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Hating or Nah?: BAL Player Feels “It’s Disrespectful” For J. Cole To Be In The League
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty J. Cole living out his hoop dreams isn’t sitting well with everyone. It hasn’t been two weeks since J. Cole made his season debut in the BAL (Basketball Africa League), and while the Hip-Hop community is locked in and wants to see Cole get buckets, there is one player who is not feeling his presence. Terrell Stoglin, who hoops for the AS Salé basketball club in the league and is the only player to drop 40 points in a game, spoke with ESPN about Cole being in the BAL and didn’t mince his words saying Cole’s skills were “average,” at best and that he was taken an opportunity away from players who deserve the BAL look. “I think there’s a negative and a positive [to Cole’s presence],” Stoglin said to ESPN. “The negative part of it is: I th...
Motion Picture Academy Seeks to Slow Rapid Rate of Membership Growth
The move follows five consecutive years in which the Academy invited 600 or more new members to join its ranks each year. In a surprise move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday (May 26) that it is seeking to slow the rate of growth of its new members. “To ensure the necessary infrastructure, staff resources and environment to support all Academy members, this year’s growth in membership will be limited to roughly half that of recent years,” the Academy said in a statement. “This modification will enable steady future growth and allow the Academy to continue serving its membership in a more personal manner.” Last year, the Academy invited 819 people to join its ranks — 45% of them women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial minorities, and 49% from outsi...
Piglet Wins Season 5 of ‘Masked Singer’: ‘I Tried to Be as Silly & Ridiculous As I Could’
If you were paying attention all along, though, it seemed pretty obvious from the beginning that Piglet was on his way to a victory. Among his standout performances were Dan + Shay’s “Speechless,” Lewis Capaldi’s emotional “Bruises,” a tear-jerker “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins, Lukas Graham’s “7 Years,” the praiseworthy “Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)” by Andy Grammer and a rumble to the rock side for the Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender.” It was his final song, though, that got the panel, and the former boy band singer, all choked up, even as panelist Ken Jeong once again proved that his picker is on another planet by hoisting wildly improbable Avengers: Endgame star Jeremy Renner as his final ...
J. Cole, The Black Keys & Alan Jackson Lead Busy Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart
At Nos. 2-9 on the new chart, there are debuting albums from The Black Keys, Alan Jackson, ENHYPEN, St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers featuring Rob Moose, Nicki Minaj, Yoko Yakahashi and Megumi Hayashibara and Myles Kennedy. Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart n...
Nas Returns to Sony With New Mass Appeal, Orchard Deal
Independent music distributor The Orchard — a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment — has penned a new deal with Mass Appeal Records, a label co-founded by Grammy-award winner Nas in 2014, alongside Peter Bittenbender. The new partnership was announced on Wednesday (May 26). Through the venture, Mass Appeal will sign artists directly, with access to The Orchard’s suite of services, including full-service marketing, sync licensing, video services, transparent data analysis, advertising, rights management and radio, among other resources. Nas — who began his career at the Sony-owned Columbia Records — will also release new music through the partnership. Mass Appeal was previously signed into a distribution deal with Universal Music Group, which included releasing Nas...
Squirrel Flower Shares New Song “Flames and Flat Tires”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T20:03:44+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 4:03pm ET Squirrel Flower has shared the new song “Flames and Flat Tires”. It’s the latest preview of her upcoming album Planet (i), which drops June 25th on Polyvinyl Records. Here, the artist born Ella Williams compares her body to a car that’s coming apart, with the fiery blowouts of the title representing a commitment to personal growth at any cost. “This car won’t drive the way I want,” she says in the opening lines, “Busted engine or busted lung.” The song begins with a ruminative bass, and as the imagery grows more violent, the track swells with propulsive percussion and layers of guitars. She sings: “Firestorms busted both my headlig...
R.I.P. Kevin Clark, Drummer from School of Rock Dead at 32
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T20:27:50+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 4:27pm ET Kevin Clark, who played drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in School of Rock, was killed early Wednesday morning in a bicycle accident. According to TMZ, Clark was riding his bicycle in Chicago’s Northwest side when he was struck by a vehicle. He was rushed to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after 2:00 a.m. local time. The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old woman, was issued a citation by police, but has not been arrested. Related Video School of Rock was Clark’s only acting credit, as he instead focused on a career in music. Over the years, he drummed in bands including Dreadwolf and Robbie Gould. In 2018, Clark re...
Polo G Details New Album Hall of Fame, Shares Snippet of Unreleased Song
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T20:42:17+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 4:42pm ET Chicago spitter Polo G has set a release date for his third studio album, Hall of Fame, and shared some details about the project through a cinematic announcement video. Slated to drop June 11th via Columbia Records, the 22-year-old rapper envisions the full-length as the next step in his continued level-up. “My goals for Hall Of Fame was just to make sure that I can show my diversity as an artist,” he said in a video posted on Instagram. “Really like elevate my sound, for the people to hear something that I ain’t ever did before.” The clip closes out with a soulful preview of the album dedicated to his friend Lil Wooski. On the unrelea...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Cast as Kraven the Hunter in Sony’s Solo Marvel Movie
Ben Kaye <span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T23:11:09+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 7:11pm ET The hunt is on. Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been cast as the iconic Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter to headline a new solo film from Sony. This is a developing story… Related Video Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Kevin Clark, School of Rock Actor, Dies at 32
Kevin Clark, the actor best known for portraying Freddy in School of Rock, has died at the age of 32. Clark was riding his bike in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago when he was struck by a 20-year-old motorist driving a Hyundai Sonata early Wednesday morning, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Clark’s mother Allison told the Sun-Times that he was on his way home at the time of the incident, which took place around 1:20 am. The motorist was issued citations, according to the Sun-Times. School of Rock was Clark’s only feature film role. In it, he played Freddy Jones, the kid called Spazzy McGee by Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn (AKA Mr. S, if you need to ask why the AKA, watch the movie), who ended up being the drummer in the band. Since his st...
Walmart Apologizes To Customers After Racist N-Word Emails
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Walmart found itself in the middle of a digital controversy to begin the week thanks to emails containing racial slurs that were sent to people customers This past Monday (May 26), dozens of Twitter users went on the social media platform to express their outrage over their information being used to first create fake shopping accounts with the retail company, then receiving auto-generated “Welcome to Walmart” emails with the initial line reading, “Welcome to Walmart, N—–”. One customer, Courtney Rhodman of Detroit, Michigan shared that she received the email during the late night hours. Once she opened it up and saw the offensive slur, she was furious. Some took to Twitter and posted screenshots of the emails they received. The ti...
The Air Jordan XXXVI Seems Like It’s Ready To Take Flight
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sarah Stier / Getty Yes, the Air Jordan Retro drops and collaborations tend to get 99% of the hype all year round, but that doesn’t mean Jordan Brand isn’t continuing the Jordan line. For 2021 the Jordan Brand continues to build upon the legacy that his Airness built and will be releasing a brand new Air Jordan 36 sometime this year. While no official pictures of the new silhouette have been released, Dallas Wings star, Satou Sabally gave the world a sneak peak of the upcoming kicks and they’re definitely original. Looking similar to the Air Jordan 35, the AJ 36’s feature a purple knit base while once again bringing back the Eclipse Plate in the midsole that was the standout feature on the two previous models. We personally appreciate air bubbles are sure...
