Pharrell Williams and Usher were really rollin' last week ... and brought along family and friends for the ride as they skated into a star-studded music festival weekend. The 2 co-hosted a private party at the Haygood Roller Skating Center in Virginia Beach Thursday night in anticipation of Pharell's first ever Something in the Water fest in his hometown. The event was attended by just over 100 people, including Pharell's parents and relatives, Pusha T, Fergie, D.R.A.M., Young Money Yawn,...
- 4/30/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Over the past decade, hip-hop artists and packaged food brands have delivered surprise collaborations that range from the surreal to the sublime. Amid all the shameless youth pandering and awkward cultural collisions, some genuine moments of creative magic can emerge.
So it’s a relief that Lil Yachty’s contribution to the music marketing micro-trend, an improbable sing-song duet with ‘70s teen-pop icon Donny Osmond for Chef Boyardee, manages to fall closer to the so-bad-it’s-good end of the spectrum. “Start The Par-dee,” a full-length jingle that debuted as a music video and an original track on streaming outlets Monday (August 20), is a bid to update the canned pasta brand’s jingles of the 1980s for the trap generation.
And it succeeds for letting Yachty and his go-to producer 30 Roc lend their signature melodic flair to the song, layering the hypnotic children’s chorus of the original jingle atop a...
So it’s a relief that Lil Yachty’s contribution to the music marketing micro-trend, an improbable sing-song duet with ‘70s teen-pop icon Donny Osmond for Chef Boyardee, manages to fall closer to the so-bad-it’s-good end of the spectrum. “Start The Par-dee,” a full-length jingle that debuted as a music video and an original track on streaming outlets Monday (August 20), is a bid to update the canned pasta brand’s jingles of the 1980s for the trap generation.
And it succeeds for letting Yachty and his go-to producer 30 Roc lend their signature melodic flair to the song, layering the hypnotic children’s chorus of the original jingle atop a...
- 8/21/2018
- by Andrew Hampp
- Variety Film + TV
Dinah Jane is the latest member of popular girl group Fifth Harmony to land a solo record deal. The singer has signed with L.A. Reid’s Hitco label, Variety has confirmed. She joins a roster that includes Outkast’s Big Boi and newcomer rappers Skinnyfromthe9 and Yella Beezy.
A new single by Jane is expected in the coming weeks and she has been working with songwriters Priscilla Renae (Fifth Harmony’s “Worth It”), Mozella (Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”) and Jozzy (Monica’s “Just Right For Me”) in addition to producers Nic Nac, Neff-u, Jr Rotem, and Blessed from A Pop on additional material.
Hitco is distributed through Empire, the independent company which helped propel such hits as D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty, and Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s “All the Way Up.”
Reid, who exited Epic Records in May 2017 following an accusation of sexual harassment by a former employee,...
A new single by Jane is expected in the coming weeks and she has been working with songwriters Priscilla Renae (Fifth Harmony’s “Worth It”), Mozella (Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”) and Jozzy (Monica’s “Just Right For Me”) in addition to producers Nic Nac, Neff-u, Jr Rotem, and Blessed from A Pop on additional material.
Hitco is distributed through Empire, the independent company which helped propel such hits as D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty, and Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s “All the Way Up.”
Reid, who exited Epic Records in May 2017 following an accusation of sexual harassment by a former employee,...
- 8/16/2018
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
D.R.A.M. has unveiled the new video “Best Hugs.” The song is about feeling amorous for a person who is already with someone else, and the singer-rapper sets the humorous visuals at a swingers’ party.
Scantily clad men and women frolic about the party that takes place in a Seventies-styled home, dance by a pool and romp in bedrooms and on couches. “How can you let your girl off your arm, knowin’ she’s so fine?” D.R.A.M. croons over the groovy melodies. “I said woo/ Brother, man, I...
Scantily clad men and women frolic about the party that takes place in a Seventies-styled home, dance by a pool and romp in bedrooms and on couches. “How can you let your girl off your arm, knowin’ she’s so fine?” D.R.A.M. croons over the groovy melodies. “I said woo/ Brother, man, I...
- 8/9/2018
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
D.R.A.M. is quickly rising up as one of the most promising hip-hop artists in the game. Bursting onto the scene with his breakout single, “Broccoli,” the rapper is making moves both on the charts and in real life.
His recently released debut album, Big Baby D.R.A.M., is expected to have a satisfying first week, while “Broccoli” continues to move up the pop radio charts. His recent live performance on Conan, meanwhile, has that star power to it that you’d expect from someone with such a likable personality.
Hitting the Conan stage this week, D.R.A.M. brings out the big guns to help bring “Broccoli” to life in a live setting. Starting off with a slow-tempo with vocals as the focal point, the song morphs into the album version a minute in with charisma shown throughout. The highlight of the performance is actually not D.R.A.M., but who he...
His recently released debut album, Big Baby D.R.A.M., is expected to have a satisfying first week, while “Broccoli” continues to move up the pop radio charts. His recent live performance on Conan, meanwhile, has that star power to it that you’d expect from someone with such a likable personality.
Hitting the Conan stage this week, D.R.A.M. brings out the big guns to help bring “Broccoli” to life in a live setting. Starting off with a slow-tempo with vocals as the focal point, the song morphs into the album version a minute in with charisma shown throughout. The highlight of the performance is actually not D.R.A.M., but who he...
- 10/27/2016
- by Joe DeAndrea
- We Got This Covered
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