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Black Hotel Employee Gets In Brawl With Racist White Guests, Police Only Arrest…Care To Guess Who?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A Black man and a racist white man get into a fight after the white man called the Black man racial slurs. The cops show up and arrest the Black man while the white man isn’t arrested at all. This is what happened at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hotel back in January, but there are more details that make the arrest even more egregious. According to CBS Miami, the whole thing started when Best Western Hotel employee Raymond Rachal canceled a hotel guest’s stay because the guest, Jason Rabe, allegedly called him racial slurs. So, Rabe left the hotel but then he returned later on and walked straight toward Rachal pushing past the security gate and getting right in the employee’s face with clear aggressi...
Chris Rock Breaks Silence on Will Smith Oscars Slap at Stand-Up Show
Following the headline-making slap at the Oscars on Sunday night, Chris Rock has remained quiet about the incident between himself and Will Smith. But on Wednesday night (March 30), the comedian spoke out publicly for the first time during his stand-up show in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he asked the crowd, who began laughing, as reported by Variety. “I don’t have a bunch of sh– about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I’m still kind of processing what happened. So at some point, I’ll talk about that sh–. And it will be serious and funny.” The audience then broke into a chant, shouting “F— Will Smith,” which can be heard in the audio Variety posted on Instagram here. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest vid...
FAIR Act Bill to Repeal California’s ‘Seven-Year Statute’ Amendment Wins First Committee Vote
The Free Artists From Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act passed out of the California State Assembly’s Labor & Employment Committee on Wednesday (March 30) after a 4-2 vote in favor of the legislation. The bill now moves to the Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media for an April 19 hearing and vote. Introduced by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) in February, the FAIR Act — also known as Assembly Bill 2926 — would repeal a 1987 amendment to California’s “Seven-Year Statue” (a.k.a. California Labor Code Section 2855) that allows record labels to sue artists for damages if they leave after seven years but before delivering the required number of albums in their contract. The Seven-Year Statute, which limits personal services contracts for state ...
DJ Snake, Ozuna, LISA & Megan Thee Stallion Rule Latin Airplay With ‘SG’
LISA of BLACKPINK and Meghan Thee Stallion collect their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart thanks to “SG,” their collaboration with DJ Snake and Ozuna, as the song rises from No. 3 to rule the April 2-dated survey. DJ Snake, who clocks his third straight No. 1, returns to lead the all-Latin genre tally after “Loco Contigo,” with J Balvin and Tyga, reigned for one week in Nov. 2019. Ozuna, meanwhile, collects his 27th champ and second of the year: “Emojis de Corazones,” with Wisin, Jhay Cortez, which also features Los Legendarios, arrived at the summit on the Jan. 8-dated list. With the new No. 1 on Latin Airplay, here’s a look at the acts with the most No. 1s on the 27-year-old survey: 33, J Balvin32, Enrique Iglesias27, Ozuna25, Daddy Yankee21, Maluma20, Wisin19, Romeo Santos...
Here Are the Answers to the Latest Billboard x VersusGame Matchups: Rosalia, Lil Nas X & More
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Rosalía, Lil Nas X, Elton John and Dua Lipa. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. VersusGame data shows that fans have predicted correct chart outcomes nearly three out of four times so far. Last week’s challenges featured the following questions: Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest vid...
Donald Glover on Creating New Music: “Nothing’s as Easy as It Used to Be”
Donald Glover recently sat down with Jimmy Kimmel and opened up about his new process for creating music. Nearing the end of the 12-minute interview, Kimmel asked the Awaken, My Love! artist if he was working on a new Childish Gambino album at the moment, which received an uproar from the audience. Jokingly responding with a “No” answer at first, he clarified that he’s still “making a lot of music.” He continued, “I really love doing it. I’ve made a bunch of it, it’s just really how to experience it at this point.” Kimmel then asked if Glover if had to schedule his time in order to pursue his many artistic paths, and Glover confirmed that he is required to nowadays. “It used to just flow but now I have kids, so nothing flows anymore,” he explained. “Nothing’s as easy as it used to be so I ...
Drake Possibly Hinting at New Music With Photo in Studio
New music from Drake could be on the way as the OVO head shared a brand new photo of him working in the studio. Posting the image on Instagram, The Boy can be seen on the couch at the back of the studio, with the view showing the boards, a mic and sound engineer working on something. No caption was attached the photo, unfortunately, so fans will have to wait and see if there is a followup to Certified Lover Boy. Drizzy’s latest studio album Certified Lover Boy dropped in September 2021 after a lengthy delay as he recovered from his knee surgery. The record went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, holds the biggest opening week of 2021 and broke Apple Music and Spotify’s 2021 records for largest streaming debut within a single day. In related news, check out Drake’s rare 1986 Fleer M...
The Jig: Prices On Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG To Increase In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand It looks like the streets will have to pay a premium in order to catch that drip. Nike is rumored to be increasing the price on the Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneaker by the end of this year. As per Sneaker News the iconic shoe is in very high demand, so much so that the ticket on these feet pieces is rumored to go up by the start of holiday season. The Beaverton, OR based brand has yet to formally confirm the speculation but one sneaker insider says that the writing is on the walls. @zSneakerHeadz recently reviewed the upcoming Air Jordan 1 release schedule for the remainder of 2022 and was quick to point to the elephant in the room with the slightly more expensive tag of $180.00 for the Jordan 1 Reimagined “Chicago.” Re...
Peep The Latest Trailer To ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Parmount Pictures / Top Gun: Maverick Wait, the new Top Gun film didn’t drop already? Seems like forever since we got the first trailer for the sequel to the classic Tom Cruise film but yesterday we got a new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and were reminded that no, the film never actually came out. In the latest trailer Tom Cruise reprises his role as legendary Navy aviator, Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell who returns to duty not just to continue to fight for his country, but to also take a new generation of fighter pilots under his wing including the son of his late friend, Goose, Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw played by Miles Teller. Having a bone to pic with Maverick for his father’s death in the original film, Rooster seems reluctant to put his faith...
Ja Rule Makes Sense Of Will Smith Slap, Only Take Twitter Acknowledges
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty The notorious slap Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past weekend has elicited many hot takes. You can now rest easy as Ja Rule has added his own to the list. On Monday morning as social media was ablaze after the incident at the Academy Awards where the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair leading to her husband storming the stage to set fire to Rock’s jawline with a slap, the “What’s Love” rapper shared his opinion on the situation with his fans through Twitter. “Slapping season is OFFICIALLY in session,” he wrote. Related Stories The Murder Inc. MC followed that up with another tweet on Tuesday (March 29th), jokingly calling for a list of rappers with bars the strength of the slap Sm...
August Alsina “Chooses Peace” In Instagram Post After Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty We are hearing from everyone about “the slap” except the individuals directly involved. Jada Pinkett’s entanglement partner, August Alsina, has decided to chime in. We are four days removed after Will Smith decided to get up out of his seat and slap the taste out of Chris Rock’s mouth for a tasteless joke he made during The Oscars. Since then, there have been numerous opinions, most of them unwanted, “Twitter cancelations” and an apology from Smith himself. Even Jada Pinkett Smith decided to break her silence on the matter with a simple Instagram post, writing, “This is a season for healing, and I’m here for it.” Related Stories Following her post, Alsina thought it was a good time to seemingly share his thoughts on a matter with his...
Kelly Lee Owens Announces New Album LP.8, Shares New Songs: Listen
Kelly Lee Owens has announced her new album, LP.8, with two new songs: “Sonic 8” and “Olga.” The follow-up to 2020’s Inner Song is due out digitally on April 29 via Smalltown Supersound; vinyl will ship June 10. Check out “Sonic 8” and “Olga” below. LP.8 is Owens’ third studio album, following Inner Song and her 2017 self-titled debut, but, according to a press release, she described the project to her label as “eighth album.” The producer and musician explained, “For me, 8 meant completion—an album that will ripple infinitely with me personally.” Owens worked on LP.8 in Oslo, Norway with noise artist Lasse Marhaug. The album is mixed by Cherif Hashizume and mastered by Beau Thomas. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2020 feature “How Radiohead, Social Media Addiction, and the Ravages of Climate Change I...
