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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Illumination / The Super Mario Bros. Movie Despite all the qualms about Chris Pratt being the voice of Nintendo’s beloved plumber/hero, The Super Mario Bros. Movie looks like a surefire hit. The final trailer has arrived to give fans one more mushroomed power boost excitement about the animated film. The final

The King has returned. T.I. and Kevin Gates are “Active” on their new collaboration. Opened with a prayer in Arabic by Kevin Gates, the Grand Hustler and Breadwinner rappers take it to the streets with their trapped-out lyrics. “Breadwinner, alumni status, told my brother ain’t nothing else / I’m in that industry, they digging me,

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty / Yung Miami Twitter is screaming CARESHA PLEASE after watching Yung Miami’s acting debut in BMF. BMF Fridays are in full effect, and Twitter has much to say about the latest episode. Yung Miami has caught the acting bug, appearing in the Netflix film You People

It’s showtime! Swizz Beatz commissions some of the game’s heavy hitters for “Street Opera”, the latest piece off the Godfather Of Harlem Season 3 soundtrack. On the track, SAINt JHN, Fivio Foreign, and BIA bring the perfect score for the streets. “Gorgeous, haters be taking my portrait / I like my niggas on Forbes list

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Szucinski / Getty A proposed ban in New York City on menthol cigarettes has led to two opposing groups of advocates debating the potential effects on the Black community. The proposal of further city and state bans on the sale of menthol cigarettes has created an unexpected conflict between groups of

Gangsta Grizzillz. Kash Doll and Icewear Vezzo link up in their new music video for “RNQ”. Directed by Diego, Kash Doll talks her fly shit to her male victim who is tied up, while Icewear Vezzo who joins her at the remote location and delivers a hot verse. “How I’m gon’ stop spending dog shit

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joe Buglewicz / Getty / Sony The ongoing battle between Sony and Microsoft over this Activision Blizzard acquisition continues to get weird. Sony has numerous concerns about Microsoft’s still stalled acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and now thanks to a PDF, we know every one of them. In the documents sent to

Photos: Nickie Rose Top Dawg Entertainment’s President, Terrence “Punch” Henderson, is sitting on top of the world. Thanks to the historic success of SZA’s sophomore album SOS, the label has a new flagship star. But make no mistake, Punch just isn’t sitting behind a desk. The Watts native can also be heard with his own hip-hop

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Justin Ford / Getty Police in Colorado have stated that Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will not face criminal charges over flashing a gun in a social media video last weekend. On Wednesday afternoon (March 8), the Glendale, Colorado Police Department announced that after finishing their investigation into Ja Morant after

Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 3 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Boland / Getty / Kanye West / North West North West is her mood, and she is expressing it on what her dad Kanye West considers the devil, TikTok. Another thing we didn’t see coming, like Tyga and Avril Lavigne swirling, is North West being a fan of Hip-Hop’s

Welcome back Ben. After nearly six years, Macklemore makes his return with his third solo album, Ben. On this time around, the Benjamin Haggerty reflects on his success for the first single “Chant” featuring Tones And I and follows up on the celebratory anthem “Maniac” alongside Windser. Elsewhere, Ben questions loyalty on “Faithful” with NLE

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Arnold Jerocki / Getty / Tyga / Avril Lavigne Nobody had Tyga and Avril Lavigne dating on their 2023 bingo cards. Well, this is something no one saw coming, Tyga and Avril Lavigne being a thing. The two musicians confirmed their romance with a kiss while at the Mugler X Hunter

Harlem and Brooklyn meet in Dave East’s new music video, “Thiccer Than Water” featuring Uncle Murda. In the gritty clip, the two rappers pull out the liquor and mobb with the crews in the streets of New York City. “Drinking Henney, ain’t really been sober since,” raps East. “I’m focused on the players, I got

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David M. Benett / Getty One definite way to win over fans and make some new ones in 2023 is to bless them with a free pair of sneakers. And if those kicks happen to be Nikes, even better (sorry, adidas, Reebok and Puma). London rapper Jeshi seems to know this

With their album Glorious Game around the corner, New York-based cinematic soul production group El Michels Affair and The Roots MC Black Thought share the upcoming album’s title-track. Directed and animated by Gergen Aloian, the accompanying animated clip depicts a panther roaming through mysterious landscape. “Ok, I’m too Black for y’all to erase / Shoot

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Games / WWE 2K23 2K Games successfully rebooted its WWE 2K franchise last year with WWE 2K22 and is looking to continue the positive momentum and come back even stronger WWE 2K23. Ahead of the game’s launch, we now know what to expect in the form of DLC. Monday, March

Checkmate! Record label Dreamville steps into the ring to curate the soundtrack to the motion picture film, Creed III. Creed III: The Soundtrack features a solo number from J.Cole, “Adonis Interlude (The Montage)”, where Jermaine raps over a sample of Dr. Dre’s “The Watcher”. The project stars the entire Dreamville roster and is lead by

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Manning – PA Images / Getty Gen X and Millennials hold a special place in their heart for ’80s cartoons such as Thundercats, Transformers and Voltron, so when fan favorite Autobot, Optimus Prime, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kids’ Choice Awards over the weekend, everyone over the age

BIA! BIA! BIA is not a force to be reckoned with on her new single, “16”. Produced by AzizTheShake and Tim Nihan, the “Whole Lotta Money” hitmaker stunts to the max and flexes on her naysayers. “He told me, “Get up and glow,” so I brought the table with me,” she confidently raps. “I played