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Sharon Van Etten Performs “Mistakes” on Colbert: Watch
Sharon Van Etten closed out the week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night (May 20), performing “Mistakes” from her latest album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. Watch it happen below. We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong arrived at the beginning of May, a month after the singer-songwriter announced the project. Van Etten didn’t reveal any singles from her sixth album before its release, but she shared a video for “Mistakes” shortly thereafter. The album did not include two other songs that Van Etten released in early 2022: “Porta” and “Used to It.” Last year, Van Etten marked the tenth anniversary of her debut album epic with epic Ten and joined Angel Olsen for the single “Like I Used To.” We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong is Van Etten’s first album of ...
Pusha T Talks Longevity of His Career Claiming “I Can Do This Forever”
Pusha T recently sat down with NME to speak about his longevity as a rapper. The 44-year-old Virginia rapper recently released his fourth studio album titled, It’s Almost Dry. The 12-track mixtape saw the minds of producing legends Pharrell and the artist previously known as Kanye West, evenly split the production of the album. When it comes to producing a record for the current time period, Pusha says, “It’s all about creating the best product you can create. That’s just the standard. I want people to look at this street rap narration that I’m painting and understand that this is all I want to make. Don’t ask me for anything else. I’m not entertaining you. I’ve been a realist. I’ve shown you everything. I’ve won the wars. I went through label dramas. I withstood everything. Now is the bes...
Jim Jones & DJ Drama ft. Lyrivelli & Ditta “Ven Aqui,” Danger Mouse & Black Thought “No Gold Teeth” & More | Daily Visuals 5.19.22
HipHopWired Featured Video We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, Jim Jones is the most active member out of The Diplomats and we’re not talking about putting work in out on these streets, we mean putting that work in the studio. Linking up with DJ Drama, Lyrivelli and Ditta for the visuals to “Ven Aqui,” Capo takes to the streets to show off some spiffy Bentley’s before hitting the strip club to pop some bottles and flash stacks of cash to get those booties twerking. Alas, they did not make it rain regardless of the thunder clappin’ that went on in the club. Maybe next time ladies. Elsewhere Danger Mouse and Black Thought connect to drop some thought provoking bars and in their black-and-white clip to “No Gold Teeth” Thought uses a collage of images to cover his face as he spits his...
MF DOOM Biography In The Works From Veteran Music Journalist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Roger Kisby / Getty MF DOOM left an indelible mark on the Hip-Hop landscape, and his influence can be seen in other lyrics-first wordsmiths like himself. The late Daniel Dumile was something of an enigma, and a new biography hopes to partially lift the veil of the “Supervillain.” As reported by Okayplayer, journalist S.H. Fernando Jr. will publish The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast via Astra House. The publisher posted a tweet on Tuesday (May 17) announcing the title, which illustrates the forthcoming arc of DOOM’s life story. From Astra House: In THE CHRONICLES OF DOOM, @SkizFernand will recount the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of Daniel Dumile AKA @MFDOOM, one of rap’s most enigmatic and influential figures—from KM...
Bandana P Banana Clip P: Prodigy Of Mobb Deep Solo Catalog Returns To Streaming Services
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gregory Bojorquez / Getty Prodigy of Mobb Deep fame was one of the best lyricists of his era, and his bone-chilling raps still hold sway in today’s climate. Fans of Rapper P can rejoice after it was announced that Prodigy’s solo catalog will make a return to streaming services. Prodigy of Mobb Deep Solo Projects Return To DSPs By way of a report from Billboard, the estate of Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, reached a deal with The NorthStar Group’s L. Londell McMillan, along with a distribution deal with Warner Music Group’s ADA. Since 2019, a portion of the late New York rapper’s catalog was largely missing from DSPs. Now, a number of projects missing from streaming services made their return on Friday (May 20), including P’s solo debut H.N.I.C. In addition...
Meek Mill Previews Teaser of an Unreleased Track
Meek Mill has taken to Instagram to reveal that he has new music on the way. In a high-octane music video, the rapper reveals a teaser of a hard-hitting unreleased track and its official music video. The clip shows Meek in the flashy high-rise apartment, with stacks of cash and iced-out accessories, seemingly rapping about his successes and haters. The caption accompanying the post reads, “Loadinggggggggg……..” which seems to allude to a potential release date in the future for the teased song. While it is uncertain when the track will drop or if this will be a single or part of a full-length project, the rapper appears to be making a comeback. Meek has not released an album since Expensive Pain in 2021. Last year’s mixtape featured many high-profile collaborators including, A$AP Ferg, Mone...
How to Watch the EDC Las Vegas 2022 Livestream
The 2022 edition of EDC Las Vegas thumps to life starting Friday (May 20) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Featuring more than 300 acts playing across nine stages and four art cars, the desert festival expects to draw roughly 475,000 attendees over three days. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Can’t make it? Don’t sweat it. EDC producer Insomniac Events is hosting a festival livestream featuring sets from the event’s largest stages — kineticFIELD, cosmicMEADOW and circuitGROUNDS — via the company’s InsomniacTV channel. Find the stream below. The event is also happening via Roblox, TikTok and content creation app Lomotif. The stream begins at 5 p.m. PT. Artists streaming live from EDC Las Vegas include Fisher, Zedd, Porter Robinson,...
Zac Brown Band’s John Driskell Hopkins Diagnosed With ALS
John Driskell Hopkins, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/writer for Zac Brown Band, has revealed he has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impacts nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Hopkins appeared alongside his ZBB bandmates in a video message to discuss his diagnosis and his future with the band. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Over the past several years, I’ve noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands,” Hopkins said. “After careful analysis by some of the country’s top neurologists, I’ve been diagnosed with ALS. Because my symptoms have been slow-progressing from the start, we believe they will continue to be ...
Hulu Mega Deal: Get Three Months for Just $1
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Hulu is offering an amazing deal to celebrate National Streaming Day. Beginning Friday (May 20), new and eligible returning subscribers can join Hulu for just $1 a month for three months. The deal applies to Hulu’s most popular streaming plan, which is normally $6.99 a month. Subscribers who join under this limited deal will save a whopping 85% off the monthly subscription cost, but the promo won’t last long, so if you’ve been meaning to sign up for the streaming platform, you’ll have to act fast to get the discount. The promo ends May 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. H...
The Ledger: Three Major Trends Revealed in Music Companies’ Q1 2022 Earnings
The Ledger is a weekly newsletter about the economics of the music business sent to Billboard Pro subscribers. An abbreviated version of the newsletter is published online. From streaming services to concert promoters and ticket sellers, music companies have reported encouraging first-quarter earnings results that show consumers continue to adopt subscription services and eagerly return to live events after COVID restrictions were lifted in late 2021. The same companies’ stock prices tell another story, however. While music companies posted double-digit gains in subscription growth, revenue, ticket sales and many other metrics, their share prices are down by double-digits in 2022. That’s not a surprise given the state of the economy: Inflation is at a 40-year high ; rising interest rates s...
Samara Weaving on the Joys of Playing a Diva in Hulu’s The Valet
“It is quite fun being a little bit evil. It’s just a bit more interesting than being nice all the time,” says The Valet star Samara Weaving, who didn’t realize until this interview how many times she’s played a “crazy actress” (her words) in the past few years. The Australian actress (and niece of Lord of the Rings star Hugo Weaving) got her first screen credit in 2008, and since then has appeared in projects including the Oscar-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the Showtime dramedy SMILF, and the delightfully twisty horror film Ready or Not. But she also played aspiring actress (and daughter of the studio head) Claire in the Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan Netflix series Hollywood in 2020, and in The Valet, she’s Olivia, a major star who convinces titular valet Antonio...
Doja Cat Cancels All Tour Dates to Recover from Throat Surgery
Doja Cat has cancelled all upcoming tour dates in order to recover from throat surgery. “Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils asap,” she wrote in a social media statement on May 20th. “The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take a while due to swelling. That means I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour.” Yesterday, May 19th, the pop star tweeted that she had just undergone surgery on her left tonsil. “My tonsils got infected before bbmas and i was taking fuckin antibiotics but forgot that i was taking them and then i drank wine and was vaping all day long and then i started getting a nasty ass growth on my tonsil so they had to do surgery on it today,” she said. Related Video As she explained, the doctor “poked up in dere with a n...
