Kanye West Announced as X Games Austin Headliner
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UPDATE: Tickets for X Games Austin are now available here, along with a full lineup that includes The Flaming Lips, Slightly Stoopid, Mayer Hawthorne, Gary Clark Jr., Wavves, Bad Religion, Cash Cash, Candyland & FMLYBND, along with the previously announced headliners.
The 2014 installment of the annual X Games competition was sure to be a little more weird this time around as the yearly action sports festival lands in Austin, Tx. Things may prove to get even more strange after 'Yeezus' himself, Kanye West, was announced as this year's headlining music act yesterday. The larger-than-life Chicago hip-hop star who took to wearing leather kilts and gaudy gold chain masks onstage during his three-month long Yeezus tour in support of his most recent album, was added to the event along with Mac Miller, Dillon Francis and Pretty Lights. It seems as though there is a perpetual festival always happening in Austin, regardless of day or time, and they just keep getting bigger. Adding West is a great move, too, for X Games organizers as their big-air and death-defying tricks seem to have lost the hold they had over the country less than a decade ago. The influx of the arguably the world's largest star should prove to help ratings a bit. The games will pitthe best in RallyCross, BMX, Skateboarding, Moto X, and now, Stadium Super Trucks against each other from June 5 -8 in Austin, Texas, information available here.
[Mixtape] Mac Miller: "Delusional Thomas"
Mac Miller slipped one by me last Friday, releasing a new mixtape under his latest moniker, Delusional Thomas. The tape is nice and has features from Earl Sweatshirt and Da$h, with production coming exclusively from Larry Fisherman. . . yet another Miller alter-ego. Apparently, the character of Delusional Thomas employs a more nasally sound to the rhymes. Honestly, I'm cool with the character changes as long as Mac keeps doing his thing. Say what you want about the Pittsburgh MC but he has never strayed from being himself and making that money while staying independent. More power to him. Check out his eponymous release, Delusional Thomas below.
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