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Naya Rivera’s Dad Says She Was ‘Really Looking Forward to Starting to Record Music Again’
Her younger sister Nickayla shared a heartbreaking tribute last July, just weeks after her death, writing that her “world has been turned upside down” following Naya’s death. Naya’s 64-year-old father recalled one of their last conversations, approximately two weeks before her death, about organizing a trip to Nashville, where he planned to meet her and encourage her to jumpstart her singing career again. Naya previously signed a record deal with Columbia Records in 2011, and she released her debut single “Sorry,” featuring then-boyfriend Big Sean, two years later, which broke through the top 40 of Billboard‘s Rhythmic Airplay chart. “She was really looking forward to starting to record music again,” George tells People. ̶...
Here Are All the 2021 CMT Music Awards Winners (Updating Live)
Video of the yearCarrie Underwood with John Legend – “Hallelujah”Kane Brown – “Worldwide Beautiful”Keith Urban with P!nk – “One Too Many”Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle” Female video of the yearCarly Pearce – “Next Girl”Gabby Barrett – “The Good Ones”Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle”Maren Morris – “To Hell & Back”Mickey Guyton – “Heaven Down Here”Miranda Lambert – “Settling Down” Male video of the yearChris Stapleton – “Starting Over”Darius Rucker – “Beers and Sunshine”Kane Brown – “Worship You”Luke Bryan – “Down To One”Luke Combs – “Lovin’ On You”Thomas Rhett – “What’s Your Country Song” Duo/group video of the yearBrothers Osborne – “All Night”Lady A – “...
Rapper Pooh Shiesty Arrested For Shooting King of Diamonds Security Guard, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Pooh Shiesty is getting more press for his social media and legal struggle than his actual music. The Memphis rapper was arrested after he allegedly shot a club security guard. Per TMZ, Pooh Shiesty got pinched on Tuesday afternoon (June 8) on a warrant for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Reportedly, a shooting went down at a Miami club, and it was a security guard who got shot over what’s being described as a “dispute over money.” The further details are pure SMH f*ckery. The club where it all went down is the King of Diamonds strip club in Miami. According to the cops, the Miami-Dade PD was summoned in the wee hours of May 30, and Pooh Shiesty happened to be hosting a party that night. According to witnesses, while the rap...
Waka Flocka Flame Named Commencement Speaker For Chicago High School
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Waka Flocka Flame earned his fame as a boisterous rapper known for his booming hooks, but he’s settled into a different role in the latter stages of his career. Very soon, Waka will deliver the commencement address at a Chicago high school and hopes to deliver a message that will inspire the soon-to-be graduates at Chicago’s Soldier Field. TMZ reports that Waka Flocka Flame, 35, will deliver a virtual message of hope to the graduating class of 2021 at Innovations High School, an alternative school that services students between the ages of 16-21. The school implements the creative arts within their curriculum, and pledge full support to the student body while demanding a high level of excellence. As it stands, Waka has long bee...
Foot Locker & FILA Team Up For Exclusive ‘In The Heights’ Kicks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Before Lin-Manuel Miranda became the hottest name on Broadway with his breakthrough play Hamilton, the man was quietly bubbling onto the scene a few years earlier with fan-favorite musical about Washington Heights, In The Heights. Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Now that the aforementioned play is about to hit theaters as a full-feature motion picture, Foot Locker is celebrating the release by collaborating with FILA and Warner Bros. to drop some limited-edition footwear inspired by the film, In The Heights. This Friday (June 11), fans of the 2008 musical will be able to pick up a pair of the Foot Locker exclusive which features a pretty dope summer colorway of white, grey, purple, and berry (berry isn’t used enough as a color ...
Tyler Perry Bringing Madea Out of Retirement For Upcoming Netflix Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Tran / Getty Madea is not done yet. Tuesday (Jun.8), Netflix announced that Tyler Perry is bringing the beloved gun-toting grandmother from retirement for a new film called A Madea Homecoming. The Hollywood Reporter says the film, which will be the 12th movie starring Perry as Madea, will be shot at his studio in Atlanta and will see him handle both writing and directing duties and premiere exclusively on the streaming service 2022. The decision to bring Madea back comes just three years after he announced he put the grey wig on the shelf. Perry took to Instagram to make the big announcement in a video saying the reason he brought her back is the fact “we need to laugh, man, too much is going on in the country. We need to laugh, so, I wa...
Richard Pryor’s 1973 Live at the Comedy Store Recording to Receive First Release
A recording of Richard Pryor’s 1973 performance at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood is receiving its first official release on July 23rd via Omnivore Recordings. The performance took place on October 29th, 1973 at the now-legendary Comedy Store during the first night of a four-show run meant for Pryor to workshop new material. As such, it was never intended to be heard beyond the original audience. However, the set was still recorded and surviving tapes have been collected into a 20-track collection. 14 tracks are pulled from a promotional CD included with copies of the No Pryor Restraint: Life in Concert box set released in 2013. The six bonus tracks were previously included 2000’s …And It’s Deep Too!: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992) and 2005’s Evolution/Revolution...
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lucero, and Slothrust Performances Now Part of Protect Live Music Archive: Watch
Once again, Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Archive has been expanded with the addition of fresh performances. New on-demand content arrives weekly, and June 9th brings with it five videos from some top-tier indie talents. Guitar masters Rodrigo y Gabriela delivered a truly ripping, incredibly filmed performances for our benefit concert, and you can revisit it beginning today. Other clips come from Lucero, Slothrust, Lady Lamb, and Angie McMahon. Watch all the performance videos now on the Protect Live Music Livestream Archive. Taking place on April 9th-10th, 2021, the original livestream concert saw all proceeds from our Protect Live Music merch line being donated to NIVA to support their fight for independent venues across the country. A portion of proceeds continue to g...
Brian Eno Launches New Sonos Radio Station with Unreleased Music
Brian Eno has unveiled a new Sonos Radio station called The Lighthouse. Available via Sonos Radio’s ad-free HD audio tier, the channel is broadcasting classic songs from the ambient legend’s career alongside previously unreleased music and more. Featuring hundreds of unheard tracks — the earliest of which is from 1990, notes Eno — The Lighthouse will serve as a “living collection” where Eno will continue to release selections from both past and new musical projects directly to fans across the world. “New pieces will be entering the mix and some of that will go back even further,” explained Eno in a press release. “You will be listening to a sequence of tracks which will be randomly generated, chosen by chance so there is the possibility of odd, I hope exciting collisions — things that...
Rush’s Geddy Lee Tells Dave Grohl What It’s Like Being the Son of Holocaust Survivors in From Cradle to Stage
While Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl and Rush bassist/singer Geddy Lee would make a great super-group rhythm section, so far they’re only sharing an on-screen conversation with their moms. The chat was part of Grohl’s unscripted reality show From Cradle to Stage with his mom Virginia Hanlon Grohl. The Lee episode is the final show in the six-part series, and it airs on Thursday, June 10 on Paramount+. In it, Geddy Lee — born Gary Lee Weinrib — and his mom, Mary Weinrib, speak about their Jewish family history. “From a very early age, I knew my parents were holocaust survivors,” Lee says in the clip. On a lighter note, Lee’s mother, a petite woman with a blonde bob haircut, talks about seeing her son perform in the early days. When Hanlon Grohl asks Weinrib if she thought her son wo...
2022 BMW X3 and X3 M First Look: Are You Into X and M?
The days of BMWs with separate kidney grilles are coming to a close, with the 2022 BMW X3 and X3 M adopting the conjoined nostrils that mark the mugs of many modern Bimmers. It’s not just the X3’s grille that gets an update, as BMW also tinkered with the small luxury SUV’s front and rear fascias, headlight decor, and taillights, the latter of which are far more visually interesting than the red blobs that grace the rear end of the current X3. See all 73 photos Sub-M 2022 X3 Welcomes Available Mild-Hybrid Setup BMW pares down the X3’s powertrain lineup for 2022. Despite its appearance in the images accompanying this piece, the X3 xDrive30e plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid is no more for the United States, per BMW. Instead, the automaker plans to offer the 2022 X...
Megan Thee Stallion To Provide Scholarship For Roc Nation School
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The latest addition to the academic programs at Long Island University-Brooklyn created in partnership with Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation just got another star-studded boost. Today (June 9), Megan Thee Stallion announced her plans to provide a four-year scholarship with tuition fully paid for a student wishing to pursue their degree at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus. The inaugural semester of the school will begin in the fall of 2021. The news comes weeks after renowned producer and Hip-Hop educator 9th Wonder announced that he would be joining the school along with other veteran musicians as a visiting professor, teaching courses on how to create an album and about the history...
