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Count Your Days: Netflix Will Crackdown On Password Sharing “More Broadly” In The Coming Months
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Netflix If you’re one of those people who share their Netflix password with friends, count your days because the streaming service is coming for you. Spotted on The Verge, Netflix will begin cracking down on password sharing “more broadly” toward the end of the first quarter of 2023, the streaming giant announced in its earnings report. “While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to a household, we recognize this is a change for members who share their account more broadly,” Netflix writes. “As we roll out paid sharing, members in many countries will also have the option to pay extra if they want to share Netflix with people they don’t live with.” Netflix fully expects the crackdown will cause a “cancel reaction” in each market in the ...
Young Thug Allegedly Handed Drug Pill While In Court
HipHopWired Featured Video Young Thug is currently under fire after it is alleged that the popular rapper conducted an illegal drug pill handoff while in a courtroom. According to surveillance footage and swirling accounts, it appears that an associate of the rapper passed him a narcotic pill. Local outlet WSB-TV reports that Young Thug, real name Jeffrey Williams, was inside Fulton County Superior Court when a co-defendant, Kahlieff Adams, tried to slip Thug a Percocet pill and, according to his legal team, immediately handed it over. More from WSB-TV: Related Stories “His side is the truth. The reality is Mr. Williams had nothing to do with what went on in the courtroom on yesterday. One of the co-defendants on his way to the restroom attempted to pass something to Mr. Williams, who imme...
Miya Folick Announces New Album Roach, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Miya Folick has announced a new album and shared a new song titled “Get Out of My House.” Her second LP, Roach, is out May 26 via Nettwerk. Watch the video for “Get Out of My House” below. In a statement about the single, Folick said the track is “about a person, but it’s also about a certain bad habit and a certain bad feeling.” After issuing her debut album, Premonitions, in 2018, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter released her 2007 EP last year. Revisit Pitchfork’s Rising feature “Meet Miya Folick, a Reasonable Singer-Songwriter With an Unreasonably Amazing Voice.”
Neil Young Shares Eulogy for David Crosby, “The Soul of CSNY”
David Crosby died earlier this week, and, now, Neil Young has paid tribute to the musician. Young published the statement on his Neil Young Archives website, mourning the loss of his friend and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young bandmate, whom he called “the soul of CSNY.” “David is gone, but his music lives on,” Young wrote. “The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band. His great songs stood for what we believed in and it was always fun and exciting when we got to play together.” Find the full statement below. Crosby joined Stephen Stills and Graham Nash to form Crosby, Stills, & Nash in 1969. They released their self-titled debut album later that year and were joined by Young for their 1970 album, Déjà Vu. The album was followed by a series of releases und...
Beyonce Invites Journalists and Influencers to Dubai for Luxury Weekend
Last July, Beyoncé unveiled the long-awaited Renaissance, a multi-Grammy-nominated, critically vaunted album that explicitly celebrated queer dance music. She has not yet announced a tour behind the album, but this weekend several journalists and celebrities might be the first to see the singer perform live for the first time since a Kobe and Gianna Bryant tribute set in 2020. (At the Oscars last March, she aired a pre-taped performance of her King Richard song, “Be Alive.”) Per an invitation that many publications (including Pitchfork) received from the musician’s team, the singer is hosting an all-expenses-paid luxury weekend in Dubai, taking place January 20 to 22. The invite is for the unofficial opening of Atlantis the Royal hotel, and begins as follows: “Beyoncé invites you to a week...
Charli XCX and the 1975’s George Daniel Remix Caroline Polachek’s “Welcome to My Island”: Listen
Caroline Polachek has released a new remix of “Welcome to My Island” featuring Charli XCX and the 1975’s George Daniel. The house-inflected remix is the latest offering from Polachek, who’s set to release her upcoming album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, in February. Check out “Welcome to My Island (George Daniel & Charli XCX Remix)” below. This isn’t the first time Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek have worked together. In 2021, they collaborated with Christine and the Queens for “New Shapes,” the second single from Charli’s 2022 album Crash, and Polachek also made an appearance on the Pop 2 song “Tears.” Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is the first new album from Polachek since 2019’s Pang. Both releases include contributions from Danny L Harle, who’s featured on the new album alon...
Slither Into the Indy 500 Snake Pit for DJ Sets From Kaskade, Subtronics, More In 2023
The Indy 500 Snake Pit annually brings world-class electronic artists to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for “the ultimate party in motor sports.” This year, Kaskade has been confirmed to headline with support from John Summit and Subtronics, among others, on May 28th. The Race Weekend event will also feature a heavy-hitting DJ set from NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, better known in EDM circles as DJ Diesel, who is set to bring the heat to the racing capital of the world. “One of the biggest parties of Race Weekend is the Indy 500 Snake Pit presented by Coors Light,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said in a press release. “The always unforgettable and epic party in the Snake Pit is a May highlight for many of our fans and an experience like no other. Music fans ...
Brazilian DJ and Producer Maz Announces First-Ever U.S. Tour
Brazilian DJ and music producer Maz is on the rise. Over the years, Maz has performed at some of the biggest clubs and music festivals in Brazil, including Lollapalooza, Rock in Rio, Universo Paralello, Planeta Brasil and Laroc Club, to name a few. It’s undeniable that Maz has made a name for himself within the red-hot Brazilian electronic dance music scene. And this past year he has been increasingly immersed in the Afro House scene, growing his Dawn Patrol Records imprint and reaching the top 10 in the genre’s Beatport chart in 2022, according to BeatStats. In August of 2022, Maz teamed up with fellow Brazilian DJ Antdot to deliver a rework of “Todo Homem,” originally produced by Zeca Veloso—son of Grammy-award winner Caetano Veloso, one of the leading Brazil...
Aphex Twin Launches Cryptic Teaser, Foreshadowing Return to the Stage In 2023
Fans of Aphex Twin are about to have a field day with his latest cryptic teaser. A mysterious link bearing Twin’s insignia has gone live, and likely portends the enigmatic producer’s first live performance in four years. The website features a flurry of frenetic pixels dancing across the screen, ebbing and flowing to make out a single word: “LONDON.” It didn’t take long for sleuths to put two and two together and determine the web address likely refers to the date of August 19th, 2023, which aligns precisely with the timing of the London-based music festival, Field Day. The accompanying email intake form on the arcane website is additionally tied to Waxarch Limited, another entity tied to the annual event hosted in Victoria Park, according to&nb...
Space Laces Flexes Otherworldly Production Prowess With Ferocious New Track, “Survive”
If electronic music is at all subject to the Darwinian principle of “survival of the fittest,” then Space Laces is the genre’s apex predator. The virtuosic producer has always been a dependable source for crafting inimitable, otherworldly soundscapes, but he’s even raising his own industry-leading standards with his latest track, “Survive.” His opening salvo of 2023 is a rough-and-tumble dubstep smash. With its seismic impacts and electrifying push-and-pull of tense riddim synth leads, it’s the fiercely unrelenting combination that fans of Space Laces have come to know and love. Stentorian basslines clash at full force in this sonic battle tied to seemingly life or death stakes. But in true Space Laces fashion, the catharsis of his opening sequence...
Boldy James Drops New Album Indiana Jones: Stream
Just days after being hospitalized due to a severe car accident, Detroit rapper Boldy James has continued to let new music flow with Indiana Jones, his new album in collaboration with producer RichGains. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below. Clocking in at 17 tracks, Indiana Jones heavily features Sir Michael Rocks of Chicago rap duo The Cool Kids, who appears on three tracks. Singer Jonathan Chapman, Detroit King Tape, and stuntwoman and singer Cassie Jo Craig also appear on multiple songs. Rounding out the guest list are Ann One, Chuckstaaa, Jai Imani, and Sammy Haig. RichGains previously worked on Freddie Gibbs’ 2018 album, Freddie, and his laidback, sample-based production is a good fit for Boldy’s self-assured flow and punchline-heavy rhymes. Advertisement Related Video Boldy ha...
South Park Shares Teaser to Announce Season 26 Premiere Date: Watch
Hold on tight, possibly to your butt cheeks, because South Park is back with Season 26 on February 8th. To celebrate the return, Comedy Central has shared a teaser trailer with the words, “There’s no place like here,” and a Season 9 clip of Butters receiving an unfortunate anal probe. Will that hard-to-forget moment get a callback in the new season? The teaser doesn’t say, and considering the short turnaround times under which Trey Parker and Matt Stone work, it’s possible that they themselves don’t know, because none of Season 26 has been written yet. More outstanding questions include, how many episodes will be in Season 26? Season 25 was comprised of only six episodes, though the creators stayed busy with four Paramount+ specials: South Park: Post Covid, South Park: Post Covid...
