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Magna to Apple: We Can Build Your Car
Magna is ready and willing to build a vehicle for Apple (or anyone else) and add a manufacturing plant in North America if contracts warrant the investment. So says Swamy Kotagiri, the former chief technology officer who took over as Magna CEO on Jan. 1, moving from a role in developing products and strategy to one putting him in charge of the Canadian auto supplier’s 158,000 employees worldwide. It is a humbling responsibility, he said at a Society of Automotive Analysts virtual event. As an automotive supplier, Magna continues to augment its portfolio of components, systems, engineering, and assembly of vehicles with electrified powertrains and autonomous vehicle technology. But Magna is an especially intriguing supplier because it also assembles vehicles for others. The Magna...
B.J. Thomas Diagnosed With Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Thomas, 78, has logged 26 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1966 through 1983 and achieved No. 1 singles across the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Adult Contemporary charts. “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” was his first leader on any Billboard chart, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and seven weeks at No. 1 on Adult Contemporary in 1969-70. The song, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, went on to win the Oscar for best original song. “I just wanted to take this unique opportunity to share my gratitude to Gloria, my wonderful wife and my rock for over 53 years, my family, friends, and fans,” Thomas said in a statement about the diagnosis. “I’m so blessed to have had the opportunity to record and perform beautiful ...
Kelly Clarkson Has Us ‘Weak’ in the Knees Over Her SWV Cover
Kelly Clarkson knows her way around a ’90s R&B ballad — as evidenced by her multiple Toni Braxton covers on The Kelly Clarkson Show — and for her latest Kellyoke performance, she revisits the decade again for SWV‘s “Weak.” Surrounded by appropriately romantic mood lighting, Clarkson forms her very own girl group with her backup singers for the note-perfect cover. 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 of Internet revenue.
On Eve of Michael Gudinski’s State Memorial, ARIA Unveils Award In His Honor
The announcement was made early Wednesday, just hours before Australia’s music community was due to gather with Gudinski’s friends and family for a state memorial at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The late entrepreneur was a giant of Australia’s music industry who launched the Mushroom Records brand at the age of 20, and turned his Mushroom Group of Companies into a sprawling, independent empire with more than two-dozen businesses reaching into every conceivable area of music and beyond. He passed away unexpectedly on March 2, aged 68. “In the past few weeks,” notes ARIA chairman Denis Handlin, “we have seen an outpouring of love, respect and admiration from so many around the world for the late Michael Gudinski who was a pioneer and true legend that changed the...
Jenni Rivera’s ‘Mariposa de Barrio’ Bows at No. 5 on Regional Mexican Albums Chart
Mariposa de Barrio takes its name after the eponymous biographical Netflix series based on the Rivera’s autobiography Unbreakable: My Story, My Way (2013). Mariposa, the soundtrack, starts with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 18, according to MRC Data, with its opening sum mostly stemming from streaming activity. Rivera concurrently becomes the first woman to debut in the tally’s top 10 since her daughter Chiquis Rivera’s Entre Botellas bowed at No. 1 on the March 31, 2018-dated chart. Mariposa concurrently becomes Rivera’s 11th straight Regional Mexican Albums top 10, dating back to the No. 1 album Jenni (2018). The soundtrack was preceded by six top 10 tracks on Regional Mexican Airpl...
White Headmaster Made Black Boy Kneel & Apologize, Said “It’s The African Way”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theodore Parisienne / T.P. A catholic school in Long Island, N.Y. found itself the center of controversy after an incident involving a white headmaster and a Black student. Headmaster John Holian of St. Martin de Porres Marianist school told the boy to kneel and apologize, saying to him that it was the Nigerian way to do so. The New York Daily News broke the story last weekend involving the 11-year-old boy and the headmaster, after the boy’s mother, Trisha Paul, explained the situation to the outlet. The student was reportedly observed doing an incorrect assignment in English class and was then sent to the headmaster for discipline. Holian claims he learned of the kneeling apology from a Nigerian father, but that didn’t sit right with the boy’s mother. “O...
100%: Bronx Street Renamed After Rapper Big Pun
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty One of the greatest lyricists to ever do it is getting a special honor in his hometown. The birthplace of Hip-Hop has crowned a popular intersection after Big Punisher. Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty As spotted on HipHopDX the late great rapper was awarded a distinction that not too many Rap performers have been given; living or dead. On Monday, March 22 New York City representatives officially renamed East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse “Big Pun Plaza”. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the ceremony with the late great MC’s family on site which included his mother, sister Nicole Rodriguez, wife Liza Rios, his daughter Star Rios and son Chris Rivers. “In his short life, Big Pun contributed greatly to the vi...
Cyborg Had Time: Ray Fisher Demands WarnerMedia To Release ‘Justice League’ Investigation Findings I
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Ray Fisher put his victory lap on pause following Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s well-received release to give WarnerMedia and its CEO a piece of his mind. The actor who is being celebrated for his amazing performance as Victor Stone, aka Cyborg in Zack Snyder’s redo of the “Josstice League” disaster, had some time for WarnerMedia’s CEO, Ann Sarnoff. Following comments made in a Variety interview by Sarnoff, Fisher let the chopper spray on Twitter. During the interview, Variety‘s Brent Lang asked Sarnoff about the studio’s investigation into Joss Whedon and whether it corroborated Fisher’s claims of Whedon’s racism and abuse while directing 2017’s critically panned film Justice League. Fisher took to Twitter to call out W...
CJ ft. French Montana & Rowdy Rebel “Whoopty NYC Remix,” Lil Yachty “No More Beatboxing Freestyle” & More | Daily Visuals 3.23.21
HipHopWired Featured Video C Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN J’s popularity has been steadily rising in New York City for a minute now thanks to his breakout cut “Whoopty,” and with the summer season approaching the State Island representative is looking to heat up the streets with a brand new remix. Calling on Rowdy Rebel and French Montana for the visuals to “Whoopty NYC Remix,” CJ and company kick it on the block to make things hot before linking up on a sound stage with models and pitbulls on leashes. Leave it up to New York rappers to bring back pitbulls in music videos. Lil Yachty meanwhile keeps things humble for his clip to “No More Beatboxing Freestyle” and kicks it at home by himself and raps into the mirror like we’re sure he used to before blowing up. Check out the rest of ...
1788-L Signals Possible Return, Unveils Cryptic New Website for Fans to Decode
Following the reveal of a cryptic new website, it appears 1788-L is ready to reboot. While the anonymous bass music artist’s identity has remained a mystery since his 2018 debut, he’s made an undeniable impression in a short amount of time. This esteem is shared by his peers, having toured and collaborated with high-profile acts such as REZZ, The Glitch Mob, Kayzo, and ILLENIUM, among others. At 11AM PT (2PM ET), 1788-L went live on his socials with a link to a new website, which offers a “system update” for fans. Upon entering an email, users are taken to a terminal, where an automated bootloader sequence initiates a 1788-L homepage. Here, they are prompted to enter a command, which presumably unlocks a new page and, hopefully, news on...
Morgan Wallen to Headline Bud Light-Sponsored Kicker Country Stampede
Embattled country music star Morgan Wallen has been announced as a headliner for this year’s Kicker Country Stampede. It marks Wallen’s first confirmed performance since he was caught on camera using a racial slur earlier this year. The three-day music festival, which touts Bud Light as a sponsor, goes down June 24th-26th at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas. Along with Wallen, the lineup features Luke Combs, Riley Green, Blanco Brown, Maddie & Tae, and Ashley McBryde, among others. On February 2nd, TMZ posted footage of an intoxicated Wallen shouting in his driveway and using the n-word. While the response within the industry was swift and massive — Wallen’s record contract was suspended, his music was pulled from playlists and radio, he lost his talent agenc...
Madi Diaz Shares New Song “New Person, Old Place”: Stream
Nashville-based songwriter Madi Diaz has shared a new song, “New Person, Old Place”, and an accompanying video directed $ECK. Watch it below. Over a sparse acoustic guitar-driven arrangement, Diaz describes the process of moving on from a breakup. “You used to be able to dictate each feeling inside my head / Drag me through every trauma over and over again,” she sings. “Cause if I was crazy then I’d still be yours I’d always come back / You used to be able to, now you don’t do that.” In a press statement, Diaz elaborated on the process, saying “This was a moment I realized I wanted to start to learn how to do it not better, not worse, but just different… and then something shifted. Something in my heart finally knocked loose and I was breathing deeper. It’s hard as hell, breaking patterns ...
