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White Cop In Patrick Lyoya Shooting Charged With Second-Degree Murder
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The police officer who was involved in the high-profile shooting of Michigan resident and Congolese refugee Patrick Lyoya two months ago has been charged with second-degree murder by prosecutors. On Thursday (June 9th), the prosecutor for Kent County announced that Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Lyoya. In response to complaints about the length of time it took to make this charge, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said “he wanted to be thorough.” He informed Lyoya’s family before speaking to reporters. “These things take time,” he said at the press conference. Related Stories Lyoya, 26, was shot in the back of the head on April 4th during a traffi...
JAY-Z & Jack Dorsey Team Up To Bring ‘Bitcoin Academy’ To Marcy Projects Residents
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ezra Shaw / Getty JAY-Z and former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey are teaming up to teach financial literacy, but they face some criticism. JAY-Z and Dorsey have teamed up for The Bitcoin Academy Teaching financial literacy in underserved communities should always be a good thing, especially about cryptocurrency. JAY-Z and Dorsey have teamed up for The Bitcoin Academy, a bitcoin-focused financial literacy program that HOV and Dorsey want to bring to the residents of the rapper’s old stomping grounds, Marcy Projects. JAY-Z and Jack Dorsey are no strangers when working with each other. Dorsey’s digital-payments company Block (née Square) purchased a majority stake in Jigga’s streaming service Tidal in 2021. The two partnered up by combining their bitcoin holdi...
Spotify To Premiere Mini-Doc Of Kendrick Lamar’s First Trip To Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Renell Medrano (@renellaice) / Renell Medrano (@renellaice) With Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers still getting major burn from Hip-Hoppers across the board, this is the perfect time for Spotify to preview their mini-documentary which stars K. Dot on his first trip to Ghana and his experiences there. Kicking it with the locals, Kendrick admits that during his time there he’s lost track of the days and proudly states “This life sh*t is all about experience and everybody got their own different experience” before the clip fades out to the abyss of the internet. No title was given nor exact release date other than saying it is set to release next week, but best believe fans will want to see Kendrick Lamar interact with people ...
Toxic Boys 4 Life: Britney Spears’ Ex-Husband Crashed Her Wedding, Stopped By Security
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chris Farina / Getty It seems Britney Spears can’t shake her past no matter how much she tries. Her ex-husband crashed her wedding but was luckily stopped by security. As per Yahoo! News the pop star received a very unwelcomed guest during her recent nuptials. On Thursday, June 9 Jason Alexander, not Seinfeld related, showed up to her wedding at her Los Angeles, California home uninvited. He kept things top level toxic by going on Instagram Live as he approached the on site security inside the home. “Where’s Britney at?” he asked before being told he had to leave the property by armed guards. Thankfully he was tackled by staff and escorted off the premises. Naturally they called the authorities and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department arrived...
Memphis Bleek Wants Verzuz Smoke With Juelz Santana After Dismissal
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gregory Bojorquez / Getty Memphis Bleek wants in on that Verzuz smoke and he’s taken the challenge straight to the doorsteps of… Juelz Santana?! Memphis gonna be tight when this becomes the least-watched Verzuz battle ever. Just sayin.’ Still, Memphis Bleek wants that battle as Vibe is reporting that Jay-Z’s former protege was rubbed the wrong way by some comments Juelz Santana made during his appearance on Nore’s Drink Champs podcast. Related Stories When Nore asked Santana whether or not he would go up against Bleek in a Verzuz battle (that no one asked for or even thought of), Juelz responded by saying “I don’t think he want that” before adding “I don’t even want to say that. He’s going to want what he wants, but the people don’t want that. I don’t wan...
Megan Thee Stallion & Her Cheeks Star In New Mugler’s SS22 Campaign Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Megan Thee Stallion and her incredible cheeks were the perfect choices for Mugler’s Spring Summer 2022 campaign. Mugler and Megan Thee Stallion Are Perfect Together The Houston rapper’s new nickname will be Mugler Meg after serving plenty of body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody in the high fashion brand’s latest Spring Summer campaign. In the nearly 10-minute video, Thee Stallion can be seen rocking a denim corset and ass-less jeans that would make the late Prince incredibly proud. The denim is complimented with sheer mesh paneling that has become a staple with any of the late Thierry Mugler’s designs. Related Stories Speaking with Interview, creative director Casey Cadwallader broke down Megan Thee Stallion’s denim look. “The jeans have ...
The Beastie Boys Are About To Have A Street Named After Them In NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty With iconic rappers like The Notorious B.I.G. and MF Doom having streets named after them becoming a regular practice these days, it seems like The Beastie Boys will finally be getting the same honors sooner than later. The Gothamist is reporting that after a 9-year push by cultural advocate LeRoy McCarthy to get a street named after the OG Hip-Hop trio, it seems like the man is finally making some headway in his efforts to rename the corner of Ludlow Street and Rivington Street on the Lower East Side as “Beastie Boys Square.” Taking thousands of signatures backing the proposal to Manhattan’s Community Board 3, McCarthy just knew he was going to realize his dream come true. He didn’t. Related Stories “Yeah, they rejected...
Arizona Republican Strikes Protester Wearing BLM Shirt, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty A GOP candidate for the Senate has sparked outrage after a video shows him assaulting an activist wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, but the candidate claims there is more that happened. According to reports, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters was caught on camera committing assault on an activist at a meet-and-greet for all the candidates at the Continential Shopping Plaza in the town of Green Valley this past Saturday (June 4th). The event was crashed by Democratic activists, a group that included 73-year-old Peter Jackson. Jackson was wearing a t-shirt with “Black Lives Matter” and a hat with “Jail Trump.” The footage allegedly showed Masters lunging after Jackson with both hands outstretched. The action fo...
Arizona Republican Strikes Protester Wearing BLM Shirt, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty A GOP candidate for the Senate has sparked outrage after a video shows him assaulting an activist wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, but the candidate claims there is more that happened. According to reports, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters was caught on camera committing assault on an activist at a meet-and-greet for all the candidates at the Continential Shopping Plaza in the town of Green Valley this past Saturday (June 4th). The event was crashed by Democratic activists, a group that included 73-year-old Peter Jackson. Jackson was wearing a t-shirt with “Black Lives Matter” and a hat with “Jail Trump.” The footage allegedly showed Masters lunging after Jackson with both hands outstretched. The action fo...
President Joe Biden Chops It Up With Jimmy Kimmel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Jimmy Kimmel hosted President Joe Biden on his late-night talk show, and the two got to talk about politics and the state of the nation in a more somber tone. On Wednesday (June 8th), the President sat down with the Jimmy Kimmel Live host while in town for his first interview of that type since taking office last year. The episode caught the attention of many on Twitter, mainly for the more serious tone of the conversation. Kimmel began by touching upon the frustrating problems that exist in Congress.”I think you need to start yelling at people,” he said. Biden brushed it aside and stated that despite the current issues of the pandemic and economic woes, he’s “never been more optimistic in my life.” Kimmel quickly responded, “Why are yo...
President Joe Biden Chops It Up With Jimmy Kimmel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Jimmy Kimmel hosted President Joe Biden on his late-night talk show, and the two got to talk about politics and the state of the nation in a more somber tone. On Wednesday (June 8th), the President sat down with the Jimmy Kimmel Live host while in town for his first interview of that type since taking office last year. The episode caught the attention of many on Twitter, mainly for the more serious tone of the conversation. Kimmel began by touching upon the frustrating problems that exist in Congress.”I think you need to start yelling at people,” he said. Biden brushed it aside and stated that despite the current issues of the pandemic and economic woes, he’s “never been more optimistic in my life.” Kimmel quickly responded, “Why are yo...
Beyoncé Scrubs Profile Pics On Social Media, Beyhive Can’t Take It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Handout / Getty Beyoncé continues to captivate her legion of fans some two decades into her still-ongoing career, so any moves she makes get watched like a hawk. After the singer and business mogul scrubbed her social media profile pics, the Beyhive and the world, in general, are speculating heavily. Beyoncé Did What?!? Fans logged on to Queen Bey’s page to discover that the Houston superstar scrubbed her profile pics to feature a blank grey image. As one can imagine, the chatter going around Twitter and social media at the moment is that Beyoncé is ready to either drop new music, announce a new Ivy Park drop, or some other manner of big news. One fan suggested that considering that it’s Pride Month, Ivy Park will roll out a special edition collecti...
