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Helado Negro Announces New Album Far In, Shares “Gemini and Leo”: Stream
Helado Negro has announced the new album Far In. As a preview of the October 22nd release, the artist born Roberto Carlos Lange has shared the disco-tinged single “Gemini and Leo”. The follow-up to 2019’s This Is How You Smile, Far In will be Lange’s debut album on 4AD. The 15-track effort features guest vocals by Kacy Hill, Buscabulla, and Benamin, though that’s not the only talent on display. “Gemini and Leo” boasts a bass line courtesy of Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes), and backing vocals from Zenizen’s Opal Hoyt. The upbeat drums keep the shimmering production humming along, and it’s easy to find yourself wanting to imitate the titular protagonists. “Gemini and Leo,” Lange sings, “Dancing on the floor all night.” The song comes with an animated music video di...
Def Jam Covered Over $35K Of DMX’s Funeral Expenses
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Lamparski / Getty Def Jam, and in turn Universal Music Group, made a lof of money selling DMX’s music. So covering the late, great rapper’s funeral costs was the least the legendary Hip-Hop label could do. According to TMZ, Def Jam took care of the bill sent to the family of X, born Earl Simmons. Per the late rapper’s probate documents, Def Jam Recordings paid the Brooks Memorial Home Inc. in Yonkers, NY on May 5, 2021 for the services of Simmons. The aforementioned services covered reportedly included the transfer of DMX’s body to the funeral home and his embalming as well as the hearse and flowers. Although X’s red casket was famously carried in a monster truck, there is no specific mention of who hooked up the lavish ride—a good guess would Ruff R...
Bobby Shmurda Gave Out Free Meals & Toys For Father’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Bobby Shmurda ain’t been home but a second and already, the recently paroled rapper is out here helping his community and making up for the lost time. According to TMZ, the “Hot Ni**a” rapper spent Father’s Day spreading love the Brooklyn way and blessed struggling dads by dishing out free meals, some haircuts, and had enough left over to give out some toys to their seeds because children need a little TLC too. The giveaway included items that would most definitely contribute to the development of dad bods as options included fried chicken wings, home fries, mac and cheese, and buttermilk waffles. Sounds like a helluva menu meal if you ask us. Bobby took his dad bod buffet on the road and made his way to a few homeless shelters, in...
Risked It All: Woman Claims Carmelo Anthony Is The Father Of Her Newborn Twins
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Steph Chambers / Getty While LaLa Anthony has yet to detail why she filed for divorce from Carmelo Anthony, all signs are pointing to extramarital affairs. A woman is now saying that he is the father of her newborn twins. As reported by Madame Noire, the Brooklyn, N.Y. native is facing new claims regarding his commitment to his soon-to-be ex-wife. Hollywood Unlocked spoke to the unidentified female in question and they say that she has the receipts to back all of her allegations. She reveals that the two originally met back in 2020 and that he was very persistent with his attempts in getting to know her. Their communication gradually increased to the point where they reportedly talked every day and started having romantic encounters soon after. Her s...
New Book Uncovers Donald Trump’s Saltiness Towards Black America
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty Former President Donald Trump has always had resentment towards Black people in America, and in a new book, we find out more about how deep that goes. The book Frankly We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, written by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael C. Bender details the absolute clown car show that was the Trump administration and how Trump pointed blame at everyone for how Black America viewed him. Excerpts from Bender’s book published by the website Politico, with information gleaned from sources during his time covering the White House, showed the former president throwing shots at his son-in-law Jared Kushner: “I’ve done all this stuff for the Blacks—it’s always Jared telling me to do this,” Trump said to...
Interpol, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The Shins to Headline Just Like Heaven Fest in 2022
Heaven on earth is a year away, and it’s going to be in Southern California. Goldenvoice presents Just Like Heaven Fest, a one-day, all-ages music festival that will be held at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday, May 21, 2022 with a lineup that includes Interpol, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The Shins, Franz Ferdinand, and The Hives. You can register for early access to tickets on the site, but they will be available for presale starting June 24th at 10:00 am PDT. COVID-19 restrictions have not yet been decided, however, Goldenvoice says they “are working closely with state and health officials to develop COVID-19 protocols for the festival,” and “will follow all COVID-19 related mandates applicable to the festival…only [proceeding] with the festival if it is safe to d...
Lorde Announces Solar Power Album Tracklist, 2022 Tour
Welcome to the second day of summer. Yesterday on the summer solstice, Lorde released a 21-second teaser of what looks like her sitting in a relaxed lotus position meditating on the sand as the sound of shore break and a strange hiss is played. The camera zooms in, she opens her eyes, draws in a breath, and the clip ends. No music. Now, we have the news about the full album’s release. Titled Solar Power, Lorde’s third album is out on Aug. 20 on Republic. The album was produced by Jack Antonoff, which marks their second collaboration together, previously working on Melodrama. “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the nat...
Study Shows That Prehistoric Raves Took Place in the Stone Age
A new study in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal suggests that groups of Mesolithic era hunter-gatherer peoples in northern Siberia held massive rave-like dance events. According to the study, the people wore elk teeth attached to their clothes, which rattled during dancing and generated rhythmic sounds that put them into a trance-like state. The researchers conducting the study were intrigued by distinctive patterns of “pits and craters” on the elk teeth, which suggested some sort of rigorous activity took place to dent the decorative teeth. They then recreated the garments worn with the elk teeth, and—in an attempt to replicate those patterns—danced nonstop for six hours while wearing them. “Our active movement experiment, called the ‘Stone Ageish Disco,’ produ...
The Strokes Tease Snippet of Unreleased Song in NYC Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley Ad
The legendary New York Y2K rock-revivalists the Strokes have not been shy in endorsing New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley throughout her campaign and have since gained an unofficial status as her personal backing artist, sans solicitation. Today, the band debuted a new song on a one-minute television ad for Wiley entitled “Starting Again.” It shows shots of New York City in black-and-white as the characteristically catchy tune plays as frontman singer Julian Casablancas melodizes over it. In the clips, the band is interacting with the mayoral candidate herself before Maya’s name appears rendered in the Strokes’ classic font in the outro. Check it out below. [embedded content] Casablancas has expressed a newfound interest in political involvement with the Strokes and under his own a...
Soul Glo Sign to Epitaph Records, Drop New EP
Philadelphia hardcore outfit Soul Glo announced that they signed with Epitaph Records, which comes a few days following the release of their latest EP, Vol. 2, released on Juneteenth. The three-track EP, produced by bassist Gianmarco “GG” Guerra, is the follow-up to Vol. 1 which was released this past February. In conjunction with their signing, Vol. 2 is out now on Epitaph and available on all streaming services, which you can listen to below. It was initially released via Bandcamp. Soul Glo is known for their political lyrics on fraught topics like gender, race, and the Black experience in America and use their platform to raise awareness of pressing social justice issues. In Vol. 2, the band “explore the topics of self-perception, alternative motives of those that consider themselves al...
Ariana Grande Gets Intimate in ‘POV’ Live Performance Video: Watch
The first of many! Ariana Grande‘s live performance video for “POV” with Vevo arrived on Monday (June 21). The visual kicks off with the singer’s silhouette highlighted by a bright light behind her figure. Standing in a field of lush green grass and colorful wildflowers, Grande delivers the third single from her sixth studio album, 2020’s Positions. As the white light fades away, the stage is bathed with a soft violet light while Grande walks toward the camera, crooning the sweet lyrics to the R&B ballad. In one close-up shot, Grande gazes directly into viewers’ eyes as she sings, “I wanna love you/ The way that you love me.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It...
Cardi B, Beyonce & More Artists Who Have Competed Against Themselves For Video of the Year at BET Awards
Beyoncé has had two nominated videos as a lead or co-lead artist three times, more than any other artist. Jay-Z, like Cardi B, has done it twice. But does having two nominated videos mean that Cardi B is so hot she is likely to win with one or the other, or that her competing entries are likely to split her votes so that neither one wins? The history of the BET Awards doesn’t yield a clear answer. In the nine previous times that an artist has had two nominated videos (as a lead or co-lead artist), that artist won five times. In the other four cases, somebody else won the award. Here’s a full list of artists who have had two video of the year nominees as lead or co-lead artists — and who won the award that year. OutKast, 2004: “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move” (featuring Sleepy Brown) ...
