HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Unique Nicole / Getty Joseline Hernandez has her share of fans and detractors alike, and it probably didn’t help matters much after the launch of her Joseline’s Cabaret series. Four women who were dancers on the controversial show launched a lawsuit against Hernandez alleging assault and battery to the tune of $25 million. TMZ Hip Hop exclusively reports that Hernandez, 35, is being accused of ambushing the dancers and violently beating them, whispers of which were already news to some fans of the series and a recent statement from cast member Amber Ali supports the chatter. From TMZ Hip Hop: Related Stories Four women who say they were dancers on “Joseline’s Cabaret” are accusing her of ambushing them on set, and violently opening a can of whoop-ass. In ...
HipHopWired Featured Video If nothing else Lil Durk has been consistent these past few weeks dropping off visuals for cuts off his last album 7220 and today releases a new joint for the homies who did they women wrong by “accident” and want one more chance. For his video to “Blocklist,” Lil Durk finds himself paying for his infidelities when his wifey stumbles upon a social media post of himself hugged up with another woman in the club. Though he wants to make it right, she isn’t having it and to get her point across throws a pair of white-on-white Air Force 1’s on the BBQ grill. Had those been any Jordans from the 1’s to 13’s, that scene would’ve hurt. Just sayin.’ Across the pond Bia imports one of America’s hottest rappers in J. Cole and in her clip to “London” shows Cole World how the ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty On April 4, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, a Black man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was fatally shot in the back of the head by a police officer who had him face-down on the ground following a traffic stop that reportedly ended in a brief foot chase and a struggle over a police taser, the Associated Press reports. On Wednesday, four videos, including footage taken by the passenger in Lyoya’s car, were released to the public despite the objection of the prosecutor who will decide if the officer will be charged. “I view it as a tragedy… It was a progression of sadness for me,” said Eric Winstrom, who became Gand Rapids’ new police chief in March after serving for years as a high-ranking Chicago police ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Atlanta rapper Cash Out, who emerged on the Hip-Hop scene over a decade ago and notched a pair of charting hits, was recently indicted on charges of sex trafficking and rape. According to a new report, Cash Out was arrested with four others who allegedly promised financial favor and standing within a company that was formed to promote the rapper’s brand. Local outlet CBS46 reports that Cash Out, real name John Michael Hakeem Gibson, is currently on the hook for multiple charges of rape, sex trafficking, and coercing women into prostitution per the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Cash Out and his co-defendants established the Pyrez Music Group LLC under the guise that it would be a company used to promote the rapper’s brand and busi...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jacopo M. Raule / Getty Nothing spreads faster than a lie or rumor on Twitter, so it should come as no surprise that rumblings of A$AP Rocky cheating on the “love of his life,” Rihanna, have turned the social media world upside down. Days after Vogue dropped its recent cover featuring Rihanna and the golden baby bump, a rumor of A$AP Rocky fumbling the Rihanna bag by allegedly cheating on the Barbadian bombshell has Twitter on fire. Allegedly the Harlem rapper stepped out on his incredibly famous baby mama with shoe designer Amina Muaddi. This rumor gets juicier because Muaddi has designed footwear for Fenty, and Rihanna does rock custom designs from her own label. So where did this rumor that everyone should take with the tiniest grain of salt begi...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Cole Burston / Getty It seems that Drake may have never moved on from his Pusha-T beef. A newly leaked track with Jack Harlow finds Drizzy taking some jabs at the G.O.O.D. Music talent. Per multiple reports, Champagne Papi apparently recorded some bars after we all thought his back and forth with Push was done. On what is being referred “Have a Turn” Drake makes some pretty obvious references to the “Popeyes” rapper. “My urges for revenge are uncontrollable /I know we’re getting older though, yeah / But I got to get a n***a back for that / It’s non-negotiable, it’s not even debatable.” A couple bars later he takes some additional digs. “All I hear is plug talk coming from middleman / All I hear is tall tales coming from little men, he spits / ...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bettmann / Getty Jackie Robinson made Major League Baseball history 75 years ago today (April 15) after he broke the color barrier in the infamously all-white league. On Twitter, many are saluting the legendary second baseman, and teams across the MLB are joining together to honor number 42. A portion of Robinson’s biography from his official website can be viewed below: Growing up in a large, single-parent family, Jackie excelled early at all sports and learned to make his own way in life. At UCLA, Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. Due to financial difficulties, he was forced to leave college and eventually decided...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MEGA / Getty The mystery surrounding the name of Cardi B & Offset’s son is officially over. Eight months after being brought into the world, we have finally been formally introduced to Wave Set Cephus by the couple. Born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, Offset shared his son’s name in an Instagram post featuring a photo of his seed rocking some serious bling, proudly writing, “WAVE SET CEPHUS.” His wife quickly followed, sharing a photo of the drippy infant rocking an ice blue puffer jacket, skully, sweats, white on white Air Force 1s, and his bling. In another post, she shared the newest Essence Magazine’s May/June issue cover that features herself, Offset, and their two children, Kulture and Wave, plus Offset’s three other kids from a previous relations...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: alvaro gonzalez / Getty Peace to the HHW Nation! We’re back with a new update to our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) playlist and we’re aiming to get back to the consistency you all expect. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don’t take payments nor do we do favors. We only add joints to our playlist that fit the theme and vision we’re going for and don’t seek to waste the time of the listener. Further, we don’t stick to one lane of Hip-Hop. We believe that all aspects of the music should get some light whether it’s young lions in the trenches to those hoping fo...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CS / R1 Details are coming to light about the death of Archie Eversole, and they are truly tragic. Reportedly, the “We Ready” rapper was shot by his brother last month, before succumbing to his injuries in early April. According to WSBTV, Eversole’s brother is being charged with murder by the DeKalb County police. Per the police, Archie Eversole, born Arthur Eversole, was actually shot on March 25 on Golf Vista Circle. He was found shot at Chevron gas station on Snapfinger Woods Drive and taken to a nearby hospital. However, he didn’t die from his injuries until April 3. Sadly, most people were unaware of Archie Eversole’s passing until a couple of days ago. Police have pinned the shooting Alexander Krause, Eversole’s brother, who was charged charge...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bryan Bedder / Getty Hideo Kojima’s video game studio Kojima Productions is NOT PlayStation’s latest acquisition. The Martin Scorcese of video games shook things up in the gaming world when he shared a photo of the PlayStation banner that now features his game Death Stranding and some other additions. As expected, Kojima’s tweet caused a whirlwind of speculation among the video game enthusiast who believed Sony had acquired another Infinity Stone in the form of Kojima Productions. Kojima put that all to bed with a single tweet stating his video game studio would remain independent. “I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, but KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS has been and will continue to be an independent studio,” he tweeted. There have been rumblings that Kojima Productio...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pacific Press / Getty Mayor Eric Adams ran on the promise that he would be tough on crime in New York City and the Brownsville native’s time as a police officer informed his pointed stance. During a recent media appearance, Adams slammed the Black Lives Matter movement for what he framed as a lack of outrage aimed at the rising instances of violence among Black city youth. POLITICO reports that Adams, 61, recently appeared on New York local outlet NY1, where he took a swipe at Black Lives Matter in the wake of the arrest of suspected subway shooter Frank James. The mayor took the moment to essentially suggest that BLM’s focus is selective. “If Black lives matter, then the thousands of people I saw on the street when [George] Floyd was murdered should be o...