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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

Voila! Vince Staples officially brings the “Magic” on the first single off his forthcoming album, Ramona Park Broke My Heart. Floating over a laid back beat by Mustard, the Long Beach rapper delivers his rags to riches flow and details perseverance over his inner city blues. In the newly released video, Vince Staples hits a

Kanye West is responding to the criticism surrounding his “Eazy” video. On Sunday, the rapper shared a message in defense of the disturbing visual featuring The Game in which he kidnaps and buries a claymation version of Pete Davidson. According to Ye, his “art” has healing powers and is protected by his First Amendment rights.

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Supreme / Supreme This union was inevitable. OG streetwear brand Supreme has officially revealed its collaboration with British luxury brand Burberry. Source: Supreme / Supreme Over the years, Supreme has teamed with luxury brands like Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton, so linking with the purveyors of the Burberry plaid shouldn’t

Cheers! Fresh off the release of his Mixed Emotions album, So Raspy’s Nino Man releases the video for the love-themed project’s title-track. Directed by Benji Filmz, the clip finds the Harlem native rapping the introspective track from a run-in with the paparazzi to the back of an Escalade with his lady and the crib. [embedded

Hip-hop finally took center stage during last month’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, but it wasn’t an easy road. Snoop Dogg reveals the uphill battle that JAY-Z, whose company Roc Nation co-produced the show, faced in getting Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar to perform at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bobby Bank / Getty D.L. Hughley isn’t one to pull his punches when it comes to sharing his opinions. In a recent interview, the comedian reasoned that Kanye West’s behavior when it comes to Kim Kardashian amounts to “stalking.” Hughley sat down for an interview with DJ Vlad when he

Ughhk! Pusha T’s name rings loud and clear on Nigo’s new single. Over a cinematic production, King Push unleashes his fearless raps from his D-Boy persona and interpolates the threating lines from JAY-Z’s verse on Rick Ross’ “Free Mason” for the hook. “Hear Me Cleary” is the third single off Nigo’s upcoming album, I Know

The Game is not finished. After saying Dr. Dre did more for him than Kanye West, the Compton rapper is stirring more controversy, this time about Eminem. During his explosive interview with “Drink Champs,” Game shared his thoughts on Em’s performance with Dr. Dre at last month’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. While performing “Forgot About

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TV One / TV One The highly-acclaimed Unsung series from TV One returns for its twelfth season and opens with a look at the group that exploded onto the R&B scene in the 1990s with their upbeat and smooth sound, Soul For Real. The season premiere of Unsung will focus on

XV back. XV makes his unexpected return with his latest effort, Winter Wolves. Produced entirely by Mike Summers, the Wichita lyricist spews 10 new tracks including the triumphant “March To Winter”, the God flows of “Mathews 7:15”, and the thought-provoking “Food For The Sole”, among others. Winter Wolves is XV’s first project since last year’s

Pete Davidson is finding humor in Kanye West’s latest attack. Amid their one-sided feud, Ye debuted the ominous video for “Eazy,” his collaboration with The Game, which finds him kidnapping and burying a claymation version of Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend. But the murder depiction did not seem to offend Davidson, who apparently found the caricature of

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Merritt / Getty Johnny Brown made his mark in the industry via his role as building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the hit series Good Times after establishing himself as a singer. According to one of his children, Brown suddenly passed away after going into the hospital for a routine checkup.

Game over. After bringing their “Afterlife” earlier this year, Tee Grizzley and producer JR Rotem’s got the block on lock with their latest collaboration. Over JR Rotem’s eerie beat, the accompanying cinematic clip finds Tee Grizzley running through his street cred and detailing the perseverance of its downfalls in the midst of violence, lost loved

50 Cent and The Game are back at it. The former G-Unit members have revived their nearly two-decade-old feud following recent comments made by Game. During his “Drink Champs” interview, the Compton rapper claimed that Kanye West did more for him than Dr. Dre. “It’s crazy that Ye did more for me in the last

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Mattina / Getty Reports are coming forth that WNBA star Brittney Griner is currently detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges. Officials say they discovered vaporizer cartridges containing THC oil in Griner’s luggage. Two Russian language outlets, Interfax News and Sport BC, both report that Griner, 31, was arrested by

Well deserved. Shenseea made her first late-night TV debut as the musical guest on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night (Mar. 3). Emerging in diamonds on a pond-like setting, the Jamaican singer gave a sexy performance of her brand new single. Produced by Rvssian, “Deserve It” is off Shenseea’s debut album ALPHA dropping March 11.