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Song of the Week: Courtney Barnett Returns With the Graceful and Grounded “Rae Street”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Courtney Barnett sheds light on the special details in everyday experiences. Courtney Barnett sings like she’s talking to an old friend. This doesn’t just apply to her rambling, folksy delivery that recalls Bob Dylan, but to her lyrics, too, telling stories that feel familiar despite the inclusion of specific details. Five years ago, Barnett was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, and in those years since, she’s continued to develop her authentic repertoire, with “Rae Street” as the latest addition. Ahead of her recently...
Nick Cannon and ‘Wild ‘N Out’ Return For Sixteenth Season This August
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Nick Cannon’s iconic franchise Wild ‘N Out is finally returning to television, and doing so in a major way with a brand new special. Wild ‘N Out will be making its return on VH1 on Tuesday, August 10th, at 8 PM ET/PT. The premiere of the show’s sixteenth season will air entirely commercial free. Wild ‘N Out will then air every Tuesday and Wednesday night from that point on. Cannon and ViacomCBS reunited after the host’s previous anti-Semitic comments on his podcast last June, lead the company to cut ties. Cannon has since apologized. Hosted by Nick Cannon, the show will feature ten new games and exclusive performances to go with a striking post-apocalyptic stage design. In addition, Wild ‘N Out is going to debut an interactive...
Watch Miley Cyrus Cover Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ in Las Vegas
What happens in Vegas usually stays in Vegas, but not this time. This past weekend fans gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July in Sin City were able to see Miley Cyrus perform at the opening celebration at Ayu Dayclub at Resorts World Las Vegas. What transpired next should surprise no one: another cover. But you probably weren’t expecting her to break out a 1990’s Cocteau Twins tune. “Now I’m gonna do a classic Miley — no, I’m not gonna show my titties are something — but I am gonna sing a song that no one fucking knows,” she said. “But you will know it after tonight. And I’ve seen the tweets — ‘Stop doing covers’ — but yet, somehow, ‘Jolene’ was requested. So one for me. This song is called ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ for obvious reasons.” See Cyrus’s take on “Heaven or Las Vegas” by Cocteau ...
A Tribe Called Quest Deny Involvement In NFT Auction Of Group’s Royalties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty All the news about A Tribe Called Quest becoming the newest Hip-Hop entity to enter the world of NFT’s is flat-out false, says Ali Shaheed Muhammad in a fiery social media post that reveals another controversy concerning Hip-Hop and cryptocurrency. The DJ and producer was compelled to speak out at length after a Billboard article last week claimed that the iconic Hip-Hop group entered into a partnership with online music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange to auction off a 1.5% share of the group’s sound recording royalties from their first five albums. This would be sold off as a non-fungible token (NFT). Dubbing the article as “Not Friggin True,” Muhammad decided to detail exactly why this move wasn’t approved by the group. “At the...
Lincoln Center Names Mahogany L. Browne As First-Ever Poet In Residence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Barritt / Getty The venerable Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has created a new artistic position, and has tapped the esteemed poet Mahogany L. Browne as its first poet-in-residence. The announcement, made on Thursday (July 1) comes as part of the “Restart Stages” program from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. “Restart Stages” is an artistic initiative that utilizes art to speak “to our current moment, and reimagines cultural engagement in public space for a new era,” as expressed in a press release statement from Lincoln Center. Browne’s work will be part of the residency which is entitled, “We Are The Work”. The poet and author of Black Girl Magic and Chlorine Sky took to Twitter to announce the news, declaring that she was “honored” to be L...
Drake Does His Part For The Planet With New Climate Firm Partnership
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevork Djansezian / Getty Drake wants to take care of the environment, and to that end he’s entered into a new partnership with a climate-conscious group to do what he can to help heal the planet. On Wednesday (June 30th), the platinum-selling artist announced his partnership with Aspiration, a company that is dedicated to providing consumers and companies “sustainability as a service”. Through this connection, Aspiration will analyze Drake’s travel, artist schedule and events to figure out his carbon footprint and then help him reduce and offset it. This will be done in coordination with the firm’s reforestation program. “Drake isn’t just ahead of the curve — he defines the curve,” said Joe Sanberg, Co-Founder and Board Member of Aspiration. “He is showi...
Andrea Constand Speaks On Sudden Release of Bill Cosby
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty As Bill Cosby was being released from prison due to a technicality overturning his conviction for aggravated sexual assault, the woman he admitted giving pills to before that took place got to speak out. Andrea Constand took to Twitter yesterday (June 30th) after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made the decision to overturn Cosby’s 2018 conviction to release a statement. Ms. Constand expressed that she found the ruling “not only disappointing but of concern because it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant.” She also took time to thank the other women who came forward with their accounts of being assaulted, as well as the di...
Boston Art Exhibit Explores Jean-Michel Basquiat Influence On Hip-Hop’s Post-Graffiti Movement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty The artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat has been examined and showcased many times over since his passing in 1988. Although his life’s work is memorialized through film, books, art shows, and documentaries, none of the projects explored aspects of his years as a collaborator with New York’s Hip-Hop street scene just before he became famous until now. At the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, enthusiasts can visit “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation,” their latest exhibition on Basquiat’s influence in the world of underground graffiti art and the early days of Hip-Hop culture. The show features his work in painting, sculpture, drawing, video, music, and fashion, alongside works by his legendary friends and col...
Wimbledon Under Fire After Serena Williams Injury Forces Her Out
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adam Davy – PA Images / Getty The Wimbledon tennis tournament is now the subject of immense backlash after superstar Serena Williams was forced to retire after suffering an injury minutes into the first set of her match due to the conditions of the court. The 23-time Grand Slam champion had just started her first round match on Tuesday (June 29th) against Aliksandra Sasnovich of Belarus when she slipped on the Centre Court grass twice. This caused her such pain that she immediately went to the net after a medical timeout and retired from the match, wiping away tears. It was a terrible setback, as she was favored to win her eighth title at the All England Club amid speculation that it could be one of her last tournaments as an active player. In a post on I...
One Term President Taps Herschel Walker To Run For Georgia Senate Seat
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty Donald Trump is still desperate to be in the spotlight and show off how much Black people love him. This time, it comes in the form of declaring that his longtime friend Herschel Walker will run for the Senate in Georgia. In a conversation on the conservative Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Trump said that the retired football player was going to challenge current Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock for the seat in 2022. “He told me he’s going to, and I think he will. I had dinner with him a week ago. He’s a great guy. He’s a patriot. And he’s a very loyal person, he’s a very strong person. They love him in Georgia, I’ll tell you,” Trump said. There is one catch – there’s still questions concerning Walker’s residency, as he has lived in the ...
Zendaya Struts BET Awards Red Carpet In Beyoncé’s 2003 “Crazy In Love” Dress
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Sunday night’s (June 27) 2021 BET Awards show was all about paying homage to the greats, especially for Zendaya’s very familiar red carpet dress once worn by Beyoncé many years ago. Buzzfeed chronicles the history of the original deep-plunging purple Versace dress, first worn in 2003 at the singer’s first-ever BET Awards show as a solo artist. If you remember, this is the seductive outfit worn during the legendary performance of her debut breakout single “Crazy In Love,” the first of many hits following her departure from the group Destiny’s Child. [embedded content] While Beyoncé’s original ensemble featured a short skirt to give room for her energetic dance routine on stage, Zendaya’s tribute leaned toward a classic red carp...
Damon Albarn Hints at New Music From Both Blur and Gorillaz
Damon Albarn never rests. He took a break from Gorillaz to record a solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows which is out in November on Transgressive. Albarn said that he finished that album in February. But that’s not all. Since then, he’s “been working on carnival-themed music with Gorillaz with a lot of people from west London,” Albarn told NME. “We’re really going back to the spirit of the first record.” Gorillaz fans, rejoice. But like a TV infomercial, that’s not all – there’s more! Albarn also hinted at a possible Blur reunion. No, your eyes don’t deceive you. He spoke about the prospect with drummer Dave Rowntrees, but it seems it hasn’t even lifted off from the ground just yet. “Well, we did have a chat recently, but we haven’t really progressed further tha...
