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Roddy Ricch Pulls Out of ‘SNL’ Performance Due To The Rona
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The Omicron variant of the Coronavirus might not be shutting down business and shuttering schools, but it’s definitely touching damn near everyone including many of your favorite celebrities and disrupting their gigs. Now Roddy Ricch is the latest big name that the Rona might’ve come into contact with and due to possible exposure to the virus, RR will not be able to take the stage at his scheduled gig on Saturday Night Live. Variety is reporting that the “Late At Night” rapper has pulled out of his upcoming SNL appearance this Saturday (Jan. 15) due to COVID exposure on his team. SNL moved quick to replace his absence and were able to get the Jack Antonoff-led band Bleachers to take his place on such short notice. That was hella ...
Roddy Ricch Drops Sophomore LP ‘LIVE LIFE FAST & Twitter Has Mixed Views
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Roddy Ricch proved in 2019 that he was a star in the making and his smash hit “The Box” still remains as one of the biggest singles among rappers in his age group. The Compton, Calif. native made his return to the masses on Friday (Dec. 17) with his sophomore studio album LIVE LIFE FAST, and several fans on Twitter seemingly enjoying the release while others expressed disappointment. The 23-year-old talent first teased the follow-up to his 2019 debut album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial back in 2020, and finally unveiled more details earlier this year. The album boasts big features in Future, Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Takeoff, Jamie Foxx, Lil Baby, and more. Southside, Boi-1da, Kenny Beats, Mustard, and others contributed p...
Roddy Ricch Officially Announces New Album ‘LIVE LIFE FAST’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Roddy Ricch is back. The Compton rapper announced he’s dropping his proper sophomore album, LIVE LIFE FAST, in a couple of weeks. LIVE LIFE FAST will be in stores and and on the usual streaming services on Friday, December 17. Roddy dropped a new video for his latest single, “Late At Night,” off the forthcoming album. The visual was co-directed by Roddy and Julien Christian Lutz aka Director X, and also happens to feature Karrueche Tran. Ricch is one of the game’s most revered new rappers, winning Best New Hip-Hop Artist, Hip-Hop Artist of the Year and Hip-Hop Song of the Year for his smash hit “The Box,” from his 2019 debut Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial at the 2021 iHeart Radio Music Awards. That goes along with BET Awards, G...
OMB Peezy Faces Felonies In Roddy Ricch Video Shooting, Denies Involvement & Beef
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital Does OMB Peezy have smoke with Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg? In a recent interview with HipHopDX, the Sacramento rapper is trying to quiet that talk denying any beef with the two rappers after his March 1 arrest in Atlanta for a shooting that happened on the set for the video shoot for 42 Dugg and Roddy Ricch’s song “4 da Gang” that left three people injured from the gunfire. “I don’t have no smoke with Roddy Ricch,” OMB Peezy said. “I don’t have no smoke with 42 Dugg. Nobody from CMG, no none of that. They love me over there in Roddy Ricch hood; I love them back too.” The shooting opened up speculation about OMB Peezy’s relationships with the rappers and his involvement on that eventful day. According to Complex, there was no k...
Wizkid, Burna Boy win Mobo Awards 2020
Nigerian superstars, Wizkid and Burna Boy, dominated the night at the just concluded Mobo Awards 2020. Wizkid bagged the Best African Act while Burna Boy received the Best International Act. Newsmen report that the awards stopped but later came back after a three-year hiatus as organizers announced on November 24 the nominations for the 2020 Music of Black Origin Awards. Also, Nigerian musicians, Wizkid, Burna Boy Davido, Rema, Fireboy, Adekunle Gold, and Tiwa Savage also got nods at the event. Burna Boy and Rema were shortlisted in the Best International Act category alongside Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, the late Pop Smoke, Lil Babyand more. Also, Burna Boy, Rema, Wizkid, Davido, Fireboy, Adekunle Gold and Tiwa Savage were in the same best African act category. Ghanaian stars, Shatta Wale...
Grammys 2021: Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift Lead Nominee List
Beyoncé leads the nominee list for the 2021 Grammy Awards, earning nine total. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Roddy Ricch follow with six apiece, and Brittany Howard is up for five. Swift and Lipa earned Album of the Year nods for folklore and Future Nostalgia, respectively. The category’s other nominees are Jhené Aiko (Chilombo), Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 3), Post Malone (Hollywood’s Bleeding), Black Pumas (Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)), Haim (Women in Music Pt. III) and Coldplay (Everyday Life). The Best Rock Performance category features female artists and bands fronted by female artists: Fiona Apple (“Shameika”), Big Thief (“Not”), Phoebe Bridgers (“Kyoto”), HAIM (“The Steps”), Brittany Howard (“Stay High”) and Grace ...
See full list of winners of the BET Hip Hop Awards 2020
The BET Hip Hop Awards 2020 just ended some hours ago and the list of all winners is now available. Some of the biggest winners of the awards ceremony night were Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch. Megan Thee Stallion bagged three awards including Hip Hop Artist of the Year while Roddy Ricch won the Hip Hop Album of the Year. Hip-Hop Artist of the YearDaBabyDrakeFutureLil BabyMegan Thee Stallion — WINNERRoddy Ricch Best Hip-Hop VideoDaBaby, “Bop”DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar”Drake, “Toosie Slide”Future feat. Drake, “Life Is Good” — WINNERLil Baby, “The Bigger Picture”Roddy Ricch, “The Box” Song of the Year“Bop” (DaBaby) Produced by JetsonMade & Starboy“Life Is Good” (Future feat. Drake) Produced by Ambezza, D. Hill & OZ“Rockstar” (DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch) Produced by Sethin...
Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s ‘Savage Love’ Takes Early Lead In U.K. Chart Race
Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (RCA) is on track for a second week atop the U.K. singles chart. The single, combining the talents of 17-year-old New Zealand producer Joshua Stylah and featuring the vocals of U.S. R&B artist Derulo, climbed to the summit in its third week on the tally. Following the weekend’s sales and streaming activity, “Savage Love” pulls ahead with a lead of 2,300 combined sales, according to the Official Charts Company. It’s the top title on the Official Chart: First Look, ahead of Dababy’s “Rockstar” (Interscope) featuring Roddy Ricch, and Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” (Interscope), respectively. AJ Tracey and Mabel’s “West Ten” should score the week’s highest new entry when the Official U.K. Sin...
Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ Enters Week Two Atop Australia’s Chart
Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (Interscope/Universal) hangs on for a second week at No. 1 in Australia, as DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (Interscope/Universal) completes a month at the top. Chromatica, which also snares the U.K. chart lead for a second week (by a narrow margin), is Gaga’s fourth No. 1 Down Under. The highest new debut this week belongs to Melbourne alternative rock act Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, whose sophomore album Sideways To New Italy arrives (Ivy League/Universal) at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and is the best-selling vinyl album of the week. It’s the followup to their debut Hope Downs, which peaked at No. 24 in June 2018. Sideways To New Italy impacts the Official U.K. Albums Chart this week, at No. 45. Also bowing in the Australian top 5 is The Ghost Inside’s self-title...
The 50 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)
Great songs have a freedom that albums don’t because great songs only have to pull off their trick once. It’s like how a great SNL sketch can be a terrible movie or why Vine was an underrated miracle of online comedy. Sometimes an artist can get a lot more done in miniature. When people say that no one listens to albums anymore, they’re obviously mistaken, but they mean that no one listens to certain kinds of albums anymore. They won’t wait to get to the good part, and an industry that’s been padding out their wares for decades has had to adapt to a new reality where the customer is always dope. From Hailey Whitters to Hayley Williams, from King Von to Christine and the Queens, here’s a supercut of just the good parts: The songs that have challenged and delighted and comforted us through a...
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