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Kanye West Says He Won’t Release Donda 2 on Streaming Services
For his upcoming album Donda 2, Kanye West says he will forgo traditional streaming platforms and release it exclusively via his own Stem Player. “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player,” West wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday evening. “Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own.” A collaboration with Kano Computing, West originally released the Stem Player in August 2021. The pocket-size device allows users to remix pre-loaded recordings by manipulating various aspects of a track, including vocals, drums, bass, and samples. It currently retails for $200. Advertisement Related Video West previously said he...
John Williams to Write Theme for Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
Since announcing the return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, Disney+ has scored another big name for its upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series. John Williams, the legendary composer behind Star Wars‘ award-winning scores, has written and recorded the theme song for the new series, Variety reports. Williams won an Oscar back in 1977 for his score for the original Star Wars, and was nominated for his work on both the rest of the original trilogy (The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) and the franchise’s last three films (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker.) While the composer has stayed loyal to the series, writing the theme for the 2018 standalone film Solo: A Star Wars Story and even a Disneyland theme park in 2...
Girls Run the World in First Trailer for Showtime Series The First Lady: Watch
Behind every powerful man is a powerful woman, and The First Lady wants to tell their stories. Ahead of its April 17th premiere, Showtime has shared the first trailer for the anthology series, where Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson) hold their own behind White House doors. “In four years, I don’t want to look back and think, ‘What did I become living in that house?’” Davis says as Obama early on in the trailer, opening the flood gates for a two-minute compilation of drama. The First Lady peels back the curtain on the personal and political lives of three of America’s most beloved first ladies — all of whom made a point to serve a bigger role while in the White House than to just be the president’s wife. Da...
Forrest Gump’s Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, and Eric Roth to Reunite in New Film
The trio behind the 1994 blockbuster Forrest Gump — Tom Hanks, director Robert Zemeckis, and screenwriter Eric Roth — are teaming up again for a film adaptation of the graphic novel Here, Deadline reports. Centered in one room, Richard McGuire’s graphic novel follows the lives of several people who inhabit the space over an extended period of time. Roth and Zemeckis are collaborating on the film’s script, while Zemeckis will direct the picture and Hanks will star. Here is set to be produced by Playtone and ImageMovers. While not many details exist about the project, Here is likely to be a big event for the trio, who all won Oscars for Forrest Gump. The film will mark the second collaboration between Hanks and Zemeckis in recent years after the duo’s live-...
Lil Wayne Performing His First UK Show Since 2008
Lil Wayne is set to perform in the UK for the first time in 14 years as he headlines the 2022 Strawberries & Creem Festival. The annual music festival will see Weezy return to the UK stage for the first time since 2008, when he toured the area in 2008. He will now be joined by Ella Mai, Mabel, New Gen: Spring 2021 honoree Tems and more for the three-day festival, which is set to take place in Cambridge, England from June 17 to June 19. The news of his UK performance arrives shortly after he was named one of the performers at the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend alongside DJ Khaled, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Gunna, Migos and Lil Baby. Fans can also expect Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz‘s collaborative album sequel ColleGrove 2 to drop some time this year. Take a look at the full Strawber...
Woman Shanked Outside Foot Locker Over Nike Dunks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supreme / Supreme Apparently, traveling with weapons while attempting to cop highly-coveted sneakers is a thing. A woman was stabbed outside a Los Angeles Foot Locker while waiting to cop a pair of Nike Dunks. Some back story, the Nike Dunk was first released in 1985, and the poor man’s Air Jordan 1, no shots, quickly gained popularity thanks to the multitude of colorways they were released in. Throughout the years their demand has gone up and down depending on if skaters were rocking them (see: Nike Dunk SB’s) and if Nike was dropping retros. Over the last couple of years, though, they’ve again risen in popularity, with new colorways routinely selling out within minutes of becoming available. So for a recent release of Nike Dunks, there was a line outsid...
Second Season Of HBO Max Hit ‘Peacemaker’ Announced, Twitter Reacts #Peacemaker
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bill Watters / Getty Peacemaker, the spinoff series from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad film from 2021, became a runaway hit on HBO Max with John Cena reprising his role as a problematic superhero of sorts. As season one concludes, the premium streaming service says it will bring back the show for a second season, and fans on Twitter react. Both Gunn and Cena shared the news via their respective Twitter accounts, and it appears that fans of the show couldn’t be happier. Even better, and we won’t drop any spoilers, it looks like Peacemaker exists in the wider DCEU. Just get caught up to see what we’re hinting at. With Gunn listed as the showrunner and after directing five episodes of the inaugural season, reports say that the Guardians of the Galaxy ...
Trippie Redd “Fire In My Heart,” Apollo Brown & Stalley “Lost Angels” & More | Daily Visuals 2.17.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty If nothing else Trippie Redd’s been consistent with his release of new work and visuals to keep his fanbase appeased and satisfied and today is no different. Releasing some new visuals to “Fire In My Heart,” the young artist once again employs some trippie visuals (no pun intended) to bring his vision to life before going the black-and-white route to end the cut. Speaking of black-and-white visuals, Apollo Brown and Stalley go that route but take it even further by using some VHS cassette kind of film for their clip to “Lost Angels.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Akeem Ali featuring Davionne, YN Jay, and more. TRIPPIE REDD – “FIRE IN MY HEART” [embedded content] APOLLO BROWN & STALLEY – “LOST ANGELS” [embe...
J Balvin Reflects on His Struggles Despite the Fame in New Single “Niño Soñador”
J Balvin has officially dropped off his newest single, “Niño Soñador.” Roughly translating to “dreamer boy,” the three-minute cut hears the Reggaeton star open up about his personal struggles despite the fame he’s rightfully achieved over the years. It also arrives with a music video filled with clips that compare his life before and after his recognition. The new song arrives shortly after Balvin was announced as a headliner for the first annual Sueños Music Festival, which is billed as “the largest Latin Reggaeton music event to ever take place in Grant Park,” Chicago. The two-day festival will take place on May 28 and May 29, and will also feature performances from Ozuna, Wisin & Yandel, Myke Towers, El Alfa, Jhay Cortez, Sech, Fuerza Regida and more. Watch J Balvin’s “Niño Soñ...
Donald Glover’s Atlanta Will End With Season 4
The third season of Donald Glover’s FX series Atlanta is set to premiere on March 24. Today, FX chairman John Landgraf revealed that the show will end with season four, Deadline reports. “To be honest I wanted to end it at season two,” Glover said at the show’s TCA panel today. “Death is natural. When the conditions are right for something, they happen, and when the conditions aren’t right they don’t happen. Things start to get weird…you can’t do too much. The story was always supposed to be what it was and the story, it really was us.” Read “The Erasure of Paper Boi Is Atlanta’s Sharpest Joke” and “What Does Atlanta Hip-Hop Think of Atlanta the Show?” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Watch Alexandra Trusova Skate to the Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” at Winter Olympics 2022
Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova won a silver medal for her performance today at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. During her free skate program, she hit the ice to the tune of the Stooges classic “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” albeit the John McCrea-recorded cover that appears on the Cruella soundtrack. Watch it happen here. Trusova’s silver medal performance was mired in controversy. She landed five quadruple jumps, but due to her performance in the short program earlier in the week, she missed gold by 4.22 points. “Everyone has a gold medal, everyone, but not me,” Trusova shouted while crying just after her free skate performance, Reuters reports. “I hate skating. I hate it. I hate this sport. I will never skate again. Never.” When later asked about her reaction, she elaborated, “I’ve...
Kanye West Says New Album Donda 2 Won’t Stream, Will Only Be Available on His Stem Player
Kanye West’s forthcoming album Donda 2 was announced with a February 22 release date with an accompanying “Donda Experience Performance” scheduled that same day at LoanDepot Park in Miami. In an Instagram post, Kanye shared a teaser of new music playing on the Stem Player he released in conjunction with Donda last year. He also claimed that it’s the only way fans will be able to hear the new album. “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player,” he wrote. “Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own.” An order page for the Stem Player is currently live; it currently costs $200. The new album is set to arrive as Ye has...
