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Man Who Stole On Tekashi 6ix9ine Says Struggle Rapper Provoked Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ A few days ago a video surfaced of a club goer living the dream and punching Tekashi 6ix9ine at a club in Miami. Although it didn’t land square on the famous snitch’s face, it did make enough contact to remind Tekashi he’s still loathed out in the streets. [embedded content] Recently TMZ was able to catch up with the man who touched Tekashin and not only does he have no regrets (why should he?) but he stated what we all felt: Tekashi deserved it. Interestingly enough though it seems like Tekashi actually provoked the punch from the man who goes by ItzMrBHN on social media as he says Tekashi and his new crew tried to bully ItzMrBHN and his peoples at Pilo’s Tacos Tequila Garden. How you ask? Well… Related Stories He claims Tekashi was filmin...
Drake Inks Monster Deal With Universal Music Group
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake has secured the bag, and it’s a massive one. Universal Music Group revealed that has renegotiated its contract with the Toronto rap star and it sounds like an all-inclusive and expensive affair. According to Variety, UMG’s Chairman revealed in its Q1 earnings calls, which went down Tuesday (May 3), that his company and Drake had “entered into an expansive, multi-faceted deal with the company that encompasses recordings, publishing, merchandise and visual media projects.” Related Stories The specifics of Drake’s new deal, which was reportedly locked down in 2021, haven’t been shared. He has been listed as a re-signing, after his last proper album from his first Young Money/Cash Money contract, Scorpion, dropped in 2018. Neverthel...
HHW Gaming: Razer’s New Blade 15 Laptop Sounds Like Its Going To A Beast
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Blade 15 Based on the specs, Razer might have just unveiled a beast of a gaming laptop. Tuesday (May.3), Razer announced its new Blade 15 gaming laptop, and it sounds like one powerful video game-playing machine. What sets this model apart from previous models is that it features an OLED QHD 240Hz display, which is unheard of on a gaming laptop. Razer boasts the Blade 15’s screen is brighter and has more vivid colors, plus performs at “esports-level speeds.” The screen is also paired with a 12th gen Intel Core i9-12900H processor and an NVIDIA®️ RTX 3070 Ti laptop graphics card making it the go-to machine for the gamers and creators. Related Stories The new OLED screen can also reach 400 nits brightness and include up to 100% DC...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ Could Be a Double Album
Kendrick Lamar‘s highly-anticipated project, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, could be releasing as a double album. Updating his Oklama website with a black-colored folder icon entitled “master,” the artist uploaded a photo of what seems like a book bearing his name and the album title, along with two “MASTER COPY” CDs individually labelled “STEPPERS” and “MORALE.” K-Dot did not confirm whether the speculations of the double album or the book were correct, however, leaving fans to wait for either an official announcement or the release day. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is Lamar’s first album since 2017’s DAMN. and will mark his last release with Top Dawg Entertainment. Label president Punch Henderson previously addressed the artist’s departure from TDE, “It’s been almost 20 years. S...
Daniel Radcliffe Is “Weird Al” Yankovic in Teaser Trailer for New Movie: Watch
The Roku Channel has shared the first teaser trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story—the new “Weird Al” Yankovic biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe. The thoroughly dramatic clip is soundtracked by Yankovic’s 1985 Madonna parody “Like a Surgeon.” Watch below. Yankovic is the writer, producer, and subject of the film. Weird was directed and co-written by Eric Appel, and is co-produced by Funny or Die and Tango. “Weird Al” Yankovic recently kicked off a tour that will find him playing over 100 concerts. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Phoebe Bridgers Tells Her Abortion Story While Advocating for Women’s Rights
Yesterday (May 2), Politico published a draft opinion from the Supreme Court that showed a majority of the court would vote to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has since confirmed the authenticity of the leak but claimed the court’s decision is not yet final. Politicians—including Attorney General Eric Schmitt of Missouri—are already pledging to ban abortion should the court go through with its decision. Today, Phoebe Bridgers has opened up about her own experience getting an abortion. “I had an abortion in October of last year while I was on tour,” she tweeted. “I went to planned parenthood where they gave me the abortion pill. It was easy. Everyone deserves that kind of access.” Bridgers also shared a link to The Cut’s list of ...
Teyana Taylor Announces Farewell Tour
Teyana Taylor has announced a continuation of what she’s calling her farewell tour. The Last Rose Petal 2…Farewell Tour takes place in cities across North America this summer that she missed on her fall 2021 tour of the same name. According to a representative, no new music is planned. “Sometimes we gotta take the time to smell our Roses even after the Last Petal falls,” Taylor said in a statement. Find the dates below. Taylor’s last album The Album arrived in 2020. Last fall she performed with Normani at the MTV VMAs. This week, she appeared at the 2022 Met Gala. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Teyana Taylor: The Last Rose Petal 2… Farewell Tour Teya...
Kendrick Lamar Keeps Fans Guessing With New Album Teaser
Kendrick Lamar has added a new link to his Oklama website. A black folder that leads to a folder called “master” hosts a photograph of a hand holding both a book with Lamar’s name and “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” on the cover and two compact discs—one with “Morale” and the other with “Steppers,” each marked as a “master copy.” Last month Lamar revealed that his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers would be released May 13 by tweeting a similar link to his Oklama website. Lamar first teased the record—his “final TDE album,” as he described it—with a note on the website launched in August 2021, which he signed “Oklama.” Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers follows Lamar’s 2017 album Damn. for which he won a Pulitzer prize. He’s since curated the Black Panther soundtrack, headlined...
Red Bull Guest House Returns to Host Curated Electronic Music Events for Miami Grand Prix Weekend
The return of Formula 1 events around the globe has been met with high interest and engagement from the electronic dance music community. From Tiesto’s “victory lap” performance on the back of a souped-up Heineken truck to Charlotte de Witte’s heart-racing Formula EP, it’s evident the two worlds are becoming increasingly intertwined. Now, for the first time, Formula 1 is heading to Miami, one of America’s biggest cultural hubs for electronic music. With it comes the return of Red Bull Guest House and their series of curated, invite-only events to soundtrack all the high-octane action of racing weekend. The era of the 1960s and 70s are widely regarded as a golden era for motorsports, in part due to the confluence of a cultural boom and te...
Here Are the Stage-By-Stage Lineups for Shambhala Music Festival 2022
Ahem: there are only 81 days until Shambhala. After a two-year hiatus, Shambhala Music Festival—Canada’s longest-running independent dance music gathering—will return for its 23rd edition from July 22-25, 2022. In anticipation of the return to the farm, organizers have now unveiled Shambhala’s stage-by-stage lineups, highlighting one per day. Having trouble deciphering each stage? To make life easier, we’ve rounded up each lineup below. SHAMBHALA 2022: THE VILLAGE STAGE The Village Stage is a unique experience as attendees have the option of roaming the crowd at ground-level or climbing the stairs to the treehouse, where walkways above weave and intertwine around the entirety of The Village’s parameters. At the end of Shambhala 2019, organizers announced they w...
Fred again.. Announces Slew of Fall North American Tour Dates
Practically one year to the day from the release of Fred again..‘s debut album, Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020), he ascended the stage at Coachella, greeted by a golden hour crowd that exemplified the phrase “packed like sardines” (to this, we can personally attest). And his show in Los Angeles the following week sold out in under 15 minutes. Luckily, the renowned Brit will make his return to North America this fall thanks to an eight-date tour announced earlier today. Kicking off in San Francisco on September 23rd, Fred again.. will touch down in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and more before concluding in New York City on October 13th. You can sign up for this Thursday’s pre-sale here—and trust us, you’ll need it. General on-sale be...
EDM.com Presents: The House Brew, Vol. 9
“Petra” – Bedouin After a jaw-dropping hybrid set at Al Khazneh (The Great Treasury) in Petra, Jordan—one of the seven wonders of the modern world—melodic house duo Bedouin cemented the momentous performance with a track in the city’s namesake. Evoking mystery and awe, Bedouin’s “Petra” offers a striking parallel to the historic tomb it pays testament to. “Balsame” – Xinobi Turkish baglama plucks, an infectious bassline, and Arâm’s fierce vocals bring “Balsame” to life. The titular track off Xinobi’s latest album is “about healing using the metaphor of the wine as a healer,” Xinobi explains. “Although here the wine represents a quick fix for the erratic person [or] creature Arâm is giving voice to, it should represent a bigger objective: healing permanently or at...
