Hip Hop

HipHopWired Featured Video Red Bull 1520, a new YouTube channel from the famed energy drink brand, launched this week with original programming centered on the vast and continually evolving world of Hip-Hop. Along with the launch of the new hub for Red Bull, two new shows featuring some of Hip-Hop’s best new talent also aired

Dave East is trying to keep his head “Above Water” on his latest release produced by Westtopher. Utilizing a sample of “Eusebio” by Magenta Keys, the Harlem rapper “I’m just trying to keep my head above water / A lot of niggas drowning / Trying to get this bread for my daughter, raps East. “I

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Daniel Boczarski / Getty / Ahmed Best The latest episode of The Mandalorian was a redemption story for a longtime Star Wars actor. Ahmed Best, known for his role as clumsy Gungan/Senator Jar-Jar Binks from the polarizing Star Wars prequel films, is back in a galaxy far, far away. Best

Freddie Gibbs is on that paper chase in his “Zipper Bagz” music video. Directed by Ben “Lambo” Lambert, Harley Astorga, and Freddie Gibbs, the grainy visual depicts Kane inside a motel venting on securing the bag after a brief dispute with his female worker. “I got an Eastside ho / Trapping out a house with

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Look, Florida A&M University’s basketball team might not have had one of its best seasons, which the Rattlers finished with a 7-22 record, but one thing the ballers at FAMU have going for them is a cheerleader who DGAF that she’s hyping up a losing team—she’s still

With their The Great Escape album right around the corner, Larry June and The Alchemist connect with Big Sean in “Palisades, CA”. Directed by David Camarena, the grainy and colorful clip centers the trio stunting out in Cali and showcasing their foreign cars from a Lamborghini, a Porsche, and a vintage Ferrari. “Thumbing through a

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / WWE 2K23 After taking a year following the busted release of WWE 2K20, 2K’s WWE video game franchise made its triumphant return with WWE 2K22, capturing the title of the best wrestling video game out. The studio hopes to defend its title with WWE 2K23, and we must

Ahead of his Surf Or Drown album, Hit-Boy links with Nas for “The Tide”, the latest offering off Hit’s forthcoming project. Directed by ThirdEyeRaz, the frequent collaborators trade bars from inside an art gallery and the studio to their tour bus and Madison Square Garden for Nas’ recent sold-out concert. Hit-Boy’s Surf Or Drown arrives

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Apparently, there are folks on social media who, for whatever reason, believe openly gay recording artist Lil Nas X is basically the Rachel Dolezal of the LGBTQ community and is only pretending to be gay for the publicity. But Nas X, being the internet clap-back-ologist that he is,

Ab-Soul gives his DJ Premier-produced track “Gotta Rap” its proper video treatment. Directed by Cordell Jomha, the black-and-white clip finds the Carson, CA rapper weighing on life’s struggles, success and everything else in between while making his rounds throughout his hometown. “Shit, I’m already a legend if I ever leave / So you can’t get

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Buckner / Getty One of fashion’s most sought after talents is hanging up his hat. Law Roach has announced his retirement and reveals his reasoning. As spotted on Buzz Feed News the creative recently revealed he will be stepping down from creating some of your most beloved and respected red carpet

CMG’s EST Gee is living it up in his “The One & Only” music video. In the the Cash Jundi-directed clip, the Louisville rapper boasts his life of luxury while making moves at the hotel before hitting the strip club. “Yeah, Lamb’s and Rolls, cars I own / Please don’t call me ’bout no ho’,”

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MARK RALSTON / Getty / Gears of War We are one step closer to that long-awaited television adaption of Gears of War. Variety exclusively reports that Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jon Spaihts has boarded Netflix’s forthcoming adaptation of the popular Xbox video game, Gears of War. Spaihts has co-written 2021’s Dune, the upcoming

French Montana, DJ Drama, and Benny The Butcher link up in their new music video, “RZA”. In the animated clip, the trio are inside an empty warehouse with crates full of money, luxury cars, and armed women in jumpsuits and masks. “Sicker than your average / Brick up in the attic / Selektah with the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand Once again StockX is getting bad publicity out in the sneaker community as court documents have revealed that they once sold a single customer 38 pairs of fake Nike sneakers. According to Nice Kicks, information about how StockX sold a gang of bootleg Nikes last year

TDE’s Doechii connects with Kodak Black on the Block Boy version of her new single and music video, “What It Is”. In the clip, the Doechii lets her inner-freak out while busting a few sexy moves throughout. “He gon’ make it flip, do it with no handles / Never switchin’ sides, only switching angles,” raps

HipHopWired Featured Video Ted Lasso, one of the most acclaimed television shows to come out in the past few years, shined a light on the importance of mental health with a careful and deft hand. The cast of the hit Apple TV+ series visited The White House on Monday (March 19) to touch more on

TDE’s Doechii connects with Kodak Black on the Block Boy version of her new single, “What It Is”. On the track, the Doechii lets her inner-freak out on her thug lover. “He gon’ make it flip, do it with no handles / Never switchin’ sides, only switching angles,” raps the Swamp Princess. Meanwhile, her fellow

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Rick Ross has some epic first-world problems. Apparently, the Miami-representing but now Georgia-residing rapper’s neighbors are upset that his buffalo have roamed onto their property and cause some damage. [embedded content] Yes, you read that right. Apparently some time ago Rozay was gifted a pair of buffalo,

Grafh links with Rome Streetz on the Queens rapper’s new single, “Finesse” produced by 38 Spesh. Anchored by 38’s soulful loop, Grafh kicks off the track with work across the states. “I’m connected, I still shop I can buy it in a drought / I’m on the I-95, I drive it to the south,” raps