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Gimmie A Light
"Gimmie a Light" is a song by American rapper Ice Spice, released on May 10, 2024, as the second single from her debut studio album '' Y2K!''. Produced by RiotUSA, it contains a sample of "Gimme the Light" by Sean Paul. Background Ice Spice first premiered the song during her performance at Coachella in April 2024. On May 8, she previewed the song via a snippet on Instagram, before releasing it two days later. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1, Ice Spice revealed she was nervous about sampling "Gimme the Light" as she worried it would not be cleared due to the song being an iconic hit. Composition and lyrics The song flips "Gimme the Light" into a Bronx drill beat, slowing down the sampled lyrics as Ice Spice raps with aggression. In the chorus, she raps, " Hot boxin' the V, like, give me a light / Fat ass so the pants fit tight / Took her man, I'm gettin' him right / Big knock, like, why would I fight?" Ice Spice also takes shots at fellow rapper Latto: "Like, why woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Spice
Isis Naija Gaston (born January1, 2000), known professionally as Ice Spice, is an American rapper and songwriter. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, she began her musical career during college in 2020, after meeting record producer RiotUSA. Her rapping style has been noted by music journalists, who have described her as a "breakout star". Ice Spice gained major recognition in late 2022 with her song " Munch (Feelin' U)", which went viral on TikTok. After signing with 10K Projects in a joint venture with Capitol Records, she released the singles " Bikini Bottom" and " In Ha Mood" to promote her debut extended play (EP), '' Like..?'' (2023). The EP spawned the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten single "Princess Diana" (with Nicki Minaj), and peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200. She saw continued success with her collaborative singles released that same year: " Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" (with PinkPantheress), "Karma" (with Taylor Swift), and " Barbie World" (with Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx Drill
Brooklyn drill is a regional subgenre of drill music, which is a subgenre of hip-hop music. It centered in Brooklyn, New York, that began as derivative of the drill music scene in Chicago and later became derivative of UK drill with its 808 percussion and sliding notes by producers from the UK drill scene. Brooklyn drill emerged around 2014 with the single "Hot Nigga" from the rapper Bobby Shmurda. Other early contributors were Rowdy Rebel, Envy Caine, Jezz Gasoline, Bam Bino, Money Millz, Dah Dah and Curly Savv. In 2019, the subgenre was repopularized in the mainstream by American rapper Pop Smoke. With the success of his mixtapes, particularly the songs "Dior" and " Welcome to the Party", Pop Smoke introduced Brooklyn drill into the mainstream music industry. History Brooklyn drill music first gained attention with the 2014 single "Hot Nigga" from the rapper Bobby Shmurda. Other early pioneers were rappers Bam Bino, Dah Dah and Curly Savv. The genre is agreed to have been dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recorded Music NZ
Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand. Membership of Recorded Music NZ is open to any owner of recorded music rights operating in New Zealand, inclusive of major labels (such as Sony, Universal and Warner Music Group), independent labels and self-released artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...s. Recorded Music NZ has over 2000 rights-holders. Prior to June 2013 the association called itself the "Recording Industry Association of New Zealand" (RIANZ). RIANZ and PPNZ Music Licensing merged and renamed themselves "Recorded Music NZ". Recorded Music NZ functions in three areas: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cam'ron
Cameron Ezike Giles (born February 4, 1976), known Mononym, mononymously as Cam'ron, is an American rapper. Beginning his career in the early 1990s as Killa Cam, Giles signed with Lance Rivera, Lance "Un" Rivera's Lance Rivera, Untertainment, an imprint of Epic Records to release his first two studio albums ''Confessions of Fire'' (1998) and ''S.D.E., S.D.E. (Sports Drugs & Entertainment)'' (2000); the former received Music recording certification, gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. After leaving Epic, Giles signed with Roc-A-Fella Records in 2001 to release his third studio album, ''Come Home with Me'', the following year. It received Music recording certification, platinum certification by the RIAA and spawned the singles "Oh Boy (Cam'ron song), Oh Boy" (featuring Juelz Santana) and "Hey Ma (Cam'ron song), Hey Ma" (featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey and Toya (singer), Toya), which peaked at numbers four and three on the Billboard Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Networks
Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City. It was founded as a bi-monthly magazine, ''Complex'', by fashion designer Marc Eckō. Complex Networks reports on popular and emerging trends in style, sneakers, food, music, sports and pop culture. Complex Networks reached over 90 million unique users per month in 2013 across its owned and operated and partner sites, socials and YouTube channels. The print magazine ceased publication with the December 2016/January 2017 issue. Complex currently has 6.02 million subscribers and 1.8 billion total views on YouTube. the company's yearly revenue was estimated to be US$200 million, 15% of which came from commerce. Complex Networks has been named by '' Business Insider'' as one of the Most Valuable Startups in New York, and Most Valuable Private Companies in the World. In 2012, the company launched Complex TV, an online broadcasting platform. In 2016, it became a joint-ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Range Rover
The Land Rover Range Rover, generally shortened to Range Rover, is a Sport utility vehicle, 4x4 Luxury car, luxury SUV produced by Land Rover, a marque and sub-brand of Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Tata Motors. The Range Rover line was launched in 1970 by British Leyland and is now in its fifth generation. Additional models have been launched under the Range Rover name, including the Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Evoque, and Range Rover Velar. History The Rover Company (originator of the Land Rover marque) was experimenting with a larger model than the Land Rover Series in 1951, when the Rover P4-based two-wheel-drive "Road Rover" project was developed by Gordon Bashford. This was shelved in 1958 and the idea lay dormant until 1966, when engineers Charles Spencer King, Spen King and Bashford set to work on a new model. The first Range Rover prototype was built in 1967 with plate number SYE 157F. The design of the Range Rover was finalised in 1969. Twenty-six Velar-badged e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypebeast (company)
Hypebeast is a Hong Kong–listed company that focuses on contemporary culture and lifestyle. It was originally founded in 2005 by Kevin Ma as a sneaker blog. Over the years, Hypebeast has expanded into other industries such as fashion, art, music, e-commerce, golf, and more. Hypebeast's three major divisions are Hypemedia, its online editorial and social media platforms; Hypemaker, an in-house creative production agency; and HBX, a retail platform. In addition to the Hypebeast media platform, which is in multiple languages, there are also Hypebae and Popbee for women, Hypeart for art and Hypegolf for golf. In 2012, Hypebeast launched its print magazine, ''Hypebeast'' magazine. History Hypebeast was originally started as a sneaker blog in 2005 by Kevin Ma. *In 2012, the lifestyle, digital and streetwear focused site entered the retail sphere as HBX, selling fashion editor favourites. *In 2017, it launched its creative agency, Hypemaker. *In 2018, the company organized a 2-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consequence (publication)
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. History ''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young, then a student at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. The website took its original name from the Regina Spektor song " Consequence of Sounds". In January 2008, Michael Roffman became Editor-in-Chief. In October 2014, ''Consequence of Sound'' began covering film and became a part of the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2016, ''Consequence of Sound'' was reorganized under the umbrella of Consequence Media, a digital media, advertising, and marketing firm. In 2018, ''Consequence of Sound'' launched the Consequence Podcast Network, averaging over 100,000 downloads in its first month. In 2019, ''Consequence of Sound'' partnered with Sony Music for the launch of a music documentary podcast series called The Opus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latto
Alyssa Michelle Stephens (born December 22, 1998), known professionally as Latto (formerly known as Mulatto), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Atlanta. She first appeared on Jermaine Dupri's reality television series ''The Rap Game'' in 2016, where she was known as Miss Mulatto and won the show's first season, but rejected its award of a recording contract with Dupri's So So Def Recordings. Latto rose to prominence after releasing her 2019 single "Bitch from da Souf," which received RIAA certification, double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Upon signing with RCA Records, it was issued as the lead single for her debut studio album ''Queen of da Souf'' (2020), which performed moderately on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned the RIAA certification, platinum-certified single "Muwop" (featuring Gucci Mane). After a name change to La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uproxx
Uproxx Studios (stylized as ''UPROXX'') is an American music, entertainment and popular culture website and content studio. It was founded in 2008 by Jarret Myer and Brian Brater. The website was acquired in 2014 by Woven Digital (which later changed its name to Uproxx Media Group). In August 2018, Uproxx Media Group was acquired by Warner Music Group, with Myer remaining in control of the company's operations as publisher. In April 2024, Myer partnered with Rich Antoniello and will.i.am to form an independent company, Uproxx Studios, after acquiring Uproxx along with ''HipHopDX'' and '' Dime Magazine'' from Warner Music Group. History Uproxx was founded in 2008 by Jarret Myer and Brian Brater, who previously co-founded the hip hop label Rawkus Records in 1996. In April 2014, Uproxx was acquired by Woven Digital, an ad network company. In December 2014, Woven raised US$18 million in Series A funding with a portion of the capital allocated to growing Uproxx throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannabis Smoking
Cannabis smoking (known Colloquialism, colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of Cannabis (drug), cannabis and releasing the main Psychoactive drug, psychoactive chemical, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs. Archaeological evidence indicates cannabis with high levels of THC was Smoking, smoked at least 2,500 years ago. As of 2021, cannabis is the most commonly consumed federally illegal drug in the United States, with 36.4 million people (aged 10 years or older) consuming it on a monthly basis. Smoking cannabis is dangerous to the health of the smoker, and may be dangerous to others like passive smoking. In addition to being smoked and Vaporizer (inhalation device), vaporized, cannabis and its active cannabinoids may be cannabis foods, ingested, Sublingual administration, placed under the tongue, or applied to the skin. The bioavail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
