HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Guy D’Alema / Atlanta FX Atlanta sticks with its theme of airing episodes that don’t feature the show’s four main characters. Season three’s ninth episode, “Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga,” brilliantly tackles what it means to be Black and how Blackness is judged. SPOILERS AHEAD The episode, which immediately gives off
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Gang gang. The Never Broke Again crew are rolling deep in their new music video, “Gang Baby”. For the piano-laced record, which clocks in over two and half minutes, the Rich Porter-directed clip beings NBA YoungBoy setting things off before passing it to Rojay MLP, RJae, and P Yungin. [embedded content]
Let’s get this sh*t. Kendrick Lamar makes his long-awaited return with the most anticipated hip-hop album of the year, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Five years since he left off with DAMN., the Compton kingpin delivers his fifth and final release for Top Dawg Entertainment. The 18-track album, which is divided into two parts,
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rachel Jackson / YouTube / Rachel Jackson / YouTube Google and YouTube are proving that they have taste. The two brands brought A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and DJ OMINAYA to perform for their staff at the opening of their new NYC employee campus. To celebrate the grand opening of Google’s
CyHi! After a brief hiatus, CyHi overcomes the hurt and pain on his new single featuring Jacquees. On the heartfelt track, the Atlanta lyricist laments on life’s struggles, his near death experience, and the lost of loved ones, while Jacquees provides an aching hook. “This song “Tears” is from the “Oscar” Section of my album.
Young Thug and Gunna will remain in jail after a judge denied their bond on racketeering charges. The YSL rappers are among 28 alleged gang members named in the Fulton County district attorney’s 56-count indictment, which includes charges ranging from drug and gun possession to murder. Gunna was denied bond Wednesday after he was arrested
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez This is why J. Cole is beloved by his fans. The North Carolina rapper is the talk of social media for keeping a promise to a very loyal fan and going the extra mile. Wednesday (May.11), J. Cole was spotted at Rowan University’s class of 2022 graduation
Posty Season is upon us. Post Malone “Cooped Up” on his new single featuring Roddy Ricch. Produced by Louis Bell and Post Malone, the melodic record finds the two “Wow.” collaborators detailing a time of confinement and lonesome before taking their wild and wealthy lifestyle back outside. “Cooped Up” follows the hitmaker’s previous single “One
Casanova has pleaded guilty in his federal racketeering case. The Brooklyn rapper, whose real name is Caswell Senior, admitted to shooting someone at a party in Florida in July 2020 over a gambling dispute. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he also admitted to a 2018 robbery in Manhattan
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Bello / Getty Mike Tyson will not be charged by authorities after an incident on a flight where he punched an unruly passenger, which was caught on video. In a statement released to the press on Tuesday (May 10th), the San Mateo County (California) District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said that
Casanova has plead guilty in his ongoing federal racketeering case. The Daily News reports Casanova, who had “leadership role” in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods Gang, copped to racketeering and narcotics charges on Wednesday (May 11) in U.S. District Court in White Plains, New York. He is the 13th defendant in the Gorilla Stone
6ix9ine has a new target–Young Thug. After beefing with everyone from Lil Durk to Fivio Foreign, the notorious troll is taking aim at the YSL rapper in the wake of his arrest on racketeering and gang-related charges. In a series of posts on Instagram Stories, the “GINÉ” rapper made light of Thug’s plight while poking
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Getty Apple is finally laying the iPod to rest. Apple announced it was quietly discontinuing the iPod touch, the last version of its popular portable music player. With this move, the company that Steve Jobs built hammered the final nail in the coffin
Happy Ghostface Killah Day! Hip hop veteran and Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah was given May 9, his very own day in New York City. On Monday (May 9), which so happens to be his birthday, the 52-year-old rapper was honored the official proclamation by New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his ongoing contributions in
DaBaby is putting his baby mama on blast. Earlier today, DaniLeigh dropped her new single “Dead to Me” on which she addresses her “toxic” relationship with the father of her 8-month-old daughter, Velour. Hours later, DaBaby responded by criticizing her decision to drop the song alongside her sit-down interview with Angie Martinez in which she
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Travis Scott is making his public return to the stage in a bold fashion, being the latest artist to be named as a performer at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. According to reports, the Billboard Music Awards announced on Monday (May 9th) that the Houston native will
4U Following a much quite first quarter, TDE’s Reason gets his rap bag and makes some noise with his new freestyle. Utilizing the Jack Harlow and Drake favorite “Churchill Downs”, the Carson, CA rapper pulls up at a junkyard with his luggage and takes a quick moment to reflect over the soulful instrumental. This mark’s
DaniLeigh is opening up about her baby daddy drama. Back in November, Dani and DaBaby were seen fighting on Instagram Live as Dani nursed their newborn baby girl. After their explosive argument, DaBaby called the police to have the mother of his child removed from his house, claiming he had been assaulted. Dani was charged
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Somehow, someway, social media has found a way to include Chloe Bailey in Young Thug and his YSL crew’s legal drama. For those who don’t know, Atlanta rapper Young Thug was among 28 individuals rounded up by law enforcement and slapped with RICO (Racketeer Influenced and
Jack’s got it like that. Jack Harlow brought his promo run over to Hot 97 with an exclusive freestyle for Funkmaster Flex. Over Pharrell and Gwen Stefani’s 2012 hit “Can I Have It Like That”, the Louisville rapper and the upcoming White Men Can’t Jump reboot star confidently addressed the critics on his race, his