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Singer & Actress Irene Cara Dead At 63, Twitter Joined In Mourning
Irene Cara, an Academy Award-winning singer, and actress has died according to a note on social media from her publicist. After the news of Cara’s passing went wide, many on Twitter gathered to remember the talented star. Irene Cara was born on March 18, 1959, in New York, N.Y. in the borough of The Bronx. Cara’s father was a Black Puerto Rican and her mother was Cuban-American. At an early age, fame found Cara after years of theater and dance training which led to her joining the cast of the educational children’s program, The Electric Company. Cara’s first significant film role took place in 1976 with Sparkle, starring in the lead role of Sparkle Williams. Four years later, Cara starred in the film Fame, notching an early hit with the song’s title track. The...
Singer & Actress Irene Cara Dead At 63, Twitter Joined In Mourning
Irene Cara, an Academy Award-winning singer, and actress has died according to a note on social media from her publicist. After the news of Cara’s passing went wide, many on Twitter gathered to remember the talented star. Irene Cara was born on March 18, 1959, in New York, N.Y. in the borough of The Bronx. Cara’s father was a Black Puerto Rican and her mother was Cuban-American. At an early age, fame found Cara after years of theater and dance training which led to her joining the cast of the educational children’s program, The Electric Company. Cara’s first significant film role took place in 1976 with Sparkle, starring in the lead role of Sparkle Williams. Four years later, Cara starred in the film Fame, notching an early hit with the song’s title track. The...
Chrisean Rock Gets Hands On With The Macaroni & Cheese, Literally
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Chrisean Rock has the chill of a steaming bowl of soup, and she’s back in the trending topics roundup once again for more of her antics. The on-again, off-again boo of Blueface was seen in a now-viral video of her preparing a pan of macaroni and cheese with her bare hands and Twitter is really going in right now. A Twitter user uploaded a video of Chrisean Rock getting busy in the kitchen on a huge pan of macaroni and cheese and that would normally be the order of the day for what we assume was a Thanksgiving post. However, the former high school and college athlete is almost elbow-deep in the pan of mac and pounding it down like she was handling Kai Cenat’s wall during that Twitch stream. Chrisean Rock caught wind of the ...
HHW & CASSIUS Presents: Black Friday Gift Guide 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: mladenbalinovac / Getty Now that Thanksgiving is in our rearview, Black Friday means folks will be hitting the stores in droves to check out all the great deals available. For this year’s Black Friday gift guide, we’re teaming up with our guys at CASSIUS to deliver a collection of items that should cover a lot of gifting needs. As we mentioned above, Black Friday (Nov. 25) is always a frenzied time for shoppers but thankfully, most can get what they need from the comfort of their homes and smart devices. Below, we’re featuring a collection of brands that offer everything from clothing items to healthy snacks, beverages, tech items, and much more. Happy shopping! Gifts For Black Friday & Beyond California Cowboy That morning chill will sneak up on you ...
Ice Cube Confirms Losing $9M Payday For Not Taking COVID-19 Vaccine
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 4 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Ice Cube Confirms Losing $9M Payday For Not Taking COVID-19 Vaccine
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 4 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Balenciaga In Trouble Over Ad With Children Showing BDSM Elements, Child Porn Court Papers
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 35 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
The Ruler: Slick Rick Crowned Hip-Hop’s Greatest Storyteller On Twitter
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 20 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first...
Latto Trends After 130 Songs Leaked, Barbz Stir Up The Mess
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Latto is still riding the wave of her massive hit “Big Energy” and a slew of nominations including winning Song Of The Year honors at this year’s BET Awards for the track. However, the Clayton County, Ga. native is currently trending on Twitter for reasons opposite of her accolades after 130 songs from Latto were leaked and reportedly featured reference tracks from ghostwriters. Latto, 23, engaged in a bitter public feud with Nicki Minaj, which spilled over into the veteran Queens rapper alleging that her younger counterpart employs a team of ghostwriters. To her credit, the former Mulatto fessed up to using writers yet stood her ground virtually against Minaj and the legion of Barbz who launched an all-out digital assault on behalf of the Pink Friday star....
A Supreme x Balenciaga Collab Might Be On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SUPREME / Supreme A new Supreme collaboration is rumored to be on the way and best believe this one is going to have hypebeasts’ stomachs rumbling as soon as they find out. Hypebeast is reporting that a Supreme and Balenciaga collection could be in the works with a tentative release date of 2023. Though this is just rumors based on a box logo shirt popping up at the Spring/Summer 2023 Balanciaga fashion show, it wouldn’t be out the realm of possibility that the two hottest brands out in the streets link up for a new capsule collection. “Last month at the Balenciaga’s SS23 show, we saw a Box Logo Tee that was presumed to be paying homage to Supreme’s iconic design. Now confirmed that we are set to see an official collaboration between these two coming Spri...
August Alsina Appears To Introduce Boyfriend To The World, Twitter Chimes In
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE August Alsina has largely kept a low profile after the “entanglement” that was revealed between him and Jada Pinkett Smith, but he’s back in the news in a major way. During the closing segment of VH1’s The Surreal Life, the R&B singer seemingly comes out as gay and introduced a man who allegedly is his boyfriend. August Alsina, 30, was the talk of Twitterland after fans caught wind of the New Orleans native speaking to the cameras at the end of The Surreal Life and expressing loving sentiments to a person offscreen. Moments after Alsina gushed about his newfound love, fans on Twitter were stunned to see that a man came and sat next to him while wrapping the man in a huge bear hug. Before we go any further, if August Alsina is indeed gay or bisexual, it ...
About Time: NY District Attorney To Throw Out 188 Cases Tied To Dirty Cops
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ALEX KENT / Getty The New York City criminal system is trying to right their wrongs. The District Attorney is set to throw out 188 cases tied to police misconduct. As spotted on Gothamist, District Attorney Alvin Bragg is on a mission to win back the trust of The Big Apple. This week he and his office announced that they will be vacating the almost 200 convictions that involved local police officers who were either corrupt, lied, falsified evidence or were involved in other types of wrongdoing. The vacaturs are part of an ongoing review of more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of 22 former NYPD officers convicted of crimes provided to the office in 2021 by public defender and advocacy groups. Bragg detailed this initiative in a formal statement. “Trus...
