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A Pioneering Nightlife Brand Wants to Turn Ibiza Into “The NFT Island”
They say money can’t buy happiness—but it can buy an NFT with exclusive access to Ibiza’s top nightclubs. According to a press release shared with EDM.com, pioneering nightlife brand The Night League has plans to turn Ibiza into “The NFT Island” amid its longest clubbing season in history. They’ve partnered with the Party Degenerates NFT collective on the ambitious venture, which aims to “paint Ibiza’s streets and venues with the finest in digital art.” Starting May 7th, holders of Party Degenerates NFTs will have unprecedented access to all events throughout the season at Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza, two of the world’s most iconic nightlife destinations. The NFT’s utilities enable owners to unlock special experiences at the clubs, which will ...
Kaskade Announces New Destination Music Festival In Cancún, Sun Soaked
A brand new destination festival from the mind of Kaskade could become dance music escapists’ ultimate getaway. Scheduled for December 16-18, 2022, the first-ever Sun Soaked event will go down at Cancún’s all-inclusive Paradisus and Fiesta Americana Resorts, the home of sun-kissed destination festivals organized by Excision (Paradise Blue) and ILLENIUM (Ember Shores). Kaskade has joined forces with the promoters of those events, Festication, to organize Sun Soaked, the third in a series of artist-curated destination festivals. According to the iconic Fire & Ice producer, he wants to break the mold of today’s moth-eaten festival landscape. “Sun Soaked has become a unicorn in an over saturated festival world. A perfect trinity of sun, water + sand,” Kaskade ...
The Evolution of: Kendrick Lamar
It’s been five years since the release of Kendrick Lamar’s GRAMMY-award-winning record DAMN., and the rapper is poised to make his long-awaited return. Next Friday, May 13, the rapper will be dropping his fifth LP, entitled Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. From launching his career under the name K-Dot to producing the entire Black Panther soundtrack, Lamar has cemented himself as one of rap’s most accomplished artists, with five critically-acclaimed studio albums – as well as a handful of fan-favorite mixtapes – to back it up. Ahead of Lamar’s latest musical release, HYPEBEAST looks back on a decade of the rapper’s discography and the evolution of his sound. Section.80 (2011) [embedded content] Lamar began working on his debut album around January 2011, releasing the project in July. Wh...
Fans of Garth Brooks Cause Small Earthquake During LSU Concert
Since his version of “Callin’ Baton Rouge” doubles at LSU’s unofficial anthem, Garth Brooks must have expected his performance of the country standard at Tiger Stadium would get fans shaking in their boots. But even he couldn’t have predicted it would cause a literal earthquake captured by the school’s seismograph. Around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night, Brooks teased the crowd of more than 100,000 by saying, “I have to ask you, Baton Rouge? Is it time?” Once the opening strains of the fiddle hit, the crowd proceeded to lose their shit while singing in unison, clapping their hands, and stomping their feet. In the process, they registered a small earthquake on a seismograph set up in anticipation of the performance. “The noise level in the stadium was insane!” wrote one attendee on Faceboo...
Wu-Tang Clan Announce Wu-Tang Forever 25th Anniversary Collection
Wu-Tang Clan’s sophomore album, Wu-Tang Forever, is celebrating its 25th birthday this June. In honor of the occasion, Get On Down and Legacy Recordings have announced a special anniversary collection, giving Wu-Tang fans even more reason to love the 1997 gem. There’s a lot coming your way from Wu-Tang: The collection includes a 4xLP vinyl reissue of Wu-Tang Forever with a lyric booklet, a silver colored 7-inch single of “Triumph” with “Heaterz” as the B-side in a picture sleeve, and a reissue of the double cassette in a slip case. Available to pre-order now, the bundle will cost you $85.45, though you can also purchase the LPs, 7-inch, and cassettes separately. The bundle and standalone cassettes are expected to ship in late July 2022, while the vinyl reissue and 7-inch single are ex...
Black Star’s No Fear of Time Proves Even 24 Years Is Just a Number for Hip-Hop Greats
Time is crazy, right? It’s the one thing we never have enough of and, sometimes, can’t wait to have in the rearview mirror. Time is on the mind of Black Star, the duo who surprised hip-hip 24 years ago with a debut album still spoken about in hushed tones today. Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (f.k.a. Mos Def) capitalized on that success with their own solo careers. Still, fans kept asking — sometimes incessantly — where’s the next Black Star album? After two decades, the day finally arrived as the Brooklyn group released their sophomore album, No Fear of Time (currently only available on Luminary). While mere mortals might quake in their boots simply thinking about the prospect of releasing a new record so many years after a landmark debut and finding a way to match those lofty expectations, K...
Thundercat Announces 2022 Headlining Tour Dates
Thundercat has announced a number of new headlining tour dates to go along with his upcoming stint opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Between July and September, the funk maestro will play shows in cities like Las Vegas, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Richmond, New Orleans, and Houston. Check out the tour’s full schedule below. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale Friday, May 6th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. A Live Nation pre-sale will proceed the public on-sale on May 5th (use code FINALE). Advertisement Related Video The upcoming dates come in support of Thundercat’s latest album, 2020’s It Is What It Is. Thundercat 2022 Tour Dates:05/16 – Tokyo, JP @ Ebisu Garden Hall05/17 – Osaka, JP @ Big Cat05/18 – Nagoya, JP @ Club Quattro06/04 – Seville, ES @ Estadio Olimpico de la...
Peep The Latest Trailer To Disney+’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Disney+ / Disney+ May the 4th be with you! To celebrate Star Wars Day 2022, Disney+ has released a brand new trailer for the highly anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series and if you’re a hardcore Star Wars fan, you will not be disappointed… in the trailer at least. In the latest trailer we find that Obi-Wan was not only keeping tabs on a young Luke Skywalker on Tantooine, but was even already planning on training him in the ways of the Jedi when the time was right. A plan that Luke’s uncle wasn’t too fond of given how things played out with Luke’s father, Darth Vader. Living a life in exile while on the run from the Galactic Empire, Obi-Wan must find a way to survive until Luke is old enough to get the proper training and right the wrongs of his father. Spoile...
Eminem Will Be Inducted Into The Rock & Hall of Fame, Becomes The Only Artist To Make It In 1st Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Eminem’s place in the pantheon of Hip-Hop artists has been the subject of debate lately, but this latest news will give fans and stans of the Detroit artist more ammo for their arguments for his greatness. Slim Shady will be immortalized in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after it was revealed that he is one of the 2022 class of inductees. The “Lose Yourself” crafter joins Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon to be blessed with the prestigious honor. Related Stories To earn your place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an artist has to have released their first record 25 years before induction. Eminem released his first album, Infinite, in 1996 and, with his induction, became the o...
Tyler, The Creator & Nardwuar the Human Serviette Kick It At Beat Street In Vancouver
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nardwuar / Nardwuar Fresh off his latest Grammy Award win for Best Rap Album, Tyler, The Creator is on top of the world right now and is still out here making time for a pretty entertaining interview with non other than the hilarious Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Linking up at a Beat Street Records in Nardwuar’s hometown of Vancouver, Canada for their fifth interview, Tyler and Nardwuar once again get familiar while strolling through the store’s impressive inventory (must-have items for Hip-Hop heads). After marveling at some of the rap themed action figures on the shelves and whatnot, Tyler opens about the importance of DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape catalogue saying they “really helped shape how a lot of people make music — including me.” Relate...
J.J. Redick Gets Praise For Smacking Down Host’s FOX News Undertones About Draymond Green
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mitchell Leff / Getty J.J. Redick is a real one. The former Duke star and NBA pro had to call out a fellow ESPN host’s suspect, FOX News-friendly “undertones” when discussing Draymond Green’s style of play, and is getting praise from NBA Twitter that knows exactly what he was pointing out. In a segment for ESPN’s First Take, Redick got into it with Chris Russo, who came through with the tried and true “shut up and dribble” take when it comes to Green’s antics on the court. Russo took issue with Green’s commentary in a presser last night, where he expressed no remorse for flipping off fans, adding that if he gets fined it’s cool since he’s a millionaire. In true snowflake fashion, Russo was offended—and threw in a familiar racial dog whistle while he...
Cumulus Media Rejects $1.2B Acquisition Bid by Jeff Warshaw-Led Consortium
Cumulus Media has rejected an unsolicited $1.2 billion bid to buy the company and instead is offering shareholders a $50 million stock repurchase program, according to a letter to shareholders the company filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission in conjunction with its first-quarter financial results. In that letter from Cumulus Media president/CEO Mary Berner, the company said that its board of directors, along with financial and legal advisors, have concluded that the $15-$17 a share bid “significantly undervalues the company and is not in the best interest of it shareholders.” While the letter doesn’t reveal the identity of the bidder, Reuters, which initially broke the news about the bid on April 14, identified the suitor as a consortium of investors led by veteran radio indu...
