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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Officially Becomes House Dem Leader, First Black Person With The Gig
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Drew Angerer / Getty In a historic moment, Hakeem Jeffries officially became the Democratic leader of the House making him the first Black person to lead a political party in either chamber of Congress. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Jeffries was chosen as the minority leader representing the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives. The Democrats chose the congressman from Brooklyn by acclamation vote in a private meeting. Jeffries took over for Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who had served as Speaker of the House for many years before announcing that she would step down from leadership earlier this month. After a raucous celebration that included Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala) leading a call-and-response chant using the “if you don’t know, now you know” lyric from The N...
Netflix Drops First Trailer For Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Docuseries
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to shed light on their life and love in a way never seen before in a new Netflix documentary. The first trailer for Harry & Meghan—the upcoming docuseries set to air on Netflix—dropped this week. The series will include personal footage of the couple’s life together including from their 2018 wedding reception, according to People. “Why did you want to make this documentary?” the couple is asked in the promo video. “No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors,” Harry says. “I had to do everything I could to protect my family.” Meghan then says, “When the stakes are this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?” The streaming giant describes the series sayin...
Boosie Badazz Downplays Jay-Z & Nas As Not “Musically Relevant”, Twitter At War
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) / (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) Boosie Badazz has raised some eyebrows with recent comments he made stating that he feels Nas and Jay-Z are no longer relevant in music to the younger generation.The “Wipe Me Down” rapper sat down for an interview with media personality DJ Vlad. In that interview, Vlad remarked that for rappers in their 50s, relevancy was hard except for Nas and Jay-Z. Boosie Badazz countered and said, “I don’t think Jay-Z’s relevant. This day? No.” He went on to say, “When I go to these clubs here in Atlanta, these 25 to 35 clubs…I’m not hearing Nas. I’m not hearing Jay-Z.” After a slight pushback from Vlad, Boosie doubled down on his stance and pointed out he wasn’t knocking their legacy. ...
Boosie Badazz Downplays Jay-Z & Nas As Not “Musically Relevant”, Twitter At War
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) / (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) Boosie Badazz has raised some eyebrows with recent comments he made stating that he feels Nas and Jay-Z are no longer relevant in music to the younger generation.The “Wipe Me Down” rapper sat down for an interview with media personality DJ Vlad. In that interview, Vlad remarked that for rappers in their 50s, relevancy was hard except for Nas and Jay-Z. Boosie Badazz countered and said, “I don’t think Jay-Z’s relevant. This day? No.” He went on to say, “When I go to these clubs here in Atlanta, these 25 to 35 clubs…I’m not hearing Nas. I’m not hearing Jay-Z.” After a slight pushback from Vlad, Boosie doubled down on his stance and pointed out he wasn’t knocking their legacy. ...
‘GMA 3’ Host T.J. Holmes Gets Flamed On Twitter After Affair With White Co-Anchor Is Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin / Getty / T. J. Holmes GMA 3, the third hour of Good Morning America, has gotten interesting thanks mainly to the revelation that its two hosts, T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, were having an affair. Social media has been having a field day since the Daily Mail first broke the news alongside receipts in the form of photos showing the two colleagues looking happy in forbidden love. The photos show the two riding in Ubers, public displays of affection like holding hands while on a getaway in Upstate New York, with one image of Holmes getting a handful of Robach’s butt. Page Six reports the whirlwind romance began between Holmes (45) and Robach (49) while training for the New York City Half Marathon. Robach ran the marathon with he...
‘GMA 3’ Host T.J. Holmes Gets Flamed On Twitter After Affair With White Co-Anchor Is Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin / Getty / T. J. Holmes GMA 3, the third hour of Good Morning America, has gotten interesting thanks mainly to the revelation that its two hosts, T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, were having an affair. Social media has been having a field day since the Daily Mail first broke the news alongside receipts in the form of photos showing the two colleagues looking happy in forbidden love. The photos show the two riding in Ubers, public displays of affection like holding hands while on a getaway in Upstate New York, with one image of Holmes getting a handful of Robach’s butt. Page Six reports the whirlwind romance began between Holmes (45) and Robach (49) while training for the New York City Half Marathon. Robach ran the marathon with he...
HHW Gaming: Latest Google Doodle Honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, One of The Fathers of Modern Gaming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Google / Gerald “Jerry” Lawson Google Doodle Did you know one of the fathers of modern-day gaming was a Black man? Well, if you didn’t, now you know, and Google is honoring the late pioneer with a fitting Google Doodle. Thursday, December 1, the Google Doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. Lawson forever lives in the pantheon of video games because he was one of the many who led the team who developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges. Today’s Google Doodle honors him and his epic contributions to the world of video games by featuring games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel. You will be transport...
Kanye West Says He Sees Good Things In Hitler During Alex Jones Interview, Twitter Attacks
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: YouTube / Youtube We have arrived at the Ye co-signs Adolf Hitler with his whole chest portion of the simulation. On Thursday (Dec, 1), the artist formerly known as Kanye West made an appearance on Alex Jones’ web show, and proceeded to say that even a homicidal maniac has something of value to contribute. Ye appearing on Alex Jones was already wild for the night. This is the same conspiracy wingnut who is on the hook for millions of damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims after he falsely claimed the murders of their children were all made up. Such heinous behaviors was apparently not enough to stop Ye from having a live stream interview with the infamous Infowars host. They surely didn’t disappoint when it comes to tomfoolery and lies, that ...
Cardi B Says New Album Is Coming ‘Next Year’ But It’s Still ‘Missing Something’
Cardi B dropped by The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning (Dec. 1) and dropped some crumbs about when to expect her next studio album. When Cardi called in for Angela Yee’s last day with The Breakfast Club, host Charlamagne Tha God asked if the rapper had a release date in mind for the highly anticipated follow-up to her Grammy-winning debut album Invasion of Privacy, which she released in April 2018 via Atlantic Records. “I have no choice, I have to put it out,” she replied. “I have like a couple of songs that are like definite, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going on with me. I need to just make up my mind and put it out.” DJ Envy gassed her up by saying since “every record you put out went No. 1” (for the record, Cardi has five No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 so far), it’s time for h...
RM to Perform Solo NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Here’s When It Airs
Friday is going to be a big day for BTS ARMY. RM‘s debut solo album, Indigo, is dropping at midnight, but that’s not all: The BTS rapper also has an NPR Tiny Desk concert in support of the album coming out just hours after its release. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news NPR announced the news via Twitter on Thursday (Dec. 1), sharing all the details that ARMY needs to tune in. “RM at the Tiny Desk Tomorrow. 12/2 7 p.m. KST | 5 a.m. ET #RM #Indigo #RMatNPRTinyDesk #tinydesk @bts_bighit,” NPR captioned a photo of the famous desk space, with shelves featuring ARMY purple letters that read “BTS NPR RM.” In addition to the album’s release, the video for Indigo’s lead single “Wild Flower” — which features South Korean rock singer youjeen — is al...
Selena Gomez Gets Up Close & Personal in New Film Version of ‘My Mind & Me’ Music Video
Selena Gomez fans who have not yet seen her Apple TV+ documentary My Mind & Me or the fans who want to relive it are in luck: On Thursday (Dec. 1), the multi-hyphenate shared a film version of her documentary’s accompanying title track, which features several intimate scenes from the film. The video kicks off with Gomez sitting down at a grand piano, softly playing the keys to the song. Snaps of her recording the track, in addition to snippets of her traveling, performing live in concert and interacting with friends, fans and family, go in quick succession until the video’s end. “My mind and me/ We don’t get along sometimes/ And it gets hard to breathe/ But I wouldn’t change my life/ And all of the crashin’ and burnin’ and breakin’, I know now/ If somebody sees me like this, then they ...
Jordin Sparks Thinks Pete Davidson & Emily Ratajkowski Are ‘Off to a Good Start’ After NBA Date Night
Jordin Sparks had the pleasure of sitting next to Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski’s recent date at a New York Knicks game and now she’s spilling the tea. “I was trying not to be all up in their business,” the singer told E! News at the 36th annual Footwear News Achievement Awards on Wednesday. “But they sounded like they were having a great time. And we bonded over the fact that it gets kinda awkward when they have to put the camera in your face and show you to everybody. … They were really nice, and I was really happy to sit next to them.” The American Idol champ also offered her opinion on why Davidson’s latest romance with EmRata is such a hot topic, saying, “It’s always really fascinating which couples we pick to just blow up. I think they’re really sweet. I think they look good to...
