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Starz Casts Snoop Dogg, LaLa Anthony & Serayah For ‘Black Mafia Family’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN.com / WENN The on screen story of BMF just got more appealing. 50 Cent and crew have signed on some heavy hitters to the roster. As spotted on Deadline the Starz Network has announced some very notable additions to the upcoming Black Mafia Family series. According to a formal press release Snoop Dogg will have a reoccurring role as a spiritual advisor to the Flenory family. “Pastor Swift” is a man of The Word, with the aura of an ex-con. The Pastor believes in the power of the Lord, and does his best to keep Meech and Terry in good graces. But Pastor Swift eventually ingratiates himself into every part of the Flenory’s life, including helping find a lawyer, and becoming a confidante. Also joining the project is LaLa Anthony as “Markaisha Taylor,...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH 3.12.21 [Playlist]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: martin-dm / Getty We at Hip-Hop Wired pride ourselves on being fully immersed in the music of the culture we rep proudly. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. This week’s playlist opens with the track “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” from Drake featuring Coming 2 America film set host, and certifiably rich rapper, Rick Ross. While Rozay does his thing on the joint, Drizzy went into a new gear on his verse and displayed that cocky ferocity he’s become known for. Following is Benny The Butcher’s atop Harry Fraud’s production for “Thanksgiving,” the first single from next week’s Plugs I Met 2 which features the B...
Not Enough: Family Of George Floyd Gets $27M Settlement From Minneapolis
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty George Floyd should still be alive today, but he isn’t due to the actions of former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who is currently on trial for the murder of the Texas native. While no amount of money will suffice in the loss of a loved one, the family of Floyd reached a record settlement with the city to the tune of $27 million. The Associated Press shared via a report that Friday, the city of Minneapolis came to an agreement with the family of Floyd in connection with a civil lawsuit filed on their side. This occurred while Chauvin’s murder trial is still at the jury selection stage, setting a backdrop of epic proportions and a stark reminder of the tensions that loom ahead as the matter will get heard later this mon...
Women Who Coughed On Uber Driver Arrested & Charged With Assault
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / Youtube This past Sunday and Uber driver in San Francisco found himself being assaulted and coughed on after some unruly women took issue with his request for them to wear their face masks while riding in his car. Well, those women are now facing charges as authorities have already taken one into custody while another has turned herself in. TMZ is reporting that Malaysia King has been arrested by the San Francisco Police Department. King is seen in the video wearing a red mask and amping up the situation and telling the driver he was going to get “beat down.” Truth be told, the three women together look like they could’ve given the man a universal the way they were acting. Just sayin.’ As for the other passengers, authorities already have a beat on ...
Skream Reveals Collaboration With MUST DIE! and Akeos
It looks like a dream collaboration between three influential electronic music artists may soon hit streaming platforms. Pioneering producer Skream took to Twitter to drop a serendipitous bomb of an announcement today, March 12th, revealing a collaboration with MUST DIE! and Akeos. The reveal lit a fuse in the tweet’s reply section, which erupted with glee from many of the artists’ contemporaries. The unreleased track will find one of the most iconic producers in dubstep colliding with two of the genre’s most forward-thinking young artists of today. Skream, MUST DIE!, and Akeos are technically pristine in both their sound design and audio engineering, a notion that should both excite and terrify the bass music community. Considering the versatility and genre-defiance...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Carl Cox, Nala, Deorro, Wuki & More
If all you know about Ibiza is that a bunch of DJs play and basically live there every summer (except last summer…and this summer) then you might be surprised to know that the world-famous Balearic party island is also home to a football club, UD Ibiza. The team was recently the subject of a five-part documentary, Club Ibiza: The Sessions, for which electronic titan Carl Cox — one of Ibiza’s much-beloved former DJ residents — created the title track, “Sand, Moon & Stars.” It doesn’t take long for this track to transport you beachside at sunset with its shakers and glittering arpeggios, while expansive synth strings in the background create a visceral, almost panoramic effect — you see and feel the sand encrusting your feet, the ocean spray on your face, th...
A Timeline of Selena Gomez & Cardi B’s Friendship
Below, find a full timeline of Selena and Cardi’s relationship, as they’ve evolved from fans to collaborators to friends. November 2017: Selena Gomez reveals she’s listening to Cardi B In an interview with YouTuber Hugo Gloss, Selena is asked who she’s listening to at the moment and her fandom is revealed. “Oh man, I love Cardi B!” Gomez tells Gloss. “I listen to a lot of pop and hip-hop.” This is early on in Cardi’s mainstream success, as her breakout hit “Bodak Yellow” had just topped the Billboard Hot 100 two months prior. September 2018: “Taki Taki” is released From a fan to collaborators: DJ Snake pairs the two superstars for the first time — alongside Latin chart-topper Ozuna — on the brand-new ...
Halsey Is Selling Her Artwork for the First Time in NFT Auction
Halsey is turning her nightmares into art with the NFT series “People Disappear Here,” she announced Friday (March 12). The series will be released on Nifty Gateway, a marketplace where some of the biggest NFT collectors have congregated, on Wednesday, March 17. The collection breathes life into animations of seven characters from Halsey’s original “People Disappear Here” painting soundtracked to eerie music, as well as the digital animation of the full original painting. The original physical “People Disappear Here” artwork, which was hand-painted and signed by the Manic singer, will be up for auction. “The characters are all inspired by figures that occurred in a series of sleep paralysis nightmares I had at home du...
Jennifer Lopez & Alex Rodriguez Break Off Engagement
Lopez first showed off her engagement ring via social media on March 9, 2019, while the two were vacationing in the Bahamas. For the majority of the quarantine, Lopez and Rodriguez have spent time at home with their blended family, including her 13-year-old twins Maximilian “Max” David and Emme Maribel with ex-husband Marc Anthony and Rodriguez’s daughters Ella, 12, and Natasha, 16, with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis. The pandemic also postponed their wedding plans, which Lopez talked about in an interview with Today host Hoda Kotb. “I’m a little heartbroken because we did have some great plans, but I’m also like, ‘You know what? God has a bigger plan.’ And so we just have to wait and see,” the supersta...
Eyehategod’s A History of Nomadic Behavior Delivers a Fresh Batch of Potent Sludge: Review
The Lowdown: Few myths have been beaten into the ground as badly as the adage that rock ‘n’ roll is supposed to represent danger. Within metal specifically, cultivating a dark aura is so par for the course that it’s actually one of the safest routes artists can take. Nevertheless, when the New Orleans sludgecore outfit Eyehategod roared their way to prominence in the ‘90s with albums like In the Name of Suffering and Dopesick, the woefulness that pervaded their music came from a genuine place. Where the majority of their peers tended toward exaggerated expressions of anger, Eyehategod’s forays into addiction, mental illness, and despair didn’t come across as an affectation, but as a raw glimpse into the human condition that cut all the way to the bone. Eyehategod didn’t need to draw from t...
2021 Razzie Nominations: Wonder Woman 1984, Hillbilly Elegy, and Rudy Giuliani Tapped As This Year’s Lowlights
The 2021 Razzie nominations are here. Officially dubbed the Golden Raspberry Awards, the beloved annual ceremony bestows prizes to the most amazingly awful movies, acting performances, and directing jobs of the year. Even though 2020 was historically light on new content, the Razzies trudged forward. The 41st iteration of the awards is broken down into nine categories such as Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screenplay, etc. There’s a decent array of films that made the overall list, but some of the repeat offenders are Robert Downey Jr.’s Dolittle remake, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy adaptation, Sia’s controversial Music, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, and of course Mike “The My Pillow Guy” Lindell’s hilariously atrocious pro-Trump romp, Absolute Proof. Other notew...
Purity Ring Announce Fall 2021 Tour Dates, Share “sinew” Video: Watch
With President Biden determined to get the majority of American adults vaccinated by summer, bands are earnestly beginning to look forward to the return of live music. Purity Ring are the latest to announce 2021 tour dates, which they’ve shared alongside the video for their track “sinew”. The song comes from WOMB, the synth-pop duo’s first album in five years that was released just before the pandemic struck. Directed by Toby Stretch, the clip brings back the abstract graphics and costumes that featured in the “stardew” music video, continuing the enigmatic story of the domed bicyclist and their sun-headed sidecar companion. Check out the “sinew” visuals ahead. The clip is sure to get fans hyped for more of Purity Ring’s crystalline sounds, and the band hopes to share them in person again ...
