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Consequence Seeks Interns for Spring 2023
Consequence is seeking interns with a passion for music, film, TV, and pop culture for Spring 2023. All candidates will work remotely, and must be available to work approximately 15-20 hours per week on Eastern Standard Time. Interns will be compensated for their time with a stipend. Interns will participate in an educational program, with opportunities to hone their industry experience and knowledge both within and outside of the department for which they intern. Experience writing clean copy for a music or entertainment outlet is a plus. Related Video Please include links to 2-3 writing samples/clips in your application. Please submit your resume and cover letter to interns@consequence.net with the subject line “Consequence Internship – Spring 2023” as well as your internship field of ch...
Journey’s Original Keyboardist Gregg Rolie to Join Band on Upcoming Tour
Journey will hit the road next month on a North American tour, and you can expect a familiar face to be among them: according to guitarist Neal Schon, original keyboardist Gregg Rolie will perform with the band for the first time in over four decades. Rolie helped found Journey back in 1973 and left the band in 1980. This past November, Schon teased the idea of a reunion, tweeting a photo of himself and Rolie with the caption, “2 original founding members. I think my brother Gregg Rolie should join us for 2023 tour. What do you think friends? He will spice it up and we will have a great variety of songs to choose from.” Now, Schon has confirmed that Rollie will appear on the “Freedom Tour 2023” in some capacity, replying to a fan on Facebook that “you’ll be seeing him” at the shows. It’s u...
Logic Has an Album With Unreleased J Dilla Beats
Logic has revealed that he made an album filled with unreleased beats from the late J Dilla. In a recent livestream, the rapper briefly explained that the release of the project remains to be seen and that he is more excited to hear Boldy James‘ effort over unreleased Dilla beats. “I did a whole J Dilla album, but that’s another story for another time,” he said. “And it was nothing with the estate… everything was fine, I was like, ‘I’m straight.’ Like, I recorded this whole J Dilla album with all unreleased beats and shit, and I was like, ‘I’m OK.’ I’d rather see Boldy [James] do it, he’s gonna f*cking kill it. The fact that I could even rap on it was really good. And who knows, maybe it’ll see the light of day one day. We’ll see.” James’ upcoming project, which is entitled Drug Dilla, was...
At the 2023 Grammys, Viola Davis Could Become the 18th EGOT Winner
At the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, Viola Davis could become the 18th person to achieve the EGOT. The Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner is nominated for a Grammy for the first time for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording. The other four nominees in the category are all past Grammy winners. Questlove, nominated for Music Is History, is a six-time Grammy winner. Mel Brooks, nominated for All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks, is a three-time Grammy winner – as is Lin-Manuel Miranda, nominated for Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World. Jamie Foxx, who rounds out the category with Act Like You Got Some Sense, has won one Grammy. In 2001, Brooks became the eighth individual to become an EGOT winner. Davis has won a Primetime Emmy f...
Vic Mensa is Bringing Clean Water to Over 200,000 Ghanaians
Vic Mensa (and his dad) are bringing clear water to their homeland. Born Victor Kwesi Mensah, the Chicago-made rapper and creative remembers his roots, capitalizing on his success and resources to bring a better quality of life for his fellow Ghanaians through access to clean water. Mensa visited his ancestral village alongside his father who was born in Ghana and heads a non-profit called Let Them Drink Water, and bore witness to the community’s severe water contamination issue. The pair decided to develop a solution, by building a new Borehole — a manual pump which provide clean water, but are unfortunately rare across Africa. After one successful borehole that brought access to water for hundreds of thousands, Mensa decided to build two more in nearby villages. “We’re building 3 Borehol...
From Bad Bunny to Rihanna, Who Should Headline Coachella 2023? Vote!
We’re only three and a half months away from the 2023 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which means this year’s headliners should be announced any day now. However, before that big reveal comes, we want to know who you think should take the main stage in Indio, Calif. this April. Frank Ocean is, obviously, the best bet for this year’s festival in the desert, considering he was originally supposed to headline the 2020 iteration along with Rage Against the Machine and Travis Scott before it was canceled by the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic. He’s also previously been announced as one of the main acts this April, so if that holds true, two other headliners will be joining him on the lineup. Both Bad Bunny and Rihanna are also strong contenders among Billboard‘s predictions. T...
Keke Palmer’s Boyfriend Darius Daulton Reveals Sweet Ultrasound Photo of Couple’s Baby
Following her beyond iconic baby reveal on SNL, loads of fans excitedly became unofficial aunties to Keke Palmer’s incoming bundle of joy. Now, we can collectively swoon over the carousel post Palmer’s boyfriend Darius Daulton Jackson posted to Instagram, featuring a sweet ultrasound photo of their baby. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “To 2022, thank you for giving me a family,” Daulton captioned the Instagram post, which also included photos of the happy couple sharing a smooch on the beach. Palmer even shared a celebratory year-end Instagram post of her own, showing the very pregnant 29-year-old resting surrounded by nature. “This baby moving thing is weirdddddd,” she said in the caption, referencing a selfie showing an uncomfortable...
Kevin McCarthy’s House Speaker Bid Thwarted Five Times*, And Counting
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tom Williams / Getty In an astonishing display, Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the Speaker of the House was thwarted three times – by members of his own Republican Party. The House of Representatives convened Tuesday (Jan. 3) to open the 118th Congress, with Republicans having a slim majority after the midterm elections last November. As the first vote to elect the Speaker of the House unfolded, the congressman from California fell short as he received 203 votes with 19 voting for Jim Jordan, the GOP representative from Ohio. The second vote bore out the same results, and the third and final vote in the chamber actually saw McCarthy lose a vote, making the tally 202 to Jordan’s 20. Related Stories The failed bids marked the first time since 1923 that an e...
Angela Simmons Confirms Relationship With Yo Gotti, She’s “Happier Than I Ever Been”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty In the ultimate lesson in the power of manifestation, Yo Gotti and Angela Simmons are officially a couple. After declaring their new relationship with a black-tie photoshoot, Angela Simmons recently wrote in an Instagram Story that she is “Happier than I ever been,” adding a flurrying heart emoji, per Complex. Both Simmons and Gotti shared the romantic images on New Year’s Eve igniting social media who recounted the couple’s origins with Gotti’s hit single, “Down in the DM,” where he declared his affection for the fashionista. “And I just followed Angela (Simmons) / Boy, I got a crush on Angela Simmons / They like, ‘Damn Gotti, you bold’ / F**k it, I’m gon’ let the world know (goals),” he rapped. The CMG label boss a...
Waka Flocka Flame Talks YSL & TakeOff With Shannon Sharpe
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Waka Flocka Flame opens up about the shooting death of TakeOff as well as his thoughts on YSL in an interview with Shannon Sharpe. The veteran rapper sat down as a guest on the latest episode of the Club Shay Shay podcast hosted by the former National Football League Hall of Famer and spoke about his career and success. The conversation soon turned to the allegations of Gunna accepting a plea deal to be released from jail in relation to the case of racketeering brought against Young Thug and his YSL crew. Related Stories “We see Gunna is gonna get released, he pled to racketeering, gang charges. People say he snitched,” Sharpe began. That led Waka to shrug his shoulders and respond, “I don’t know.” Sharpe said, “but you know the feds...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Relax Ban On Political Ads
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Twitter Elon Musk continues to make Twitter unbearable and annoying to use. Twitter will begin relaxing its ban on political ads, a policy it has upheld for a long time, the company announced Tuesday, Jan. 3. “We believe that cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics,” the company tweeted. “Moving forward, we will align our advertising policy with that of TV and other media outlets.” Related Stories What that now means is that lobby groups and elected officials will once again be able to flood your feeds with political ads. Twitter banned the practice in 2019, before Musk, unfortunately, took over the country. The 2019 policy insists candidates earn political influence and do not buy it, gaining ...
The Hold Steady Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen
The Hold Steady have announced a new album. The Price of Progress arrives March 31 via the band’s Positive Jams label and Thirty Tigers and is led by the single “Sideways Skull.” The band, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, will also hit the road starting January 28 in Brooklyn, New York, for a series of special event concerts. See the tour dates, tracklist, and cover art and listen to “Sideways Skull” below. The Price of Progress is the follow-up to 2021’s Open Door Policy. The band recorded its ninth LP in Rhinebeck, New York, with production by Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman and mixing by D. James Goodwin. “These are some of the most cinematic songs in the Hold Steady catalog, and the record was a joy to make,” vocalist and guitarist Craig Finn wrote in a statement. “I feel...
