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Patton Oswalt Defends Performance with Dave Chappelle, Says They “Disagree About Transgender Rights”
Patton Oswalt ended 2021 with a surprise performance alongside his longtime friend Dave Chappelle, and he began 2022 by justifying that decision. In an Instagram post on Sunday, January 2nd, Oswalt defended his friendship with Chappelle, apologized for not considering “the hurt this would cause,” and said he and his old pal, “100% disagree about transgender rights & representation.” Oswalt closed out the year with a performance at McCaw Hall in Seattle, while Chappelle did the same at the nearby Climate Pledge Arena. As Oswalt wrote in a January 1st post, he “Finished me set at @mccawhall and got a text from @davechappelle. Come over to the arena he’s performing in next door and do a guest set. Why not? I waved good-bye to this hell-year with a genius I started comedy with 34 years ago...
Nas and Hit-Boy’s Surprise Project ‘Magic’ Debuts at No. 30
Nas and Hit-Boy‘s surprise joint project Magic has debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200. According to reports, the nine-track project earned a total of 22,000 equivalent album units in its first week. The pair announced the record on December 23, 2021 — a day before its scheduled release date of December 24. Magic features only two guest appearances from A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier on the cut “Wave Gods.” Nas also used Magic to confirm that he is working on King’s Disease III, rapping the line “KD3 on the way, this just to feed the buzz” on the track “Ugly.” The forthcoming album’s predecessor, King’s Disease II, debuted at No. 3 and was Nas’ highest-charting album in almost a decade. Stay tuned for more info on King’s Disease III. Elsewhere in music, Tyler, the Creator named his favorite ...
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NORE Presses Melyssa Ford On Her Relationship With Drake [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YoouTube / Revolt For those that don’t remember, back in the early 2000’s, Melyssa Ford was thee video vixen to have in your music video as men just couldn’t get enough of her Jessica Rabbit-ish physical degree. While there have been rumors linking her to a few famous music artists over the years, NORE asked Ford specifically about her relationship with her fellow Canadian, Drake. As spotted on Madame Noire, although Ford played coy about the rumor, Nore bluntly stated “Drake ate the a$$, let’s keep it real.” Related Stories Despite Ford making a facial expression and licking her lips somewhat teasing that it was true, she responded to the statement saying, “Here’s the thing, you’ll never have full confirmation as to what actually transpired… but that’s&n...
Patton Oswalt Defends Last-Minute Performance With Dave Chappelle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @pattonoswalt / Instagram Patton Oswalt performed with Dave Chappelle during a New Year’s Eve show, and he did what he did. The star comedian and actor took to Instagram to defend hitting the stage with his longtime friend, while noting he doesn’t agree with his homie’s stance on the LGBTQ+ community. In case you missed it, the Chappelle criticism has been exponential since his last Netflix special, The Closer, where his rhetoric about the LGBTQ+ community led to many calling for his cancelation. Although that isn’t happening, the anti-Chappelle backlash has remained consistent. Related Stories But nevertheless, many are standing with Chappelle, including Oswalt, who explained that he got a call from Dave saying he was performing nearby, so of course he c...
The Migos Take To The Ring At WWE’s ‘Day One’ PPV
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Daniel Vasquez / Legion media group This past Saturday (January 1), the WWE kicked off the New Year with their first Pay-Per-View event, Day One, and though Smackdown Champion Roman Reigns wasn’t able to participate in his highly anticipated bout with Brock Lesnar due to testing positive for COVID-19, a few of your favorite rappers were in attendance much to the delight of the crowd in Atlanta, Georgia. Source: Daniel Vasquez / Legion media group Aside from seeing Griselda’s Westside Gunn ringside to catch the festivities, the Migos made an unexpected WWE entrance themselves as guests of RK-Bro, Randy Orton and Matt Riddle. Walking down the ramp alongside the WWE Tag-Team Champions, Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff were greeted with applause and cheers from the...
Artist Formerly Known As Kanye West Working On ‘DONDA 2’, Twitter Does What It Does
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West aka Ye spent a gang of money to promote his last album, DONDA, with a numerous album listening events, pushed back release dates and a feature-heavy guestlist. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that he is working on its sequel, DONDA 2. Complex first reported that music exec Steven Victor revealed that the artist formerly known as Yeezy was working on the project. “Ye has started working on his new masterpiece DONDA 2,” Steven Victor told Complex. But worth noting, many people have already pointed out that Ye has a suspect track record when it comes to proper sequels (remember Cruel Winter, the sequel to Cruel Summer?—never happened). Will it drop? Will it make the original’s recording budget look like a pittance? Will he ...
Swedish House Mafia Unveil Orchestral Rework of 2010 Dance Anthem, “One”
You probably haven’t heard Swedish House Mafia quite like this before. The veteran electronic music trio have joined forces with Swedish compatriot Jacob Mühlrad for “One Symphony,” a classical rework of one of the most prized singles in their discography. Mühlrad, one of the most renowned composers in Scandinavia, has reimagined the generational dance anthem through an orchestral lens. Swedish House Mafia released “One” way back in July 2010, when its inescapable melody helped catapult the group to the upper echelon of electronic music. And the new orchestral arrangement, the group said, harkens back to those days due to the way it was originally composed. “When we first created ‘One’ we created it like an orche...
FOZZY Parts Ways With Longtime Drummer FRANK FONTSERE, Announces Replacement
FOZZY has parted ways with longtime drummer Frank Fontsere and has replaced him with Grant Brooks (THROUGH FIRE). The Chris Jericho-fronted outfit announced Fontsere‘s departure in a social media post earlier today. The band wrote: “After almost 2 decades, Frank Fontsere is stepping down as the drummer of FOZZY to focus on his family and other projects. We wish him nothing but the best and thank him for his years of maximum rock! “However, we are SO excited to announce that after an extensive audition process, our good friend Grant Brooks is the new drummer for FOZZY!! We are stoked to unleash the pure energy & talent that Grant brings to the band and we are ready to EXPLODE in 2022 … as we look forward to the BIGGEST year in our history! Love you guys and see y...
JOHN BUSH: ‘I’ve Never Made Enough Money, Even When I Was In ANTHRAX, To Justify Not Having To Work Again’
During an appearance on the latest episode of “The Ex-Man” podcast hosted by Doc Coyle (BAD WOLVES), former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush discussed how he has managed to pay the bills over the years while juggling his music career with other non-music-related employment opportunities. “Music, really, has never been enough for me to do nothing else,” John said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “Those early days [with ARMORED SAINT], I wish someone would have told me — and probably the guy who was handing our money at the time and who was our attorney, he probably said, ‘Look, don’t quit your day job. Don’t quit your day job.’ But when you’re 21 and you just played arenas, even though you were a support act,...
EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING Is Receiving Immunotherapy Treatment In His Battle With Cancer
EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting has opened up about his battle with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. The 56-year-old, who underwent a successful total gastrectomy in July 2021, discussed his ordeal during an appearance on “Put Up Your Dukes”, the new podcast hosted by ex-EXODUS singer Rob Dukes. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Through that, they also found mesothelioma on my abdomen, and I got surgery for that too. And that’s kind of what they’re keeping an eye on now. And I’m getting immunotherapy. “Chemo is like a nuclear bomb — they put it in you, and it goes in there and kills everything: cancerous cells, healthy cells; it all just gets obliterated,” he explained. “And it’s hard — it’s hard on your...
DAVID LEE ROTH Cancels Entire Las Vegas Residency
David Lee Roth‘s entire Las Vegas residency has been canceled. A representative for the House Of Blues at Mandalay Bay confirmed the news to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. When the first two shows of Roth‘s residency were called off last week, his camp issued the following statement: “Due to unforeseen circumstances related to COVID and out of an abundance of caution for those working and attending the shows, the David Lee Roth performances schedule for Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 1, 2022 have been cancelled. Refunds will be automatically processed, and ticketholders will be notified directly.” Roth‘s performances on January 5, 7 and 8, January 14-15 and January 21-22 have now also been scrapped. Nevada governor Steve Sisolak said on Monday (January 3) that the stat...
Winnie the Pooh Free to Continue Quest for Honey in Public Domain
With the turn of the New Year, the original Winnie the Pooh book has entered the public domain alongside classic works like Felix Salten’s Bambi, A Life in the Woods and Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. These titles were originally published in 1926 and have reached the end of the 95-year period of copyright protection afforded to works in the US. Legally speaking, this means the original source material for everybody’s honey-obsessed bear is free to be shared, performed, reused, repurposed, or sampled without permission or cost. Only the first collection of Winnie the Pooh author A. A. Milne’s short stories published in 1926 is entering the public domain; he also published The House at Pooh Corner in 1928, introducing the character Tigger. Disney acquired the film and merchandi...
