Hip Hop

Eminem certifies his greatest on his on his new single, “Tobey”, featuring his fellow Detroit rappers Big Sean and BabyTron. Inspired by actor Tobey Maguire, who played Peter Parker and Spider-Man, BabyTron sets it off with his witty opener. “Upped in the bitch, you can keep what you owe / Granny told me, “Boy, you

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty Lee Daniels and Lena Waithe were among the attendees at the renowned event held in Los Angeles at the end of Black Music Month. Last Friday (June 28), the Beverly Hills Hilton in Los Angeles, California, was the site of the Innovators and Leaders Awards Brunch, held

Childish Gambino is officially back and releases his “Lithonia”, the first single off his upcoming album and film, Bando Stone & The New World. Co-produced by himself, Ludwig Göransson, Max Martin, and Michael Uzowuru, Donald Glover lays down his apathetic words over an easy-rock soundbed. “I feel liberated / Overmedicated / It was overrated /

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Chet Hanks’ aka Shabba Hanks aka Tom’s Son’s redemption arc comes with some wild stories. He says cokeheads told him he was abusing the drug. As reported by Page Six, the Your Honor actor made a recent appearance on Bradley Martyn’s Raw Talk podcast. The Los Angeles,

HipHopWired Featured Video Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor and attorney to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday in connection to spreading lies about the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the results. Rudy Giuliani was one of the chief Trump proponents who pushed the angle of their being an election fraud during

Roddy Ricch comes to the rescue in the breath-taking music video to his new single, “911”. Directed by Spike Jordan, the clip depicts the Los Angeles rapper coming to the aide of a couple of ladies in various disasters including one distressed along the train tracks and another from a burning house. “I done caught

Latto is getting it in Miami in the video to her new single, “Big Mama”. In the clip, Big Latto and her sister touch down in the 305 where they turn up the city from twerking with their girls on a yacht, to cruising the streets in luxury cars, and indulge in the nightlife. “Love

HipHopWired Featured Video Hailey Welch joins a long list of online sensations that have emerged over the years due to her now-ubiquitous sound clip explaining her “Hawk Tuah” technique. Now almost universally known as the Hawk Tuah Girl, Hailey Welch is living the life of a mini-celebrity but what exactly is the craze all about?

BET celebrated the year in music and more during their 24th annual BET Awards. Hosted by actress Taraji P. Henson and held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday (June 30), Megan Thee Stallion kicked off the ceremony with a medley including “Boa,” “Where Them Girls At”, and the hit “Hiss”. Her

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty / Redbox Redbox and Crackle’s parent company, Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to pay workers and vendors for the past four weeks. Spotted on Variety, the company filed a petition for bankruptcy on June 28 in the U.S. Bankruptcy

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Although Vancouver is a long way from Toronto, some fans have connected that Rick Ross running into some static in the Western portion of the northern country is due to the Drake beef. According to a new report Rick Ross and his crew finished rocking a music festival in Vancouver and

Fresh off his wins at the BET Awards, Killer Mike tones it down and shares a moment of clarity on his new single, “Humble Me”. In the accompanying black-and-white visual, the Atlanta veteran opens up on his current mental state and addresses his arrest at the Grammys. “I had to quiet my mind, I prayed

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @wutangclan / Nike Sportswear With sneaker companies dropping so many retros, a criticism is that the novelty of an OG shoe’s rarity and the feelings they evoke are now being lost. One shoe that has managed to duck the re-release treatment for years, and thus had its legend only exponentially grow

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Cardi B was the headlining act to usher in the return of the BET Experience Concert Series this weekend in Los Angeles, but the show ran into a technical snag. Cardi B, known for her passion onstage and off, gave a verbal lashing to the production crew which got a response

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOHN LOCHER / Getty Tupac murder suspect Keefe D will have to ride things out in jail as he awaits trial. A judge has denied his bail over him potentially selling his life story. As reported by Huffington Post the Compton, Los Angeles native did not receive favorable news regarding his

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty There is a thin line between competition and conflict and in the ever-evolving landscape of Rap and Hip-Hop, all it takes is a few words or actions to tilt the scale towards beef. At their best, the beefs gave us quotables and songs that have become a

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox Gaming x Amazon Fire TV Amazon Fire TV devices got a significant boost thanks to Xbox Gaming. Xbox is on a mission to get into homes everywhere, and you won’t need to purchase an Xbox Series X or Series S console to accomplish that goal. Thursday, Xbox announced

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amazon MGM Studios / Amazon MGM Studios While comic book fans await word on whether Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson will actually take on the role of Apocalypse in one of Marvel’s future X-Men films, the wrestler-turned-actor will be starring in a new film alongside Captain America himself, Chris Evans. Source: Amazon

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty / Blacks For Trump Two of Donald Trump’s few favorite Black people, Rep. Byron Donalds  (R-FL) and his former HUD secretary, the sleepwalking brain surgeon Ben Carson, headlined a “Black Americans for Trump” event in Atlanta, and no surprise, it was full of white people. Per

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty The Rap beef of the century has left Sheryl Crow feeling a ways. She recently slammed Drake for resurrecting Tupak Shakure via AI. Recently BBC conducted an interview with the singer. While the Kennett, Missouri native touched on a variety of topics regarding her artistry and storied career,