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
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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.
Chris Brown is facing legal action after his dog allegedly bit a cleaning lady. The woman, Patricia Avila, claims one of the singer’s dogs viciously attacked her sister while they were cleaning his Tarzana, Calif. house. In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Avila says she and her sister were hired to clean Chris’ home twice
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty A new doc that will give more insight on the mysterious murder of Run-DMC’s DJ Jam Master Jay is coming this week. Deadline reports the new doc, Set the Record Straight: The Jam Master Jay Case, which focuses on the 2002 tragic killing of the DJ born
Super Dax. Keeping his word from last week’s “Beatbox“, Dax finally unleashes his “Whoopty” freestyle, his last remix of the year. In the playful clip, Dax doesn’t hold back with the bars and shifts through various costumes including the elderly, a martial artist, a janitor, Superman, and more eggciting characters. [embedded content]
DJ Mustard is putting his personal shopper on blast for allegedly stealing over $50,000. Taking to Instagram, the “High Fashion” producer claimed that Karissa C. Walker was hired to shop for him and his wife, but she ended up doing some shopping of her own, racking up over $50,000 and charging it to Mustard’s credit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty It’s been a few months since the release of the PS5, and it’s finally getting its first big system update, and with it comes some much-needed relief for your console’s hard drive. Sony announced via its blog that PS5 owners could look forward to the console’s first
Bring it on. H.E.R. brought her Oscar-nominated song to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (April 13) for an epic performance. Beginning on the drums, the talented musician took the mic and walked down an alleyway where she joined her band members including back up singers, a guitarist, pianist, violinists, and more. The
Drake and DMX buried their beef before his death. The OVO rapper reportedly plans to revisit his rivalry with the late rap icon on an upcoming episode of REVOLT’s “Drink Champs” podcast. Host Noreaga met up with Drake last night and revealed that he was instrumental in squashing the near-decade-old beef with some help from
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Did y’all really think y’all were going to go a week without some new work from the Buffalo hustler, Benny The Butcher? Nah bro. There’s bags to pick up and the man out here collecting every last one of them. This time around the Upstate New Yorker
Lift off. K Camp’s spreading good vibes in his K.I.S.S. 5 (Deluxe) album’s new video featuring Genius. Directed by Spike Ree, the two Rare Sound artist simply live it up on the road while turning up with the rest of the family, friends, and fans. [embedded content]
The Weeknd has found a buyer for his Hidden Hills estate. The “Blinding Lights” singer has sold his 13,391-square-foot suburban mansion to Madonna. He purchased the property in the gated community just outside of Los Angeles for $18.2 million in 2017, and initially listed it for $25 million. The price eventually dropped to $22 million
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty We can’t physically be at concerts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Tidal and Facebook have found a way virtually for us to enjoy some tunes performed live by 2 Chainz. Monday (Apr.12), global music and entertainment streaming platform TIDAL and Facebook’s virtual reality platform Oculus announced the “I’m
*Flex Bombs* Legendary hip-hop DJ and disc jockey Funk Master Flex certainly needs no introduction. And with an album on the way, Flex takes the hot seat in the latest episode of Cigar Talk. In the extensive interview, Flex discusses his new singles with Rowdy Rebel, King Von, meeting DMX, problem with JAY-Z, his role
Kid Cudi honored Kurt Cobain while making his “Saturday Night Live” debut. For his first solo performance as musical guest (he appeared with Kanye West in 2018), the rapper delivered a pair of songs off his latest album Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, released in December, on last night’s episode with host Carey
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Hip-Hop culture across the globe is in mourning after the untimely passing of DMX. Many were close with the rapper, but one longtime collaborator particularly close to Dark Man X was Swizz Beatz, who eulogized his late friend. Some of X’s most memorable hits were produced by
It’s lit! Things are turnt all the way up in the latest music video off Mo3’s posthumous album Shottaz 4 Life. In the Prophecy film, the late Mo3 and YFN Lucci hit up a ratchet affair at a night club full of money, countless bottles, and a bountiful of baddies twerking and making out. [embedded