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deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin Launch PIXELYNX to Bridge the Gap Between Gaming, Digital Collectibles and Virtual Worlds
PIXELYNX is the latest creation from legendary electronic music artists deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin. Their aim with the new venture is to bring three of the most profitable and enthusiastic sectors of entertainment today together: digital collectibles, gaming, and virtual worlds. The company has been in the making over the past six months, and deadmau5, Hawtin, Ben Turner, Dean Wilson, and Inder Phull have used their extensive network of music professionals to digitize their brands into a collectible range of items in games and virtual worlds. PIXELYNX’s founders describe its function as the “portal into the metaverse.” Additionally, this is used to decentralize and automate the entertainment industry. “We are on the edge of an exciting transition in entertainment where the lines ...
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Like WHOA: Honoring The Life & Legacy Of Black Rob [Playlist]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News Archive / Getty The city of New York has lost two of its grittiest and grimiest spitters, first DMX and now the great Black Rob. The East Harlem native passed away Saturday (April 17) and we’ve tried our best to feature a bevy of songs from the former Bad Boy Records star. Born Robert Ross on July 12, 1969, Black Rob began his career in his early 20s after dabbling with the art form since grade school. His official debut album Life Story was released on Bad Boy Records in 2000, spawning the massive hit “Whoa!” and the single “Espacio” alongside Lil’ Kim. Like fellow street soldier DMX, Black Rob relied on his vocal instrument to communicate his pain and strife as he navigated an industry that wasn’t kind to an artist that was groomed i...
Class Action Fyre Festival Suit Reaches $2 Million Settlement for Attendees
Prior to its catastrophic downfall, it at one point seemed that Fyre Festival could command any price for a coveted ticket to the Great Exuma event. Now, four years in the rearview, it ended up being the attendees who would be compensated for their troubles. Well, at least some of them anyway. According to The New York Times, 277 ticket holders have reached a settlement with Fyre Festival amounting to a total of $2 million—that’s $7,220 apiece. Due to the stratification of ticket prices, which ranged from $1,000 to $12,000 a pop, and with some limited luxury packages priced in the tens of thousands, it’s difficult to say whether anyone came out ahead or even broke even in terms of financials after all of this. The initial class action suit was submitted for a cl...
Tomorrowland’s One World Radio to Pay Tribute to Avicii on Third Anniversary of His Death
On the upcoming third anniversary of Avicii‘s passing, Tomorrowland‘s One World Radio will pay tribute to one of dance music’s most prolific artists. On April 20th, One World Radio is bringing together Avicii’s music and counterparts to celebrate the life of the legendary “Levels” producer. Over 60 of his songs will be streamed throughout the day as well as live set highlights from some of his many Tomorrowland appearances. After a meteoric rise to start the decade, Avicii quickly hit the big time and first appeared at Tomorrowland in 2011. His Tomorrowland appearances continue to be remembered fondly by the dance music scene at large, and just last year the Tomorrowland community voted “Levels” as their favorite record in the festival&#...
Warner Music Launches Whet Records, a Pan-Asian Dance Music Label
Warner Music Group is expanding its footprint in Asia with a new pan-Asian record label focusing specifically on dance music. Over time, dance music has ballooned in popularity throughout Asia, attracting the world’s largest festival brands to the region in the process, including Ultra, EDC, and Creamfields. With a new generation of inspired artists taking flight, Warner Music Group hopes to accelerate their journey through Whet Records. The label’s new China division head Zoe Yang previously worked for Ultra Music China and EDC China, both of which arrived in the country less than four years ago. She is joined by Jonathan Serbin, who was previously the CEO of Mixmag Asia, and a producer who has worked on several electronic projects featuring collaborations between Asian a...
What Is SHERP the Ark?! Check Out This Extreme ATV
According to the manufacturer, it’s not actually a sport utility vehicle—it’s an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). Whatever you call it, SHERP the Ark 3400 is impressive. Earlier this year on Top Gear America, Jethro Bovingdon got to—throw?—one of these 10-wheeled beasts around when the guys were comparing $250,000 luxury SUVs in Colorado. Where SHERP (The SHERP? The SHERP the Ark? Our buddy, SHERPy? Mr. the Ark?) might be lacking in creature comforts, it does not lack in capability. This go-anywhere, do-anything, overland work vehicle can haul up to 3,400 kg of cargo or 22 people over nearly any terrain imaginable. You might think, “What could it do without the trailer, though?” Buddy, that’s not a trailer. That’s a six-wheel-drive, multi-configurable ca...
Diane Warren Performs Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs in 5 Minutes
The legendary songwriter is hoping to win for the first time this year, for “Io si (Seen)” from ‘The Life Ahead.’ The legendary songwriter Diane Warren has accumulated a dozen best original song Oscar nominations across five different decades, but she has never taken home a statuette. No other woman in history, across all Oscar categories, has ever remained winless through this many noms. This could all change at the 93rd Oscars on April 25, as the 64-year-old’s latest nominated tune — “Io si (Seen)” from the film The Life Ahead, which she cowrote with Laura Pausini — has already won the best original song Golden Globe award, and is competing in a distinguished but wide-open Oscar race (unlike when previous tunes of hers came up against steamroller...
Kourtney Kardashian Shows Off a Romantic Birthday Gift From Travis Barker
Kourtney Kardashian offered a glimpse at how Travis Barker is helping to ring in her 42nd birthday. The reality star took to Instagram on Saturday (April 17) to show off a grand floral arrangement that included an intricate hanging installation, giving Barker credit with a tag on the Instagram Story. She posted a black heart next to his name. Barker shared the celebration with his followers the day before her birthday, too, re-posting the clip as an Instagram Story on his own account. 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 o...
R.I.P. Black Rob, Bad Boy Records Rapper Dead at 51
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-17T23:05:48+00:00“>April 17, 2021 | 7:05pm ET Black Rob, the New York rapper who was closely associated with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records, has died at the age of 51. According to former associates of Black Rob (via TMZ), he passed away Saturday (April 17th) from kidney failure. In a video posted from the hospital earlier in the week, Black Rob revealed that he had been battling a number of health issues over the last several years, having suffered several strokes. A native of East Harlem, Black Rob first made waves via features on songs by The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, and Total. He also appeared on Mase’s 1999 all-star collaboration, “24 Hrs. to Live”; tragically ano...
Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland No Longer in Solitary Confinement
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-17T23:48:31+00:00“>April 17, 2021 | 7:48pm ET Fyre Fest co-founder Billy McFarland is out of solitary confinement after spending six months in lockup for his participation in a podcast interview, according to Insider. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons database, McFarland was released and transferred to FTC Oklahoma City from FCI Elkton prison in Lisbon, Ohio, where he was previously held in solitary. “It was punitive. At first, they said he violated rules by speaking to the media — which there is no such rule,” McFarland’s attorney, Jason Russo, told Insider. “Then they accused him of doing three-way calls, which you’re not allowed to do — but these were n...
The Passion of the Christ’s Jesus Christ Thinks Celebrities Are Harvesting Children’s Adrenaline
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-18T00:57:15+00:00“>April 17, 2021 | 8:57pm ET Who had Jesus from The Passion of the Christ becoming a card-carrying member of QAnon, subscribing to the batshit crazy conspiracy theory that celebrities are torturing and harvesting children for their adrenaline, on their 2021 Bingo card? As TheWrap points out, actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed the titular character in Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical blockbuster, appeared alongside other QAnon luminaries like Michael Flynn, Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, and My Pillow’s Mike Lindell at a COVID-19 “health and freedom” conference in Oklahoma on Friday night. When it was his turn to speak, Caviezel addressed “the adrenochroming of children.” “Ess...
Black Rob Has Passed Away At 51
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Hip-Hop has lost another great artist way too soon. Black Rob of Bad Boy Records and “Whoa” fame has passed away. Born Robert Ross, Black Rob aka Banco Popular aka Bacardi Rob was just 51. Late Saturday (April 17), Rob’s friend, former labelmate and rapper Mark Curry confirmed his passing on social media. Recently; fans, friends and peers were concerned after footage of a hospitalized Black Rob, while DMX was also in the ICU, started making the rounds. Another clip showed Rob out of the hospital, however he also relayed that he was homeless and suffering an assortment of health problems. He was reportedly hospitalized in Atlanta at the time of his death. In 2016, Black Rob was part of Diddy’s Puff Daddy and The Family Bad Boy Reunio...
