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Meet Moses Ingram, One of The Inquisitors Who Will Be Giving Obi-Wan Kenobi Fits
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images for Disney It’s almost time to head back to a “galaxy far, far away” for the new Disney+ original Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi. In it, we catch up with the titular hero who will be hunted by a group of force using Jedi hunters. A newcomer to the Star Wars franchise, Moses Ingram, will be one of them. Well Hello There Obi-Wan Kenobi will mark the return of Ewan McGregor as Luke Skywalker’s mentor, and he won’t be the only familiar face… well, sort of. Hayden Christensen is also coming back as Annakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader. But for this series, the Sith Lord will be the least of Kenobi’s worries. The Inquisitors, commanded by Vader but led by the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend), will be on Kenobi’s tail as he ...
The Cool: Lupe Fiasco Will Be Teaching Rap, Computing & Activism Course At MIT
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The world does not move without Black creativity and Lupe Fiasco is about detail how Hip-Hop plays into that fact. He has been slotted to teach a Rap course at MIT. As per Complex the Chicago, Illinois native is taking his talents to one of the most prestigious and exclusive educational institutions in the world. On Friday, May 20 he announced that he will be teaching at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I been holding this for a while. I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity but for now I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap at @MIT” he tweeted. Related Stories The school’s press release detailed the residency in further detail. “Grammy aw...
Idris Elba Is A Wish Granting Djinn In ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’ Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc / MGM Studios We feel like many women would love it if they could keep Idris Elba in a bottle all to themselves but imagine the man was able to grant you three wishes as well. Women would go crazy. Source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc / MGM Studios That seems to be the premise for George Miller’s latest film, Three Thousand Years Of Longing starring Tilda Swinton as an unsuspecting scholar who stumbles upon a genie in a bottle played by Idris Elba. Once she accidentally releases him from his porcelain prison, Elba offers her three wishes but Swinton is all too familiar with the cautionary tales that come with wishes made by genies and monkey paws. Reluctant to make a wish, Swinton seems inclined to take Elba up on his ...
JT Reveals Megan Thee Stallion Tried To Get Her Attention About BBMAs Wardrobe Malfunction
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Here is more proof that you need Megan Thee Stallion as a friend. City Girls’ JT opened up about her now-infamous Billboard Music Awards wardrobe malfunction and how the Houston rapper tried to save her. The rapping pair recently spoke with Speedy Norman on Complex’s 360 series, and, of course, JT was asked by Norman about the wardrobe malfunction where her underwear was showing and how Megan Thee Stallion tried to make her aware. Related Stories JT became the talk of social media for those who missed the moment when viewers began sharing photos of the unfortunate mishap. At that time, JT took to Twitter to address the situation writing in a tweet, “I have on black Panties RELAX.” The “Act Up” rapper delved deeper into the moment and r...
Buckshot “Ride With Me,” OMB Peezy ft. G Herbo “Mufasa” & More | Daily Visuals 5.20.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty Real OG New Yorkers and Hip-Hoppers are very familiar with a man who goes by the name of Buckshot as he was ready to diss any MC back in the 90’s and though he’s been MIA for quite some time the Boot Camp Click general returns with some new work. Coming through with some new visuals to “Ride With Me,” the Brooklyn representative takes it back to the golden era where boom boxes and big speakers reigned supreme and cassette tapes were a staple in the hood. Elsewhere OMB Peezy and G Herbo make a West Coast/Midwest connection and in their clip to “Mufasa” the two rappers trip out with their crew and some exotic young women from the sound stage to a parking lot. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from THEY., Stack Skrilla, an...
Buckshot “Ride With Me,” OMB Peezy ft. G Herbo “Mufasa” & More | Daily Visuals 5.20.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty Real OG New Yorkers and Hip-Hoppers are very familiar with a man who goes by the name of Buckshot as he was ready to diss any MC back in the 90’s and though he’s been MIA for quite some time the Boot Camp Click general returns with some new work. Coming through with some new visuals to “Ride With Me,” the Brooklyn representative takes it back to the golden era where boom boxes and big speakers reigned supreme and cassette tapes were a staple in the hood. Elsewhere OMB Peezy and G Herbo make a West Coast/Midwest connection and in their clip to “Mufasa” the two rappers trip out with their crew and some exotic young women from the sound stage to a parking lot. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from THEY., Stack Skrilla, an...
Sneaker Jig: Travis Scott’s Nike Raffle Gets Over 1 Million Entries In 30 Minutes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SNKRS / NIkesne Scoring a pair of Travis Scott Nikes at retail is like hitting the lotto. The Houston rapper had a raffle for the privilege to cop a pair of his latest collab with the Swoosh brand, and it received over 1 million entries in just 30 minutes. This is according to TMZ, that reports the Travis Scott Air Trainer 1 x CACT.US CORP, in two colorways (“Grey Haze and Dusty Sage” and “Archaeo Brown and Rust Pink”), had his fans, and resellers, going nuts. Keep in mind that it was a “source close to Travis” that provided this intel, meaning it’s just as likely they pulled that number out of thin air rather than actual metrics. Related Stories But Cactus Jack’s Nike collabs are heavily hyped affairs, with his past release still commanding top dollar on...
Bad Bunny Makes History With Latest Reggaeton Album ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Bad Bunny is to Reggaeton what Jay-Z was to Hip-Hop in the early 00’s and now everyone outside the Latin community is taking notice of that as Variety is reporting that the current King of Reggaeton (sorry J. Balvin) is out here making history with his latest album. According to the report, Bad Bunny’s fourth solo album, Un Verano Sin Ti has been doing crazy numbers on the streaming side of things ever since it dropped on May 6th claiming 18% of all U.S. Latin on-demand streams and becoming Latin’s highest streaming week to date with over 1.8 billion weekly ODA streams just last week (May 12). Not bad for a man who isn’t really recognized outside of the Latino community. That figure surpasses any weekly streaming tot...
SpaceX Paid $250K To Silence Elon Musk’s Sexual Misconduct, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty More controversy has arrived for Elon Musk, as news broke of one of his companies paying a massive settlement to keep an incident of sexual misconduct involving him quiet. According to published reports, SpaceX allegedly paid a former flight attendant $250,000 to guarantee that she wouldn’t sue the company or speak out against it after Musk propositioned her for sex. The incident reportedly occurred in late 2016, according to accounts shared by a friend of the victim to Insider. Related Stories The flight attendant worked as a crew member during a SpaceX corporate flight and was asked by Musk to give him a massage. (The story notes that she was encouraged to obtain a masseuse license by the company.) During the massage, Musk exposed hi...
Doja Cat Drops Out Of The Weeknd’s Summer Tour, Slated To Have Surgery
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Doja Cat charmed her way into the hearts of music fans with her personality and outsized talent, but it’ll be a while before she hits stages again. The “Say So” singer shared that she’ll drop out The Weeknd’s summer tour in order to recover from tonsil surgery. Doja Cat Takes Performance Break Doja Cat shared the news with her legion of fans via an Instagram Story post explaining why she’s shutting down performing for the summer. From Instagram: Related Stories Hi guys. I wanted you to hear it from me first. Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils ASAP. The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take awhile due to swelling. That menas I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour. ...
Pete Davidson Exiting ‘Saturday Night Live’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Pete Davidson made his mark as one of the standout cast members of the weekend sketch show Saturday Night Live. Now, Davidson will take his leave of the program to focus on other creative endeavors. What’s Next For Pete Davidson? Variety reports that Davidson, 28, will exit SNL this weekend at the conclusion of the 47th season this weekend. Davidson won’t be alone as Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney are joining the exodus. More from Variety: In recent years, Davidson has become more famous more for his life outside the program than for what he does on it. Early in his tenure, Davidson largely appeared only in segments on “Weekend Update,” where he often delivered self-deprecating stand-up routines. But he has developed a broader rang...
Jim Jones & DJ Drama ft. Lyrivelli & Ditta “Ven Aqui,” Danger Mouse & Black Thought “No Gold Teeth” & More | Daily Visuals 5.19.22
HipHopWired Featured Video We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, Jim Jones is the most active member out of The Diplomats and we’re not talking about putting work in out on these streets, we mean putting that work in the studio. Linking up with DJ Drama, Lyrivelli and Ditta for the visuals to “Ven Aqui,” Capo takes to the streets to show off some spiffy Bentley’s before hitting the strip club to pop some bottles and flash stacks of cash to get those booties twerking. Alas, they did not make it rain regardless of the thunder clappin’ that went on in the club. Maybe next time ladies. Elsewhere Danger Mouse and Black Thought connect to drop some thought provoking bars and in their black-and-white clip to “No Gold Teeth” Thought uses a collage of images to cover his face as he spits his...
