessed that the Argentine trap star was making her U.S. debut at the festival on Saturday. For starters, she drew a significant crowd at the indoor stage, who chanted her name — “Nicki, Nicki, Nicki” — just minutes before she stepped onstage. And she seemed calm, cool and collected up there. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In reality, “I was really nervous,” Nicole told Billboard minutes after her 40-minute set. “The stage is indoors compared to all the other stages here, so it’s not like someone can just stop by. If someone really wanted to see me, ...
Fans Choose Anitta’s ‘Versions of Me’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
What a week to be an Anitta fan! The Brazilian singer released her fifth album, Versions of Me, on Tuesday, and the trilingual project tops this week’s Billboard new music poll. Fans voted in a poll published Friday, and the album scored more than 70% of the vote over the weekend. But the album release was just the tip of the iceberg for the Latin pop star. Anitta also made her Coachella debut on Friday night, with fans hashtagging her performance #Anichella all over social media. She brought out Snoop Dogg and Saweetie as special guests during the set, and also put on a sensual performance of her viral smash hit “Envolver.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Elsewhere in the poll, Phoebe Bridgers‘ new song “Sidelines” — written for the Hu...
Lil Durk’s ‘7220’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Lil Durk’s 7220 returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second nonconsecutive week, as the set steps 2-1 on the April 23-dated list with a little over 47,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 14 (down 8%), according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. The album bowed atop the chart dated March 26 and spent the next three weeks in the runner-up position. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Plus, four more albums debut in the top 10: Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn, 42 Dugg and EST Gee’s Last Ones Left, Fivio Foreign’s B.I.B.L.E. and Camila Cabello’s Familia. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, ...
Megan Thee Stallion Debuts Fiery New Song Dedicated ‘To Whom the F— It May Concern’ at Coachella
Megan Thee Stallion made her Coachella debut late Saturday, and she didn’t disappoint, packing her set with spicy hits and one especially fiery brand-new song. Introducing the yet-unheard song, the Houston rapper said it was personal to her and dedicated it “to whom the f— it may concern.” It’s unclear what the song is called, but it wrapped with a couple of notable phrases. The final line — “you’s a bi—” — was broadcast across the festival’s big screens, while she also repeated the Twitter-favorite lyric “di– don’t run me, I run di–.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s unclear if there’s one specific inspiration behind the new song, though social media is suggesting some of the lyrics could be targeted at Tory Lanez, who is currently...
Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA & Big K.R.I.T. Restore The Blog Era Vibes With New Project
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Anytime we can get a joint project with Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA, and Big K.R.I.T., we are in luck. The ten-song project Full Court Press links three of the most influential blog era artists with one goal: Making melodic music for the spring. A decade and a half ago, rap blogs were king, introducing the world to some of the rap game’s biggest new talents. Wiz, KRIT, and Smoke DZA came on the scene, introduced the world to their sound and etched out their own lanes. Wiz’s 2010 mixtape, Kush and OJ, Krit’s KRIT WUZ Here, and DZA’s George Kush Da Bottom, were among the most praised. Their projects reintroduced the stoner aesthetic that groups like Cypress Hill and Luniz used before them and brought in a stylistic change of easygoing vibes...
MAGA Rapper Releases Video To “Show Love” For Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, As Embarrassing As It Sounds
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Megan Varner / Getty So… Apparently, in Florida, there exists a right-wing rapper (yes, you read that correctly) named Kurt Jantz who goes by the rap name Forgiato Blow. Recently, Janz released a music video meant to celebrate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as well as former president Donald Trump, and we at the Black delegation have but one question: WTF is this Yo’ MAGA TV Raps nonsense here? [embedded content] Nah, we really need to know what Bargain Basement Bubba Sparxxx thinks he’s doing here. What is this? This is a rap song (don’t you dare call this Hip Hop) where an MC (in this instance, it stands for MAGA Caucasity) rattles off generic Republican talking points in verse form while looking like he just got done stabbing his Hispanic cell mate so he coul...
Megan Thee Stallion Performs New Song At Coachella, Sparks Lil Kim Comparisons
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Megan Thee Stallion held down Coachella last night, and earned all the praise. The Texas rapper also performed a new song that has Twitter chattering about its Lil Kim vibes. Getting compared to the Queen Bee is never a bad thing in Hip-Hop Circles. Meg’s new cut rocks the same sample flipped on Jodeci’s “Freek’N You” remix with Ghostface Killah and Raekwon. In that regard, Thee Stallion is playing with house money, and the Hotties certainly approve. Check out the positive reactions to the new cut, along with the Lil Kim praise, in the gallery.
