HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty Actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to five months in jail for the crime of faking a hate crime. Last year, the former Empire star was convicted of filing a false police report. Smollet infamously claimed that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019.
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Legs to the roof. Latto gets it popping like a “Wheelie” on her new collaboration featuring 21 Savage. Produced by Hollywood Cole, Big Latto dominates with pussy power, while 21 Savage adds his racy flow. Along with the release, the Colin Tilley-directed video finds Latto stunting on a bike and working her moves inside her
A slow groove can mean the difference between maximum chills or a total lack of thrills, and in the case of the new single “Slow Twerkin’” from 3B Rich, it’s the former over the latter. Rather than trying to center everything on the harmonies that this group can conjure up with surgical precision, “Slow Twerkin’”
Chris Brown wants an apology. The singer is demanding an apology after a woman accused him of sexual assault and sued him for $20 million. “Damn y’all owe me an apology.. won’t hold my breath waiting for it though,” he wrote Thursday on his Instagram Story. In January, an anonymous woman—known only as Jane Doe—filed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E! Entertainment / Getty It’s was a grand opening and a quick grand closing for Nick Cannon’s talk show. N’Credible seed spreader Nick Cannon’s talk show has been canceled. Variety reports staffers at The Nick Cannon Show were informed on Thursday (Mar.10) it was a wrap for the show. Luckily, there were
Issa goat. Key Glock is gearing up to release his Yellow Tape 2 (Deluxe) on March 25, and sets the tone with “Pain Killers”. In the wintry clip, the Memphis rapper pulls up his custom yellow Phantoms on a snowy mountainside and delivers his confident flow with a goat on a leash. Key Glock released
Nicki Minaj is opening up about a fashion collaboration with Kanye West that never came to be. Earlier today, Joe Budden released his highly-anticipated interview with the rap queen. At one point during the nearly two-hour conversation, Nicki spoke about her successful partnership with Fendi, which came about following the release of her 2018 single
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty With his album, God Don’t Make Mistakes, officially in the books and doing its thing, Conway The Machine is now on his business grizzly and turning his focus to his own new artist, Jae Skeese. Looking to get his Drumwork Music Group imprint on and popping, Conway
They put on. Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA reunite on the the first single off their upcoming, Full Court Press album produced by Girl Talk. Over an old school mash up, Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA trade an abundance of braggadocious bars. The collaboration arrives with an animated visual. In 2020,
Chris Brown is exposing the woman who accused him of rape. Earlier this year, a woman–known only as Jane Doe–filed a $20 million lawsuit against the R&B superstar, claiming he raped her on a docked yacht on Miami’s Star Island in December 2020. But Chris says it’s all an attempt to extort him and he
Kanye West is declaring victory after DONDA 2 failed to chart. The 16-track sequel album was excluded from the Billboard charts because it wasn’t released through the traditional streaming channels and is only available through his Stem Player. But Ye is not concerned. In fact, he’s celebrating because he sees his rule-breaking release as a
instagram/angelrivz/ 2 mins ago News Drake continues to share the wealth. The rapper gave one lucky fan the ultimate birthday gift by surprising him with $10,000. While vacationing in Turks and Caicos, the young fan happened to run into Drake. When he heard it was his birthday, Drizzy handed him a stack of cash. In video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty HBCUs, along with other groups, are getting a major boost from Travis Scott thanks to a newly formed initiative. On Tuesday (March 8th), the rapper announced the formation of Project HEAL in a press release. Project HEAL is a multi-tiered initiative with a focus on philanthropy to
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derek White / Getty Last Fall pro-football legend Deion Sanders had foot surgery to repair a lingering injury that he’d been dealing with for a while. But it wasn’t until recently that we learned just how serious things were for the NFL Hall of Famer. According to TMZ, Sanders underwent a
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: L. Busacca / Getty The Notorious B.I.G., affectionately known as Biggie Smalls by devoted fans, was tragically shot on March 9, 1997, sparking annual celebrations of his life and legacy. On the 25th anniversary of the Brooklyn giant’s passing, Twitter is currently doing its best to honor the late legendary
They put on. Girl Talk reunites with the trio on the first single off the producer’s upcoming album, Full Court Press. Over Girl Talk’s old school mash up, Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA trade an abundance of braggadocious bars. The collaboration arrives with an animated visual. In 2020, the four collaborated on “Santos
Pow! Fresh off “City of Gods” and “Off the Grid,” Ye collaborator Fivio Foreign joins host Brian “B.Dot’ Miller to break down the best songs in Kanye’s catalog. From the old Kanye’s “Through The Wire” and “Gold Digger” to the new Kanye’s “New Slaves” and “Father Stretch My Hands Pt 1.”, together Fivio and B
The Butcher coming. Benny The Butcher takes part of his album release week over to Power 106 for the L.A. Leaker’s show For 137th installment of the Lift Off freestyle series, The Butcher tact his hustle and flow over DMX, Ma$e, and the Lox’s “Niggaz Done Started Something”. Benny The Butcher’s Tana Talk 4 drops
Drake may be putting his stamp on Nicki Minaj’s next album. In a Twitter Q&A with fans over the weekend, the “Bussin” rapper revealed that she spoke with her Young Money brother about having him executive produce her upcoming fifth studio album. “We actually discussed him EP’ing this new album. That was b4 Seeing Green
HipHopWired Featured Video With his next album Ramona Park Broke My Heart slated to drop next month, Vince Staples is looking to get some buzz building up for his fifth studio album and comes through with a new entertaining visual to get people a-talking. In his latest visuals to “Magic,” Vince Staples finds himself at