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2022 Billboard Live R&B/Hip-Hop: Photos From the Evening
The biggest and brightest stars and executives in the R&B and hip-hop world showed out at Billboard Live: R&B/Hip-Hop on Thursday night (Nov. 17) at Academy LA. Billboard‘s deputy director, R&B/hip-hop Carl Lamarre and executive director, R&B/hip-hop Gail Mitchell started the evening’s festivities by thanking the R&B and hip-hop team, including reporters Neena Rouhani and Heran Mamo, and devoting a moment of silence to Takeoff, PnB Rock, Young Dolph, Pop Smoke, Nipsey Hussle and more rappers who have died in recent years. Future, who currently stars on Billboard‘s cover, presented the Rookie of the Year award to Blxst, who recently came off a sold-out world tour and earned two 2023 Grammy nominations for album of the year with Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big S...
Nick Cannon Has ‘No Idea’ If He Has More Children on the Way: ‘I Don’t Know!’
Nick Cannon swears that he’s “good right now” with the amount of children he has — but he’s also unsure if he has any more on the way. Speaking with Billboard News at the Billboard Live: R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players event, Cannon caught up with Tetris Kelly on the red carpet, who asked him about his musical endeavors and what he had in the works for the future. “I got a record with Chris Brown out now called ‘I Do,’” the multi-hyphenate explained. “It’s always working, more on the executive side, we got a lot of hot young artists coming up, so we’re excited about next year.” And when asked about his brood — which currently consists of 11 kids and one on the way — the former talk show host said, “That’s my number one priority obviously. I wake up being a father thinking about my kids...
Big Sean & Jhené Aiko Welcome Baby Boy
Congratulations are in order for Big Sean and Jhené Aiko, who welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Noah Hasani. Aiko took to Instagram to share the wonderful news, noting that the bundle of joy arrived on November 8. “After 24 hours of labor, a total lunar eclipse, and while it was pouring rain… he came,” she wrote alongside a series of photos from the hospital, surrounded by family and, of course, Sean. “my baby Yoda, my Sani [blue heart emoji].” See her post here. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sean mirrored the same sweet sentiment over on his Instagram, along with a photo of his new son holding the rapper’s finger. “After 24 hours of Labor, A Lunar Eclipse, with rain from the beginning of labor til he was born, he’s here s...
Did Taylor Swift Really Have a Choice to Work With Ticketmaster?
Maybe Live Nation chairman Greg Maffei’s statement that Taylor Swift and promoter AEG “chose” to work with Ticketmaster for her calamitous onsale earlier this week should have come with an asterisk. On Thursday (Nov. 17), Maffei attempted to correct criticisms about Ticketmaster and its owner Live Nation operating as a monopoly by pointing out that Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour “is not actually a Live Nation promoted concert” but rather “promoted by one of our largest competitors.” Maffei — who is also the president of Live Nation’s largest shareholder Liberty Media — continued: “AEG who is the promoter for Taylor Swift, chose to use us because, in reality, we are the largest and most effective ticket seller in the world. Even our competitors want to come on our platform.” The...
Song of the Week: Phoebe Bridgers Delivers the Christmas Gift of Seasonal Affective Disorder on “So Much Wine”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Phoebe Bridgers leads us into the holiday season. Many people will tell you that the holiday season officially begins on Black Friday, which ushers in a frenzy of consumerism and renewed debate about whether Love Actually is a good or bad movie (it’s the latter) in an eggnog-soaked sprint to December 25th. Those people are lying to you. The holiday season officially begins whenever Phoebe Bridgers says it does. Advertisement With “So Much Wine,” Bridgers adds a new entry to her annual tradition of releasin...
The White Lotus Is Booked for Season 3
Pack your bags (again), because The White Lotus is returning to HBO for Season 3. Mike White will return to helm the upcoming third installment of his hit black comedy, which first took us to Hawaii back in July 2021. Today’s news arrives as we’re only three of seven episodes in to Season 2, which takes place at another White Lotus property off the Sicilian coast. HBO has yet to reveal many plot details about The White Lotus Season 3, except that it will feature yet another new ensemble cast — the excellent Jennifer Coolidge is the only character to appear in both Season 1 and 2 — and we’ll have an entirely new resort to explore. Perhaps a sprawling mountainside ski lodge this go around for us summer-haters? Related Video There’s also no word right now about who will star in this...
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Unveil Bones and All Soundtrack: Stream
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have unveiled the official soundtrack to Bones and All, the new film from Luca Guadagnino. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. Bones and All is a cannibal love story starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell. In an interview with The Independent, Guadagnino said he asked Reznor and Ross to “find the sound of a road trip” and “the sound of the American landscape.” “There was never a focus on the horror element,” Reznor told Variety, adding, “It’s in there and it serves a purpose.” Advertisement Related Video Ross explained, “We’d have long conversations with Luca about this element of inviting interpretation. But the real heart is the romance. Luca had mentioned the idea of an acoustic guitar. So, we worked around esta...
Behold Owen Wilson’s Happy Little Trees in First Look at Paint
IFC films has today shared the first look at Owen Wilson in Paint, in which the actor is equipped with with sky-high curls, a well-loved palette, and a stunning canvas full of happy little trees. You’re thinking, “this is certainly a Bob Ross biopic.” Alas, the funnyman isn’t playing the late great PBS personality, but a different, fictional public television artist. Paint is an upcoming comedy film hailing from writer-director Brit McAdams, and in a sort of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood style, it seems to put a satirical twist on Ross’ legacy. Owen’s iteration of the painter is named Carl Nargle, a local favorite public TV personality in Vermont famed for his distinctive perm and encouraging mantras. Ross’ career encountered very few speedbumps; his PBS show The Joy of Painting ...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Eyed To Be Nancy Pelosi’s Successor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty As Nancy Pelosi steps down from Democratic leadership in Congress, all eyes are now on Hakeem Jeffries, who reportedly has been dubbed her successor for the role. On Thursday (Nov. 17), the current House of Representatives Majority leader made an address to her fellow representatives that she would be stepping down from leadership when the next Congress convenes in January. While Pelosi didn’t publicly say whom she would pick to replace her, many have pointed to Hakeem Jeffries as the primary candidate – making him the first Black person to hold that type of leadership role in either chamber of Congress. “That’s up to them, I want it to be whatever they want it to be,” she said in an interview after her speech. Jeffries was quickly ...
L.A. Mayor-Elect Karen Bass Vows To “Solve Homelessness”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christina House / Getty In her first address since her historic win as the first woman and the second Black mayor of Los Angeles, Rep. Karen Bass has promised to solve the city’s homelessness crisis. Bass gave the address at the historic Ebell Theatre and called on voters across the city to be a part of the solution in helping the more than 40,000 who are living on the streets of L.A. “The crisis we face affects us all and all of us must be part of the solution,” Bass said, according to CNN. “Being a coalition builder is not coming together to sing Kumbaya. … Being a coalition builder is about marshalling all of the resources, all of the skills, the knowledge, the talent of this city. “The people of Los Angeles have sent a clear message. It’s ...
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., UVA Shooting Suspect, Failed Gun Background Check Last Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., the suspect in the tragic shooting of three University of Virginia football players, reportedly was able to purchase two guns despite a background check failure last year. According to reports, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. had failed a background check while trying to purchase a firearm from Dance’s Sporting Goods in Colonial Heights, Virginia in July 2021. The former walk-on football player intended to buy a Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 rifle but failed a background check after being flagged due to a pending criminal charge. The charge stemmed from a hit-and-run Jones was involved in on Aug. 9, 2020 in Petersburg. Jones had also attempted to buy a handgun while under the legal age of 21 there in 2018, a...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Employees From Entering Company Offices Until Monday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Elon Musk’s Twitter epic downfall due to his incompetent leadership continues. Twitter informed the employees who are bravely still sticking with the company that they would be locked out of its offices until Monday. Multiple news sources reported that Twitter offices were closed effective immediately. No reason for the decision was shared at the time, but there are speculations. Musk’s team made a similar move during the mass layoffs “out of a concern for safety and an apparent fear that exiting employees could attempt to sabotage the company on their way out,” per ABC 7 Eyewitness News. Some feel this closure of the Twitter offices is happening for the same reason. In the message announcing the closing of Twitter offices, employee...
