Baltimore
R&B On The Water Takes Place In Baltimore This Weekend
R&B On The Water began as a happy hour event and has since expanded under the Classic Productions banner.
Baltimore Mayor Fires Back At Trump After Threats To Deploy Military On Black Led Cities
After President Trump deployed the National Guard on Washington D.C., he vowed that this wasn’t the last city that will face occupation and then singled out Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore and Oakland, Calif. as “other cities also that are bad, very bad.” “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty […]
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott: City Has Fewest Homicides In 50 Years
Maybe it’s his relatability or his common-sense approach but whatever the reason, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced recently that the city has had the fewest number of homicides in 50 years. So far in 2025, Baltimore has had 68 recorded homicides. For comparison, in 2024, the city had 88 homicides. “Scott said historic reductions in […]
Marilyn Mosby Found Guilty, Facing A Decade In Prison
Former Baltimore County state attorney Marilyn Mosby was found guilty of perjury on Thursday in federal court. She faces a potential prison sentence of ten years and likely will lose her law license.
New Jersey Jive: Teenage Carjackers Arrested After Learning They Couldn’t Drive Stick Shift
Just another reminder that if y'all gonna crime, crime right. Do y'all homework. Just sayin.' The post New Jersey Jive: Teenage Carjackers Arrested After Learning They Couldn’t Drive Stick Shift appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
‘Serial’ Podcast Subject Adnan Syed Freed, Judge Vacates Conviction
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast Serial, is now a free man after a judge vacated his conviction for murder. Syed, 41, was in a Baltimore courtroom on Monday (Sept. 19) after prosecutors were granted approval of their motion to vacate his 2000 conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee. Lee, who was killed in 1999, was Syed’s former high school girlfriend. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s conviction and explained that there was material in the state’s investigation that wasn’t turned over properly to defense lawyers and the existence of two suspects that possibly were cleared improperly. “In the interest of judgment and fairness, the state’s motion to vacate judgment … is hereby granted. The defend...
Toxic Avengers: Chrisean Rock Says Blueface Knocked Her Father Out In Baltimore
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Chrisean Rock, the on-again, off-again, and back-on-again romantic partner of Blueface made an explosive claim about the rhythmically-challenged rapper. The Baltimore native says that Blueface allegedly knocked out her father in her hometown and folks on Twitter have plenty to say. Chrisean Rock & Blueface Are Back At It On Friday (September 16), Chrisean Rock took to her Instagram Story feed and dropped the bombshell of the day, writing in her story caption, “So My Boyfriend Knocked My Dad Out Da Family Stuff Didn’t Go Well Ino Even Know What’s Going On” and ending it with a heartbreak emoji. However, what’s odd is that Rock continued to post messages in her story feed, including a video of the couple sitting next togeth...
Black Family Suing Baltimore Sesame Place For $25 Million Alleging Racial Discrimination Against 5-Year-Old
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dania Maxwell / Getty The rabbit hole is still rabbit hole-ing for Sesame Street-based theme park Sesame Place as it has once again been accused of racial discrimination against Black children. But this time a Sesame Splacelocation in Baltimore is in the hot seat—and this time a lawsuit has been filed. In fact, a Baltimore family is suing for a whopping $25 million alleging that multiple park employees ignored a five-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event last month. From the Baltimore Sun: Related Stories The suit, which seeks class-action status, was filed in a federal court in Philadelphia against SeaWorld Parks, the owner of the Sesame Place, for “pervasive and appalling race discrimination.” The lawsuit alleges that four employees dressed ...
Baltimore Rapper Young Moose Wins $300K Settlement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Talukdar / Getty Young Moose, a rapper out of Baltimore, found himself the victim of a corrupt city officer who derailed his career. Now, the city will have to pay $300,000 in settlement fees, a portion of a seven-figure lawsuit. Young Moose Gets Justice As seen in The Baltimore Sun, Young Moose, real name Kevron Evans, was arrested by Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force outside a city bar in 2012. Evans said then that after he was searched that former Detective Daniel Hersl planted drugs on his person, leading to three felony charges. On advice from his lawyer, Evans took a plea deal. The conviction was vacated in 2020 by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby after a review. Evans filed a complaint against the city in 2021 seeking $1.5 million in d...
Baltimore Rapper Young Moose Wins $300K Settlement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Talukdar / Getty Young Moose, a rapper out of Baltimore, found himself the victim of a corrupt city officer who derailed his career. Now, the city will have to pay $300,000 in settlement fees, a portion of a seven-figure lawsuit. Young Moose Gets Justice As seen in The Baltimore Sun, Young Moose, real name Kevron Evans, was arrested by Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force outside a city bar in 2012. Evans said then that after he was searched that former Detective Daniel Hersl planted drugs on his person, leading to three felony charges. On advice from his lawyer, Evans took a plea deal. The conviction was vacated in 2020 by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby after a review. Evans filed a complaint against the city in 2021 seeking $1.5 million in d...
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Hit With Superseding Indictment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is currently embroiled in a legal battle that ramped up last week after facing indictment earlier in the year. Federal prosecutors unveiled a superseding indictment to bolster their case against Mosby, who is charged with perjury and making false claims on her mortgage applications. The Baltimore Sun reports that last Thursday (March 10), the prosecutors added new information to the existing indictment first announced in January in support of their case against her. There are no new charges but there is supporting documentation dating back to December 2020. More from The Sun: Related Stories Mosby is charged with two counts of making false statements on a loan application and two counts of per...
#Twosday: Baltimore Twitter Bombarded With Requests To Say Today’s Date
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: picture alliance / Getty Word nerds around the globe are no doubt excited about today’s date (2/22/22), especially those who are fans of palindromes. Given the tonal delivery of the day, many on Twitter are asking Baltimore natives to say the date out loud due to Charm City’s unique accent. For those unaware, the Baltimore accent is most notable with words that make the “u” sound, rendering the vowel tone to “yew” in many regards. For fans of The Wire, the late Robert Chew, who played the cunning gangster Proposition Joe, possessed the accent as did Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, one of the hired guns top street boss Marlo Stanfield. The accent is most notable among Black residents of Baltimore, with white residents in the blue-collar city having their ow...
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