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Hold This L: Central Park Karen Loses Lawsuit Against Ex-Employer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @melodyMcooper / Twitter Amy Cooper became the face of white women filing false police allegations against African Americans early in the coronavirus pandemic when she called the NYPD on Christian Cooper (no relation) who was watching birds in the park. According to People, the judge in the case dismissed the claim that Amy Cooper was illegally fired and defamed by her former employer after the spring 2020 incident. Related Stories Cooper was employed by Franklin Templeton—a private banking company. She alleged that the company failed to investigate the incident and discriminated against her on the basis of her race and sex. She also claimed that the company intentionally inflicted emotional distress on her. However, Judge Ronnie Abrams ...
Reebok x Panini America Collaborate On New ‘PRIZM’ Allen Iverson ‘Question’ Kicks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok Reebok has been dropping some overlooked heat as of late. The brand continues to remix some of its more popular silhouettes such as Allen Iverson’s “Question” signature kicks. Source: Reebok / Reebok This time around the Reebok “Question” is getting a new “Prizm” look courtesy of Reebok’s collaboration with sports card company Panini America and pays homage to the card collecting hobby that’s experiencing a resurgence in popularity as of late. Collaborating on a new capsule collection set to release on Nov. 4, the retro-inspired attire that’s set to drop will be featuring three brand-new “Prizm” parallel iterations of Allen Iverson’s iconic “Question” silhouette. “This has been a long time coming,” commented Jason Howarth, VP of Marketing ...
Herschel Walker’s Ex-Girlfriend Says He Paid For Her Abortion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Megan Varner / Getty Herschel Walker’s turbuluent Senate campaign has received a potentially serious blow as a former girlfriend revealed that he paid for her to have an abortion – and has detailed proof. According to a detailed report from The Daily Beast on Monday night (Oct. 3), a woman (who chose not to disclose her identity) that was romantically involved with the former gridiron star claims that while they were dating in 2009, she became pregnant with his child. Once he found out, he urged her to get an abortion and that he reimbursed her for the cost after she went through with it. According to her, he felt that it was “not the right time” to have a child. She would find out later that Walker had another child earlier that year under the same ...
Oso Oso Share Sweeping New Single “De Facto”: Stream
Oso Oso, the emo-pop project of Jade Lilitri, has returned today with a new single called “De Facto.” Lilitri wrote and performed nearly every instrument on “De Facto” with the exception of drums, handled by Jordan Krimston. The song is right in line with Oso Oso’s usual schtick of sweeping, bittersweet melodies, but thankfully, that schtick has yet to get old. The introduction layers blasts of rapid hi-hat hits with Lilitri’s filtered, atmospheric vocals, before the song explodes into a chorus tailor-made for a friendly mosh pit. The latter half of “De Facto” culminates into a rousing breakdown before dropping the volume again for its bridge: “I had this dream/ I fell into/ The TV screen,” Lilitri sings, his vocals distorted once more like he’s relaying this vision to you from a playgroun...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Share Breathless, Nine-Minute Single “Iron Lung”: Stream
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have released the new single “Iron Lung” from Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava, their first of three albums coming in October. The nine-minute psych-rock jam comes with an equally trippy animated music video by SPOD. “Iron Lung” initially follows a measured, jazzy beat that expands with flutes, saxophone, and crunchy guitar riffs to an explosive peak. In a statement, guitarist Stu Mackenzie called the track “the ultimate collab,” sharing, “We wrote the lyrics as a group and created the music out of improvisation. Spontaneous creation. The best kind.” The accompanying music video mirrors the song’s lyrics, specifically the “different kind of cuttlefish.” More importantly, it portrays the titular breathing apparatus’ description of “Frog breat...
Rage Against the Machine Cancel 2023 North American Tour
Rage Against the Machine have canceled their run of North American tour dates in 2023 as frontman Zack de la Rocha continues to recover from a torn Achilles tendon. de la Rocha injured his leg four songs into the band’s concert on July 11th in Chicago — the second show of the highly anticipated “Public Service Announcement Tour.” He was able to finish RATM’s 2022 North American leg by performing each concert from a seated position, but it appears that’s not a tenable solution going forward. “Unfortunately it is a moment that requires a lot of work and healing,” de la Rocha wrote in a note announcing the tour’s cancelation. “I have a severe tear in my left Achilles tendon and only 8% of my tendon was left intact. And even that portion was severely compromised.” Advertisement Related Video “...
Elon Musk Agrees to Buy Twitter (Again) at Original Price of $44 Billion: Report
Elon Musk has agreed to buy Twitter at his original proposed price of $54.20 per share, or about $44 billion total, Bloomberg reports and the New York Times confirms. Few details are known at this time. Musk is said to have expressed his renewed interest in a letter to the social media giant on the evening of October 3rd and met in court with Twitter representatives the morning of October 4th. Musk began trying to back out of the purchase agreement almost as soon as Twitter accepted it his original offer in April. He accused the platform of misleading or lying to investors about its number of daily active users, saying in May that the deal “cannot move forward” until Twitter proved that less than 5% of users are bots or spam accounts. Advertisement Related Video The Tes...
1Da Banton ft Davido – Ego
Don’t miss this brand new single from 1Da Banton titled – Ego. Nigerian singer, 1Da Banton delivers yet another brilliant Afropop tune titled “Ego“, featuring DMW boss, Davido, who has been featured on a lot of songs this year. The new record is an impressive piece of music for your listening pleasure. It fills in as a follow-up to his previously released single “Summer Love” and a featured track titled “Pata Pata” by Stainless. Listen and share 1Da Banton ft Davido – Ego below. Download coming soon.
XO Records Singer Chxrry22 Releases Debut EP ‘The Other Side’
Toronto singer Chxrry22 is telling the bittersweet story of missing a past partner on her new EP The Other Side. Out now, the cathartic R&B record charts the singer’s yearning for old love with her drive to prioritize herself across 7 tracks in a compact 20-minutes. “The Other Side is about coming to terms with duality – we all have two sides,” Chxrry22 said. “We can be both the villain and the victim in some story and this is me owning that.” The bulk of production comes from the label’s own Sensei Bueno, but Atlanta-based producer Childish Major has co-production credits on the track “Wasteland.” The singer is the latest addition to The Weeknd’s XO Records. Born in a Toronto suburb to Ethiopian immigrants, Chxrry22 began releasing music online in 2017. After garnering a small li...
Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Will Skip Another Year
Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw won’t be taking place this year. Curated by Tyler himself, the music festival brings together alternative hip-hop and R&B acts across a weekend in Los Angeles. “It’s really not that deep,” Tyler’s manager Chris Clancy told Billboard. “Tyler toured all year and was busy with a number of projects. Reading the tea leaves and what’s happening with festivals coming out of the pandemic, we thought it would be best to come back next year.” Over the past year, Tyler has been touring his GRAMMY-winning sixth studio LP, Call Me If You Get Lost, hitting 32 cities across North America alone. The artist was also just announced to be joining season six of Nick Kroll’s animated series Big Mouth in a guest role. The inaugural Camp Flog Gnaw took place in 2012 and...
Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” Nabs the No. 1 Spot on the Billboard Hot 100
After a month spent at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” has scaled the list to overtake the No. 1 spot. The hit track marks the singer’s first No.1 chart-topper. Released as the second single from Lacy’s sophomore album Gemini Rights, the ballad features a funky beat over which the singer croons about not seeing things through his partner’s eyes. “I wish I knew, I wish I knew you wanted me,” Lacy sings in the chorus. While the singer emerged on the scene as a member of hip-hop collective The Internet, an offshoot of Odd Future, his latest LP marked an evolution in the singer’s music. Shifting from the alternative hip-hop sound of the Internet and his first album, Apollo XXI, Gemini Rights saw Lacy dive further into rock and R&B. The top slot where “Bad Habit” no...
Pharrell Williams Auctioning Some Of His Most Classic Items On App Joopiter
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Julien M. Hekimian / Getty If you’re a super fan of Pharrell Williams and have money to spare you’re in luck. He is auctioning off some of his most classic items on Joopiter. As per Gentleman’s Quarterly the creative is putting some of his most coveted belongings under the hammer. The “Happy” performer has founded Joopiter, a digital auction house and already has committed to making the platform a success by participating directly. Joopiter’s inaugural collection, “Son of a Pharaoh,” will feature 52 of his most prized possessions and given his game changing taste we expect it to all go quickly. He explained his thought process in on social media. “@joopiterofficial is about letting go of the past. Of EVERYTHING. Recognizing that I felt a compulsion a...
