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Who’s Your Favorite IFPI Top 10 Global Recording Artist of 2020? Vote!
BTS were named the 2020 IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year, an annual honor that recognizes an act’s worldwide popularity across streaming and sales, including vinyl, downloads and CDs. But which of the IFPI’s Top 10 Global Recording Artists is your favorite? The K-pop boy band set a benchmark by becoming the first award-winning act to perform primarily in a language other than English as well as the first South Korean and first Asian act to take the title. Taylor Swift comes in second after winning the top accolade in 2014 and 2019, with 2016 and 2018 champion Drake in the third slot. More U.S. and Canadian acts such as The Weeknd (No. 4) and Billie Eilish (No. 5) flood the top 10. Juice WRLD is the only act who appea...
Meet the Fierce Women Behind Natti Natasha’s New Single ‘Las Nenas’: Cazzu, Farina & La Duraca
She continues: “I can describe Farina as humble, La Duraca as unique, and Cazzu as talented. They all have so many great qualities that it’s hard to pick only one.” A vibrant music video, directed by Daniel Duran in Miami, features all four artists breaking the rules and partying on their own terms. “Alone or together, we’re all one,” Natti chants in the song. At the end of the music video, Becky G makes a cameo, where she’s seen picking up Natti from the crazy house party the morning after. “It’s a continuation, there’s something coming,” Natti says, hinting at another collaboration with Becky. Meet the nenas behind Las Nenas below: CAZZU: Born Julieta Cazzucheli, the Argentine trap artist is a self-proclaimed emo girl whose dulcet vocals focus on love, heartbreak, and second chances, as ...
Lil Baby Is as ‘Real as It Gets’ in New Music Video, Featuring EST Gee
Lil Baby enlists up-and-coming Louisville rapper EST Gee for his latest “Real As It Gets” music video. The two count up their respective stacks while rolling with a large entourage before debating where to keep rolling in the Caleb Jermale-directed video. Before wrapping his lyric about being impatient, someone discusses shooting one more scene, to which Lil Baby nonchalantly replies, “We finna shoot it right here.” The 26-year-old rapper is showing no signs of slowing down, as his new single joins the other two loosies, “On Me” and “Errbody,” he dropped following his ultra-successful run with My Turn. His sophomore album My Turn was declared the most popular album and most-streamed album of 2020 in the...
Vanessa Hudgens Reunites With Pregnant Ashley Tisdale for a Sweet Photo
Before they had to go their own way again, High School Musical co-stars Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens came together for the first time in nearly a year. “It’s taken 9 months but safely we got a picture before my girl left again. Love you @VanessaHudgens,” Tisdale captioned their picture, which shows Hudgens hugging her baby bump. “I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUUUCCCCH,” Hudgens commented underneath her Instagram post, to which Tisdale replied, “@vanessahudgens I LOVE YOUUUUU.” Hudgens also shared MTV’s tweet comparing their most recent picture to a throwback shot of the two from 2005 before the first installment of HSM aired on Disney Channel on her IG Story, writing, “periodt.” You Deserve to Make Mon...
Nas to Young Rappers: “There’s No One Keeping Me Up at Night”
Nas isn’t feeling threatened by the youngest generation of rappers. In a new interview with the Financial Times, the hip-hop veteran revealed that while he enjoys many of today’s rising stars, there’s “no one keeping me up at night.” Until relatively recently, hip-hop was considered a young person’s game. However, now that rappers such as the 47-year-old Nas have proven that they can carry out successful careers well into their middle-age, the competitive nature of the genre lends itself to playful generational warfare. During his interview with FT, which was mostly focused on his historic career and various business ventures, the Illmatic icon took a moment to share his thoughts on the rap titans of today — many of whom are more than half his age. “I appreciate what’s ...
Banksy Claims Reading Prison Artwork with Happy Little Video Featuring Bob Ross
A provocative work of street art appeared on the walls of Reading Prison on Monday, and now Banksy has claimed it as his own using a happy little video with Bob Ross. The image shows a prisoner sliding down bedsheets that are tied together and anchored by a typewriter. As the BBC reports, some observers have noted a resemblance between the escaping con and Reading’s most famous inmate Oscar Wilde, who was sentenced to two years hard labor for gross indecency with other men, and who celebrated his release with the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”. While the graffiti appeared to be in Banksy’s style, the author wasn’t confirmed until today, March 4th, when the guerrilla artist shared a video called “Create Escape”. It used archival commentary from the late, great Bob Ross, overlaying his wo...
Noname’s New Book Club Headquarters To Offer Food Drives, Free Political Education Classes, And More
Source: PYMCA / Getty The pandemic lockdown hasn’t slowed Noname down one bit. This week, the Chicago native revealed that she’s building an official brick-and-mortar headquarters for her “Noname Book Club.” According to The Grio, the announcement first appeared on Instagram Stories where she shared images of an empty retail space undergoing construction on Monday (March 1). “Everything provided in this space will be FREE,” she explained on Instagram. “We service the community. We cannot wait for Biden or any other white supremacist political to provide for the people. Capitalism doesn’t end by itself. We have to start building a worker-led solidarity economy. The government would rather bomb Somalia than pay your rent.” In another photo, the rapper shared that the ...
Loco Logic: Tekashi 6ix9ine Says He’s Not A “Snitch”, Says His Crew Wasn’t Loyal
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital After turning states evidence against his former homies turned extorters and baby mama smashers, Tekashi 6ix9ine is looking to salvage whatever reputation he has left (he has none) by astonishingly claiming he’s not a snitch or a rat. No, seriously. The rap troll who went from being one of the most popular rappers in the game to the most prolific government informant in Hip-Hop history is now telling TMZ that he doesn’t consider working with the feds “snitching.” During a Live with TMZ, Tekashi justified his tattletale ways by invoking the “loyalty” argument and how his crew betrayed him first by kidnapping him, beating him and of course, robbing him of stacks of cash. After saying he has beefed with all coasts during his run (he did), Tekashi asks TMZ “D...
Megan Thee Stallion Shows Her Versatility In New Maroon 5 Single “Beautiful Mistakes”
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Megan Thee Stallion isn’t letting a pandemic stop her bags. Fresh off the announcement of her starring n Calvin Klein’s new spring ad campaign, the Houston rapper linked up with Maroon 5 on the pop group’s new song “Beautiful Mistakes.” On the three-and-a-half-minute track, the “Cry Baby” crafter slows down her usual fast flow for a more melodic one showing that Megan can switch up her style when she wants to. Another surprise to listeners and fans of the Houston rapper is that we even hear Thee Stallion singing towards the end of her verse. Speaking with Apple Music’s Zane Low, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine had nothing but high praises for Megan Thee Stallion, calling her a “superstar” and adding that the group was impressed with her versatility. ...
HHW Gaming: Upgraded Nintendo Switch Model With 7-Inch Samsung OLED Display Coming This Year: Report
Source: SOPA Images / Getty It’s been long-rumored that Nintendo would be dropping a new Nintendo Switch model. This latest report is the closest thing to a confirmation of said model we have gotten yet. Bloomberg reports Nintendo will be dropping an upgraded Switch model this year with an OLED screen. According to the report, Samsung Display will be supplying the 7-inch 720p rigid OLED panel, and it will go into mass production sometime in June. The current Nintendo Switch model has a 6.2-inch 720p LCD panel, while the Nintendo Switch Lite sports a 5.5-inch 720p LCD. One of the biggest complaints about the current Nintendo Switch model is that it has a hard time running many games at a native resolution while being used in handheld mode. Bloomberg states in its report that the ...
Tom Morello Hits Back at Accusation of ‘White Privilege’: ‘I’m Not White’
Rage Against the Machine guitarist/activist Tom Morello is usually a man of many words but in a response to a Twitter user who accused him of “white man privilege” on Wednesday, he gave a simple answer to the accusation. His reply? “I’m not white.” The guitarist sent the message to Twitter user @TheRealNubian2, who had criticized him for defending his friendship with Ted Nugent, the guitarist who espouses strong right-wing views. His accuser identifies on Twitter as: “She/Her. Feminist SJW. Not an American but will talk shit anyway.” Morello, the son of an American mother of Italian and Irish descent and a father, Kikuyu Kenyan, who is from Kenya, told the story of his friendship with the Motor City Madman to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show earlier this week. Discussi...
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band The Ultimate Collection Reissue Will Feature 87 Never-Before-Heard Recordings
Yoko Ono Lennon will celebrate 50 years of the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band — a record Lennon described as “the best thing I’ve ever done” — with the release of a massive eight-disc super-deluxe box set. The 159-track, 11-hour collection, which boasts 87 never-before-heard recordings, arrives April 16 via and Capitol/UMe. The ultimate mix of “Mother” launches the album as the first single. The box explores the album’s 1970 recording sessions at EMI Studios 2 & 3 and Abbey Road along with John’s post-Beatles singles “Give Peace A Chance,” “Cold Turkey” and “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On).” Tracks from inception to the final master are revealed via unreleased and rare demos, rehearsals, outtakes, jams and studio conversations. A variety of new listening ex...
