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Diplo Partners with TikTok to Host Live Meditative Experience for Mental Health Awareness Day
With all the chaos going on this year, taking moments for yourself to focus on nurturing your mental health has become more important than ever. The Grammy Award winning jack-of-all-trades Diplo is here to help you do just that by teaming up with TikTok to host a special meditative music experience in honor of Mental Health Awareness Day. He will go live on the platform to present “Diplo & Secular Sabbath with Rhye – Looking For Me(ntal Health Awareness) LIVE” stream. c/o Audible Treats The special is Diplo’s latest venture into the meditative and mental health space after recently dropping his first full-length ambient album, MMXX. The one-hour meditative experience with Secular Sabbath will draw from Diplo’s events he’s he...
Kanye West Flipped His $53 Million Debt Into $5 Billion Net Worth, Allegedly
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Jesus may have turned water into wine, but Yeezus turned his $53 million debt into a $5 billion net worth in four years, allegedly. Kanye West shared the good news on Twitter, promising to use his wealth for the greater good of the community. “From $53 million in debt to a net worth of $5 billion in 4 years,” Ye tweeted. “Thank you, Jesus. I know I fall short, but I repent. I am fully in service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are building schools of the future. Thank God for providing the increase.” From $53 million in debt to a net worth of $5 billion in 4 years. Thank you, Jesus. I know I fall short, but I repent. I am fully in service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are building schools of the future. Thank God...
Casanova & GBM Baby G “9Ward,” Miguel “Funeral” & More | Daily Visuals 10.9.20
Source: @Stretchd_34 of http://www.p3.photography / Radio One Digital Casanova’s been keeping a low profile as of late but today the Brooklyn representative comes out the shadows to ride with his homie, GBM Baby G. In their duo clip to “9Ward,” Cas and GBM hit the block armed and politic on the porch with a gang of homies, plastic cups and the kind of heat you’d only see on a battlefield in the middle east… or a school shooting in middle America. Either or, just sayin.’ On the R&B tip, Miguel also makes his return after a lengthy absence and in his black-and-white clip to “Funeral” gives us an artsy look at what the afterlife might be in the world of Mad Max. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from King Von featuring Fivio Foreign, Kingg Bucc featuring NLE Choppa, and m...
Colin Kaepernick Calls For Abolishment of Police Due To Roots In White Supremacy
Source: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Getty Colin Kaepernick is once again speaking out for those in the community, this time he’s calling for the overall abolishment of police due to the system’s roots in white supremacy and racism. On Wednesday (Oct. 7) the former NFL star turned activist detailed his desire for the country, while also giving a clear idea of what true criminal justice reform looks like to him in his latest essay for LEVEL. Kaepernick points out the need for the system of policing to abolished, along with the eradication of the prison system noting the current U.S. police system has “roots in white supremacy and anti-Blackness.” “It’s been four years since I first protested during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” At the time, my protest was tethered ...
Hennessy Presents: Make Your Move Chess Tourney Kicks Off This Weekend
Source: Hennessy / Hennessy True fans of the Wu-Tang Clan should already know that RZA and GZA are avid chess players away from their storied Hip-Hop careers. The pair are joining forces for a one of a kind chess tournament in collaboration with legendary spirits brand Hennessy. Live on Saturday (Oct. 10) from 4-7PM EST, Hennessy Presents: Make Your Move is a celebrity chess tournament featuring the Shaolin swordsmen alongside top Twitch personalities, Nate Hill, and iamBrandon. The all-star quartet of players will face off in celebration of National Chess Day and to promote Hennessy’s Wild Rabbit Campaign. Queensbridge lyricist Nasir “Nas” Jones, who works alongside the fine cognac purveyors, will also be in attendance. The winner of the tournament will then face the first Black chess gra...
No Grand Sport? Chevrolet Corvette C8 Reportedly Getting E-Ray Hybrid Instead
Once upon a time, when the Chevy Corvette still located its engine in its nose, it offered an appealing in-between performance trim. The C7 Corvette Grand Sport brought wider fender flares, suspension upgrades, and other performance goodies—essentially marrying the format of the more powerful Z06 with the entry-level Corvette Stingray’s LT1 V-8 engine. But according to a report from GM Authority, the C8 Corvette will skip the Grand Sport version altogether. Sources from within GM apparently told GM Authority that the blank space between the “base” Corvette (as if you could consider the entry-level C8’s spicy performance “basic”) and the expected Z06 model will instead be filled by the E-Ray hybrid. The long-expected E-Ray is anticipated to use the C...
Kaskade Announces 7-Date California Drive-In Concert Tour
Kaskade is officially swerving into the drive-in concert lane after announcing a huge 7-date tour circuit in California. The Grammy Award-nominated electronic music vet’s new “Road Trip” tour kicks off with twin Anaheim shows on October 30th and 31st before heading to Pleasanton for three back-to-back mid-November dates. Kaskade will then make a stop in Ventura on November 20th before tying a bow on the tour the following day in Del Mar. You can sign up for pre-sale tickets now via Kaskade’s website. Anyone who signs up will have access to tickets two hours before they go on sale to the public. Tickets will then officially go on sale on Thursday, October 15th at 10AM PT, when you can use your pre-sale access code to purchase passes. After that, genera...
Calvin Harris Claps Back at “Slander” of UK Club Culture: “I Was Brought Up on House Music”
Just over a week after he blasted the UK government for its treatment of the music industry in the wake of COVID-19, Calvin Harris has returned to double down on his barbs. The Grammy Award-winning music producer and DJ took to Instagram to share a video of a grumpy critic, who lambasted house music. “Unfortunately we’ve got a generation of young songwriters who’ve grown up, brought up on house music, and house music is the worst songwriting. There isn’t any songwriting skills in house music, to me.” “The dance music & club culture slander continues in the UK,” Harris wrote. “I was brought up on house music.” Many major dance music artists came to Harris’ defense in the comment section and expresses their dismay, inc...
Bubble Boys: The Flaming Lips are Planning a Concert With Audience in Giant Globes
No, we are not in the Matrix. The Flaming Lips are planning a performance in their hometown of Oklahoma City amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but they have a unique way of thwarting a potential spread of the virus. According to frontman Wayne Coyne, each member of the audience will enjoy the show while encapsulated in their own giant bubble, a-la Jake Gyllenhaal from Bubble Boy. Coyne, of course, has encased himself in a plastic bubble many times over the course of his career, using it to traverse on top of crowds. The Flaming Lips also recently used the bubbles in their remote Fallon and Colbert late show sets following the onset of the global lockdown period, doling them out to a limited capacity audience for the latter performance. However, the fabled psyc...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Bicep, DJ Snake, Machinedrum & More
One of the neatest tricks of electronic music is its ability to grab samples from anywhere and whip them into entirely fresh music. So it goes with “Apricots,” the latest from the always excellent Belfast-bred, London-based duo Bicep. The single amalgamates a recording of traditional Malawian singing recorded in 1958 by famed ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey and a 1950s-era performance by The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir into an urgent and rather hypnotic body-mover. Should these samples make sense together? Maybe not? Do they? I mean, just listen. “Apricots” is the lead single from Bicep’s forthcoming sophomore LP Isles, coming January 22 via Ninja Tune and exploring thoughts and emotions related to their upbringing in Northern Irela...
Gigi Hadid Wishes Baby Sister Bella a Happy Birthday & Shares Never-Before-Seen Baby Bump Pic
Gigi Hadid has always been looking over her “baby sister” Bella Hadid. And while posting for Bella’s 24th birthday on Friday (Oct. 9), she shared a rare photo of her own baby bump. In a series of sweet pictures, one in particular captures a still-pregnant Gigi cooking in the kitchen while Bella hugs her tummy from behind. “Today I celebrate, but am always grateful for, the 24 years that I have been blessed with my baby sister @bellahadid who always has my back and brings me the yummiest treats,” Gigi wrote as the caption for her touching Instagram tribute. “I am so proud of your constant growth and light. You have a beautiful heart and I wish you a year of every opportunity to do what makes you the most fulfilled, sharing that magic near a...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Opens Up About Coronavirus Battle & After-Effects: ‘I Survived It, But It Wasn’t Pretty’
“I still have the cough,” he revealed. “Every other day, I have these coughing fits because my lungs are still damaged at the tips. And I just got over the inflammation that was going on with my wrist and hands. I had an autoimmune attack on my system in the form of, like, a rheumatoid arthritis. Basically, from what I understand, it attacks weird spots and it’s random. So that’s what I got. That was my prize.” Keenan also delved into the idea of personal freedom and mask-wearing. “It’s just an absurdity. We wear seatbelts. We don’t smoke in trains, planes or taxis anymore, or even restaurants. There’s reasons for those things,” he said of those who reject masks or use the concept as a vehicle to project hate. R...
