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Phonte Announces Little Brother ‘May The Lord Watch’ Doc
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ray Tamarra / Getty Little Brother continues to serve as an inspiration to an entire generation of notable artists and now fans of the group will be treated to a behind-the-scenes look at their career and legacy. Coming next year, a documentary titled May The Lord Watch will tell the story of Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh, and 9th Wonder from their vantage point. Phonte shared via social media a trailer for May The Lord Watch, named after the group’s fifth studio album. All three members are slated to appear in the documentary, and Phonte shared in his social media caption why the North Carolina crew hopes to introduce to their legion of fans. From IG: Related Stories Been working on this one for 5 years and calling it an “emotional journey” is a big understate...
Chris Rock Says He’s “Still Processing” Oscars Slap On Stage In Boston
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Boston Globe / Getty Comedian Chris Rock made his first public appearance on stage since the infamous confrontation with Will Smith at the Oscars, and he referenced it briefly to the eager audience. According to the Boston Globe, Rock began the first night of his tour on Wednesday night (March 30th) at The Wilbur theater having to calm down the packed house. ”Let me do the show! Let me be all misty and s***,” he yelled out after the crowd’s boisterous applause. As they settled down, he began with: “How was your weekend?” Related Stories There were people in the crowd who clamored for Rock to address the slap that he received from Will Smith at the Academy Awards on Sunday night after he made a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock brushed ...
EXCLUSIVE: Gangsta Boo Talks ‘Marriage Boot Camp: Hip-Hop Edition’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WE tv / We TV “I have a boyfriend,” answers Gangsta Boo when asked what we can expect to learn from her participation in WeTV’s new season of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip-Hop Edition. Fair enough, though we gathered that from the trailer, where the Memphis Hip-Hop icon is seen with Emmet, her white rapper “dude” aka significant other who she says needs to get that paperwork in order. What we didn’t need to ask since it’s understood, is that Lady Boo of Three 6 Mafia fame will surely tell it like it is all season. “You’re going to get a big glimpse of my personality,” she adds, “but the TV is not who I am solely as a person. It was a very vulnerable experience.” Born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, over a 20 plus year career she’s become a rap legend thanks to her ra...
OG Aunt Viv Janet Hubert Comes To Will Smith’s Defense, Calls Chris Rock “Mean Spirited”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rob Kim / Getty Will Smith’s pimp slapping of Chris Rock this past Sunday night at the Academy Awards is still reverberating across the entertainment industry and across the culture alike and while everyone has their opinions on the matter, ultimately it can be understood from both sides of the field. After days of celebrities taking to social media to express their support or disgust for Will Smith’s actions, actress Janet Hubert is the latest to come to Will Smith’s defense at a time when social media has decided to come for the iconic actor. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the OG Aunt Vivian from the first three seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air came to the defense of Smith on her IG page even though their relationship hadn’t been the best ...
Halle Bailey & DDG Make It Official with Loving Birthday Post
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty After ongoing speculation regarding their relationship status, DDG and Halle Bailey have finally made it official. The “Elon Musk” MC took to Instagram to show Bailey some love for her 22nd birthday, by posting a photo dump full of pictures of the two and a video showing the Grown-ish star flossing an enormous studded “Halle” necklace as DDG placed it on her neck before embracing her with a hug. “Happy Birthday to the beautifulest, the flyest, the sweetest ❤️,” he wrote. “Love you forever 🥺💎,” prompting Bailey to respond to the kind gesture, commenting “u will make me cry again” with a few heart emojis. The confirmation comes three months after the two were spotted together at Usher’s Las Vegas concert on...
The YEEZY Boost 350 “Turtle Dove” To Re-Release In April 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Melodie Jeng / Getty Kanye West might not be the most beloved musician in the culture at the current moment due to his Sleeping With The Enemy-ish ways, but best believe that backlash he’s getting from people across the board isn’t hurting his sneaker sales. That being said, adidas is ready to release the highly-anticipated Yeezy Boost 350 “Turtle Dove”‘s seven years after originally hitting the street scene and getting the whole YEEZY brand off the ground and taking adidas into another stratosphere at a time when Nike and Jordan had the game on Hulk smash. According to Sneakernews the OG Yeezy Boost 350 is set to be re-issued sometime in April and best believe hypebeasts will be patiently waiting to pounce come release day. Related Stories “Originally re...
NTWRK & Peacock Partner Up For “Bel-Air Kicks Collection” Drop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adam Rose / Peacock This past February, Peacock dropped their reimagined version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air dubbed Bel-Air, and while many people had their issues with the remixed classic comedy sitcom, at least the Air Jordan aspect of the show remained intact. According to Nice Kicks, NTWRK is now teaming up with Peacock to release some Bel-Air-related merchandise including set-used props, collectibles, and of course, Jordan sneakers. )n March 30 people can hop on the NTWRK app at 5PM ET to get in on the “Bel-Air Kicks Collection” and join in on a mansion party that’s set to take place somewhere in Los Angeles (Bel-Air?). “During the live event, host Eutel Wallace will give fans an in-depth look at the backstory behind Peacock’s original series...
Black Hotel Employee Gets In Brawl With Racist White Guests, Police Only Arrest…Care To Guess Who?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A Black man and a racist white man get into a fight after the white man called the Black man racial slurs. The cops show up and arrest the Black man while the white man isn’t arrested at all. This is what happened at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hotel back in January, but there are more details that make the arrest even more egregious. According to CBS Miami, the whole thing started when Best Western Hotel employee Raymond Rachal canceled a hotel guest’s stay because the guest, Jason Rabe, allegedly called him racial slurs. So, Rabe left the hotel but then he returned later on and walked straight toward Rachal pushing past the security gate and getting right in the employee’s face with clear aggressi...
The Jig: Prices On Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG To Increase In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand It looks like the streets will have to pay a premium in order to catch that drip. Nike is rumored to be increasing the price on the Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneaker by the end of this year. As per Sneaker News the iconic shoe is in very high demand, so much so that the ticket on these feet pieces is rumored to go up by the start of holiday season. The Beaverton, OR based brand has yet to formally confirm the speculation but one sneaker insider says that the writing is on the walls. @zSneakerHeadz recently reviewed the upcoming Air Jordan 1 release schedule for the remainder of 2022 and was quick to point to the elephant in the room with the slightly more expensive tag of $180.00 for the Jordan 1 Reimagined “Chicago.” Re...
Peep The Latest Trailer To ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Parmount Pictures / Top Gun: Maverick Wait, the new Top Gun film didn’t drop already? Seems like forever since we got the first trailer for the sequel to the classic Tom Cruise film but yesterday we got a new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and were reminded that no, the film never actually came out. In the latest trailer Tom Cruise reprises his role as legendary Navy aviator, Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell who returns to duty not just to continue to fight for his country, but to also take a new generation of fighter pilots under his wing including the son of his late friend, Goose, Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw played by Miles Teller. Having a bone to pic with Maverick for his father’s death in the original film, Rooster seems reluctant to put his faith...
Ja Rule Makes Sense Of Will Smith Slap, Only Take Twitter Acknowledges
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty The notorious slap Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past weekend has elicited many hot takes. You can now rest easy as Ja Rule has added his own to the list. On Monday morning as social media was ablaze after the incident at the Academy Awards where the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair leading to her husband storming the stage to set fire to Rock’s jawline with a slap, the “What’s Love” rapper shared his opinion on the situation with his fans through Twitter. “Slapping season is OFFICIALLY in session,” he wrote. Related Stories The Murder Inc. MC followed that up with another tweet on Tuesday (March 29th), jokingly calling for a list of rappers with bars the strength of the slap Sm...
August Alsina “Chooses Peace” In Instagram Post After Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty We are hearing from everyone about “the slap” except the individuals directly involved. Jada Pinkett’s entanglement partner, August Alsina, has decided to chime in. We are four days removed after Will Smith decided to get up out of his seat and slap the taste out of Chris Rock’s mouth for a tasteless joke he made during The Oscars. Since then, there have been numerous opinions, most of them unwanted, “Twitter cancelations” and an apology from Smith himself. Even Jada Pinkett Smith decided to break her silence on the matter with a simple Instagram post, writing, “This is a season for healing, and I’m here for it.” Related Stories Following her post, Alsina thought it was a good time to seemingly share his thoughts on a matter with his...
