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Caresha Please: Yung Miami Drops New Track “Rap Freaks” & Twitter Reacts To Megan Thee Stallion Laughing At “Buenos Noches” Line
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty Yung Miami, one half of the City Girls with her partner JT, is stepping out on her own with the new “Rap Freaks” single that dropped on Friday (October 29). While fans are still absorbing the new track and diving in with their comments and reactions, some on Twitter have taken notice of Megan Thee Stallion being particularly tickled by one line in the song. Like other songs before it such as “Just Playing (Dreams)” from The Notorious B.I.G., Yung Miami’s “Rap Freaks” follows the format of her imagining trysts with some of her Hip-Hop peers in very glaring fashion. Here are some of the lyrics from “Rap Freaks” for context: I’m on a runway I don’t see a Tory in my lane, I’m with the savages Drive the boat, sit on Megan face, ri...
WSB-TV News Anchor Jovita Moore Has Passed, Colleagues & More Remember Her Via Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Hearts are heavy across the Atlanta metropolitan region and the rest of the nation after news that Emmy Award-winning journalist Jovita Moore has died. Moore was an anchor for the city’s WSB-TV outlet and was upheld as a beloved fixture by not only viewers and colleagues, but those outside her industry as well. WSB-TV anchor Justin Farmer delivered the news with alarming professionalism and poise, despite speaking of not only a workplace partner but a dear friend of his. Gamely, Farmer delivered the news out of sheer obligation and perhaps a will of steel as the production team put together a collage of videos featuring Moore at work. Moore, a native of New York City, obtained her undergraduate degree from Bennington College in...
Twitter Wishes Frank Ocean A Happy 34th Birthday, Hopeful For New Music
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Frank Ocean is as high in demand as he’s ever been despite not properly releasing music aside from a pair of singles in 2020. Today (October 28) is the Long Beach singer and songwriter’s 34th birthday and Twitter has gathered together to wish him a happy one, while also being hopeful for new tunes. The mysterious and talented Ocean released the “Dear April” and “Cayendo” singles last year unattached to any project or full-length releases as far as reports go. The songs were remixed by Justice and Sango respectively and inspired a flurry of hope among Ocean’s legion of fans that more tracks were coming. Ultimately, that core of supporters was let down but it should be assumed that someone of Ocean’s caliber is always prepar...
Twitter Wishes Frank Ocean A Happy 34th Birthday, Hopeful For New Music
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Frank Ocean is as high in demand as he’s ever been despite not properly releasing music aside from a pair of singles in 2020. Today (October 28) is the Long Beach singer and songwriter’s 34th birthday and Twitter has gathered together to wish him a happy one, while also being hopeful for new tunes. The mysterious and talented Ocean released the “Dear April” and “Cayendo” singles last year unattached to any project or full-length releases as far as reports go. The songs were remixed by Justice and Sango respectively and inspired a flurry of hope among Ocean’s legion of fans that more tracks were coming. Ultimately, that core of supporters was let down but it should be assumed that someone of Ocean’s caliber is always prepar...
Twitter Wishes Frank Ocean A Happy 34th Birthday, Hopeful For New Music
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Frank Ocean is as high in demand as he’s ever been despite not properly releasing music aside from a pair of singles in 2020. Today (October 28) is the Long Beach singer and songwriter’s 34th birthday and Twitter has gathered together to wish him a happy one, while also being hopeful for new tunes. The mysterious and talented Ocean released the “Dear April” and “Cayendo” singles last year unattached to any project or full-length releases as far as reports go. The songs were remixed by Justice and Sango respectively and inspired a flurry of hope among Ocean’s legion of fans that more tracks were coming. Ultimately, that core of supporters was let down but it should be assumed that someone of Ocean’s caliber is always prepar...
MAGA Twitter Upset Chuckle Hustler Tim Allen Out As Buzz Lightyear As Chris Evans Steps In For ‘Lightyear’ Film
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: WENN.com / WENN Tim Allen first entered mainstream fame in the early 1990s by way of his hit sitcom, Home Improvement, and voiced one of the most visible characters of all time in Buzz Lightyear. Now out as the voice of the heroic Space Ranger, Chris Evans has been announced as the replacement for an upcoming film slated for release in 2022. A trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear film is the origin story of the real Buzz Lightyear that inspired the toy and effectively a prequel of the sprawling Toy Story empire. Evans, who played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will step in as Buzz. Related Stories Disney says of the film that, “[t]he sci-fi action-adventure presents the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear — the hero who ...
Houston Astros Fans Remind Atlanta Braves That Tomahawk Chop Gesture Is Racist At World Series #tomahawkchop
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bob Levey / Getty Game 1 of the World Series contest between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros concluded with an Astros loss Tuesday night (October 26), but fans in Minute Maid Park still made their voices heard. Fans in the crowd fashioned signs towards the visiting Braves stating that the so-called “Tomahawk Chop” celebratory gesture is racist and should be done away with. While the gesture has long been criticized by members of the indigenous nations and beyond, the “Tomahawk Chop” still persists as a part of the Atlanta Braves fan celebration scheme. As leaders of the nations and others have long asked sports teams to do away with racist names and imagery, there has been resistance and even culpability coming from the top of some of thes...
Free Will: Jada Pinkett Smith Told Gwyneth Paltrow That Will Smith Allegedly Is Trash In Bed
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty Jada Pinkett Smith and her Red Table Talk program became one of the most popular shows in the modern talk show era due to its hosts and their unflinching honestly and openness. In the latest episode, Pinkett Smith essentially said to her guest Gwyneth Paltrow that Will Smith wasn’t good in bed and Twitter is reacting as you can expect. Pinkett Smith invited Paltrow to the program on Wednesday (October 27) to discuss Paltrow’s upcoming Sex, Love & goop program coming to Netflix. The subject of sex arose during their talk, and it was Pinkett Smith seemingly throwing her husband of 23 years in Smith under the proverbial bus once more. Related Stories “The thing Will and I talk about a lot is the journey. We started in this ...
Twitter Discusses How They First Learned Of The Tulsa Massacre Of 1921
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Universal History Archive / Getty HBO’s excellent Watchmen series opened with the Black Wall Street massacre, largely known as the Tulsa Massacre and alternatively, the Tulsa Race Massacre. The term Tulsa Massacre began trending on Twitter on Wednesday (October 27) with users sharing when was the first time they learned of the tragic event that took place a century ago in Oklahoma. Here is what we wrote of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 2019: In 1916, Tulsa passed a city ordinance that enforced a rule that Black and white people could not live within one block of each other. As a result, the Greenwood neighborhood was formed and became a haven for Black business owners and thriving Black families. Tensions flared in 1921 after an unconfirmed report of a...
Travis Scott Announces Stacked Astroworld Festival Lineup, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gary Miller / Getty Travis Scott and his highly anticipated Astroworld Festival lineup was already expected to be one of the must-see events of 2021. Now, the Houston star has announced a star-studded lineup for the two-day event featuring some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop, R&B, and beyond. The Astroworld Festival lineup will in Scott’s Texas hometown include the like of TDE songstress SZA, global superstar Bad Bunny, talented musical outfit Tame Impala, Atlanta’s Lil Baby, hitmaker Roddy Ricch, crooner Don Tolliver, and more. Joining the aforementioned are 21 Savage, Las Vegas rising act Baby Keem, Meto Boomin, BIA, Master P, the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire among others. A new round of tickets for the event was also released so that fan...
French Montana Fries Fan Who Said He Doesn’t Have Any Solo Tracks, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty French Montana has been releasing music since the mid-2000s and has emerged as one of the premier hitmakers of his era with over a handful of singles that are club staples to this day. On Twitter, a fan took a dig at the Macaroni Wit Da Cheese by saying he doesn’t have any songs without features, and the original Coke Boy shut the fan down. Playing on the popular Squid Game memes that have cropped up on social media, Twitter user @sticktalkz asked posed the question, “for the next game, you need to name FIVE French Montana songs without features” using a caption of the maskless figures who worked in the deadly facility. Related Stories As the tweet gained traction, the Morrocan rapper and Max B affiliate fired back with a lis...
Twitter Debates The G.O.A.T. Hip-Hop Acts, Most Overrated & More
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Phongthorn Hiranlikhit / EyeEm / Getty If there is one discussion among Hip-Hop fans, naming the greatest of all time acts in the genre is sure to be one of the more heated ones. On Twitter, fans are doing just that in discussing who “The G.O.A.T.” Hip-Hop acts are, who is the most overrated, and more. XXL, which has a penchant for posing open-ended questions via its Twitter account, issued a tweet that asked the following questions: Favorite rapper of all time: Rapper I dislike: Rapper that grew on me: Most overrated rapper: Most underrated rapper: The G.O.A.T.: Comment/quote with your answers} Related Stories Of course, people are using this moment to air out grievances against rappers they’re not fond of, or even insert names into the debate that...
