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Dr. Dre Reveals He’s Just Finished A New Album With Marsha Ambrosius
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Dr. Dre is arguably the greatest Hip-Hop producer that ever lived, so when he gets in the studio the world patiently awaits the end product . Now it seems like he’s ready to drop some new work with an artist we didn’t necessarily see coming. With his lengthy divorce proceedings finally behind him, the good doctor is getting back to work on multiple fronts and yesterday took to Instagram to reveal that he’s just wrapped a collaboration album with former Floetry member, Marsha Ambrosius. Posting a picture of himself with an entire orchestra in the background, Dr. Dre wrote “I just finished recording an album with Marsha Ambrosius. “Casablanco” I had a blast!! This is some of my best work!!” Related Stories Given the amount of...
Check Out The Trailer To ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: A24 / A24 It’s been a hot minute since we’ve had a dope martial arts film to look forward to (Marvel’s Shang-Chi doesn’t count), but today (Dec. 14) we got a trailer to Everything Everywhere All At Once and we must say, we’re kinda hype about this. Starring Michelle Yeoh as a middle-aged woman named Mrs. Wang, Everything Everywhere All At Once finds Wang going from living an everyday life in the struggle to trying to save multiple realities at once. Throughout the trailer the A24 film seems like a mixture of Kung-Fu Hustle and The Matrix as Mrs. Wang taps into some martial arts skills she didn’t even know she possessed as she tries stop a “great evil” that’s overtaking the multiverse (this is not Marvel related). Related Stories As she travels throug...
Kyrie Irving Posts Video Lacing Up Sneakers, Return To NBA Rumored
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevork Djansezian / Getty Only the most dedicated of haters would say that Kyrie Irving isn’t a world-class basketball player, and now it appears he might be making his long-awaited return to the court. A video posted by the Brooklyn Nets star seems to suggest he’s ready to get back to playing but it’s still a mystery overall. Irving, 29, posted a video of him lacing up his sneakers via his Instagram Live feed, fueling the chatter that he’s going to comply with New York’s vaccine mandate and assist the surging Nets on their quest for the championship. However, Irving keeps his thoughts close to the vest and there isn’t any indication he’s going to get the jab and get back to work. Related Stories In the meantime, Irving is focusing on his fashion endeavor...
‘Free Larry Hoover’ Representatives Set The Record Straight On Where Concert Proceeds Are Going
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amazon / Amazon Representatives for YEEZY and YZY GAP are clearing the air on questions and confusion regarding what’s being done with the proceeds earned by the live-streamed “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert put on in Los Angeles by hitmakers and beef squashers Drake and Kanye West. As previously reported, last week’s concert was named for Larry Hoover, the former Chicago gang leader and Gangster Disciples founder who is serving multiple life sentences in Colorado after being convicted of murder in 1973. The feds have gone full anti-Black ops in expressing their displeasure with Hoover being celebrated, but many prison reform advocates believed he isn’t the same man he was when he went inside and that his sentence was harsher than it should have ...
Lady Gaga Reveals She ‘Absolutely’ Took Bradley Cooper’s Advice for ‘House of Gucci’ Role
Lady Gaga‘s friendship with Bradley Cooper is still going strong. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly‘s The Awardist podcast on Monday (Dec. 13), the superstar opened up about how the A-lister’s support ultimately led her to her current starring role in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Bradley Cooper believed in me for the role of Ally Maine in A Star Is Born, and the way that he empowered me to take helm of that character … it really was the success of our artistic collaboration, I think, that landed me where I am now,” Gaga said during the phone interview. “Absolutely,” she added when asked if she had consulted her one-time co-star and director before tackling the part of Patrizia Gucci. “You know, I’ve c...
Garth Brooks Will Return to Las Vegas for Two Shows in 2022: Details
Garth Brooks is headed back to Las Vegas next year with the launch of Garth Brooks: The ONE Man Show, an intimate set of two concerts slated to take place on Feb. 4 and 5 at Dolby Live at Park MGM. “I look forward to celebrating my birthday early that weekend in Vegas. Getting to sing and hear everybody singing is my favorite thing,” Brooks said via a press release. The singer will turn 60 years old on Feb. 7, 2022. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Brooks previously led a residency at Las Vegas’ Encore Theater between 2009 and 2014. At both those previous Vegas shows and his Nashville shows, Brooks took the stage with only a guitar and entertained the audiences with a mix of his own hits, as well as songs from James Taylor, George Strait, George Jones and Bob Seger that influence...
Who Do You Think Will Win Season 21 of ‘The Voice’? Vote!
NBC’s The Voice is wrapping up season 21 with part two of its finale on Tuesday (Dec. 14), and Billboard wants to know who you think should win the singing competition! Coaches Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton are neck and neck with two contestants each on their respective teams in the running for first place: sibling trio Girl Named Tom and 14-year-old sensation Hailey Mia (who’s the youngest in the competition) on Team Kelly, and seasoned artist Wendy Moten and Navy veteran-turned-artist Paris Winningham on Team Blake. Gospel performer Jershika Maple is the only one repping Team John. Ariana Grande, who is in her first season as a coach, does not have any contestants in the finale. During part one of the live finale Monday night, Mia channeled two other teen sensations — O...
Burna Boy & Wizkid Drop New Collaboration ‘B. d’Or’: Stream It Here
Burna Boy and Wizkid unveiled their latest collaboration, “B. d’Or,” on Tuesday (Dec. 14) via Atlantic Records. The Afrobeats track takes its title from the Ballon d’Or, an award presented on behalf of French magazine France Football to the best professional soccer player from around the globe each year. The two Nigerian singers first debuted the single live when Burna Boy made a surprise guest appearance at one of Wizkid’s three consecutive shows at London’s O2 Arena earlier in December. It’s far from the first time the pair have collaborated. In 2013, Burna Boy enlisted Wizkid for a guest feature on L.I.F.E. – Leaving an Impact for Eternity album cut “Jahs Love Is True.” Last year, the former returned the favor by offering up a verse on the latter’s track “Ginger” off his 2020 studio set...
Rick Ross ft. Jazmine Sullivan & 21 Savage “Outlawz,” RZA & Flatbush Zombies “Plug Addicts” & More | Daily Visuals 12.13.21
HipHopWired Featured Video The Bawse may not drop new material as regularly as he used to but when he does best believe the sh*t holds the kind of weight he’s dropped over the years (props!). For his latest visuals to “Outlawz,” Rick Ross links up with Jazmine Sullivan and 21 Savage and sit on their respective thrones before Ross rolls up to the projects to show them he’s still ‘bout that life regardless of the success. Keeping with the OG theme, the RZA returns to lend the Flatbush Zombies a hand and in their clip to “Plug Addicts” torture an old white man who was probably at the Capitol Riot on January 6th. We kid we kid. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from Peewee Longway, GMF Fatboy, and more. RICK ROSS FT. JAZMINE...
LL Cool J Honored With His Own Statue In His Hometown of Queens
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty Hip-Hop legend LL Cool J has always made it a point to represent his home borough of Queens throughout his career. That love was reflected in a new statue dedicated to him. Last week Tuesday (December 7th), the “4,3,2,1” rapper and actor shared a post to social media featuring a new statue built and installed in his honor. The Instagram post he shared contained the caption “Anything is possible. Statue of me in Corona Park, Queens by the talented @sherwintheartist.” Related Stories The statue, which is a bust of LL Cool J atop a boombox similar to the one he had in his iconic music video “Radio”, is installed in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The boombox element of the sculpture even has a 7” cassette of the song in it to be played by an...
City Boys Up!: Azealia Banks Says Her Manager Used Love To Finesse Her Out Of Money
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: C Flanigan / Getty Azealia Banks is coming for her coin. She alleges her former manager developed an intimate relationship with the purposes of defrauding her. As spotted on Madame Noire the Harlem, New York performer is missing money and says her ex-boyfriend is responsible for the thievery. Rolling Stone reports that Banks has responded to a libel suit filed by Jeff Kwatinetz. In her countersuit she claims her former label boss at Prospect Park soon turned their professional relationship into a personal one; she says he posed as a “romantic suitor” to “steal” from her. Related Stories Her court filings state say Kwatinetz used his influence to coerced her sign over the rights to her 2014 album Broke With Expensive Taste to his Prospect Park label f...
Big Time Rush Unveil ‘Call It Like I See It,’ First Single in Eight Years
Big Time Rush are back in a big way. On Monday (Dec. 13), the boy band released “Call It Like I See It,” their first single in eight years. On the sunny track, the quartet — who got their start on their eponymous Nickelodeon sitcom from 2009 to 2013 — croon over horn blasts and shimmery synths. “Pull up on you, that’s an intro/ Just can’t help it when you look like that/ Spinning like a disco/ Make me wanna make a demo track,” Logan Henderson sings on the opening verse before Carlos PenaVega jumps in to croon, “Got me feelin’ like I’m retro/ Leave ya friends in the friend zone, right?/ You can meet me in the end zone, right?/ Let’s keep it simple, baby.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news In an interview with People, the pop group opened up about what it was like getting back into ...
