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Xenia Rubinos Adds Tour Dates, Shares New Song
Xenia Rubinos has shared “Dia Libre en el Yanky,” a reimagined version of “Working All the Time,” from her 2021 LP Una Rosa. She also announced a run of West Coast tour dates in late October and early November. Check out the video for “Dia Libre en el Yanky” and the new tour dates below. “Dia Libre en el Yanky” is the latest in a series of re-worked tracks made as a part of the Sonos Radio podcast Music Is Everything! The track features Leo Genovese on piano and Yasser Tejeda on guitar, with additional vocals from Modesto Flako Jimenez and El Individuo. Of the session, Rubinos said in a statement: “This was the first track we worked on as a group during this session. It was an all-star cypher with musicians who had never met or played together coming together to improvise on tr...
New NOCTA Basketball Capsule Collection From Drake On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake’s Nocta collection may not be fetching much on the secondary market but that isn’t keeping Nike from dropping some new merch courtesy of the King Of The North. According to HypeBeast, a new Nocta Basketball Collection is set to hit the shelves and will feature workout tees, shorts, socks, hoodies and a new colorway of the NOCTA x Hot Step Air Terra. Set to release on July 27, the new NOCAT capsule collection is sure to sell out like hotcakes as anything Drake touches is gold, but like we stated before, don’t expect to flip any of the merchandise for a profit as the streets ain’t paying extra for anything other than Off-White or Travis Scott collaborations with Nike. Related Stories Check out the upcoming NOCTA Basketball Collect...
Mayne What?!: Terrence Howard Claims New Tech To Defend Uganda, Everyone Confused
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty Terrence Howard is once again putting forth supposed new scientific theories, this time making a claim on developing a new form technology while visiting the country of Uganda. The Empire actor is currently visiting the African nation, and spoke to members of the nation’s press along with government officials last Wednesday (July 13th). Howard was invited to visit by Frank Tumwebaze, the minister of agriculture, animal industries and fishery. In his brief introduction, Tumwebaze said that Howard would “explore Uganda’s uniqueness and spread the word.” During the conference, Howard claimed that he had invented a “new hydrogen technology” that would ultimately defend Uganda’s sovereign status from other nations. “I was able to identify...
It’s Official! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Officially Mr. and Mrs. Affleck
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are finally married. More than a decade after their first love affair, the couple reunited and have officially tied the knot at the Little White Wedding chapel in Las Vegas. “Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world,” Lopez shared via her social media newsletter. She added, “Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with. Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things — and worth waiting for.” ...
Omeretta The Great Chops It Up At Birthday Bash ATL
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hot Spot ATL / HotSpotATL Omeretta The Great had the entire city of Atlanta, Georgia buzzing over her smash hit “Sorry Not Sorry” from earlier this year, and she took a little time to explain the reasoning behind it this past weekend. The rapper sat down for an interview with HOT 107.9 ATL before her set at the Birthday Bash ATL concert last Saturday (July 16th). She represented the city with an Atlanta Falcons jersey, although it was noted in fun by host Manni Supreme that it wasn’t a Michael Vick jersey. No time was wasted as Manni Supreme asked her directly about her thought process behind making “Sorry Not Sorry”, her single from February that wound up going viral and being the spark for debates about who truly was from Atlanta and what that enta...
Kul Dj Xbox – Afrobeat Hottest Party Mix 3
Here is another fresh mix from Kul Dj Xbox titled – Afrobeat Hottest Party Mix 3. Kul Dj Xbox dishes out a brand new mixtape called “Afrobeat Hottest Party Mix 3” following his previous mix titled “Afropiano Mix”. The mixtape is off his mix compilation EP and this mixtape contains a couple of the latest released tracks from Love, Damini, Boy Alone, and other recently released singles. Tracklist (In No Particular Order) Burna Boy – Common Person Omah Lay – I’m A Mess Burna Boy – Rollercoaster Fireboy DML – Bandana Omah Lay – Bend You Victony – Kolomental Burna Boy – It’s Plenty Falz ft The Cavemen – Woman Falz ft Chike – Knee Down Burna Boy – Jagele Burna Boy ft J Hus – Cloak & Dagger DJ Tunez ft Amexin – Already, and more.. Listen and share Kul Dj Xbox – “Afrobeat Hottest Party Mix 3” ...
Myjohni – Ressurect
Nigerian singer Myjohni drops new music titled – “Ressurect”, out now. Myjohni isn’t slowing down the pace as he returns shortly with a fresh track tagged “Ressurect“, just for his beloved fans. The new record according to Myjohni is a special dose to heal heartbreak and it fills in as a follow-up tune to his recent single “Good Old Days” with Reehaa. However, we recommend adding it to your playlist. Listen and share Myjohni – “Ressurect” below.Download
King Promise ft Omah Lay – 10 Toes
King Promise alongside Omah Lay delivers on a new track titled – “10 Toes”. Coming in from a Ghanaian music star, King Promise, is another new track from his forthcoming album “5 Star” titled “10 Toes“. The track is blessed with the vocals of Nigerian singer Omah Lay who also recently dropped an album “Boy Alone” and has been well applauded by his fans as an impressive work. However, the tag-team music collabo is amazing and we hope you all enjoy it. Listen and share King Promise ft Omah Lay – “10 Toes” below. Download coming soon.
Kul Dj Xbox – Best Of Zinoleesky Afropiano Mix (Mixtape)
Nigerian disc jockey, Kul Dj Xbox drops a fresh mix titled – Best Of Zinoleesky Afropiano Mix. The new mixtape is for all the fans of Zinoleesky, a recording artist on the Marlian Music label. It contains all of the artist’s old to the latest tracks to vibe to. And for all true fans of Zino, download and share it with a friend. In addition, you can also check “Afrobeat Hottest Party Mix” by DJ Xbox. Listen to Kul Dj Xbox – Best Of Zinoleesky Afropiano Mix” below.Download
Hot 100 First-Timers: Yung Gravy Rickrolls His Way Onto Hot 100 With ‘Betty (Get Money)’
Yung Gravy notches his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 23), as “Betty (Get Money),” which samples and interpolates Rick Astley’s 1988 No. 1 classic “Never Gonna Give You Up,” debuts at No. 68. The song, released on Republic Records, opens with 7.5 million U.S. streams (up 61%), 518,000 in radio airplay audience (up 168%) and 1,000 downloads sold (up 109%) in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. “Never Gonna Give You Up” earned Astley his first entry on the Hot 100 in December 1987 and spent two weeks at No. 1 beginning in March 1988. The song’s music video is the foundation of the “Rickrolling” Internet meme, which helped give the song a new life in 2008. (“It’s all good,” Astley told Billboard in 2016 of the revival of his first of two No. 1s. “I am s...
How a John Burroughs Quote Inspired James Bay’s ‘Leap’ & Helped Him Heal From Uncertainty
While working on his freshly released third studio album, James Bay came across a quote most often attributed to naturalist John Burroughs, “Leap and the net will appear.” For the 31-year-old star, the freeing sentiment came to him in a moment of heavy, contradicting emotions, from feeling high off the release of his 2018 album Electric Light and supporting Ed Sheeran on his European stadium tour to feeling that, despite the success, something was off. “Beneath all of the excitement, I was feeling quite low and uncertain as to how to go forward — a bit of impostor syndrome mixed in with a lot of insecurity and anxiety about where I was going as an artist,” he tells Billboard. “I was reading a book that had this quote in it, ‘Leap and the net will appear.’ It re-inspired me once again, to g...
Niall Horan Takes Hilarious Credit for the Nile River: ‘It Was Named After Me’
Rewrite your history books, One Direction fans, because from here on out, it’s known as the Gift of the Niall. At least, that’s what Niall Horan is happy to claim after seeing an adorable young fan use his name as a reference for the Egyptian waterway during an impromptu game of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” The clip circulating around social media depicts two middle schoolers named Bella and Hayden who get stopped on a boardwalk to play the notorious trivia game. The first question? “What are the two longest rivers in the world?” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Hayden gets the first one in a breeze by correctly naming the Amazon. And it when it comes to the second, she confidently states, “The one named after the One Direction guy, uh, ...
