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Mans On The Sing Ting: Memes & Jokes Flourish Over Drake’s ‘New ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ LP
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake will never escape the massive weight of expectations fans put on his music, and a surprise album that dropped today (June 17) proves that fact. The Canadian superstar completely shifted tones with the Honestly, Nevermind album, and Twitter is dropping both praise and jokes over the sonic direction. Drake Goes Into His Dance Music Bag? While the summer looked to be a quiet one for Drake, Honestly, Nevermind is quite a disruption to the landscape to be completely honest. With Certified Lover Boy dropping just nine months ago, few expected Drizzy to get back to business so soon. However, the new project is a departure from the hybrid Hip-Hop and R&B sound the OVO honcho normally operates under. We’ve already mentioned how...
J. Cole Gets Interviewed By Rising Kid Journalist Jazzy Of Jazzys World TV
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty J. Cole has encountered countless journalists both budding and seasoned, but he met a rising superstar in Jazzy. Jazzy AKA Jazlyn of Jazzys World TV met up with the Dreamville honcho briefly backstage at Governor’s Ball and showed impressive chops for a kid. Jazzy Has A Bright Future As An Entertainment Reporter Jazzy, despite her young age, came far more prepared than her peers twice or three times her age. She grilled Cole on the power of persistence, stepping outside one’s comfort zone, and what it was like to meet Jay-Z. Related Stories Trying to recap the interview in written form does it little justice. What makes the interview great is Jazzy’s infectious energy, her sincere professionalism, and her solid questioning while...
Peep The Trailer To Showtime’s Nas Co-Signed Docuseries ‘Supreme Team’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News Archive / Getty If you grew up in New York City in the 80’s you were well-aware of the legend of the Supreme Team out of Queens but if you didn’t and you aren’t, then Nas has got you covered. Showtime has just dropped the first trailer for the Nas directed documentary, Supreme Team, which delves into the story of the notorious drug gang that ruled Queens with an iron fist and became the subject of many-a-rapper’s rhymes in the 90’s. In the trailer for the upcoming docuseries, we hear from the legend Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff himself state that “The whole objective for me was to exit the game. Something’s always going to drag you back in,” before we see a few Hip-Hop icons, former street hustlers and media personalities give their take ...
The CAP in CAPO?: Jim Jones Explains Why He’d Smoke Lloyd Banks In ‘Verzuz’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Beanz Smalls / Bernard Beanz Smalls, Jim Jones is back to talking that Verzuz talk. In a recent interview he said he would smoke Lloyd Banks in a battle. As per Complex the Harlem native feels like he has more to give to the Verzuz platform. In a recent interview on the Joe Budden Podcast G-Unit came up and was quick to call out the Punch Line King. “I’ll smoke Banks head up right now,” Jones revealed. “You beg to differ? My sh*t is a package. To my drip, to my water, my sh*t is a package. My sh*t just ain’t the rap age—it’s the package. When I come out they wanna see Capo. It’s not too many n***as that got that package.” Related Stories He went to further explain why G-Unit isn’t a match for him. “Where they gonna end up ...
Jim Jones “Aunt Viola,” Onyx “Shoot Wit” & More | Daily Visuals 6.16.22
HipHopWired Featured Video If nothing else Jim Jones has shown and proved that he’s all about family and loyalty and when he’s not demonstrating those attributes with his Dip Set brethren, he’s doing so with close friends and loved ones. Such is the case for his visuals to “Aunt Viola” in which Capo gets dipped in all-white attire along with close friends and relatives as they pay respects to aunt Viola (least we think it’s her based off the title) at her funeral before taking to the streets to drop his bars and pouring out some bubbly for the dearly departed. Not enough people pour out liquor for the homies these days. Just sayin.’ From Harlem to Queens, Onyx keeps Southside Jamaica Queens gritty and gully and in their clip to “Shoot Wit” Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz roll through the st...
Six Janky Ways People Have “Celebrated” Juneteenth, So Far
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Twitter / Twitter As the nation is set to honor Juneteenth for the first time on a federal level, there has been plenty of excitement. But there have already been a few spectacular fails from companies and organizations putting a stain on the day. When Juneteenth was made an official federal holiday in 2021 by the Biden Presidential administration, many welcomed the move. Unfortunately, it’s cleared the way for some brands and organizations to ultimately slander the true meaning of the day in an attempt to grab some coin from the public. Related Stories As Juneteenth approaches this weekend, we’re going to take a look and shake our heads at a few fails that have already taken place. 1. Walmart’s “Celebration Edition” Ice Cream Last month, the supersized r...
Blac Chyna & Rob Kardashian Head Back To Court As Kardashian Kourt Kosts Kumulate
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gabe Ginsberg / Getty It appears that Blac Chyna will actually have her day in court–again– against the Kardashians, but this time it will be to face off against her ex-fiance, Rob. According to TMZ, on Thursday (Jun 16) Rob Kardashian’s disputed claim he reached a binding settlement agreement with Chyna to end her “revenge porn” lawsuit was rejected by a Los Angeles judge. Related Stories The ruling gives Chyna a small victory as her case regarding the allegation that ex, Rob Kardashian, illegally posted private naked photos of her on Instagram in July 2017 is going full steam ahead toward jury selection, which is set to begin Monday in a public civil trial. Insider reports, that in the June filings, Kardashian’s lawyers claimed that a settlement was ten...
Drake Drops New Wedding Themed Visuals For “Falling Back” ft. Kardashian Ex
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CNW Group/Bullrider / CNW Group/Bullrider Drake shocked the music world when he suddenly announced that he was dropping his 7th studio album, Honestly, Nevermind at the stroke of midnight. To accompany the new project, Drizzy dropped a music video for the lead single, “Falling Back.” For the wedding themed visuals, Drake finds himself having somewhat cold feet about jumping the broom until his best man, Tristan Thompson of all people speaks some comforting words to him and gets him out to the aisle where a gang of beautiful young women await his arrival. With a rabbi on deck, Drake proceeds to marry a gang of beautiful women in an attempt to get over the fact that Rihanna had another man’s baby. We understand, b. Related Stories Dancing the night away wit...
Megan Thee Stallion Wants Pint-Sized Rapper Tory Lanez Thrown “Under The Jail”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Hip-Hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion opened even more about the shooting incident involving herself, Tory Lanez, and her former best friend, Kelsey Harris. Megan Thee Stallion Wants Tory Lanez Thrown “Under The Jail” Megan Thee Stallion is definitely trying to take control of the narrative following the July 2020 incident where she alleges the pint-sized Canadian musician Tory Lanez shot her. Related Stories The Houston rapper, born Megan Peete, spoke about the shooting in a cover feature with Rolling Stone telling the publication, “I want him to go to jail,” further adding,” “I want him to go under the jail.” In the feature where she proclaims, “I Will Not Back Down,” Thee Stallion also mentions the interaction between her former...
Infamous Sneaker-Reseller Zadeh Kicks Was Allegedly Fleecing Customers For Years: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke A few weeks ago it was reported that known sneaker-reseller Zadeh Kicks found himself under fire for pulling thee biggest jux in sneaker history and suddenly closing up shop, dissolving his LLC, and making off with millions of dollars in pre-orders that he had no intention of fulfilling. Now in a new article from NiceKicks.com, we get an amazingly in-depth look at how Zadeh rose to the top of the reselling game even though he’s seemingly always been a struggling business man. Starting his Zadeh Kicks website back in 2013 in which he’d take pre-orders for limited edition sneakers for a hefty marked up price, Zadeh was seemingly making good on his promises as he had plugs all over the place and would be able to get his customers their kicks even...
James Patterson Apologizes White Male Writers Face Racism Jig
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Crime and mystery author James Patterson has apologized for his comments claiming that white male writers were subject to “just another form of racism” in an interview. The 75-year-old author issued an apology through his social media accounts on Tuesday (June 14th), two days after he made his comments in an interview with The Times. “I apologize for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism. I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers. Please know that I strongly support a diversity of voices being heard—in literature, in Hollywood, everywhere.”, Patterson wrote in the post that appeared on his Facebook and Twitter accounts. Related Stories Patterson had commented...
Erykah Badu To Executive Produce ‘The DOC’ Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty The documentary about rapper the D.O.C. is getting support from R&B Soul music legend Erykah Badu. According to Deadline, the film is directed by Dave Caplan in his debut. The documentary has been called a “love letter and inspirational hip hop archive” about the legendary West Coast rapper (although he’s from Texas), The D.O.C. The film chronicles his life more than thirty years after a devastating car crash which damaged his vocal cords, silencing his rap career. However, he went on to have a successful career as a ghostwriter and is considered one of the pioneers of West Coast rap. Related Stories “I am excited to announce that I am coming on board as executive producer of The DOC which recently will have its world p...
