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Young Money’s Mellow Rackz Pistol Whipped & Robbed After Date, Claims Security Did It
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @mellowrackz / Instagram Rapper Mellow Rackz was the center of heavy buzz after revealing that she was allegedly the victim of a robbery which resulted in her being pistol-whipped – and claiming it was her own security behind the deed. The Young Money artist shared the news on Thursday (April 28th) with her fans through a session on Instagram Live, seeking to address their concerns. “I just wanted to come on here because you guys were freaking out, and I don’t want you guys to do all that,” she said. “I can’t answer everybody’s text messages. But don’t worry, everything is all fine. It’s all good.” The incident allegedly took place after she went on a date in Los Angeles, California, which saw the rapper relieved of all her jewelry and a bag containing he...
Run This Town: Jay-Z’s Made In America 2022 Dates Announced
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mark Makela / Getty Made In America is back for 2022, with new dates for the late summer festival created by Jay-Z having been recently announced. The Made In America Festival is back again for its tenth year, with dates for the 2022 edition being announced on Tuesday (April 26th). The two-day concert event created by Jay-Z and Budweiser will return to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Labor Day Weekend, September 3rd and September 4th. The festival will be held once more at Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the cultural thoroughfare that runs through the heart of the city and ends at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “From the inaugural festival in 2012 to now, Made In America has had a home on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. We have seen some of music’s most iconic...
Kick Rocks: Terrace Martin Will Stop Working With “Rap Friends”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty Jazz musician, rapper, and Hip-Hop producer Terrace Martin has served notice that he’s no longer going out of his way to work with “rap friends” any longer. The acclaimed musician took to social media on Friday (April 22nd) to share an open letter to those who he considers friends in the rap game, stating that he’s “not working with any more rap friends” because he has felt that the love he’s shown these artists hasn’t been reciprocated. “It just hit me, I’ve helped people my whole career. I’ve helped the biggest artist to the smallest artist. Whether it be producing a record or playing keys or sax solos or bringing in musicians to enhance an album to just giving game from all of my experiences. Now I realize that the love and help I...
Judgment Filed Against Absentee Afrika Bambaataa In Sex Abuse Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty The case against Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa alleging that he sexually abused someone is at a critical point, as the victim in the case has filed a request for a default judgment. According to reports, the “John Doe” in the lawsuit against Bambaataa filed a formal request for a default judgment with the Bronx Supreme Court last Monday (April 11th). Hugo G. Ortega, the plaintiff’s lawyer made the request on the grounds that the Bronx native “failed to appear in this matter or to answer the plaintiff’s complaint, and the time-limited by law for him to do so has expired.” Reportedly, Bambaataa has not been able to be found since last year, which allowed the civil suit to go forward as requested by “John Doe” and his legal team ut...
Bong Bong: Nas and Wu-Tang Clan Announce NY State of Mind Joint Tour
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Live Nation Hip-Hop fans just got blessed with some great news as legendary rappers Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan have announced that they’re going on tour together. The iconic artists announced Tuesday morning (April 19th) that they will be co-headliners on the “NY State of Mind” Tour. The tour, which will hit 25 cities across North America, will be sponsored by Live Nation. The “NY State of Mind” Tour will kick off in the late summer at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, August 30th. The news comes as Nas is on a hot streak with his recent albums and The Bridge podcast on Spotify with Miss Info, and with the Wu-Tang Clan having their debut album recently added to the National Recording Registry. Related Storie...
Long Live The Drama King: Hip-Hop World Mourns DJ Kay Slay’s Untimely Death
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The world of Hip-Hop received some tragic news on Easter Sunday as it was confirmed that radio executive and cultural personality DJ Kay Slay passed away after battling COVID-19.The family of Kay Slay, also known as Keith Grayson, confirmed his death on social media along with local New York radio powerhouse HOT97 on Sunday night (April 17th). The “Drama King” had been in the hospital after falling ill with COVID-19 in December 2021. Wack 100 had provided an update on his struggle last week through his Instagram account, verifying that he had been taken off the ventilator: “He’s been off the #ECMO machine for a couple weeks now,” he wrote. “Let’s continue our prayers as our brother continues to fight.” “Our hearts are broken by ...
Consequence Discusses New Album & What The Kanye West Doc Left Out
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Veteran MC Consequence announced that he’s about to release a new album, and he also took the time to share his thoughts on what he felt was missing from the new Netflix documentary on Ye f.k.a. Kanye West. The Queens, N.Y. rapper shared that he’s set to drop a new album entitled Nice Doing Business With You, that will boast an “all-star line-up” with regards to the LP’s features and production via a conversation with AllHipHop. And to that end, he stated that the first single, “Bloodstain”, will feature production from West. During the conversation, he spoke about the jeen-yuhs documentary released earlier this year through Netflix and produced by Coodie & Chike and what he felt was missing from it. “There’s always gonna be a n...
Bad Beat: Dame Dash Ordered To Dish Out $800K Over Copyright Infringement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Damon Dash / Damon Dash Dame Dash just took a significant hit to his pockets after a court ruling directing him to pay over $800,000 to the director and producers of a movie he attempted to pass off as his own. According to reports, the verdict against the entrepreneur was issued earlier in the week after a jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, director Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures who made the motion picture Dear Frank. The film stars Brian White, Claudia Jordan, Nick Turturro, Lil Durk, and Columbus Short. They sued Dash in 2019 after it was discovered that he was trying to shop the movie around as his own despite being removed from the project, even to the point of sending promotional material to outlets such as BET – with the...
Drill Rapper Dougie B Arrested After Shots Fired By Bronx Courthouse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DON EMMERT / Getty Drill rapper Dougie B is now in custody due to being arrested after an altercation that led to gunshots being fired across from the Bronx courthouse he was scheduled to appear at. On Thursday afternoon (March 31st), the arrest of the drill rapper took place on East 161st Street, only steps away from the Bronx County Hall of Justice. According to reports, court officers had rushed over after hearing gunshots. Four people were detained and led away in handcuffs, including the “Kill Em With Kindness” rapper. “Y’all keep doing this to me, bro,” Dougie B exclaimed as he sat down in the street in handcuffs, surrounded by a dozen officers next to a gray automobile parked in the street with its doors open. Onlookers told reporters that the alte...
Black Thought Returns To Lead “School Of Thought” Carnegie Hall Workshop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty The lyrically potent MC and entertainer Black Thought is making a return to Carnegie Hall to help young Hip-Hop artists perfect their craft later this spring. The Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall is welcoming back the Grammy Award-winning frontman and co-founder of The Roots to guide six young musicians in a workshop consisting of free classes designed to help them hone their skills. The MC will lead each of the artists in classes of the “School Of Thought” workshop focusing on lyricism, flow, style, and delivery, with producer and DJ Sean C providing assistance. The participants will also dive deep into learning the history of Hip-Hop during the workshop as well as getting intricate knowledge of the music industry through perso...
Kodak Black Denies He’s The Rapping Creep Sending Latto Flagrant DMs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Latto’s revelation about an unnamed male rapper causing her headaches related to her upcoming album have many pointing the finger at Kodak Black, who has called them false claims. On the eve of the release of her second album 777, Latto has been fueling the excitement surrounding it by releasing the tracklist and speaking about a collaborator on the album who had been giving her grief by not clearing his vocals since she wouldn’t respond to his direct messages on social media. The Atlanta, Georgia native first brought up the situation while being interviewed on the Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show last week, with the discussion topic focusing on how it is to work with men in the rap ga...
Kodak Black Mixes It Up At Mar-A-Lago, Meets Trump For First Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Kodak Black got the chance to meet Donald Trump for the first time since he was granted a pardon by the former president at an event last week.According to reports, the meeting took place at a dinner held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Ray J, who has met with the former president as a tech entrepreneur beforehand, invited the “Super Gremlin” rapper to come to the function with him in order to finally meet with Trump. Kodak Black was introduced to Trump at one point in the evening. “How are you?, Trump asks him during their brief interaction, which included a fist bump exchange between the two. Later, Kodak Black is seen standing next to Trump as he addresses the cr...
