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Ex-WMG Innovation Chief Scott Cohen Named CEO of Music Investing Platform
Former Warner Music Group executive and the Orchard co-founder Scott Cohen said on Tuesday (Nov. 1) he is taking a new job as chief executive officer of a fintech platform aimed at selling fractional shares in song catalogs. Cohen, who stepped down from his role as chief innovation officer at WMG in September, said the aim of the new venture is to “fractionalize ownership of music royalties.” Fractional shares are a familiar concept in finance, and brokerages like Robinhood and Fidelity Investments sell them as a way to buy a slice of a share for less than the price of the whole stock. The market for buying and investing in music publishing rights has traditionally been open to only the world’s largest music companies and, more recently, money managers. Introducing fractional shares could ...
Mariah Carey Gets the Christmas Spirit Flowing In New Clip: ‘It’s Time’
Halloween is officially done, now it’s time for the Queen of Christmas to shine. As the calendar flipped to Nov. 1, Mariah Carey let us know what time it is with a seasonal social post. The clip opens in black and white with Carey on a stationary bike, dressed as a witch and surrounded by jack o’lanterns and CG bats. Then, with a sucker punch of color, we’re thrust into Mariah’s winter wonderland. “It’s time,” she squeals. And, of course, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” rings out. Carey is the undisputed Queen of Christmas, with her 1994 holiday original topping the Billboard Hot 100 multiple times over the last few years and ranking as the most popular song of all time on the Billboard Holiday 100. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Her...
Bruce Springsteen Played Guitar for Clarence Clemons in the Hospital as He Passed Away
Bruce Springsteen made his debut appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Monday, where he sat down for a lengthy two-and-a-half-hour career-spanning conversation about his life and music. Springsteen also performed solo acoustic renditions of several songs, including “Rosalita,” “Blinded By the Light,” and “Tougher Than the Rest,” as well as a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” At one point in the interview, Springsteen revealed that he played guitar in the hospital for Clarence Clemons as his longtime friend and bandmate passed away in June 2011. “I had a feeling he could hear me because he could squeeze your hand,” Springsteen recalled. “I took the hunch and brought the guitar and strummed ‘Land of Hope and Dreams.’” Despite turning 73 years old last month, Spring...
Ryan Murphy: Glee’s Mr. Schue Was a Meth Addict in Original Script
What if Glee was a little more Breaking Bad? It turns out that the creators of the musical teen drama series originally conceived of the show with some darker undertones: As Ryan Murphy recalls, Mr. Schue was first written as a meth addict in the “NC-17” version of the script. Murphy spoke candidly about the early stages of making Glee on the new Glee-themed iHeart Radio podcast And That’s What You REALLY Missed (via Insider): “Mr. Schue, I believe, was a crystal meth addict in Ian [Brennan]’s script,” Murphy said of the character, a high school Spanish teacher who also directs the school’s show choir. “The NC-17 version of show choir with a weird protagonist who was unraveling.” But as if Mr. Schue being a meth addict wasn’t surprising enough, Murphy also revealed the unlikely s...
Kanye West Gets Into Argument at Kid’s Soccer Game, Storms Off
Kanye West stormed off the field of his son’s soccer game over the weekend after getting into an argument with a woman. According to TMZ, the woman Ye argued with was a Kardashian-West family friend, though it’s unclear what caused the disagreement. Kim Kardashian was also at the game, but she was surrounded by security and didn’t appear to interact with West at the event. A witness told the publication that West came back to the game a few minutes later after cooling off, and the rest of the match continued without incident. Watch a clip of the altercation below. West has been a constant media fixture in recent months as he continues to espouse antisemitic beliefs — and lose a ton of money and brand deals as a consequence. As he falls from grace, the rapper has been the subject of a mocki...
Måneskin Announce New Album Rush!
Italian glam rockers Måneskin have announced a new album called Rush!, due out January 20th. The band’s third full-length will be available in a variety of configurations, including on CD and standard, white, red, and picture disk vinyl, with special box sets for sale as well. A full tracklist is still forthcoming, but the band previously previewed the album with “The Loneliest,” a melodramatic breakup ballad. Check out the record’s artwork below. On Monday (October 31st) Mäneskin kick off the “Loud Kids World Tour,” their first-ever headlining track of North America. The tour begins at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle and hits cities like San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Dallas before wrapping up December 16th at the Virgin Theater in Las Vegas. Most of the shows are sold o...
Chrisean Rock Does An About-Face On Domestic Violence Claims Against Toxic Boo Blueface
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Sighs, Chrisean Rock and her toxic relationship with off-beat rapper Blueface is still a thing, unfortunately. These two can’t keep their hands off each other; we don’t mean intimately. Rock had fans, and those who give a damn about her life worried about her after showing her badly bruised grill during an Instagram Live session. While not saying his name, it seemed Blueface was to blame because of the other voice in the video and a back and forth between Rock and the “Thotiana” crafter TMZ Hip Hop first reported. Per TMZ Hip Hop: The footage is upsetting … Chrisean is visibly shaken and cries at multiple points in her clips — which have since been scrubbed from her page. She tells the man she’s talking to that he’s “too comfortabl...
Apple Music Pulls All Kanye West Tracks From Curated Playlists
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, will have to suffer more professional ramifications due to his reckless behavior. Apple Music has pulled all his tracks from their curated playlists. As spotted on Digital Music News, the Chicago, Illinois native has lost some placements on one of the world’s most popular destinations for music consumption. On Friday, Oct. 28 Rolling Stone Magazine exclusively reported that the streaming platform has dropped “Kanye West Essentials” and “Kanye West Video Essentials.” The playlists captured the rapper’s most career defining solo works and memorable guest features; both in audio and video formats. While his discography remains available, industry insiders estimate this will cut into his earnings potent...
‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’ Trailer Hits And That Book Is Still Causing Trouble
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Peacock is giving out an early Christmas gift. The Best Man: The Final Chapters is heading to the streamer on Dec. 22 just before the holiday. A teaser trailer dropped late over the weekend to preview the show. The 8-episode series began with two popular movies, 1999’s The Best Man and 2013’s The Best Man Holiday, helmed by director Malcolm D. Lee. The movies starred Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Terence Howard, Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Melissa de Souza, and Harold Perrineau, becoming one of the most beloved of the black rom-coms. In the first movie, Diggs plays Harper, a writer who draws animosity from his college buddies after publishing his first novel Unfinished Business, a thinly disguised version of their l...
Chloe & Halle Bailey, Diddy, Keke Palmer, La La & More Went Ham With Their Halloween Costumes
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Chloe Bailey / Edwig Henson No one enjoys Halloween more than your favorite celebrities. Every year they flex how their wealth grants them access to the best costume ideas, and this year the tradition continues. It’s officially spooky season, and we are back outside in full force. To celebrate Halloween 2022, your favorite celebs hit the streets, and your Instagram timelines rocking some insanely good Halloween fits. Diddy, who many have crowned the winner of Halloween for being totally committed to his Joker from The Dark Knight, brilliantly portrayed by the late Heath Ledger in the film. Diddy was so in character that he almost got into a fight with actor Michael J. Ferguson, who plays the character 2-Bit in Power. It looks like Ferguson didn’t kn...
RayRay and JVNA Team Up for Empowering Melodic Bass Track, “Butterfly”
Self-empowerment is the name on the game on RayRay‘s new single, “Butterfly,” a melodic bass ballad written with fellow Taiwanese producer JVNA. Featuring a slow-burning bassline and sultry, hypnotic vocals, the collab is an ode to their experiences in the music industry as women, as well as the lessons they’ve taught themselves along the way. Creepy and crawling, otherworldly and unyielding, “Butterfly” builds like lightning on the horizon with minimalistic percussion and sensuous lyricism: “Watch me as I go and take a leap / Try to make the dreams my reality.” Meanwhile, deep bass grows beneath the surface, waiting to overtake you with a thunderous drop. The track, RayRay says, is one of her favorite songs from her forthcomi...
Nostalgix Drops Gritty Hip-House Track, “Options”
Nostalgix has dropped the latest record from her forthcoming Supah Fly EP, a hip-house collab with Lano Bandz. Out now on Thrive Music, “Options” is a gritty fusion of hip-hop and house music. The track, which features energetic bars courtesy of Bandz, finds Nostalgix producing a rowdy bass house beat. A sinister electric guitar riff kicks things off before the arrangement erupts into a frenzy of menacing bass and metallic synths. “The writing of ‘Options’ was such a fun process,” explains Nostalgix. “It was the first record I made when I moved to Los Angeles. I met Lano Bandz through my friend Wraith, and we immediately had a vibe together. I got Lano to hop in the vocal booth and start freestyling over a fun instrumental I had.” Fans c...
