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Afro Nation Festival Makes US Debut, Burna Boy & WizKid to Headline Miami 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: AFRO NATION / AFRO NATION The biggest Afrobeats celebration is coming to the United States. Following successful festivals in Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, Afro Nation takes the next step with Afro Nation Miami 2023. Source: AFRO NATION / AFRO NATION The inaugural Miami festival promises performances from ascendant Nigerian superstars Rema and Asake, dancehall legend Beenie Man, rising African stars CKay, BNXN, and Black Sherif, French rapper Franglish, and many others. Shining a special spotlight on the ascendant genre of amapiano, born in South Africa, Afro Nation Miami brings the Piano People stage, headlined by Major League DJZ and Uncle Waffles, and featuring many more of the genre’s most exciting names. The festival follows up a groundbreaking ...
French Montana Video Shoot In Miami Leaves Several Shot, Rapper Rob49 Among Victims
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 15 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first...
Ultra Worldwide Now Has Music Festivals On All 6 Inhabited Continents
The team behind Ultra Music Festival have secured their spot as the most international music festival brand. After expanding to Peru and Abu Dhabi, Ultra Worldwide now has festivals on all six inhabited continents. The inaugural Ultra Abu Dhabi was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, but it’s now been confirmed to take place March 4-5, 2023. Ultra’s booming beats and coruscating laser beams will debut at the largest open-air venue in the Middle East, Etihad Park. Ultra South Africa. Ultra Worldwide After the Abu Dhabi fest wraps up, the Ultra tour will make its way to South Africa for its eighth edition, hosting back-to-back events in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th. Africa’s largest electronic music festiva...
#BRUHNews: Mom Delivers Fade To Airport Counter Equipment After Losing Kids
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Miami-Dade Corrections / Miami-Dade Corrections Camila McMillie, a mom of two traveling out of Miami International Airport, was arrested after losing her children and having an outburst this week. In a now-viral video clip, McMillie was seen destroying equipment at the airport after she couldn’t locate her children and faces a number of charges. As reported by the outlet Local 10, Camila McMillie, 25, was traveling to New York out of Miami on Tuesday (Dec. 20) and became irate with American Airlines workers after she couldn’t locate her children. According to reports, the children went to the bathroom without informing their mother, promoting her to request help from the staff. It isn’t known or wasn’t shared in the reporting if airline workers atte...
Crypto hotspots continue to thrive despite FTX collapse
The sudden failure of FTX has left many people questioning the impact this will have on the cryptocurrency ecosystem. For instance, it remains questionable whether or not crypto hotspots will continue to flourish or if there will be a decline in innovation. While it may be too soon to fully understand the impact of the FTX collapse, industry leaders within crypto-friendly geographies believe that the FTX failure will not hamper innovation. For example, Dubai — which has been dubbed as one of the most innovative regions for crypto and blockchain development — continues to see ecosystem activity. Most recently, The Algorand Foundation, the organization driving the growth of the Alogrand blockchain, hosted its second annual Decipher conference in Dubai. The event took place Nov. 29–30, ...
Ultra’s RESISTANCE to Debut Residency In Miami In 2023
Ultra’s RESISTANCE concept is making a historic homecoming in 2023. Since the debut of the RESISTANCE stage at Ultra Buenos Aires in 2015, the underground-focused concept has been a smash hit around the world. After unveiling the grungy, flame-throwing, spider-like stage setup in 2015, the brand immediately became the talk of the festival, so much so that the organization moved rapidly to debut a standalone RESISTANCE event only a year later. Since then, standalone shows have dotted the globe, landing in at least 35 cities. Most notably, the RESISTANCE brand found a stable home in Ibiza for what became a highly celebrated residency in the nightlife capital of the world. Now, RESISTANCE is returning to its root on Miami Beach, teaming up with the new mega-club M2 for the brand&#...
Ultra’s RESISTANCE to Debut Residency In Miami In 2023
Ultra’s RESISTANCE concept is making a historic homecoming in 2023. Since the debut of the RESISTANCE stage at Ultra Buenos Aires in 2015, the underground-focused concept has been a smash hit around the world. After unveiling the grungy, flame-throwing, spider-like stage setup in 2015, the brand immediately became the talk of the festival, so much so that the organization moved rapidly to debut a standalone RESISTANCE event only a year later. Since then, standalone shows have dotted the globe, landing in at least 35 cities. Most notably, the RESISTANCE brand found a stable home in Ibiza for what became a highly celebrated residency in the nightlife capital of the world. Now, RESISTANCE is returning to its root on Miami Beach, teaming up with the new mega-club M2 for the brand&#...
HI-LO, Tiga, More to DJ During Art Basel 2022 for Epic Pool Parties
Winter in the U.S. is cold and bitter, but Miami will be bringing the heat in December thanks to Epic Pool Parties. The five-day techno and house music spectacular is coming to the heart of South Beach for this year’s Art Basel. Between November 30th and December 4th, the Sagamore Hotel will play host to a quintet of sun-kissed parties featuring a slew of high-profile DJs. Highlights at this year’s Epic Pool Parties are aplenty. Prospective attendees can look forward to electrifying DJ sets from HI-LO (the techno alias of Oliver Heldens), Ida Engberg, Tiga, Sonny Fodera and Biscits, among others. Last but certainly not least, the final event will tie a bow on the massive week with a momentous B2B set from two electronic music legends, Sasha and Danny T...
Nike To Host ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture’ Exhibit In Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Almost a year after his passing it’s still long live Virgil. This December, Nike will honor Virgil Abloh’s creative legacy with a four-day experience during Miami Art Week. As spotted on Nice Kicks From December 1 through 4, 2022, Nike and VA Securities will present “Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture” at Miami’s Rubell Museum. The exhibition honors Abloh’s creative legacy, highlighting his long-term partnership with Nike, and shares design methodologies that were central to his creative identity. The exhibition and its related programs are designed to showcase his methodological principles — known as Abloh’s Codes — which are meant to be applicable to any medium, product or space. The Codes made his work, and particularly The Ten with N...
Red Bull Batalla USA National Finals 2022 Crowns OneR As Champion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Bull / Red Bull Content Pool The Red Bull Batalla USA National Finals 2022 concluded in Miami this past weekend (Oct. 8), featuring some of the nation’s best Spanish-language freestyle competitors. In the end, OneR emerged as the champion and will represent the United States in the world finals in Mexico City. This was Hip-Hop Wired’s first time covering a live Red Bull Batalla event despite having covered the Spanish language freestyle in previous times via this channel. Given the Hip-Hop roots of Spanish freestyle, which not only borrows from the stylings of American battle rap but also folk troubadours, it allowed us to peer into a scene that is on the cusp of becoming an important part of the nation’s musical fabric. Ahead of the competition, Hip-...
Ultra Reveals Huge First Wave of Artists for 2023 Festival In Miami
If you thought Ultra couldn’t top last year’s historic festival, think again. The organizers of Ultra Music Festival have revealed the first wave of artists confirmed to perform in Miami in 2023. And it’s more of a tidal wave. The lineup has more highlights than an Aaron Judge home run reel. Eric Prydz is set to bring his rare HOLO show to Ultra’s breathtaking RESISTANCE Megastructure, where techno pioneer Carl Cox will return after a captivating three-hour headlining set in 2022. Meanwhile, deadmau5 is primed for two collaborative performances: one with Kaskade (as Kx5) and another under his Testpilot alias with HI-LO, the techno nom de plume of Oliver Heldens. Ultra Music Festival 2022. Rudgrcom Other artists confirmed to appear at Ultra 2023 include Zedd, Ma...
“I Think It’s Limitless”: MORTEN On the Volcanic Potential of the Future Rave Movement
From the underground to the Ultra mainstage, the future rave genre is sinking its teeth into the electronic music zeitgeist. We recently sat down with MORTEN in Miami, where the Danish dance music star and future rave flag-bearer opened up in an intimate interview before appearing onstage at Ultra Music Festival with his parter-in-crime, David Guetta. In many ways, future rave is emblematic of the euphoric ethos of the return of electronic music in Miami after a brutal pandemic. Bridging the gap between dark techno and soaring progressive house music, the genre has inspired a post-electro wave of hungry music producers. “I think it’s limitless,” MORTEN said when we asked how big the future rave movement could become. MORTEN chats with EDM.com live at Ultra Music Fest...
