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NYC Is Reopening, But Concerts Are Still Restricted
In New York and New Jersey, capacity limits for most businesses will be replaced with a new distance-based maximum capacity. Retail, food services, gyms and fitness centers, amusement and family entertainment, hair salons, barber shops and other personal care services will be limited by the space available for patrons or parties of patrons to maintain the required social distance of six feet. The entertainment industry, however, will still be limited. As of May 10 in New York, the outdoor social gathering limit will increase from 200 to 500 people. Beginning May 19, the indoor social gathering limit will increase from 100 to 250 people. Music venues can exceed the social gathering limits of 500 people outdoors or 250 people indoors if all att...
Eminem Teases Animated Film Noir ‘Alfred’s Theme’ Lyric Video
Eminem is sticking with the master of suspense theme for the upcoming lyric video for “Alfred’s Theme” from the bonus edition of his 2020 album Music to Be Murdered By. On Tuesday night (May 4), the rapper released a 30-second teaser for the visual, which continues the album’s Alfred Hitchcock theme by re-creating some iconic images from the late director’s legendary films. In one, Marshall — dressed in a robe, shorts and slippers — falls backwards down an M.C. Escher-like stairwell as he raps, “I’d describe it as bowling (why?)/ Ball Hard (ball’s hard)/ ‘Cause the gutter’s where my mind is and when/ It’s in this ‘frame’ better ‘split’ like the five and the 10.” The clip, which uses ...
Justin Timberlake Tells DJ Khaled He’s ‘The Best A&R Guy’ in the Biz
Khaled said Timberlake’s contribution to the album featuring the usual compliment of superstar vocalists and rappers — including Lil Wayne, H.E.R., Migos, Cardi B, Lil Baby, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Justin Bieber, Drake and Jay-Z, among others — made him cry. “This is an important song,” Timberlake said, suggesting that if Jigga’s 2002 The Blueprint anthem “Song Cry” had never existed, but then Justin and Jay’s 2013 collab “Holy Grail” was “Song Cry.” You follow? “I got the right rasp in the right spots, bro!” Timberlake enthused. The clip ends with Khaled trying to convince JT that they absolutely must shoot a video for the track. “It’s needed!” Khaled tells him. Watch...
Dan Deacon Announces 2021 Tour Dates
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T16:59:36+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 12:59pm ET Dan Deacon will be hitting the road in the fall of 2021 with new tour dates in support of his recent album Mystic Familiar. The experimental songwriter had a relatively quiet five years after the release of 2015’s Gliss Riffer. But while many people slowed down during the pandemic, Deacon has been on a tear, returning with Mystic Familiar early last year and following it up with the original score for the HBO documentary Well Groomed. Now, he’ll have the opportunity to show off his work. In a statement, Deacon expressed joy at being able to safely tour again, explaining, “We are all beyond motivated to move on a...
Rufus Wainwright and José González Announce Co-Headlining 2021 US Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T17:03:49+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 1:03pm ET Rufus Wainwright and José González have announced a co-headlining US tour for fall of 2021. The “Unfollow the Rules in the Local Valley Tour” is named for Wainwright’s 2020 album Unfollow the Rules as well as González’s upcoming LP Local Valley. The two indie songwriters will join forces on September 20th in Kansas City, Missouri. Over the course of their 10-date trek they’ll visit a couple of the usual suspects — Boston, New York, Washington DC — but they’ll spend the majority of their time in midwestern cities both heralded (Chicago, Detroit) and lesser known (Carmel, Glenside). Tickets go on sale Friday, May 7th, with some f...
Bruce Springsteen Receives 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T17:23:24+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 1:23pm ET Bruce Springsteen has been awarded the 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize, which he will accept during a virtual event taking place on May 13th. Awarded by the Woody Guthrie Center, the annual prize is given to an artist of any medium who best exemplifies the pioneering folk singer’s “spirit and work” by serving as “a champion for the voiceless with an understanding of how a platform can be used to shine a light on our world, showing us what needs to be fixed and how to fix it.” Guthrie has long been one of Springsteen’s biggest influences. The Boss’ 1995 song, “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, was inspired by Guthrie’s “The Ballad of Tom Joad”, and h...
Descendents Announce New Album Featuring Early Lineup, Unveil “Baby Doncha Know”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T17:39:05+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 1:39pm ET Descendents have announced a new album, 9th & Walnut, that features the legendary punk act’s classic early lineup. In advance of its July 23rd release via Epitaph, the band has unleashed the first single, “Baby Doncha Know”. The California punk band’s early lineup of guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo, and drummer Bill Stevenson actually hit the studio to record 9th & Walnut in 2002. The material was culled from songs that were initially conceived or crudely recorded during the band’s early years of 1977 through 1980, including ones that were written before singer Milo Aukerman joined the band in 1980. The tracks had ...
Lil Yachty Reveals His New Nail Polish Line, ‘Negatives 001’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty This new era of Hip-Hop has seen its fair share of questionable and downright weird moves that’s constantly drawn the ire of 80’s and 90’s babies alike. Now Lil Yachty is pushing the envelope and has teamed with Crete to debut his own line of nail polish line for women and metrosexual men who need that right shine on their nails whenever throwing up the peace sign. Dubbed his Negatives 001, Yachty’s new venture into the cosmetics game is sure to create buzz and possibly billions if Kylie Jenner’s line has shown us anything. Demonstrating his new product with his own manicured mittens, Negative 001’s come packaged in black cylindrical vials and will be available for purchase on Crete’s website come May 21st. Now, we know what y...
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2 Chainz And Actress Bella Thorne Compare Jewelry Backstage At Trillerfest [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net / ATLPics.Net When 2 Chainz shows up he makes sure to show out. During a festival booking he and Bella Thorne flexed their jewels and it was all water. As spotted on Page Six the Atlanta rapper performed at Trillerfest last week. While hanging backstage he bumped into actress and Only Fans star Bella Thorne after his performance. The two skipped the formalities of the the usual celebrity small talk and fast forwarded right to a friendly flex off. The I Still See You Star noticed Drenchgod’s iced out wrists which had several Cartier bracelets (which start at around $3,000), some other chunky bangles and an iced out watch. Her attention quickly went to his fingers where he had a Cartier Panther yellow gold openwork head...
Shekinah Jo Spills Tea on Tiny Leaving Her Out to Dry, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Seems like the days of Tiny and Shekinah giggling like teenagers on a tandem bike are long gone. Over the weekend, the Atlanta-based hairstylist, Shekinah Jo, took to a live stream on Bigo and aired all of the Harris’ business out. Well, Tiny’s more than anyone else’s but it was still just as sad. It’s always pretty disappointing — and awkward in a sense — to see two friends go at it online but with the recent legal issues T.I. and Tiny have had, this is probably the worst time to have former homies saying anything that would go against the defense. It was only a few months ago when Shekinah jumped on Instagram Live to defend Tiny after sexual misconduct allegations began to arise. She denounced the woman who started the conve...
DJ Khaled ft. Lil Wayne & Jeremih “Thankful,” Dave East ft. Mary J. Blige “Know How I Feel” & More | Daily Visuals 5.4.21
HipHopWired Featured Video If you’ve kept up with DJ Khaled’s career you’d know he’s come a long way from being a DJ to one of the most recognizable faces in the entertainment industry, but in case you didn’t he’s gonna remind y’all today. Giving viewers an idea about how long his journey to superstardom has been in his visuals to the Lil Wayne and Jeremih assisted “Thankful,” Khaled recalls being a child handing out mixtapes to neighbors while Wayne remembers writing rhymes when sitting on the tub. Who hasn’t written raps while in the privacy of a bathroom? Dave East meanwhile links up with Mary J. Blige to get his classy on and for his clip to “Know How I Feel” sparks a blunt and kicks back on a therapist’s couch. Them joints be hella comfortable. Check out the rest of today’s drops incl...
Off-Roading a Lifted Chevy Caprice: Only On Roadkill
Can you think of a better ride—a ’99 Chevy Caprice—to a bar in the middle of the desert? Why are inappropriate cars the most fun? You’d think with a lifetime of off-road driving behind him, David Freiburger could come up with a better choice for a desert-bombing vehicle than a lifted Chevy Caprice on 26-inch wheels, but this is Roadkill, and Mike Finnegan has the same sensibilities. Let the Bubblicious Bunker Bar off-road adventure begin! It might surprise you to learn that Bubblicious—as Finnegan named it for the Hillarious Car Shootout last season—hasn’t breathed nitrous since joining the Roadkill fleet. Mind-blowing, right? The two man-children that strap a bottle to every piece of junk they can haven’t gassed the V-8 in this Caprice yet? What’s even more c...
