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Twitter Schools Youngster On The Fact MC Hammer Was About That Action
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin.Mazur / Getty Despite the Internet being free and history providing all the necessary lessons, millennial and Gen Z Hip-Hop fans still find ways to question the credentials of certified OGs. One such person is getting a grand lesson that Hammer, also known as MC Hammer, was about that action in those streets despite his dance-friendly music and image. Anthony Duckett of Houston’s Apollo Media team posted a tweet that featured an image of Hammer standing alongside Suge Knight, Snoop Dogg, and the late Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. The tweet caption reads, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone more out of place than Hammer was in this photo lol,” prompting a flurry of “well, actually” responses from those who know the real. Duckett bravely left the tweet ...
YE FKA Kanye West Hosts Live ‘DONDA 2’ Listening Event, Twitter Remarks On Technical Difficulties #DONDA2
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Ye, FKA Kanye West, teased for weeks that his highly anticipated follow-up to the DONDA album would be available on Feb. 22, but the time came and went without a proper drop. However, the Chicago superstar hosted a lavish listening event in Miami for DONDA 2 on Tuesday but Twitter observed a number of technical difficulties which prompted a flurry of responses on the social media network. The event was another big production number of Ye, full of all the theatrics we’ve come to expect from the visionary producer and entertainer. While the album isn’t available via Ye’s Steam Player device as of this writing, much of Ye’s in-the-moment style of presentation was evident across the album as it opened with a soundbite from his estra...
#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...
Former AG Lorretta Lynch Slammed For Defending NFL Racial Bias Case
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Michael Reaves / Getty Former Miami head coach Brian Flores brought a lawsuit against the National Football League alleging racial discrimination and the freezing out of Black coaches and executives across a number of teams. To defend against Flores’ explosive accusation, the NFL hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in connection to the legal matter. As reported by The Washington Post, Lynch, the first Black woman to hold the position of Attorney General, currently is a partner in the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP law firm. Lynch and firm chairman Brad S. Karp were retained by the league to represent their side in the case. This isn’t the first case for Lynch connected to the NFL, coming after she lead the investigatio...
Second Season Of HBO Max Hit ‘Peacemaker’ Announced, Twitter Reacts #Peacemaker
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bill Watters / Getty Peacemaker, the spinoff series from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad film from 2021, became a runaway hit on HBO Max with John Cena reprising his role as a problematic superhero of sorts. As season one concludes, the premium streaming service says it will bring back the show for a second season, and fans on Twitter react. Both Gunn and Cena shared the news via their respective Twitter accounts, and it appears that fans of the show couldn’t be happier. Even better, and we won’t drop any spoilers, it looks like Peacemaker exists in the wider DCEU. Just get caught up to see what we’re hinting at. With Gunn listed as the showrunner and after directing five episodes of the inaugural season, reports say that the Guardians of the Galaxy ...
Azealia Banks Flames Up Kanye West’s Ex Julia Fox, Twitter Is Astonished
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Azealia Banks is known more for her razor-sharp tongue and wit more than music these days and when she decides to use her powers for destruction, it typically causes fireworks online. The latest missive from the talented Bronx rapper occurred when she shared a text message exchange and fight between her and Ye aka Kanye West‘s ex Julia Fox, which has Twitter talking. From what we can determine, it appears that Fox, 32 was running around saying Banks, 30, was a “junkie” after sharing a text message exchange between the pair when they were friendly. In the exchange, it looks like Banks was asking Fox if she knew anyone who sold a particular type of drug and promised she’d look around. For some reason, things went left wh...
Twitter Clowned VERZUZ After Pay Subscription Model Introduced, Swizz Beatz Walked It Back
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty VERZUZ began as a welcome reprieve from the daily doldrums the entire world suffered as a result of the ongoing pandemic, offering a blip of hope during the height of those tough times. Now a mainstream concept, VERZUZ is positioning itself as a viable performance platform and introduced a subscription model that Twitter balked at before Swizz Beatz walked it back. Twitter user @CallMeDollar was among the many who took notice of VERZUZ pivoting to a pay model, introducing the concept ahead of tonight’s (Feb. 15) battle between Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild. The team introduced a #TrillerVerzPass and a 14-day trial run of said pass for the show, adding that it will not be running on its familiar platform of Instagram Live....
Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Sparks Silly Generation War On Twitter #PepsiHalftime
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show was announced last year and it was largely accepted as a suitable blend of some of music’s biggest acts. Now that the big show has concluded, folks on Twitter are attempting to figure out if the set catered more to Generation X or Millenials instead of simply praising the moment for the greatness it was. Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 13) gave the fans in attendance and at home one of the more competitive NFL championship moments in quite some time with the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals with the final score of 23-20. Those who didn’t have much stock invested in the game itself certainly tuned in for the halftime set, which featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and ...
Method Man Calls Out Bozo Who Photoshopped His Beard Away
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Method Man emerged as a reluctant sex symbol early in his recording career but now he appears to be leaning into his dashing good looks to great effect. However, some Internet dweeb felt a way about M-E-T-H-O-D Man getting love from his adoring fans and photoshopped an image of his which prompted the Wu-Tang Clan star to call the person out. Method Man, birth name Clifford Smith, has aged gracefully as anyone of his era and has parlayed his natural presence as a performer into the world of acting via his star-making turn as lawyer Davis MacLean in Power Book II: Ghost. Even before this role, Meth was always thought of as a strikingly handsome man who just happened to be one of the world’s best lyricists. With that much attention...
Jazmine Sullivan Drops ‘Heaux Tales, Mo’Tales: The Deluxe’ & Twitter Reacts To “Issa’s Tale”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Jazmine Sullivan had an amazing 2021 with her last project Heaux Tales enjoying well-deserved praise and Grammy Awards nominations to boot. On Friday (Feb. 11), the Philadelphia songstress delivered the deluxe edition of the release titled Heaux Tales, Mo’Tales: The Deluxe, and Twitter is especially fond of the “Issa’s Tale” interlude. Featuring the all-star talent that is Issa Rae, “Issa’s Tale” follows the format of interludes from the previous release with the subject sharing their own personal “heaux tales” experience. We won’t spoil it, but Rae’s description of a final encounter with an ex-boyfriend shipping off to foreign lands ends on a pretty humorous note. To that end, fans on Twitter have zeroed in on this particular ...
Gunna & Chloe Bailey Appear To Be Official, Twitter Comes With The Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Gunna continues to ride high on the heels of the successful debut week of his latest album DS4Ever, along with rumors of a romantic connection with Chloe Bailey. It appears the pair are allegedly making things official after images of the pair displaying public affection for one another made their rounds online. Gunna and Chloe Bailey were snapped by the paps while out and about in Hollywood getting in some shopping in the ritzy Sunset Plaza. The two looked cozy in the images that made it to the outlets, even holding hands in one close-up shot. As it stands, neither has yet to confirm the relationship but it appears to be a real union after Chloe appeared on one of Gunna’s tracks from his third studio album. The reaction from Tw...
Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records, Twitter Salutes The Doggfather
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Stephen J. Cohen / Getty Death Row Records remains one of the most iconic names in Hip-Hop history, and it appears one of its former stalwart stars is now in a new position of ownership of the famed label. Snoop Dogg, who got his start as a professional record artist with the outfit, purchased the label, and fans on Twitter are saluting the Doggfather. The new venture for the always-working Snoop Dogg was announced on Wednesday (Feb. 9), which details that the Long Beach, Calif. native acquired Death Row Records from the MNRK Music Group, which is owned by the investment firm Blackstone. “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value...
