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Twitter Streets Saying Jim Jones Allegedly Put The Mitts On Freddie Gibbs In Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jim Bennett / Getty The Twitter streets are abuzz with chatter that Jim Jones and his crew cross paths with Freddie Gibbs and his compatriots while dining in Miami. On Tuesday (December 14) at the Prime 112 restaurant, the two rappers allegedly got into a fight after a reported exchange between the two groups. Details are scant but an outlet we refuse to name on this channel got the scoop of the altercation, explaining that witnesses say Jones and his team were on the way out of the restaurant when Gibbs and his crew were walking in. There was some apparent bad blood between the rappers reportedly started by Gibbs, and one of Jones’ crew threw the first punch. Gibbs’ chief rival, Akademiks, had plenty to say via his Twitch channel about the whole af...
50 Cent Is Producing A Mini Series Based On Snoop Dogg’s Murder Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Motorcity Casino / MotorCity Casino 1993 almost took Snoop Dogg away from the world. 50 Cent is set to produce a mini-series on his infamous murder trial. As spotted on Hypebeast the Queens, New York native is bringing yet another untold story to life via his channels in Hollywood. According to Variety the “I Get Money” rapper has secured the story that almost put Snoop away for 20 years. Around August 1993, while temporarily living in the Palms section of West Los Angeles, Snoop was confronted by a rival gang set. A tense argument is said to have ensued and Snoop’s bodyguard McKinley Lee ended up shooting and killing Philip Woldermariam. The violent incident would lead to first degree murder charges placed against both Snoop and Lee. Related St...
Tory Lanez Yelled “Dance, B*tch” Before Shooting at Megan Thee Stallion, Per Detective
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Tory Lanez continues to look extra funny in the light whenever more information about the Megan Thee Stallion shooting is revealed. Per a detective, the pint-sized R&B crooner allegedly yelled “Dance, b*tch” before shooting at the Houston rapper during their now-infamous altercation in July 2020 that left her shot in the foot. According to Rolling Stone, a police officer offered up this turn of events during his testimony at a preliminary hearing for Lanez on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The Toronto singer, born Daystar Peterson, is facing felony assault charges. “(Megan) observed Mr. Peterson holding a firearm and then she observed him start to shoot,” said Los Angeles Police detective Ryan Stogner. His testimony was ...
Watch Above & Beyond Play From the Top of a Granite Monolith in Colombia
Attendees of the most recent Above & Beyond show had to put in work to get there, with the trance trio performing Monday from the top of a looming granite monolith in the Colombian Andes. The show, hosted by electronic livestream series producer Cercle in partnership with ProColumbia and Medellin Travel, required audience members to take 740 stairs to the top of Piedra del Peñol, a 787-foot granite dome located in Guatapé, Colombia, about two hours from Medellín. Explore See latest videos, charts and news At the summit of this National Monument, the beloved UK act played an hourlong set that oscillated between the shimmering highs and darker outer edges of trance. Watch the complete performance below. Above & Beyond’s Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki then sat down for a brief in...
How Spotify Helped Nearly 300 Afghan Music Students and Teachers Reach Portugal
On Dec. 1, Elizabeth Nieto‘s boss at Spotify — chief human resources officer Katarina Berg — learned that nearly 300 Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) students and teachers and their families were in limbo in Doha, Qatar. Promised asylum in Lisbon, Portugal, they were attempting to charter a plane to the European city and needed money. “See what we can do,” Berg told Nieto, the streaming giant’s global head of equity and impact. Nieto had to wrangle with Spotify’s in-house lawyers to cut a sizable check for the plane by Dec. 6; on Monday (Dec. 13), the SAS flight carrying 273 Afghans landed in Lisbon, where the musicians and faculty members will be able to recreate their school. “The renaissance of Afghanistan music will start in Lisbon,” Nieto says. “We have an opportunity to...
U.K. Introduces Vaccine Passports for Clubs and Venues
LONDON – New restrictions for nightclubs and music venues in England have been introduced to tackle a sharp rise in cases of the coronavirus omicron variant. Members of Parliament backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial ‘Plan B’ measures on Tuesday (Dec. 14), with 369 MPs voting in favor of making COVID-19 vaccine passports a legal requirement to enter clubs and some concert halls, versus 126 against. The rules come into force on Wednesday, meaning that people aged over 18 in England will need to show they’ve either had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or proof of a negative test taken in the past 48 hours to enter a number of music venues, including nightclubs and indoor unseated venues with more than 500 people. Proof of vaccine status via an NHS Covid Pass is also needed fo...
Watch Kelly Clarkson Send a Holiday Kiss-Off With ‘Merry Christmas Baby’
Kelly Clarkson delved into her own Christmas songbook on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday (Dec. 14) with a performance of “Merry Christmas Baby.” Dressed in a sparkling gray gown, the pop singer powered through the opening track of her new holiday album, When Christmas Comes Around…, which she co-wrote with Aben Eubanks. “You’ll wake up all alone and/ Wonder why I’m not home/ And I’ll let my phone ring/ A dose of your kind of love and/ I’ll let my absence show you/ What I got you for Christmas/ Is losing me/ Merry Christmas, baby,” she belted on the chorus while flanked by a trio of back-up singers and her talk show’s house band, Y’all. The track is just one of five original Christmas tracks penned by the American Idol champ on the new LP, including lead single “Christmas Isn’t Canceled ...
Just Say Yes? Nancy Reagan Trending Over This Old Rumor
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bettmann / Getty The late Nancy Reagan is best remembered as the First Lady of the United States when her former actor husband Ronald Reagan became president in the 1980s. However, a journalist penned an unauthorized biography alleging that Mrs. Reagan was proficient in the arts of mouth work. How this became to be a sizzling Twitter trending topic occurred when conservative media figure Classically Abby essentially slut-shamed Madonna by comparing the 63-year-old songstress’ sultry photoshoot to an idyllic family photo featuring Reagan and her family. Quickly, fans began to chime in and made mention of journalist Kitty Kelly’s book, which was mentioned in a 1998 Village Voice article, and once more mentioned by Washington Babylon earlier this summe...
Every Time BTS Has Set a Guinness World Record
With the help of their ARMY, BTS are known for their record-breaking achievements, including on Billboard‘s very own charts. The guys are regulars in the Guinness Book of World Records, including member V’s recent double achievement as the fastest to reach both 1 million and 10 million followers on Instagram when he launched his individual account on Dec. 6. Below, find the full list of BTS’ Guinness World Record achievements. Explore Explore BTS See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news First K-pop group to reach No. 1 on Billboard 200 BTS released their third studio album, Love Yourself: Tear, on May 18, 2018. The album debuted in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 in the week ending May 24 and appearing on the list dated June 2. With the release o...
Britney Spears Teases ‘New Addition to the Family’ With Sam Asghari
Britney Spears and her fiancé Sam Asghari teased they had a “new addition to the family” Tuesday (Dec. 14), but the superstar is keeping her fans guessing as to what exactly that means. She posted an Instagram video of herself cradling something in front of her magnificent Christmas tree and feeding it milk from a baby bottle while “Look at the Sky” by OsMan plays in the background. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “New addition to the family guess if it’s a boy or a girl,” she captioned the clip. “Thank you again baby @samasghari !!!!” Her fiancé Asghari commented a series of speechless-looking emojis, which defined how the rest of her fans felt in the comments section. “Baby, one more time???” one IG user wrote, referencing her 1998 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit. Last month,...
Cardi B Wishes Husband Offset a Happy 30th Birthday: ‘I Love the Man That You’re Becoming’
Cardi B wished her other half Offset a happy 30th birthday on Tuesday (Dec. 14) by thanking him for always being by her side. She scrolled down memory lane with a carousel of her and Offset’s best memories, from photoshoots to nights out to playtime with their 3-year-old daughter Kulture to the first time he held his second child with Cardi, whom she gave birth to in September. Cardi praised Offset for his love and commitment to her, business acumen and dedication as a father to the children they share as well as his other three previous children. “Happy birthday to my huuuuusband, best friend and babydaaadddyyy. I love you so much and I’m so proud of you. We have overcome so much together. I love the man that you’re becoming and I love the father that you are. Thank you for always being t...
Here’s the Date of the 2022 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards’ 12th annual GMS Awards will be held on March 20, 2022, one week before the 94th annual Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The GMS Awards will be held midway through the final-round voting period for the Oscars (March 17-22), so wins here could help in Oscar balloting for best original song and best original score. The GMS Awards are meant to honor the best in the craft of music supervision. Awards will be presented in the following categories: Best music supervision for film budgeted over $25 million Best music supervision for film budgeted under $25 million Best music supervision for film budgeted under $10 million Best music supervision for film budgeted under $5 million Best song written and/or recorded for a film B...
