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Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records
Snoop Dogg is going back to his roots with his latest business venture. Today, the rapper-entrepreneur announced that he’s acquired the brand of his former label, Death Row Records, from MNRK Music Group, an entity controlled by the private equity firm Blackstone. Variety reports that Snoop Dogg’s ownership of the Death Row brand will also likely extend to some of its music rights. The rapper addressed the deal in a statement, saying: “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value. It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me. I would like to pe...
STONE GOSSARD’s PAINTED SHIELD Shares Video For New Single ‘Dead Man’s Dream’
PAINTED SHIELD has returned with a music video for its new song “Dead Man’s Dream”, the first single from its upcoming sophomore album. The group, which features PEARL JAM guitarist Stone Gossard, acclaimed songwriter Mason Jennings, Matt Chamberlain and Seattle soul prodigy Brittany Davis, will release “Painted Shield 2” on April 22 via Loosegroove Records. “This one started as a classic Stone Gossard riff,” says Jennings of “Dead Man’s Dream”. “Matt and Brit ripped into it with a vengeance. The lyrics were originally from a folk song I had been working on for a few years. I wondered how it would work to lay the folk lyrics against that heavy rock bed. Felt good. Then we all sang in the choruses and channeled our love for V...
SEVENDUST Announces Second Leg Of ‘Animosity’ 21st-Anniversary Tour
SEVENDUST has announced the second leg of its tour celebrating the 21st anniversary of its “Animosity” album. Tickets and VIP packages will go on sale this Friday, February 11 at Sevendust.com. First leg (with TETRARCH and DEAD POET SOCIETY): Mar. 04 – Oklahoma City – The Diamond Ballroom Mar. 05 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues Mar. 07 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre Mar. 08 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues Mar. 11 – San Diego, CA – SOMA Mar. 12 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades Mar. 13 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Mar. 15 – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues Mar. 18 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater Mar. 19 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater Mar. 20 – ...
LAST IN LINE Signs With earMUSIC; New EP, Full-Length Album In The Works
LAST IN LINE has inked a deal with earMUSIC, the recorded music label of German entertainment group Edel AG which boasts a roster of global artists including DEEP PURPLE, Alice Cooper, BABYMETAL, THUNDER, STATUS QUO and many more. A new EP from LAST IN LINE will tentatively arrive later this year, following by the band’s third full-length album. The news of LAST IN LINE‘s partnership with earMUSIC was shared by the band’s drummer, Vinny Appice, during a recent appearance on “Waste Some Time With Jason Green”. Vinny also revealed that LAST IN LINE completed recording six more new songs in late January at Danny “Count” Koker‘s Desert Moon studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2012 by Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and guitarist Vivian Campbell — ...
TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY Says He’s Already Had COVID-19 Twice
TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy spoke to Tucson, Arizona’s Rock 102.1 KFMA radio station about the overwhelming success of his Twitch channel, which boasts a follower count of 238,000. Matt, who streams everything from video games, guitar clinics to TRIVIUM and acoustic song covers, all while he’s off the road and awaiting the next TRIVIUM tour, said: “The main consistency is five days a week when I’m off tour, two times a day — 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. — is when I do my streams on my channel. And the majority of it — 75 to 90 percent of the time — is me playing TRIVIUM songs by request to TRIVIUM supporters. It’s me staying in shape.” He continued: “I never take time off vocally ever; I never take time off. I had COVID last year [and] I had COVID again...
Lil Dicky Teases a Super Bowl “Quartertime Show”
Lil Dicky has announced that he will be performing a “Quartertime Show” during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 13. The comedic rapper shared the news in a humorous commercial in partnership with Gopuff this week. “It’s a show that exists between the first and second quarter. Interesting. Innovative. I know, I know,” Lil Dicky explains in the teaser. “Now, there’s not the same amount of time in between the first and second quarter as there is at halftime, so I’m gonna have to put on the fastest show anyone’s ever put on…And it’s gonna be spectacular.” The countdown is on for the #QuartertimeShow. It’s going to be better, faster, and more Quartertime-y than anything ever, all thanks to me…and @Gopuff. Tune in here on Sunday directly after the first quarter of the big game. #ad pic.twitter...
Kanye West’s Live Album ‘Late Orchestration’ Arrives on Streaming
Ye’s Late Orchestration album has made it to streaming services 16 years after its initial release. Recorded in 2006, the live album features renditions of tracks from his first two full-length releases, 2004’s The College Dropout and 2005’s Late Registration. For the performance, West’s rapping was backed by a seventeen-member all-female string orchestra. He tapped John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, GLC and Consequence as guest artists. The project was previously only available in the form of a CD or DVD. The CD contained 12 singles, along with a live bonus recording of “Gold Digger.” The DVD, meanwhile, packed in concert footage, interviews and exclusive music videos for the first four singles off of Late Registration. On Tuesday night, fans noticed that Late Orchestration had appeared on streami...
GOP & Right-Wing News Outlets Falsely Claim President Biden Is Spending $30m For Free Crack Pipe Distribution
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Aisha Thomas / EyeEm / Getty Another case of misinformation spreading faster than the facts. If you have been on social media the past few days and avoided Nelly and Lil Fizz’s manhood, you definitely saw people talking about the Biden Administration “spending 30 million to give out free crack pipes to Black people,” calling it “racial equality.” That, of course, is not the case, and NewsOne broke that down exceptionally, but, as expected, right-wing news outlets have seized the narrative and painted the story in a manner that even has some Black folks sharing it without proper context. Per NewsOne, the $30 Million Harm Reduction Grant “supports community-based programs geared toward overdose prevention, syringe services programs and other harm redu...
You Care: Kanye West, Julia Fox Reportedly In An “Open Relationship”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeremy Moeller / Getty The Kanye West and Julia Fox whirlwind romance has just got even weirder. Page Six exclusively reports that Ye and his bootleg barbie doll, actress Julia Fox are in an open relationship. Sources close to the “couple” claim West and Fox still see other people while they rock struggle matching denim fits together. “Their bond transcends typical norms because they’re evolved beings who just want each other to be happy,” a source close to Fox told the publication. “There is no jealousy or bad vibes.” But, wait, it gets even weirder. Another source told Page Six that West is “openly seeing” Instagram model Chaney Jones and get this, she is basically a Kim Kardashian clone. We can’t make this up even if we want to. Jones was recently spot...
Dr. Dre Enlists The Talents Of Two Deaf Rappers For Super Bowl Halftime Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz This year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was already getting much hype due to the impressive lineup of OG Hip-Hop legends taking part in the festivities, but Dr. Dre is taking things up a notch by adding a bit of a surprise to the highly-anticipated event. According to The Huffpost, the good doctor has just added two more rappers to a lineup that includes himself, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem, and they’re both deaf. Sean Forbes and Warren “WaWa” Snipe have just been penciled into the star-studded lineup of performers at this Sunday’s big game and will be the first deaf rappers to perform in the show’s 55 year history. Speaking to the Detroit Free Press, Forbes said “The doors to accessibility are busted wide open with...
Shocker: Jim Jones Claims Gucci Store Staff Ignored Him For An Hour In VIP
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Beanz Smalls / Bernard Beanz Smalls, Jim Jones is a self-proclaimed big spender but his wallet didn’t get respect put on his name. He claims he was ignored for an over an hour during a recent visit to Gucci. As per No Jumper the founding member of The Diplomats got a wake up call this week. On Tuesday, February 8 he vented to the world over social media that the French luxury fashion house fronted on him at one of their brick and mortar retail locations. According to the CAPO he and his entourage went to get fresh and apparently if you are a preferred client you are afforded some special amenities. This includes a personal shopper, a private room to browse, bespoke tailoring and complimentary champagne. Apparently Jomo and crew wer...
Shhh! Lizzo Teases She’s Back in the Recording Studio
Are all the rumors true? It looks like Lizzo is making music with producers Max Martin and Benny Blanco, but keep it on the down low. The “Rumors” singer posted a muted clip Tuesday (Feb. 9) to her Instagram Story of herself in the studio with what looks to be the production power team, a big yellow shushing emoji layered on top. Explore Explore Lizzo See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also in the seconds-long video are what appears to be the two producers’ signature hairstyles, with Blanco’s famous frizz bopping to the song in progress, and Martin’s long mane nodding in approval. With a new Lizzo anthem potentially in the works both music production titans — if they are indeed collaborating with the “Juice” singer — would be adding yet another musi...
