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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bobby Bank / Getty Hollywood lost a giant over the weekend. In celebrating the greatness of Michael K. Williams a video of Wendell Pierce praising him in person is now a viral sensation. As spotted on Huffington Post the man who vividly brought to life several iconic characters has passed. As expected

Still hot off his “Still Joker“, Maxo Kream does it big with Tyler, The Creator on his new single. Produced by Tyler, The Creator, Maxo and Ty bring their bossy raps to a brolic production. Along with the release, the visual captures the two cruising in their Rolls Royce trucks and flexing their bands out

Lil Uzi Vert almost lost his pink diamond. The Philly rapper says he was stage diving when fans snatched the $24 million rock right off his forehead during his performance at Rolling Loud Miami in July. Thankfully, he didn’t suffer any serious facial injuries. “I jumped in the crowd and they kinda ripped it out,”

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Renowned actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in a York City apartment on Monday, September 6. He was only 54. The New York Post reports that Williams, perhaps most famed for his portrayal of “Omar Little” in HBO’s The Wire, was found dead in his Brooklyn

The Boy is back. After a few slight delays, Drake has finally released his much-anticipated and sixth solo album, Certified Lover Boy. Initially scheduled for a 2020 release, the LP was announced last October with a release date of January 2021. After nine months of delays and recovering from a knee injury, The Boy delivered

7 mins ago News Cardi B and Offset are the proud parents of a baby boy. The couple welcomed their second child in New York on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 6:14 p.m. EST. Taking to Instagram, Cardi shared a photo cradling her newborn son in the hospital as Offset lovingly looks on. “9/4/21🦕💙🧸,” Cardi captioned the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Remember when Lil Uzi Vert was running around with an alleged $24 million diamond in the middle of his forehead? Well according to the Philly rapper, it was ripped out by fans during his set at Rolling Loud. It could have fell out, but we weren’t there.

Made in Shaolin. Ghostface Killah and Raekwon give WizKid and Tem’s “Essence” a Wu-Tang touch with their remix, “Purple Essence”. On the Afrobeat hit, Tony Starks opens the track and commandeers the ladies to whine, while Shallah praises his queen his verse. The “Purple Essence” follows WizKid and Tems’ “Essence” remix featuring Justin Bieber. [embedded

Chris Brown is sharing his unreleased Kanye West collaboration. Following the release of DONDA last Sunday, the R&B superstar blasted Ye for taking him off the album. Chris’ backing vocals were originally featured on the song “New Again,” but that version was quickly pulled from streaming services. Chris took to Instagram to slam Ye for

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Winston Burris/WENN.com / WENN Mally Mall is now the property of the Feds. The Hip-Hop producer and former Love & Hip Hop star with questionable side hustles turned himself in to the authorities and has started his 33-month sentence for running a prostitution ring. Back in 2019, Mally pleaded guilty to

Kanye West is back on top as his tenth solo album Donda has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts. It is now currently the biggest sales week of 2021. In its first week, Donda moved 309,000 equivalent album units with 37,000 of the sum in traditional album sales. 272,000 of its SEA

André 3000 is speaking out following his leaked collaboration with Kanye West. During his Sound 42 show on SiriusXM on Saturday (Sept. 4), Drake played an unreleased DONDA song called “Life of the Party.” On the six-minute track, Ye calls out his rival amid their reignited feud. “I put Virgil [Abloh] and Drake on the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Lil Wayne can sometimes be divisive, even in MAGA-Land. The QAnon Shaman who stormed that Capitol on January 6 has pleaded guilty to a felony, but his lawyer is clearly big mad that Lil Wayne managed to finesse a pardon from the then President Trump while his

Consequence has the time today and crashes the party with his diss record for Drake. In midst of the Ye and Drizzy’s ongoing feud and in response to the leak, Cons comes to the defense of his G.O.O.D. ally and parties to a slew of shots towards his Toronto nemesis.

Azealia Banks is coming for Doja Cat…again. The controversial rapper is once again taking aim at the “Kiss Me More” hitmaker. After a fan called out Azealia for body-shaming Doja, she responded by insulting her looks and music. “Actually, I’m the bonafide star. Doja makes music for ten year olds and is very derivative,” Banks

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty Drake dipped into his petty bag and “leaked” a Kanye West song called “Life of the Party” that features a standout lyricism from Andre 3000. Speculation about why the song wasn’t on Donda and debate over the bars aimed at Drake on Ye’s verse soon started running

Hot off the release of Shy Glizzy and Glizzy Gang’s Don’t Feed The Sharks LP, Young Jefe stars in the compilation new video. Set at an exotic destination, Young Jefe rides his ATV and kicks it at a lush pad with eye-candy and lavish meals provided by a private chef. Don’t feed the sharks. [embedded

Drake is keeping his feud with Kanye West alive. In the early hours of Saturday morning (Sept. 4), the 6 God took over Sound 42 on SiriusXM where he played cuts off his new album Certified Lover Boy. But he surprised fans when he also leaked Kanye West’s unreleased collaboration with André 3000 called “Life