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24kGoldn
Golden Landis Von Jones (born November 13, 2000), known professionally as 24kGoldn, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He initially saw recognition for his 2019 single " Valentino", which marked his first entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and led him to sign with Barry Weiss' Records, an imprint of Columbia Records. His 2020 follow-up single, " Mood" (featuring Iann Dior) yielded further success as it peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and led his debut studio album ''El Dorado'' (2021), which saw moderate commercial reception. Early life and education Golden Landis Von Jones was born on November 13, 2000, in San Francisco, California, to an Ashkenazi Jewish mother Kimberly Landis and to an African-American Catholic father Torino Von Jones. He has a younger sister named Sage Landis Von Jones. Both of his parents worked as fashion models before he was born. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mood (24kGoldn Song)
"Mood" is a song by American rapper 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior. It was released on July 24, 2020, through Records and Columbia Records, as the lead single from 24kGoldn's debut studio album, ''El Dorado'' (2021). The pop rock and rap rock song is built around a guitar riff inspired by indie rock and post grunge music and also features hi-hats and snare drums in the style of trap music. On the song, 24kGoldn and Dior sing-rap about their toxic relationships in which their lovers are always in a "mood". The song came about while the artists were playing ''Call of Duty'' together and producers Omer Fedi and KBeaZy were working on a beat, and 24kGoldn idly sang what would become the song's hook. After an early version of the song was completed, Blake Slatkin was soon brought on as a producer to make the song more pop-oriented. It became a commercial success after earning popularity on the video-sharing app TikTok and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Dorado (24kGoldn Album)
''El Dorado'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter 24kGoldn. It was released on March 26, 2021, by Records, LLC and distributed by Columbia Records. It follows his debut extended play, ''Dropped Outta College'', which was released in late 2019. The album features guest appearances from DaBaby, Future, Swae Lee, and Iann Dior. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States in January 2024 for selling 1,000,000 units in the country. Background The album's title was confirmed by the singer in September 2020, while the album's lead single " Mood" reached its peak success. On March 15, 2021, he revealed the album's tracklist in a video. Four days later, he announced the album's release date along with revealing the cover art. That same day, he also teased a deluxe edition of the album by responding to a fan's comment on TikTok. He toured in support of the album; the El Dorado Tour began on November 2, 2021, and ended on January 27, 2022. A digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentino (24kGoldn Song)
"Valentino" is a song by American singer 24kGoldn, released on January 25, 2019. It is the lead single from his debut EP '' Dropped Outta College'', and was produced by BlackMayo. The song, which is about 24kGoldn wanting money and valuable possessions over love, went viral on TikTok TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and Short-form content, short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration f .... Considered his breakout hit, it became his first song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at 92. On January 3, 2020, a remix of the song featuring American rapper Lil Tjay was released. And on June 11, 2020, another remix featuring production from Kazakh DJ Imanbek, was released. Charts Certifications References 2019 singles 2019 songs 24kGoldn songs Trap music songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by 24kGold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iann Dior
Michael Ian Olmo (born March 25, 1999), known professionally as Iann Dior (stylized in all lowercase), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his guest appearance on 24kGoldn's 2020 single " Mood", which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and remains his sole entry on the chart. He signed to Internet Money Records and 10K Projects prior to the release of his debut album, ''Industry Plant'' (2019), which was followed by '' On to Better Things'' (2022)—both of which entered the ''Billboard'' 200. Early life Olmo was born on March 25, 1999, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to Tommy and Anabelle Olmo. He graduated high school in May 2017. Growing up, Olmo listened mostly to rap, and through his mother, some Spanish music, including Marc Anthony. He recalls how his father would listen to Jay-Z and introduce him to rock bands such as The Fray. Career 2019: Career beginnings and ''Industry Plant'' Fired from a job at United Parcel Service in 2019, Olmo star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emo Rap
Emo rap is a subgenre of Hip hop music, hip hop with influence from emo. Originating in the SoundCloud rap scene in the mid-2010s, the genre fuses characteristics of hip hop music, such as trap-style beats with vocals that are usually sung. Some of the most prominent artists in the genre were Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, and Juice Wrld. Characteristics Publications have described emo rap as taking influence from Hip hop music, hip hop, emo, Trap music, trap, pop punk, nu metal, indie rock, post-hardcore, and cloud rap. Emo rap departs from the traditional tones found in modern mainstream hip hop in favor of more emotional and personal lyrical content, described by The Wall Street Journal as "giving their elders the finger." Lyrics tend to focus on topics such as depression, loneliness, anxiety, Substance abuse, consumption of drugs and Consumption of alcohol, alcohol, nihilism, suicide, heartbreak, and self-medication. The genre is characterized by its combination of musical elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Weiss
Barry Weiss (born February 11, 1959) is an American music executive. He co-founded the record label RECORDS in 2015, an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment which specializes in young recording artists. Weiss got his start at Clive Calder's Jive Records before working his way up to the head of the RCA/Jive Label Group. While at Jive, Weiss fostered artists like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, NSYNC, Chris Brown, Backstreet Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, among others. He left the company in 2011 to join Universal Music Group, prior to co-founding RECORDS in 2015. The label has since signed artists including Nelly, 24kGoldn, Noah Cyrus, B-Lovee, Lennon Stella, LSD, Matt Stell, and Dax. In 2023, the labels other co-founders ( Matt Pincus and Ron Perry) were ousted in a stake buyout, leaving Weiss as the company's sole proprietor. Weiss has also co-founded the publishing firm SONGS. Early life and education Weiss was born to a Jewish family in New York City, on February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXL (magazine)
''XXL'' is an American hip hop magazine, published by Townsquare Media, founded in 1997. History In August 1997, Harris Publications released the first issue of ''XXL''. It featured rappers Jay-Z and Master P on a double cover. In December 2006, ''XXL'' took over the struggling hip-hop producer and DJ magazine '' Scratch'' (another publication owned by Harris Publications), re-branding it as ''XXL Presents Scratch Magazine''. However ''Scratch'' shut down less than a year later in September 2007. Other titles with limited runs have been launched under the ''XXL'' brand, including ''Hip-Hop Soul'', ''Eye Candy'' and '' Shade 45''. ''XXL'' has released many other special projects including tour programs, mixtapes and exclusive DVDs. ''XXL'' also maintains a popular website, which provides daily hip hop news, original content and content from the magazine. In 2014, Townsquare Media acquired ''XXL'', ''King'' and ''Antenna'' from Harris Publications. On October 14, 2014, Townsq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanukkah
Hanukkah (, ; ''Ḥănukkā'' ) is a Jewish holidays, Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from November 28 to December 27 in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabra, candelabrum with nine Branch, branches, commonly called a Hanukkah menorah, menorah or hanukkiah. One branch is placed above or below the others and its candle is used to light the other eight candles. This unique candle is called the ''gabbai, shammash'' (, "attendant"). Each night, one additional candle is lit by the ''shammash'' until all eight candles are lit together on the final night of the festival. Other Hanukkah festivities include singing Hanukkah musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew School
Hebrew school is Jewish education focusing on topics of Jewish history, learning the Hebrew language, and finally learning one's Torah Portion, in preparation for the ceremony in Judaism of entering adulthood, known as a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Hebrew school is usually taught in dedicated classrooms at a synagogue, under the instruction of a Hebrew teacher (who may or may not be fluent in Hebrew), and often receives support from the cantor for learning the ancient chanting of a student's Torah portion, and from the rabbi during their ceremony since they must read from a Torah scroll, which has no Hebrew vowels, and very close together text and minimal line spacing; making it very challenging to read from. Hebrew school can be either an educational regimen separate from secular education similar to the Christian Sunday school, education focusing on topics of Jewish history and learning the Hebrew language, or a primary, secondary or college level educational institution where some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedge Fund
A hedge fund is a Pooling (resource management), pooled investment fund that holds Market liquidity, liquid assets and that makes use of complex trader (finance), trading and risk management techniques to aim to improve investment performance and insulate returns from beta (finance), market risk. Among these portfolio (finance), portfolio techniques are short (finance), short selling and the use of leverage (finance), leverage and derivative (finance), derivative instruments. In the United States, financial regulations require that hedge funds be marketed only to institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Hedge funds are considered alternative investments. Their ability to use leverage and more complex investment techniques distinguishes them from regulated investment funds available to the retail market, commonly known as mutual funds and Exchange-traded fund, ETFs. They are also considered distinct from private-equity fund, private equity funds and other similar cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowell High School (San Francisco)
Lowell High School (LHS) is a co-educational, magnet public high school in San Francisco, California, first established in 1856. It is a part of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Situated on the West Side of the city, the school is south of Parkmerced and the Parkside district, west of Stonestown Galleria, north of San Francisco State University, northeast of Lake Merced, and east of Lakeshore Elementary School. LHS uses merit-based admissions, unlike other schools in the district, which use a lottery system or receive students from a specified attendance area. The admissions process requires submitting scores from standardized testing from the previous school year and a writing supplement. Previously an entrance exam was required, but after reports of racism in the admissions department and the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam was waived in 2021. However, because academic performance decreased, use of standardized test scores was reinstated. History 1853� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
