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As Chance The Rapper prepares for his next album, he sets the tone with his latest drop, “Stars Out”. Inside his artsy pad, the Chicago rapper brings out some of his top-notched bars full of flex and wit. “I’m just here with a family of two, tryna plan me a coup, can you hand me

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Kendrick Lamar, already victorious in his war of words with Drake, celebrated the win on Juneteenth in epic fashion via his The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert at the Kia Forum. With K-Dot reconnecting with his former TDE labelmates and mentor Dr. Dre among others, the West Coast displayed a

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: EA Sports / Tiburon / EA Sports Madden NFL 25 Life has three constants: life, death, and a new Madden NFL video game. A new trailer has arrived to excite the loyalists about the annual football video game. Undoubtedly, the unofficial start to the NFL system is the arrival of

Kendrick Lamar celebrated Juneteenth with his highly-anticipated concert, The Pop Out – Ken & Friends at a sold-out Kia Forum Arena in Inglewood, California last night (June 19). The nearly four-hour concert kicked off with a set by DJ Hed, who brought out some of West Coast’s finest from Jason Martin (“Like Whaaat”) and Westside

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Amazon Music / Amazon Music Kendrick Lamar gave fans everything they wished for, and more. The Compton rapper’s Pop Out show went down on Juneteenth at The Forum in Inglewood, but was streamed worldwide via Amazon Prime, bringing the Los Angeles vibes, and Drake slander, to the globe. Billed as

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Linda Yaccarino, Timbaland, Elon Musk, Swizz Beatz / Verzuz VERZUZ, the friendly but competitive music battle series created by Swizz Beat and Timbaland, announced that the platform has teamed with X. While the musicians touted that it remains Black-owned, the fact that it has essentially teamed with Phony Stark aka

Xbox and PlayStation showed gamers what they could look forward to playing on their consoles for the remainder of the year and beyond; now, It’s Nintendo’s turn to show their hand. Earlier this morning, Nintendo held its massive summer Nintendo Direct showcase that was roughly about 40 minutes long, announcing plenty of titles coming to

The story continues for Khalid on his brand new single, “Adore U”. Produced by Digi and Justin Lucas, the mellow tune finds the El Paso-native vents on a love interest and wails over her absence. “Feels like high, we should just float / We should get high, we should just,” he sings. “Fall into my

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty / Fat Joe Fat Joe reenergized the tired debate about whether Chris Brown is on the same level as the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. In a recent IG Live session, Joey Crack discussed Chris Brown and Michael Jackson. The Bronx rapper made the hottest

Lil Gotit rounds up a couple of Young Stoner Lifers on his new record, “Twisting Our Fingers” featuring Young Thug and the late Lil Keed. Backed by Pi’erre Bourne’s booming soundbed, Young Thug sets it off with his drippy flow. “Peppermint patty, my coupe is a rabbit / Rose gold on her phantom, my bitch

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Hall / Getty Ever since the video of Diddy horrifically assaulting Cassie in a hotel hallway hit the internet, Diddy’s been keeping a low profile as everyone and their mama has been vocal in their disgust and dismay at his inexcusable actions. The video even prompted the struggle mayor of

Alicia Keys and JAY-Z brought their hit 2009 hit “Empire State Of Mind” to the 77th Annual Tony Awards, which took place at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City. During Sunday’s telecast (June 16), Alicia Keys opened up the medley with the cast of Broadway Musical, Hell’s Kitchen for a

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Serena Williams praised Caitlin Clark’s approach to dealing with the pressures of being in the WNBA, including the press attention. As Caitlin Clark’s rookie season in the WNBA has progressed this summer, she’s gotten a heaping amount of scrutiny from the press and has been the subject

Hit-Boy gets back to his flow on his new record, “Spill”, produced by himself, Don Cannon, and Tommy Parker. In the accompanying video, directed by ThirdEyeRaz, the rapping producer lets the cameras roll as he hits the streets of Atlanta with Don Cannon. “Spill” is Hit-Boy’s first solo record since last year’s Surf Or Drown and

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gary Hershorn / Getty Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is considered a thing of the past and people have resumed living their everyday lives as if the coronavirus has magically disappeared (it hasn’t), many people still wear face masks whenever going out in public to protect themselves from catching the dreaded

Fivio Foreign gets it popping with his latest feature-presentation, “Suvy Theaters”. Directed by Rock Davis, the accompanying clip finds the East Flatbush rapper turning up with his entourage and flexing on his haters. “Yeah, real demon, said “Fuck them niggas” and I still mean it / I kill a nigga for a lil’ reason, if

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Donald Trump, America’s top felon, is continuing his presidential campaign by employing some of the same smoke and mirror tactics to attract the Black vote. During a “Blacks For Trump” event in Detroit over the weekend, observers online couldn’t help but notice that there was a significantly high number of white

Quavo is bringing minks to the hood with his brand new single, “Mink”. The Keemotion-directed music video spots the Atlanta rapper turning up with a couple of twerkers donning fur ensembles from the trap house to the local gas station. “Linked up with a twin, now I got them hoeing out / Bottles by the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty A new finding has disclosed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to reveal three more trips paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow. On Thursday (June 13), the Senate Judiciary Committee released documents that revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose that he had

At last, Pharrell’s “Double Life” single is arrived, in anticipation of the upcoming film, Despicable Me 4. Over the super-producer’s blaring production, Pharrell spews his signature falsettos detailing the secret lives. “Hey, what are you hiding? / What you do when you gone? / Nothing wrong being private / Make sure it ain’t wrong,” he