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Wait A Minute: Princess Love Admits To Participating In Threesomes Just To Please Ray J
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Momodu Mansaray / Getty What lengths are you willing to go to please your husband or wife? Well, Princess Love welcomed the company of other women in their bedroom to keep Ray J happy, and apparently, it was not enough. In a recent episode of Love & Hip Hop: Miami, the rocky couple is once again beefing with each other. The argument gets juicy when Ray J tells his soon-to-be ex-wife that “anything I’ve ever done, you’ve done it with me.” What the “One Wish” singer is referring to is Princess Love hooking up with other women Ray J brings into the couple’s bed. During her confessional, Princess Love admits to participating in threesomes because, at the time, she loved her husband so much and wanted to show he didn’t have to step out on their union becau...
Joe Budden & Rory & Mal Finally Have Their Long-Awaited Podcast War
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
George Clooney and Julia Roberts Reunite in Seaweed-Thin Romcom Ticket to Paradise: Review
The Pitch: David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Julia Roberts) are two hugely successful, extremely divorced people, with 19 years of bitter animus between them. In fact, the only times they even see each other are for the major milestones in the life of their daughter, Lily (Kaitlin Dever), and even then they can’t help but snipe at each other through forced smiles. But they’re forced back into each other’s orbits when Lily shacks up with a handsome seaweed farmer (model Maxime Bouttier) on her post-graduation trip to Bali, and invites them to her whirlwind wedding on the Indonesian island paradise. Recognizing that throwing her career away for idle island living and a guy she’s just met is a Bad Idea, the two plot to sabotage the wedding from the inside. Along the way, though, t...
Sleater-Kinney Unveil Star-Studded Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album: Stream
Sleater-Kinney’s seminal 1997 album Dig Me Out passed its 25th anniversary this year, and now, the band has celebrated the record by unveiling Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album. Listen to the project below. As Sleater-Kinney explained in a statement, “The artists who appear on Dig Me In have not so much covered the 13 original songs, but reinterpreted and reimagined them. Through added layers or the subtraction of guitars and drums, they provide a new way into the songs. Fresh rage, joy, pain, reclamation, slyness, and longing. Other interpretations slow down or stretch out the songs, trading urgency for contemplation, weariness or even a hint of ease.” Among the artists featured on Dig Me In are frequent Sleater-Kinney collaborator St. Vincent, clear Sleater-Kinney prote...
Paramore Announce UK Tour with Bloc Party
We’ve already given you five reasons to catch Paramore on tour, but here’s a sixth: next April, they’ll embark on a UK jaunt with Bloc Party. The six-date outing kicks off on April 13th in Dublin and also includes dates in Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, London, and Birmingham. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 28th via Ticketmaster, but fans who pre-order Paramore’s new album, This Is Why. Advertisement The pair-up isn’t especially surprising, as Hayley Williams has credited Bloc Party for inspiring the band’s own upcoming album. “From day one, Bloc Party was the number one reference because there was such an urgency to their sound that was different to the fast punk or the pop punk or the like, loud wall of sound emo bands that were happening in the early 2000s,” Williams explained during...
Kid’s Impressive Street Performance of “Master of Puppets” Earns Props from Metallica: Watch
Ever since Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” was highlighted in season four of Stranger Things, the 1986 thrash gem has been all the rage. Metallica even saluted Stranger Things character Eddie Munson at Lollapalooza this year with an epic “Master of Puppets” performance that featured clips from the Netflix series. Now, a young kid in the UK is making waves with an impressive guitar rendition of the iconic metal tune that even earned props from Metallica themselves. TikTok user “fixer17d” recently shared a video of a youngster shredding “Master of Puppets” on a street in Cardiff, Wales. The kid appears to be a pre-teen or young teenager, and performs the thrash classic like an absolute champ. “Out in Cardiff and saw a kid plug in his #paulgilbert signature and thought I’d stick around,”...
Joni Mitchell to Play First Headline Show in 23 Years
Joni Mitchell will return to the stage in June 2023 for her first headline concert in decades, Brandi Carlile said on yesterday’s episode of The Daily Show. Carlile, who joined Mitchell for her surprise set at Newport Folk Festival in July, told Trevor Noah she would perform her own set at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre next June, and that Mitchell would headline the following night, on June 10. Carlile said Mitchell has been hosting “Joni Jams” with other musicians for years, as part of her recovery from her 2015 brain aneurysm; it was Mitchell, she added, who came to Carlile expressing a desire to play live. Her last proper headline shows took place during a 2000 tour of America (with a band including Herbie Hancock), though she delivered a handful of seemingly ad hoc performances in th...
Cardi B Wins Jury Trial Over Mixtape Artwork
Cardi B has won a years-long lawsuit regarding the cover art to her 2016 mixtape. Her legal team confirmed that a jury at the Central District of California Court in Santa Ana ruled in the rapper’s favor “on all counts” on Friday (October 21). “I wanna kiss Gods feet right now …..IM BEYOND GRATEFUL!!!!” Cardi tweeted after the verdict. Back in 2017, Cardi B was sued by a man named Kevin Michael Brophy, Jr. over the alleged appearance of his back tattoo on the cover of the rapper’s 2016 debut mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1. In the original complaint, Brophy alleged that the rapper, without his knowledge or consent, “misappropriated the unique likeness of [his] body art and image[…] in a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way to launch her career in music...
Lana Del Rey Reveals Devices Containing Book Manuscript and Unreleased Music Were Stolen From Her Car
Lana Del Rey has opened up about a recent theft that caused her to lose unreleased music and the manuscript for her book. Opening up about the incident in a series of videos posted to social media, Del Rey revealed that the theft took place a few months ago and consisted of a laptop, three video cameras and multiple hard drives, all of which were swiped from her car while it was parked on Melrose Place in Los Angeles. The singer said she was forced to wipe out her laptop remotely, causing her to lose a 200-page manuscript for her book with Simon & Schuster, which hadn’t been backed up, as well as recorded music. “Despite that, people are still able, this week, to remotely access my phone and leak our songs and personal photos,” Del Rey said. Although the singer was able to delete files...
Kelly Clarkson Sounds Like an ‘Angel’ With This Monica Cover
Kelly Clarkson dipped into the R&B world on Friday’s (Oct. 21) “Kellyoke” installment, performing Monica‘s 1998 classic, “Angel of Mine.” Dressed in a sleek, camel-colored maxi dress and gold accessories, the superstar belted the track effortlessly, perfectly capturing Monica’s tender track. “Angel of Mine,” featured on Monica’s The Boy Is Mine album, topped the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for four weeks, and spent an impressive 30 weeks total on the chart. Following the success of her previous singles, “The Boy Is Mine” and “The First Night,” the song was the album’s third consecutive release to reach the Hot 100 summit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Last month, the OG American Idol winner kicked off season four of ...
Cardi B Wins Trial Over Mixtape Cover Art
A federal jury on Friday (Oct. 21) said Cardi B was not legally liable in a lawsuit filed by a California man whose back tattoos were unwittingly photoshopped onto an album cover, making it look like — he claimed — he was the one performing oral sex on her, according to Law360. The verdict allows the superstar to avoid millions of dollars in requested damages. Following a four-day trial, the jurors said that Cardi (real name Belcalis Almánzar) did not violate Kevin Brophy’s rights with the bawdy cover of her 2016 mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1, which accidentally featured a large image of Brophy’s back tattoo. The actual man in the image was a model who had consented to the shoot, but a giant tattoo on the man’s back belonged to Brophy. Unbeknownst to Cardi, a freelance graphic designe...
The 8 Cutest Laptop Tote Bags Under $100: Save Up to 67% Off Select Brands
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. A tote bag offers a chic alternative to the more traditional laptop bag. You can stuff everything from electronic devices to textbooks, clothing and other things that you might need for work, school or travel. To help you make the best choice, we’ve rounded up a handful of the cutest laptop tote bags under $100. From leather and canvas to eco-friendly designs, see the list of durable tote bags below. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Coach Coach Zip Top Tote $99 $298 Need of a luxury tote bag, hit up the Co...
