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Mount Westmore “Free Game,” Lil Baby ft. Nardo Wick “Pop Out” & More | Daily Visuals 11.28.22
Source: Steve Jennings / Getty After decades in the game it’s only right that Hip-Hop legends, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort and E-40 would team up as Mount Westmore to bring that OG Westside flavor back to the game in 2022. Linking up for their latest visuals to “Free Game,” Snoop, Cube, $hort and E-Dub look to get their Robin Hood on and attempt to heist an armored truck stacked with Benjamins. Instead they end up in a wild police chase through the streets of LA. Woulda ditched the truck at Martha Stewart’s house. From the OG’s to the YG’s, Lil Baby stays on his grizzly and in his clip to the Nardo Wick assisted “Pop Out” meets and greets his fans and shows off the pounds of ice he keeps around his neck. That man must always be cold. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints...
Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía and More To Headline 2023 Primavera Sound Festivals
Primavera Sound has unveiled its 2023 lineups for two forthcoming festivals in Spain; the first will take place in Barcelona from May 31 to June 3, and the second is scheduled in Madrid from June 7 to June 10. Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Rosalía, Halsey and Calvin Harris will headline both festivals, and Pet Shop Boys will lead a smaller lineup on Wednesday’s free opening nights. Elsewhere, the festivals feature performances from FKA Twigs, Sparks, Laurie Anderson, Japanese Breakfast, Sudan Archives, Four Tet, Le Tigre, Caroline Polachek, NxWorries, Turnstile, Kelela, Alex G, Alvvays, Pusha T, Death Grips, Baby Keem, Christine and the Queens, John Cale, St. Vincent, Drain Gang and more. Notably, The Moldy Peaches announced their reunion to perform at both festivals. Next year’s fes...
LL Cool J To Receive Entertainment Icon Award At 2022 Urban One Honors
Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J will be among those recognized for their contributions to the culture at the annual Urban One Honors being held this week. The announcement of the annual gala held by Urban One was made earlier today. In a press release, the star-studded event will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Urban One Honors will then be aired on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023 on TV One and Cleo TV, a division of Urban One. R&B star and actor Tank will be hosting the festivities. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TV One (@tvonetv) The theme of the night will be “Celebrating Icons of the Culture,” and LL Cool J was named as one of the honorees who will be awarded at the event. The two-time Grammy Award and NAACP Image ...
LL Cool J To Receive Entertainment Icon Award At 2022 Urban One Honors
Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J will be among those recognized for their contributions to the culture at the annual Urban One Honors being held this week. The announcement of the annual gala held by Urban One was made earlier today. In a press release, the star-studded event will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Urban One Honors will then be aired on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023 on TV One and Cleo TV, a division of Urban One. R&B star and actor Tank will be hosting the festivities. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TV One (@tvonetv) The theme of the night will be “Celebrating Icons of the Culture,” and LL Cool J was named as one of the honorees who will be awarded at the event. The two-time Grammy Award and NAACP Image ...
LL Cool J To Receive Entertainment Icon Award At 2022 Urban One Honors
Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J will be among those recognized for their contributions to the culture at the annual Urban One Honors being held this week. The announcement of the annual gala held by Urban One was made earlier today. In a press release, the star-studded event will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Urban One Honors will then be aired on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023 on TV One and Cleo TV, a division of Urban One. R&B star and actor Tank will be hosting the festivities. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TV One (@tvonetv) The theme of the night will be “Celebrating Icons of the Culture,” and LL Cool J was named as one of the honorees who will be awarded at the event. The two-time Grammy Award and NAACP Image ...
Pusha T Calls Kanye West’s Hate Speech “Disappointing”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty You just know that Kanye West aka Ye has lost the plot when even Pusha T isn’t rocking with him. The Virginia rapper and mogul called his frequent collaborators’ comments “disappointing.” Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Push A Ton was careful with his words, but solid in asserting Ye’s antisemitic rhetoric is a no-go. “It’s definitely affected me. It’s been disappointing,” Push told the newspaper. “As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech. So yeah. It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.” The It’s Almost Dry Rapper was speaking to the LA Times about the aforementioned album’s nomination for a Grammy Award. So he still praised Ye for the creative freedom he’s granted when working with the tro...
Pusha T Calls Kanye West’s Hate Speech “Disappointing”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty You just know that Kanye West aka Ye has lost the plot when even Pusha T isn’t rocking with him. The Virginia rapper and mogul called his frequent collaborators’ comments “disappointing.” Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Push A Ton was careful with his words, but solid in asserting Ye’s antisemitic rhetoric is a no-go. “It’s definitely affected me. It’s been disappointing,” Push told the newspaper. “As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech. So yeah. It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.” The It’s Almost Dry Rapper was speaking to the LA Times about the aforementioned album’s nomination for a Grammy Award. So he still praised Ye for the creative freedom he’s granted when working with the tro...
Pusha T Calls Kanye West’s Hate Speech “Disappointing”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty You just know that Kanye West aka Ye has lost the plot when even Pusha T isn’t rocking with him. The Virginia rapper and mogul called his frequent collaborators’ comments “disappointing.” Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Push A Ton was careful with his words, but solid in asserting Ye’s antisemitic rhetoric is a no-go. “It’s definitely affected me. It’s been disappointing,” Push told the newspaper. “As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech. So yeah. It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.” The It’s Almost Dry Rapper was speaking to the LA Times about the aforementioned album’s nomination for a Grammy Award. So he still praised Ye for the creative freedom he’s granted when working with the tro...
Apple Music Celebrates the 2022 Year in Music With Revamped Replay Experience
Apple Music is reflecting on the past year of new music with an overhaul of their Replay experience. The revamp recognizes the impact of Apple Music listeners on individual artists and the music community as a whole. Replay will now offer expanded listening insights and new tools, including a personalized highlight reel reflecting users’ top songs, top albums, top artists, top genres and more. For the superfans on the app, Replay will let them know if they made it into the top 100 listeners of their favorite artist or genre. Beginning today, all listeners can check until December 31 to look at how their listening habits change and evolve. Come 2023, they’ll be able to share new insights from Replay each week to track their habits throughout the year through a personalized progress bar. “Wh...
Doja Cat Teases New Album: “I Have a Project That’s Going to Be Quite Consistent”
As fans excitedly await the next LP from Doja Cat, the pop artist has subtly begun the process of leaving breadcrumbs of what’s to come on her forthcoming project. In a new interview with Dazed, Doja spoke about her musical inspirations as of late, the songs she’s been sitting on and her plan to eventually put out another full-length album. Lately, Doja, an avid gamer, has been inspired by vintage video games. On the musical side, “Opus III is a huge inspo for me right now,” she told Dazed. “If you wanted a teaser into what I’ve been thinking about, that’s what I’ve been on a lot,” she continued. “And just to make it clear, Beastie Boys is a huge inspiration to me.” While Doja didn’t reveal an exact timeline for the follow-up to 2021’s Planet Her, or any music at all, it appears that the n...
Joe Rainey, Nia Archives, Fievel Is Glauque, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend. This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Raye, Joe Rainey, Fievel Is Glauque, Naira Marley, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on ...
Joe Rainey, Nia Archives, Fievel Is Glauque, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend. This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Raye, Joe Rainey, Fievel Is Glauque, Naira Marley, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on ...
