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Moment 4 Life: Nicki Minaj Pays Tribute To Her Father On His Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 While she returned to the Rap game last week Nicki Minaj’s heart is very heavy. 2021 is the first year she celebrated her father’s birthday without him in the physical. As reported by HipHopDX the queen from Queens finally opened up with the world regarding the loss of her parent. On Sunday, May 16 she shared a post dedicated to her dad. While it was far from lengthy anyone who read the caption could tell it took a lot for her to hit the share button on Instagram. “Happy Birthday Daddy. Miss u so much. So much. So so much. Rest In Peace. Oh my God. 🙏🏽” she wrote. This past weekend would have been Robert Maraj’s 65th birthday. In February 2021 he suffered life ending injuries from a hit and run a...
There’s a Daft Punk Tribute and Beer Festival Going Down in Australia
Draughts and Discovery are set to collide in an awesome beer festival dedicated to Daft Punk. Draught Punk Beer Fest is a magical place where brokenhearted Daft Punk fans can rejoice and drink away the pain of the robots’ shocking split after 28 years. The unique festival is scheduled to hit Melbourne’s Colonial Brewing Co. on Saturday, May 15th. The fest will offer walkthroughs of the brewery, where attendees will meet the brewers and drink special unreleased and limited run beers. There will also be a golf simulator wherein Draught Punks can wind up Happy Gilmore-style and guess their drives to win prizes. $5 for every 10 drives will be directed to Sustainable Table, an environmental nonprofit that provides Australians with the tools and inf...
Nick Cave Pens Moving Tribute to Anita Lane: “The Smartest and Most Talented of All of Us”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-29T20:10:17+00:00“>April 29, 2021 | 4:10pm ET Nick Cave has written a moving tribute to his former partner and collaborator Anita Lane, whose death was announced on Wednesday. In a new letter for his The Red Hand Files, Cave called her, “The smartest and most talented of all of us, by far.” Lane first met Cave in 1977 in Melbourne, Australia. They dated for about ten years, and during that time she co-wrote numerous songs for his bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds. Fans knew Cave and Lane had stayed at least somewhat in touch after their breakup, and in addition to pursuing a solo career, she occasionally reunited with The Bad Seeds, as when she sang on their co...
Avicii Died 3 Years Ago Today—Here Are 5 Ways His Legacy Lives On
It’s hard to believe that three years ago today, the dance music community lost one of its most influential visionaries. Despite the passage of time, however, Avicii’s legacy continues to be felt, both by the fans who continue to appreciate the discography he left behind and the music industry at large, which continues to feel his impact. Here’s five ways we believe Avicii’s legacy will continue to be felt into the future. His Undying Influence On Dance Music While many producers claim not to be influenced by the arbitrary “boundaries” that define our understanding of musical genres, Avicii’s actions showed he wasn’t going to be limited in his creative capacity by what others thought. That became manifestly apparent when he debuted some...
City of Stockholm to Build Memorial for Avicii in Humlegården Park
The city of Stockholm is planning to build a special memorial dedicated to legendary dance music artist Avicii. The district of Östermalm—where Avicii resided—is working with the late artist’s father, Klas Bergling, and his Tim Bergling Foundation to develop the memorial in the Humlegården park. The project was commissioned to remember those who have fallen victim to mental illness in Sweden and to pay homage to Avicii, whose poor mental health stemming from the stress of his grueling tour schedule led to his tragic death in 2018. Public television broadcaster SVT reports that the idea for the project came to light after a conversation with young people about mental illness, according to Andréa Hedin, Östermalm’s district committee chairman. The city of Stockholm is planni...
Prince Charles pays tribute to ‘my dear papa’ Philip for devoted service
Britain’s Prince Charles paid a personal tribute on Saturday to his “dear papa” Prince Philip, saying the royal family missed him emormously and that the 99-year-old would have been amazed at the touching reaction across the world to his death. Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth who had been at her side throughout her record-breaking 69-year reign, died at Windsor Castle on Friday. “As you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously,” Charles, the couple’s eldest son and heir to the throne, said outside his Highgrove House home in west England. “My dear papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him and from that point of view we are, my family, deeply grateful f...
Electronic Music Artists React to Tragic Death of DMX: “His Music Will Live On”
Legendary rapper DMX has died at the age of 50 following an apparent drug overdose and heart attack. With his distinctive raspy voice, which was caused in part by bronchial asthma, DMX released a number of seminal hip-hop songs throughout his storied career, such as 2000’s “Party Up (Up in Here),” which is considered a generational anthem. Many of DMX’s songs, like the iconic singles “Where The Hood At” and “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem,” are emblematic of transcendental music from an artist who endured a tumultuous childhood in New York, only to break through the global rap scene. Pitchfork reports that DMX’s family issued a press statement mourning the death of the hip-hop icon. We are deeply saddened to announce today that our...
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Watch Wuki’s Touching Tribute to His Late Mother in “Tell The World About Me” Music Video [Premiere]
Last month, Grammy-nominated dance music producer Wuki released his stunning debut album WukiWorld, a record that moonlighted as a poignant reflection of his life’s diegesis. With impressive original works and features from a bevy of high-profile collaborators, the album received critical acclaim not only for its production, but also for its storytelling. Part of that story, unfortunately, was the tragic loss of his mother, whom he paid tribute to in the album’s closing track, “Tell The World About Me” with Sebastian Reynoso. Now, Wuki has released a touching music video for the ballad, sharing a glimpse into his life and experiences with his late mother. The music video for “Tell The World About Me” tastefully shares beautiful memories in...
Power Trip Members and Obituary Honor Riley Gale with “Executioner’s Tax” Performance: Watch
Obituary have paid tribute to late Power Trip singer Riley Gale, who tragically passed away last summer. The death metal pioneers invited members of Power Trip onto a recent livestream for a cover of the latter’s staple song, “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)”. Power Trip guitarists Blake Ibanez and Nick Stewart made a surprise guest appearance for the cover, which was dedicated to Gale. It’s likely the first public performance by members of Power Trip since Gale’s death. Obituary did the rollicking track justice, and the unmistakeable riffage of Ibanez and Stewart sounded nothing short of triumphant given all that’s happened. We previously reported on the first interview with the members of Power Trip since their August 25th statement confirming the death of their singer. While speaki...
Abia: Senator Kalu scores successors very low, wants Aba declared a disaster area
Sen. Orji Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has advocated for declaration of Aba, the economic hub of Abia State, a disaster area so that the Federal Government can take extra-ordinary measures to fix the town. Kalu, who was governor of Abia state from 1999 to 2007 said this on Thursday when he hosted some clergymen in the state to a breakfast meeting in Aba, according to a statement from his office. The meeting was in furtherance of the campaign for his younger brother, Mascot, who is All Progressive Congress, APC’s candidate for Saturday’s bye-election for Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency. Kalu scored successive administrations after his very low in terms of infrastructure development in Aba. He said, “I am disappointed that since I left office in 2007, nothing tangible has bee...
Four Months After Tragic Death, Tributes to i_o Flood His Social Media Everyday
It’s clear that i_o‘s legacy will forever live on in the electronic dance music community. Four months after his tragic death, tributes to i_o continue to flood the late artist’s Instagram page every single day, despite the account’s dormancy. “444 has been following me around,” one user wrote yesterday, March 18th. “I just wanted to say that I miss seeing your tweets and I miss you.” “This one doesn’t heal,” wrote another. “Listening right now and so thankful for your music, it helps me survive a world where I feel wholly unwanted,” reads a particularly poignant homage shared earlier this week. “Thanks for making what you felt, what we’ve all felt, and making it so genuine and pure. I’...
Eddie Van Halen’s Son Wolfgang Declined Invite to Perform Tribute at Grammys
Many viewers came away from Sunday’s Grammy Awards disappointed with the very brief tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen. On Monday, his son Wolfgang revealed that he was invited to perform Van Halen’s “Eruption” but declined. Even so, he was one of the ones who was underwhelmed by the salute to his father. While such artists as John Prine, Little Richard, and Kenny Rogers were toasted with full musical performances, Eddie Van Halen’s legacy was observed with one of his guitars sitting on a stage for 15 seconds during the “In Memoriam” segment, as a few videos played behind it. In a tweet, Wolfgang explained that he didn’t want play his father’s iconic Van Halen instrumental track “Eruption” because he felt he wouldn’t do it justice. That said, he was hoping the Grammys would do a little mo...
