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Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to 2019 Gun Charge
Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge on Friday (Dec. 11) stemming from a December 2019 incident where federal authorities searched a private plane he was traveling to Miami on and found a gun in his luggage. The rapper was charged last month with one count of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and faces up to 10 years in jail. According to the Miami Herald, the rapper said that the gun was a Father’s Day gift. Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was charged with drug- and weapons-related felonies in 2008, along with two other people. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to the charges on a plea deal. The current charge is brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Federal law ba...
Taylor Swift, Kid Cudi & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!
Buckle up, because this week’s wave of new music is taking listeners on quite the wild ride! Taylor Swift lures the Swifties deeper into the woods with her second surprise album of 2020, Evermore, while Kid Cudi‘s trilogy-capping Man On The Moon III: The Chosen flies his fans back to the moon one decade after the second edition. Meanwhile, The Kid LAROI and Juice WRLD‘s “Reminds Me of You” single and Chris Cornell‘s final studio album No One Sings Like You Anymore soundtracks fans’ journeys down memory lane with their beloved late artists: the Legends Never Die rapper and the Soundgarden leader. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It ...
First Out: New Music From Troye Sivan, K.Flay, Channel Tres & More
Troye Sivan, “Easy (with Kacey Musgraves feat. Mark Ronson)” It’s not often that a remix fundamentally improves on an original — but on Troye Sivan’s new remix of his track “Easy,” featuring none other than country-pop superstar Kacey Musgraves and pop auteur Mark Ronson, that is exactly the case. The new, dizzying synth sound pairs perfectly with Musgraves’ new verse, as the two imbue the song with an even deeper “crying on the dancefloor” feel than the original. Add onto that the mullet-filled, Nashville-based music video, and you’ve got a sure-fire winner on your hands. K.Flay, Don’t Judge a Song By Its Cover No one necessarily asked for a cover of Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff,” or The Offspring...
NiziU’s Debut Single Tops Japan Hot 100
The nine-member group’s pre-debut track, “Make you happy,” became a long-running top 10 hit that continues to hold at No. 9 this week, but the track peaked at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100, so “Step and a step” becomes NiziU’s first No. 1 hit. While LiSA’s “Homura” ducks to No. 2 for the second time, the emotional rock ballad continues to maintain momentum, leading downloads for the eighth week, streaming for the seventh, and karaoke for the third, all consecutively. The single adds 11,774 copies to its ever-growing total, sailing past the 200k mark this week (209,410 copies). King Gnu’s latest release, “Sanmon Shosetsu” (“Pulp Fiction”), jumps 14-4 on the Japan Hot 100. The popular four-man mixture band’s first new single in a while comes in at No. 2 for sales (55,209 copies) and look-ups (t...
Music Collective xpxp Talks Latest Single ‘Dump Your Boyfriend feat. PAU’ & Looks Back on Music Trends of 2020
How did xpxp come about? Ryo Ito: A year ago or so I started thinking that people like me — people working amongst the creatives in the music industry — need to make music themselves. We make tracks and do sound production for artists, but there are other things we also want to do. I think it’s gotten easier to do that, and to show off what we come up with. Although there are still few opportunities for creators to share their creations, I don’t think that should hold us back. xpxp is something born from my desire to help open that door for other creators in Japan. Where did the idea of “girl crush” come from? her0ism: The theme “girl crush” was fueled by that feeling of a woman liking another woman beyond mere adoration. When you’re trying to make a track with a strong c...
FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf for Alleged ‘Relentless’ Abuse
Singer FKA Twigs [born Tahliah Debrett Barnett] is suing her ex-boyfriend, actor Shia LaBeouf, accusing the Transformers star of “relentless” abuse, including sexual battery, assault, emotional distress and that he “knowingly” giving her a sexually transmitted disease during their relationship, which spanned nearly a year between 2018 and 2019. According to the New York Times, the suit was filed in Los Angeles County on Friday. The Times also details several incidents, including one in 2019 where LaBeouf threatened to crash the car they were driving in if Twigs didn’t tell him she loved him. After Twigs begged to be let out of the car, LaBeouf pulled over at a gas station where he then, according to The Times, threw her bags out of the car’s trunk an...
2021 Maserati Ghibli, Quattroporte, and Levante Receive Lookalike Updates
On a macro level, the Maseratis are mostly the same—there are no radical redesigns or powertrain changes to speak of. Instead, Maserati made minor tweaks inside and out to ensure the cars were all recognizable as a part of the brand’s current family tree. To that end, every vehicle in the Maserati lineup gets a new front grille with vertical slats designed to look like a tuning fork. The grille itself will be available in chrome on GranLusso trims or black on GranSport trims. See all 29 photos Out back, the Levante, Quattroporte, and Ghibli also receive redesigned taillights. Though not matchy matchy as the trio’s shared grille design, the taillights on all three Maseratis feature a similar sort of “boomerang design” to their lighting elements. The new tails will be...
2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata’s Standard Apple CarPlay, Android Auto Zoom-Zooms Its Connectivity
The Mazda MX-5 Miata sees a modest bump to its base price for the 2021 model year. At $27,775, the entry-level Miata Sport costs $250 more than last year. Those extra bucks net buyers standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility on the model’s carryover 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Previously, Mazda limited Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to higher-end Miata Club and Grand Touring trims. While the Miata Sport remains a soft top-only affair, the Club and Grand Touring continue to offer retractable-hardtop RF versions in addition to their standard soft-top iterations. Going RF adds $2,755 to the $31,235 and $32,715 starting sums for the RF and Grand Touring. Like last year, stepping up to the mid-level Club trim adds kit such as a Bose premium sound syst...
Trump Supporter Lil Wayne Sold His Masters In June For Over $100M?
Source: Supplied by WENN.com / WENN Lil Wayne is getting sued for a cool $20 million, at least, by one of his ex-managers. But the interesting caveat is that Tunechi allegedly sold his masters to the Universal Music Group for over $100M. That’s kind of a big deal, and it sounds like a steal. According to TMZ, the Trump-supporting rapper stiffed Ronald Sweeney out of money he was due after helping Tunechi renegotiate his deal with Cash Money Records. Reportedly, Sweeney was hired back in 2005 and helped sort out the drama between Lil Wayne, Cash Money and the rapper’s Young Money label back in 2018, but he claims he never got all the money he was due. And this is when the tea gets scorching. Per Sweeney, in 2018 Wayne asked him to fire his longtime manager and childhood buddy Cortez Bryant,...
Minneapolis Teen Who Filmed George Floyd’s Death Honored With PEN America Award
The world wouldn’t have known the severity of George Floyd’s arrest and death if it weren’t for the cell phone footage a high school senior shared on social media the moment it happened. For that act of courage, one of the most prestigious organizations honored her at a virtual gala on Tuesday (Dec. 8). PEN America, a non-profit “literary and free expression” organization, awarded Source: The Washington Post / Getty the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award for documenting the heartbreaking event with remarkable grace and fortitude. Darnella Frazier’s extraordinary courage in the face of grave personal danger to document the death of George Floyd changed the history of our country and the world. Congratulations to Darnella Frazier on receiving the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Awar...
Waka Flocka’s Mom Deb Antney Comes Out As Trump Supporter In ‘Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta’ Trailer
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Waka Flocka was recently dragged after identifying as a Trump supporter, but it appears his mother, Deb Antney, was the reason behind his political endorsement. On Tuesday (Dec 8), the exclusive clip was released for the upcoming season of Growing Up Hip-Hop was released and it revealed the shocking news about Deb Antney‘s political affiliation–that she is a Trump supporter. The revelation, which was made in front of fellow cast members Da Brat, Drea Kelly, and LeLee Lyons at a brunch event, naturally triggered strong reactions, including Waka’s wife Tammy Rivera went so far as to say she was willing to disown her mother in law for the controversial point of view. When the news hit the circle, the friends “I f*ck with Trump,” said Antney. “You’re very ignorant...
Disney+ Is Ready To Give Marvel Heads All They Can Handle For The New Year
Source: Disney+ / Disney For Marvel heads who subscribed to Disney+ with intentions on binging on new MCU shows, your time to shine is near. [embedded content] Yesterday during their 2020 Investor Day, Disney made a slew of announcements detailing their planned drops for 2021 and boy where there some doozies. The Verge is reporting some of the biggest reveals from the meeting including nuggets such as Chadwick Boseman will NOT be replaced in Black Panther 2 (thank God!) and Lovecraft Country‘s Jonathan Majors would indeed be Kang The Conqueror in Ant-Man 3 (can’t wait!). Also some fuel was added to the Spider-Verse rumors as they’ve confirmed that Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness will tie into both Spider-Man 3 and Disney+’s WandaVision series. A particularly interesting revela...
