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DJ Mustard Claims His Personal Shopper Ganked Him For $50K In Goods
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty We’re not sure exactly when “Personal Shoppers” became a thing in the Hip-Hop culture, but DJ Mustard just learned that just because you trust someone with your fashion sense and grocery lists, that doesn’t mean you can trust them with your money. Recently DJ Mustard took to Instagram alleging that his personal shopper, Karissa C. Walker, treated herself to his credit cards at the tune of $50,000. Hired to shop for himself and his wife, Walker apparently made some personal purchases for herself without Mustard’s permission. From pricey handbags to shoes, Mustard claims that Karissa went wild with his paper and even ran up a $15,000 tab at Louis Vuitton. Labeling Walker a “Thief” and a “Liar,” Mustard aired out his grievances an...
CERTIFIED FRESH: Stunna Girl Talks Epic Records Deal, Vision & Proving Doubters Wrong
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / EPIC It’s been about 18 months since Stunna Girl’s “Runway” hit peak levels on the short-form video app TikTok and she’s still one of the first in line to rep for her hometown of Sacramento. With the recent release of her latest mixtape Stunna This Stunna That, the Epic records signee is focused on bringing her fans into her world, even as she figures it out for herself. She’s intent on becoming a star and she sees it on the horizon just as clearly as she did a decade ago. There was a three-year stint in between where she found herself behind bars at a California youth facility for engaging in some unsavory activity—there was a robbery charge, a gun charge, and a pesky assault charge that reappeared around the time of her sentencing—but on...
Pepsi & Angie Martinez To Hold ‘Manzanita Sol NYC Food Truck Giveback’ This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Manzanita Sol / PepsiCo Over the past few decades Angie Martinez has gone from popular radio personality to rapper to actress, and now the OG Voice of New York is teaming with Pepsi to bring some more Latino flavor to the streets of NYC. Looking to hype up the debut of their new Manzanita Sol beverage, PepsiCo has enlisted the talents of Angie Martinez and recruited the help of Black and Latino owned food trucks to dish out free meals and free Manzanita Sol this weekend (April 17 & 18). Angie couldn’t be more enthusiastic about the new drink and in a press release expressed her pride in taking part in the campaign. “New York is a place where you’ll find diverse cuisines around every corner and food trucks are what bring that authentic taste of home pa...
Common ft. PJ “What Do You Say,” Lakeya ft. Gucci Mane “Poppin” & More | Daily Visuals 4.14.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard Hip-Hop OG Common drop any new work what with the countless other career moves he’s been making for the past few years, but the man was an MC first and reminds us of that fact today. Coming through with some new visuals to “What Do You Say,” the Chicago artist links up with PJ to have a grand ol’ time at a roller rink with some grown women who appreciate some good roller skates. Roll Bounce sequel in his future or nah? Y’all know Bow Wow would be down. Lakeyah meanwhile may not roll with skates but she rolls with wheels and for her Gucci Mane assisted clip to “Poppin,” Lakeyah assembles a team of sexy young women to ride shotgun before turning up at the strip club. Check out the rest of today’s d...
Radiohead Unearth Thom Yorke’s 2005 From the Basement Concert: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T19:56:09+00:00“>April 14, 2021 | 3:56pm ET Radiohead have shared their latest archival footage on the band’s YouTube channel, unearthing Thom Yorke’s 2005 solo performance for the pilot episode of the Front the Basement concert series. Watch it below. Yorke’s 20-minute piano set included the live debut of “Videotape”, which later found its way on Radiohead’s In Rainbows. He also played future In Rainbows B-sides “Last Flowers” and “Down Is the New Up”, as well as “Analyse”, from his 2006 solo album, The Eraser. Today’s upload is part of the band’s most recent effort to bring rare footage to their YouTube channel. This newest run launched last week with a January...
Chubby and the Gang Share New Song “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T20:01:42+00:00“>April 14, 2021 | 4:01pm ET Last fall, London punk five-piece Chubby and the Gang signed to Partisan Records and revealed that they were penning a new album. Now, the band returns to the spotlight to share “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice”, a brand new single available as a 7-inch that will also supposedly appear on their next record. Stream it below. “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice” is a riveting dose of pub rock set to the tune of class struggles. Across the song’s three-minute runtime, Chubby and the Gang sprint through punk riffs with enough gang hollers and zippy guitar lines to recall Thin Lizzy. That vibe comes to life in the single’s accompanying music video....
Wu-Lu Quietly Rages on Simmering New Song “Times”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T21:54:39+00:00“>April 14, 2021 | 5:54pm ET South London multi-instrumentalist and producer Wu-Lu, aka Miles Romans-Hopcraft, has unveiled a simmering new song titled “Times”. Wu-Lu self-produced the track, which features drumming by Morgan Simpson of black midi. It quietly rages beneath the surface like turn-of-the-century alternative rock, but never reaches the thrashing crescendo of his previous single, “South”. As he explained in a press statement, the song is about self-discovery and coming of age in these turbulent times. He said, “It’s of understanding that with time comes wisdom. Living life teaches us everything we can to bounce back, we are made of more than...
Weezer Share New Music Video for “Grapes of Wrath”: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T22:06:45+00:00“>April 14, 2021 | 6:06pm ET Today is the 82nd anniversary of John Steinbeck’s classic Dust Bowl epic The Grapes of Wrath. To honor the occasion, Weezer have shared a new music video for their OK Human ode to literary excellence, “Grapes of Wrath”. The song doesn’t just shout-out Steinbeck, it also finds time for some of the most famous creations by Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Joseph Heller, Herman Melville, J.R.R. Tolkien, and more. But the music video, which was directed by Brendan Walter and Jasper Graham, is less concerned with exploring these fictional worlds than the real-world problem of finding time to read. The video begins with Ri...
Watch Weezer’s New Video for ‘Grapes of Wrath’ Now
Weezer is back with a brand new video for “Grapes of Wrath,” the latest single off of OK Human, three months after the band put out “All My Favorite Songs” in the buildup to the January release. The relatable video focuses on all of the things one can do (realistic or not) while avoiding the dreaded Zoom video meetings of this past year, and it’s pretty much exactly what you would expect from the 29-year-old band after they (presumably) spent most of the last year in quarantine. Check out the new video below. [embedded content] Of course, the release of the video coincides with their upcoming livestream this Friday (April 16) at 6pm PT, in which Rivers Cuomo and crew will join the LA Philharmonic and YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) at the legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall to ...
Hype Williams Pays Homage To Slim Aarons For Jay-Z’s New ‘Monogram’ Campaign
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hype Williams / Hype Williams When the first ad campaign for Jay-Z’s new cannabis line, Monogram dropped, many were confused by the suburban lavish atmosphere featured in it being that Jay is a Hip-Hop icon. Source: Hype Williams / Hype Williams Well, it turns out that it’s actually Hype Williams play on an iconic photoshoot done by famed socialite photographer, Slim Aarons. Known for capturing the lifestyles of the rich and famous on film, Aarons made a name for himself as his whole style was based around “photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.” Hype Williams decided for Jay’s Monogram campaign he’d pay homage to Aaron’s career concept and used Frank Sinatra’s house in Palm Springs where he recreated Aaron’s most&nb...
Funk Flex On Drake vs Meek Mill: “I Wanted To Be In The History Book”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Funkmaster Flex admittedly likes attention—more than most, some could argue. Sure, a lot of us have already known this, but still recoiled at one particular line from a recent talk the DJ had with Rap Radar: “I wanted to be in the history book.” Back in 2015 when Meek Mill and Drake were feuding, it all started with the Philadelphia rapper running the reference track for Drizzy’s “10 Bands” up to Hot 97. He’d hoped to “expose” Drake for using ghostwriters, and not having read the room, things did not work out in Meek’s favor. News of the reference track barely moved the needle amongst rap fans and subsequently, Meek received a succinct lesson in why you should never poke a sleeping bear. [embedded content] “I gotta be honest. I ...
YFN Lucci’s Visit To A Strip Club & Recording Studio Could Land Him Back In Jail
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty YFN Lucci’s alleged visit to a strip club and the studio could land him right back in prison if prosecutors have their way. TMZ reports that prosecutors argue the rapper violated his bond’s strict conditions by visiting the booty club and recording studio in Atlanta on the same day as he awaits trial for a murder case. According to court documents obtained by the celebrity gossip site, Lucci violated the conditions of his $500,000 on the first day he was released from prison. Bruh. What makes this even more eye-opening is that the “Every Day We Lit” crafter visited the same strip club at the center of a gang-related shooting investigation. To make matters worse for Lucci, prosecutors are claiming that he tampered with his ankle monit...
