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VIDEO: Phyno – Onye Nwa
Don’t miss this brand new music video from Phyno – “Onye Nwa” out now. Indigenous Nigerian rapper Phyno has premiered the long-awaited visuals for his song “Onye Nwa“. It is lifted off his recent album “Something To Life For“. The PentHauze Music boss gives us that smooth laid back singing-rap flow and you got to love it. The music video was directed and shot by TG Omori. Watch, enjoy Phyno – “Onye Nwa” below & share. [embedded content]
Biden Extends Pause On Student Loan Payments Due To New COVID Case Surge
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Drew Angerer / Getty President Joe Biden‘s administration announced on Wednesday (December 22nd) that due to the latest surge in COVID-19 cases across the country as a result of the Omicron variant, it will continue letting Americans hold off on repaying their student loans. “We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments,”, President Biden said in a statement that announced the move. The decision means that those borrowers do not have to make any payments until May 1st. The original deadline for loan repayment to begin was to be January 31st. The interest rate will be unchanged, remaining at 0% during the three-month extension period. “This additional exte...
Brooklyn Barista: Angela Yee Opens Coffee Shop In Pandemic
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty Angela Yee continues to find ways to boss up. She has launched her own coffee shop in her hometown. As spotted on Page Six the media personality has added yet another brand to her emerging portfolio of businesses. This fall her Coffee Uplifts People (CUP) shop enjoyed a soft opening. She detailed how she came about the idea to the celebrity gossip site. Yee revealed she had started the brand at home during the height of quarantine and found instant success. She thought that opening up a brick and mortar location would make better sense for the business model but her inner circle had their doubts. “A lot of my friends told me it wasn’t a good idea to open up a coffee shop because there were so many businesses shutting down” she a...
Nia Long Signs On To ABC’s Mamie Till-Mobley Docuseries
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Greg Campbell / Getty Actress and producer Nia Long has just signed onto a new documentary series by ABC that details the journey of the woman behind the moment the Civil Rights movement was born, Mamie Till-Mobley. As announced by ABC News, Long will be part of Let The World See, a companion documentary series to the limited series Women of the Movement that will air on the network. Let The World See will chronicle the life of Mamie Till-Mobley and her determination to see the men that brutally lynched her son, Emmett Till, be brought to justice and in the process be the spark to the Civil Rights movement. The Love Jones actress will read excerpts from Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America, Till-Mobley’s memoir. The first e...
Finally, We Have A Premiere Date For “Atlanta’s Third Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: gilga.com / FX We finally know when Paper Boi, Earn, Darius and Vanessa will return. Mark your calendar. The gang is back and will be “catching flights” on March 24, 2022. The announcement was made on Atlanta’s official Twitter account with a poster featuring Brian Tyree Henry’s character Paper Boi. The announcement comes after the release of the teaser trailer for the third season that series creator and star Donald Glover dropped on Halloween. Glover shared a link on the low to his followers to gilga.com that allowed them to view the teaser between the hours of 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. that featured Paper Boi backed by the Sun Ra track “It’s After The End of The World.” Related Stories Filming for Atlanta’s third season took place in Europe, and based on the s...
John Summit Tops Beatport’s List of Best-Selling Artists In 2021
Fresh off a year of utter dominance, John Summit can add “Best-Selling Artist” to his rapidly growing list of accomplishments. Summit’s affinity for writing intoxicating house music has landed him in the number one spot on Beatport‘s list of top-selling artists in 2021 alongside a handful of well-regarded names. Following the Chicago native on Beatport’s list are David Penn, ARTBAT, Biscits, Charlotte de Witte, CamelPhat, Space 92, Ben Böhmer, Cloonee, and Break, respectively. Summit’s rise to superstardom has been inevitable since he released his breakout Defected hit “Deep End” in 2020. Since then, the song has remained a staple in the DJ sets of many of his dance music contemporaries, like Diplo, Alesso, and Jauz,...
Listen to Above & Beyond’s 10-Year Anniversary Remix Album of “Group Therapy”
After announcing that a remix album for Above & Beyond‘s seminal Group Therapy was on the way earlier this month, the group have finally unveiled the record with the help of a stacked roster of artists recreating some of their most iconic songs. Each of the artists selected to rework Group Therapy did a phenomenal job at paying respect to the original while adding their own unique spin. There is no singular theme throughout the album’s 12 remixes, which provide listeners with a familiar experience filled with twists and turns. Opening with CRi’s emotive remix of “Filmic,” the album quickly shifts gears with a fast-paced rework of “Sun & Moon” by trance music luminary Ilan Bluestone. This dynamic and swift change is mirrored by H...
Seven Lions Taps Atlys to Release Orchestral Album of His Greatest Hits: Listen
Seven Lions is closing the year out strong, tapping Atlys to reimagine a number of his biggest hits in Opus, a new album of orchestral renditions. Although the idea of Opus isn’t something fans often yearn for, it’s an idea that fits perfectly into Seven Lions’s discography and aesthetic. His mystical world-building has long seemed like it could spawn an orchestral album and the one he’s released alongside Atlys, out now via his own Ophelia Records imprint, is perfectly executed. Seven Lions and Atlys have done a remarkable job at recreating some of his most prized tracks. “Only Now (in E Minor)” remains just as dynamic and moving as its predecessor, though stirs up completely new emotions. However, “The Blood (in E Minor” is the most ra...
New Digital Marketplace 140 Plates Streamlines the Way You Search for Dubstep
A new one-stop-shop for dubstep has launched to shake up the way you search for new music. 140 Plates is a new digital marketplace founded by esteemed DUPLOC label head Pieter Grauwels. The platform only hosts music at or around 140 BPM, including dubstep, trap and grime, allowing DJs to eschew sifting through the convoluted categories of its larger competing marketplaces and dig right into the types of music they’re looking for. 140 Plates Additionally, this method of searching could help DJs expand their horizons, as they may find something that fits their niche while crate-digging on the platform. This is bolstered by 140 Plates’ “explore” feature. When users click on the tab, they are able to choose from tracks or releases as well as how long ago the s...
NIRVANA Files Motion To Dismiss ‘Nevermind’ Baby Lawsuit
NIRVANA has filed a motion to dismiss the recent lawsuit filed over the cover of the band’s iconic album “Nevermind”. This past August, Spencer Elden, the man who claims he was the baby featured in the image, sued the surviving members of NIRVANA as well as the estate of Kurt Cobain. Elden alleges the photo of the baby reaching for a dollar in a swimming pool violated federal child pornography statutes and argues child sexual exploitation. But NIRVANA, as well as Kurt Cobain‘s widow, Courtney Love, are asking the court to throw out the lawsuit, saying Elden‘s claim that the photograph on the “Nevermind” cover is child pornography is “not serious” and insisting that his claim is “barred by the applicable statute of limitations.R...
METALLICA’s ROBERT TRUJILLO Says ‘There Was A Certain Feeling Of Confidence’ Before First 40th-Anniversary Concert
METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo discussed the band’s two 40th-anniversary concerts, which were held in at San Francisco’s Chase Center on December 17 and December 19, during a recent SiriusXM Mandatory Metallica and Liquid Metal live call-in roundtable, hosted by Jose Mangin, Steffan Chirazi and Spider Dan. Speaking about what it was like to go up on stage for the first of the two shows, Robert said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Here’s something that’s very helpful, and a lot of people may not know this. But James [Hetfield, METALLICA frontman] and I actually, before the show, a couple of hours before, we went up in the nosebleed seats and we watched all of the film content that was transitional into the songs for the evening. So we saw all the film...
SABATON Teases Music Video For Next Single, ‘Soldier Of Heaven’
Swedish metallers SABATON have released a teaser for the official music video for their next single, “Soldier Of Heaven”. The track is taken from the band’s tenth studio album, “The War To End All Wars”, that will be released on March 4, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Written and recorded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the concept album of 11 brand-new songs once again dives deep into the atrocities, miracles, and events tied to the early 20th century’s World War I. The tenth album of the Falun-based five-piece will be available in an impressive variety of exclusive formats, including CD, vinyl, and cassette, with most available in limited editions. “The War To End All Wars” track listing: 01. Sarajevo 02. Stormtroopers 03. Dreadnought 04. T...
