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Champagne Poetry: Drake Gives Drunk Interview At Kentucky Derby With Jack Harlow [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Drake and Jack Harlow were acting up at the recent Kentucky Derby. So much so that Drizzy was a little tipsy during an interview at the festivities. As per Rap-Up Magazine the two rappers turned newfound friends pulled up to the iconic horse race. Harlow is a Louisville, Kentucky native thus he was slotted as the announcer for the event. After making the “Riders Up” call he was escorted to a private area where he got to view the festivities in grand fashion. There he was joined by Drake, Bryson Tiller, DJ Drama, Boi-1da, and Druski. The “Churchill Downs” duo went on to do an impromptu performance from a Bluetooth speaker while the crowd looked on. Related Stories Afterwards they conducted an interview with NBC and this is where it...
T-Pain & TIDAL Team Up To Debut Tip Hotline For Artists
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tidal / TIDAL Staying true to their founding mission of making the current and next generation of artists and their music accessible to all, TIDAL is connecting with T-Pain for a project to maximize that aim – a tip-line. On Monday (May 9th), the “Buy You A Drank” rapper & singer revealed that he’s in partnership with the streaming music platform to launch a new hotline specifically for those emerging artists that are looking to gain insight from him into how the industry works and also on how they can benefit from this knowledge. He took to social media to release the video announcement of the 1-833-4-TIPSONTIDAL Hotline. The hotline, inspired by the latest single from T-Pain entitled “That’s Just Tips”, will allow fans and others to call in and...
If Kendrick Lamar Is The Boogeyman Of Rap, Lil Baby Is Freddy Krueger
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty In every generation, you have talents who can transcend the hurdles that separate good from great. Kendrick Lamar has elevated himself to a rare level in the years since he first hit the mainstream market, inducing the type of fan favor people like Nas and Jay-Z bring with their releases. Joe Budden’s recent declaration that Kendrick is the Boogeyman of rap is a comparison few would disagree with. However, there’s another generational talent, who’s made himself a force in his own right, haunting the rap game with his verses and terrorizing rappers with nightmares and that’s Lil Baby. Related Stories In the five years since Lil Baby has been out, he’s become the name people can say as their favorite, but only once out of fear they’l...
Op Mayor Eric Adams Defends Cops Who Handcuffed Woman For Selling Fruit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Eric Adams young tenure as the mayor of New York City has been rocky to say the least as he’s made some questionable and controversial decisions over the past few months. Now the polarizing political figure is defending the NYPD for using unnecessary actions against street vendor María Falcon in a subway train station. According to The New York Times, Mayor Eric Adams came to the defense of police officers who last month handcuffed Falcon who was apparently selling mangos in a Brooklyn subway station without a license. New Yorkers know that many people sell all kinds of products in subway stations and it doesn’t bother anyone a single bit, but police decided it warranted some cuffs and now Adams is insinuating that the ill...
Sean “Diddy” Combs Launches New R&B Label Love Records
Sean “Diddy” Combs has launched a new R&B label dubbed Love Records, under a deal with Motown Records. The new imprint “will be dedicated to R&B music and will release singles and collaborative projects from a collective of world-class artists, producers and songwriters,” according to a release. Additionally, Love Records’ first project will be an album from Diddy himself, which is slated for release this summer, marking the rapper’s official return to music. “Music has always been my first love, Love Records is the next chapter is about getting back to the love and making the best music of my life,” said Combs in a statement. “For the label I’m focused on creating timeless R&B music with the next generation of artists and producers. Motown is the perfect partner for my album a...
Julia Jacklin Announces New Album Pre Pleasure and Tour, Shares Song: Listen
01 Lydia Wears a Cross02 Love, Try Not to Let Go03 Ignore Tenderness04 I Was Neon05 Too in Love to Die06 Less of a Stranger07 Moviegoer08 Magic09 Be Careful With Yourself10 End of a Friendship Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Julia Jacklin: 08-26 Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater Here and There Festival08-27 Pasadena, CA – This Ain’t No Picnic Festival09-09 Austin, TX – Mohawk #09-10 Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory #09-12 Nashville, TN – The Basement East #09-13 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #09-15 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club #09-16 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel #09-17 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts #09-18 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club #09-20 Montreal, Quebec – Corona Theat...
Stella Donnelly Announces New Album Flood and Tour, Shares Song: Watch
Stella Donnelly: 09-11 San Diego, CA – Casbah09-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda09-13 San Francisco, CA – Independent09-15 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios09-16 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore Cabaret09-17 Seattle, WA – Neumos09-21 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe09-22 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall09-23 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary09-24 Toronto, Ontario – Longboat Hall09-26 Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom09-28 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere09-30 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live10-01 Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd11-01 Leeds, England – Wardrobe11-02 Glasgow, Scotland – Mono11-03 Manchester, England – Band on the Wall11-04 Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s11-06 Liverpool, England – Zanzibar...
Diana Ross and Tame Impala Team Up on Stacked New Minions Soundtrack, Alongside St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, and More
A long-rumored collaboration between Tame Impala and Diana Ross is just one of the treats lined up for the unfeasibly stacked soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru. Their original song “Turn Up the Sunshine” is joined by a host of covers of ’70s classics: St. Vincent does Lipps Inc.’s “Funkytown,” Phoebe Bridgers does the Carpenters’ “Goodbye to Love,” Caroline Polachek does Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang,” Brittany Howard does Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Shining Star” (with original bandmember Verdine White), and Kali Uchis does the bossa nova standard “Desafinado.” Elsewhere, Weyes Blood takes on Linda Ronstadt’s “You’re No Good,” Thundercat covers Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like an Eagle,” and Tierra Whack puts her spin on Santana’s “Black Magic Woman.” Brockhampton, who are on an indefi...
How to Get Tickets to Jack Harlow’s 2022 Tour
Jack Harlow just announced his North American “Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour,” and there’s no need for “First Class” tickets on this extensive 22-date excursion. The Louisville, Kentucky rapper is flying high after releasing his highly anticipated sophomore album, which doubles as the tour’s namesake. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Jack Harlow’s Next Tour? The “Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour” opens in Nashville on September 6th, followed by stops including Houston, Austin, and Phoenix before heading up the West Coast from San Diego, Seattle, and Vancouver to Portland on September 25th. Heading east via Salt Lake City and Denver, Harlow covers the Midwest with shows in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit in early October. After a show in ...
Netflix’s Clark: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt Composes Soundtrack, Ghost’s Tobias Forge Makes Cameo
Clark is a new Netflix Swedish-language series based on infamous Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson. Directed by ex-Bathory drummer and Lords of Chaos director Jonas Åkerlund, the six-part series boasts a serious metal pedigree. To start, Åkerlund tapped Opeth mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt to compose the score for the series. Åkerfeldt recently announced a physical release of the 34-track soundtrack, which spans genres and features four vocal performances from the Opeth frontman. The soundtrack drops on July 22nd, 2022 via InsideOutMusic. On writing the soundtrack to Clark, Åkerfeldt commented in a press release: “Writing the music for Clark is probably one of the most rewarding things I’ve done musically. It was so fun. Challenging, but fun. I wanted to do a good job of course, and provide mus...
Toro y Moi on ’70s Psychedelic Soul and Making a Sister Record to 2015’s What For?
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Toro y Moi catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Mahal, an album that touches on his Filipino heritage while also commenting on the world at large. Related Video The artist aka Chaz Bundick tells us about the repurposed WWII-era Jeep that he bought and how it ties into the record, landing on a ’70s psychedelic soul and funk sound, and how he sees this as a sister album to 2015’s What For?. Advertisement Bundick also tells us why he wrote a thank you to the postal service, comments on the digital era and how we consume content, having Ruban Nielson from Unknown Mortal Orchestra back as a guest, and his plans to re...
Elizabeth Olsen Doesn’t Like Marvel Movies But Says MCU Critics Disrespect Crew
Elizabeth Olsen, who has played Wanda Maximoff in Marvel entries ranging from 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier to 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, told The Independent that while she personally doesn’t enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she thinks prominent critics like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola are disrespecting the crew who bring the MCU to life. “Honestly, the Marvel movie magic is lost on me now, which is too bad,” she said. “I have to get my kicks elsewhere.” But when Olsen was asked about comments made by Scorsese (he said superhero movies are “theme parks” and “not cinema”) or Coppola (he claimed the flicks are “one prototype made over and over and over again to look different”), she pushed back, saying she gets frustrated when...
