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Chioma Jesus – Imela Chineke
The Eminent Igbo gospel musician Chioma Jesus is out with this soul-lifting song titled “Imela Chineke”. Radical and award-winning Nigerian gospel praise and worship leader, Chioma Jesus dropped this life-changing and thanksgiving track titled ”Imela Chineke”. Chioma Jesus is known for her soul-winning songs that can literally penetrate any stony heart. Everyone knows her by her stage name Chioma Jesus, get from her first hit song however, her real name is Evangelist Amaka Okwuoha. She is a Nigerian Igbo singer that lights up any stage she ministers on with the fire of the holy ghost and the spirit of praise. This wonderful song “Imela Chineke” was written and composed by the prophetic music minister Amaka Okwuoha. This track is outlined to be the third song in her illustrious album titled...
Mr M & Revelation – Ebere Gi
Don’t miss this brand new single from Mr. M & Revelation titled “Ebere Gi”. Mr M & Revelation drops a brand new song titled “Ebere Gi” (Your Mercy). A song of gratitude and thanksgiving for God’s forever love and mercies. The new record “Ebere Gi” is an amazing track that fills in as a follow-up to his previous song titled “Fix Me and Amanda”. Listen and share Mr M & Revelation – “Ebere Gi” below. [embedded content] Download
Norm Macdonald’s Posthumous Nothing Special Is Unlike Any Other Comedy Performance — Review
It’s hard to imagine a comedy set like Norm Macdonald’s latest and last. Nothing Special, a title that manages the Norm-like feat of simultaneous irony and honesty, was recorded at Macdonald’s home, without an audience, during the pre-vaccine pandemic days of 2020. It’s performed in the style of a webcast; MacDonald has a microphone, but he’s sitting down, focusing mostly on his face, as if Zooming into his own special. The press materials boast that it was done in “one take,” which is both impressive, in that Macdonald appears to do 55 minutes of comedy more or less extemporaneously without any breaks for laughs, and obvious, in that he’s occasionally interrupted, by a ringing phone or a barking dog. The comic had been preparing material for his next Netflix special, but, as very few peop...
Wynonna Judd Talks Mother Naomi’s Death: ‘I Feel So Helpless’
Wynonna Judd on Sunday (May 29) opened up about the death of her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd, who died by suicide April 30 following a long struggle with mental health issues. In a heartfelt Instagram post, she wrote about the pain of her mother’s death and her feelings of helplessness. First asking “WHAT DO I KNOW?” — imagining her life coach was asking her that very question — she proceeded to answer it in several ways. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I DO know, that the pain of losing Mom on 4/30 to suicide is so great, that I often feel like I’m not ever going to be able to fully accept and surrender to the truth that she left the way she did,” she wrote. “This cannot be how The Judds story ends,” adding a hear...
Snoop Dogg Postpones 2022 Australia Tour
Snoop Dogg won’t be bringing his doggy style to Australia later this year as planned. The hip-hop legend was booked for an arena tour Down Under this October and November, though all dates are postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances, family obligations and filming commitments,” reads a statement issued Monday (May 30) by TEG MJR. The concerts company is said to be working closely with Snoop’s team on new dates, “which is looking likely” to be February 2023. “While we understand the disappointment with these shows moving back to 2023,” the statement continues, “we also respect Snoop’s decision and can’t wait to have the God Father of Rap finally back on Australian shores.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Tickets for the nixed concerts...
Warren ‘Waz’ Costello, Mushroom Group Label Veteran, Dies After Battle With Illness
Warren “Waz” Costello, a kingpin of Australia’s independent label industry, died Sunday (May 29) after a battle with cancer. He was 64. Costello co-founded Liberation Records with the late Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski, and remained one of Gudinski’s closest and most trusted allies until his own passing in March 2021. The Mushroom family is “deeply saddened by the passing of Warren Costello after a long battle with illness,” reads a statement from the indie music company. Since joining the label division “he has been an essential fabric of life at Mushroom. He was a true music man, a beloved friend to our artists and integral to the success of our business over the past three decades,” the message continues. “Warren was renowned for his positive energy, integrity and family value...
Coldplay Blast Chicago Fans With Waves of Intergalactic Love at Show Featuring Hometown ‘Superstar’ Lupe Fiasco
In a world where it often feels like too much all the time, Coldplay know they can’t fix you. But on a night when 50,0000+ fans packed into Soldier Field to see the group land their interplanetary pop spaceship during the first of back-to-back stadium shows in Chicago, they did everything they could to crank the joy meter past 11, if only for 2 hours. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The band reached that level on Saturday night (May 28) with the help of trippy puppet duets, silly dances in custom space helmets, brightly blinking bracelets that lit up the cavernous home of the Bears and a surprise cameo from hometown hip-hop hero Lupe Fiasco, who was so taken in the moment that, like the audience, he just didn’t want it to end. With ...
CIDERGIRL Drops “Hikosen” Music Video With DHL FAST-TRACK
Spotlighting emerging acts across the world, DHL’s FAST-TRACK program is its new venture into the music realm. For the latest episode, the global logistics brand has partnered with Tokyo-based J-pop collective CIDERGIRL. As the third act to join the initiative, DHL has created a conceptual music video for the band’s single “Hikosen” from the album series SODA POP FAN CLUB. With the track’s lyrics referencing airships, adapting the single into a music video was a perfect fit for DHL. Inspired by anime, the visuals follow the protagonist Lily’s journey on a quest to unveil the contents of a mysterious package. HYPEBEAST spoke with Yurin, Tomo and Fujimura of CIDERGIRL to discuss the band’s formation, creative process as well as the latest partnership with DHL. HYPEBEAST: Tell us about your j...
The Game Unveils Release Date of Hit-Boy-Produced Album ‘DRILLMATIC’
The Game has officially announced the release date of his upcoming album, DRILLMATIC – Mind Vs. Heart. The rapper took to Instagram to confirm the news, sharing a photo with his young son who can be seen sporting an N.W.A. chain. “DRILLMATIC – Mind vs. Heart,” he wrote, “June 17th 2022.” He also revealed that Hit-Boy will be serving as the record’s executive producer, who recently shared a clip of an unreleased track from the album. Earlier this month, The Game referred to himself as “the best rapper alive” while promoting the album in a now-deleted Instagram post. He shared his excitement for DRILLMATIC, which he believes will be the best album of 2022, while expressing his appreciation for the latest releases of Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar, Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benny The Butcher and ...
Drake Is 2022’s Most-Streamed Artist So Far
Drake has been named the most-streamed artist of 2022 so far, with the likes of Juice WRLD, Eminem, the artist formerly known as Kanye West and more also joining the mid-year top 10 list. Chart Data revealed that The Boy currently leads this list with a total of 3 billion streams so far in the United States, followed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again with 2.8 billion streams. Taylor Swift, Juice WRLD and The Weeknd enter at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 with 2.5 billion, 2.2 billion and 2 billion streams, respectively. Making up the bottom half of the top 10 are Ye at No. 6 with 1.9 billion streams, Lil Durk and Morgan Wallen at Nos. 7 and 8 with 1.7 billion streams each and Eminem and Future at Nos. 9 and 10 with 1.5 billion streams each. Check out Chart Data’s tweet below. Most streamed artists this year ...
Even Jon Voight Is Calling For Common Sense Gun Control: “This Is Mental”
Jon Voight has released a statement in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school mass shooting calling for stricter gun laws in the US. “Oh, how my heard bleeds for all those lost,” he began the video posted to his Facebook page in front of an American flag. “My soul cries. We must do something about these horrors that are taken out on innocent beings. Humans who each have lives, and years of life that they’re supposed to live. They’ve been taken down by insanity.” The outspoken Republican and father of Angelina Jolie later went on: “There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership. Proper testing. One should only own a gun if they’re qualified and schooled. It’s not about left, right, guns, no guns. This is about brains that are dysfunctioning. This is mental. This is not abo...
The Band’s Robbie Robertson Pays Tribute to Ronnie Hawkins: “The One Who Made This All Happen”
Rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins, who served as a mentor of The Band, died Sunday, May 29th at the age of 87. Hawkins’ wife told CBC that her husband passed away following a long illness. “He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” Wanda Hawkins said. Though a native of Arkansas, Hawkins experienced the majority of his success after relocating to Canada in the early 1960s. At one point, his band, known as The Hawks, featured Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson– who would later go on to form The Band and back Bob Dylan. Advertisement Related Video “He was our mentor. He taught us the rules of the road,” Robertson wrote of Hawkins in a tribute published to Instagram. Robertson went on to describe Hawkins as “the godfather” and “the one who m...
