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A$AP Rocky Is Teaming With Morrissey and Rihanna on His New Album
In a barrage of news, A$AP Rocky shared that he’s in the midst of making his new album with Rhianna — who he publicly affirms is his girlfriend — and…Morrissey. Speaking with GQ as part of the publication’s June-July cover story, the rapper strongly endorses the controversial Smiths frontman’s participation saying that “Anything you need him to do, he show up and do.” So there you go. Rocky says the new LP has the tentative title All Smiles, and it will follow the experimental direction of 2018’s Testing and says that the new LP a “ghetto love tale” that is “way more mature” than previous music. In the story, Rocky also delves into his time in isolation in a Swedish jail on assault charges. and clarifies that then-President Donald Trump didn’t help him get out of jail....
Michael Rapaport Remains Willfully Tone-Deaf As Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay Explain Harmful Images of Black People
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nicky Nelson/WENN.com / WENN Someone should give Higher Learning podcast hosts Van Lathan and Rachael Lindsay a humanitarian award for their valiant attempt to get through the thick skull of Michael Rapaport about his penchant to post violent videos of Black people on his social media. Be clear. We said it was an attempt, not a success story. According to Bossip. Lathan attempted to level with Rapaport about why posting the violent content is damaging to the Black community, “On my social media, I don’t post any of these videos. I post no videos of violence. No videos of violence against Black people, no police beatings. I didn’t post the Goerge Floyd video,” Lathan calmly explains. “I post none of that. The reason I don’t post any of that stu...
Clout Chaser Central: Rapper Bugzie the Don Faces Federal Charges In Connection To Capitol Riot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spencer Platt / Getty Among the many stirring and outright disturbing images of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building back in January, one Virginia rapper decided to immortalize the moment via an ill-advised photo session. Bugzie The Don was at the insurrection inside the hallowed federal building, and now faces charges after using one of the images for the cover of his album. The Washington Post published a report regarding the actions of Antionne DeShaun Brodnax of Sandston, Va., a town outside of Richmond. Brodnax aka Bugzie claims he was already in the Washington area for a video shoot and entered the Capitol building to take video footage and photos for reasons that aren’t immediately clear in the accounts described within the Post. Bugzie was arre...
Netflix Debuts Trailer For Upcoming Horror Trilogy ‘Fear Street’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Who’s in the mood for a horror film trilogy this summer? We know we are. Knowing many will be choosing to stay at home with the air conditioner on full blast instead of melting out in these streets come summer 2021, Netflix is premiering a brand new horror trilogy based off of R.L. Stine’s book series, Fear Street. The young adult horror series which debuted in 1989 has been known to feature ghosts and other supernatural phenomenon, but it seems like the Netflix adaptation will center around serial killers that run amok in the fictional city, Shadyside. Seemingly to be a mix of Scream, American Horror Story, and Friday The 13th, the Fear Street trilogy will be debuting split into three different years (1994, 1978, 1666) and will be premi...
The Walls Are Closing In: NY Attorney General Letitia James Joins Criminal Probe Into Shady Trump Organization
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joshua Rashaad McFadden / Getty Things are getting quite serious for former President Donald Trump and his Trump Organization. Tuesday (May 18) revealed that the attorney general office’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization, which has been going on since 2019, will now include a criminal component as the civil probe continues. To make matters worse for the orange menace, Letitia James will now be joining the investigation. In a statement to CNN, a spokesperson for James confirmed the last developments that should have Trump shaking in his oversized slacks. “We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a crimi...
Foo Fighters, Post Malone, Tyler The Creator, Miley Cyrus, Journey and More on Lollapalooza 2021 Lineup
Despite the hemming, hawing and everything in between, it looks like things with COVID are good enough that this year’s edition of Lollapalooza is truly moving forward in 2021. Taking place at its home in Grant Park in Chicago (where it has been as a standalone event since 2005) from July 29 through Aug. 1, Foo Fighters, Post Malone, Journey, Miley Cyrus and Megan Thee Stallion will be the headliners. Additionally, Young Thug, Limp Bizkit and Modest Mouse will fill out the bill. Last year, Lollapalooza co-founder Marc Geiger predicted that live events wouldn’t return in full force until 2022 – it looks like that was probably the worst-case scenario, though it is still too early to assume anything. Meanwhile, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino’s prediction that concerts would move forward full-...
Lollapalooza Confirms 2021 Dates, Lineup Announcement and Ticket On-Sale Set for Wednesday
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-18T16:29:52+00:00“>May 18, 2021 | 12:29pm ET After getting the go-ahead from the city of Chicago, Lollapalooza will return to Grant Park for its usual four-day mega fest between July 29th and August 1st, 2021. The festival’s lineup will be released tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19th, at 10:00 a.m. CT, with a ticket on-sale following on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. CT. Ticket options include 4-day general admission ($350); 4-day GA+ ($650); 4-day VIP ($1500); and 4-day platinum ($4200). As for COVID protocols, vaccination or negative coronavirus test results will be required to attend Lollapalooza, according to a statement from event organizers C3 Presents. For attendees who are not fully v...
ABC Introduces The Wonder Years Reboot with First Look Trailer: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-18T16:54:38+00:00“>May 18, 2021 | 12:54pm ET ABC is set to reboot The Wonder Years this fall with the focus on a Black family, narrated by Don Cheadle. The first look at the series premiered today and can be seen below. Set to the familiar tune of the original show’s theme song — Joe Cocker’s cover of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends” — the trailer introduces Cheadle as a grown-up Dean Williams looking back at his 12-year-old self, who is played by Elisha Williams. “It’s the little things that you remember all your life,” says Cheadle, as he reminisces about fond childhood memories. “Your first hit, your first kiss, the first time your dad lets you know that he se...
Demi Lovato Comes Out As Non-Binary
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-19T12:35:43+00:00“>May 19, 2021 | 8:35am ET Demi Lovato has come out as non-binary and is changing their preferred pronouns to they/them. The 28-year-old pop singer discussed their gender fluidity during an episode of their new podcast 4D with Demi Lovato. “Over the past year and a half I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,” Lovato explained. “And through this work, I’ve had the revelation that I identify as nonbinary.” Lovato said that changing their pronouns to they/them “best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am and still am discovering.” Related Video At the same ti...
‘Attack The Block 2’ With John Boyega Is Officially A Go
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Samir Hussein / Getty Looks like John Boyega isn’t quite done taking on aliens from a galaxy far, far away just yet. And no, we’re not talking about another Star Wars film either. A decade after Boyega splashed on everyone’s radar in Attack The Block, Deadline is reporting that the sci-fi cult classic is finally getting the sequel fans have been clamoring for since 2011. According to the report, Boyega will be reuniting with the film’s original writer, John Cornish, to revisit the story of a group of friends who fend off an alien invasion in their London hood. The premise sounds silly but those who have seen the movie know it’s all kinds of dopeness. While Star Wars helped Boyega gain superstardom around the world, heads like us have been checking for him...
T.I. & Tiny Under Investigation By LAPD For Alleged 2005 Sexual Assault
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris have been hit with a number of allegations of sexual assault from nearly two dozen women. Details of an alleged 2005 incident sparked an investigation into the matter by the LAPD after an unidentified woman spoke with the authorities. As exclusively reported by Deadline, the woman reportedly met with detectives from the LAPD to share her account of the 2005 incident where T.I. and Tiny alleged drugged and sexually assaulted her, echoing claims made by other women that have since come forward. “There is an active investigation into Clifford Harris,” Officer William Cooper of the LAPD said to Deadline on Monday (May 17). The outlet adds that the statement came after ru...
YFN Lucci Surrenders To Atlanta Cops On Gang Racketeering Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty YFN Lucci is getting quite acquainted with the process of surrendering to the police. The Atlanta rapper turned himself into Atlanta PD on gang racketeering charges. WSB-TV reports that Lucci is being held at the Fulton County Jail. “We do treat charges more so than the celebrity status and he is certainly in our maximum security area,” Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat told WSB-TV. Apparently, Lucci surrendered back on May 10. And considering the charges he is facing, don’t expect him to get bond again. Per WSB-TV: Documents indicate the racketeering case filed April 30 involves, among other things, the felony murder of James Adams, in which Lucci is accused along with two others. Lucci had already been charged in connection with that...
