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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Marvel Studios / Disney The penultimate episode of the first season, we would hope, of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier begins with John Walker running away from the carnage he just created with… SPOILERS AHEAD [embedded content] …the murder of Flag Smasher Nico. The death of Lemar clearly

R.I.P. Black Rob Black Rob has passed away in Atlanta on Saturday (April17) due to kidney failure. He was 51. Black Rob’s passing comes just a week after DMX’s passing where he offered his condolences from a hospital bed, causing concern among his fans. The tragic news of his passing was confirmed by his former

Two weeks after his death, DMX’s family and friends will honor him with a public memorial. The event will be held on Saturday, April 24, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, X’s former manager, Steve Rifkind tells TMZ. Details are still being figured out, including ticketing and how many people will be allowed inside the 17,000-seat

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TV ONE / TV One Remy Ma emerged in the mid-2000s as one of the best women rappers in the game but a conviction in 2008 kept her out of the limelight for six years. Since leaving prison, Remy Ma is a completely changed woman, and she shared details of her

Never ever. Tee Grizzley and G Herbo trade menacing bars in the theatrical video to their new collaboration produced by Chopsquad DJ. One a quest to obtain a briefcase, Tee Grizzley and his goons go out blazing inside a warehouse, while G Herbo monitors the surveillance camera from the getaway van. [embedded content]

French Montana’s Calabasas crib is back on the market. The “Unforgettable” rapper has re-listed his 7,786-square-foot Mediterranean-style mansion for $4.99 million, a reduction from its previous $6.6 million price last year. Montana purchased the guard-gated home from Selena Gomez in 2016 for $3.3 million, over $1 million under her original asking price of $4.5 million.

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tyrell Hampton/GQ / Tyrell Hampton/GQ Vince Staples chopped it up with Desus Nice of Showtime’s Desus & Mero during a recent interview for GQ magazine. Desus wanted the Long Beach rapper to touch on how Nipsey Hussle’s death affected him being that they shared similar backgrounds as LA Crips turned successful

Clear the road. CMG’s EST Gee’s on the verge of a takeover in his new video “Lick Back”. For his short ditty, the Louisville rapper lifts up his ski-mask and races through town in his neon-green Lambo truck with his jewels glistening and his pockets on swole. Better make way. [embedded content]

It’s Slime time. After much anticipation, Young Stoner Life Records presents Slime Language 2, the long-awaited sequel to 2018’s Slime Language. The collaborative album showcases YSL’s roster of talent including its founder and CEO Young Thug, plus Gunna, Lil Keed, Karlae, Unfoonk, Lil Duke, Yak Gotti, T-Shyne, and the label’s two newest signees, YTB Trench

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @ar_ab_32 / Instagram AR-Ab may be regretting putting too much of his life down in the studio. On Thursday (Apri 16), the Philadelphia rapper was sentenced to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug ring, and his own words were used against him in court. Reports the Philadelphia

Let’s get it. Life has certainly changed for the best on K Camp’s new single featuring PnB Rock. The track samples Ginuwine’s 2001 hit “Differences”. In the accompanying video, K Camp and PnB Rock enjoy the fruits of labor from success on various sets with eye-candy and at a gathering with the crew full of

AR-Ab will be spending the next two decades behind bars. The 38-year-old rapper, whose real name is Abdul West, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Thursday (April 15) for turning his record label, Original Block Hustlaz, into a large-scale drug trafficking network that has been implicated in at least one murder. Prosecutors alleged

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Arnold Turner / Getty The heartbreaking passing of DMX was a stark reminder that we should be giving our Hip-Hop legends their flowers while they’re still here, so join us in giving love and props to the OG pimp himself, Too $hort. Coming through with some new black-and-white visuals to “Real

Oakland is definitely in the house. Too $hort invites us back to The Bay in the latest video off his and E-40’s joint LP Ain’t Gon Do It/Terms & Conditions. In the black-and-white clip, Too $hort and Reg Black keep the Hyphy movement alive and well with members of their click, choreography, women, and cars

4.14.2021 New Music Moneybagg Yo is ready to “Go.” In anticipation of his new album A Gangsta’s Pain, the Bread Gang boss serves up his new single with an assist from fellow Memphis MC BIG30. On the trunk-rattling anthem, Moneybagg unleashes his bold flow before BIG30 slides through with a fiery verse. “Go” follows his

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard Hip-Hop OG Common drop any new work what with the countless other career moves he’s been making for the past few years, but the man was an MC first and reminds us of that fact today. Coming through with

What up blood? Pooh Shiesty made his TV debut on Wednesday (April 14) as the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Pulling up in an alley with Lil Durk, the two gave their first televised performance of the platinum hit, “Back In Blood”off Pooh’s latest mixtape, Shiesty Season. [embedded content]

City Girls have come a long way. The Miami rap duo, consisting of Yung Miami (Caresha Brownlee) and JT (Jatavia Johnson), reflected on their “journey from the projects of Miami to Nobu Beverly Hills” while speaking with Megan Thee Stallion for Interview magazine. During their conversation, the “Savage” rapper recalled the moment she became a

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dotemu / Tribute Games Back in March, fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were pleased to learn that their favorite heroes in a half-shell were returning in a retro-style beat-em-up adventure for PC and unspecified consoles. Now, we finally know one of them. Announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase, the

Look out. Conway The Machine lets the brains blow on the latest offering off his La Maquina album dropping Friday (April 16). Anchored by Don Cannon’s bouncy production, Conway glides on the beat with his braggadocios bars. JID follows suit with a hot verse while Ludacris makes his return like he’s never left the game.