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System of a Down’s New Songs Raised $600,000 for Armenia Fund
System of a Down surprised just about everyone when they unleashed two new songs last week, their first in 15 years. Despite the recent political back-and-forth between singer Serj Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan, the group agreed on one thing: to raise awareness for what’s going on in Armenia and Artsakh in their ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan and Turkey. The songs, “Protect the Land” and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz,” did more than just make people aware: they raised over $600,000 that will be donated to the Armenia fund. Here’s what the band said about their mission in a statement: We are overwhelmed with gratitude for your incredible support of our campaign for the people of Artsakh, and for helping us raise over $600k in donations to provide for tho...
Justin Timberlake, Sam Smith & More Honor Those Who Serve Our Nation on Veterans Day
The music community flooded social media on Wednesday (Nov. 11) to share touching messages of gratitude and memories of loved ones who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in celebration of Veterans Day. Justin Timberlake thanked veterans and their families who have “served and supported this country,” while Pearl Jam honored friend Tomas Young, who was wounded while serving in Iraq. Sam Smith also shared an article remembering gay veterans who served in World War I. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Inte...
From ‘Wizards’ to ‘Spring Breakers,’ What’s Your Favorite Selena Gomez Acting Role? Vote!
Selena Gomez is returning to the silver screen to portray Peruvian trailblazing gay mountaineer Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in the upcoming biopic In the Shadow of the Mountain. Her high-profile new gig got us wondering: Which of Gomez’s previous acting roles is your favorite? Gomez served us sass as Alex Russo in her breakout role on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, sweetness as Mary Santiago in Another Cinderella Story, and sauciness as Faith in Spring Breakers. She starred alongside Demi Lovato in Disney Channel’s Princess Protection Program by playing Carter Mason, who disguised Lovato’s regal character Princess Rosalinda María Montoya Fioré as Carter’s cousin Rosie Gonzalez from Iowa. And in Monte Carl...
For King & Country Snare No. 2 Debut on Top Christian Albums Chart With ‘A Drummer Boy Christmas’
The 13-track effort is the act’s first holiday LP and includes two new original songs: “The Carol of Joseph (I Believe in You)” and “Heavenly Hosts.” NEEDTOBREATHE is featured on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and rising country artist Gabby Barrett duets on “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” The twosome have scored one Top Christian Albums No. 1 among their six top 10s: Burn the Ships bowed in the penthouse in October 2018. For King & Country’s new chart honor follows their first Billboard Music Awards win (Oct. 14), taking top Christian song for the 2019 hit “God Only Knows.” LOCKETT’S FIRST LEADER: Keyondra Lockett logs her first Gospel Airplay No. 1 as “Trouble Won’t Last” hops 4-1, up 18% in play...
20 Questions With Headie One: How the U.K. Star Locked in Drake For His Debut Album ‘Edna’
1. What’s the first piece of music that you bought for yourself, and what was the medium? I’ve never brought a CD or anything. I’ve always just searched for music I want to listen to on YouTube. 2. What was the first concert you saw? I don’t really go to concerts. I never have. The first concert I went to that wasn’t mine was Kendrick Lamar. 3. Who made you realize you could be an artist full-time? My managers and my A&R Rob. 4. What’s at the top of your professional bucket list? For me, I just wanna see things I haven’t seen before. That’s always going to be the top of any list. 5. How did your hometown/city shape who you are? The estate is who I am. It made me see life in a different way, from a different angle. 6. What’s the last song you listened to...
Public Enemy Roll Back the Years With Beastie Boys, Run-DMC in ‘Public Enemy Number Won’ Video
Public Enemy recently released their first album with Def Jam in a number of years with What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? They also recently teamed up with George Clinton and Cypress Hill to release the animated video for “Grid,” and now they’ve done the same thing for “Public Enemy Number Won.” Featuring the surviving members of both the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, the video features archival performance footage along with posters from those early days. “The song is an homage to ‘Public Enemy No. 1′ and that moment in time,” Chuck D said in a statement. “The Beastie Boys and Run-DMC were playing it all the time and Rick Rubin kept coming at us to sign with Def Jam. So it’s my way of bringing it all back together again.” We recently spoke with Chuck D as part of our SPIN 35 cel...
EDM Reacts to Death of Influential New York Music Producer DJ Spinbad
DJ Spinbad, an influential New York music producer and emcee, has died at the age of 46. A fixture on New York’s popular Z100 syndicated radio show, DJ Spinbad was a prominent figure in New York’s hip-hop and electronic music scenes. He has released two albums—2001’s Underground Airplay Version 1.0 and 2004’s compilation record MIC Media 2004: FabricLive.14—and toured with legendary electronic music producer Moby. DJ Spinbad was also known for his masterful mixtapes. DJ Soul called the late DJ’s Rocks the Casbah (The ’80s Megamix) and its follow-up mix “two of the greatest mixes ever recorded.” You can listen to them via DJ Spinbad’s Mixcloud account. DJ Spinbad’s cause of death has not yet been publicly reveal...
NLE Choppa Talks Growth, Depression, ‘From Dark to Light’ LP & More
Source: Johnny Louis / Getty At the top of 2020, NLE Choppa was in a different state of mind. Granted, none of us knew what to expect as the year wore on, but as we were all forced to slow down and be still, the Memphis rapper found himself embracing the quiet moments. “I’m a helper and I’m a healer.”—NLE Choppa From time to time, anyone can catch Choppa online, either tending to his garden, making a vegan breakfast or meditating in his backyard. In October, he tweeted: “I didn’t change. I just found myself.” Two months before in August, the rapper released his debut studio album Top Shotta, a nod to his Jamaican heritage on his mother’s side, but admits that by the end of recording it, he felt drained and listless. The fiery, devil-may care energy of Choppa’s music simply wasn’t mov...
L Watch: 25th Anniversary Air Jordan 11’s Rumored To Shock Drop Tonight On SNKRS App
Source: SNKRS / NIke Many a sneakerhead was really hoping that this year’s installment of the holidays retro Air Jordan 11‘s would be the long-awaited cool grey colorway that hasn’t been seen since 2010 (the 2019 lows were meh). But instead, we’re getting a black and silver colorway that’s pretty decent. But for some they won’t have to wait until the month of December to get their hands on a pair as it is rumored that these puppies are poised to “Shock Drop” tonight during a SNKRS livestream event celebrating 25 years of the iconic Air Jordan silhouette. Sneaker News is reporting that tonight (Nov. 11) Jordan Brand will be making a few pairs available during the 23Live livestream on SNKRS tonight which will all but ensure thousands of hypebeasts tuning in waiting to hit that “Buy Now” butt...
Bok Girls: Reebok And Cardi B Drop Her First Footwear Collection
Source: REEBOK / Reebok The B in Cardi B’s name should be for bag. Her newest collaboration is almost here and has all the Bardi vibes. Reebok has announced its first-ever footwear collection with the Bronx bombshell. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper originally inked the deal with the apparel giant back in November 2018. While the original launch just featured one colorway this drop expands on the creative approach. To celebrate the next chapter of her partnership with Reebok, Cardi B has redesigned the iconic Club C silhouette to headline her first-ever footwear collection. Coming to life in the form of an all-new Club C Cardi and Cardi Coated Club C Double, the reimagined styles embody the game-changing attitude of Reebok and Cardi – where big talk meets real possibility – truly flipping the ga...
Salaam Remi Releases Star-Studded ‘Black On Purpose’ Album
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Some of the best art to emerge from Black artists has been under periods of duress and pressure, and a new release from Salaam Remi adds to that tradition. The celebrated producer has released a new body of work, Black On Purpose, featuring some of the best talents across Hip-Hop, R&B, and beyond. Black On Purpose could very well be seen as an extension of the Black Power era of musical releases that reflected the times, harkening back to artists like Marvin Gaye, and James Brown who used their music to convey the feelings and frustrations of the people. Under Remi’s capable guidance, Black On Purpose achieves this goal several times over in one of 2020’s best releases to date. “We couldn’t gather in the way we were used to when we needed each other most, R...
Teenage Fanclub Shares ‘Home,’ First New Music in Four Years
Classic Scottish alt rockers Teenage Fanclub announced the release of Endless Arcade, their first LP since 2016’s Here, with the premiere single, “Home.” Endless Arcade will drop on March 5, 2021. “I think of an endless arcade as a city that you can wander through, with a sense of mystery, an imaginary one that goes on forever,” says Raymond McGinley, one-half of the band’s songwriters for this album, in a statement. “When it came to choosing an album title, it seemed to have something for this collection of songs.” The group’s other songwriter, Norman Blake, added, “We’re all getting older, and you can’t help but think about mortality, especially when you’re being creative and reflecting on your life.” A press statement further clarifies that the album “walks a beautifully poise...
