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DJ Khaled Releases Star-Studded New Album Khaled Khaled: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-30T04:12:08+00:00“>April 30, 2021 | 12:12am ET After nearly a year of silence, DJ Khaled has finally released his new album Khaled Khaled. The star-studded record features cameos from some of the biggest names in the music, including Drake, Justin Timberlake, JAY-Z, and Megan Thee Stallion. Stream it below via Spotify. DJ Khaled started teasing his follow-up to 2019’s Father of Asahd last summer, but then he vanished out of nowhere. It looked like he was hyped on wrangling a number of high-profile artists into the studio to record before realizing that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic wouldn’t end anytime soon. It’s fitting, then, that the hit-making producer would want to releas...
Manchester Orchestra Share New Album The Million Masks of God: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-30T04:27:45+00:00“>April 30, 2021 | 12:27am ET Indie rock veterans Manchester Orchestra have dropped their long-awaited sixth album, The Million Masks of God, via Loma Vista Records. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The Atlanta four-piece band has grown steadily since their 2006 debut, I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child, expanding their alternative rock pallet with flourishes of folk and Americana on subsequent releases. That progression continues on The Million Masks of God, the follow-up to 2017’s A Black Mile to the Surface. The album was created with a four-person production team led by band members Andy Hull and Robert McDowell, who teamed with previ...
Baby Keem Teams with Travis Scott on New Track “durag activity”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-30T04:28:24+00:00“>April 30, 2021 | 12:28am ET Rising California MC Baby Keem has teamed with Houston’s finest Travis Scott for the new single “durag activity”. The song is a major step forward for Keem, as it marks the first major collaboration from the young rapper. While he’s worked on projects like his cousin Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther: The Album and Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift, “durag activity” is his first official joint track. After being teased last week, the cut has now dropped alongside an accompanying music video. Over a clicking, slinking beat Baby Keem and Scott drop braggadocios bars about the money, influence, and women in their lives — in other words, th...
Marianne Faithfull’s Releases New Spoken Word Album with Warren Ellis, She Walks in Beauty: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-30T04:52:55+00:00“>April 30, 2021 | 12:52am ET Living legend Marianne Faithfull has shared her new spoken-word album, She Walks in Beauty. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. She Walks in Beauty is the 22nd album in the iconic British songwriter’s impressive catalogue. While Faithfull is best known for her Rolling Stones-penned 1964 hit “As Tears Go By” and her prog-rock leaning 1979 album Broken English, She Walks in Beauty is the singer’s first foray into the art of spoken word poetry. The project was created with Warren Ellis, alongside Nick Cave and Brian Eno. Faithfull pays tribute to 19th century British Romantic poets on the album, rec...
HHW Gaming: Michael B. Jordan Says “It Would Be Dope” To Be Featured In His Own ‘Without Remorse’ Video Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amazon Studios / Without Remorse Michael B. Jordan’s newest film, Without Remorse, puts a fresh spin on a popular character in Tom Clancy’s “Ryanverse” of books and films. Speaking about the upcoming film, Jordan revealed that he is down to see his portrayal of the character get the video game treatment. In a recent interview with Cassius Life, Jordan, an avid gamer, revealed that his love for popular Ubisoft titles like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon inspired him to make the film Without Remorse which is the first movie released under his production company Outlier Society. “As a kid, you know I used to play Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon a lot,” Jordan begins. “I used to envision all the hours we played on that game, and we put ourselves in those...
Trump Supporter Kodak Black Pleads Guilty To First-Degree Assault, Avoids 10-Year Bid
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Trump supporter, Kodak Black might’ve gotten himself that Presidential Pardon for the weapons charges that had him locked up, but that didn’t shield him from another case he was fighting at the time as well. According to TMZ, the “ZEZE” rapper just struck a plea deal with prosecutors in a sexual assault suit that will keep him out of jail but under the watchful eye of the law. Having pled guilty to first-degree assault for the 2016 incident, Kodak was able to get a 10-year suspended prison sentence and placed on 18 months of supervised state probation. While on probation, he will not wear an ankle monitor, but must let his probation officer know where he goes and where he lives. We’re also told Kodak will not be allowed to use drug...
HHW Gaming: Tim Cook, Tim Sweeney & More Could Be Called As Witnesses In Next Week’s ‘Fortnite’ Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty The long-awaited legal battle between Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple finally goes to trial next week, and the witness list is stacked. Back in August, Apple gave Fortnite the boot from the App Store after Epic Games revealed it would be bypassing the 30% revenue cut that both the App Store and Google Play store takes when players purchase V-Bucks in Fortnite. In a statement, Epic Games said, “If Apple or Google lower their fees on payments in the future, Epic will pass along the savings to you.” In response to Epic Games decision, Apple pulled the game from the App Store, and in its own statement, the company said: “Today, Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines that are a...
King Von “Mine Too,” Ty Dolla $ign ft. Bryson Tiller, Jhene Aiko & Mustard “By Yourself” & More | Daily Visuals 4.29.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty It’s only been fourth months since the shocking passing of Chicago’s own King Von, and though he’s no longer here with us, his music continues to reverberate throughout the streets and Hip-Hop culture. Today we get another posthumous visual from the O Block royal with the release of “Mine Too” which reminds us that Von was living it up with iced-out pieces and fancy cars before his life was cut short. Rest In Peace, King. Out on the West Coast, Ty Dolla $ign recruits the comedic talents of Tiffany Haddish for his clip to “By Yourself” where the actress busts out all kinds of dance moves while Bryson Tiller, Jhene Aiko, and Mustard do their own thing as well. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Fivio Foreign, Jor...
GM’s Ultium Charge 360 Aims to Make EV Ownership Easier
General Motors wants to make it easier to charge the raft of new electric vehicles it has coming, and Ultium Charge 360 is the umbrella for a number of initiatives it has planned, including apps and services integrated into a growing charging network, which ought to improve the overall EV ownership experience. GM CEO Mary Barra has said from the outset that a seamless customer experience and the elimination of range anxiety are keys to the adoption of electric vehicles. Charged Up Ultium Charge 360 aims to improve the at-home and public charging experience, GM’s chief EV officer Travis Hester said. GM is working with third parties to improve its overall charging network, signing agreements with seven major charging providers, including Blink Charging, ChargePoint, EV Connect, EVgo, F...
Nick Cave Pens Moving Tribute to Anita Lane: “The Smartest and Most Talented of All of Us”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-29T20:10:17+00:00“>April 29, 2021 | 4:10pm ET Nick Cave has written a moving tribute to his former partner and collaborator Anita Lane, whose death was announced on Wednesday. In a new letter for his The Red Hand Files, Cave called her, “The smartest and most talented of all of us, by far.” Lane first met Cave in 1977 in Melbourne, Australia. They dated for about ten years, and during that time she co-wrote numerous songs for his bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds. Fans knew Cave and Lane had stayed at least somewhat in touch after their breakup, and in addition to pursuing a solo career, she occasionally reunited with The Bad Seeds, as when she sang on their co...
Five People Arrested in Kidnapping of Lady Gaga’s Dogs, Shooting of Her Assistant
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-29T22:08:05+00:00“>April 29, 2021 | 6:08pm ET Five people have been arrested and charged in connection with the dognapping of Lady Gaga‘s French bulldogs and shooting of the singer’s personal assistant. Among those charged was the woman who “found” the dogs, hoping to claim the $500,000 reward offered by Gaga. According to Los Angeles, five suspects are currently in custody: James Jackson, 18; Jaylin White, 19; Lafayette Whaley, 27; Harold White, 40; and Jennifer McBride, 50. Jackson, Jaylin White, and Whaley were charged with one count each of attempted murder and robbery. Harold White and McBride were charged with one count each of accessory attempted murder. On ...
Joe Rogan Hits Reverse on Vaccines: “I Believe They Are Safe and I Encourage Many People to Take Them”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-29T22:14:16+00:00“>April 29, 2021 | 6:14pm ET Earlier this week, Joe Rogan was roundly criticized for telling healthy young people to not get vaccinated against COVID-19, remarking on an episode of his popular podcast, “If you’re like 21 years old, and you say to me, should I get vaccinated? I go no.” Now, via The Hollywood Reporter, he’s walking back those statements, saying on the latest edition of The Joe Rogan Experience that it “makes sense” to get vaccinated to protect other people. It wasn’t quite an unequivocal apology; Rogan spent some time attacking the “click bait” instincts of the media, and questioned why anyone would listen to him in the first pl...
