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White Minnesota Man Drags Cop By SUV & Hits Officer With a Hammer, Still Alive
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Armond / Getty Daunte Wright is dead because he is Black, period. And if you need proof, the white man who just dragged a Minnesota police officer with his SUV without getting tased or shot is one blatant example of that reality. The incident occurred on Wednesday (April 14) in a Minneapolis suburb after a 61-year-old man who had a beef with wearing a face mask in a store—there is a pandemic still going on—decided to take the cop who tried to stop him from leaving the scene for an involuntary joyride. Reports the Star Tribune, without irony: Hutchinson Police Chief Tom Gifferson said in a news release that police were called to the Menards at 1525 SE. Montreal St. on a report that the man had assaulted an employee with a piece of lumber after being ...
Issa Rae Teams Up With LIFEWTR For “Life Unseen” Campaign To Help Diverse Creatives
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LIFEWTR / Issa Rae Issa Rae is looking out for all diverse creatives with her latest partnership with the Pepsi brand LIFEWTR. The award-winning actress, producer, writer, and advocate kicked off her new Life Unseen campaign on Wednesday (Apr.14). The nationwide campaign’s main goal is to “expose disparities in representation among diverse creatives (representing people of color, disabled people, the LGBTQ+ community and women) across four creative industries (fashion, film, music and visual arts),” according to a press release. LIFEWTR partnered with QSIDE, a nonprofit corporation specializing in the quantitative study of inclusion, diversity, and equity, for a first-of-its-kind study that revealed under-representation in the arts the following sta...
airKAVE’s $349 Portable Air Filter Approved To Help Fight COVID-19 & Other Airborne Microbes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: AIRKAVE / AIRKAVE PORTABLE AIR PURIFIER Despite what you see on your Instagram and Twitter timelines, COVID-19 is still here. While masking, social distancing, hand washing, and vaccines are significant steps in stopping the virus’s spread, airKAVE has a new tool that could assist in the fight. airKAVE’s Portable Air Filter, which is billed as the “world’s most advanced air purification system,” has now been approved to combat COVID-19, the company announced in a press release after passing the Characterization of Model AH01 Air Purification Device in Deactivation of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 test administered by MRIGlobal an independent, not-for-profit, contract organization based in Kansas City, Mo. Basically, that means the device can successfully neutral...
Sgt. Jonathan Pentland Arrested & Charged With 3rd-Degree Assault, Mugshot Is Pure Struggle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richland County Sheriff’s Department / Sgt. Jonathan Pentland’s Mugshot See what being a racist bootleg neighborhood watch member gets you? A video featuring a Columbia, South Carolina Sargeant terrorizing a young Black man who was just walking around “his neighborhood” went viral on social media. The clip was recorded by a Facebook user named Shirell Johnson, who felt the need to press record on her smartphone when she saw Sgt. Jonathan Pentland harassing the young Black man known only as Deandre. Pentland can be heard in the video threatening Deandre, telling him, “You’re in the wrong neighborhood,” while yelling expletives and saying. “I ain’t playing with you. … I’m about to show you what I can do.” The video was retweeted by a Twitter user named @Ang...
Tiësto Lands Residency at New Resorts World Las Vegas
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to circulate in the US, more and more venues have begun to announce their plans to reopen. This includes Sin City’s new-kid-on-the-block, Resorts World Las Vegas. Just last week Zedd was revealed as the first artist to sign multi-year residencies at the resort’s two venues, and another superstar DJ has now put ink to paper. Resorts World Las Vegas has announced that Grammy-winning electronic music legend Tiësto will join Zouk Group’s entertainment lineup as a headliner at Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub. “Las Vegas is like home to me,” Tiësto explained in a press release. “I can’t wait to feel the energy as we all make our triumphant return to this electric city!” Attendees have a one-of-a-kind experience t...
ALLBLACK Announces New Album TY4FWM (Thank You 4 Fuckin’ With Me), Drops “Ego”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T18:52:06+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 2:52pm ET After several years of raising his profile and creating waves in the hip-hop scene, Oakland rapper ALLBLACK has finally announced his debut studio album. It’s called TY4FWM (Thank You 4 Fuckin’ With Me) and it’s due out May 7th via Play Runners/Empire. Stream the lead single “Ego” featuring Drakeo the Ruler below. Unsurprisingly, TY4FWM is a star-studded effort, especially considering it’s the first proper album ALLBLACK has recorded. Across its 14-song tracklist, the record features guest verses by Vince Staples, Mozzy, G-Eazy, E-40, Sada Baby, and others. The contributions don’t stop there either. On the production end of things, AL...
Borat Laments Over “Stolen Election” in Trailer for Borat Supplemental Reportings: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:21:36+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:21pm ET Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t done with the Golden Globe-winning Borat Subsequent Moviefilm quite yet. Today, Amazon Prime Video released a surprise trailer for an extended cut entitled Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine. Watch it below. Originally released in October 2020, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm sees Borat trying to curry favor with then Vice President Mike Pence by gifting him Johnny the Monkey, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture and No. 1 porn star. When things go awry, he offers up his daughter Tutar instead and all sorts of chaos ensues. The trailer for this new extended versi...
Fyre Festival Attendees Receive $2 Million Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:30:22+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:30pm ET Organizers of the infamous Fyre Festival and 277 attendees have reached a $2 million settlement, nearly four years after a $100 million class action lawsuit was first filed, according to Billboard. Each plaintiff will receive $7,220. As Billboard notes, however, that figure could be lower depending on the outcome of Fyre Fest’s bankruptcy case with various creditors. Although the lawyers representing the ticket holders and trustee in charge of Fyre’s assets have reached the settlement, it still needs a vote of approval taking place on May 13th. Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos filed the lawsuit in May 2017. “The festival’s lac...
Man on Man (Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum) Share Video for New Song “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:45:29+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:45pm ET Man on Man is the project of Faith No More keyboardist-guitarist Roddy Bottum and boyfriend Joey Holman, and back in February they announced that their self-titled debut album will be out May 7th. They previously shared a single called “1983”, and now they’re back with a new one called “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)”. Unlike the alt-metal of Faith No More and the shiny indie-rock Bottum makes with his band Imperial Teen, Man on Man has a much different vibe. “1983” had a locked-and-loaded post-punk sound to it, and “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” is strikingly bright and giddy by comparison. The near-five-minute track is a light, steamy pop song ...
2021.5 Nissan GT-R NISMO Special Edition First Look: Need Mo’ NISMO?
Nissan’s latest take on its GT-R sports car comes in the form of the NISMO Special Edition. The limited-run model, which is due to arrive in the United States this fall, straddles the line between the 2021 and 2022 model years, which is why the Japanese brand instead intends to market and sell this car on our shores as a 2021.5 model. Model year semantics aside, buyers of this extra-special GT-R are due for a real treat. Well, visually at least. Although the GT-R NISMO Special Edition maintains the GT-R NISMO‘s 600-hp twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6, six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and all-wheel-drive system, it does offer trim-exclusive styling details including a coat of Stealth Gray paint, RAYS-sourced 20-inch forged aluminum-alloy wheels with red accents...
Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet Tests Positive for COVID-19, Will Sit Out ACM Awards Performance
Westbrook noted that though Sweet isn’t feeling great, “He seems to be holding off the really bad stuff.” The quartet is nominated for group of the year, and are set to perform at the 56th annual ceremony. Other performers include Miranda Lambert and Elle King, who are set to open the show with their new song “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”; Dierks Bentley, who will take on U2’s 1984 hit “Pride” with The War and Treaty; Blake Shelton, who’ll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of his single “Austin”; and many others. The show will be hosted by Mickey Guyton and Keith Urban, who are also performing. Various Nashville venues will be hosting the performances, including the Ryman Auditorium, The Bluebird Cafe, and the ...
The Deals: Def Jam Strikes JV With Poo Bear; Deadmau5 Cosigns New Gaming Startup
“I’m extremely grateful for Bearthday Music to have partnered with Def Jam and Universal,” added Poo Bear. “This is truly a dream manifesting to have the support of Def Jam, and their belief not only in me but in the artists I believe in. I’m looking forward to what’s to come from this new promising venture. Thank you to Lucian Grange, Jeff Harleston and Naim McNair for this opportunity. HBD!!!!” In addition to the aforementioned artists, Poo Bear has worked with J Balvin, DJ Khaled, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran, among many others. He boasts nearly 300 songwriting and production credits with sales of over 350 million records worldwide. Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) and Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) along with music industry visionaries Ben Turner, Dean Wilson and Ind...
