Hip Hop

Light up and smoke. Wiz Khalifa’s chiefing with a baddie in his Multiverse album’s new video, “Keys”. Directed by Dre, TGOD lights up on a vibrant set with the company of his female co-star. “If you want me on your stage, I cost a couple hundred grand,” he demands over the Quadwoofer beat. “Some of this

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Noam Galai / Getty The war against Rap continues but some of our biggest talents are fighting back. Several top rappers have signed a letter to protest the use of lyrics in court.  As spotted on Vulture the Hip-Hop community is trying to right a glaring wrong when it comes to rappers

Don’t come outside. Trippie Redd keeps the new music moving with his new video “Ain’t Safe” featuring Don Toliver. Directed by Nolan Riddle, the two bring their melodic raps full of flex and warnings on their adversaries from an otherworldly pasture to a strip bar filled with alien-like dancers. “Keep some niggas round me down

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: POLO RALPH LAUREN / FORTNITE / POLO RALPH LAUREN / FORTNITE Polo Ralph Lauren and Epic Games, the creator and publisher of the globally popular online game Fortnite, have announced a groundbreaking convergence of two culture-defining brands. Source: POLO RALPH LAUREN / FORTNITE / POLO RALPH LAUREN / FORTNITE As spotted

R.I.P. Takeoff. Takeoff, one-third of the rap group Migos was fatally shot in Houston. He was 28. TMZ reports the incident happened early Tuesday morning (Nov. 1) at the bowling alley 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston. Houston police reports Takeoff and Quavo were playing dice on the third floor of the alley, when

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty While they might not be this generation’s favorites Jay-Z and Diddy are still moving accordingly. A long time financial writer has ranked them as Rap’s wealthiest acts. As spotted on Variety Magazine, the list for Hip-Hop’s biggest money makers have shifted this year. According to former Forbes

Baelani is coming. Kehlani is set to appear as the latest guest on a special edition of the Rap Radar Podcast. The live event will take place Wednesday, November 2 at The Novo located at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, California. The 27-year-old songstress from Oakland is coming off the heels of her recent

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chris Kleponis/CNP/startraksphoto.com / WENN A newly declassified report showed that former President Donald Trump and his administration wrongfully spied on Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon in 2020. According to reporting, an internal memorandum by the Department of Homeland Security that focused on how the agency collected intelligence on racial

I should’ve told you. Hot off the release of their Working On My Karma album, dvsn’s Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85 release the visual for “Don’t Take Your Love”. In the clip, Daniel Daley hits the streets of Toronto and puts in work with Nineteen85 in the studio, while his lady listens from afar. “I’d

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Chloe Bailey / Edwig Henson No one enjoys Halloween more than your favorite celebrities. Every year they flex how their wealth grants them access to the best costume ideas, and this year the tradition continues. It’s officially spooky season, and we are back outside in full force. To celebrate Halloween

Better be with this shit. Hot off the release of his Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Kodak Black releases the video for its “300 Blackout”. Directed by Jhani Haze and Yak The Director, the Pompano Beach rapper delivers his cutthroat lyrics from the studio and on top of a hummer to walking the streets with his

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Ye fka Kanye West continues to make even his most devoted fans question their allegiance. The recently less rich rapper attempted to apologize for spreading false claims about George Floyd’s death, but ended up making it all about himself in woe-is-me fashion. Back when he still had deals

Bottoms up. Ice Spice gets lit and makes it hot on her brand new single, “Bikini Bottom”. In the matching visuals, the rising Bronx rapper flaunts her assets and stunts on her female competitors while riding a party bus through New York City and shutting down Times Square. “Look in the mirror, I’m feeling me,

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @Diddy / Instagram You can tell that Sean “Diddy” Combs goes all in for Halloween. This year, the Hip-Hop mogul got dressed us as The Joker of Batman infamy, and he absolutely snapped. The man known as Love took his aesthetic cues from Heath Ledger’s version of the Clown Prince

Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Harlow. Jack Harlow returned to Saturday Night Live on Saturday (Oct. 29) and pulled a double-duty as the evening’s host and musical performance. After opening up the show with an opening monologue, the rap superstar starred in a few sketches throughout the evening. For his first performance, the 24-year-old Louisville native

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Elon Musk has officially closed the deal to acquire Twitter, and one of his first immediate actions was to fire three lead executives at the company. According to reports, the billionaire had to finalize the deal by Friday (Oct. 28) per the terms of the agreement he

Put that shit on everyday. Lil Baby and Future are serving looks in their new video, “From Now On”. Directed by Denity, the two rap superstars seen rocking various fashion while turning up in the streets of New York from boutiques the studio with Lil Uzi Vert. Lil Baby bigs up his co-star, rapping, “Me

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cindy Ord / Getty Chris Redd is lucky to have made it to see another day. The former Saturday Night Live comedian was brutally attacked outside of an NYC comedy club this week. As spotted on TMZ the funny man was ambushed on Wednesday, October 26. Reports say he was posted

Don’t come outside. After previewing the track a few weeks ago, Ray Vaughn’s reckless night comes in full circle in the Long Beach rapper’s latest visual, “Tradeline”. The video begins panning in and out of a hotel where two ladies stick up a few occupants before they take off in a getaway car with Ray,

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III has died at the age of 73 after serving for decades as a pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City’s Harlem community. “It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, lll,