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5 Seconds of Summer Hit with $2.5M Breach of Contract Suit by Former Management Firm
5 Seconds of Summer’s former management company, YM&U Group, is suing the Australian pop-rock band for breach of contract, according to court documents reviewed by Billboard. Filed in California Superior Court on Dec. 17 by YM&U attorneys Howard King and Stephen Rothschild of King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, the complaint alleges that 5SOS – with the encouragement of their current manager, Benjamin Evans – has refused to pay YM&U commissions the firm is owed for multiple lucrative deals it negotiated on behalf of the group, including a $10 million single-album recording contract with BMG and a $1.5 million merchandising extension with Bravado International Group. Evans is named as a defendant in the lawsuit alongside 5 Seconds of Summer members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, As...
Metro Boomin Hosts Fifth Annual Christmas Charity Drive Benefiting Single Moms
Metro Boomin is back with his fifth annual Christmas event. The charitable festivities took place on Dec. 16, in partnership with his label Boominati Worldwide and the McCaskill Treatment Family Home. The proud St. Louis native returned to his hometown to provide helpful resources and a special dinner for single mothers and their families at .ZACK Urban Ballroom. During the dinner, more than 200 families were gifted $200 gift certificates. Attendees also received Boominati gift bags complete with donated items from sponsors including McDonald’s, Republic Records, SalxCo, Essentia, Blk Water, Taco Bell, Baby Bjorn, Master Dynamic, Barebell Protein and Budgeting Buddies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Since the first event in 2017, Metro Boomin has continuously given back to sing...
Jimmy Jazz Gave Away Over 1000 Sneakers To Families In Need Across NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @slingshotmenace / Jimmy Jazz Last week we reported that Jimmy Jazz would be giving away a gang of sneakers as a way to show appreciation to the community and help families in need this 2021 Holiday season, and all signs point to the giveaway being a huge success! Source: @slingshotmenace / Jimmy Jazz Jimmy Jazz hit up spots in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx to bless those in need and its residents couldn’t have been more grateful for their free Christmas presents. From the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in the BX where Jimmy Jazz gave away 200 pairs of Nikes to John B. Russwurm Elementary School where 300 children were gifted Adidas kicks and toys, the giveaway left a thousand New Yorkers feeling the Christmas spirit at a time when it was sorely needed....
Twitter Responds To Kyle Rittenhouse Becoming Right-Wing America’s New Hero
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We really need to talk about white America and Republican thug culture. Kyle Rittenhouse has only done one notable thing in his life—he traveled across state lines with a weapon he had no business carrying and he used it to kill two people and seriously injure a third during a protest he had no business being at. Related Stories Now, a jury decided his actions were self-defense, so there’s not much point in beating that particular dead horse, but how is it that Rittenhouse has become a hero to conservatives? No one else in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was seriously hurt or killed outside of his shooting victims, so what makes him a hero? Who did he save? Who did he protect? Who did he bring to justice or achi...
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Peep The Trailer to ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel Now that Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially in the record books, Marvel will no doubt be shifting it’s focus to it’s next potential blockbuster film, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness and we’ve just gotten our first teaser trailer for it (a Spider-Man: No Way Home post credits scene actually). Seemingly picking up where No Way Home left off, Doctor Strange sets out to find Scarlett Witch but not to reprimand her for her transgressions in WandaVision, but to ask for her help. After seeing just how fragile the Marvel multiverse was left due to his actions in Spider-Man, Dr. Strange has enlisted the help of Scarlett Witch but to what end, we do not know. Unfortunately for him Baron Mordo is still out and about collecting mag...
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The New Kids On ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Block Talk About Morpheus’ Drip, Neo & Trinity & More [Exclusive]
Source: Warner Bros. / The Matrix Resurrections The Matrix has been rebooted, and Hip-Hop Wired/Cassius Life is plugged in. It’s been 18 years since 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions, which left many fans believing that was the last time we will ever see Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Agent Smith, Niobe, and others. But as we learned, stories never truly end, and Lana Wachowski decided to bring back the popular franchise with a fourth film, The Matrix Resurrections. Source: Warner Bros. / The Matrix Resurrections Yes, Keanu Reeves’ Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss’ Trinity are back, but there is something different about this version of The Matrix. While they are the same, other characters in the legendary story of Neo of Trinity have been changed, and that’s where the new kids on The Matrix block come in. M...
Congressional Committee Launching Astroworld Festival Investigation
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is launching an investigation into Live Nation over the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Washington Post and The Associated Press report. In a letter to Michael Rapino (president and CEO of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.), the Congressional committee members wrote: Live Nation Entertainment (Live Nation) was the concert promoter reportedly responsible for “planning, staffing, putting up money, securing permits, finding vendors, communicating with local agencies,” for Astroworld Festival. Recent reports raise serious concerns about whether your company took adequate steps to ensure the safety of the 50,000 concertgoers who attended Astroworld Festival. The committee is asking Rapino and Live Nation for details on the company’s role in security, crowd c...
Atlanta Season 3 Gets 2022 Premiere Date
Donald Glover’s TV series Atlanta finally has a premiere date for its third season, nearly four years after it was renewed. The first two episodes of Season 3 will air on March 24, 2022 via FX and will stream the next day on Hulu. The rest of the 10-episode season will come out weekly. Earlier this fall, a teaser trailer for Atlanta’s third season surfaced online. Season 3 takes place almost entirely in Europe as Earn (Donald Glover), Alfred/Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), and Van (Zazie Beetz) go on a European tour. While navigating their new surroundings as outsiders in the country, they struggle to adjust to their success. Back in 2019, before production on Season 3 even began, Atlanta was renewed for a fourth season as well. The second season of Atlanta, dubb...
Watch the LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special on Amazon Prime Video
LCD Soundsystem’s new special, the LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special, just premiered on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel and Prime Video. It’s directed by Eric Wareheim (who also stars in the role of James Murphy) and features Macaulay Culkin, Aparna Nancherla, Jon Daly, Christine Ko, a puppet, and others. The special opens with All My Friends, a 1990s-style sitcom starring comedians and actors portraying members of the band. Find a clip below and check out the full thing at Amazon. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Over this past weekend, LCD Soundsystem decided to cancel the final three shows of their 2021 Brooklyn Steel residency after initially planning to carry on despite a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in New York. “You good people ...
The Best Music Projects of 2021
Getting through the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic is a cause for celebration itself. As music experienced a brief resurgence with festivals and smaller tours, artists like Isaiah Rashad, J. Cole, Lorde, Tyler, the Creator and Vince Staples also made their triumphant return with their well-received albums The House Is Burning, The Off-Season, Solar Power, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, and Vince Staples. It would be a tragedy if we failed to highlight the hot debate of Kanye West‘s DONDA versus Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy, which were released within five days of each other and became the world’s talking point for months afterward. 2021 also greeted us with diverse releases from both growing and all-time favorites, including pgLang star Baby Keem with The Melodic Blue, Little...
JAY-Z Claims No One Can Take Him a ‘VERZUZ’ Battle
JAY-Z is very confident in his discography, so much so that he claimed during a Twitter Spaces event with Alicia Keys on Tuesday that no one can compete with him in a musical showdown. our entire convo with alicia keys & jay z in case you missed it (or just want to hear those voices again).❤️ @aliciakeys @sc @robmarkman @kozza @twittermusic #KEYS #KEYsAlbum https://t.co/06llTJXBjw — Genius (@Genius) December 22, 2021 During the discussion, hosted by Genius, the 52-year-old icon was asked if he would ever participate in a VERZUZ livestream — a series produced by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz that brings two legendary artists together to perform their respective hits. “No disrespect. Everyone is amazing and [has] done what they’ve done,” he said. “There’s not a chance in hell t...
Gucci Mane “Long Live Dolph,” Alicia Keys ft. Khalid & Lucky Daye “Come For Me” & More | Daily Visuals 12.21.21
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a month and change since the untimely death of Young Dolph and while his fans continue to mourn him, his rap peers are out here keeping his memory alive and his legacy going. To honor his late homie, Gucci Mane has come through with some new visuals for “Long Live Dolph” in which Gucci shares some footage of Young Dolph and some clips of his memorial service while he raps inside of a church. Rest In Peace, Young King. Back on the R&B tip, Alicia Keys returns to warm our hearts and for her Khalid and Lucky Daye assisted clip to “Amazing” takes to the studio with the two artists to create that baby makin’ magic. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Mary J. Blige featuring DJ Khaled, Cyn Santana, and more. GUCCI MANE – “LONG LIVE DOL...
