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The Ops Ain’t Feeling Kanye West & Drake Supporting Larry Hoover

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Livingston / Getty Kanye West and Drake held a whole concert, that streamed on Amazon, in support of Larry Hoover. Needless to say, the Fed ain’t feeling two A-list rappers supporting the founder of the Gangster Disciples, who is serving six life sentences, by the way. Since his arrest for a murder, Hoover claims he is reformed, and many think his sentence is OD. But the Ops are annoyed because they think the OG shouldn’t be anyone’s inspiration. Reports TMZ: Related Stories One federal law enforcement source — who is connected to Hoover’s case — tells TMZ … prosecutors are “surprised” to see Drizzy and Ye throwing so much support behind the #FreeLarryHoover movement, considering the facts of his case. For those not in the know … Hoover was convicte...

Ye & Drake Rocked “Free Larry Hoover” Concert, Twitter Wanted More Classics From Drizzy #KanyeDrakeLive

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screenshot / Amazon Prime The world was astonished that former foes Ye (FKA Kanye West) and Drake squashed their beef and agreed to rock on the same stage in support of freeing Chicago street legend, Larry Hoover. The live stream event took place in the wee hours of Friday morning (Dec. 10),  and Twitter has chimed in with its thoughts on the whole affair. The “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert was constructed by Houston OG J Prince and originally it was thought that only Ye would appear on the bill. With both rappers taking slight shots at each other over the years via music and social media, Ye made an appeal under Prince’s guidance that the gentlemen settle their differences and work together on the benefit concert. Drake accepted and it lo...

Couture Cap: “Source” Says Kanye West Wants To Take Virgil Abloh’s Creative Director Job At Louis Vuitton

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty The world continues to miss the creative giant that was Virgil Abloh. It is rumored that Kanye West wants to continue his legacy at Louis Vuitton by taking over his Creative Director role. As spotted on Hype Beast Yeezy wants to take his talents to the luxury fashion house but not to serve his own ego. Apparently he sees himself as the only one fit to carry on the Chicago tradition at LV. An unnamed “source” told The Sun “Kanye is devastated about Virgil’s death because they had been friends for years and worked together a lot. They shared a similar vision and now Kanye feels he owes it to Virgil to continue his work at Louis Vuitton.” Related Stories According to the tabloid this was discussed between the long time friend...

Kanye West Appears To Beg Kim Kardashian To “Run Right Back” To Him During Benefit Concert With Drake

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Screenshot / Amazon Prime Fans have had plenty to say, both positively and negatively, about the live-streamed “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert put on in Los Angeles by former rivals Drake and Kanye West. Nut there was one moment during the event that has folks buzzing about how badly Ye wants his estranged wife Kim Kardashian back in his arms. When the Donda rapper was at the end of his performance of “Runaway,” Kanye went full “Baby, I’m beggin’, baby, I’m beggin’, beggin’, baby” in what appeared to be a reconciliation plea for Kim to “run back” to him. “Run right back to me…more specifically, Kimberly,” Ye sang. Related Stories It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time Yeezus has publicly spoken about wanting his wife back. During his Drink C...

Person Linked To Kanye West AKA Ye Pressed Election Worker To Cosign Trump Voter Fraud Claims

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Daniel Zuchnik / Getty While Donald Trump is slowly becoming a political afterthought despite his desperate attempts at regaining relevancy, the ghost of failed businessmen’s past just can’t stay out of the news. A story that went wide on Friday (Dec. 10) revealed that an alleged Kanye West AKA Ye insider visited the home of a Georgia election worker and attempted to get the woman to admit to Trump’s loud and wrong claims of voter fraud in favor of President Joe Biden. As reported by Reuters, Chicago publicist Trevian Kutti, who is linked to jailed crooner R. Kelly, visited the home of 62-year-old Ruby Freeman on January 4 of this year offering protection to the election worker after she received death threats in the wake of Trump’s unsuccessful ree...

Kanye West’s Unreleased ‘TLOP’ Track “Can U Be/Forever Mitus” Is Being Sold as an NFT

Kanye West‘s 2016 album The Life of Pablo was a transformative moment for one of the world’s most visionary rappers, and now an unreleased outro called “Can U Be/Forever Mitus” is being sold as an NFT. Held by Keyon Christ, who was ‘Ye’s producer at the time, the “2044: The Lost Kanye Files” NFT presents a song that has been lost in the deepest realms of the Internet. Previously debuted at a secret listening party, the track has been widely unheard and is incredibly hard to find in high-quality online — until now.  Speaking on the NFT, Christ says, “Releasing this highly-coveted leak will serve as the generational foundation to fearlessly unveil the future of music in Web 3.0.” He adds, “Rules will be broken, risks will be taken.” The song itself never featured on TLOP because of Southside...

Dame Dash Says Kanye West Is The Only Roc-A-Fella Artist Who Gives Him “Proper Respect” [Video]

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Damon Dash / Damon Dash When Dame Dash speaks the Hip-Hop community listens. In a recent interview he says that Kanye West is the only talent he groom that shows him the proper respect. As spotted on Complex the Harlem, New York native recently spoke to Bootleg Kev. While the two discussed a variety of topics the self-proclaimed Cake-A-Holic touched on Ye’s infamous Drink Champs interview where he referred to his former CEO as a “visionary”. At the 22-mimute mark Kev asks about their current day relationship. “Do you feel like you and Kanye have gotten closer, than ever, in the last couple of years? Because it feels that way.” “I don’t really talk about that part, you know?” Dash responded. “He’s an interesting guy. Our relationship,...

Kanye West & Drake’s Larry Hoover Benefit Concert Will Stream On Amazon Platforms

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ye / Instagram The long-awaited benefit concert that Kanye West is organizing which features Drake will now be available to fans worldwide, thanks to a deal with Amazon. In a press release issued on Tuesday (December 7th), Amazon Music and Prime Video announced that their platforms will be exclusively streaming the concert in honor of Larry Hoover, which is organized and headlined by Kanye. The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, which will feature Drake as a special guest on December 9th is set to take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Prime Video will host the live stream of the event for all of its 240 million customers, and it will also be streamed on Amazon Music’s app and its Twitch channel. The concert will also be streamed at select ...

Kanye West and Drake’s “Free Larry Hoover” Concert Tickets Are Selling For $7000

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc / Getty It’s no doubt that Drake and Kanye West‘s “Free Larry Hoover” concert is one of this year’s most anticipated events, but the recent change in the price of tickets for the event has fans scratching their heads and clutching their wallets. According to reports, resale ticket prices for the concert set to occur at the Los Angeles Forum on December 9th have reached the healthy price tag of more than $7500 on Ticketmaster. The increase in price is said to be a result of ticket prices being gouged by resellers after tickets for the once-in-a-lifetime event were made available to fans initially costing around $200 to $500 USD. Of course, fans took to Twitter to express their disbelief of the updated price with some calling out...

Kanye West Aims To Eliminate Homelessness In Los Angeles

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Livingston / Getty Kanye West, also known as Ye, has a new calling he’s undertaking —helping the homeless in the city of Los Angeles get back on their feet. As reported by TMZ, Kanye spent a considerable amount of time at the L.A. Mission last week, dropping off enough meals to feed one thousand people. Related Stories It was here that he took the microphone and delivered an elaborate and vulnerable prayer which included a hopeful entreaty that he and former spouse Kim Kardashian would reunite with the help of God, saying: “But when God brings Kimye together, there’s going to be millions of families that are going to be influenced to see that they can overcome the work of the separation, of trauma the devil has used to capitalise to keep people in m...

Kanye West Dedicates Sunday Service To Virgil Abloh

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty As the shocking news of Virgil Abloh’s passing reverberated throughout the Hip-Hop world yesterday (Nov. 28); peers, fans, and admirers took to social media to pay homage. Kanye West too decided to pay his respects to his close friend by dedicating his Sunday Service to the beloved and revered fashion designer. Taking to IG to announce the last minute livestream event, Kanye West enlisted his Sunday Service choir to hold a memorial in honor of Virgil Abloh which included a moving and heartfelt take on Adele’s latest smash hit, “Easy On Me.” That was amazing, yet, painful. After the memorial stream came to an end, a message honoring the late fashion genius was displayed reading “IN LOVING MEMORY OF VIRGIL ABLOH THE CREATIVE DIRE...

D.C. To Buffalo: John Young Is Credited As The Creator Of Buffalo Wings, Reportedly Inspired By D.C.’s Mambo Sauce

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Residents of Washington, D.C., and abroad are well aware of a delicious and heavily-debated condiment lovingly known as “Mambo Sauce,” as in mumble sauce. Late Buffalo, N.Y. restaurant owner John Young was reportedly inspired by the city’s wing sauce of choice, taking the idea back home and is largely credited for inventing buffalo wings although that point has faced contention. According to a detailed report from USA Today, two families lay claim to inventing the buffalo wing and it all depends on which side of town you’re from. The typical tale goes that Italian restaurant owners Frank and Teressa Bellissimo featured the deep-fried and sauced-up wings at the Anchor Bar, which still exists today in downtown Buffalo. Back in ...