HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty White conservatives stay telling on themselves on Twitter—and then pretending the racist sh*t they said wasn’t racist. Former President Barack Obama posted a simple tweet joining most Americans in condemning the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, which ends constitutionally protected abortion rights. “Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans,” Obama wrote. Related Stories In response, Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) shared Obama’s post with a caption that naturally led people to believe this man wanted to bring back seg...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOSEP LAGO / Getty When it was reported that Ben Affleck would be taking on the role of Batman in the struggle film that turned out to be 2016’s Batman V. Superman, The Dark Knight at the time, Christian Bale revealed he was upset that he wasn’t approached to reprise the role he’d been taking on for years. While it seemed like Bale’s Batman days were over after Affleck, and most recently Robert Pattinson, had given their iterations of the caped crusader, Screen Rant is reporting that Christian Bale is very much open to returning to the streets of Gotham City, under certain circumstances. In an interview with the website, Bale said he would return for another installment of The Dark Knight but only if the franchise’s director, Christopher Nolan was at the ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Elsa / Getty Kyrie Irving is running back one more year with the Brooklyn Nets, and that could be either a blessing or a sign of another tumultuous season. Kyrie Irving Isn’t Going Anywhere, For Now. Brooklyn Nets fans have been going through it, which shouldn’t be the case for a fanbase when their team has Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Ben Simmons. Sadly, that was not the case due to Kyrie Irving and the lingering feeling of him possibly leaving Brooklyn. Related Stories There was a strong possibility Irving would leave Nets fans reeling like he did Celtics faithful after telling them he planned on being in Boston for a long time. The All-Star point guard even submitted a “wishlist” of teams that included the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, New York K...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mark Sagliocco / Getty “Culture’s biggest night,” aka the 2022 BET Awards, was missing one person, Lil Nas X. The rapper decided to speak on his relationship, or lack thereof, with the network. Lil Nas X & BET Were Never On The Same Page Ahead of the BET Awards 2022, Lil Nas X made it clear how he felt about the network and its annual awards show after he was snubbed. In a statement issued to Rolling Stone, the “Old Town Road” crafter revealed he and the network had not seen eye-to-eye, alluding to some behind-the-scenes issues. Related Stories “My relationship with BET has been painful and strained for quite some time. It didn’t start with this year’s nominations like most people might think,” Lil Nas X said. “They did let me perform on their show la...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Yung Miami and Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared to be the next power couple in the game after the City Girls rapper interviewed her beau recently via her Caresha, Please show. Folks on Twitter are wondering if the rumored connection between the pair is all smoke and mirrors after the Miami rapper was snubbed during Diddy’s BET Awards speech. Yung Miami Snubbed At BET Awards? Over the weekend, Diddy accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards, taking time to give praise to all the women in his life that supported him along the way. Among the mentioned was the late Kim Porter, the mother of three of his six children. Cassie, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, also received a speech shoutout. While all this was going on, YM was in ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty Brittney Griner and her ongoing cannabis possession case in Russia will be moving on to a trial to occur this coming Friday (July 1). The WNBA star was allegedly caught with cannabis in her travel bags, landing her in hot water with Russian authorities and creating a standoff of sorts. Brittney Griner Could Face Up To 10 Years Griner, 31, was arrested over four months prior in Moscow and held in custody since, sparking a series of statements from both the WNBA and the NBA in support of her gaining freedom. As reported by ESPN, Griner will head to trial where she could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale drug transportation. The charges read as excessive to observers since Griner was allegedly found with can...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard any new material from Ne-Yo but today the Sin City crooner returns with some new work, new moves, and new thick models. Dropping some new visuals for his latest single “You Got The Body,” Ne-Yo lets a few thick bodied women flaunt their curves and work the pole for the majority of the video as he only appears for a few seconds here and there throughout the joint. Back on the rap side of things, Consequence comes through with a new clip to the Kanye West produced “Blood Stain” in which the Queens rapper finds himself washed up on shore apparently at the hands of a white woman before eventually crawling to safety into the arms of a Black woman. This was a hella random concept but aight. Check o...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B isn’t here to take sh*t from anyone so y’all knew when someone came for her daughter she was going to clap back something serious. According to Madamenoire, Cardi B’s daughter, Kulture, became the subject of controversy when a twitter user suggested that she was autistic and that Cardi should be paying more attention to her daughter than what’s going on on the Twitterverse. “Your daughter is literally autistic and you’re on stan twitter instead of making sure she’s not sticking her finger in outlets,” user @theeminajprint wrote in a now deleted tweet. Of course they’d delete it. Naturally that kind of slander did not sit well with the Grammy Award winning artist and she promptly fired back at the troll saying that h...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The Hip-Hop music industry is reeling after renowned executive Chaka Zulu was shot on Sunday (June 26) in Atlanta. The Disturbing Tha Peace co-founder is expected to recover and is reportedly in critical but stable condition 11 Alive reports that Chaka Zulu, Ludacris’ longtime manager, shot in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta according to police. Zulu was one of three men who were shot off Peachtree Road around 11:35 p.m. Per Fox 5 Atlanta, police responded to the parking lot of APT 4B, a restaurant that Zulu owns, which is part of a strip of businesses near Peachtree Creek, located at 2293 Peachtree Road. Unfortunately, one of the men who police found shot did not survive his injuries after all three were taken to a local ho...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Guy D’Alema / Atlanta FX Kevin Samuels, the controversial media figure known for his searing takes on Black relationships and wealth building, died earlier this year under tragic circumstances. During a tribute section at the BET Awards, Samuels’ name was mentioned among the fallen and Twitter chimed in with their thoughts. The BET Awards concluded on Sunday (June 26) with a segment of the ceremony focused on celebrities known to the culture that passed away. As mentioned in the reactions, the great Sidney Poitier was among several individuals named so it came as a shock to many that Samuels would find his name among the tribute. Samuels died on May 5 of this year at the age of 57, sparking a flurry of comments, debate, and the like. With a sharp an...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Next month (Juy 2022) the annual San Diego Comic-Con is set to have fanboys and fangirls getting their cosplay on and to add to the festivities, Marvel Studios will be returning to the fold after taking a three-year hiatus from the event. According to Deadline, Marvel Studios will once again be holding court at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con where fans will no doubt be expecting big news regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The news broke during a virtual press conference for Thor: Love and Thunder, when Marvel Studios President, Kevin Feige confirmed that they’d be returning to the annual event to inform fans of what’s coming next. Related Stories “We’ll be at Comic-Con next month, which we’re e...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joseph Okpako / Getty Kendrick Lamar closed out his set at the Glastonbury music festival with an impassioned statement for women’s rights this past weekend. The rapper performed at the music festival in Somerset, England on Sunday (June 26th) in a night-time set highly anticipated for months after delays that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the set at the Worthy Farms soundstage, he did a medley of his hits like “Alright” and “Humble” and newer tracks from his recent album, Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers. As he performed the final song, “Savior”, he was wearing the diamond-encrusted crown of thorns that he had recently sported while performing at the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh’s show for Louis Vuitton for Paris Fashion Week, wh...