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Killer Mike To Earn Change Maker Recognition At Billboard Music Awards
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Killer Mike is known for not only his savvy rapping abilities but also for his political activism and hard-hitting analysis. The Run The Jewels star will receive the first ever Change Maker Award during the Billboard Music Awards. As reported by Billboard, the Change Maker Award “recognizes an artist or group that speaks truth to power through their music and celebrity.” Born Michael Render, Killer Mike’s profile as a supporter of civil rights, social justice, and pushing positive change in the inner cities and other communities has become as much his calling as making music. As one half of Run The Jewels with fellow revived Hip-Hop mainstay in El-P (Jaime Meline), KM’s alignment with Bernie Sanders and his tireless media run speaking on behalf of dise...
Black Ops: Kanye West Releases First Presidential Campaign Ad
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Kanye West‘s 2020 Presidential bid isn’t just a farce on its face, but under the surface it’s also a Republican ploy to help siphon away Black votes from Joe Biden to help the Racist-In-Chief hold onto power in the White House. Even though the conscious backpack rapper turned MAGA acolyte is only on the ballot in a handful of states (hence, making it impossible for him to become America’s 46th President), Yeezy is still going full steam ahead with his campaign and just dropped his first presidential campaign ad aimed at faith-based Americans. In his minute long campaign ad, Kanye West comes off as one of the most sane and visionary candidates we’ve seen in years telling Americans that “We as a people are called to a greater purpose than ourselves. We are not on...
Jay-Z and Smashing Pumpkins Get the Mash-Up Treatment With Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness
Jay-Z’s The Black Album has not only earned its own accolades, but it helped birth one of Danger Mouse’s lauded mashups — The Grey Album — bringing together Hova’s 2003 LP with the Beatles’ iconic 1968 The White Album. But now there’s another mashup that also brings some punch. On Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness, Spose brings The Black Album together with Smashing Pumpkins hit 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Unlike Danger Mouse’s project, Spose makes conscious choices on the mixes like “Public Service Announcement” with “Cherub Rock.” I’m not sure how long this will exist before it gets taken down but I re-produced the entire “Black Album” by my favorite rapper Jay-Z using only music by my favorite band The Smashing Pumpkins, enjoy!!!...
Ahead of Billboard Icon Award, Garth Brooks Reflects on His Career, Why He’d Never Run for President & The Return of Chris Gaines
Brooks will break out of his pandemic bubble to receive the coveted Icon Award in Los Angeles at the Billboard Music Awards, which air Wednesday, Oct. 14, on NBC. He joins such past recipients as Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez. Ever since he broke through in 1989 with first single “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” — he was 27 at the time — the Oklahoma native established a new kind of superstar: Someone who broke sales and attendance records at seemingly every turn, yet stayed down to earth and approachable. And, above all, grateful. “My hardest day of work in this business never felt like work,” he says. Brooks, 58, has sold 159 million albums, making him the No. 1-selling solo artist in U.S. history, according to the Recording Industry Association of Am...
Original ‘Hamilton’ Cast to Reunite For Joe Biden Campaign Fundraiser
The Hamilton re-up is the latest star-studded event in support of the Biden campaign, which on Tuesday night (Oct. 13) will include a Star Trek-themed fundraiser, “Trek the Vote to Victory,” with a variety of cast members from the series’ long history, including Patrick Stewart, George Takei, Alison Pill, Anthony Rapp, Brent Spiner, Evan Evagora, Gates McFadden, Isa Briones, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew and others. Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg and Stacey Abrams will also appear as part of the virtual Trek panel at the event, which kicks off at 6:00 p.m. ET. 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 ma...
Here Are All the Performers For the 2020 BBMAs
Post Malone — who will also perform during the evening — leads this year’s pack of nominees with a grand total of 16 nods in 15 separate categories including top artist (alongside Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Khalid and Taylor Swift), top Billboard 200 album (for Hollywood’s Bleeding), top streaming song (for “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” with Swae Lee) and more. The 2020 BBMAs will air Wednesday (Oct. 14) at 8 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on NBC, live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Check out the complete list of performers below. PerformersAlicia KeysBad BunnyBrandy featuring Ty Dolla SignBTSDemi LovatoDoja CatEn VogueGarth BrooksKane Brown, Swae Lee & KhalidLuke CombsPost MaloneSaint JhnSia You Deserve to Make Money Even When ...
Megan Thee Stallion Explains Why She Speaks Up for Black Women in New York Times Op-Ed
Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times today (Oct. 13) about Black women in America. Titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women,” the piece addresses voting, the alleged shooting by Tory Lanez and the continuing pressure on, and mistreatment of Black women. “Black women are expected once again to deliver victory for Democratic candidates. We have gone from being unable to vote legally to a highly courted voting bloc — all in little more than a century,” she writes. “Despite this and despite the way so many have embraced messages about racial justice this year, Black women are still constantly disrespected and disregarded in so many areas of life.” She goes on to state, “I’m not afraid of criticism. We live in a country where we have the freedom to critic...
Puscifer Announce Global Livestream, Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti
Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer will “take viewers deep into the heart of the Arizona desert” with the Oct. 30 Global Livestream “concert experience” titled Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti. It starts at 6 pm EST/ 3 pm PST and will remain on-demand for 72 hours. Tickets can be purchased here. It ties into the release, that same day, of the band’s fourth full-length album, Existential Reckoning. “If you’re not familiar with Arcosanti, I highly recommend that you look it up,” frontman Maynard James Keenan says of the concert location in a statement. “It’s one of a long list of examples of architects, artists, actors, musicians, writers, and poets. People who are not necessarily from Arizona but came here and found that creative tick that burrows under your sk...
‘Frat Boy Harry’ Has Returned: See the Best Harry Styles Fan Tweets
With the re-emergence of the singer’s glorious party boy persona (this time rocking nail polish), came a flood of enthusiastic tweets, and soon enough, “frat boy harry” was trending worldwide. We’ve compiled some of our favorite, hilarious tweets from fans. See them below. 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 Internet revenue.
Megan Thee Stallion Flaunts Her ‘Hot Girl S—‘ in Mesh Catsuit for Cardi B’s Birthday Bash
Megan Thee Stallion flew to Las Vegas for Cardi B‘s 28th birthday party over the weekend, and showed off her stunning outfit on Instagram. “Real mf hot girl s—,” she fittingly captioned the photo, which shows her leaning up against the bannister of a nightclub in a black, skin-tight catsuit. She paired the see-through look with a sleek half updo, sparkling diamond earrings and a smokey eye look. 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 Internet revenue.
John Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’ Challenging for U.K. Chart Title
Lennon has three No. 1s as a solo artist, and a whopping 16 with the Beatles, more than any act in Official Chart history. If Travis hold on, it’ll give the four-piece their first No. 1 in almost two decades. All but one of the band’s eight previous albums have cracked the Top 5 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. At the midweek stage, North London rapper Headie One holds the No. 2 position with his debut studio album Edna (Relentless), the market leader on streams. Further down the list, Queen + Adam Lambert’s Live Around The World (EMI) slips 1-4, and Brit Award-nominees D-Block Europe are at No. 5 with their debut The Blue Print – Us vs Them (D-Block Europe), while new releases from classic British bands Tears For Fears, Dire Straits, Iron Maiden and Suede are set for Top 10 entries. Sev...
Lime Cordiale, Tame Impala Lead 2020 ARIA Awards Nominations
Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala also snagged top spot on the national chart this year with The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia), his psychedelic-pop outfit’s fourth LP. It’s the highest-selling homegrown album in 2020 so far, and its up seven ARIAs, including album of the year. Zambian-born, Botswana-raised, Melbourne-based hip-hop artist Sampa The Great is in the running for six ARIAs for her debut album, The Return (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music). Sampa is already a multiple award winner in her adopted homeland. She’s the only two-time winner of the Australian Music Prize (including victory for The Return), and last year she became the first woman of color to win an ARIA Award in the best hip-hop release category, for “Final Form.” Win...
