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Rod Wave’s done it again. This week, the rapper’s latest album, Beautiful Mind opens at No 1 on the Billboard 200 charts earning his second consecutive chart-topping album. In its first week, the set logged in 115,000 equivalent album units earned, with 2,000 in traditional sales. SEA units comprise 113,000 (equaling 157.73 million on-demand official

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty HBO Max is getting a lot of mention these days in the press, and not for the greatest of reasons according to some observations. The streaming service suffered a slight blow once more over the weekend after a new series, House Of The Dragon, caused some crashing for

Blame It On Set. Offset kicks off his solo effort with his new single, “5 4 3 2 1”, produced by Baby Keem. The track is off his upcoming album, Blame It On Set. In the accompanying music video, he dons an all Balenciaga fit as he takes over an amusement park and delivering his

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Deana Lawson / Supreme André 3000 has garnered a reputation in recent years for popping up in random cities, sometimes while playing a flute, and always living his best life. All that to say, 3 Stacks is a perfect selection to be featured in the latest campaign from Supreme. The streetwear

Now shake it. Macklemore goes ham on his new single, “Maniac” featuring Windser. Introduced by Nardwuar, the Jake Magraw-directed clips centers Macklemore, Windser and their Maniac band performing on the stage, which draws inspiration from OutKast’s iconic “Hey Ya!” video. “Maniac” follows Macklemore and Windser’s previous collaboration “Next Year” and comes off the heels of

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @trapboyfreddy / Instagram Trapboy Freddy is in contention for the wildest arrest of 2022. The Texas rapper was popped for weapons charges, and while getting pinched the authorities also seized his pet tiger. Yeah, Trapboy Freddy has a whole wild animal, an apex predator, as a pet. Reports TMZ Hip Hop:

Cheers Fabolous and Jim Jones are popping mad bottles in the video to their latest collaboration, “Rich Hustle”. Directed by Fabolous and Street Heat Film’s WillC, the clips begins with Loso getting his Rolls Royce washed in champagne in Harlem. Elsewhere, he links with Jim Jones Dyckman Park for a ball game, El Puerto for

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty A Chicago, Illinois woman testified in court that she and disgraced entertainer R.Kelly had sexual encounters numerous times before she was 18 years old. According to reports, the 37-year-old woman testifying under the name of Jane Doe made those statements during Kelly’s second federal trial on Thursday

Welcome to The Bay. Hot off the release of his new album, Larry June comes home in his new video, “Don’t Check Me”. Directed by David Camarena, Uncle LJ delivers his slick bars over a DJ Fresh production while cruising San Francisco on a sunny afternoon and riding his bike through the neighborhood at night.

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vera Vita / Getty Cannabis is very much here to stay whether you like it or not, and ways to consume the products continue to evolve. With several Hip-Hop stars known for their love of the leaf, we’re turning a focus on a trio of artists who collaborated with brands that

Liz season is upon us. Armani Caesar connects with Benny The Butcher and Stove God Cooks with the “Hunnit Dollar Hiccup”, the first single off Armani’s The Liz 2 dropping September 2. Produced by Denny LAflare, Griselda’s first lady unleashes his gritty and cocky raps, while Benny and Stove God each follow up with a

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Karwai Tang / Getty Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate has been unceremoniously banned from Facebook and Instagram. The apps apparently drew the line at his allegedly encouraging violence against women. For those of you sure asking, Andrew Tate is a former kickboxer who rose to fame after appearing, and

Stupid! The Game goes dumb with Big Sean in their new video, “Stupid”. Directed by Benny Boom, the clip begins with Game, Big Sean and Hit-Boy plugging their moving company in an informercial. From there, The Game and Sean Don deliver their witty raps from inside a moving truck full of furniture, money, and guns.

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty A match up the culture thought would never happen might be coming this year. Diddy and Jermaine Dupri will go hit for hit on a non Verzuz battle. As per Hip-Hop N More the two legendary producers have agreed to a battle but not on Verzuz. Last

Ahead of his album The Forever Story on August 26, JID shares a loosie titled “2007”. Produced by Latrell James, Groove, and Christo, JID reflects on his come up and his rise to success. The track also features vocals from his father, J.Cole, and Dreamville president, Ibrahim Hamad. “As we draw near to The Forever

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / adidas For the past few years adidas’ popularity has been skyrocketing out in these streets and now they’re looking to expand beyond the word of sports attire and right into audio electronics? According to The Verge, adidas is set to drop some next-level headphones that aren’t just wireless, but

The real is back. After over a 2 year hiatus, Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller return with their Rap Radar Podcast. In their latest episode, they sit down with Quavo and Takeoff.  After much success with Migos, Quavo and Takeoff are now are embarking as the new duo, Unc & Phew. In their first sit-down,

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ambre Anderson, Willie Moore Jr. Marvin Sapp, Sheree Whitfield, Lisa W / TV One Bishop Marvin Sapp’s life story has been made into a movie that will debut this Sunday (August 21) on TVOne.  In Never Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story—the Grammy Award-nominated gospel star shares that despite

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Irfan Khan / Getty This past Monday (August 15) A$AP Rocky was hit with charges for a 2021 shooting that took place in LA that left a man with non-life threatening injuries and now the victim is speaking out about the incident and couldn’t happier with how things are playing out.

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP Billionaire rapper/producer Kanye West is nothing if not unpredictable. The star is being criticized for the merchandising presentation of his new Yeezy Gap collection.  In a now-viral post, a Twitter user wrote, “This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP. The sales associate said Ye got