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T.I. Booed Over The Weekend During Brooklyn Comedy Set
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty T.I. is going full speed ahead with his fledgling comedy career but it looks like the early returns coming his way aren’t necessarily working in his favor. Soon after a rather tense incident involving another comedian that has since been squashed, Tip was at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn where he was greeted with a chorus of boos. The rapper and comedian born Clifford Harris was part of the lineup for the April Fools Comedy Jam featuring Bruce Bruce, Michael Blackson, Joe Torry, Jacob Williams, Rip Micheals, Nick Cannon, HaHa Davis, Eddie Griffin, B. Simone, and Tony Roberts. The show also featured performances from Lil’ Kim, Moneybagg Yo, and T.I. himself. Related Stories News of T.I. getting booed began to crop up on social med...
Chris Wallace Doesn’t Think Young Civil Rights Era White People Were Racist, Nikole Hannah-Jones Sets Him Straight
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty Booooy, CNN+ host Chris Wallace should’ve just stayed his a** at Fox News because he just doesn’t fit the brand when it comes to non-conservative platforms where “not all white people” arguments just don’t fly. Recently, Wallace sat down with historian and creator of The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and really tried to whitesplain to this scholar of African American studies that during and even before the civil rights era, it was only really old white people who were racist. Now, obviously, this isn’t even a debate worth having. We’ve seen the iconic photos of school-aged white people verbally and physically attacking Black students like Ruby Bridges who integrated into their schools. The white people pouring liquid over the h...
Juicy Gone Crazy: Jussie Smollett Drops Bars Claiming He’s Innocent
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Fresh off of his release from jail after being convicted of filing a false report, Jussie Smollett is still proclaiming his innocence – this time in a new rap song. The former Empire actor broke his silence last Tuesday with a song discussing his court case and taking aim at what he feels was unjust treatment placed upon him by the justice system. The track, entitled “Thank You God”, was shared on his social media account which is reportedly being maintained by his other family members. The video snippet begins with the statement: “CHANNELING THESE THOUGHTS THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW. LOVE YOU… – JUSSIE.” Related Stories From that point, Smollett opens up in song: “It’s like they’re hell-bent on not solving the crime / Taking out the ...
DJ Khaled Unveils We The Best x Air Jordan 5’s, Plural
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @djkhaled / Instagram DJ Khaled‘s basketball skills may be suspect at best, but the guy does have taste in sneakers. Today (April 11), the famed DJ, producer and influence unveiled his We The Best x Air Jordan 5 collaborations—as in plural. Taking to his usual social media haunts, Instagram and Twitter, Khaled shared a spot that features vintage Michael Jordan footage along with video of himself on the basketball court. But most importantly, we see images of multiple colorways of a special “We The Best” Air Jordan 5 model. Besides the kicks, there will be a corresponding apparel collection as well. Related Stories In total we see four colorways including a light blue, pink/orange, purple and off white/grey, and they all feature icey soles along with “We T...
Elon Musk Will NOT Be Joining Twitter Board, MAGA Land Drops New Conspiracy Theory
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NurPhoto / Getty MAGA Twitter’s hope of Elon Musk being Donald Trump’s savior has been put on ice. In a stunning and swift reversal, Twitter’s largest shareholder Elon Musk aka Bootleg Tony Stark, will not be joining Twitter’s board of directors, CEO Parag Agrawal announced in a tweet Sunday evening (Apr.10). “Elon has joined not to join our board,” Agrawal wrote in a memo he had sent to the company staff. Musk’s joining the board was “contingent on a background check and formal acceptance.” “Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board,” Agrawal continued. “I believe this is for the best.” The decision has spawned tons of reactions from those ag...
Kodak Black Shoots Errant Romantic Shot Towards Jada Pinkett-Smith
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty Kodak Black might need a solid reminder that Jada Pinkett-Smith is very much a married woman and given recent developments, his left and right cheeks are in clear and present danger. The Florida rapper recently took to Instagram Live to shoot an errant romantic shot towards the wife of Will Smith but also praised the former Fresh Prince in a seemingly backhanded fashion. As grabbed by DJ Akademiks, the “Super Gremlin” star took to Instagram Live to share his thoughts on the assumed relationship woes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the wake of the Oscars incident between Smith and Chris Rock. According to Kodak, real name Bill K. Kapri, he believes that Pinkett-Smith doesn’t deserve Smith as a husband and instead believes he’s a better fit. R...
Solange Trends On Twitter Over News She’ll Allegedly Be A Grandmother Soon
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Mendez / Getty Solange Knowles maintains a far lower profile than her older sister Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, but that doesn’t mean that any news on the singer and songwriter doesn’t get a lot of traction. Solange found herself trending on Twitter over the tail end of the weekend after news that her 17-year-old son and girlfriend are expecting. Most may already know that in 2004, Solange gave birth to her son Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr. when she was a teenager herself during her first marriage to Daniel Smith Sr. The younger Smith is allegedly expecting a child with his girlfriend although we couldn’t find any news pointing to the facts. On Twitter, Solange is somehow catching stray shots over her son’s actions both current and in the past, includi...
NYC Maskless Mayor Adams Tests Positive For COVID-19
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: John Lamparski / Getty New York City Mayor Eric Adams has tested positive for COVID-19. The Mayor’s representatives announced that he woke with a raspy throat on Sunday morning (April 10) and says he has no other symptoms. “This morning, Mayor Adams woke up with a raspy voice and, out of an abundance of caution, took a PCR test that has now come back positive,” said the Mayor’s Office via a press statement. “At this time, the mayor has no other symptoms, but he is already isolating and will be canceling all public events for the remainder of the week.” Ironically, today is the Mayor’s 100th day on the job. Per NY1, Adams is taking anti-viral medication and is also isolating. Adams catching COVID has inspired Twitter to launch all the slander you can...
‘TMZ Hip Hop’ Debuts On Monday, April 11
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ TMZ has a proper Hip-Hop show in its arsenal. TMZ Hip Hop will make its debut on Monday, April 11 on your television screens in multiple cities across the nation. The new show will be covering Hip-Hop culture (“From Bey to Ye, and everyone in between,” per the announcement) with a number of hosts and on-air talent including Amber Diamond, DJ Hed, Cynthia LuCiette, Rodney Rikai and Tonio Skits. Per TMZ, the show premieres on the following stations, with more on the horizon: New York: 11 PM MY9 (WWOR) Los Angeles: 2:30 PM FOX11 (KTTV) Chicago: 12 AM FOX32 (WFLD) Philly: 12 AM FOX29 (WTXF) Dallas: 12:30 PM FOX4 (KDFW) Houston: 12:30 PM FOX26 (KRIV), 10 PM MY20 (KTXH) Washington, DC: 12 AM FOX5 (WTTG), 6:30 PM FOX5 PLUS (WDCA) Seattle: 11:30 PM FOX1...
Fivio Foreign “For Nothing,” Lil Baby “In A Minute” & More | Daily Visuals 4.8.22
HipHopWired Featured Video With his debut album B.I.B.L.E. officially out and about, Brooklyn Drill rapper, Fivio Foreign is ready to take his place amongst the Hip-Hop heavyweights in the rap game and to get that ball rolling dropped a new visual to accompany his album release. In his visuals to “For Nothing,” the Brooklyn rapper demonstrates just how far he’s come in the game as he takes things from his block where he turns up with his crew to having them accompany him to a fancy photo shoot where he poses up a storm to promote his promising rap career. From the East to the South, Lil Baby continues to flaunt his well-earned lavish lifestyle and for his clip to “In A Minute” hops on a private plane where he counts stacks of paper while flossing pounds of ice. That man living it up. Check...
Fivio Foreign “For Nothing,” Lil Baby “In A Minute” & More | Daily Visuals 4.8.22
HipHopWired Featured Video With his debut album B.I.B.L.E. officially out and about, Brooklyn Drill rapper, Fivio Foreign is ready to take his place amongst the Hip-Hop heavyweights in the rap game and to get that ball rolling dropped a new visual to accompany his album release. In his visuals to “For Nothing,” the Brooklyn rapper demonstrates just how far he’s come in the game as he takes things from his block where he turns up with his crew to having them accompany him to a fancy photo shoot where he poses up a storm to promote his promising rap career. From the East to the South, Lil Baby continues to flaunt his well-earned lavish lifestyle and for his clip to “In A Minute” hops on a private plane where he counts stacks of paper while flossing pounds of ice. That man living it up. Check...
The Majority Of Puerto Rico Remained Without Power After Grid Caught Fire
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: RICARDO ARDUENGO / Getty Puerto Rico just can’t catch a break. The majority of the island is still without electricity after a major power grid caught fire. As per The New York Times the territory once known as La Isla Boriqua is still on a very slow pace to getting back to normalcy after a fire ravaged a power plant on Thursday, April 7. Since then power has been restored in certain areas throughout the United States territory but according to http://www.poweroutage.us an estimated 400,000 homes are still without any juice. Private Canadian-American consortium Luma released a statement on what they believe triggered the fire. “The energy grid has suffered a massive island wide outage, potentially caused by a failed circuit breaker at Costa Sur power...
