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Juls ft Wizkid, Agent Sasco (Assassin) & JAEL – Close To Me
British-Ghanaian music talent Juls drops a new single titled Close To Me. This week’s new music Friday has Juls showcasing his latest new single Close To Me, off his just-released Sounds Of My World album. The new track features Wizkid, Agent Sasco also known as Assassin, and JAEL. It starts with a slow & low tempo that gradually picked up, which was gladly opened by JAEL and the single is the album opener. It is also a blend of different genres like lovers rock, dub reggae, and Afrobeat, with a bit of old and new-school sounds giving it an impressive bop worth the listen. Listen and share Juls ft Wizkid, Agent Sasco (Assassin) & JAEL – Close To Me below.
John Legend Says He and Kanye West “Haven’t Been Close” Because of Donald Trump
Even the uber-rich aren’t immune to the toll that political party lines can take on relationships: John Legend has admitted that his friendship with his formerly-frequent collaborator, Kanye West, dwindled largely due to the latter’s support of Donald Trump. The “All of Me” singer spoke about the fallout on a new episode of The Axe Files podcast: “[Kanye and I] aren’t friends as much as we used to be,” Legend told host David Axelrod. “I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump, I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.” Kanye and Legend go pretty far back: The former was one of the producers on Legend’s 2004 debut album Get Lifted, and even released the record on his own GOOD Music label. The pa...
Kevin Spacey Loses Appeal to Overturn $31 Million House of Cards Damages
Last year, Kevin Spacey was ordered to pay MRC, the producer of Netflix’s House of Cards, $31 million in compensatory damages following his termination from the show. He later petitioned to have the order reversed, but at an August 4th hearing, a judge determined the actor’s appeal had no standing. Spacey was fired from House of Cards in 2017 after eight employees of the show accused him of sexual misconduct. After his termination, MRC was forced to rewrite the show’s sixth and final season to exclude Spacey from the plot, and cut the season down from 13 episodes to eight in order to meet streaming deadlines. After an internal investigation and an evidentiary hearing, a neutral arbitrator concluded Spacey had violated the show’s anti-harassment policy and ordered him to...
HBO Max and Discovery+ Will Become One Streaming Service
Following the recent merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company confirmed plans to re-launch its two streaming platforms, HBO Max and Discovery+, as a single service, projected to roll out in the U.S. beginning Summer 2023. Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced the news during the company’s Q2 earnings call on Thursday (August 4th). By combining HBO Max, “the most acclaimed streaming service among consumers,” and Discovery+’s library of “real-life entertainment,” Warner Bros. Discovery says the new streaming service will achieve the “best of both” — acknowledging customer complaints aimed at HBO Max’s user interface and Discovery+’s catalog. Ultimately, the company said their “leading objective is growing engagement.” Once both apps are integrated, the company said, they’ll begin ...
Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages
A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist and Infowars owner Alex Jones to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim $4 million in compensatory damages in an ongoing defamation lawsuit. Jones has spent almost a decade arguing that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School — which left 28 people, including 20 children, dead — was a hoax, and that the parents of the victims were “crisis actors” upholding the lie. One set of parents, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, sued Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, in 2018 for defamation, and originally asked for $150 million in compensatory damages. In a verdict signed by 10 members of the 12-member jury, the group landed on $4 million, but a separate trial to decide how much Jones will pay in punitive damages is still forthco...
Iman Shumpert, Ex-NBA Star & Teyana Taylor’s Husband, Arrested at Texas Airport
Former NBA player Iman Shumpert was arrested at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport last weekend for allegedly trying to bring 6 ounces of cannabis through security. The police report from the DFW Airport Department of Public Safety shows police were called to a TSA checkpoint at about 3:40 p.m. on Saturday and told there was a “sizeable amount of marijuana” found. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The police report says Shumpert told officers that the bag contained marijuana and “asked if there was any way he could make his flight” to Los Angeles, where he was supposed to pick up his daughter. He has two daughters with entertainer Teyana Taylor. Shumpert was told no, arrested for felony possession of marijuana and taken to the airport ja...
Camila Cabello Receives a Mysterious Note From a Fellow Coach in New ‘The Voice’ Teaser
Camila Cabello is gearing up to take a seat on the red chair as the newest coach of The Voice, and in the show’s latest promo, the “Havana” singer gets a questionable welcome from one of her fellow coaches. In the one-minute clip, Cabello is seen gushing over balloons, flowers and gifts delivered to her makeup vanity. “That is just too sweet,” the singer says, before finding a note that reads, “You’re going to lose so bad.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Who would send that?” Gwen Stefani asks, before her husband Blake Shelton shiftily tells Cabello, “I can’t believe you got that anonymous letter.” However, it seems the “Bam Bam” singer isn’t the only one who got a menacing note. The show’s fourth judge, John Legend, received one...
How a Spiritual Connection Inspired Myriam Hernandez’s First Album in 10 Years ‘Sinergia’
In 2011, Myriam Hernandez released her studio album Seducción (Universal Music Latino), which peaked at No. 11 on Billboard‘s Latin Pop Albums chart. Earlier this year, she dropped Sinergia, her first studio album in 10 years and a completely independent release. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The reason for her decade-long hiatus? She didn’t connect with hitmakers. “It really was 10 years, totally independent, there were many wonderful authors who had sent me songs but none of them really managed to fill my soul,” she tells Billboard. “When I record an album I always have to be 100% vibing and aware that those songs that I am going to record are really the ones that I want to sing both in the studio and on stage, which is what I want ...
Beyoncé Unveils ‘Cliquebait’ Version of ‘Break My Soul’
Beyoncé isn’t quite done dropping new remixes of her Renaissance lead single, “Break My Soul.” On Thursday (Aug. 4), Queen Bey’s “Cliquebait” version of “Break My Soul” was released, adding a fun club remix to an already dance-heavy track. The accompanying YouTube video features the star dancing atop the silver horse on her latest album cover. Just a day prior, the singer dropped a four-song “Break My Soul” remix EP featuring refreshed versions of her Renaissance single by Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, Chicago house legend Terry Hunter, global scene queen Honey Dijon and New York producer/DJ Nita Aviance. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The OG version of “Break My Soul” surged to No. 1 on Billboa...
Perjury?: Alex Jones’ Cellphone Records Acquired By Sandy Hook Legal Team
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones received a shock as he was informed that his cellphone records were in the hands of prosecutors that were suing him for defamation while he was on the stand, exposing his dishonesty. Jones was on the witness stand on Wednesday (August 3rd) for the second day in a courtroom in Austin, Texas. The conservative media personality is currently on trial for defaming Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, two of the parents who lost their children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012 by claiming that the tragedy was a hoax. Jones was being cross-examined by Mark Bankston, the parents’ attorney. Bankston asked Jones if he had an email account or used text messages to discuss Sandy Hook. Under oat...
HHW Gaming: Here’s How You Can Play ‘Far Cry 6’ For FREE This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Have you been on the fence about playing Far Cry 6? Ubisoft is giving you a chance to play the game for free. Starting RIGHT NOW, you can play Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6 for free 99 as part of a “blockbuster free weekend” until August 7. Gamers will have access to the game on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Stadia, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. New players will have access to the full game plus all free downloadable content published to date, all playable together in co-op. Once the free weekend is up, players can continue the fight to free Yara from Antón Castillo’s regime and unlock the game, its season pass, and all of its DLC content at a discounted rate. The discoun...
Brittney Griner Sentenced To 1 Year In Russian Prison Over Less Than 1 Gram Of Hashish Oil
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty On Thursday, A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of bringing illegal drugs into Russia. We should all be angry. Injustice is injustice no matter what country it happens in and nine years of a small amount of cannabis oil is unjust. According to the New York Times, Griner’s conviction “leaves Ms. Griner’s fate subject to diplomatic negotiations between Russia and the United States.” In other words: Griner’s freedom is nothing more than a bargaining chip between two world powers. Related Stories In fact, some sources have said that Griner would have to be formally sentenced before any prisoner swap could even be possible. But conflicting reports make that ide...
