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3LAU’s NFT Marketplace Nabs $55 Million Investment From The Chainsmokers, Kygo, More
3LAU‘s NFT marketplace has received another huge cash injection. Just months after a $16 millio investment, Royal has announced a $55 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto fund. The Chainsmokers, Logic, Kygo, Nas, CAA, Crush Music, Coinbase Ventures, Founders Fund, NEA’s Connect Ventures, and Paradigm all participated, according to reports. “The value of music ownership is vastly misrepresented and undervalued today, but it won’t be for too much longer, as more musicians embrace the web3 ecosystem,” 3LAU wrote in a recent blog post. Royal is a marketplace for musicians that allows them to sell the royalties accrued from their songs to fans. 3LAU recently gave away 50% of the streaming rights to his latest song,&nbs...
Nas & Miss Info Team To Host ‘The Bridge’ Podcast For Spotify
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spotify / Mass Appeal The iconic Grammy-award-winning rapper Nas and media personality and journalist Minya “Miss Info” Oh are embarking on a new podcast that will give listeners the opportunity to celebrate and deeply examine the five decades of Hip-Hop history. Announced on Tuesday (November 9), the new podcast, titled The Bridge, was created and produced as part of a collaboration with streaming giant Spotify and Mass Appeal. Related Stories The Bridge is part of the #HipHop50 Initiative that was launched earlier this year in a collaborative effort with Mass Appeal and Showtime/Viacom which will celebrate and amplify the culture of Hip-Hop through various projects including documentary films. The podcast reunites Nas and Miss Info, who’ve had a strong ...
Showtime Launches Multi-Year ‘HIP HOP 50’ Project, Nas To Direct First Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ESCOBAR CIGARS / ESCOBAR CIGARS This December Showtime will kick off HIP HOP 50, its multiyear, cross-platform programming initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. HIP HOP 50 will continue to run over the next three years and will encompass unscripted series and features, podcasts and digital shorts by and about some of the foremost names in the genre, culminating with the 50th anniversary of the genre in 2023. The initiative is driven by Nas and Mass Appeal Chief Creative Officer and Emmy-nominated partner Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES). VIDEO MUSIC BOX will chronicle the longest-running music video show in the world, Video Music Box, launched and hosted in Ne...
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Bundy & Sincere: Nas Says DMX Got More Love On The Streets Than 98% Of Rappers [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Showtime / Showtime Nas rarely does interviews but when he does Hip-Hop listens intently. In a recent Q&A he makes it clear that DMX was loved on another level when it comes to Rap music. The Queensbridge, New York legend was a guest on the season finale of Desus & Mero. The Bodega Boys got God Son to discuss King’s Disease II and much more. In respect to the untimely passing of Darkman X, the duo asked Esco to detail his relationship with the Yonkers MC. To hear Nas tell it DMX was far more special than we are aware of; he spoke about their bond that was formed on the set of Belly. “That was a great time man,” he revealed. “’Cause to come from music and go to Times Square to the premiere and see our names on the marquee—you know, growing up ...
Class Is In Session: MasterClass Offers Lessons From Nas On Hip-Hop Storytelling
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derrick Salters/WENN.com / WENN Alright, Hip Hop heads and aspiring Hip Hop artists—this is not a drill! MasterClass, the streaming platform that allows you to learn from the best and most successful minds in whichever field suits your interest and passion, is offering virtual classes on Hip-Hop storytelling taught by none other than one of the best storytellers to grab the mic—Nas. That’s right, Mr. Illmatic himself will be sharing, not just the fine art of using story-form in writing bars, but his philosophy on rhyme technique as well as the evolution and richness of Hip-Hop culture in general. [embedded content] In his class, “Nas dives into the origins, rise and evolution of Hip-Hop in America to showcase the artistic, poetic and political power of st...
Cordae “Super,” Nas “Big Nas” & More | Daily Visuals 10.7.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Cordae’s easily one of the best rappers of his generation and while he’s not as talked about as Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert or any other Lil rapper out today, the man’s been getting his flowers from the likes of Jadakiss and Nas while giving flowers to his boo, Naomi Osaka. In his latest visuals to “Super,” Cordae explains just how successful he’s been even without all the hoopla that his peers enjoy as he turns up with his peoples and rolls in a car filled with female fans. Osaka sign off on that, C? Just askin.’ Speaking of Nas, the Queenbridge King returns with some new work in “Big Nas” and though he doesn’t appear in the visuals for the cut, we are entertained by a young dancer who busts out some Matrix like moves throughout the infamous housing projects. Dope sh...
This Aint Tidal: Nas, Pusha T & Other Big Names Invest In Audius, Spotify’s Rival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty A bunch of music artists coming together to promote a music streaming platform the benefits them? Now, where have we heard this before? Hip-Hop stars Nas and Pusha T are among the many names who have now become investors in the Audius, a music streaming startup that Rolling Stone describes as a rival to Spotify. If the idea sounds somewhat familiar to you, that’s because it is. The last time we saw music artists and other big names in the music industry come together like this was for Tidal, which JAY-Z owned before selling it to Jack Dorsey’s Square. The spectacle saw other artists like Beyoncé, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, and other investors join the ambitious venture. But, there is a significant difference when it comes to this ...
The Chainsmokers, Disclosure, More Back Audius In $5 Million Funding Round
Blockchain-based streaming service Audius has announced it recently closed a $5 million funding round in partnership with some of the contemporary music scene’s most popular creators. Artists such as The Chainsmokers, Disclosure, Steve Aoki, Katy Perry, Jason Derulo, Pusha T, Mike Shinoda, and many others are throwing their weight—and their cash—behind Audius, helping to grow the crypto-powered platform’s footprint in the streaming economy. The high-profile capital infusion represents a powerful endorsement from the creator economy for the decentralized future of music. From a creator standpoint, Audius’ unique decentralized infrastructure offers creators a censorship-proof, direct-to-consumer experience. These characteristics have led artists to treat Audius as a t...
Nas Graces ‘Ebony’ Magazine October 2021
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ebony / EBONY This summer names like Jadakiss, Kanye West and Drake might’ve dominated the summer headlines, but Nas had one of the best albums of the year in Kings Disease II and Ebony has rewarded the Hip-Hop icon by having him grace the cover to their October issue. On the heels of scoring his 10th number 1 album on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with his latest project, Nas sat down with acclaimed journalist Miles Marshall Lewis to open up about a bevy of topics near and dear to him including his personal battle with COVID-19, how Hip-Hop helped build black wealth across the board, and naturally his own personal legacy that he’ll be leaving behind in the music game once he walks away. “On the cover, Nas dons his classic QB chain a...
Nas ft. Blxst “Sunday Brunch,” DJ Kay Slay ft. Sheek Louch, Styles P & Meet Sims “The Struggle” & More | Daily Visuals 9.15.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 While the culture continues to debate who had the superior album between Kanye West (Donda) and Drake (Certified Lover Boy), one of the few God MC’s left in the game, Nas, too dropped an album (Kings Disease II), and it might very well be better than those of his aforementioned peers. Taking a fan favorite album cut in the Blxst assisted “Brunch On Sundays” for his latest visuals, the Queensbridge King breaks bread at an star-studded brunch with the likes of LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Cordae, Swizz Beatz, and Lil Rel. Whether or not this was filmed on a Sunday is anyone’s guess, but hey, we wouldn’t be mad if it wasn’t. Keeping that New York vibe going but on a much more grimy tip, DJ Kay Slay taps the likes of Shee...
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Memphis Bleek Says Nas Doesn’t Want Any ‘Verzuz’ Smoke With Jay-Z [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty While two of our greatest MC’s are not considering a Verzuz it continues to be a hot topic for fans. In a recent. interview Memphis Bleek says that Nas will not be able to compete with Jay-Z. The Brooklyn MC recently talked with Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. While the two discussed a variety of things one topic stood out from the rest. Midway during the Q&A, Scoop asked the “My Mind Right” rapper his thoughts on whether or not he would want to see Esco and Hova face off in a Verzuz. His answer should not surprise anyone, but of course it did. “No” he responded. He went to expand further on his stance. “Nas don’t have enough songs to compete,” he explained. “And it’s no disrespect to him, he just don’t – like, he just don’t. Jay c...
Escobar Season Returns: Nas Announces Partnership With Escobar Cigar Brand
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ESCOBAR CIGARS / ESCOBAR CIGARS Nas continues to boss up his own way. He has just announced a new deal with Escobar Cigars and we are here for it. As spotted on Complex the Rap legend is here for the smoke, literally. He has taken his love for fine tobacco and turned into a unique business opportunity. This week he announced that he has partnered with Escobar Cigars. Not only will he serve as one of the primary faces to promote their products but he will also have a stake in the company. According to the feature he be a co-owner and have considerable equity in Escobar Cigars. “When the team at Escobar Cigars initially approached me, I was immediately drawn to the brand by the exceptional quality of their product,” Nas said in a press release. “This p...
