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Read The Prodigy’s Tender Tribute to Keith Flint on Anniversary of Legendary Singer’s Death
On the second anniversary of Keith Flint‘s death, iconic electronic music group The Prodigy has shared a tender tribute to their fallen brother. Flint, who tragically took his own life, was found dead on March 4th, 2019 in his Essex home. Check out The Prodigy’s full tribute to their late frontman below via a tweet posted by the group yesterday. The news of the sudden death of Flint, who is prevalently considered to be an early linchpin and innovator of the electronic music genre, shook the music industry to its core two years ago. “It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint,” The Prodigy tweeted at the time. “A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed.” The...
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall Announce The Marfa Tapes, Share “In His Arms”: Stream
Country superstar Miranda Lambert has teamed up with songwriters Jack Ingram and Jon Randall for the new album The Marfa Tapes. It drops May 7th, and to preview the release, the group has unveiled the lead single “In His Arms”. Lambert, Ingram, and Randall are hardly strangers; the trio previously collaborated on Lambert’s twice Grammy-nominated single “Tin Man” (2016), as well as the fan favorite “Tequila Does” (2019). Fresh takes on both of those songs will appear on The Marfa Tapes, but the majority of the 15-track effort has never been heard outside of Marfa, Texas. The small town is home to only about 1,800 people, but for five days last November it also hosted three musicians, two microphones, and one acoustic guitar. The stripped-down recording session tried to capture the stark bea...
Fijian Rapper Jesswar Releases Debut EP TROPIXX: Stream
Three years after she set out to write and record her own music, rising Fijian rapper Jesswar has just released her debut EP TROPIXX via Inertia Music/PIAS. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. TROPIXX is a six-track EP meant to introduce listeners to Jesswar’s range of skills. On the previously released singles “Medusa” and “Venom”, she shows off a verbal tenacity and community-driven storytelling that seeks to empower fellow marginalized people, and that remains true for the other tracks on the EP. The way she sees it, holistic independence doesn’t have to mean you’re estranged from kinship or unity. “When I first started writing TROPIXX, I was tired of being overlooked, and I knew I had a lot to say. It was really upsetting to wake up every day and see how women of color are con...
Steven Spielberg Bringing Stephen King’s The Talisman to Netflix
Steven Spielberg is teaming with Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers to bring Stephen King and Peter Straub’s fantasy epic, The Talisman, to Netflix as a series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deals are still being finalized and in negotiations. For nearly 40 years, Spielberg has owned the rights to an adaptation of the nearly 1,000-page novel and long expressed a desire to bring it to the screen. “I feel that in the very near future, that’s going to be our richest collaboration,” he told Entertainment Weekly in 2018. “Universal bought the book for me, so it wasn’t optioned. It was an outright sale of the book. I’ve owned the book since ’82, and I’m hoping to get this movie made in the next couple of years. I’m not committing to the project as a director, I’m j...
Tim Commerford: Rage Against the Machine Will “Never” Play Drive-In Shows or 10% Capacity Venues
Last year, Rage Against the Machine were set to reunite for perhaps the most anticipated rock tour of 2020. Whether the band embarks on its rescheduled outing this year remains to be seen, but bassist Tim Commerford suggests that it won’t happen until they can play in front of packed venues. The pandemic forced Rage Against the Machine to table their first tour in 10 years, just a few weeks before it was set to kick off. As of now, the rescheduled dates are slated to begin June 3rd in El Paso, Texas. It just so happens that Texas is set to lift all capacity restrictions (and foolishly end mask mandates) beginning next week, but that’s not the case in most states. Either way, Commerford is not looking to play drive-in shows, where people watch from their cars, or reduced capacity concerts. ...
Assault Victim Claims Associates of Kenneth Petty And Nicki Minaj Harassed Her
Source: @PhotosByBeanz / @PhotosByBeanz 2021 continues to be a tough year for Nicki Minaj and her family. The rapper and her husband are being accused of intimidating a woman who is tied to his criminal past. As spotted on Complex the celebrity couple have their names wrapped up in more scandal. More importantly it is traced to Kenneth Petty’s very extensive rap sheet. For those that don’t know the Queens native is registered as a Level 2 sex offender on New York State’s Sex Offender Registry. According to the registry he was convicted of attempted first-degree rape back in April 1995 in connection to an a incident when he and the victim were 16-years-old. The documentation also confirms he used a sharp object, presumably a knife, during the crime. 26 years later she says that she is ...
Travis Scott Teases New Air Jordan 6 “Cactus Jack”‘s
Source: Rachpoot/MEGA / Getty Well, they ain’t the one-of-one mustard yellow 6’s that Offset was blessed with, but the next Air Jordan “Cactus Jack” 6’s are pretty sweet. After months of rumors and leaks of the upcoming “British Khaki” colorway, La Flame finally showed the final product of what we can expect and you can already smell the pending “L”‘s on deck. Taking to his IG stories to tease a kids size version of the “Cactus Jack” 6’s with a special Jordan box along side a hoodie to match, hypebeasts and sneaker botters are already preparing for the upcoming release which of course will result and much pain and suffering from the sneaker community. As y’all can see the kicks feature that side pocket that stood out on the original “Olive” 6 release of 2019 but these are supposed to come ...
A Dallas Man Has Been Indicted For Rapper MO3’s Murder
Source: @Saybrea / Rad It seems one of the most tragic Rap news stories from 2020 is not getting swept under the rug. Police have announced that they have possibly identified MO3’s assailant. The Dallas News is reporting that local police have charged a man for taking the life of the MC. Last week the Dallas County grand jury indicted Kewon Dontrell White, 22, on murder charges. While the crime occurred back in November the documentation shows he was arrested three weeks after the incident and has sat in a federal correctional facility since. While details on how the badges pointed White as a suspect are still unclear, court records state that the shooter wore a ski mask to protect his identity. Born Melvin A. Noble, the “Everybody” rapper was a favorite in his hometown and seemed to have ...
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The Air Max 90 “Bacon” To Release on Air Max Day [Photod]
Source: Nike / NIke Is it us or is Nike really dropping a lot of food-themed sneaker collaborations as of late? From the Ben & Jerry’s “Chunky Dunkys” to their SB “TurDUNKen“‘s, the swoosh brand’s really been cooking up some interesting ideas in their kitchen and are once again serving up something for the foodies of the sneaker world. Source: Nike / NIke Their latest food-inspired creation comes by way of the Air Max 90 “Bacon” courtesy of the OG collab via Dave’s Quality Meats (of course). The meat-inspired colorway features a “Sail/Sheen/Straw/Medium Brown” color combination that resembles, well, bacon. Explaining that it took him three to four months to decide on what he wanted his collaboration to look like, Dave says he found himself starving and hit up a local bodega for a bacon...
Jeep SUVs May Drop Cherokee Name, Says Parent Company Stellantis
So, what’s Jeep going to do? Well, when the story first dropped two weeks ago at Car and Driver, it included a statement from Jeep that said, among other things, that the automaker was open to a dialogue with the Cherokee Nation and that it’s always intended to “honor” and “celebrate” the tribe with the name. However, principal chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. asking that Jeep drop the name altogether undercuts the basis of the company’s position. After all, how can an automaker honor a group by using its name when the group doesn’t want Jeep using the name? Which brings us to the latest turn in the Cherokee name’s future at Jeep, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: Jeep may be open to ditching the name. This is a decision that Jeep c...
20 Questions With Nicole Moudaber: The Techno Legend on the Causes Most Important To Her
1. Where are you in the world right now, and what’s the setting like? I’m currently in Bali, and the setting is magical. I wish that I could show you where I’m at right now – I’m in the middle of the rice fields surrounded by green and an amazing tropical pool. There’s a mini Komodo dragon roaming around the garden that I say hi to every morning when I’m having my coffee. 2. What is the first album or piece of music you bought for yourself, and what was the medium? Well, I think it was Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense by Fela Kuti. I was in Nigeria – where I was born, in Ibadan – listening to Afrobeat, lots of rhythmic music. Fela Kuti is a legend and a God in West Africa. That’s all we used to listen to; a lot of funk and soul. Fela Kuti made an impression on me because he was very p...
Cardi B Deactivates Twitter Over Backlash for Dropping a Doll Instead of an Album
The Grammy-winning rapper exclusively revealed she’s releasing her own doll on the TODAY Show. Cardi opened up about how she wanted to design a doll that not only looks like her but also represents a diverse array of girls, including her 2-year-old daughter Kulture, because she didn’t have that luxury growing up. “I have a 2-year-old, right? And I buy dolls every time I go to Target, and they expensive. So somebody came with this idea to me and I’m like, ‘That is great, because I would love my daughter to play with a doll that looks like me,'” Cardi said during the interview. “Growing up, I ain’t ever seen a doll that look like me. I ain’t ever seen a doll that really represents me. When you go to the doll aisle when you was my age, it&#...
