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Kanye West Seen On A Date With Actress Julia Fox, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Victor Boyko / Getty As Kim Kardashian publicly moves on with new beau, Pete Davidson, Kanye West continues to try out new girlfriends, allegedly. Over the weekend, buzz grew that he and actress Julia Fox were giving it a go when the two were spotted getting familiar at a restaurant in Miami. According to TMZ, Yeezy and Fox were spotted at the Carbone restaurant in Miami this past Saturday night and though social media wasn’t impressed with Ye’s latest female associate, it seems like things aren’t as serious as many believed they might be. PageSix is now reporting that Julia Fox has doubts that she and Ye will be linking up a second time as she told a paparazzo “I don’t know” when asked if she and Kanye would be going on another date together. Given Kanye...
Twitter Gives Permanent Boot to Grimy GOPer Marjorie Taylor Greene
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Twitter kicked off the New Year by clearing out the rubbish, as it permanently suspended the account of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). According to reports, Twitter confirmed that they made the move to ban the volatile congresswoman on Sunday (January 2nd) due to her repeatedly spreading misinformation with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy,” a spokesperson for the social media platform said when contacted by the press. They would not disclose what was the tweet that earned Greene that permanent suspension. Related Stories The representative from Georgia had her account prev...
Nigerian Social Media Star Shola Stirs Up Controversy Across Naija Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Education Images / Getty The term “Alpha Male” came into vogue on the heels of Kevin Samuels and his unflinching and controversial commentary on men, women, and relationships. Nigerian social media star Shola brought the term back to its buzzing ways by way of hosting a Twitter Space focused on the Alpha Male concept. Babatunde Olushola, who goes by the name of Shola online has amassed quite the following on social media and ruffled feathers via a tweet that took off and sparked a flurry of reactions across Nigerian users of Twitter. “So y’all getting Alpha male degrees now?” read a tweet caption via Shola’s @jayythedope Twitter account on Sunday (Jan. 2). The image featured a master’s degree diploma for “Alpha Male Studies.” This was coupled with a...
Jig Alert: King James “Best Signature Shoe, The Nike LeBron 9 ‘Watch The Throne’ Reportedly Dropping This Week
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Nike LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” One of Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar LeBron James‘ most sought-after kicks will finally be available to the public. Per Highsnobiety, the Nike LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” retro will be available to the general public for the first time ever on January 6. If you’re eager to get your hands on the sneakers right now, you can enter a draw via END before embarking on a mission to secure a pair via select retailers like AFEW, BSTN. There is no word if the kicks will land on SNKRS, but we won’t be surprised if Nike hits us with a shock drop. Regarded as one of LeBron’s most popular kicks, the LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” retro takes its cues from the 2011 classic JAY-Z and Kanye West album of the same name. The kicks f...
Watch the Gripping Music Video for Alison Wonderland’s Must-Listen Single, “Fear of Dying”
With a new album on the horizon, Alison Wonderland is primed for a monster year. And she’s wasted no time in 2022, unveiling a brand new single called “Fear of Dying” alongside an intimate music video. “Fear of Dying” taps into her trap music roots, using brass stabs and frenetic arpeggios in its sublime drops. Directed by Brandon Dermer, who has worked with Dillon Francis and Panic! at the Disco, among others, the woozy video follows a whirling Wonderland as she wanders through a city in a catatonic state. The music video, one of the most gripping of her career, takes a dark turn at its coda, when she is kidnapped—by herself. Here Wonderland is as captivating as she is haunting, twisting the knife into her dualities. Check out the “Fear o...
Gem & Jam: Maddy O’Neal, Opiuo, More Reflect On Favorite Festival Memories
Once you attend Gem & Jam Festival, you’ll understand why it’s called the “Crown Jewel of the Southwest Festival Scene.” Along with hosting three days of a diverse blend of electronic and jam artists in the scenic desert of Tucson, Arizona, the festival also presents a whole scene surrounding a world-renowned gem and mineral showcase. Slated for February 4th to 6th, this year’s lineup will feature performances from electronica group Lotus, electro-funk trio SunSquabi, bass music producer Maddy O’Neal, Dirtybird co-founder Claude VonStroke, and more. With just a month remaining until the festival’s 14th celebration, EDM.com asked some of Gem & Jam Festival veterans, “What’s your favorite memory of the festival and what is a set from another act that blew you away?” MADDY O̵...
Music Store Customer Anonymously Gifts Pantera-Loving Kid a Dimebag Darrell Guitar
Fallon, a youth impacted by Williams Syndrome, dreamed of owning a Dean Dimebag Darrell ML guitar — the late Pantera guitarist’s signature model. Thanks to one gracious anonymous music store customer, that dream came true. Music store J.B. Hart Music Co., Inc. in Grand Junction, Colorado, shared the touching story on Facebook, offering backstory about Fallon and the guitar, which became inseparable over the past couple years. Fallon would often come into the shop and specifically request to play the “Pantera” guitar, meaning the Dean Dimebag Darrell ML guitar, and proceed to lay down his favorite Pantera riffs. Advertisement Related Video “We were shocked he knew some Dimebag riffs,” the store wrote in its Facebook post. “Fallon is impacted by Williams Syndrome and has an excellent knowled...
Florence Pugh’s 5 Most Iconic Roles (So Far)
Happy 26th birthday to Florence Pugh! Come for the consistently bonkers acting skills, stay for the baking videos — Florence is a joy to behold no matter the project. Over the past few years, Pugh has proven that she can truly do it all, knocking it out of the park in indie darlings and massive blockbusters alike. After a critical breakthrough in 2016, Florence starred in three major, wildly different releases in 2019, and has only continued to captivate the screen since. It’s clear that there’s so much more in store from the actress, but, in the meantime, we’ve rounded up five of her best roles so far. — Mary SirokyContributing Editor 05. Lady Macbeth (2016) [embedded content] Related Video This 2016 film was a turning point for Pugh. Her brooding performance in the titular role caught th...
David Bowie’s Entire Publishing Catalog Sells for $250 Million
David Bowie’s estate has sold the publishing rights to his entire catalog to Warner Chappell Music, the publishing arm of Warner Music Group. Variety reports that the months-long negotiations ended in a deal estimated to be worth at least $250 million. This deal includes all the beloved classics from Bowie’s peerlessly cool lifetime, like “Heroes,” “Space Oddity,” and “Life on Mars?,” as well as Toy, his elusive 2001 LP that posthumously received its first commercial release in November of last year. As Variety points out, this deal also means that virtually all of Bowie’s music is now part of the Warner system. Last September, Warner acquired the rights to the musician’s recordings from 1968 through 2016 — even including his last few albums that were originally release...
New K-Pop Group Girls On Top (GOT) Share Debut Track “Step Back”: Stream
SM Entertainment’s new group has arrived. GOT the beat, the first iteration of the new K-Pop project Girls On Top (GOT), debuted at SMTOWN 2022: SMCU EXPRESS@KWANGYA, a free online concert held on New Year’s Eve. A record number of viewers tuned into the free show, peaking at 51 million streams from 161 regions worldwide. The show eclipsed the label’s previous record of 35.83 million streams from last year’s SMTOWN Live “Culture Humanity,” setting a new record as the highest number of views for a Korean-based online concert. The supergroup of young women pulls from pre-existing acts, featuring BoA, Girls’ Generation’s TAEYEON and HYOYEON, Red Velvet’s SEULGI and WENDY, and aespa’s KARINA and WINTER. The group’s first single is titled “Step Back,” and was unveiled with a live performance of...
Watch SEPULTURA’s ELOY CASAGRANDE Play Another Song From His CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ Project
Video of SEPULTURA drummer Eloy Casagrande playing the song “Hope Refuge” from CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ, his prog metal project with João Hanysz, can be seen below. CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ‘s debut EP, “Edge Of Chaos”, was released in September. The effort was produced, recorded and mixed by Andre Kbelo and was mastered by Carlinhos Freitas. Last summer, guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke to France’s Loud TV about how Casagrande‘s addition to has affected SEPULTURA‘s sound. “We’re very lucky to have such great musicians here in Brazil, especially in drumming,” he said. “We have great drummers and percussionists. You see [Carlos] Santana and all those great names, Paul Simon and stuff, always using some Brazilian here and the...
DAVID BOWIE’s Estate Sells His Publishing Catalog To WARNER CHAPPELL
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) and the estate of David Bowie today announced that WCM has acquired the global music publishing rights to Bowie‘s revolutionary song catalog. The landmark deal, worth upwards of $250 million, according to Variety, includes Bowie‘s entire body of work, encompassing hundreds of songs spanning the iconic artist and songwriter’s six-decade career, including trailblazers such as “Space Oddity”, “Changes”, “Life on Mars?”, “Ziggy Stardust”, “Starman”, “Rebel Rebel”, “Fame”, “Young Americans”, “Golden Years”, “Heroes”, “Ashes To Ashes”, “Modern Love”, “Let’s Dance”, “Where Are We Now?&#...
