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Rolling Loud NYC 2021 Lineup: Travis Scott, J. Cole, 50 Cent, Bobby Shmurda & More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T22:01:46+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 6:01pm ET Travis Scott, J. Cole, and 50 Cent are set to headline Rolling Loud New York over Halloween weekend. The three-day hip-hop festival, an offshoot of Rolling Loud Miami, goes down October 28th-30th at Citi Field in Queens, New York, Other notable acts include Polo G, Rick Ross, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Lil Durk, Griselda, The Diplomats, Kodak Black, Roddy Ricch, ASAP Ferg, City Girls, Sheck Wes, Wale, Moneybagg Yo, Joey Bada$$, Rico Nasty, Action Bronson, Dave East, Chief Keef, Lil Tjay, Flo Milli, J.I.D, Gucci Mane, 42 Dugg, P’ierre Bourne, Kenny Mason, Ski Mask the Slump God, Asian Doll, Fetty Was, and $not, among others. Plu...
Bo Burnham Announces Album Inside (The Songs) Featuring Music from His Special
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T22:12:38+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 6:12pm ET At the end of last month, Bo Burnham surprised fans by releasing Inside, his first comedy special in five years. It’s less of a traditional Netflix standup special than it is an experimental look at quarantine’s highs, lows, and the dark comedy that lies in between. It’s held up by a number of catchy songs that Burnham created himself, and it turns out those tracks are about to get a proper album release later this week. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, Burnham will put Inside (The Songs) on music streaming platforms this Thursday, June 10th. It will include songs that have already become fan-favorites for their discussion of capit...
The Strokes Playing NYC’s First Full Capacity Indoor Concert as Benefit for Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T22:44:50+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 6:44pm ET The last time The Strokes put on a show for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, it was their first-ever unplugged concert. On June 12th, they’ll play another benefit event for Wiley that will also mark two significant landmarks: It will be the city’s first fully vaccinated, full capacity indoor event since the pandemic, and it will serve as a christening for the newly renovated Irving Plaza. Billed as The Strokes & Friends (so expect some surprise guests!) the show serves as a fundraiser for Wiley. A civil rights attorney who once worked for Mayor Bill de Blasio before becoming one of his strongest critics, Wiley is a s...
Rolling Loud Brings Travis Scott, J. Cole, 50 Cent, and Many More to New York This October
A couple of weeks ago, Rolling Loud announced its California lineup for this December, which featured pretty much every rapper who’s released an album since the beginning of 2020. Now, the bicoastal festival announced its lineup and dates for the New York edition, which is also expanding to a three-day format. This October 28-30, headliners Travis Scott, J. Cole (who’s also headlining the California one), and 50 Cent will head to Citi Field along with a slew of other rappers including Bobby Shmurda, Ll Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Gucci Mane, Kodak Black, Wale, Fetty Wap, Roddy Ricch, Playboi Carti, Rick Ross, Lil Yachty, Bfb Da Packman and a ton more. Many of the biggest names on the California lineup will be heading to New York as well, including SPIN cover story stars Jack Harlow and Rico Nasty....
The Plastic Boys Restore Classic Cars In MotorTrend Series ‘Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MotorTrend / MotorTrend For the past few years, Kevin Hart has established himself as one of the premier comedians and actors in the world, but now the “comedic rockstar” is shifting the spotlight from entertainment to collecting classic cars. That’s some rich man hobby ish right there. Linking up with his friends John Clausell, Ron Everline, Spank Horton, Harry Ratchford, and Joey Wells (a.k.a the Plastic Cup Boys), Kevin will be taking his love of cars and turning it into a new reality show for MotorTrend app dubbed Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew. The show will revolve around the Plastic Cup Boy’s classic car club and follow them as they hunt down timeless automobiles and restore them to the glorious machinery they used to be. With MotorTrend’s Lucky...
Ellie Kemper Issues Apology For Involvement In OG Racist Pageant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Actress Ellie Kemper broke her silence and issued an apology for her participation in a debutante pageant covered in racist controversy back when she was 19 years old. The comedic star of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, who was also featured in Bridesmaids and The Office took to her Instagram on Monday (June 7) to apologize for her involvement in the Veiled Prophet Ball in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Articles from the St. Louis Dispatch that covered her crowning at the event in 1999 wound up setting Twitter afire this past weekend, making many speculate about Kemper and why she would take part in such a thing. “The century-old organization that hosted the debutante ball had an unquestionably racist, sexist an...
Meek Mill Calls For New Gun Laws After Teen Shot 13 Times In Philadelphia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Meek Mill is a product of the tough streets of Philadelphia, and his beloved hometown has seen a rash of shooting incidents lately that has sparked his concerns. The Dreamchasers honcho took to Twitter and called for new open-carry gun laws after a teenager was shot 13 times. “If we having 500 murders a year in Philly why isn’t it legal to open carry and protect yourself. you can’t even protect yourself in a deadly neighborhood so y’all force kids to break the law for protecting themselves…. lil kids get done like this everyday,” Mill, 34, shared in the caption of an image sharing the news of the shooting of the teen. The city has seen just over a 30 percent increase in homicides in 2021 with 229, which would put Philadelphia on pa...
R. Kelly’s Lawyers In Racketeering Trial Request To Stop Representing Him Because Duh
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly is dripping in wack juice and can’t get it off. So much so his lawyers want to withdraw from his New York racketeering case. ABC 7 Chicago is reporting that the disgraced crooner’s legal team is asking to be removed from his trial in The Big Apple. According to the court filings, Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard want to be excused from representing R’uh. They formally submitted a letter to a judge to justify their plea. “Our reasons for withdrawal are significant and it is impossible, in our belief, for us to be able to continue to properly represent Mr. Kelly under the current circumstances,” the document read. Mr. Greenberg explained their position in a stateme...
Cannabis Consumption Lounges Are Coming to Las Vegas
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has paved the way for legal cannabis consumption lounges with the passage of AB341. While the state legalized cannabis in 2017, there has previously not been a legal venue for recreational users to consume it publicly. With the new legislation signed, two new licensing classes have been created: one for “retail cannabis consumption lounges” and a second for “independent cannabis consumption lounges.” The creation of new entertainment experiences around cannabis should only fortify Vegas’ reputation as one of the world’s foremost entertainment capitals. The city’s largest dispensary, Planet 13—a gigantic 23,000 square foot super-center with several onsite restaurants—had publicly stated that they are ready to break ground on th...
Kim Kardashian Wishes Kanye West Happy Birthday Amid Divorce: ‘Love U For Life’
The Skims founder kept up the celebration for her estranged husband’s 44th birthday with more photos on her Instagram Story, including a vintage shot of West in 1987 (which she also posted on Twitter separately), a picture of the former couple in a car with a classic “Happy BDay” caption, and a more recent family photo of the rapper with their four children. The June 3 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians showed a glimpse of how Kim felt about her marriage issues with West, revealing her tearful confession to her sisters about how she felt “like a f—ing failure.” Before her 2014 marriage to West, the 40-year-old reality star was previously married to songwriter Damon Thomas and NBA player Kris Humphries. “I feel like a f—...
After Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way,’ What Recent Classic Should Get Its Own Covers Album?
Only 10 years after its release, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way is getting a special anniversary re-release, which will include six covers of the album’s songs by other artists. So far, Big Freedia released her bouncy take on “Judas” and Orville Peck gave us his retro-country twang on the title track from the June 18 project. On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), we talk about the 10th-anniversary reissue and what other modern albums — from the last 10 to 20 years — could warrant a similar tribute. We’ve seen Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson and Carole King go a similar route before with their legendary albums, but what modern-day classics deserve the same? You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking f...
How Vinyl Got Its Groove Back
The vinyl boom only accelerated during the pandemic, generating $626 million in revenue in 2020 in the United States. In a special Deep Dive report, Billboard looks at the limited editions and exclusive pressings driving the market; the supply-chain problems and manufacturing delays that could threaten sales; the way labels use data (and gut instinct) to decide what gets pressed on vinyl; and the move for greener pressing plants. The Pandemic Vinyl Boom — And Why The Industry Can’t Meet It Sales are on track to hit $1 billion this year, but supply-chain and labor problems have hamstrung manufacturers. Read more. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins wi...
