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How to Watch the 2023 Critics Choice Awards
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Awards season is here, with the Critics Choice Awards coming up this weekend. Chelsea Handler is set to host the 28th annual event live from the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday (Jan. 15). The ceremony will broadcast at 7 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. While the Critics Choice Awards honor the best in film and television over the past year, a number of music stars have made the nominations cut. Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand,” Taylor Swift’s “Carolina,” and Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” will battle it out in the best song category alongside “Ciao Papa” by Al...
How to Watch the 2023 Critics Choice Awards
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Awards season is here, with the Critics Choice Awards coming up this weekend. Chelsea Handler is set to host the 28th annual event live from the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday (Jan. 15). The ceremony will broadcast at 7 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. While the Critics Choice Awards honor the best in film and television over the past year, a number of music stars have made the nominations cut. Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand,” Taylor Swift’s “Carolina,” and Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” will battle it out in the best song category alongside “Ciao Papa” by Al...
BabyTron & Cordae “Beetleborgs,” Dave East “Rules” & More | Daily Visuals 1.13.23
HipHopWired Featured Video Earlier this week news broke that Cordae was about to become a daddy when his pro-tennis player wifey, Naomi Osaka announced she had a blonde bun in the oven. Now that he knows he’s gonna have an extra mouth to feed, Cordae got back on his grizzly to bring home the bacon. Linking up with BabyTron for the visuals to Beetleborgs,” Cordae and BT keep a low profile and play a game of poker in the crib with some close friends before taking to the streets to turn up and close out the clip. Elsewhere, Dave East looks to get some higher turnin’ and in his clip for “Rules” heads back to school like Rodney Dangerfield to school the next generation on how hustlers get it poppin’ and in the process probably lowered a few of his students GPAs. Check out the rest of today’s dr...
New ‘Dear Mama’ Docuseries Will Explore 2Pac’s Relationship With Afeni Shakur
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado / Getty Another side of 2Pac’s life is about to come to life on screen. The Dear Mama docuseries will explore his relationship with Afeni Shakur. As spotted on Deadline, the FX channel will launch the new series with a goal of chronicling the history of their storied mother and son. Dear Mama is being billed as a “deeply personal five-part series that defies the conventions of traditional documentary storytelling to share an illuminating saga of mother and son, Afeni and Tupac Shakur.” The late great Ms. Shakur was a revolutionary, an intellect and a voice for the people. She became a feminist darling of the ’70s, a female leader in the movement amidst the macho milieu of the Black Panther Party. Their story chronicles the...
Iggy Azalea Joins OnlyFans, Dropping Content Yearlong
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gerardo Mora / Getty You can’t say Iggy Azalea isn’t working all the angles. The Australian rapper announced that she has joined OnlyFans, and is dropping a new project, too. Apparently, for your perverts (respectfully) out there who are thinking otherwise, it’s all for the sake of getting her music out there. It’s all part of her ambitious Hotter Than Hell project where she plans to release music, videos, photos, poetry and more, including a book, throughout 2023. Reports Variety: Related Stories The “Hotter Than Hell X OnlyFans” collaboration, which marks Azaela’s first creative project in more than a year and a half, will encompass the Aussie-born artist’s upcoming fourth studio album slated to be released this summer. Subscriptions to Azalea’s OnlyFan...
Boldy James Involved in Serious Car Accident, Is in Stable Condition, Rep Says
Boldy James was involved in a “serious two-car accident” in the Detroit metropolitan area this past Monday (January 9), according to his representative. The rapper was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and suffered broken vertebrae in his neck and orthopedic injuries. Following extensive surgery, James has been released from the intensive care unit and is now in stable condition. In a statement, Boldy James and his family expressed their gratitude for “the incredible doctors and nurses that are taking care of him, and also to the communities’ emergency medical personnel and first responders.” Last year, James teamed up with Real Bad Man for the collaborative album Killing Nothing. He also released the joint LPs Fair Exchange No Robbery with Nicholas Craven, Mr. Ten08 with ...
Hayden James Gives ODESZA’s “The Last Goodbye” a Stunning House Makeover
This week ODESZA surprised fans by dropping an official remix of “The Last Goodbye,” the titular track from the duo’s Grammy-nominated album of the same, produced by none other than Australian house music virtuoso Hayden James. James’ upbeat rework of the soulful track is a funky re-imagination that sublimely reflects the intention and theme of ODESZA’s original. While “The Last Goodbye” is a powerful electronic record sampling Bettye LaVette’s 1965 song “Let Me Down Easy,” James transforms it into a decidedly house track—and a dancefloor filler. The Australian dance music star used a quicker tempo in his energetic, four-on-the-floor beat, producing staccato synths and a subdued drop with pulsing bass. James shrewdly leans on LaV...
Ray Volpe Turns Up the Firepower With Relentless “Laserbeam” Remix Pack
The DJs are firing up their laser beams. After sweeping the festival scene in 2022 and soundtracking countless fan-made festival recaps, Ray Volpe‘s “Laserbeam” landed a well-deserved spot on EDM.com‘s list of best songs of 2022. But Volpe’s signature “Laserveam” vocals and frenetic synths made it a hit with more than just the headbangers. Virtually the scene’s entire DJing community didn’t hesitate to drop it in their sets for a little extra adrenaline rush. Now, the official “Laserbeam” remix pack has arrived, including reworks from Sullivan King, Eliminate, 4B and more. Ray Volpe has released an official remix pack for his dubstep hit, “Laserbeam.” Alex Estrada Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles...
Feed Me Poised to Launch New Alias In the Works Since 2007
Feed Me is a man of many aliases. The longtime electronic music great, who has produced under the alias Spor, has been prevalently considered a creative switchblade given his multi-genre talents, exceptional visual design ability and the strength of his brand. Many of those skillsets are converging once again for what appears to be the start of a new project from renowned U.K. artist, whose real name is Jon Gooch. In a new announcement, he explained that Seventh Stitch has been a passion project in the works since 2007. Jon Gooch, perhaps best known as the renowned electronic music producer Feed Me. c/o Press Gooch likened the project to a “personal diary,” a safe space for sharing whatever emotions he was experiencing in the moment. Since then, it’s become so...
Burning Man’s Mayan Warrior Is Using Blockchain Tech to Fund Art On the Playa
Fans of the legendary Burning Man metropolis and its devoted Mayan Warrior community have a new way to preserve its future prospects both on and off the playa. Blockchain technology has long been lauded as a more transparent and cost-effective means of fundraising. Now Mayan Warrior, one of the world’s premier artistic communities is embracing its possibilities. The organization, which operates as a 501(c)(3), has announced the “Mayan Warrior Amulet,” an offering of digital assets to directly support the artistic endeavors that have built the community into a creative powerhouse over the last decade. By purchasing the blockchain-powered assets, the community’s members can directly fund artists to help “produce, bring, and display their live interact...
Nick Kroll Explains How History of the World, Part II Got Incredible Guest Stars Like Danny DeVito and Johnny Knoxville
For those wondering how much a Mel Brooks project the upcoming History of the World, Part II might be, know that executive producer Nick Kroll spent 25 minutes at the Television Critics Association press tour explaining the comedy legend’s deep involvement with the project. “It begins with Mel,” Kroll said to journalists on Saturday. “As soon as the show was announced, people reached out saying, ‘I would love to be a part of this, Mel Brooks is a huge influence.’” Thus we get the wildly star-studded guest cast for the Hulu sketch comedy series, including Pamela Adlon, Tim Baltz, Zazie Beetz, Jillian Bell, Quinta Brunson, Dove Cameron, D’Arcy Carden, Ronny Chieng, Rob Corddry, Danny DeVito, David Duchovny, Hannah Einbinder, Jay Ellis, Josh Gad, Kimiko Glenn, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Jake...
Boldy James Seriously Injured in Car Accident in Detroit
Boldy James was seriously injured in a two-car accident in the Detroit area earlier this week, his publicist announced. He is currently in stable condition at an area hospital. Representatives for the rapper said the “serious” accident occurred on Monday, January 9th, leaving Boldy James with broken vertebrae in his neck and orthopedic injuries. “After undergoing extensive surgery on his neck, Boldy has been removed from the intensive care unit and is now in stable condition,” his publicist said. The statement added, “Boldy and his family would like to express their gratitude to the incredible doctors and nurses that are taking care of him, and also to the communities’ emergency medical personnel and first responders.” Advertisement Related Video Boldy James is a prolific rapper from Detro...
