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LAPD Investigating Quavo and Saweetie Elevator Fight, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Rappers never really want to be on the radar of the police. Thanks to footage leaking of their violent altercation on an elevator last year, the Los Angeles Police Department is reportedly investigating Quavo and Saweetie. Earlier this week, footage was revealed of the now-former Hip-Hop power couple scrapping in a hallway and elevator over what looks like a Call Of Duty-branded video game console. Twitter has been debating who was right and wrong ever since, and now apparently LAPD is also interested in what exactly went down. According to TMZ, the same outlet that shared the footage, the LAPD wants to meet with both Saweetie and Quavo to find out what happened before after what was seen in the video. The authorities are interested in determ...
Courtney Barnett Offers Her Take on Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Don’t Do It’
Courtney Barnett partnered with Vagabon to cover Sharon Van Etten’s track “Don’t Do It.” The song comes from the forthcoming anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 album, Epic, titled epic Ten. Van Etten calls Barnett “an important musical influence,” since 2014, noting that “from the first time we met, I felt I made an immediate friend. She added in a social media post, “I admire Courtney’s writing style in that she has such a unique and intimate narrative approach while being personal and funny, without giving too much away,” Van Etten said. “I feel connected to her music and perspective, while always wanting to learn more – and as a friend, she has offered me guidance and advice while also being an ear when I have been in a rut or when I am in need of a new approach to look a...
John Lennon ‘Look At Me’ Video Features Unearthed 1968 Footage of John and Yoko
The John Lennon Estate has gifted a music video for the ultimate mix of “Look At Me” featuring never-before-seen footage — black and white and color, shot on 8 mm — of John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1968. The married artists are captured in their home in Weybridge, Surrey. “Look At Me” is featured on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’s The Ultimate Collection due out on April 23 via Capitol/UMe. The release will commemorate 50 years since Lennon’s debut solo album. “With the Plastic Ono Band albums, John and I liked the idea of this really raw, basic, truthful reality that we were going to be giving to the world,” Ono says in the book that accompanies the Collection. “We were influencing other artists, giving them courage, giving dignity to a certain style of vulnerability and strength that was ...
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Small Pickup Eyes New Ford Maverick
Feast your eyes on this incredibly cool not-quite-SUV, not-quite-pickup truck. What you’re looking at is a barely shrouded image of the new 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz ahead of its April 15 debut, and Hyundai is adamant its new car-based small-to-midsize truck will be a bold, segment-shattering automobile. The unibody Santa Cruz might be more segment-bending, as going along with Hyundai’s hyperbole requires forgetting the Honda Ridgeline, which has owned the unibody truck segment for the last 15 years now, as well as the Subaru BRAT that kicked off the car-pickup format here in the U.S. decades ago. But Hyundai is so certain the Santa Cruz is one-of-a-kind that the company has literally said it creates an entirely new category of car. Translated, we take that to mea...
The Weeknd’s First NFT Drop Will Feature New Music and Limited-Edition Artwork
According to a statement announcing the NFT drop, the campaign will kick off with an open edition flash sale of three distinct visual pieces of art, each accompanied by a filtered snippet of an unnamed new song. An unlimited amount of these works will be available for a limited time, followed by a 24-hour auction of “an exclusive 1-of-1 piece of art” tracked by a second, full new song, which will be unfiltered. The winner of the second auction will have an exclusive on the song, which will not be released on any other platforms in the future. “Blockchain is democratizing an industry that has historically been kept shut by the gatekeepers. I’ve always been looking for ways to innovate for fans and shift this archaic music biz and seeing NFT’s allowing creators to be seen and heard mor...
FKA Twigs Thanks Lil Nas X for “Acknowledging the Inspiration” of “Cellophane” on “Montero” Video
After Lil Nas X dropped his new single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” on Friday, fans were quick to note the visual similarities between it and the music video for FKA Twigs’ 2019 hit “Cellophane”. Both clips feature the artists sliding down a lengthy stripper pole while putting on a difficult routine — by the same choreographer, no less — leaving viewers to question if it was plagiarism or tribute. So Twigs called the rapper on Tuesday to privately discuss the matter once and for all. Ultimately, they’re on good terms, with her even thanking him for “acknowledging the inspiration” of her track. “Thank you @lilnasx for our gentle honest conversations and for acknowledging the inspiration cellophane gave you and your creative team in creating your iconic video!” wrote FKA Twigs. “I t...
A24 Releases Trailer for Zola, Stripper Film Based on Viral Twitter Thread: Watch
A24 has released the official trailer for their new movie Zola, which premiered at Sundance in early 2020. The film is based on a viral Twitter thread that tells the true story of two strippers who embark on a treacherous road trip across Florida. Directed by Janicza Bravo and starring Riley Keough as Stefani and Taylour Paige as Zola, who fall in love with one another and trek across the state to see how much money they can make as dancers. The two are joined by Stefani’s erratically violent boyfriend Derrek (Nicholas Braun) and her “roommate” X (Colman Domingo), but shortly into the trip, Zola realizes that Stefani is a sex worker and Derrek is her pimp. The real Zola recounted the wild tale in a famous 2015 Twitter thread that was then adapted into a slightly dramatized R...
Soundgarden Accuse Vicky Cornell of Locking Band Out of Social Media Accounts, Website
The legal drama between Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell has grown thicker. The grunge legends have now filed legal papers demanding Cornell relinquish the band’s social media passwords. It’s only the latest incident in an ongoing feud between Soundgarden and the widow of late singer Chris Cornell. The band recently accused Vicky of hijacking its legacy and social profiles following her latest lawsuit against Soundgarden over a buyout offer. On March 25th, surviving Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Ben Shepherd, and their business manager Rit Venerus filed papers in Washington state U.S. District Court accusing Vicky Cornell of locking them out of their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vimeo, YouTube, Snapchat, Tumblr, Top Spin and Pinterest accounts, as well as Soundgarden’s offici...
Non-Tremor Ford Super Duty Pickups Now Offer a 12,000-LB Winch
The winch won’t be cheap. Just like the optional winch on a brand-new Super Duty Tremor, reeling in the 12,000-pound Warn winch will set buyers back $3,000. (UPDATE: A Ford representative told us the winch itself is a combination of several Warn components but based on the 9.5 XP platform. ) It’ll be sold through Ford Performance and available as a factory-ordered or dealer-installed accessory, so perhaps you can do a deal with the dealer for less than MSRP, although labor isn’t included in the price for dealer-installed winches. The winch features lightweight synthetic line and a convenient wireless remote (with a wired remote, too). It’s also a clean install in the center of the lower bumper, with a flush fairlead and even a Ford Performan...
Sharon Stone Says Britney Spears Reached Out to Her for Help: ‘There’s a Point Where You Get Broken’
Spears’ hospitalization led to the conservatorship that still controls her finances to this day, and that arrangement is currently under a microscope thanks to the Framing Britney Spears documentary released on FX and Hulu last month. “The true fact of it is, it’s very hard to be a very successful woman and not have everyone controlling you, taking your finances and handling you,” Stone continued, alluding to Spears’ situation, in which her father controls her finances and her business deals. “Women, and I’m sure all of the young stars, get handled. You get handled so much that it’s just — there is a huge breaking point, and there’s a point where you get broken. “The thing with Britney Spears is so out of control and so awfu...
Chrissy Teigen Unveiled on People’s ‘Beautiful Issue’ Cover
On this year’s cover, Teigen appears smiling along with her children Luna, 4, and Miles, 2, with the quote “I’ve learned how strong I am.” The 35-year-old model and cookbook author is married to R&B crooner John Legend, who was named Sexiest Man Alive by the magazine in 2019. Teigen, who is of Thai-Norwegian descent, said she wants to follow her Thai tradition in remembering her son, Jack, who died at 20 weeks of her pregnancy. She was hospitalized with excessive bleeding before the miscarriage. She said it’s important for Luna and Milles to stayed connected with their late brother and always “embrace the ones that we’ve lost” based on her tradition. “We have this new home that we’re building, and this tree being planted inside,” she told the magazine. “The whole reason ...
Time Runs Out for Grandpa Monster on ‘The Masked Singer’
Grandpa Monster wound back the clock for a performance of Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation”; Piglet hammed it up for a rendition of Andy Grammer’s “Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)”; The Black Swan spread her sings for Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood”; Chameleon hit 50 Cent and Nate Dogg’s “21 Questions;” and Crab sidestepped nothing with a charming cover of the late Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”. Time ran out for Grandpa Monster, however, as he was eliminated and sent home. But not before revealing the human underneath…Logan Paul. The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET. 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 re...
