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Young Thug Arrested on Gang-Related Charges: Reports
Young Thug has reportedly been arrested and booked into an Atlanta court on gang-related charges. The Slime Language rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, was booked into Fulton County Jail Monday (May 9) on two separate counts, jail records show. The Grammy Award-winning artist is said to be charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participation in street gang activity. The first of those charges relates to an alleged offense in January 2013, while the second, the gang activity charge, is in connection to events from May 2018, according to multiple reports. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Williams is schedule to make his first court appearance Tuesday at 11:30 am, Channel ...
Liam Neeson Makes Surprise Cameo on Atlanta to “Apologize” for Past Racism Scandal
Atlanta fans were in for a surprise last night when none other than Liam Neeson popped up on the hit FX drama’s latest episode. In his Season 3 cameo appearance written by Donald Glover, the Taken action star played a fictitious version of himself who chats up Brian Tyree Henry’s Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles at a bar called Cancel Club. “You might’ve heard or read about my transgression,” Neeson says on the show, referencing his racially-charged controversy back in 2019. “You know, what I said about what I wanted to do to a Black guy, any Black guy, when I was a younger man in London. A friend of mine had been raped and I acted out of anger. I look back now and it honestly frightens me. I thought people knowing who I once was would make clear who I am, who I’ve become. But with all that b...
GA Students Protest After Black Student Suspended For Slapping White Student Who Called Him N-Word
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marilyn Nieves / Getty When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a tasteless but relatively soft joke at the expense of Jada Pinkett-Smith, a lot of Black folks were suddenly on team “violence is never the answer. Well, I’d wager most of those Black people would feel differently about a Black student in Georgia who slapped a white student for calling him the N-word, reminding us that sometimes—people just need to be slapped. According to 11 Alive, it all started at Locust Grove High School in Locust Grove, Ga. The Henry County high school is investigating the incident in which a Black male student slapped a white female student for calling him the racial slur. The Black student involved in the incident, which was caught on camera, was suspended over th...
‘Atlanta’ White Fashion Episode Is a Primer On Race Relations Today
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FX Networks / FX It’s been said that every wise thing in the world today was said earlier. However, sometimes a person or person’s creation can take what we know and present it to us in a way that’s both telling and still explorative. This season of Atlanta, and in particular last week’s episode, “White Fashion,” did just that. Source: FX Networks / FX By overtly and covertly shining a light on activism in today’s time, it not only showed the world what’s wrong with the fight for justice but also left clues on how we could correct it. Related Stories Without a doubt, the Black Lives Matter movement is the most impactful social justice movement in the last twenty years. What started as a call for humanity has become a pledge of allegiance for some an...
Atlanta Rapper Cash Out Indicted For Sex Trafficking, Rape
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Atlanta rapper Cash Out, who emerged on the Hip-Hop scene over a decade ago and notched a pair of charting hits, was recently indicted on charges of sex trafficking and rape. According to a new report, Cash Out was arrested with four others who allegedly promised financial favor and standing within a company that was formed to promote the rapper’s brand. Local outlet CBS46 reports that Cash Out, real name John Michael Hakeem Gibson, is currently on the hook for multiple charges of rape, sex trafficking, and coercing women into prostitution per the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Cash Out and his co-defendants established the Pyrez Music Group LLC under the guise that it would be a company used to promote the rapper’s brand and busi...
T.I. Confronted Comedian Who Took Dig At His Sexual Assault Allegations, Things Are Peace Now
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty T.I. is currently embarking on a journey into the world of standup comedy, but it appears that one of his new peers took a jab at him that he felt went too far. While at a venue in Atlanta, Tip was seen confronting a comic who made mention of the sexual assault allegations levied upon the veteran rapper. Lauren Knight was in the middle of her set at Our Bar ATL when she began getting heckled by T.I., real name Clifford Harris, and she took the top position most comics do and fired back with some ribbing of he own. Footage of the incident that was grabbed and repurposed by Baller Alert can be viewed below. Related Stories While T.I. certainly didn’t appreciate the allegations coming up in such a public space as seen by his reaction, i...
Twitter Thinks Donald Glover’s Interview With Himself For ‘Interview Magazine’ Is A Hot “Incel” Mess
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Lionel Hahn / Getty We don’t know who thought it was a good idea for Donald Glover to interview himself, but it happened, and it landed him in hot water with Black women and writers. With the return of his FX dramedy Atlanta, Donald Glover has come out of hiding and back into the spotlight. Noticeably vocal on Twitter, calling out the haters and telling them to be brave and @ him when it comes to critiques about Atlanta’s third season. Glover wanted all the smoke, and he isn’t just getting it from the “blue checks” but from Black women and people who make a living speaking to individuals like himself. There has been a long-standing belief that Glover doesn’t like Black women, and the fact he is married to a white woman doesn’t help his case. Now, wh...
Five Takeaways from Donald Glover’s Bonkers Interview with Himself
Interview Magazine was founded by Andy Warhol and usually publishes — you guessed it — interviews. But what happens when a famous artist would rather not sit for someone else’s questions? On April 7th, Donald Glover provided an answer of sorts when the magazine published him interviewing himself. “Yeah, so first question, why’d you want to do this?” he writes, before responding, “I guess I don’t love interviews and I asked myself, ‘Why don’t you like interviews?’ And I think part of it is that the questions are usually the same. This way I can get questions I usually don’t get asked.” He offers project updates, bizarre opinions, reflections on his own work, and more. The results are occasionally illuminating and often very strange. Glover does indeed ask himself questions that few oth...
Ludacris Calls For Atlanta Unity In Freestyle Reply To Omeretta The Great’s “Sorry Not Sorry”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Parra / Getty Ludacris put the city of Atlanta on his back over the course of his still ongoing career although he wasn’t born there or the state of Georgia itself. Via a new freestyle verse, the veteran rapper and actor called for unity within Atlanta while replying in part to Omeretta The Great‘s buzzy “Sorry Not Sorry” track. Ludacris dropped a quick verse atop “Sorry Not Sorry” and while he doesn’t mention Omeretta The Great by name, it’s clear that he’s hoping to clear the air over who can claim Atlanta proper and staying in so many words that the city and its surrounding regions are stronger as one. “I was born in Illinois/Mama making hella noise/’cause a star was born and I’ll take this as Omeretta gave him credit for it/’cause early I moved t...
Donald Glover Shares Details On Ending ‘Atlanta’ After 4 Seasons
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Atlanta, the hit series show starring Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz, remains a favorite of fans and critics alike for well-established reasons. During a recent appearance, Glover and the cast discussed bringing the show to a close after its fourth season this coming fall. As reported by Variety, Glover and members of the cast appeared at the SXSW premiere for season three of Atlanta at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. According to the outlet, Glover broke convention much as he’s done with the show, and reportedly took photos of the reporters at the event via a disposable camera. Related Stories While on the red carpet, Glover didn’t waste time in sharing why he wanted to end Atlanta on ...
Atlanta Season 3 Is the Best Sort of Television — Something Truly Unique: Review
One downside of the modern age of television is that it’s now not uncommon for some shows to take more than a year to return with new episodes. In the case of Atlanta, which debuted its second season in 2018, that wait was longer than most, but those four years were truly worth it. The Donald Glover-created series, returning for Season 3, remains as ethereal and shocking and fascinating as ever; having screened the first two installments, it’s a thrill to know that eight more are coming to engage and confound us. This will be a short review, because revealing too much about the first two episodes of the season feels like it would do a disservice to everyone involved, including the audience. But if the first two seasons of Atlanta did anything — hell, if the first few minutes of the Atlanta...
Atlanta Season 3 Trailer: Watch Donald Glover and Co. Embark on a Eurotrip
After a four-year absence, Atlanta will return to FX on March 24th for its long-awaited third season. In anticipation, the official trailer has been released. Watch it below. Season 3 of Atlanta finds Earn (Donald Glover), “Paper Boi” (Brian Tyree Henry), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), and Van (Zazie Beetz) in the midst of a European tour. Per a logline provided by FX, the group “navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.” The first two episodes will premiere Thursday, March 24th beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, with a new episode airing each subsequent Thursday. Following its broadcast premiere on FX, each episode of Atlanta will be available to stream on Hulu. Advertisement Related Video As announced last month, Atlanta i...
