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Black Lives Matters Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Addresses Criticism

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Agro / Getty Last month (April), New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a piece that painted an unflattering picture of the once-ubiquitous Black Lives Matter movement which revealed alleged wrongdoing regarding financial donations. Now, former Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation leader Patrisse Cullors is addressing the criticism in a new interview. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, Cullors, 38, spoke directly to the allegations that the foundation took donations meant for the organization’s activism efforts and instead used the funds for personal gain and extravagant purchases. According to Cullors, the organization was slammed with a barrage of donations, and the group was improperly prepared to handle the massive ...

Atlanta Rapper Young Thug & YSL Crew Hit With RICO Charges, Twitter Investigating

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department On Monday *May 10), Atlanta rapper Young Thug was among 28 individuals who were arrested and hit with RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) conspiracy charges. Everyone was indicted by a grand jury and stands accused of being part of a street gang, with fellow rapper Gunna among those charged. Thugger got pinched in his own crib. Reports the New York Times: Mr. Williams has reshaped the rap world throughout his decade-plus career and inspired a host of emulators as he earned three No. 1 albums on the Billboard chart and collaborated with stars across the rap world and beyond. His arrest comes as District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County — a Democrat best known for investi...

‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Battle of The Tattoo Titans Contest Goes Down, Twitter Feels This Artist Was Robbed

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Last week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser united the Black Ink crews, and Tatti avoided major jail time. Now it’s time for the Battle of The Tattoo Titans in a drama-less season finale.  The Ladies Came To Represent, Spyder Flops The three bosses, Ryan Henry, Ceaser, and KP, break down the competition rules for their tattoo artists and explain the first round will have the artists doing butterfly tattoos. Spyder, of course, runs his big mouth, but when it was all said and done flops claiming he couldn’t do a better tattoo because he couldn’t do colors on dark skin. Ceaser is wildly annoyed with his lead tattoo artist because they all just sat down with a Black tattoo artist specializing in doing color tattoos on Black skin, so h...

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Reveal Whether They Ever Will Make a Joint Album

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz recently opened up about the possibility of working on a collaborative album, stating that while nothing is on the table just yet, the idea is “very exciting.” In a recent Million Dollaz Worth of Game interview, the husband and wife stated that they’ve already musically collaborated outside of the studio. “I don’t know, I mean, I feel like it would be…we have a real musical connection, actually for real. Like any time I’m doing anything, passing it to him, saying I’m working on this, I’m thinking about it and he’s giving me feedback when he’s working on stuff, he’s like, oh this is what I’m feeling. So we’re, we’re already kind of like collaborating for sure,” Keys said. “And so in that way, I guess we’ve done a lot of things already together. But if you mean li...

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Looks Back on Pre-Coachella Anxiety, Announces Nippon Budokan Final Tour

On May 7, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu took the stage at Line Cube Shibuya in Tokyo for her first concert since returning to Japan after her first-ever performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and a sold-out headlining gig at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles last month. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [embedded content] The J-pop icon resumed her 10th-anniversary domestic tour titled 2022 CANDY WAVE, charming fans who flocked to the venue with a voluminous set mixing old and new songs from her ten-year career. Addressing the crowd in-between songs, the “Ninja Re Bang Bang” singer shared a memorable experience from her stint at Coachella. She said that while she had always dreamed of performing at the world-famous music festival,...

Young Thug Arrested on Gang-Related Charges: Reports

Young Thug has reportedly been arrested and booked into an Atlanta court on gang-related charges. The Slime Language rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, was booked into Fulton County Jail Monday (May 9) on two separate counts, jail records show. The Grammy Award-winning artist is said to be charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participation in street gang activity. The first of those charges relates to an alleged offense in January 2013, while the second, the gang activity charge, is in connection to events from May 2018, according to multiple reports. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Williams is schedule to make his first court appearance Tuesday at 11:30 am, Channel ...

Madonna Preps NSFW ‘Mother of Creation’ NFT Collection

Madonna, whether she’s in Queen of Pop-mode, the Material Girl, or just Madge, is always evolving, thinking ahead. Constantly keeping her fans guessing. Now she’s entering her Mother of Creation phase. The pop veteran, like many others, has embraced the digital art-world of NFTs, initially by buying one, and now becoming one — or more precisely, three. The “Like a Prayer” singer takes the leap with digital artist Beeple (real name Mike Winkelmann), who sold an NFT last year for $69 million, to create a trio of digitally-rendered collectables. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Mother of Creation videos, an “NFT triptych” which “represent a different form of birth in our contemporary world,” will raise money for good causes. They’re said to be ...

AleXa Wins Inaugural American Song Contest

AleXa, the K-Pop singer from Oklahoma, brought honor to her home state by claiming victory in the first American Song Contest, which wrapped up its eight-week run on Monday (May 9) with a grand final that pitted 10 of the 56 entries from America’s states and territories against each other for the win. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The voting process duplicated the way votes are presented in the Eurovision Song Contest. First, points from the professional jury were counted as the 56 jurors were divided among 10 geographic sections of the U.S., with each one having a representative announce live on air which contestant received their top mark of 12 points, with other points from 10 down to 1 being awarded rapidly on screen. After all of the jur...

Pusha T Reveals He Does Not Think Kanye West and Drake “Make Good Music Together”

In a recent Drink Champs interview, Pusha T sat down with DJ EFN and N.O.R.E. to talk about his new album, It’s Almost Dry to working with the likes of NIGO, JAY-Z and Pharrell. King Push shares how he initially met the KENZO creative director, stating that they met because he was a fan of the music. Their relationship later grew when NIGO became inspired by Pharrell’s collection of Jacob & Co.‘s pieces. Push also talked about his track “Hear Me Clearly” for I Know NIGO and how his biggest regret for the track was not having NAS as a collaborator. Later on in the interview, Push discussed Drake and Kanye West and gave his opinion on whether or not he thinks the pair is a good fit in terms of collaborations. Despite working together many times, King Push does not think that they have a ...

Here Are the First Week Projections for Jack Harlow’s New Album ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’

Jack Harlow‘s sophomore album Come Home the Kids Miss You has arrived and has garnered positive reactions from fans worldwide. With success on the horizon, the first-week projections have for the album see the album bringing in 110,000 to 135,000 units. While the numbers indicate that the album is on the rise, HitsDailyDouble reports that the 110,000 units is unlikely to push Come Home the Kids Miss You to the top of charts in its genre. The album features big name collaborators including Pharrell, Drake, Justin Timberlake and Lil Wayne. Harlow currently holds the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 chart for his track “First Class.” In a recent interview, Harlow mentioned that he hoped his new album would break the 100,000 sales mark in the first week, slightly above Harlow’s Come Home the Kids Mis...

Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Album of 2022 So Far

Bad Bunny‘s latest studio album Un Verano Sin Ti has set two new Spotify records. According to reports, the 23-track album is the most-streamed album of 2022 so far, also making Bad Bunny the most-streamed artist globally in one day with 183 million streams. The Puerto Rican artist took the throne from Drake, who set the previous record with 176.8 million streams. The latest feat of Un Verano Sin Ti is a continuation of Bad Bunny’s streaming dominance; he was Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide two years in a row, earning the coveted spot in 2020 and 2021. Un Verano Sin Ti marks the artist’s first solo release since 2020’s GRAMMY winner El Último Tour Del Mundo, and is expected to debut at No. 1 with 235,000 to 260,000 units in its first week. If the projections are accurate, the...

DJ Tunez – Today

Don’t miss this brand new single from DJ Tunez titled – “Today”. Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Tunez comes through with a brand new single titled “Today“. The new record “Today” is an impressive single dedicated to his fans & supporters. It is a follow-up to his previously released first single for the year titled “Making More Money“. However, it deserves a spot on your playlist, happy listening. Listen and share DJ Tunez – “Today” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DJ_Tunez_-_Today_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download