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Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike Strikes Publishing Deal with Reservoir
Rapper and actor Killer Mike has signed a publishing deal with Reservoir Media, including future works and his back catalog. The agreement will include the independent publisher taking a stake in the discography of Run the Jewels, the rap duo comprised of Killer Mike and EL-P, who have released such hit tracks as “Legend Has It,” “Close Your Eyes” and “Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1.” Born and raised in Atlanta, Killer Mike has dropped four landmark albums with Run the Jewels over the course of his career, as well as six solo projects dating back to his 2003 debut record Monster, released via Columbia Records. He’s also renowned for his collaborations with other hip-hop heavyweights including Jay-Z, Outkast, T.I. and Big Boi. As an actor, Killer Mike has had roles in films such as Baby...
Ed Sheeran Sets 2023 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Ed Sheeran is returning to the scene of his all-time box-office blockbuster — Australia and New Zealand. The British singer and songwriter sets his + – = ÷ x Tour (pronounced The Mathematics Tour), which will see him fill stadiums across both countries next February and March. Scheduled to kick off Feb. 2, 2023 at Sky Stadium in Wellington, NZ, the jaunt is Sheeran’s first here since the 2018 Divide Tour, during which he destroyed the old mark for the highest-selling domestic tour in history. Divide shifted 1,006,387 tickets across Australia and New Zealand, according to Frontier Touring, bettering the 950,000 tickets Dire Straits sold for a single tour in the late ‘80s. That’s according to the independent concerts giant which produced the Divide tour, and is behind the upcoming shows. Exp...
Freddie Gibbs Says Jussie Smollett Should’ve Got 3-5 Years In Prison
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Bennett / Getty It’s safe to say that not many people came to the defense of Jussie Smollett following his sentencing last week, and now you can count Freddie Gibbs as one of the many people who believe Jussie is simply reaping what he himself has sowed. TMZ caught up with the “Big Boss Rabbit” rapper and asked him to weigh in on the fact that capitol rioters a.k.a. insurrectionists are getting lighter prison sentences than Jussie Smollett did to which Freddie said “The capitol rioters should go to jail and “Juicy” Smollett should go to jail too, man.” He then added that “Juicy” Smollett shouldn’t see the light of day until three years from now as opposed to the 5 month sentence he got hit with last week. Related Stories “He did that bullish*t, he sho...
Will Smith Claims “No Infedelity” In Marriage To Jada Pinkett Smith
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty Will Smith has been listening to a lot of the chatter out there concerning the state of his marriage with Jada Pinkett Smith, and he’s out to make everything crystal clear that there has been no cheating taking place. In a sit-down profile interview with Gayle King on CBS’ Sunday Morning, the multi-faceted entertainer was asked about his ‘unconventional marriage’, referencing the multitude of rumors surrounding their 25-year relationship. The King Richard actor answered in a straightforward fashion. “Never. There’s never been infidelity in our marriage,” he responded. “Jada and I talk about everything and we have never surprised one another with anything, ever.” The marriage between the couple has been one that has been highly scruti...
Lil Durk “Barbarian,” Kodak Black “Vulnerable” & More | Daily Visuals 3.15.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Lil Durk’s latest album 7220 ain’t been out but a few seconds and already the Chiraq artist has a second video out in support of his 7th studio album. This time around Durk creates some new visuals for the album cut “Barbarian” in which Durk flosses cement blocks of cash on a private plane before kicking it with James Harden and Meek Mill during his tour stops. Homie really living his best life right now. Down in Miami, Kodak Black dresses down in all black as he takes a stroll through his neighborhood by his lonesome all in his feelings in his clip to “Vulnerable.” Least by the end of the video he was giving away hundreds of dollars to the residents of his hood. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Takeoff and Rich The Kid, NBA YoungBoy and mo...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: Pablo Schreiber Says It’s A “Huge Honor & Responsibility” Becoming ‘Halo’s Master Chief
Get used to it. When you think of the legendary Spartan soldier, John 117, aka Master Chief, you’re going to see Pablo Schreiber’s face. After years of starts and stops and visionary changes, the long-awaited Showtime produced Halo original series set to arrive on Paramount+ later this month, and it got the video game world buzzing. The episodic show follows Schreiber’s Master Chief and his squad of Spartans dubbed the Silver Team during a conflict between the UNSC and a bunch of rebels who wants no parts of what the United Space Command has to offer. For the most part, the rebels fight valiantly but fear the UNSC’s best weapon, the Spartans. They spark fear in rebel fighters’ hearts due to their superhuman abilities, efficient combat skills, stone-cold killer attitudes. The rebels don’t k...
Puss in Boots Uses Up Eight Lives in New Trailer for The Last Wish: Watch
Puss and Boots is down to his ninth and final life in the new trailer for DreamWorks’ The Last Wish. This is the long-gestating sequel to 2011’s Puss in Boots, which itself was a spinoff of 2004’s Shrek 2. Antonio Banderas returns as the titular fearless feline, who begins the trailer by defeating a giant, but who lingers in his victory speech a little too long and finds himself crushed to death. That’s nothing new to Puss in Boots, who, as he soon recounts, has died a number of times. There was the bull-fighting incident, the time he didn’t land on his feet, the mix-up with seafood, and the whoopsie in a cannon. He’s a bit slow to count it up — “I’m not really a math guy,” he says — but to his horror, he soon realizes he has already perished eight times. “What do ...
Japanese Breakfast and Alton Brown on Cooking, Music, and Cooking While Listening to Music
What do celebrity chef and TV host Alton Brown and Grammy-nominated indie rock star Michelle Zauner (AKA Japanese Breakfast) have in common? Quite a few things, believe it or not; both have a passionate love of food, with Alton Brown hosting multiple Food Network shows and Zauner exploring the relationship between food, love, and grief in her memoir, Crying in H Mart. Not only that, they’re both musicians; Zauner released her excellent third studio album Jubilee last year, whereas Brown is currently trekking across the country with his “ABL: Beyond The Eats” tour, which features him fronting a live band every night in addition to food science experiments, live cooking, and more. Together, they’re both ambassadors and sonic enthusiasts for Fender’s new futuristic and visually stunning...
AMC Entertainment Buys Stake in Literal Gold Mine One Year After Flirting with Bankruptcy
With the energy of a person who becomes newly engaged two days after leaving rehab, AMC Entertainment — a company that nearly went bankrupt less than a year ago — has spent $27.9 million on the troubled gold and silver mining company Hycroft, despite having zero experience in the excavation of rare metals. The Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. owns the 71,000-acre Hycroft Mine in northern Nevada, which is thought to possess “some 15 million ounces of gold deposits and some 600 million ounces of silver deposit,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC Entertainment has purchased a 22% stake in the company, and Adam Aron, the chairman and CEO, sounds positively manic about the decision. “To state the obvious, one would not normally think that a movie theater company’s core c...
Cardi B Reveals She’s a My Chemical Romance Stan: “They Don’t Make Music Like This Anymore”
Don’t hold your breath, but Cardi B might be the next rapper to come out with a pop-punk album. As 2000s emo continues its unexpected second (third?) cultural zeitgeist moment, the Bronx artist has revealed a pressing fascination with… My Chemical Romance? “They don’t make music like this anymore,” Cardi B tweeted Tuesday (March 15th), attaching a short clip of the MCR classic “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” As of this writing, the tweet has already wracked up over 25,000 likes, a testament to the world’s excitement as the band’s long-awaited, oft-rescheduled reunion tour inches closer to becoming a reality. Cardi B is hardly the first hip-hop artist to dabble in pop-punk. WILLOW and Machine Gun Kelly recently fell in love with an “emo girl,” and Kid Cudi and Lil Peep were rapping about their ...
Posthumous Selena Album With Unreleased Tracks Reportedly Set To Release in April
Abraham Quintanilla, the father of the late Selena Quintanilla, shared that a new album from the Queen of Tejano will drop next month. As per CBS, Quintanilla told Latin Groove News that the record will include 13 songs that her brother, A.B. Quintanilla, worked on. “Selena’s been gone 26 years now,” he said. “It’s amazing how fast time flies… What amazes me, and Suzette, my family, A.B., is that 26 years later and the public still remembers Selena. They haven’t let go of her. They’re waiting for a project like this to come out, and I know it will be well received by the public.” The Queen of Tejano’s father also revealed that the album will be “unique” as it is comprised of recordings from a 13-year-old Selena reworked to make it sound like she was 23 years old, her age when she was kille...
Falz ft BNXN – Ice Cream
Don’t miss this brand new song coming from Falz titled “Ice Cream” featuring BNXN (Buju) out now. Bahd Guyz Records unveils this new song “Ice Cream” from Nigerian entertainer Falz and he features BNXN. Falz has been away for a while now after the release of a personal record titled “Oga Falz” but was recently featured on Shaggi’s released song “Cross My Lane. Falz continues to explore new sounds while serving impressive songs to his fans and listening pleasure of all. Listen and share Falz ft BNXN – “Ice Cream” below. Download Coming soon.
