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Will Smith is feeling the fallout from his Oscars slap. A week after the King Richard actor smacked Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Academy Awards, some of his film projects are in jeopardy, including a Netflix movie and Bad Boys 4. According to

HipHopWired Featured Video For the past few months Freddie Gibbs has been feeling the ire of his fellow rap peers such as Jim Jones, Young Thug and Benny The Butcher, but luckily for the Grammy nominated rapper, he has a friend in the Miami Bawse, Rick Ross. Linking up with Rozay for his visuals to

P! Gunna made his Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on Saturday (April 3). On a smoke-filled set with a band, the YSL rapper kicked off the night with “Banking On Me” for his first performance. For his second act, Gunna brought out his fellow ATLien Future for their collaboration “Pushin P”. Both

Polo G is looking back on his brush with death. In honor of his “Heartless” video surpassing 100 million views on YouTube, the Chicago rapper took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone while revealing that he was hospitalized after almost overdosing on pills right before the video shoot. “Back story Fa Dat video I was

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LeoPatrizi / Getty Peace to the HHW Nation! It’s been a while but we’re back with a new update to our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) playlist and we’re aiming to get back to the consistency you all expect. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the

Young Glock. Aptly fitting for this weekend’s Grammys, Key Glock takes a moment to reflect in his new music video, “Grammys”. The cinematic clip finds the Memphis rapper reacting his childhood years including an adolescent hustler on the rise and a dominant teenager holding the streets down. The track serves as the intro to his

Chris Rock’s family is defending him in the wake of the slap. During his comedy show on Friday, comedian Tony Rock slammed Will Smith after the King Richard star smacked his brother at the Oscars for making a G.I. Jane 2 joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia. “If you think you gonna

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Goon With The Spoon / Goon With The Spoon E-40 remains a fixture in Hip-Hop culture as he keeps pace with the younger generation without forsaking a second of his legacy. Viewed as one of the savviest business minds in Hip-Hop, the Bay Area boss retrieves more revenue with the launch

The City Girls are back. After a brief hiatus, The City Girls kick off the second quarter with their “Top Notch” single featuring Fivio Foreign. Mobbing through the streets of NYC, Yung Miami and JT flaunt their riches and assets over Axl Beats drill production, while Fivio Foreign laces the track with his New York

April 1, 2022 News Groovy Q is coming back strong. After much anticipation, ScHoolboy Q is set to return with his new single “Soccer Dad.” Before the song hits streaming services on Tuesday (April 5), the TDE rapper shared a preview with fans. “Now here we go again / Before I had a fam, was

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty The story of one of Rap’s most memorable MC’s is about to be told. A&E has confirmed they are working on an Ol’ Dirty Bastard documentary. As per Complex a prime time film on the late great has been finally green lit. On Thursday, March 31 the network

Buss it, baby. Tee Grizzley does a whole lot of flexing in the video to “Buss It Dow”, the follow up to “Beat The Streets“. Directed by Ben Marc, the Detroit rapper delivers aggressive bars with a little auto-tune while hitting various shops in Beverly Hills and parading around a bevy of eye-candy in lingerie.

Chris Rock is taking the high road. After breaking his silence about the Oscars, the comedian was back in Boston for the second sold-out night of his stand-up comedy tour. He began his set by once again addressing Sunday’s Academy Awards where he was slapped in the face by Will Smith after making a joke

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty As the world is still reeling from the slap that Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last weekend, a newly found video captures Jada Pinkett Smith’s reaction to the incident in real-time. According to reports, a clip shared on TikTok Thursday morning (March

Lucas season is upon us. Joyner Lucas gets crazy with his flow on his pro-Yeezy track, “Ye Not Crazy”. Pulling out the massive black Sherp all-terrain ATV and recreating the Donda 2 live listening concert, Joyner gets on his Ye shit alongside a masked Kanye look-alike. “Ye Not Crazy” is Joyner’s first release following “My

31 mins ago New Music Chris Brown is back with another bop. After much teasing and anticipation, Chris Brown delivers his new single “WE (Warm Embrace).” On the seductive R&B jam, which samples Guy’s ’90s hit “Let’s Chill,” Breezy takes it to the bedroom. “Temperature keeps rising like Poseidon when you ride my wave,” he sings

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @aqua174 / HHW Nigo and Steven Victor know how to get the people going. In correlation with the release the I Know NIGO album, the Victor Victor label and brand teamed with Shopify to host a pop-up shop in NYC where fans could cop their highly coveted merch. Source: Shopify

The Ice Cream man is coming. Freddie Gibbs cools out with Rick Ross on “Ice Cream”, Gibbs first music since last year’s “Black Illuminati” featuring Jadakiss. Over a flip of Raekwon’s classic done by Kenny Beats, Gibbs serves scoops of his rapid-flowing bars while cruising in an ice cream truck full of women. Meanwhile, Rozay

10 seconds ago News The stars are aligning for Coi Leray’s debut album Trendsetter. One week before it drops, the rap sensation has revealed the star-studded guest list. In addition to her Nicki Minaj-assisted hit “Blick Blick,” the project features appearances from Polo G, Lil Durk, H.E.R., and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. The lineup also

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crystal Dynamics/ Marvel’s Avengers After its not-so-stellar launch in 2020, Crystal Dynamics Marvel’s Avengers was supposed to find its second wind with its post-game content. Sadly that hasn’t been the case. Marvel’s Avengers has seen some decent post-launch content and solid expansions that introduced new characters with the addition of Hawkeye,