Month: March 2021

It’s a Wu-Tang family battle: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah have been announced as the next VERZUZ opponents. “Steel sharpen Steel,” Raekwon wrote. It happens on March 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern. It can be viewed the VERZUZ Instagram account or via the Triller app—the new parent company of VERZUZ.  After closing out its first season
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Our new music feature Origins tasks artists with providing some behind-the-process insights into their latest single. Today, Claudio Sanchez returns to his The Prize Fighter Inferno moniker for “Sweet Talker”. With work on Coheed and Cambria’s next record on hold during COVID-19, frontman Claudio Sanchez turned towards a project that had been largely dormant for
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Legendary actress and Grammy winning singer Brandy Norwood returns to the ABC network to star in the upcoming music drama pilot “Queens” written by Zhair McGhee, Sabrina Wind and ABC Signature.  Brandy joins rapper/actress/talk-show co-host EVE (Barbershop) and Naturi Naughton, best known as Tasha St. Patrick of the hit Starz series Power.  Brandy plays Naomi,
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For ambitious artists angling for a permanent position in the music industry, a day job is often a stepping stone away from their big break.  For Ant Clemons, his once steady job at Red Lobster in Philadelphia has led him to a 2021 Best R&B Album nomination for last year’s Happy 2 Be Here. It’s
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Gibson has officially launched its new Murphy Lab Collection, a line of artificially aged electric guitars. The company’s website describes the instruments as follows: “Using the most sophisticated tools and technology, master artisan Tom Murphy and his team create each Murphy Lab guitar inside our Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. Each instrument is a unique,
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Welp, that’s definitely never gonna happen now! In 2010, Bruno Mars sang the iconic line “I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine / smiling next to Oprah and the Queen” on “Billionaire,” his hit single with Travie McCoy. Now, the lyric and song are making the rounds once again all thanks to a clever
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The Love Record Stores campaign is returning for a second year in September following last year’s hugely successful fundraising drive for independent record stores across the UK. Over £1 million in sales was taken during the inaugural Love Record Stores Day in June 2020, with the initiative being launched to support record stores who, like
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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dotemu / Tribute Games Back in the day, we used to go to these places called arcades to play video games with other people. Crazy right? One game that gobbled up quarters was Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Video Game developer and publisher Dotemu want to restore the feeling with a
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Dalian Wanda, which acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012, surrendered control of the struggling exhibitor as it issued and sold tranches of new stock to raise cash — diluting the stake of the Chinese conglomerate. CEO Adam Aron confirmed the Wanda era was over although the company continues to be AMC largest single largest shareholder. Wanda
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Lena Waithe—the writer, producer, and actor from shows including The Chi, Master of None, Twenties, and more—has launched a new partnership with Def Jam Records with the formation of a new label called Hillman Grad Records. A new press release described the label as an effort “Music and storytelling have always gone hand in hand.
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Watch the Official Video for Duke Deuce Feat. Foogiano “Spin” Stream/Download Duke Deuce New Album “Duke Nukem” here: https://QualityControl.lnk.to/DukeNukem Connect With Duke Deuce: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dukedeuce/​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dukedeuce901​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/black.h.finest​ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJwSEN5K/ ​ Duke Deuce Feat. Foogiano “Spin” Lyrics: Hoe We on that za nigga What the fuck you talkin’ bout Hoe And we gone spend
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