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Consequence’s Under the Tracks on Vans’ Channel 66 Celebrates Chicago Indie Labels
On March 22nd, Consequence’s bi-weekly livestream program Under the Tracks returns with a brand new edition on Vans’ Channel 66. Host NNAMDÏ is back at House of Vans Chicago with an episode focusing on the city’s accomplished indie labels. Joining in this week to present their own unique 45-minute DJ sets and chat about The Second City’s record output are journalist Britt Julious and Alexander Fruchter, known in local hip-hop circles as DJ RTC. Julious currently serves as the music critic for The Chicago Tribune, as well as editorial director of Cancer Wellness magazine. She previously edited Vice’s THUMP, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, ELLE, Women’s Health, and Bon Appetit, among other publications. Her work was recognized in 2019 when she recei...
The New USPS Van Looks Incredibly Dorky for a Reason
The United States Postal Service’s Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) may have been built by the same company that built the sleek F-14 Tomcat but it’s hardly a looker. Somehow, its replacement, the new Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) is even more homely looking. Especially when compared to Amazon’s Rivian Prime or FedEx’s BrightDrop EV600 vans. Government program gone wrong? Actually, there’s a very good reason as to why the NGDV looks the way it does. See all 5 photos Simply put, it’s because the postal service asked for it to look this way. The proposal by the USPS for its NGDV program included more than six separate documents with over 76 pages of requirements and testing procedures for automakers interested in building the NGDV. As...
Paul McCartney Prepping ‘Hey Grandude!’ Children’s Book Sequel
“I’m really happy with how HEY GRANDUDE! was received, as this was a very personal story for me, celebrating Grandudes everywhere and their relationships and adventures with their grandchildren,” said McCartney in the statement about the series inspired by the nickname the pop legend got from his eight grandchildren. “I love that it has become a book read to grandkids at bedtime all around the world. I always said if people liked the first book and there was an appetite for more, I would write some further adventures for Grandude—so he’s back and this time with his special invention, Grandude’s green submarine!” Illustrator Durst added, “I am so thrilled to be collaborating with Paul again on Grandude’s Green Submarine. I think this is the adventure book we all need durin...
Cardi B Snaps Back at California Republican’s Criticism of Grammys ‘WAP’ Performance: ‘The Grammies Are PG’
Cardi had a very simple response to the Black GOP member who was trounced in his 2020 congressional race before joining the dozen Republicans trying to unseat democrat governor Gavin Newsom. “The Grammies are PG,” she tweeted. “That means parental guidance.Meaning is your job like it is to mine to my child to monitor what they watch.My performance was around 10 pm on a Sunday Your child should be in bed ready for school the next day why are they up watching Wap?” According to WFFA in Dallas, the FCC received around 80 complaints from viewers who thought the performance was obscene, pornographic, or as one viewer from Colorado reportedly opined, “as if they were dancing in a strip club.” The response to Webber followed up on Cardi’s celebration of t...
Apple Music Expands ‘Up Next’ Spotlight Program, Reveals New Class of Featured Artists
The artists to be featured at launch are: Peach PRC (Australia/New Zealand), Pressa (Canada), Noé Preszow (France), Lune (Germany), Prabh Deep (India), Dongurizu (Japan), Nicki Nicole (Latin America), prosto Lera (Russia), Blxckie (South Africa), Baby Queen (UK) and Morray (U.S.). Each of the chosen artists, who are handpicked by Apple Music editors from across the globe, will be featured across Apple Music’s new localized, genre-agnostic Up Next playlist. Since launch, Up Next has featured a host of then-emerging artists who have since gone on to greater fame, including 6lack, H.E.R., Greta Van Fleet, Khalid, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, Juice WRLD, Summer Walker, Megan Thee Stallion, Burna Boy and Conan Gray, among many others. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates O...
San Antonio Tussaud’s Pulls Wax Donald Trump Because People Keep Punching It
Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas has removed a figure of Donald Trump because people kept punching it, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The museum in Alamo Plaza is owned by Ripley Entertainment, and according to regional manager Clay Stewart, they’ve had to hide their Trump in a storage closet. “When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Stewart said. In addition to regular pummelings, the wax sculpture received several deep, cathartic scratches to the face. The Waxworks initially tried to defend 45 by placing him in the lobby under the protective eye of ticket takers. But this proved to be no deterrent, as many visitors were moved to violence even while employees were watching. Eventually, Trump had to be pulled from circul...
J Balvin Unveils New Single “Tu Veneno”: Stream
Late last month, J Balvin gave us a preview of his as-yet-untitled new album with a song called “Ma’ G”. Now, the reggaetón superstar is back with a new bop called “Tu Veneno”. The release of this one is a little less bombastic than “Ma’ G”‘s unveiling, which premiered during a titanic boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim. “Tu Veneno” (which translates to “your poison” in English) is arriving under more normal circumstances, but it’s an equally catchy and dance-able slice of reggaetón gold. Take a listen below. There’s still no word on what Balvin’s upcoming album will be called or when it will arrive, but those details will likely emerge in the coming weeks. When it does finally surface, the record will be Balvin’s first full-length since his massively successful 2020 alb...
Kali Uchis Walks the Streets of Colombia in Self-Directed Video for “telepatía” : Watch
Fresh off a Grammy win for her work on Kaytranada’s “10%”, Kali Uchis is showing off her hometown of Pereira, Colombia in her self-directed new video for “telepatía”. The song appeared on Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), Uchis’ first Spanish-language album. While her embrace of new sounds and rhythms might have seemed risky, the onetime blog-darling has grown into a bona fide star on the strength of the viral hit “telepatía”. The track became a TikTok sensation, earning Uchis the top spot on the Billboard Latin Pop chart, and it’s lingered near the peak of Apple’s Latin and Spotify’s Global charts. This tale of long-distance longing focuses on a steamy mental connection. “Quién lo diría que se podría hacer el amor por telepatía?” she sings, which roughly translate...
Three More Game of Thrones Spinoffs in Development at HBO
HBO is developing three additional Game of Thrones spinoffs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Two of the prequels have the working titles of 9 Voyages and 10,000 Ships, respectively. 9 Voyages is centered around Lord Corlys Velaryon, a.k.a. The Sea Snake, the Lord of the Tides and head of House Velaryon. Velaryon also appears in the previously announced House of the Dragon, in which he’s played by Steve Toussaint. 10,000 Ships is about warrior queen Princess Nymeria, an ancestor of House Martell who founded the kingdom of Dorne. Two characters in the original series, Sand Snake Nymeria Sand and Arya’s direwolf, bore her name. Her story is set roughly 1,000 years before Game of Thrones, so it takes place way before the Westeros timeline than any of the other previously announc...
White Domestic Terrorist Robert Aaron Long Charged With Killing 8 People
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crisp County Sheriff’s Office / CCSO White domestic terrorist and alleged sex addict Robert Aaron Long has officially been charged with the murders of eight people after a shooting rampage earlier this week. The 21-year-old Georgia native took out his rage at three Atlanta-area massage parlors, sparking outrage among Asian Americans and others. The Associated Press reports that investigators are still examining the facts surrounding the three shootings, most especially as attacks against Asians have cropped up in the past year presumably due to former president Donald Trump racializing the coronavirus. However, Long told officials that his shooting spree on Tuesday (March 16) was not motivated by racism but instead an addiction to sex, and carried out the...
Suspicious 31-Year-Old White Man Arrested Outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’ D.C. Residence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Wong / Getty These white men are proving time and time again that they are the most dangerous people on the face of the planet. CNN reports that 31-year-old Bryan Texas resident, Paul Murray, was arrested outside of the US Naval Observatory, Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence on Wednesday (Mar.17). Murray, a veteran, is now facing weapons and ammunition charges after “a rifle and ammunition were recovered from his vehicle” by law enforcement. Details from a spokesperson for the Washington Metropolitan Police state “at approximately 12:12 pm, to the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW in reference to a suspicious person based on an intelligence bulletin that originated from Texas, who was detained by US Secret Service.” Accordin...
Dr. Dre Asks Judge To Declare Him A Single Man
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz In the latest monthly installment of Dr. Dre’s Divorce Saga, the iconic Hip-Hop producer/rapper is looking to move on with his love life and asking a judge to help make it so. According to TMZ The Chronic artist is requesting a bifurcation of his divorce proceedings in hopes that the judge not only declares he and his estranged wife, Nicole Young, as officially single and ready to mingle, but also to decide how the assets get divided later on. Dre’s now taken this action as he feels that there’s absolutely no chance of reconciliation between he and his wife of 24 years. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Dre says his divorce from his estranged wife, Nicole Young, has gotten to the point of no return. In the docs, Dre s...
