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Kevin Morby Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Kevin Morby has announced a new album. The follow-up to 2020’s Sundowner is called This Is a Photograph; it’s out May 13 via Dead Oceans. He’s also announced a world tour. Check out the video for the album’s title track and his upcoming tour dates below. The new album was produced by Morby’s frequent collaborator Sam Cohen. It features contributions from Cassandra Jenkins, Makaya McCraven, Tim Heidecker, Alia Shawkat, and more. It was partially recorded at Cohen’s upstate New York studio with additional sessions in Memphis at Sam Philip’s Recording Co. “Sam Cohen and I wanted to throw everything at the wall with this one,” Morby said in a statement. “It’s about the battle every family faces, that of chasing the clock, to live our lives and hold onto one another for as long as possible. Tha...
PC Music Announces PC Music, Vol. 3 With A. G. Cook, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, and More
PC Music has announced another edition of its roster-spanning compilations. PC Music, Vol. 3 features appearances from Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Clairo, A. G. Cook, and more. It’s out May 13. See most of the track list—minus three mystery titles—plus a trailer for the project below. Vol. 3 arrives nearly six years after the previous installment, 2016’s PC Music, Vol. 2. The label’s recent releases include a self-titled EP from Hyd, remixes from Caro♡, and other tracks from Hannah Diamond, Ö, and Umru. Charli XCX’s next album Crash is due on March 18, and “Baby” is the latest track from the project. Caroline Polachek released her new single “Billions” in February, following last summer’s “Bunny Is a Rider.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. PC Musi...
Snoop Dogg Reveals Plans To Resurrect Death Row Records
In a recent interview with TIDAL, Snoop Dogg went into detail as to how he plans to resurrect Death Row Records as its new CEO. He divulged how he came about the idea of the acquisition stating, “I’m looking at Death Row just depreciating. I’m watching how I’m putting Def Jam back in the light; they’re hot again. People talking about them, and artists signing. I’m like, shit — imagine what I could do with Death Row?…To be in control of the brand means that I got all of the pieces that I need to do what I got to do, from the masters to the publishing, to the IP, to the label, to the logo, to everything. It’s all mine. I’m able to move it around and do what I need to do with it.” Snoop has since secured Dr. Dre’s project and is planning on bringing Tupac‘s work back to the record label. Snoo...
A Timeline of Residente & J Balvin’s Feud
Residente and J Balvin‘s feud, which initially involved hot dog comparisons, has evolved into a multi-layered back-and-forth event. It all started after the Colombian star called for a boycott of the Latin Grammys last September in response to what he perceived as lack of urban representation in the nominations. Residente quickly responded to Balvin saying, “It’s as if a hot dog cart got offended because he couldn’t earn a Michelin star […] your music is like a hotdog cart. Almost everybody likes it, but when those people want to eat well, they go to a Michelin-starred restaurant.” Since, the feud hadn’t made headlines. Until now. On March 3, the Puerto Rican artist dropped a nearly 10-minute diss track where he not only blasts Balvin but also the industry, including managers who take song...
Executive Turntable: CMG Names Digital Marketing SVP, Atlantic Taps Viral Marketing Head
Rebecca “Dimplez” Ijeoma was named senior vp, digital marketing & content development at Capitol Music Group (CMG). Ijeoma will co-lead the company’s digital department alongside CMG senior vp, digital strategy, business development & operations Nicholas Osborne out of CMG’s Hollywood headquarters. In the role, Dimplez will be tasked with strengthening marketing collaborations with digital and social media partners through campaigns and projects, while focusing on direct-to-fan engagement and commerce on a marketing campaign level. Dimplez’s hire marks a return for the executive at CMG, where she previously served as director, digital marketing from early 2017 through more than half of 2018. In that role, she was a key force in launching R&B singer Queen Naija, among other proj...
With ‘Donda 2’ Stem Player Release, Kanye West Skips Streamers — And the Charts
After releasing 16 tracks from Donda 2 to his Stem Player last week, Kanye West is so far staying true to his promise to hold back the album from streaming services. The artist and entrepreneur, who now goes by Ye, reported $1.3 million in Stem sales via Instagram in the 24 hours after announcing Donda 2 would be released exclusively on his $200 proprietary hockey-puck-sized streaming devices, which allow users to remix songs as they listen. While new Stem purchases appear to come preloaded with 2019’s Jesus Is King, last year’s Donda and Donda 2, anyone who purchased the device when it was released last year can also upload the Donda 2 songs — or others — using their computer and a USB-C cable. Ye said at time of his Feb. 18 Instagram post that he had sold 39,500 Stem Players to date — fo...
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino’s 2021 Bonus Worth $10.5M
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino is set to collect $10.5 million in stock as part of his annual performance bonus after hitting certain financial goals, defined by the company’s Compensation Committee, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday (March 4). Rapino also receives a $3 million annual salary, but is expected report a salary below $3 million for 2021 because of a voluntary pandemic pay reduction. The value of the shares will certainly change by the time they fully vest based on the company stock price at that time. Friday’s shares are valued at $114 per share based on the company’s most recent closing price, with about $5.3 million worth of shares (46,272 shares) vesting by May 10 and equal amount vesting by Aug. 16. Live Nation president and CFO Jo...
Jack Harlow Cast To Co-Star In ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ Remake
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Jack Harlow is coming up in the world at a meteoric rate as the buddying rap star has already landed his first major movie role in a remake that many an OG Hip-Hopper will remember. According to Deadline, the “What’s Poppin” rapper has been cast to fill the shoes of one Woody Harrelson in the remake of the classic basketball film, White Men Can’t Jump. Who knew it was up for a remake? Still apparently Harlow nailed his one and only audition in front of the studio execs and they were quick to offer him his first ever film deal. “Harlow will step into the role played by Harrelson, and the circumstances behind his landing the starring role are exceptional. He got the lead after his first-ever screen audition, immediately winning over th...
Shooter In Jacqueline Avant Murder Pleads Guilty
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty The person who was arrested and charged with the shoring death of Jacqueline Avant, wife of the legendary entertainment mogul Clarence Avant, has pleaded guilty to the crime in court. According to reports, Aariel Maynor pleaded guilty to murdering the 81-year old philanthropist on Thursday (March 3rd) in a Los Angeles courtroom. The incident took place in December 2021 during a late-night home invasion at the Avant’s home in Beverly Hills. Maynor ran into Jacqueline and opened fire with an “assault long barrel pistol”. He also shot at a security guard but missed. Mrs. Avant was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to her injuries shortly after. Maynor was arrested the next day while attempting to rob a home in the Hollywood Hill...
Just Blaze Asks Drake To Drop “Lord Knows Pt. 2”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It’s been 10 years since Drake dropped his sophomore album, Take Care and a few days ago Drizzy began posting throwback pics on his IG stories to reminisce on the good ol’ days and after posting one of Just Blaze in LRG clothing, the OG producer called on Drake to release a sequel track to an album cut that no one knew existed. After peeping what Drizzy has posted, Just took it upon himself to repost one of Drizzy’s pics while writing “Sooo..Can we put out Lord Knows pt. 2 now? Sponsored by the good folks at @lrgclothing.” Word?! There’s a sequel to the classic Just Blazed produced cut? Unfortunately that was thee only time Just and Drizzy linked up for a cut, so hearing a second one would be amazing, but unfortunately Drake’s been ke...
Freddy P Of Da Band Calls Out Diddy & MTV’s For Causing Him To “Hate Life”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty If we’re keeping it a buck, back when rap mogul Sean Combs, AKA Diddy, brought us MTV’s Making the Band, a lot of us knew he was creating reality TV stars, not successful recording artists. Now, this isn’t because the members of Day26, Danity Kane and Da Band didn’t have the talent to make it in today’s Hip-Hop industry, it was just painfully obvious that we were watching an artist training process that was geared more towards the entertainment of reality show viewers than it was to actual tools for creating lucrative and lasting artist careers. I mean, seriously—how are you going to make a rap group walk miles to bring you cheesecake in front of the whole world and still expect them to be taken seriously as hardcore rappers? Da ...
CLAWFINGER Is Back With New Single ‘Environmental Patients’
Long-running Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER has released the official music video for its new single, “Environmental Patients”. The track marks the first new music from CLAWFINGER in more than two years. Prior to the arrival of “Environmental Patients”, CLAWFINGER released a single called “Tear You Down” in September 2019 and “Save Our Souls” in 2017. “Save Our Souls” was made available four years after CLAWFINGER announced it was calling it quits. During the break from the studio, the members of CLAWFINGER were reportedly taking care of their families while performing sporadic reunion shows, mostly at European festivals. “CLAWFINGER no longer is our main job,” the band explained at the time. “We all have oth...
