HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Kenneth Petty continues to prove he is an awful individual. Per Complex, Nicki Minaj’s problematic husband, Kenneth Petty, admitted to having sex with Jennifer Hough, the woman who accused him of raping her in 1994, but claims that the sexual intercourse between them was consensual. “I never
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Hi five. Key Glock is reporting live in the latest music video off his Yellow Tape 2. After rounding up his yellow whips in “Something Bout Me“, the Memphis rapper hits the city with his crew. Accompanied by random news footage, Glizock turns up outside a gas station with his aggressive raps, hits the strip
A second man has pleaded guilty to supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that killed Mac Miller. Ryan Reavis, 38, pled guilty to a single count of distributing fentanyl. According to TMZ, he faces up to 20 years in jail and a lifetime of supervised release, but is likely to receive a lesser sentence for accepting the
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Snoop Dogg both dropped his eighteenth studio album and hit the milestone of his 50th G-Day in 2021, and he’s still got another one on the way. En route to the Doggfather’s Algorithm dropping this coming Friday (November 20), the Long Beach. Calif. Triple OG shared in
Duke Deuce tones down “The Hype” in his new video. Most known for his crunk and turned up music, Duke Deuce experiments his melodic flow over the guitar-laced single, “The Hype”. Directed by Zach Hurth, the Memphis rapper references his perseverance while mobbing and congregating with his crew throughout the city. [embedded content]
Will Smith is making more revelations, this time about Jada Pinkett Smith’s relationship with Tupac Shakur. In his new memoir, Will, the actor admits that he felt insecure and jealous about his then-girlfriend’s friendship with the late rapper, who attended the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland with Jada when they were teenagers. “Though
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Petersen / Getty The National Football League is clamping down on how their teams are moving during the pandemic. They have fined Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers for violating Covid-19 guidelines. As spotted on The New York Times the all-star quarterback fumbled a big play earlier this summer and
Fat Trel is back. After spending a few years in prison, Fat Trel makes his official return with his new single, “Last Day In”. Directed by Be Different Media, the D.C. rapper gets back into his comfort zone for the accompanying music video. Here, he showcases his iced-out jewelry on a set full of lights
Teyana Taylor is putting her fans first. While performing on her “Last Rose Petal…Farewell Tour” in L.A. on Monday night, the R&B songstress paused her concert to check on one concertgoer. “Is she okay? Bring her up here,” a concerned Teyana can be heard telling the crowd in the clip. She also seemingly alluded to
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Kanye West set the Internet on fire after his now infamous appearance on Drink Champs. The reactions from fans were swift, and the peers he name-checked—often with at least a hint of slander (by the social media definition)—were quick to retort. Some of the MC’s that
New York, New York. Going straight for the kill, Snoop Dogg commissions Benny the Butcher, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes for the latest track off his upcoming 19th album Algorithm dropping Friday (Nov. 12). Directed by Dah Dah, the video depicts Big Snoop perched on the Empire State building chanting the title on the haunting hook.
There’s an argument to be made that there’s a little more experimentalism in hip-hop today than there needs to be, but this isn’t to suggest that players going their own ways rather than standing beside the crowded talent pool in the mainstream is wrong. If you’re going to go it alone, you have to have
Hip Hop superstar Twizm Whyte Piece has just released his highly anticipated new single “I See You.” The multi-award-winning artist is no stranger to challenging stereotypes about white rappers, and naysayers will be highly impressed with this new release as “I See You” is sure to be an iconic rap song in the music hip
A 9-year-old boy is among the youngest victims of the Astroworld tragedy. Eight are dead and hundreds were injured including Ezra Blount, who was “trampled” and separated from his father while attending Travis Scott’s festival on Friday. The boy is currently in a medically-induced coma and on life support at a children’s hospital in Houston.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Revolt / Revolt Just when you thought Kanye’s Drink Champs interview gave you all you could handle, apparently there’s still more to come. Taking to Instagram to share the news, Drink Champs announced that this Thursday the second part to Ye’s Drink Champs interview will be dropping and we’re left wondering
Big Sean and Hit-Boy work their magic for “The One” in their new video. In the black-and-white clip, the rapper and producer perform the track at a home studio in the Hollywood Hills and enjoy the views of Los Angeles from the backyard. The track samples SWV’s 1996 song “You’re The One” and is off
Kanye West wants to bury his beef with Drake. Amid their ongoing feud, Ye is extending an olive branch to his rival. In a video uploaded by J Prince on Monday (Nov. 8), the Yeezy mogul stood alongside the Rap-A-Lot Records founder at Houston’s Rothko Chapel and proposed a truce. “I’m making this video to
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @jprincerespect / Instagram It’s clear that Drake owns plenty of real estate in the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s mind if you listened to the latter’s infamous Drink Champs interview. But in a turn of events that no one saw coming, the Chicago rapper artist is seen requesting that
Happy 10 T.R.U. 2 Chainz celebrates the 10th anniversary of his of his T.R.U. REALigion with the release of its anniversary edition, which includes two unreleased songs. Produced by Hitmaka, the Drenched God and Sean Don pair up and call out their exes over their shady and trifling ways. On the Buddah Bless-produced “Sofa”, Tity
Your music is really thoughtful. How long do you contemplate what the subject matter will be? Lately, I have been trying to keep it real with my lyrics, and talk about past experiences. I want people to know that no matter what they are going through, that it is ok, and you are not the