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Astroworld Festival Cancelled After Crowd Surge Leaves 8 Dead, Several More Injured
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Erika Goldring / Getty Astroworld Festival, the annual music event put on by Travis Scott, has been postponed due to a reported crowd surge that left eight people dead and several others injured. Details are still developing but the Saturday (November 6) date for the show will not be moving forward as an investigation into what took place on the ground at the event is ongoing. ABC 13 reports that along with the eight people killed at the sold-out event, hundreds more suffered varying injuries as first responders and police continued to arrive at NRG Park in Houston, Texas on Friday (November 5). This was the first of a two-night event for the Astroworld Festival, which has gone off without a hitch in the past. Related Stories While names of the vict...
Summer Walker Drops ‘Still Over It’ LP, Twitter Fans Give Glowing Approval #StillOverIt
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Summer Walker is one of the leading voices in R&B music and has a penchant for expressing emotions that encompass the entirety of relationships in the social media era. The singer and songwriter just unleashed her Still Over It album to the masses after months of teasing, and fans are giving the project some early approval. Still Over It rings in at 20 tracks and features a bevy of R&B and Hip-Hop stars from all across the nation adding their perspective to the album. While it isn’t explicitly said, many have come to believe the album was inspired by Walker’s real-life relationship and subsequent breakup with producer and ex-boyfriend, London On Da Track. Surprisingly, London has several production credits on the new ...
Holy Cow: White Mom Complains About Milk Prices, Twitter Shocked At 12 Gallons A Week Haul
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Flashpop / Getty Milk is, without doubt, a major food staple in many American homes and like all goods lately, the prices for the item have shot up exponentially due to inflation and other factors. A recent report revealed that a white mother who says the higher prices of milk has impacted her wallet but Twitter is trying to understand how one family can consume 12 gallons of moo juice per week. On Thursday (November 4), CNN’s New Day program with host Brianna Keilar aired a segment with the Stotlers, a white family of what appears to be seven in total based on the video who all reside in Texas. They essentially explained that inflation has hiked up milk prices and has put a dent in their pockets. “A gallon of milk was $1.99. Now it’s $2.79. When yo...
Out Of Context Twitter Thinks Joe Budden Is Bisexual, The Jokes Are Still Joking Anyway
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty Love him or hate him, Joe Budden will always attract a certain amount of interest due to the popularity of his podcast program and the many ventures he involves himself in. On the most recent episode of his eponymously named podcast, fans on Twitter have committed to taking his words out of context and assuming the host admitted to being bisexual, and the jokes are doing what they do on the social media network. On Wednesday’s (November 4) episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Budden and his co-hosts Ice, Ish, and Parks did their usual chopping it up over Jumpoff Joey’s annoyance with Six Flags in New Jersey, arguing with Ice over the merits of Nicki Minaj’s career, and J. Cole rocking the Rolling Loud stages in a rainstorm. The...
Out Of Context Twitter Thinks Joe Budden Is Bisexual, The Jokes Are Still Joking Anyway
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty Love him or hate him, Joe Budden will always attract a certain amount of interest due to the popularity of his podcast program and the many ventures he involves himself in. On the most recent episode of his eponymously named podcast, fans on Twitter have committed to taking his words out of context and assuming the host admitted to being bisexual, and the jokes are doing what they do on the social media network. On Wednesday’s (November 4) episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Budden and his co-hosts Ice, Ish, and Parks did their usual chopping it up over Jumpoff Joey’s annoyance with Six Flags in New Jersey, arguing with Ice over the merits of Nicki Minaj’s career, and J. Cole rocking the Rolling Loud stages in a rainstorm. The...
Drinks Champs Teases Ye FKA Kanye West As An Upcoming Guest, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Brandon Magnus / Getty Drink Champs, the popular podcast and video interview program featuring N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, has become one of the premier hubs of Hip-Hop culture and the discussion of such. On Thursday (November 4), the Drink Champs squad teased that Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will join the raucous environment of the show for what is sure to be a must-watch event. For the uninitiated, Drink Champs is essentially N.O.R.E., DJ EFN, and the entire production crew chopping it up with legends of music new and familiar, digging deep into their careers and legacy. N.O.R.E., who was there for many of Hip-Hop’s biggest moments, commands the show with manic energy but also possesses a historian’s bent for making connections in real-time to the ...
DJ Akademiks Puts Brittany Renner On Side Chick Front Street, Twitter Can’t Believe It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty DJ Akademiks is back in the broadcast game in a big way with his new Off The Record podcast venture, and he’s already getting a lot of attention by way of a recent episode. While sitting down with Brittany Renner, Ak essentially put the popular Instagram model on side chick front street after she tried to push back on the idea she might be one. In the podcast’s latest episode titled “The Trap Queen?,” Renner faced the music of being accused of setting up NBA player P.J. Washington and a recent visit to Jackson State University where she essentially leaned into her villainess role. Related Stories We haven’t peeped the episode in question but folks on Twitter have been circulating a clip of their conversation in where Renner in...
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...
