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Black Teen Barred From Texas School Over Dreadlocks Hairstyle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Screenshot / Click 2 Houston The absurdity of school districts creating a stigma over Black hairstyles is back in the news, as a teenager has been barred from attending a Houston-area school over having dreadlocks. According to local reports, a mother in East Bernard, Texas was shocked when a school official told her that her son, Dyree Williams, cannot enroll because he has dreadlocks and his mother refused to cut them. “The boys cannot have hair past their ears. I explained to her that my son has locks in his hair, and well, she was like, ‘Well he’s going to have to cut those,’” the boy’s mother, Desiree Bullock, said to the local news station. They had relocated to the area from Cincinnati, Ohio in February. The East Bernard ISD student handbook does s...
Elon Musk “Stop Hitting On Me” Response To Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shows He Has The Maturity Of A Teen
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty A lot of people are understandably concerned about Elon Musk‘s purchase of Twitter because we all know that when privileged white men start talking about “freedom of speech,” they tend to be specifically fighting for the freedom to be ignorant, bigoted and prone to ridiculous conspiracy theories that trade critical thinking for pseudo-intellectualism. And if Musk was looking to prove that he isn’t trying to return the platform to its pre-Trump ban roots of being a dumping ground for remedial dude-bros with all the intellectual prowess of a deer galloping toward headlights, he’s not getting off to a good start with his response to congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Related Stories On Friday, AOC tweeted out her concerns about Tw...
Cordae “C Carter,” Vince Staples “When Sparks Fly” & More | Daily Visuals 5.2.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a few months since Cordae dropped his sophomore studio album, From a Birds Eye View, but the young lyricist isn’t about to move on from his previous project and continues to put out work in support of his album. Coming through with some new visuals to the album cut “C Carter,” Cordae takes it back to his block to link up with his peoples and get a shape up at the barbershop while reminiscing about his struggles growing up. Related Stories Back on the Left Coast, Vince Staples keeps his latest album Romona Park Broke My Heart buzzing out in these streets and in his clip to “When Sparks Fly” Vince lays his head on a young lady’s thigh while kicking it on a park bench in the middle of the night. Seems comfortable actually. Check out the rest of today’s dro...
Black Thought Once Again Heralded As The Elite MC That He Is On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Louis / Getty Black Thought earned just about every possible accolade there is to obtain as a rapper yet many pass over his monumental presence in the game considering today’s microwave output of modern Hip-Hop. On Twitter, the Illadelph living legend is trending as fans on the social media network highlight the Bad Lieutenant’s lyrical legacy as they rightly should. We don’t need to get too heavy into the background of Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, as we’ve highlighted in previous times how important The Roots bandmember and MC is to the culture we know and love. That said, a question was posted on Twitter that got the Philadelphia star’s name trending and buzzing, and we’ve got those reactions listed out below. The knowledge @thoughtfulbae...
Megan Thee Stallion Developing Netflix Comedy Series Based On Her Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty In more Megan Thee Stallion news, the leader of the hot girls just keeps on winning. Megan Thee Stallion’s life story will be turned into a comedy series coming exclusively to Netflix as part of her first-look deal with the streaming service. Netflix’s head of comedy, Tracey Pakosta, spoke on the series in an interview with Deadline stating “It’s very early. She came in, and she pitched something loosely based on her life growing up, and we got very excited about it. We think she’s special.” Pakosta had nothing but high praise for the Hip-Hop star when the first-look deal was first announced, “Megan is a multi-talented creative force who has consistently made her mark on culture. She’s always growing and evolving as an artist, a...
Pistol Pete: Pete Davidson Jabs At Kanye West At Netflix Is A Joke Appearance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: STEFANI REYNOLDS / Getty Pete Davidson has apparently broken his silence on all things Ye FKA Kanye West, opting to address all of the smoke via a recent appearance onstage. During his set. Davidson threw some light jabs at Kim Kardashian’s ex and promptly kept it moving. Variety reports that during Davidson’s set at the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival, the overall tension between Yeezy and the man he infamously dubbed “Skete” was lightly discussed. Davidson didn’t take the lowest road but didn’t exactly shy away either. From Variety: Related Stories At his stop at the Netflix is a Joke festival this week, Davidson spoke publicly about the situation, poking fun at West’s behavior towards him. That included an alleged incident where West attempted to spr...
Ray J Calls Cap On Rumors He Gave Kanye Unreleased Kim Kardashian Footage
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Ray J is trying to stand on business but the streets keep pulling him back. He is denying the recent rumors that he gave Kanye unreleased footage of Kim Kardashian. As per Page Six the “Wait A Minute” singer isn’t here for any smut being placed on his name. Last week a new episode of The Kardashians premiered on Hulu. During a scene Kim is seen very emotional and reveals that Kanye had to meet up with Ray J on her behalf to retrieve some unreleased footage from their infamous sex tape. Naturally the clip quickly went viral and several celebrity gossip media outlets ran with the story. Related Stories Hollywood Unlocked posted it on their Instagram and the Raycon co-founder made it clear the story isn’t true. “All o...
Supreme & Nike Collaborate To Remix The Zoom Air Flight 95
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supreme / Supreme Once again it’s on! Source: Supreme / Supreme With Spring ’22 in full swing it’s that time of year when Supreme and Nike unveil their seasonal collaboration for hypebeasts to indulge in and this time around Supreme will be remixing Nike’s OG silhouette the Zoom Air Flight 95. According to Supreme, the new Supreme/Nike Zoom Air Flight 95 will be dropping exclusively on their website this Thursday (May 5) in three distinct colorways of black, brown, and light blue. Boasting a paisley pattern on the base of the sneakers, the Supreme Flight 95’s also “features a suede and leather upper with printed pattern, rubber outsole with Zoom Air unit in heel, raised logo TPU windows at midsole, tongue and shank; mesh tongue with suede tongue...
DaBaby Catches Felony Battery Charge Over Alleged Music Video Fade
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby is once again in the news for an incident that doesn’t really deal with his music. The “Kirk” rapper caught a felony battery charge over an alleged attack at his music video shoot. A man claims he caught a fade in late 2021 in Los Angeles when he tried to stop a video shoot from happening on his property. Was he not getting pair of something? Reports TMZ: Related Stories The rapper has been charged with felony battery by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office … over an incident from early December last year … which allegedly left a guy, Gary Pagar, with serious injuries. There’s another man named Thankgod Awute who’s being charged as well. Prosecutors claim he was DaBaby’s cohort in crime … they hit him with felo...
Pusha T “Call My Bluff,” Future ft. Kanye West “Keep It Burnin” & More | Daily Visuals 4.29.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a week since Pusha T hit the block with that fish scale dubbed It’s Almost Dry, and with heads noddin’ to the production composed by Kanye West and The Neptunes, it’s only right that most if not all the album cuts with the clip treatment. In his latest visuals to “Call My Bluff,” King Push casually breaks bread with what seems to be a “connected” family who have the kind of members that have no problem with having the competition fitted for cement boots and have them sleeping with the fishes. Back in Atlanta, Future returns to the game with his latest LP, I Never Liked You and for his visuals to “Keep It Burnin,” the “greatest rapper alive” links up with Kanye West to get their toxic masculinity on out in the middle of nowhere. Probably MAGA country whe...
DaBaby Slapped With Felony Battery Charge After Alleged Music Video Set Beating
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Denise Truscello / Getty DaBaby might be known more for his legal issues outside his still-ongoing music career these days, and another incident that recently resurfaced adds to that fact. The North Carolina rapper was slapped with a felony battery charge after an incident during a music video recording went left. TMZ got the scoop on the music video dustup in Los Angeles that left one man with reported injuries. Another man alongside DaBaby (Jonathan Kirk) was also charged by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office. More from TMZ: Related Stories The rapper has been charged with felony battery by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office … over an incident from early December last year … which allegedly left a guy, Gary Pagar, with serious injuries. ...
U.N.I.T.Y.: Queen Latifah Builds Affordable Housing In Brick City
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Queen Latifah has been someone who’s the epitome of “show and prove”, and the multihyphenate entertainer is doing so again by helping to build affordable housing in her Newark, New Jersey hometown. The star of the CBS action series The Equalizer appeared at the groundbreaking ceremony in the South Ward district of Brick City on Tuesday (April 27th) which was led by BlueSugar Corp., a development company that the rapper and actress is co-president of. The other companies involved in the project are Life Assets Development and GonSosa Development. “I grew up around here playing in West Side Park, a block away,” Latifah said during her speech at the ceremony. “My grandfather’s hardware store was blocks from here. I...
