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Watch RÜFÜS DU SOL Celebrate Summer In Australia With DJ Set From Sydney Harbour
While much of the West is battening down the hatches for the winter ahead, RÜFÜS DU SOL were on a boat in Australia. After recently concluding the massive North American leg of their 2022 tour, the chart-topping band brought the sounds of Surrender home to the Land Down Under. Their latest performance took place on a double-decker pontoon boat cruising through the clear waters of Sydney Harbour. RÜFÜS DU SOL performed for nearly two full hours before a packed-out audience as the sun set on their home city. The spellbinding set featured cuts from the group’s Grammy-nominated album along with several artists within their Rose Avenue Records family, including Adriatique, Cassian and Innellea. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles In addition to the 2022 Grammy nod for their four...
Jung Kook’s 19 Best Solo Musical Moments
Throughout Jung Kook‘s professional career, the BTS superstar has made a point to use his birthday to share more of himself as a musician with fans. Whether it’s been to upload a cover of a song by any of his favorite artists or share work-in-progress demos of his solo work, Jung Kook uses every Sept. 1 to celebrate music in a big way. Even before his official debut with BTS in 2013, Jung Kook had shared covers and collaborated with his band members on SoundCloud tracks — crucial early steps in creating the BTS ARMY we know today. Despite being the group’s youngest member — who debuted when he was still a teenager — Jung Kook has always taken the time to share the latest artists and tracks he loves while also giving fans glimpses into his budding career as a soloist. While BTS ensured the ...
Jenna Ortega Dishes About ‘Wednesday‘ to Former Co-Star Olivia Rodrigo
Jenna Ortega sat down with her former Bizaardvark co-star Olivia Rodrigo to discuss her role as Wednesday Addams in the new Netflix series Wednesday in a new interview. Chatting for the newest issue of The Face magazine, Ortega described working with director Tim Burton on Netflix’s upcoming Addams Family spin-off as both “incredible” and “very intense and meticulous.” “I didn’t really know what to expect and every time I’d spoken to him prior… he’s a man of very few words,” she said. “He’d never done TV before and I was like, ‘What’s our schedule going to look like? What scenes are getting pushed to tomorrow?’ After we established [Wednesday’s] look – which was also very exciting to see him do, because he’s such a visionary – he refused to shoot anything that didn’t satisfy that itch...
Dua Lipa Shares Sweet Message for ‘My Most Magical Friend’ Elton John
On Monday, Dua Lipa was still reveling over spending her weekend performing with Elton John at his final U.S. tour date at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium. “To my most magical friend @eltonjohn thank you for keeping the dream alive!!!” she wrote on social media alongside a video of herself and the superstar performing their hit collab “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” for the first time at the Sunday (Nov. 22) show. “It was an honour, a privilege and a joy to share the stage with you last night on your last show at the Dodgers Stadium. Thank you for everything, forever and always. I love you!!! Still taking this all in…” Related Inside Elton John's Dodger Stadium Show: 5 Takeaways from the Last U.S. Stop on His Final Tour 11/22/2022 Sir Elton returned the love ...
Chance the Rapper And Vic Mensa Announce Free Black Star Line Festival In Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rune Hellestad – Corbis / Getty Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa are continuing to push the culture further. They have announced the launch of the Black Star Line Festival in Ghana. As spotted on Hype Beast, the two MC’s are curating the first ever music outing in Accra, Ghana’s historic Black Star Square. The Black Star Line Festival is billed as a celebration of Pan-Africanism, that will “build bridges between Black people and artists of The Diaspora with The Continent”. Historic Black Star Square is a monument to the political freedom that was fought for and won by Ghanaians in 1957. Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan African country to free itself from colonialism, under the leadership of its first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah –– many nations o...
Race Expert Newt Gingrich Says Herschel Walker Is Better “African American” Over Sen. Warnock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty An attempt by Newt Gingrich to endorse Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker over Sen. Raphael Warnock wound up being deeply offensive. As the runoff election to decide who will occupy the Senate seat from Georgia approaches, many on the right wing are lending support to the GOP’s candidate Walker. Former House Speaker Gingrich, who also represented Georgia, went on conservative personality Charlie Kirk’s show to endorse Walker over the incumbent Democratic Senator Warnock with an eye-raising opinion. Gingrich expressed that despite both candidates being Black, he felt Walker stood out more because of his business acumen and struggles with mental health. “I think that Herschel Walker has the courage, the integrity to be a...
Ice Cube Confirms He Lost $9 Million Due to Not Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine: ‘F— That Jab’
Ice Cube has confirmed reports that he lost an opportunity to make $9 million because he wouldn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine. In the newest episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast this week, Ice Cube revealed that his refusal to get vaccinated forced him to turn down an acting gig. “I turned down a movie because I didn’t wanna get the motherf—ing jab,” he shared, adding, “I turned down $9 million because I didn’t want to get the jab. F— that jab and f— y’all for trying to make me get it. I don’t know how Hollywood feel about me right now.” He then clarified, “I didn’t turn [$9 million] down. Them motherf—ers wouldn’t give it to me because I wouldn’t get the shot. I didn’t turn it down. They just didn’t give it to me.” Back in October, it was reported t...
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Needs $2 Billi At The Box Office To Break Even
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 20th Century Studios / 20th Century Studios After more than a decade of waiting, Avatar: The Way of Water is set to hit theaters later next month, and with it comes extremely high expectations as far as box office receipts go. According to Variety, the highly anticipated James Cameron film needs to break box office records just for the budget to break even as apparently the film cost a whopping $2 billion just to get made. That’s right, Avatar 2 needs to become the third of fourth highest-grossing film just to match it’s production budget, and chances are that won’t be happening for a while. Cameron apparently told Disney and 20th Century Studios executives that his sequel budget was so high it represented “the worst business case in movie history.” Accor...
FAMU Student To Finally Receive Degree After Viral “Nude” Photo Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Don Juan Moore / Getty A young woman who took a photo after graduating from Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee will finally be conferred her master’s degree. Terica Williams graduated this spring, but when her creative graduation photos went viral—the university withheld her degree. The photo which showed Terica Williams appearing to be nude next to FAMU’s statue of its mascot, a rattlesnake, was supposed to represent her shedding her skin and moving into a new phase of her life. “What was unique about that photo was that I appeared to be nude and I had snakes coming out of my head,” Williams told NBC 6. However, shortly after the photo attracted extensive attention online—the university held her MS in Counselor Education diploma...
Black Sherif – Run
Black Sherif contributes to EMPIRE’s new album, “Where We Come From” Vol.01 performing a new song titled “Run”. Ghanaian singer Black Sherif a.k.a. Blacko comes through with resonating and a captivating brand new single titled “Run” from EMPIRE’s latest project. The song takes the last spot on the album and it is an impressive piece of music for your listening pleasure. It fills in as a follow-up to the song, “Bank Alert” by L.A.X. Listen and share Black Sherif – “Run” below. Download coming soon.
KiDi ft BNXN (Buju) – Dance 4 Me
KiDi and BNXN fka Buju collaborate on a fresh new single, “Dance 4 Me.” Ghanaian singer KiDi and BNXN have a brand new single together titled “Dance 4 Me.” It’s taken from Empire’s latest body of work, “Where We Come From,” Vol. 1. The new record is an amazing track with a brilliant flow from KiDi that is well complemented by BNXN’s intriguing hooks. However, you can check out this song from the album, titled “Run” by Black Sherif. Listen to KiDi – “Dance 4 Me” ft BNXN below. Download coming soon.
Navy Kenzo ft Fireboy DML – Hold On
“Hold On” is the latest new single from Navy Kenzo, a sequel to the song “Dance 4 Me” by KiDi and BNXN. Tanzania’s dynamic duo Navy Kenzo drops a brand new single titled “Hold On” featuring Fireboy DML. The new record “Hold On” is taken from Empire’s new project called “Where We Come From” Vol. 1. This is the eighth track on the album, and it is an impressive joint from them. It is dedicated to the fans’ listening pleasure. However, it deserves a spot in your playlist. Listen and share Navy Kenzo ft Fireboy DML – “Hold On” below. Download coming soon.
