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DA Claims She’s Been Inundated With Threats After Young Thug RICO Indictment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Fani Willis the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia says that extraordinary measures are being taken to protect her and her family in the wake of threats after the indictment of rappers Young Thug, Gunna, and 20+ other members of YSL. Willis was interviewed by WSB-TV reporter Mark Winne and said that the threats have largely been on social media after the sweeping indictment. ‘ “We don’t believe that these threats were directed by anyone that is in the YSL indictment,” Willis said. “I would say that (threats are coming from) people that are very sympathetic, maybe admirers of YSL and people who are connected with them in some sense.” She added that additional threats have been coming supp...
adidas Sues Nike For Patent Infringement Related To The SNKRS App
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker After months of suing multiple people and corporations for various reasons, Nike has now been slapped with a lawsuit against them as Adidas is alleging that the swoosh giant committed patent infringement of their technology on the Nike SNKRS app. Complex is reporting that Adidas filed the lawsuit this past Friday (June 10) in Eastern Texas federal court claiming that Nike infringed on nine of their patents including those related to its sneaker reservation app, Confirmed and the Adidas_1 sneaker. Aside from taking issue with the way that Nike goes about their reservation method (which adidas says was their idea first), the brand also has beef with Nike’s “Adapt” tech which they feel is a blatant ripoff of their “Smart” tech. Rela...
Roddy Ricch Governors Ball Case Dropped Less Than 24 Hours Later
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Roddy Ricch found himself in hot water on the way to his set at the Governors Ball music festival but managed to get released shortly afterward. According to reports, the rapper was en route to perform at the Governors Ball being held at Citifield in Queens, New York on Saturday (June 11th). The 23-year-old was riding in a Cadillac with two other men, Michael Figueroa and Carlos Collins as they reached a checkpoint outside of the venue. NYPD officers responded as Figueroa reportedly replied to a festival security worker asking him to exit the vehicle, “I’m not ready to get out yet.” An on-scene search of the car included the front passenger seat where Figueroa sat was in. Police unearthed a 9 mm Cavik handgun with bullets. All three w...
Marvel Confirms ‘Thunderbolts’ Movie Is In The Works
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ DC’s Suicide Squad might’ve left comic book fans with a sour taste in their mouths, but fear not for Marvel is here to do with their villains that the DCEU could not, make them enjoyable. Yahoo is reporting that Marvel has confirmed that a Thunderbolts project is in the works and will potentially star Captain America: Civil War villain Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) amongst other familiar MCU heroes and villains. In the comics, the Thunderbolts are something like Marvel’s version of the Suicide Squad consisting of a group of reformed super-criminals led by Baron Helmut Zemo. While initially formed by Zemo as a cover to steal city resources, the team later becomes a true force for good in the world. Rumors of a Thunderbolts film had been swirli...
Warner Music’s Social Justice Fund Sets Event to ‘Spark New Ideas’ Among Grantees
The Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund announced a fourth set of grantee partners on Monday, as well as a first-ever event bringing together current recipients as part of a mission to “spark new ideas and drive collaborative change advancing racial justice.” WMG/BFF SJF’s inaugural ‘Grantee Convening’ event takes place this Thursday and Friday (June 16-17) and will include virtual sessions for grantees, a private reception, and three livestreamed events covering such topics as grant making, media messaging and the larger dialogue on global justice. Convening grantees, who were announced in January, include ARRAY, Bard Prison Initiative, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Brazil Human Rights Fund, Girls Make Beats, Highlander Center, Manos Visibles, A New Way For...
Kate Bush Crowns Global 200 Chart, Harry Styles Makes History Atop Global Excl. U.S.
Kate Bush‘s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, powered by its sync in the new fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. Meanwhile, Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” logs a record-breaking 10th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Plus, Post Malone’s “I Like You (A Happier Song),” featuring Doja Cat, debuts at No. 7 on the Global 200 and two songs ascend to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: Shakira and Rauw Alejandro’s “Te Felicito” (29-6) and Bad Bunny’s “Efecto” (13-9). The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Lumi...
R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Cochise, Josh Levi, Fana Hues & More
Another Monday, another round-up of the freshest picks of the week. From smooth, late-night R&B to upbeat, 808-filled rap anthems, this list is bound to have a track suitable for every moment of the next seven days. This week, listen to the sounds of easy life, Fana Hues, Josh Levi, Preyé and more. And of course, don’t forget to share the wealth with our Spotify playlist, linked below. easy life feat. Kevin Abstract, “Dear Miss Holloway” [embedded content] easy life linked with Kevin Abstract for their new single “Dear Miss Holloway.” The wistful, laid back track is the second glimpse into their forthcoming album Maybe In Another Life slated to release August 12. “Kevin raps about expectations versus reality, choice, and regret,” said the UK band’s frontman Murray Matravers. “Thematica...
Tame Impala, Iggy Pop & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard to Headline 2022 Desert Daze Festival
Desert Daze announced their 2022 festival on Monday (June 13) in celebration of their tenth installment of art and music in Southern California. This year will feature a return set from Tame Impala who had to cut off their 2018 headline set when a massive storm rolled in. Four years later, the group will perform its groundbreaking second album, Lonerism, in its entirety on the weekend of the album’s 10th anniversary. Desert Daze will take place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in Lake Perris, Calif. and also feature return sets from headliners Iggy Pop, who will perform his only U.S. show this year, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Additional artists joining the headliners over the course of the three days and nights include Chicano Batman, The Marías, Sky Ferreira, Cortex, BADBADNOTGOOD, Bo...
Rian Johnson Reveals Title of Knives Out Sequel
With the much-anticipated sequel to 2019’s Knives Out expected out later this year, writer and director Rian Johnson has revealed its title: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. In the Twitter thread announcing the title, Johnson also shared how he was inspired by Agatha Christie’s work while working on the sequel. “Something I love about Agatha Christie is how she never tread water creatively,” he wrote. “I think there’s a misperception that her books use the same formula over and over, but fans know the opposite is true. It wasn’t just settings or murder methods, she was constantly stretching the genre conceptually.” Johnson continued, “Under the umbrella of the whodunnit she wrote spy thrillers, proto-slasher horrors, serial killer hunts, gothic romances, psychological character stud...
Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux Launches Yacht Rock Side-Project Soft Captain, Shares “Too Long”: Stream
We didn’t see this coming: Zeal & Ardor mastermind Manuel Gagneux has unveiled a yacht rock side-project called Soft Captain. The group has offered up the vintage-looking video for the song “Too Long.” Heavy Consequence readers might be familiar with Gagneux from his work in Zeal & Ardor, who we’ve championed time and again on the site. Considering the heavy avant-metal nature of that project, it’s quite a surprise seeing Gagneux wearing a Jimmy Buffett-style sailor hat and singing soft rock. “I have also a Yacht Rock band now,” Gagneux commented in a social media announcement. “Make of that what you will.” Advertisement Related Video It’s a testament to his versatility as a vocalist — a central element to both Zeal & Ardor and Soft Captain. On “Too Long,” Gagneux provides...
R.I.P. Philip Baker Hall, Beloved Actor in Seinfeld and Paul Thomas Anderson Films Dead at 90
Philip Baker Hall, legendary character actor and frequent collaborator with Paul Thomas Anderson, is dead at the age of 90, his neighbor Sam Farmer confirmed. “My neighbor, friend, and one of the wisest, most talented and kindest people I’ve ever met, Philip Baker Hall, died peacefully last night,” Farmer wrote on Twitter. “He was surrounded by loved ones. The world has an empty space in it.” Hall had been suffering from emphysema for several years. Hall appeared in Anderson’s first three feature films, starring in Hard Eight and joining memorable ensembles in Boogie Nights and Magnolia. He also booked one of the most memorable guest parts in Seinfeld history as library cop Lt. Joe Bookman, and had scene-stealing roles as a doctor in Curb Your Enthus...
Joan Jett Blasts SeaWorld for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Animals
Joan Jett appeared virtually at SeaWorld’s annual shareholders meeting on Monday to excoriate the enterprise for its alleged animal abuses, namely their methods of forced breeding. Appearing on behalf of PETA, the punk rock icon said in prepared remarks: “SeaWorld has caused public outrage by continuing to forcibly breed bottlenose dolphins and beluga whales in order to create generations of animals who then suffer in cramped tanks, deprived of any semblance of a natural life.” “In the park’s breeding program, unwilling female dolphins are taken from the water and sometimes even drugged so they can’t fight back while SeaWorld staff thrust tubes filled with semen into their uteruses,” Jett went on to claim. “Some must endure this process repeatedly, only for their babies to die or be taken ...
