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Meek Mill Blesses His Grandmother With A New Home
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derrick Salters/WENN.com / WENN Meek Mill might’ve developed a reputation for being a bit stingy thanks to a situation that included some kids selling bottled water, but it looks like the Philadelphia rapper has no problem splurging on his family. Earlier this week the “What’s Free?” rapper took to Instagram to show just how much he loves his grandmother by revealing he’d just bought her a brand new home. With the caption reading “Loyalty is not just a word💎 Kick ya feet up Grandmom 💎 My dads mom #newcrib. I’m Prada myself! Ya definition of real not the same as mines I get it!” The man should in fact be “Prada” himself as not many rappers who experience success remember to do things like this for their grandparents. Sure they look out...
Redman “80 Barz,” YG & Mozzy “Bompton to Oak Park” & More | Daily Visuals 4.22.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOHANNES EISELE / Getty Redman is living proof that no matter how old a man gets if he’s put on this Earth to master a particular craft then he shall be preeminent in that particular field for the rest of his life. Continuing to show and prove that he’s still one of the rap game’s elite MC’s, Reggie Nobel comes through with a new clip for “80 Barz” where he masterfully drops all kinds of metaphors that only OG’s will truly appreciate. And yes millennials, those are old school TV’s in the background. Speaking of red, out in Cali YG keeps that west coast flavor bumpin’ and for the clip to “Bompton To Oak Park” links up with Mozzy to wave red flags all over the streets of LA. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Big Scarr featuring Gucci M...
San Holo’s Sophomore Album Will Feature Mr. Carmack, Mija, and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
Ahead of the release of his bb u ok? (album2), San Holo has shared the star-studded tracklist for his hotly anticipated sophomore album. Fans will be glad to hear that the record will feature a whopping 20 songs. San Holo collaborated with a number of electronic heavy-hitters this time around, such as Mr. Carmack and Mija, who are featured on the the closing track “One More Day.” The album will also feature frequent creative collaborator Bipolar Sunshine on two tracks, “New One” and the previously released single “Find Your Way.” The most high-profile feature on bb u ok? (album2) is Rivers Cuomo, the frontman of iconic rock band Weezer, who appears on “Wheels Up.” Cuomo is no stranger to electronic music, having ...
Listen to Porter Robinson Break Down the Creative Process of “Get Your Wish” for Song Exploder
The weeks leading up to Porter Robinson‘s Nurture have been marked by nothing but frisson. And with the album’s release looming less than 24 hours away, it’s safe to say the anticipation has bubbled over. Ahead of the release, the Grammy-nominated electronic music virtuoso appeared on a new episode of Song Exploder to dive into Nurture cut “Get Your Wish.” Robinson says that “Get Your Wish,” which was recorded on his mother’s childhood piano, was written at a crossroads in his life when he questioned whether or not the success he was experiencing was beneficial to his longterm mental health. This time “shaped his identity,” he says. One of the interview’s unquestioned highlights comes just past the m...
Burning Man Organizers Backpedal After Criticism for Mandatory Vaccination Comments
After falsely claiming that the state of Nevada requires proof of vaccination at large-scale events, the organizers of Burning Man have backpedaled and addressed concerns from the festival’s community. According to the New York Post, the counter culture community lambasted CEO Marian Goodell after an April 8th update in which she suggested that the iconic festival would require proof of inoculation to gain entry. An ensuing video message shared by Goodell confirmed the plans. “We are super aware [of concerns] and thank you for your feedback, and we are weighing the gravity of what that does,” Goodell said in an ensuing statement shared on April 17th. “And we know that [mandatory vaccination] challenges the concepts of radical inclusion, but at this po...
Electric Forest is Giving Away a Pair of Wristbands to Support Independent Detroit Venues
While the fate of the Electric Forest 2021 hangs in the balance, the festival is doing its part to support local venues and artists amid a pandemic that simply won’t relent. Organizers are giving away two wristbands to the next edition of the beloved Rothbury, Michigan music fest to raise awareness for “ALIVE Detroit,” an upcoming virtual benefit concert for independent Detroit venues and artists. The stream will air tomorrow, April 23rd at 7PM ET (4PM PT) and feature an hour-and-a-half of chill sets by local musicians, who will perform live from different venues across Detroit. DIME Detroit To enter, fans must donate $25 to the ALIVE Detroit GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign. Each donation will be directed to independent Detroit venues and artists who have e...
Executives Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles Remember DMX & Reveal How He Helped Save Def Jam
After signing to Def Jam in 1997, The Darkman blazed through the hip-hop sphere like a raging fireball, torching every feature he appeared on. From LL Cool J’s “4, 3, 2, 1 (Remix)” to The LOX’s “Money, Power, Respect,” X scarfed down every appearance with ease. The main course arrived a year later when he unleashed his seminal debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. Stacked with hard-hitting bangers, X’s electric flows reminded listeners that New York hip-hop hadn’t lost its edge, and that the rapper born Earl Simmons was ready to be the cornerstone of this new style. It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — the first of five consecutive DMX projects to do so. “I thi...
Justin Timberlake Fights Oil Pipeline in His Memphis Hometown for Earth Day
Justin Timberlake is taking a stand on Earth Day (April 22) against the Byhalia Pipeline potentially being built in his Memphis, Tenn., hometown. The pop star shared an informational video, made by digital creator Mikhaila Markham, on his Instagram that points out how the city of Memphis — known as the home of Elvis Presley and shaped by its influential blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll music — is also on top of the Memphis Sand Aquifer, a water source near the Mississippi River that supplies trillions of gallons of the world’s finest drinking water to 1 million locals. Valero Energy Corporation and the Plains All American pipeline company’s latest proposal, the 49-mile Byhalia Pipeline, could put this groundwater at risk by connecting two pipelines to ...
Lathan Warlick on the Near-Death Experience That Led to His Collaborative Country EP ‘My Way’
“I wasn’t really into trying to rap or do hip-hop or nothing like that because everybody in my neighborhood was doing it,” he tells Billboard. “I didn’t really want to jump into that.” A near-death experience in 2011 that found Warlick staring down the barrel of a .45 caliber pistol led him down a new direction, spiritually and creatively. After winning $1,400 in a talent show, Warlick and some friends celebrated in a nightclub, when his friend got into an altercation. Warlick swiftly ushered his friend to the exit, then turned and saw everyone fighting. Outside the club, two men chased him, cornered him, and one pulled a gun. “My grandma always said if I was in a time of need, just call on God. That’s what I did,” Warlick recalls. The man holding the firearm pulled the t...
Gunna Discusses ‘Call of Duty’ Ad, ‘Slime Language 2′ & Why ‘Ski’ Is an ‘Everybody Song’
The two are no strangers to video games, as they often play together in their downtime at the studio, Gunna told Billboard. “I always been playing Call of Duty,” he said. “But they hit me up and [asked] was I interested in doing the commercial and I was.” While there wasn’t much acting involved in the short film, he says he can see himself doing more of it in the future. On Friday, Young Stoner Life Records released Slime Language 2, the follow-up to 2018’s Slime Language. “It was just fun. It was really like family, we just really had fun with it,” the “Skybox” rapper said of working with his labelmates. “It wasn’t nothing like forced or nothing like that. We kind of just had songs ready, and when we felt the ri...
King Diamond and Z2 Comics Partner for Graphic Novel Adaptation of Classic Album Abigail
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-22T17:37:34+00:00“>April 22, 2021 | 1:37pm ET King Diamond and Z2 Comics have teamed up for a graphic novel adaptation of the metal icon’s seminal 1987 concept album Abigail. The book is due out in October — just in time for Halloween. Few albums are better suited for a comic adaptation. Abigail tells the story of Miriam Natias and Jonathan LaFey, a young couple who move into a haunted mansion. Full of gothic noir and Edgar Allan Poe vibes, the album’s nine songs function as a suite, weaving a macabre narrative. The conceptual story album would become a staple of King Diamond following Abigail, which remains arguably the artist’s most acclaimed work. The King himself was enl...
Cordae Releases New EP Just Until…. Featuring Young Thug and Q-Tip: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-22T17:53:26+00:00“>April 22, 2021 | 1:53pm ET Cordae, the North Carolina-born rapper formerly known as YBN Cordae, has released a new EP. It’s called Just Until…. and it’s available to stream below via Apple Music and Spotify. Just Until…. spans four tracks in total, including two high-profile collaborations. The EP opener “More Life” features A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Q-Tip and the later track “Wassup” features the heavy-hitter Young Thug. The other two songs, “Dream in Color” and closer “Thornton Street”, see Cordae flexing his skills solo. It’s been a steady climb for Cordae in the music industry since he released his debut mixtape in 2016, and yet somehow Just Unti...
