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Blac Chyna Is Now In The Celebrity Boxing Phase Of Her Career

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron Davidson / Getty Blac Chyna might not have the cultural cache she once did but people are still invested in her daily life. The social media star and part-time rapper will now add the title of boxer to her resume. Blac Chyna The Boxer TMZ reports that Chyna, 34, is gearing up for a celebrity boxing match with Instagram fitness model, Alysia Magen. In an exclusive clip obtained by the outlet, Chyna shows off an unorthodox stance in one video. She then goes traditional orthodox. Chyna is certainly throwing bombs in one portion of the video although she lifts her feet on some power shots. Related Stories Chyna is training with Justin Fortune, who trained Manny Pacquiao and is the husband of Tamara Frapasella-Fortune. Tamara molly whopped Kim Kardashian...

Dr. Umar Johnson Goes Viral After Video Suggested He Was Pan-Afrikan Paleface Pimping

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @drumarjohnson / Instagram Dr. Umar Johnson is known for his strong views as a Pan-Africanist and educator. Johnson was seen on a smartphone video speaking to a white woman that has since gone viral, but Dr. Umar says it’s not as it seems. Dr. Umar Johnson Explains Himself Twitter user @Reese_856 shared a video of Johnson inside Cherry Hill Mall in New Jersey speaking with a white woman although the conversation was largely unheard. The tweet was captioned, “Dr umar was at the cherry hill mall boul wasn’t low,” suggesting he was trying to kick it to the woman. The image was meant to be jarring considering Johnson’s pro-Black teachings. Considering the chatter around the video, Johnson shut down the claims he was doing what was alleged. “Yes, I was a...

Rare Air: LeBron James Joins Michael Jordan As The NBA’s Only Billionaires

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Lebron James will now be called Billionaire Bron from now on. The financial bible Forbes reports that LeBron James is now a billionaire. The achievement makes James the first active NBA player to accomplish the milestone while still actively playing. He also joins his idol Michael Jordan as one of the NBA’s billionaires. Rare air indeed. LeBron James has the GOAT beat in this department because he accomplished it quicker. Michael Jordan didn’t achieve billionaire status until 2014, over a decade after he decided to hang up his Air Jordans. According to Forbes, the Los Angeles Lakers All-Star and future first-ballot Hall-of-Famer reached billionaire status after he “maximized his business” by generating more than $1.2 billion in ...

Restaurant Deliveryman Stalked & Killed After Dispute Over Duck Sauce

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spencer Platt / Getty While mass shootings continue to plague America thanks to a certain political party’s reluctance to enact common sense gun laws, regular gun violence has also been problematic across the board, especially in New York City. According to The New York Times, the latest (and weirdest) arrest due to a gun-related homicide went down this week when police arrested 51-year-old Glenn Hirsch for the cold-blooded murder of a food deliveryman, Zhiwen Yan, back in April. The reason? Duck sauce. We’re not even joking. Last April, Hirsch followed Yan as he left the Great Wall restaurant he worked for to make his deliveries. Angry about not getting a refund he requested months earlier for not getting enough duck sauce with his order, Hirsch waited u...

Megan Thee Stallion Drops Visuals To “Plan B”

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Months after Megan Thee Stallion popped back on the scene with the banger “Plan B,” at Coachella, the hot girl coach comes through with some visuals to the new track. Directed by Mugler creative director Casey Cadwallader and John Miserendino, the simple, yet, seductive video to “Plan B” never loses focus of the star, Megan, and showcases the thickness that’s made her the object of many mens desire for the past few years. Bouncing and bumpin’ throughout the clip, Megan even keeps things hot as she submerges her physical into a body of water that made things that much more erotic. Yeah, she’s a baddie. Related Stories Check out the video to “Plan B” below and let us know who you think she’s talking about in the song in the comments section belo...

#NBAFinals: Boston Celtics Score Big Road Win Against Golden State Warriors

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Boston Globe / Getty The NBA Finals are underway and the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors concluded game one of the series. Boston snatched a road win against Golden State in what looks to be a long outing for both squads. Boston Celtics Snatch Win One At Golden State The Celtics were all but counted out after dialing in another tough third quarter getting outscored 38-24 with the Warriors coasting. However, the fourth quarter proved that Boston was just slow to get going as it outscored Golden State 40-16. Although Jayson Tatum had a tough shooting night, big man Al Horford flourished and lead all Celtics with 26 points. Jaylen Brown hauled 24, and Defensive Player of The Year Marcus Smart chimed in with 18. Tatum’s 12-point outing was backed by ...

Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 6.3.22

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Milan Markovic / Getty What up, Hip-Hop Wired Nation? We’re back with the first edition of CRT FRSH AKA Certified Fresh for June. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don’t take payments nor do we do favors. We only add joints to our playlist that fit the theme and vision we’re going for and don’t seek to waste the time of the listener. Further, we don’t stick to one lane of Hip-Hop. We believe that all aspects of the music should get some light whether it’s young lions in the trenches to those hoping for that one shot to blow up to grizzled veterans puffing...

Young Thug Denied Bond After RICO Case Hearing

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department The judge in the racketeering case denied Young Thug the chance to be released on bond after his hearing, dealing the rapper a huge blow in his bid to get out of jail before trial. On Thursday (June 2nd), according to reports, Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville denied bond to the “Tapout” rapper after his hearing despite the pleas from his defense attorneys and Young Thug pleading not guilty to the charges brought against him in the racketeering case. Judge Glanville opted to listen to the prosecution team, who raised concerns about the safety of witnesses for the state in the case. “We have evidence and information of even more threats,” Prosecutor Don Geary said. “Our witnesses in this case are bein...

Young Thug Denied Bond After RICO Case Hearing

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department The judge in the racketeering case denied Young Thug the chance to be released on bond after his hearing, dealing the rapper a huge blow in his bid to get out of jail before trial. On Thursday (June 2nd), according to reports, Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville denied bond to the “Tapout” rapper after his hearing despite the pleas from his defense attorneys and Young Thug pleading not guilty to the charges brought against him in the racketeering case. Judge Glanville opted to listen to the prosecution team, who raised concerns about the safety of witnesses for the state in the case. “We have evidence and information of even more threats,” Prosecutor Don Geary said. “Our witnesses in this case are bein...

Joe Biden Calls for Assault Weapons Ban: “How Much More Carnage Are We Willing To Accept?”

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty After weeks of back-to-back mass shootings across the United States, President Joe Biden addressed the nation in an emotional evening speech on Thursday where he urged Congress to pass sensible gun reform laws.  Against a somber backdrop of lit white candles, the President recounted stories from Uvalde, TX site of the deadliest mass school shooting in the nation’s history where 19 children and two teachers were slain by an 18-year-old armed with an AR-15.  Related Stories “After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. This time, that can’t be true. This time, we must actually do something. The issue we face is one of conscience and common sense,” th...

Joe Biden Calls for Assault Weapons Ban: “How Much More Carnage Are We Willing To Accept?”

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty After weeks of back-to-back mass shootings across the United States, President Joe Biden addressed the nation in an emotional evening speech on Thursday where he urged Congress to pass sensible gun reform laws.  Against a somber backdrop of lit white candles, the President recounted stories from Uvalde, TX site of the deadliest mass school shooting in the nation’s history where 19 children and two teachers were slain by an 18-year-old armed with an AR-15.  Related Stories “After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. This time, that can’t be true. This time, we must actually do something. The issue we face is one of conscience and common sense,” th...

HHW Gaming: Everything We Know So Far About Capcom’s ‘Street Fighter 6’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Capcom / Street Fighter 6 Capcom made a lot of noise during PlayStation’s latest State of Play presentation kicking things off with Resident Evil 4 Remake. Another game also stood out, Street Fighter 6. With Street Fighter 6, Here Comes A New Challenger Coming into Thursday (Jun.2), we knew Street Fighter 6 was in development with the reveal of a logo, but that’s all Capcom shared with fans of the iconic fighting game. That all changed with the arrival of the game’s first trailer during the State of Play presentation. [embedded content] Capcom promised some changes were coming to Street Fighter 6, and based on the trailer, that is indeed the case. Let’s break down what we know about the game so far. A Diverse Lineup of Fighters Source: Capcom / Jamie and ...