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Kid Cudi To Direct & Star In New Jay-Z Produced Netflix Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty Kid Cudi has firmly established himself as a compelling entertainer, and a new film will see him expand on that talent as he’s named as the director and star of the project which will premiere on Netflix. The “Day and Nite” rapper went on social media on Tuesday (March 22nd) to share that he came to an agreement to direct and star in a movie that will be released on Netflix. The film, Teddy, is based on a script that Kid Cudi had been working on for close to a decade. He expressed his joy over the news through his Twitter account, which was a prelude to his declaration that he was going to step back from social media to protect his mental health. “I always wanted to write my own movie, so I said f*** it and started doing it,” he w...
DL Hughley Sets The Record Straight On Theophilus London Confrontation Over Kanye West
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty D.L. Hughley is setting the record straight about a confrontation he had with rapper Theophilus London over comments Hughley has made about self-embattled superstar Kanye West. London recently shared a series of posts to his Instagram page in which he claimed he ran up on the Kings of Comedy star at Nobu in Miami to demand that he apologize to Ye for his comments. “Lmao I told him to apologize on camera for doing that dumb Vlad interview and his people called security,” London wrote in a post accompanied by a video that briefly showed him walking past a table where Hughley was eating with his family. First of all, even if what London said was half true, it would only make him the corniest negro at Nobu that day. This man is real...
HHW Gaming: Hunt Down Ghosts or Haunt Everyday Citizens In Illfonic’s ‘Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed’ Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Illfonic / Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Could this possibly be the Ghostbusters’ video game fans have been waiting years for? Tuesday (Mar.22) Illfonic, the studio with a knack for making video games based on popular movie franchises with titles like Friday The 13th: The Game and Predator: Hunting Grounds, announced its latest project would be a new Ghostbusters game, called Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. The game will keep the studio’s four-versus-one asymmetric multiplayer game energy, allowing players to create their own Ghostbuster’s team or even become a ghost and terrorize humans. As a Ghostbuster, players will put on the signature jumpsuit, strap on a proton pack, and use other ghostbusting tools like Ghost Traps, Particle Throwers, and ...
Travis Scott’s Baby Mother Announces That Her Baby Is Not Named “Wolf” Anymore
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Barritt / Getty Only a few months after revealing that their newborn baby would be named “Wolf,” Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have had a change of heart. According to TMZ, Kylie took to Instagram on Monday (March 21) to inform her millions of followers that the baby isn’t named “Wolf” anymore as it doesn’t seem to be a proper fit for him at 7 weeks old. Taking to her IG stories to make the announcement, Kylie wrote “FYI OUR SONS NAME ISN’T WOLF ANYMORE… WE JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT WAS HIM. JUST WANTED TO SHARE BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING WOLF EVERYWHERE.” As for what they have renamed the child, we’re still in the dark. Related Stories “It’s unclear what Kylie and Travis are calling their boy now — she’s only saying it’s not Wolf and they wanted folks to...
Kodak Black Denies He’s The Rapping Creep Sending Latto Flagrant DMs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Latto’s revelation about an unnamed male rapper causing her headaches related to her upcoming album have many pointing the finger at Kodak Black, who has called them false claims. On the eve of the release of her second album 777, Latto has been fueling the excitement surrounding it by releasing the tracklist and speaking about a collaborator on the album who had been giving her grief by not clearing his vocals since she wouldn’t respond to his direct messages on social media. The Atlanta, Georgia native first brought up the situation while being interviewed on the Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show last week, with the discussion topic focusing on how it is to work with men in the rap ga...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser’s Struggle Press Conference Comes Back To Haunt Him
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: VH1 / Black Ink Crew Last week, a disastrous Puma team-building event turned into a “teachable moment” moment for the crew. This week, Ceaser wants to promote his business better and brings back an OG to help with that. At the same time, he’s still dealing with his own issues. Ceaser Feels The Black Ink Crew Needs To Be On A Billboard Following the previous debacle at the shop, Ceaser feels it’s time his Black Ink brand needs a reboot, and he has to get his artists out there. So he decides to bring back Black Ink Crew OG, Sassy, to help with that and reveals to his artists that he wants to do a photoshoot and put them on a billboard. No longer a cast member on the show, Sassy is now flourishing in the PR business, and Ceaser feels she is the perfect...
She Said What She Said: Megan Thee Stallion Had Time For Carl Crawford On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Megan Thee Stallion is fed up with her record label and anyone that is still questioning if she got shot by Tory Lanez and decided to call people out on Twitter. Megan Thee Stallion had time on Monday (Mar.21). Following reports that the Houston rapper’s record label 1501 Certified Entertainment is countersuing her, claiming she owes them two more albums and money, Thee Stallion hopped on Twitter to call them out. The label’s legal action follows Thee Stallion taking 1501 Certified Entertainment to court, claiming she fulfilled her contractual obligations. 1501 Certified Entertainment in their suit said nah because they claimed her latest project, “Something For The Hotties,” is nothing more than a mere compilation album full o...
Donald Glover Shares Details On Ending ‘Atlanta’ After 4 Seasons
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Atlanta, the hit series show starring Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz, remains a favorite of fans and critics alike for well-established reasons. During a recent appearance, Glover and the cast discussed bringing the show to a close after its fourth season this coming fall. As reported by Variety, Glover and members of the cast appeared at the SXSW premiere for season three of Atlanta at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. According to the outlet, Glover broke convention much as he’s done with the show, and reportedly took photos of the reporters at the event via a disposable camera. Related Stories While on the red carpet, Glover didn’t waste time in sharing why he wanted to end Atlanta on ...
Miami Declares State of Emergency In Wake Of Spring Break Gun Violence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Miami Herald / Getty Looks like Spring Breakers done turned South Beach into the Wild Wild West as officials in Miami is putting a damper on Spring Break due to the recent surge in gun violence that’s taken a hold of their streets. NPR is reporting that the City of Miami Beach has declared a state of emergency shortly after implementing a city-wide curfew for Spring Break due to shootings that took place over the weekend that left five people wounded. “During a news conference Monday with the Miami Beach Police Department and other city officials, Mayor Dan Gelber said that tourists had created an “unacceptable” atmosphere across the city, and that the city was “way past its endpoint.” Calling the recent surge in violence “unacceptable,” Gelber added that...
Young Thug’s Baby Mother LaKevia Jackson Shot & Killed At Bowling Alley In Atlanta
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Prayers up for Young Thug and his family as TMZ is reporting that his child’s mother, LaKevia Jackson was shot and killed at a bowling alley in Atlanta over the weekend. According to the report Jackson was at a bowling alley at Metro Fun Center on Thursday night celebrating a friends birthday when a fight broke out over a bowling ball. Related Stories “A local reporter spoke to Jackson’s mom who said LaKevia was at the bowling alley to celebrate a friend’s birthday … and that the alleged shooter waited in the parking lot for about 20 minutes for her to leave.”https://twitter.com/toricoooper/status/1504833079919132677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1504833079919132677%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http...
Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin For Ketanji Brown Jackson
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty In a momentous moment for the nation, the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th judge and first Black woman to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court have begun. The Senate Judiciary Committee opened the hearings for Jackson’s confirmation process on Monday morning (March 21st) to a thoroughly packed house on Capitol Hill. Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden after Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he would be retiring last month. The decision by the 83-year old judge paved the way for Biden to make good on his 2020 presidential campaign promise of nominating a Black woman to the highest court in the nation, and it has set up a potentially taut battle along partisan lines between Democr...
Bad Gal Mommy Rihanna Shows Off Growing Baby Bump & Booty In Latest IG Stories Post
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Rihanna loves every moment of her pregnancy and decided to give us a visual update. Next to her highly-anticipated album, the world is eagerly awaiting to meet the product of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s love, and clearly neither can the Bajan popstar/mogul. The “Kiss It Better” crafter showed off her growing bump and derriere in her Instagram Stories while using the exceptional lighting available to her to plug her newest lip gloss. While wearing a crop-fit t-shirt and a pair of low-rise jeans, the 33-year-old mom-to-be jokingly captioned the video “Takin ‘booty do’ to new levels #preggoAF,” as she gave us a glimpse of growing asset and that amazing bump. Related Stories Rihanna then shifts the focus from the bump to her stunning face to ...
