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Will Smith Spotted In India
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Peacock / Getty Will Smith has been spotted out and about for the first time since the infamous Oscars slap of Chris Rock. However, it wasn’t stateside, the Oscar-winning actor is in India. TMZ reports that Smith traveled to Mumbai via a private jet. Will touched down at a private airport in Mumbai, India, and it was clear the paparazzi in India knew he was coming. They shouted out his name as he arrived at his hotel, and he was more than happy to give the paps, along with some serious fans, a wave and a smile. Related Stories No idea why he’s there — whether it’s business or pleasure, but he didn’t look the worse for wear … posing with someone who looks like the pilot at the hotel. He even stopped for a few fans who desperately wanted a selfie with the a...
DaBaby Tries To Deliver Fade To His Own Artist, Wisdom, Twitter Comes With Jokes
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Koerner / Getty DaBaby is back trending once again for reasons far outside his musical career. The North Carolina rapper was seen on video trying to deliver the fist fade to Wisdom, an artist signed to his imprint. A video posted on Instagram from user @prince_mazani shows DaBaby facing off backstage at the Spring Jam event at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. DaBaby was a co-headliner with Kodak Black at the show and with Billion Dollar Baby entertainment signee Wisdom hanging out behind the scenes. In the video, DaBaby can be seen trying to smack or hit Wisdom, with the artist firing back with swings of his own before the clip erodes into a chaotic scene. DaBaby’s penchant for getting into public spats and scuffles has followed him for m...
Benny The Butcher “Bust A Brick Nick,” Redman “Jane” & More | Daily Visuals 4.21.22
HipHopWired Featured Video The Butcher comin’! Well, technically Benny The Butcher been here as his latest album, Tana Talk 4 has been in rotation on the block for the past few weeks and today the Buffalo lyricist is back with a new video for one of his album’s hardest cuts. Using some vintage cinematography for his visuals to “Bust A Brick Nick,” The Butcher finds himself politicking on a ranch out in the desert with a sexy young lady who dons the kinds of outfits you’d see poppin’ in the strip club. Benny gonna stay out in the desert with her for the next few months. Back in the Bricks, Redman keeps that OG energy going for the heads and in his latest clip to “Jane” links up with his neighborhood brethren to burn down some trees and get turnt up at a local house party. Check out the rest...
Megan Thee Stallion Puts F**K Boys On Notice With “Plan B,” The Hot Girls Are Loving It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Winter / Getty After premiering her unreleased “diss” track “Plan B” at Coachella, Megan Thee Stallion finally answered our prayers and dropped it on our heads, and now the city boys are down, and the city girls are back up. Starting Friday (Apr.22), Megan Thee Stallion has officially declared it will be another Hot Girl Summer. The Houston rapper flexes her bars in her latest record, “Plan B,” which many call a “diss track” geared towards a lame ex who dropped the ball or her short nemesis Tory Lanez. Whoever the sharp bars were directed at, they are definitely feeling the effects because they land very well. The song features Thee Stallion channeling her inner Lil’ Kim over Jodeci’s “Freek’n You (Mr. Dalvin Freek Mix),” which also features W...
Blac Chyna Says She Was ‘Just Joking’ When She Put A Gun To Rob Kardashians’s Head And Wrapped A Cord Around His Neck
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PG/Bauer-Griffin / Getty It’s another wonderful day in the world of weird rich people and their weird rich people problems. On Wednesday, Blac Chyna appeared in court to testify in her ongoing legal dispute with the Kardashian/Jenner family in which Chyna is suing for $40 million for loss of earnings and more than $60 million in future earnings. Chyna is claiming the Kardashian-Jenners used their power to taint her reputation and prevent her from achieving future financial success. (The family claims they were just trying to save Rob Kardashian, who was engaged to Chyna, from an abusive relationship, and now Rob and Kylie Jenner are countersuing Chyna and, well, it’s all just a big mess.) Anyway, according to Page Six, Chyna explained during her court app...
Stand Up: Ludacris To Receive Honorary Degree From Georgia State University
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Ludacris is showing that hard work definitely pays ff after it was announced he was receiving his honorary degree from Georgia State University. According to the announcement from GSU, the Grammy-winning musician will be honored with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Management for his “support of Georgia State’s creative media arts and law programs, his substantial commitment to the metro Atlanta community, and his nationwide philanthropic endeavors.” Related Stories “A business mogul, multi-platinum Grammy award-winning artist, actor, and entrepreneur, Bridges is being honored for his support of Georgia State’s creative media arts and law programs, his substantial commitment to the metro Atlanta community, and his nationwid...
Pusha T Tells ‘The Breakfast Club’ He Won’t Respond To Drake’s Subliminal Diss
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Revolt / Power 105 Last week a Drake guest verse in which he took some not so subliminal shots at his rival, Pusha T leaked onto the internet and while many speculated that Pusha would once again come for the neck of the King of The North, it doesn’t seem like he’ll be taking that route this time around. During an interview with The Breakfast Club this morning, Pusha was asked about where he stands with Drake these days given the fact that Drizzy and Kanye are now on “good” terms and Pusha basically stated that he doesn’t want anything to do with Drake saying “Everything I’m doing right now is really purposeful. Like musically, and everything. I know who I wanna deal with and who I wanna work with – I know what this is, and [Drake] just don’t fall in thos...
Hold The Shots: Nicki Minaj Reveals She’s Sober
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz No more Casamigos for Nicki Minaj, who created a happy buzz among her legions of fans by declaring that she’s now sober. On Thursday night (April 21st), the “Super Bass” rapper expressed her newfound sobriety through her Twitter account, writing: “I used to b [sic] happy when I was high. Now I’m happy when I’m sober. Related Stories She continued, “Be gentle with yourself,” as a way to lend support to anyone among her 24.9 million followers on the social media platform who might be struggling with substance abuse that would come across her message. The Trinidadian-born artist put that out in response to some questions her followers had after she posted a video of herself frying chicken, prompting many to ask if she had a ca...
Barack Obama Urges Social Media Companies To More To Slow Spread of Disinformation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Former President Barack Obama sounds the alarm about disinformation and its danger to democracy and feels the US social media giants could do more to curb it. Obama took the stage Thursday (Apr.21) at Stanford University to deliver a keynote addressing the alarming amount of disinformation that plagues social media mediums. The former President once unlocked the great potential of tools like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to help him get elected not once but twice. Related Stories Since the rise of the banned one, Donald Trump, social media has become a cesspool where lies spread faster than truth, especially in MAGA land. Those individuals can’t distinguish between outright lying and claiming their voices are “being silenced,” ...
Brick Delivered: Pusha T Drops Latest LP ‘It’s Almost Dry’ As Twitter Chimes In With Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Pusha T owns a very distinct corner in the world of Hip-Hop by way of his bone-chilling delivery and coke rap proficiency. With the fiends looking for more of that audio dope, King Push dropped off a new brick of that work with It’s Almost Dry and the early returns on Twitter are positive thus far. The Norfolk, Va. native’s fourth studio album comes nearly four years after Daytona, and continues Pusha T’s dominance on the microphone when it comes to his preferred subject of choice. With production largely from Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, It’s Almost Dry begins with an immediacy that only surges as the album progresses. Features are also well placed with Pharell, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Lil Uzi Vert, and Don Tolliver l...
The Guy Mike Tyson 2-Pieced Is A Whole Crook
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ When word broke that Mike Tyson had blessed a fellow airline passenger with a 2-piece and a biscuit (for those unfamiliar, that’s slang for catching a beat down), the first thought from many was, “What did the other guy do?” Soon enough, it became clear that the allegedly drunken passenger had provoked the boxing legend, and now it’s come to light that he has a lengthy rap sheet, too. The man who got blessed by Iron Mike’s hands is a 36-year-old named Melvin Townsend, III, and buddy has committed all the crimes. According to TMZ, his rap sheet includes “fraud, grand theft, burglary, possession of controlled substances and trafficking in stolen property.” And these aren’t allegations because he has been convicted of all the aforementioned charges...
Prepare For Battle: Red Bull Culture Clash Returns To Brooklyn & Los Angeles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Bull / Red Bull Content Pool Borrowing the elements of competition from the Jamaican soundclash realm, Red Bull Culture Clash will make its return to the masses just in time for the summer season. The first Culture clash of the year will pit four distinct music crews against one another in Brooklyn, with the following event taking place in Los Angeles. On May 19, the planet of Brooklyn will play host to the finest Red Bull Culture Clash of the year at Warsaw, highlighting the sights and sounds of New York City along with the sounds of hyper-pop, techno, and Hip-Hop. The four crews battling for glory are listed below: CLUB CRINGE featuring: DJ Trick, DJ F*ck, Mother Cell, and Angel Money Related Stories Club Cringe is a label that works in extremes. Si...
