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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 A new Marvel-based fighting game? Made by the same studio that brought us Mortal Kombat 11 and Injustice? WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. According to the digital grapevine, a new Marvel fighting game is in the works, and NetherRealm Studio is allegedly behind it.  If this

So icy, real lava. Lil Baby turns up the heat and brings the chills on his “On Me” remix featuring Megan Thee Stallion. Directed by Mike Ho, the video finds Lil Baby reflecting on his come up while perched on a glass box on the frozen tundra. Hot Girl Meg adds a fiery verse to

Machine Gun Kelly is coming to a city near you. The Cleveland rockstar will return to the road this fall for the first time since the release of his chart-topping album Tickets to My Downfall. On Monday, he announced dates for the 27-date trek, which kicks off Sept. 9 in Minneapolis and travels across the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty Recent remarks from Tyler Perry have confused fans after announcing his refusal to hate police officers during his Academy Awards speech. On Sunday (April 25), the Atlanta media mogul recently took home the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work in helping others and feeding people during the

X forever. Mysonne pays homage to the late DMX with his tribute, “This Is For The Dog”. Saluting his dear friend and collaborator, the Bronx MC reflects on their first encounter, their past work, and praises Dark Man X’s legacy. Over the weekend, a memorial was held for DMX at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,

3 hours ago News Blueface is responding to yet another controversy. Over the weekend, the “Thotiana” rapper posted a video where multiple women appear to be living at his house and sleeping in bunk beds. He goes from room to room waking them up and announcing that they must “get tattoos or go home.” After the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty To many, Cordae is simply the rapping boyfriend of tennis star, Naomi Osaka, but heads in the know recognize that the kid’s lyrical prowess is hella impressive and it looks like it’s well enough to have gotten Q-Tip’s ear. Linking up with the legendary Hip-Hop producer/rapper for

Amen. Trae Tha Truth and Mysonne are “Somewhere in Between” in their new music video. Accompanied by footage during their march and protests, Trae Tha Truth and Mysonne bridge the gap between good qualities as well as their continued fight for racial equality. The track is off their pair’s most recent collaborative project, If You’re

Kanye West is giving back to DMX’s family in a big way. The Yeezy founder collaborated with Balenciaga to create a T-shirt in honor of the late rap icon, with net proceeds benefitting X’s family. The long-sleeve shirt features portrait of X on the front with his signature logo and “R.I.P” above written above. His

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: blackCAT / Getty Hip-Hop fans young and old are still reeling from the recent passing of New York giants Earl “DMX” Simmons and Robert “Black Rob” Ross within just a week of each other. Their energy and spirit are with us today as we also just lost Gregory “Shock G” Jacobs,

Flawless victory. H.E.R. earned her first Oscar Award with “Fight For You” taking Best Original Song during the 93rd annual Academy Awards. The prestige film award ceremony was held virtually and took place on Sunday (April 25) at Los Angeles’ Union Station and Dolby Theatre. After performing the song during the pre-show, Gabriella Wilson accepted

Long live X. Two weeks after his death, DMX’s family and friends gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Earl Simmons at a memorial at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday (April 24). The 50-year-old rapper’s blood red casket was driven from his hometown of Yonkers to Barclays in a monster truck with the words

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Miller / Warner Records Love him or hate him, CJ’s one of New York’s most popular up and coming artist but can the man repeat the success of his breakout single “Whoopty”? We’re not sure just yet but the Staten Island representative is gonna stay on his grizzly and comes

Slime time. Young Stoner Life’s Slime Language 2 has debuted at the top of the Billboard 100 charts. In its first week, the album earned 113,000 equivalent album units with 6,000 in album sales. The LP clocked in 106,000 SEA units, equaling 142.68 million on-demand streams of its 23 tracks. Slime Language 2 is now

4.24.2021 News Logic is dusting off the mic. After coming out of retirement earlier in the month, the Maryland rapper has launched a new duo with Madlib called MadGic. HipHop-N-More reveals that the two have already dropped their first song, “Mars Only Pt. 3,” which finds Logic spazzing over a Madlib beat. “It’s the M-A-D

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rob Rich/WENN.com / WENN Tiger Woods is still standing. Two months after a severe car crash that left him with a shattered leg, the golf legend shared a picture of himself on his two feet, with the help of crutches. “My course is coming along faster than I am 😃. But

You think you tough? Hot off the release of his Mask On EP, Taylor Gang’s Chevy Woods compliments the release with its tripped-out visual. With the iconic scene from Boyz N The Hood on the television screen, the Pittsburgh rapper lights up a blunt and spazzes on the track from a studio full of black

Kehlani is saying it loud and proud. After revealing that she is gay earlier in the month, the singer is making it official. In a now-deleted video, posted Thursday (April 22) on TikTok, Kehlani addressed the speculation surrounding her sexuality. “I’m just gonna fu**ing say it, because everybody keeps bringing it up to me,” she

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adam Bielawski/WENN.com / WENN DMX, whose given name is Earl Simmons, died on April 9 after spending a week on life support. He was just 50, more than two decades short of his expected time on earth. Sometimes life is cruel that way. But not even death could kill moralistic-infused conjectures

R.I.P. DMX The world said their goodbyes to DMX on Saturday (April 24) for his Celebration of Life ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was closed to the public with only family and friends in attendance. Thousands of fans however gathered outside of the Barclays including