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Peep The New Trailer To ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 20th Century Studios / 20th Century Studios It’s been damn near 13 years since James Cameron’s Avatar premiered and went on to become the highest grossest movie of all-time and now we’ve gotten our first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated and long-awaited sequel, but are people still interested in the franchise? Looks like we’ll be finding out just how popular the franchise still is as according to Variety, Avatar: The Way of Water is going to be the second installment to a trilogy with Avatar 3 set to drop in 2024. Even though Avatar 2 is more than a decade removed from the first installment, the original cast is set to return and reprise their CGI roles including Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and even Sigourney Weaver in a...
Chris Rock Calls Will Smith “Softest N-Word That Ever Rapped”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur/VF16 / Getty The intense moment between Chris Rock and Will Smith at The Oscars won’t leave the minds of many for years to come, but the comedian isn’t running away from discussing it. During a surprise guest appearance at a recent Dave Chappelle comedy set, Rock called the retired rapper the “softest n-word to ever rapped.” As we shared last week, Chappelle was nearing the end of his set at the Netflix Is A Joke festival and thanking his guests and fans when a man rushed the stage in an attempt to tackle the comedian to the floor. After a tussle, the man, identified as Isaiah Lee, was beaten by a security team there to project Chappelle. Lee, who apparently carried a vendetta against Chappelle, suffered a number of serious injuries. Rock was ...
Former Bad Boy Rep Legend Yung Joc Arrested For Child Abandonment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Yung Joc has some explaining to do. The former Bad Boy South rapper now better known for his turn as a reality television star has been arrested for child endangerment. The Jasmine Brand reports that Joc got pinched in the wee hours of May 5 in Gwinett County, GA and posted his $1300 bail a few hours later. The rapper was reportedly pulled over for speeding, and the cops arrested him after running his information. Related Stories The rapper born Jasiel Amon Robinson was coughing driving, wait for it…with a suspended driver’s license. But Hollywood Unlocked was the first to report that the warrant that was out on Joc was for child abandonment. This is where it’s necessary to point out that Joc reportedly has eight children with f...
Kanye West Drops New Visuals To “Life of The Party”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP In celebration of Mother’s Day yesterday (May 8), last night FOX premiered Kanye West’s new visuals to Donda‘s “Life of The Party” during Family Guy and not only was it actually pretty cool, he didn’t even threaten Pete Davidson in it. Progress! Though this isn’t the version that saw the legendary André 3000 drop a ridiculously creative verse and Kanye call out Drake in his bars, Kanye did get his bars off on this version too. For the video Kanye uses old pictures of himself during his childhood years while incorporating some CGI to make his younger self rap his verses. Ultimately the visual concludes with a home video of a young Kanye in 1990 rapping at a family gathering while the adults went about their business not knowing they w...
Street Struck: Big L To Be Honored With Harlem Street Named After Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Big L is a beloved figure in Hip-Hop, and now the late rapper will be immortalized in the Harlem neighborhood he grew up in as a street will be named after him. The news of the street naming was reported through a social media account run by the family of Lamont Coleman, who the world knew as Big L on Sunday (May 8). The Instagram page, which is also devoted to an upcoming documentary about the rapper revealed that the junction of West 140th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem will be renamed “Lamont ‘Big L’ Coleman Way” on May 28th. The ceremony will take place at 12 P.M. The caption of the post read: “It took a whole lot of effort and Support to get to this great point but as an collective we made it happen, The Biggest Thank you...
MTA Instructs Bus Drivers Not To Open Rear Doors In Effort To Cut Down On Fare Evasion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Noam Galai / Getty Not too long ago the MTA announced that they were planning on cracking down on fare evaders who hop on public transportation without paying for their ride and now bus drivers have been instructed to stop opening the rear doors which allow people to get on without paying a cent. According to the New York Post, the MTA is instructing bus drivers to keep rear doors closed whenever allowing passengers to board the bus as many New Yorkers creep through the back to avoid paying the $2.75 it costs to get on the bus. Related Stories “Effective immediately, to deter fare evasion,” agency drivers cannot “use the rear door toggle switch to open the rear/center automatically, unless it is necessary due to an emergency situation,” says a May 6 ...
HHW Gaming: ‘The Division 2’ Gets An Extra Life With The Arrival of Season 9 Roadmap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Remember Tom Clancy’s The Division 2? Well, it’s still here and is getting some much-needed new content. Ubisoft kicked the week off during a live stream event by announcing The Division 2’s season 9 road map. It seemed like Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 was dying a slow death repeating previous seasons without adding any significant new content after initially supporting the game for years. During the live stream, Ubisoft promised The Division 2 would be getting more new content and that season 9, dubbed “Hidden Alliance,” would see new targets, new modes, and features and have new people working on the game. Returning is a mode The Division 2 players are already familiar with that will task them with hunting five spec...
Future ft. Drake & Tems “Wait For U,” A$AP Rocky “D.M.B.” & More | Daily Visuals 5.6.22
HipHopWired Featured Video The “Toxic King’ is all in his element in his latest album, I Never Liked U, and for his latest visuals, Future shows everyone that even a fairytale love won’t have a happy ending if he has anything to say about it. In his latest video to “Wait For U,” Future goes the medieval route and while he and his wifey send each other wax seal stamped letters about his cheating ways (LOL), while Drake is out there riding horses and saving damsels in distress with his sword which is no doubt made of Valyrian steel… from Canada. He is the King of The North after all. Could this be Drake’s audition for the new Game of Thrones series? Could be but his sword game need work because even Brandon Stark would’ve done him dirty. Just sayin.’ Back in 2022, A$AP Rocky seems to be a ma...
Peep The Latest Teaser Trailer To ‘Game Of Thrones: House of The Dragon’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ollie Upton / HBO HBO’s Game of Thrones might’ve gone out with a whimper (damn you, all!), but that isn’t keeping them from revisiting the franchise with a new series centered around the events that eventually led to the medieval fantasy epic that captivated the world from 2011 to 2019. HBO released their latest teaser trailer for Game of Thrones: House of The Dragon and whether or not fans will want to take a leap of faith on this restoring their faith in the franchise will henge on the series storyline. Set hundreds of years before the OG Game of Thrones, the series finds King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) ruling on the Iron Throne while his own blonde haired family scheme on ways to ascend to power themselves. Rather Trumpian if you ask us. Just ...
Lil Baby Teases New Song In Beats By Dre Ad Featuring Ja Morant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Beats By Dre / Ja Morant x Lil Baby ‘Dark Mode” Lil Baby is definitely cooking something up for the summer. Beats By Dre dropped its latest ad on Saturday night (May.7), featuring the hotter than fish grease Atlanta rapper and the NBA’s hottest star Ja Morant. The 90-second spot features a new record from Lil Baby called “Dark Mode,” He raps about looking out for those he holds close to him and his place among others in the rap game while continuing to stay focused. All of those same things are something the Memphis Grizzlies superstar can relate to. ILLIMITEWORLD directs the wholly black and white ad that fittingly premiered during the NBA Playoffs. Of course, it features a ton of basketball references and name drops, plus it shows the two stars rocking ...
Blac Chyna Named Suspect In Battery Case After Allegedly Kicking Woman In Stomach
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Tran / Getty Blac Chyna, who recently concluded court appearances for her $108 million defamation suit against the Kardashian empire, is back in the news for legal reasons yet again. The social media and reality television star is under criminal investigation for battery after an incident reportedly took a bad turn. As reported by TMZ, Blac Chyna was named a suspect in the battery case after the victim, Sequoya King, told the outlet that she allegedly got into an argument with Chyna that escalated further than mere words. Related Stories The alleged incident occurred Friday (May 6) morning at a Los Angeles bar. King claims that Chyna snatched a phone out of her hands and slammed it to the ground, breaking the device. She then claimed that Chyna ki...
Ace Hood & Killer Mike “Greatness,” Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J ft. Elle Varner “Why Do I Stay High” & More | Daily Visuals 5.5.22
HipHopWired Featured Video We’re already a few months removed from Black History Month but Ace Hood and Killer Mike are taking the time to pay homage to some of the greats from our past and present to keep their memories alive while having viewers reminisce about their legacy. In their visuals to “Greatness,” Ace Hood and Killer Mike find themselves in a spot that houses paintings of some of our greatest trailblazers including Maya Angelou, Arthur Ashe, and Nipsey Hussle while playing black-and-white clips of them while they were alive. Rest in Power to those Kings and Queens. Back on the block Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J link up with Elle Varner to run a “flower” shop that may or may not sell exotics that’ll put you on your ass in their clip to “Why Do I Stay High.” Check out the rest of toda...
