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Griselda Records Producer DJ Shay Passes Away Due To Covid-19
Source: MacMediaPromo / Demetrius Chawton Robinson With any major movement in music there are always background players who made major contributions. The Griselda family has lost one of their main sound men. DJ Shay, born Demetrius Chawton Robinson, has sadly passed away. The producer has crafted several tracks for his longtime Buffalo, New York associates. Griselda Records founder Westside Gunn made the announcement via his Instagram account. “U was there EVERY step of the way, It was an honor to help your dream come true for Buffalo Hip Hop, u looked at me and said “thx to you it’s no more Unsigned city… it’s signed city now” 😢😢 u wanted this shit more than ALL of US, it wouldn’t be a Benny, WSG, Armani, Conway, BSF” he wrote. View this post on Instagram U was there...
Metallica Share ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ Clip From S&M2
Metallica shared a version of “For Whom the Bell Tolls” today (Aug. 20) from their upcoming S&M2 (Symphony and Metallica²) concert film, which is due out Aug. 28. The nearly five-minute version of the song, which originally appeared on 1984’s Ride the Lightning, sees singer/guitarist James Hetfield leading the crowd in a sing-along while San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the orchestra and its xylophone players get after it. The film’s trailer and two previous songs, “All Within My Hand” and “Nothing Else Matters,” are here. S&M2 will feature 20 songs for more than two-and-a-half hours of music, recorded during a two-night stand in September 2019 at San Francisco’s Chase Center. The concert film had a one-night-only theatr...
Gareth Emery Opens Up About Soulless Dance Music Industry in Memoir Excerpt
Gareth “Laserface” Emery is one of the world’s top trance DJ-producers, and while we kind of made up that nickname, the Brit earned it with his 2019 Laserface tour. The two-hour experience packed 122 lasers onto stages from New York City to San Francisco and used cutting edge technology to perfectly sync the beams to his progressive melodies and punchy rhythms. All that said, fans don’t flock to gigs solely because of the spectacle. Emery sets himself apart with intimacy and heart. His latest album, The Lasers, was released in July by indie distributor Create Music Group, explores some of the brightest and most harrowing moments of Emery’s life. “I’d written songs about being on planes that had nearly crashed, personal and professional battles, and major events in my family – but...
‘What’s Poppin’? Definitely This Killer Back-To-School Remix From Georgia Teachers
“You got options, but you better pass my class no floppin’.” Back-to-school season is even more anxiety-filled than ever this year, as students, teachers and parents fretting over how to safely return to classrooms in the midst of the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic. But a pair of high school teachers are here to make things a little better thanks to their hype remix of Jack Harlow’s “What’s Poppin’,” featuring lyrics to help ease your transition from the couch to the socially distanced classroom (or, in many cases, back to the couch for distanced home schooling). “You got options, but you better pass my class no floppin’/Gone log in, every day, every morning, I’m watchin’/Yeah we virtual, and you know what’s up, ...
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams Teaming Up For Anthem About Black Excellence
Surprise single ‘Entrepreneur’ is due out on Friday (Aug. 21). Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams will release a new song, “Entrepreneur,” on Friday (Aug. 21) in conjunction with a Time magazine cover package on “The New American Revolution.” The old friends and collaborators are part of a package that includes chats with Tyler, the Creator, Angela Davis and other activists talking the systemic inequalities that Black people have faced throughout U.S. history and how creating equality in culture, education, sports and policy is the key to making a change. According to a preview from Time, the song features Williams singing, “In this position with no choice / The system imprison young Black boys / Distract with white noise.” Pharrell broke down the i...
Who Wore It Best: Miley Cyrus or Miss Piggy?
You decide. Not for nothing, but Miss Piggy is a fashion icon. And the O.G. Muppet proved it on Wednesday (Aug. 19) when she reminded Miley Cyrus who the true diva is, in case Hannah Montana forgot. “Moi is always in tune to the demands of modern fashion. As soon as I saw @MileyCyrus rocking this look, I thought, ‘When did she get that out of my closet?!’,” Miss P wrote alongside a picture of her rocking blonde braids, a giant foam finger and an outfit alarmingly similar to the skimpy one Miley wore during her iconic 2013 MTV VMA performance with Robin Thicke. “History will decide who was more iconic wearing it: Miley at the VMAs or moi on The Muppets series from 2015,” Piggy wrote. Cyrus, who recently released the single “Midnight Sky,”...
J Balvin’s New Doll Is Ready For Action
Fans of J Balvin can now literally play with him — sort of. The singer has again partnered with Guess and now, with pop culture e-commerce platform NTWRK, to launch a 12-inch, fully posable J Balvin action figure doll. The muscular mini-Balvin has short-cropped blonde hair and arrives shirtless, the better to show off his buff body and tattoos, faithful replicas of what the real Balvin has. He’s wearing yellow shorts, white sneakers, a Guess necklace and arrives with an additional Guess outfit that includes a matching yellow hoodie. The doll was inspired by Balvin’s Guess collection and was designed by Balvin together with Guess and NTWRK, with Balvin giving input through the process and developing the look of the packaging. The caveat? It’s a very limited edition. Only 500 figures w...
Tom Petty’s Wallflowers & All the Rest Due Out in October
The release of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All the Rest has been discussed for a while now, and finally, the Petty Estate has announced a release date. The long-awaited reissue has been slated to release on Oct. 15 via Warner Records. The box set celebrates his 1994 album, co-produced with Rick Rubin and Mike Campbell, and was curated by his daughters, Adria and Annakim Petty, and wife Dana Petty. “I broke through to something else,” Petty told Rolling Stone in a 2014 interview. My personal life came crashing down, and it derailed me for a while. But I was at the top of my game during that record.” As with many special reissue drops, you can get Wildflowers & All the Rest in various formats including a variety of CD/LP combo sets that progressively include more tracks. And then there...
#BRUHNews: Stacey Dash’s Husband Says He Was Hypnotized Into Marrying Her
Source: Sheri Determan/WENN.com / WENN Stacy Dash’s soon to be ex-husband isn’t wrapped too tight. After an already questionable decision of becoming the Clueless actress’ 4th/ hubbie, he is now claiming it only went down because he was hypnotized. Say what now? TMZ reports that son, Jeffrey Marty, got caught up in the rapture of love, via church, and wants the marriage annulled. Stacey’s estranged lawyer hubby, Jeffrey Marty, filed new court docs in response to Stacey’s divorce petition … and he’s asking a judge to annul the marriage, something Stacey herself doesn’t appear to oppose. Jeff claims he only took his vows after Stacey’s pastor put some serious religious pressure on him. He says they got hitched on April 6, 2018 — but that’s only because 10 days prior, he claims her pastor “un...
Remy Ma Compares Anti-Maskers To People Who Don’t Wear Condoms
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN We’ve all seen the videos and news about anti-maskers refusing to wear face masks into public establishments and people actually throwing COVID parties in defiance of social distancing rules, but while most would expect this kind of behavior out of pro-Trumpers who believe every lie out of the Racist-In-Chief’s mouth, it’s a bit disturbing to see people in our community join in on such reckless behavior. Remy Ma for one is fed up with people who refuse to rock a face mask and risk not only contracting but spreading the deadly virus and compared anti-maskers to “dirty” people who refuse to wear condoms during sex. We mean, yeah, we can understand that comparison. In an IG story posted last night (August 18), the “Lean Back” rapper made a PSA about any and everyone...
The Blackberry Ain’t Dead Yet, A New 5G Model Powered By Android Is Dropping In 2021
Source: Blackberry / Blackberry In a world dominated by keyboard-less smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy flagship devices, Blackberry refuses to get sucked in the cellphone abyss never to return. Let’s just call the Blackberry a zombie at this point because no matter how many times it gets killed, somehow, it finds new life. After 2018’s Blackberry Key 2 flopped very hard, we thought it the nostalgic smartphone was going to get sent off to greener pastures. BUT, once again, we were wrong. A new Texas startup called OnwardMobility is taking on the Blackberry license once optioned to Chinese phone manufacture TCL. It is promising to release a 5G model of Barack Obama’s favorite means of communication in 2021. Oh, and yes, it will still be powered by Android and will h...
The RZA & Ghostface Connect For New Social Justice Themed “Fighting For Equality”
Source: Prince Williams / Getty After years of rumors and assumptions, the RZA reassured fans that his relationship with the Wu-Tang Clan was still very much intact and with that being the case (thank God!), the Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig has reconnected with Ghostface Killah to drop a new cut dedicated to social justice. “Fighting For Equality” will be featured on the soundtrack to RZA’s forthcoming film Cut Throat City and continues the Wu’s tradition of dropping jewels and knowledge on their street cuts that’ll keep heads bopping while having the brain process. In his verse The Abbot (RZA) makes it a point to state that the protests aren’t just for sympathy spitting, “See nothing ain’t pretty in this cutthroat city/we fight for equality, we not fighting for your pity/we fighting for th...
