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Waka Flocka Says The Pandemic Got Him “Broke”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net The pandemic of 2020 left many peoples pockets looking like rabbit ears due to lack or work and price gauging of essential supplies and though you’d expect entertainers to be well-off in such times, Waka Flocka was not one of them. While filming Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta, the “Hard In Da Paint” rapper revealed that he’s no longer balling like he used in the past few years much less like he was at the height of his popularity. Speaking to his momager, Deb Antney, Waka admitted that he’s “broke” as he hasn’t been able to perform for any bags in a few months. “If you don’t make money, ma, technically you don’t got money. I lost millions.” Well, when he characterizes his situation like that, Waka might be glad to know he probab...
Samaria Rice & Lisa Simpson Drop List of Demands Telling Activists Stop Profiting Off Black Pain
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andrew Burton / Getty Samaria Rice and Lisa Simpson are making it perfectly loud and clear. They are not here for any of the activists and people they feel are making a buck off their dead sons’ names and Black pain. Earlier in the week, Rice took to Facebook to call out Tamika D. Mallory, calling her a clout chaser following her appearance during Lil Baby’s Grammy’s performance of his protest song “The Bigger Picture.” A very upset Rice also accused Mallory and others associated with the Black Lives Matter movement of profiting off their dead relatives. Now, Rice has teamed up with Lisa Simpson, the mother of Richard Risher, who was shot and killed after being accused of shooting at police officers to release a statement breaking down what exactly the tw...
Pop Smoke “AP,” Gunplay ft. Rick Ross “Pyrex Poppin” & More | Daily Visuals 3.18.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty A few weeks ago Pop Smoke made his posthumous film debut in Eddie Huang’s basketball film Boogie, and while it made his untimely death that much harder to swallow, all we can do is celebrate the man’s life by bumping his music. Releasing a new visuals for the Boogie soundtrack cut, “AP,” Pop Smoke’s legacy continues to live as we get stock footage of him living his Hip-Hop dream while getting scenes of him doing his Hollywood thing. Rest In Power, Pop. Back down South, Gunplay returns after a lengthy hiatus and in his visuals to “Pyrex Poppin” links up with the Bawse, Rick Ross to get things extra lit in the trap house. Looks dangerous in there but hella fun too. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Paapa-Berchie, R...
Above & Beyond Announce Return to London for Group Therapy 450 Celebration
As their first official stint with a live audience following the world-wide pandemic, venerated trance trio Above & Beyond have announced their return to the UK for a weekend-long celebration. Commemorating 450 episodes of their weekly Group Therapy Radio show, the band will be hosting a two-day outdoor festival in their hometown of London. Set to take place Saturday, August 14th and Sunday, August 15th, the festival will showcase a star-studded roster of trance and progressive acts from the band’s two record labels, Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Playing host to the festivities will be the Drumsheds, a groundbreaking London event space with ten acres of outdoor use and state-of-the-art-production. A brainchild of the famed Printworks venue, Drumsheds sits to the north of London in ...
Justice Are Taking Legal Action Against Justin Bieber for Trademark Infringement
Legendary electronic music duo Justice have sent Justin Bieber a cease-and-desist letter for what they claim is an infringement on their trademarked logo and branding. The letter stems from the cover of Bieber’s new album Justice, which is scheduled to release tomorrow, March 19th. Fans of Justice and their record label, Ed Banger Records, pointed out similarities between the “t” in Justice’s logo and the “t” in the typeface of Bieber’s Justice cover. Many fans believed that the pop star and the iconic French production tandem were collaborating on new music, according to Justice’s co-manager Tyler Goldberg. “The morning Bieber announced his album, it was pretty tough to miss,” Goldberg told Rolling Stone. “Aside from seein...
Karol G & Anuel AA Call It Quits After Dating for Two Years: Report
The two have collaborated multiple times since, including Anuel’s “China” with Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and J Balvin; “Dices Que Te Vas”; Hear this Music’s “Tu No Amas”; the quarantine-born “Follow”; and, most recently, with Balvin on Karol’s country-tinged urban bop “Location,” which debuted at No. 6 on the Hot Latin Songs chart dated Feb. 27. Currently, Anuel is making the rounds with Los Dioses, his joint album with Ozuna, which debuted at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart (dated Feb. 6), marking the first to debut atop the chart in 2021. Meanwhile, Karol revealed that her third studio album KG0516 will be released on March 25. She also unveiled the official “cover of my dreams,” shot by David LaChapelle. Billboard reached out to both Karol’s and Anuel’s camps for further comme...
M&Ms Launch Curated Spotify Playlists for Life’s Sweetest Moments
There are 28 different M&M’s messages packs available, each with its own unique message and complementary Spotify playlist to match the theme. Some themes include “Have a great day pretending to do work” matched with a playlist oozing boss energy and “Slay Girl,” which features a playlist filled with female artists. “Music and M&M’S have an incredible power to help us connect to one another and celebrate life,” said Allison Miazga-Bedrick, Mars Wrigley senior brand director, in a press statement. “Incorporating music into M&M’S Messages packs are a new way for us to help fans share their true selves and connect with others, which helps us live our purpose of better moments and more smiles.” “There̵...
Matt ‘Money’ Miller, Titus Andronicus Founding Keyboardist, Dies at 34
Matt “Money” Miller, the founding keyboardist of Titus Andronicus, has died, according to his cousin and the band’s frontman Patrick Stickles. He was 34. Stickles announced Miller’s “sudden and untimely” death on the band’s Twitter account Wednesday. No cause of death has been revealed yet. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce to you the sudden and untimely death of Matt ‘Money’ Miller, founding keyboardist of Titus Andronicus, cover model of ‘A Productive Cough,’ lead vocalist of ‘Home Alone (On Halloween),’ my beloved cousin and the dearest friend I ever had,” Stickles wrote on the official Titus Andronicus Twitter account along their pictures. “It’s hard to know what to say, but I ...
Megan Thee Stallion Thanks Haters for Pushing Her All the Way to the Grammys
“The fact that somebody telling me, ‘No, you can’t,’ made me be like, ‘Bi—, yes I can!'” the 3-time winner says in new video. Haters are Megan Thee Stallion‘s motivators, and they never stopped the “Don’t Stop” rapper from becoming who she is today: a three-time Grammy-winning artist. Before she took home three awards Sunday night — best rap song and best rap performance for her “Savage” remix, featuring Beyoncé, as well as best new artist — Meg previewed her “Road to the Grammys” in the latest “Hottie World” YouTube vlog. Grueling days of dance practice with famed choreographer JaQuel Knight led Meg to reflect on her even longer road to superstardom, as the mont...
Coachella Being Pushed Back to 2022: Report
Once again, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival is being pushed back. Following three separate postponements due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the California festival and its sister event Stagecoach Country are reportedly set to return in April 2022. Like every year prior, Coachella was initially scheduled to go down in spring of 2020, but was optimistically pushed back to October once the coronavirus entered the fray. Those fall dates obviously didn’t happen, so the fest was briefly pushed back again until April of 2021 — and then nixed again earlier this year. There was some speculation floating around that the fest was vying for a make-up date in October of this year, but now it seems like they’re holding out for another full trip around the sun. According to Variety and Rolling S...
Armie Hammer Accused of Rape, LAPD Launches Investigation
Warning: The following article contains potentially triggering material relating to sexual assault and violence. If you are a victim of sexual assault, you can access helpful resources by calling RAINN at 1-800-656-4673. During a Thursday press conference with her attorney Gloria Allred, a woman identifying herself as Effie stepped forward to accuse actor Armie Hammer of committing violent rape and physical abuse. “On April 24, 2017, Armie Hammer violently raped me for over four hours in Los Angeles,” said Effie, according to Variety. “During which he repeatedly slapped my head against a wall bruising my face. He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent.” “During those four hours, I tried to get away but he wouldn’t let me. I thought that he was going to ...
Another Bag Secured: LeBron James Finalizes PepsiCo Deal, Will Be The Face of New Moutain Dew Energy Drink
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty LeBron James is not just shutting up and dribbling anytime soon. The future Hall-of-Famer has secured another bag. King James officially finalized a multi-year endorsement deal with PepsiCo ending his 17-year-long partnership with Coca-Cola. News of James ditching Coca-Cola for Pepsi first hit the news cycle back in January, but no details were revealed at the time until now. Coca-Cola also confirmed its relationship with James is over in a statement saying, “LeBron’s contract came up at a time when both he and The Coca-Cola Company were actively reviewing all of its resources to make sure it was investing in places that ensured long-term growth. After many discussions with Lebron and his team, we mutually agreed to part ways....
