Rick Ross has secured a spot in cinema history, with the rapper revealing that his real-life home in Georgia served as the Zamundan palace in the recently-released Coming 2 America. READ MORE: ‘Coming 2 America’ review: long-awaited sequel can’t dethrone the original Speaking to Variety, the rapper said that he was very happy his 45,000 square-foot mansion in Fayetteville could serve as the set to the sequel of 1988’s Coming To America, which happens to be one of his favourite movies. “They changed the wallpaper in the dining room so I asked them to keep it up there,” Ross explained of...
Brittany Howard has released a cover of Jackie Wilson’s ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher’. Howard’s cover remains fairly loyal to Wilson’s original version, which was released in the late ’60s. The new cover was recorded exclusively for Amazon Music and is only available through the streaming service. Listen to the cover below: Advertisement Howard’s cover of ‘Higher & Higher’ follows her rendition of Nina Simone’s ‘Revolution’, which she performed in November for Colbert. READ MORE: Brittany Howard on how her late sister Jaime inspired her powerful solo album: “I feel like we did it together” Howard...
Chloé Zhao’s new film Nomadland has been censored in China due to comments the director made about the country in a past interview. In 2013, Zhao, who became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director last month. Initially, the film’s upcoming release was promoted in China, with state media lauding Zhao as “the pride of China”. Advertisement On Friday (March 5) though, show times for the film were removed from ticketing websites and references to the film began to disappear. As the Guardian reports, a Nomadland-related hashtag on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo was...
Alice Cooper has revealed the identity of the only rockstar calls him by his birthname of Vincent Damon Furnier. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Alice Cooper ‘Alice Cooper’ was originally the name of a band in which he sung lead vocals. After the band broke up in 1975, he took it on as both his legal name and his stage name for that year’s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’. In an interview with The Sun, Cooper revealed: “The only person who calls me Vince is Keith Richards.” Advertisement “He’ll say, ‘Vinnie, Vinnie, how...
A new book has been announced that will focus on the women of house. Read more: Watch’s NME’s Girls To The Front International Women’s Day online show Lady Of The House is a new coffee table book put together by music promoter Laila McKenzie and writer Ian “Snowy” Snowball. It features interviews with various women from across the history house music. Among the DJs, vocalists, producers, and industry figures set to be included in the hardcover book are Candi Staton, Barbara Tucker, Sam Divine, Ellen Allien, DJ Maxinne, and Kym Mazelle. Advertisement The introduction is written by a selection...
London Grammar‘s Hannah Reid has designed a new t-shirt celebrating International Women’s Day. READ MORE: London Grammar: “I always end up being the only female in the room” Sharing a link to the t-shirt on Twitter, she said that all sales profits will go to Care International UK, who she describes as “an amazing women’s charity working to save lives and achieve equal rights and opportunities. As well as a picture of herself wearing the shirt, which features the words ‘Formidable Young Woman’ and the band’s logo, Reid shared a screenshot from a recent interview she gave with NME. For...
Slam Dunk Festival has announced that Sum 41 and Don Broco will headline its September instalment. READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” The North edition of the event, held at Temple Newsam in Leeds will take place on September 4, while Slam Dunk South in Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire will take place on September 5. Slam Dunk is usually held in May but the festival recently pushed back its schedule so it could be in line with the proposed opening up of live events during the coronavirus crisis....
Jay-Z‘s net worth has been boosted by 40 per cent following two major deals by the rapper and businessman. READ MORE: Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service has split the music industry apart – Who is for? Who is against? Last week, it was revealed that Jay-Z has sold his controlling stake in streaming service Tidal to Square, the mobile payments firm run by the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, for $297 million (£215 million). He has also recently sold 50 per cent of his luxury champagne brand Armand de Brignac to luxury goods company Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Advertisement As a result, Forbes now...
All Points East has confirmed that it will be going ahead this summer, after the government outlined plans for England to gradually exit lockdown by the end of June. Read more: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” Posting on social media, festival organisers told fans they were “thrilled to finally reveal that All Points East festival will be returning to Victoria Park on the August bank holiday weekend 2021”. The festival is set to take place at London’s Victoria Park in its traditional August Bank Holiday weekend slot, which...
The Chemical Brothers have shared a new mix, on which they explore their love of dub music. READ MORE: The Chemical Brothers on Glastonbury’s Other Stage – there is no greater live dance act in the world right now The hour-long mix is the first in a planned series of themed mixes by the production veterans as they launch a new station ‘Radio Chemical’ for Sonos Radio. Take a listen to the mix below, which features music from the likes of King Tubby, Mixman, Dub Syndicate and more. Advertisement The Chemical Brothers said of the project: “We’re excited to...
