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HipHopWired Featured Video Summer Smash, the annual musical festival curated by the minds behind Lyrical Lemonade, will be rocking Chicagoland this weekend with headlining acts Kid Cudi, Future, and Playboi Carti. Culture Kings, one of the leading streetwear since 2008, partnered with Summer Smash for a festival-ready merch line that can be purchased online and

We’re just living it. Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice are truly living in a modern day “Barbie World” on their first collaboration. The song, which is premiered with its music video, appears on the Barbie motion picture soundtrack, Barbie The Album. Over a flip of Europop band Aqua’s 1997 hit “Barbie Girl”, the Hanna Lux

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Taylor Hill / Getty XXL has just revealed its Freshman Class for 2023, and while many faces are familiar and well-deserving of the honors, one particular popular artist was noticeably absent and everyone’s wondering why. On Wednesday (June 21),  XXL magazine revealed their take on this year’s up-and-coming stars of tomorrow

Never forget. Just one year after his shooting, Lil Tjay saves the date and relieves it on his brand new single, “June 22”. In the accompanying video, which reenacts the the near-death experience, the Bronx rapper reflects on the incident, overcoming all the mishaps that came with it, and everything else in between. “Tryna sign

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty A new documentary series hosted by LL Cool J and Ice T follows them on the hunt for the most sought-after items in Hip-Hop culture. The two rap icons and television stars are the hosts of Hip Hop Treasures, a new documentary series that will air on

Just put it on Glo. Hot off the announcement of XXL’s Freshman Class of 2023, Memphis classmate GloRilla celebrates the occasion with her take on Latto’s “Put It On Da Floor”. Directed by Samuel Finley, the Memphis rapper puts her money on the floor and stunts effortlessly at the crib with her girls. “Put me

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Last week Boosie Badazz got himself pinched by authorities due to an IG live in which he inadvertently showed himself in possession of a firearm, and though bail was originally denied a judge has now granted him a $50K bond, but with no release date set in

Come spend the night with a stoner. Wiz Khalifa’s feeling nice in his new video, “Referral”. Shot by Braden Walker, the Taylor Gang frontman lights up a storm from inside his Kush Factory home studio. “Shrooms got me in the mood / We about to make a movie,” he raps while toting blunt after blunt.

HipHopWired Featured Video Babyface and Anita Baker looked to be one of the top tours of 2023 with the two legendary acts making their talents on the road of their legion of fans. Despite what headlines say, Babyface assured the public that there is no beef between him and Baker. Babyface, real name Kenneth Edmonds,

Baow! Young Nudy brings the freaks out in Atlanta in his new music video, “Peaches & Eggplants” featuring 21 Savage. Directed by Hiji, the racy clip centers the duo at a packed Atlanta park for a wild gathering filled with scantily-clad women twerking on one another. “Slut out a freak / Hit her from the

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez- Getty / Getty Taxstone has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in the infamous Troy Ave shooting at Irving Plaza in New York City in 2016 at a T.I. concert. The Brooklyn native shot and killed Ronald “Banga” McPhatter, who was Troy Ave’s bodyguard, during

Gunna is not sure who to trust in his new video, “idk no more”. Held inside a padded room, Wunna weighs on disloyalty and former associates in the short clip, which runs just over a minute. “Remember we was cool / I gave you shit when I didn’t use it / Lemme get that money

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Courtesy VH1 / Black Ink Crew The Real World, oops, we Black Ink Crew is pushing on, and the shenanigans in the rookie’s mansion are already happening. Teddy Kinda Capes For Spyder Last week, Ceaser loyalist Spyder and Puma got at each other after Teddy made the dumb decision to

Queens! Doe Boy takes his shenanigans to New York in his “Rhude Boy” music video. Courtesy of Fast Life Productions, the Freebandz making moves throughout the South Jamaica area in Queens while delivering his minacious bars. “Ain’t no switching sides, pussy, you know what mine is / Pussy nigga hide, then we go where his mom

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Russell Simmons could have minded his business on Father’s Day, but here we are. The Hip-Hop icon, and alleged sexual assaulter, is getting dragged by one of his daughters, and his ex-wife, who is accusing him of being an abusive gaslighter. It seems to have started

Where is the love? Royce 5’9″ Over a boom bap production by Ryan Montgomery and Tyree Gates, the two lyrical heavyweights touch on the ungrateful and mistreated ways in the life and the rap game. “This is tax season, you got to deal with me annually / Niggas rap beef you got to deal with

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Jorja Smith is not only a singer and performer, but she’s also one of the most glamorous women in her field. Jorja Smith became a hot subject on social media today after a new video surfaced and fans began needlessly picking apart her looks, sparking a debate on body shaming. Jorja

We going Platinum, baby! Tyga and YG shut the city down in the music video to their brand new single, “Platinum”. Mobbing throughout the streets of The Bay, T-Raww and the 4 Hunnid MC trade boastful bars referencing both their high roller status and their thugged out mentality. “Lamborghini black, Maybach and a Rari’ /

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bob Levey / Getty Houston rap legend Big Pokey, born Milton Powell, is dead at 45. His passing was unexpected as it occurred after he collapsed while performing on stage in Beaumont, TX. Video footage of his Saturday night performance (June 17) at Pour 09 Bar shows Pokey rapping but then

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bob Levey / Getty Houston rap legend Big Pokey, born Milton Powell, is dead at 45. His passing was unexpected as it occurred after he collapsed while performing on stage in Beaumont, TX. Video footage of his Saturday night performance (June 17) at Pour 09 Bar shows Pokey rapping but then