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Annual Durag Fest Continues To Celebrate Black Culture Despite Rapid Decline In Allyship
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andrew Milligan – PA Images / Getty One year after Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation, public interest in social injustice and awareness has significantly waned like a fad. It’s as if white allyship ran in tandem with the short but highly saturated news cycle of Black tragedy positioned across television screens and the front pages of newspapers. However, that hasn’t stop organizers like Dammit Wesley, one of the co-founders of the Durag Fest in North Carolina, from curating Black events to keep the proverbial torch burning. In a report by Blavity, Dammit shares his struggles of bringing the annual festival to life in Charlotte, where it has traditionally white-washed the presence of a “very Black city.” The event commemorates Juneteenth, ...
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DMX To Be Honored With A Special Tribute at the 2021 BET Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TV One / TV One Uncensored The beloved rap legend DMX will be the subject of a special tribute to take place during the 2021 BET Awards. The segment honoring the life and career of the Yonkers, New York musician was announced today (June 22nd) through a press release from the network. Swizz Beatz, the renowned producer and DMX’s long time friend is curating the entire production. Veteran choreographer and video director Fatima Robinson, the mind behind some of the culture’s iconic videos like Michael Jackson’s “Remember The Time” and other artists from Kendrick Lamar to Aaliyah to Sade, will be serving as creative director for the segment. Artists that will be performing during the tribute include Busta Rhymes, Method Man, the Griselda crew and Swizz Beat...
Bout It Bout It: Master P Campaigns For New Orleans Pelicans Coaching Job
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty With news that New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson isn’t happy after his coach was fired after one season, one notable person has thrown their name into the mix for the job—Master P. The rapper and entrepreneur recently spoke to TMZ Sports and publicly declared he’s the right man for the job, now open after the team fired Stan Van Gundy at the end of a 31-41 season. This led to reports of Williamson’s family being none too pleased with the franchise. Master P is also open to taking a role as an assistant coach. “The NBA is entertainment. I think it’s time for me to be the first hip-hop coach.” he said to TMZ reporters. Master P is no stranger to the National Basketball Association. He had contracts in 1998 with the Charlotte Ho...
Lorde Announces Solar Power Album Tracklist, 2022 Tour
Welcome to the second day of summer. Yesterday on the summer solstice, Lorde released a 21-second teaser of what looks like her sitting in a relaxed lotus position meditating on the sand as the sound of shore break and a strange hiss is played. The camera zooms in, she opens her eyes, draws in a breath, and the clip ends. No music. Now, we have the news about the full album’s release. Titled Solar Power, Lorde’s third album is out on Aug. 20 on Republic. The album was produced by Jack Antonoff, which marks their second collaboration together, previously working on Melodrama. “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the nat...
The Strokes Tease Snippet of Unreleased Song in NYC Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley Ad
The legendary New York Y2K rock-revivalists the Strokes have not been shy in endorsing New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley throughout her campaign and have since gained an unofficial status as her personal backing artist, sans solicitation. Today, the band debuted a new song on a one-minute television ad for Wiley entitled “Starting Again.” It shows shots of New York City in black-and-white as the characteristically catchy tune plays as frontman singer Julian Casablancas melodizes over it. In the clips, the band is interacting with the mayoral candidate herself before Maya’s name appears rendered in the Strokes’ classic font in the outro. Check it out below. [embedded content] Casablancas has expressed a newfound interest in political involvement with the Strokes and under his own a...
Soul Glo Sign to Epitaph Records, Drop New EP
Philadelphia hardcore outfit Soul Glo announced that they signed with Epitaph Records, which comes a few days following the release of their latest EP, Vol. 2, released on Juneteenth. The three-track EP, produced by bassist Gianmarco “GG” Guerra, is the follow-up to Vol. 1 which was released this past February. In conjunction with their signing, Vol. 2 is out now on Epitaph and available on all streaming services, which you can listen to below. It was initially released via Bandcamp. Soul Glo is known for their political lyrics on fraught topics like gender, race, and the Black experience in America and use their platform to raise awareness of pressing social justice issues. In Vol. 2, the band “explore the topics of self-perception, alternative motives of those that consider themselves al...
Diddy Launching Entertainment Development Program For Underrepresented Communities
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Diddy is sticking to his mantra “from me, to we”. He is launching a career development program to help the next generation of Black and Brown entertainment executives. As spotted on Deadline the founder of Bad Boy Entertainment is leading by example in terms of providing equity to people of color within the record industry. He has partnered with Endeavor to launch The Excellence Program; a development program and resume database that aims to groom the newer generation of business leaders. The serial entrepreneur pointed to his formative years at Uptown Records as the inspiration for this new project. “Beginning my career as an intern changed my life, so it’s been a lifelong dream to give the next generation of entrep...
Foot Locker Invests $35 Million To Help The Black Community Via The LEED Initiative
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Inc. Foot Locker stores have been a staple in the Hip-Hop community for decades. While the brand stays keeping us laced with the hottest of footwear and sports attire, they’re also donating money to help the Black community get a step forward, too. Last year Foot Locker, Inc. announced that it was donating $200 million to the Leading Education & Economic Development (LEED) as part of a five-year commitment to help the Black community in their education and economic development. Now Foot Locker is giving an update on their investment and provided information on how exactly the first $35 million was spent which included $10 million invested in Black-owned brands and creators and $3 million multi-city grant progra...
The Senate Unanimously Votes To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: filo / Getty In a surprise move on Capitol Hill, the United States Senate passed a bill on Tuesday (June 15) to establish Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, as a national holiday. Juneteenth began on June 19th, 1865 in Galveston, Texas when an order by Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army announced that all enslaved people in Galveston and the state were to be freed under the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued in 1863. From that point it became the official date for Black people across the nation to celebrate the end of slavery. It became a holiday in Texas in 1980 with other states following suit. “Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to recognize the wrongs of the past,” Se...
C00n Alert: Kodak Black Wears MAGA Gear For Donald Trump’s Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) This week Kodak Black did the absolute most for his benefactor. On Donald Trump’s birthday he sported MAGA gear and suggested he back in office. As spotted on Complex the “No Flockin’” rapper is making it clear he is wishing the former President of the United States a happy 75th birthday. In an Instagram post shared with the world on Monday, June 14 he is seen wearing a “Make America Great Again” hooded sweatshirt and a matching dad hat. His hat in question had Donald’s signature. The caption read “#HappyBirthdayTrump DT @realdonaldtrump”. The support didn’t stop there as Black went on to cape for the disgraced politician during an Instagram Live session. “I would l...
Year Of The Black Woman: Taraji P. Henson To Host The 2021 BET Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: handout / BET BET has made the announcement that this year’s BET Awards will be hosted by Taraji P. Henson as it makes its return to being hosted with a live audience. The Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor will be the leading figure at the awards, which will have “The Year of The Black Woman” as its theme. Another major part of the show this year will feature Grammy-winning musician, critically acclaimed actor and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah being honored with the Lifetime Achievement BET Award. Ms. Henson has been consistently at work for the culture, finishing her iconic run as Cookie Lyon on the Fox musical drama Empire and devoting her efforts to combatting mental health issues within the Black community with creating the Bo...
