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Pusha T Collabs With Arby’s For Spicy Diss Track, McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Gets Cooked
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Victor Boyko / Getty Pusha T will secure the bag, and “Diet Coke” doesn’t need to be involved. The VA rapper collaborated with Arby’s to drop a spicy diss track aimed at a competitor. Yes, that Arby’s. “Just dropped a diss track with @Arbys. Grab some popcorn and a Spicy Fish Sandwich. #ArbysSpicyFishDissTrack #ArbysPaidMeButIWouldSayThisAnyway,” wrote Push on Instagram, sharing the song. Related Stories Pusha T uses his bars to disparage the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish because apparently the beef is on. “A little cube of fish from a clown is basic,” spits Push A Ton. We can’t front, the beat is hard. [embedded content] The collab shouldn’t be too surprising because Push is credited with securing the bag for Arby’s “We have the meats” campaign music. It ...
Struggle Rap Icons 6ix9ine, Lil Pump & Lil Xan Ferociously Slandered On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: John Parra / Getty It all seems like a blur now but there was a time that rappers like 6ix9ine, Lil Pump, Lil Xan had the culture in a chokehold for some reason. On Twitter, the aforementioned struggle rap icons are getting ferociously slandered and the reasons should be self-explanatory. Source: BLW Media/Star Max / Getty The person we believe is responsible for this current track of online insults would be Twitter user @kirawontmiss, who issued a tweet reading, “that 6ix9ine, lil pump and lil xan era of music was heII,” something we’re sure plenty of others thought at one point. Today, 6ix9ine claims he’s struggling to make ends meet, Lil Pump will be best remembered as a stooge for Donald Trump, and Lil Xan, well, at least he got off the xans but...
Buffalo Brick Talk: Griselda Announces U.S. “Claires Back Tour”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty For all those voicing concerns or spreading the false rumors that the Griselda squad is moving in different directions, it’s time to fix your face. Dubbed the “Claires Back Tour,” Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher are set to embark on a 10-city tour of the United States this coming spring. 2022 already proved to be a big year for the Buffalo, N.Y. trio, with Conway The Machine releasing his long-awaited major-label debut, God Don’t Make Mistakes, and his cousin Benny The Butcher dropping the potent Tana Talk 4 project. Westside Gunn, currently having a quiet year on the audio side, is still masterminding deals on the backend as he’s always done. Related Stories The squad will rock the Coachella stages in Apri...
T.I. & Domani “Family Connect,” 5ive Mics & Fat Joe “New New York” & More | Daily Visuals 3.21.22
HipHopWired Featured Video T.I. seems to be getting his seed, Domani more familiar with the family hustle as the father and son connect to make some pretty impressive music over some production provided by Tip’s other seed, Messiah. In the family visuals to “Family Connect,” Tip and Domani get together to put that work in the studio where they put pen to paper before boxing up their belongings in their home to move on to, well, we’re not sure where they moving to. Pretty dope song though. Related Stories From the Big Peach to the Big Apple, 5ive Mics calls on Fat Joe to roll through the streets of the city that never sleeps before sitting on some thrones in Times Square for their clip to “New New York.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weeken...
Daddy Yankee Announces That He’s Retiring From Music
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Cartel/Republic Just as gasolina prices soar to new heights, the man that ascended to superstar status in 2004 because of it is calling it a career. According to People, Reggaeton triple OG, Daddy Yankee a.k.a. the “King of Reggaeton” has announced that he will be retiring from the music game after three fruitful decades in it. The man who burst onto the music game with his smash hit “Gasolina” back in 2004 (whew! Feel old?), is ready to hang up his microphone and chill on the shoreline of a beach in Puerto Rico, but not before dropping off one last project and giving his fans a few more live performances. “The musician, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, went on to note plans for a farewell album. “I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 ye...
Kodak Black Mixes It Up At Mar-A-Lago, Meets Trump For First Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Kodak Black got the chance to meet Donald Trump for the first time since he was granted a pardon by the former president at an event last week.According to reports, the meeting took place at a dinner held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Ray J, who has met with the former president as a tech entrepreneur beforehand, invited the “Super Gremlin” rapper to come to the function with him in order to finally meet with Trump. Kodak Black was introduced to Trump at one point in the evening. “How are you?, Trump asks him during their brief interaction, which included a fist bump exchange between the two. Later, Kodak Black is seen standing next to Trump as he addresses the cr...
Kany’e Ex Julia Fox Walks Back Comments About Ye Being Harmless
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Vierig / Getty Julia Fox, the woman who dated Kanye West for like three weeks and, I guess, is an actress or something, appears to be wishing she never opened her mouth to speak on the hot-but-persistent mess that is Ye’s saga with his ex, Kim Kardashian, and her new boo Pete Davidson. Last week, we reported that Fox basically stepped inside her own mouth during a talk with TMZ in which she defended Yeezus and his “Easy” video and basically said that Ye is harmless and his Fatal Attraction-like behavior is all artistic expression. Well, now TMZ has caught up with the—she’s like a model or something, right?—the model is walking those comments all the way back as she admits she really hasn’t been paying attention to the Kanye-verse and didn’t know...
Wendy Williams Sets The Record Straight On Health and Bank Battle In New Interview
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty After months of rumors and speculation surrounding her health, daytime talk queen, Wendy Williams is finally speaking out. In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ TJ Holmes, Williams not only revealed that she’s ready to return to work after missing season 14 of her highly successful talk show, but also that her absence is not “health-related” noting that her doctor advised her that she has the “mind and body of a 25-year old.” “Give me about three months,” she said via phone on Wednesday (March 16). “There are private things that I have to deal with and then I’ll be ready to come back and be free and ready to do my thing.” Related Stories Despite the health update, Williams did not appear on camera for unknown reasons, although Holmes shared...
Kid Cudi Is “Getting Off” Social Media “For My Mental”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Kid Cudi is taking a break from social media, and is considering doing so entirely. The “Day N Nite” rapper took to Twitter on Saturday, March 19 to tell his almost 3 million followers that although he’ll keep his Twitter because he has to, his Instagram might be a wrap. So why is the Cleveland native leaving social media? “Im turnin off all comments on IG for all posts. And im thinkin about gettin off IG all together honestly,” tweeted Cudi. “Think ima just keep my twitter. And im only gonna do that cuz I have to. I really wanna get off all socials.” Cudi has long been candid about his struggle with his mental health, and the toxic minefield that is social media and its limitless trolls certainly doesn’t make coping any easier. Ha...
MAGA Stooge & Former Struggle Rapper Kid Rock Says He Can’t Be Canceled
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty Tucker Carlson, he of punchable face, knows how to stir up dust when it’s time to go on air. In an upcoming interview, the Fox News host sits down with Kid Rock who boasts that no matter how hard folks try that he can’t and won’t ever be canceled. Carlson, who is really excited to have the MAGA rocker and former struggle rapper on his program, tweeted out a teaser that zeroes in on Kid Rock’s bold assertion. Related Stories “I am uncancelable,” Kid Rock says to Carlson in the clip. “I’m not in bed with any big corporate things. At the end of the day, there’s nobody I’m beholden to…no record companies, no corporate interests, no nothing. You can’t cancel me. I love it when they try.” As most know, those who lean on the conservative sid...
Fivio Foreign ft. Quavo “Magic City,” Lil Durk “Computer Murderers” & More | Daily Visuals 3.18.22
HipHopWired Featured Video There was a time when every single Migos video took place in the strip club and though they’ve since moved on to bigger and better things Fivio Foreign takes one Migo back to where it all began. Linking up in the visuals for “Magic City,” Fivio Foreign and Quavo head to the t*tty bar to get completely swarmed by thick and twerking women who make that thunder clap while the two rappers make it rain. Looks like they had a helluva time. Back in Chicago, Lil Durk continues to drop new clips in support of his latest LP 7220 and in his latest clip to “Computer Murderers” does pushups with stacks of cash in both hands to flex on some next ish. Well, can’t say we’ve ever seen that done before. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from R.A. the Rugged Man fe...
‘Maury’ Show Cancelled After Thirty Year Run
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty It’s the end of an era. Maury, the syndicated talk show hosted by Maury Povich for over 30 years, had been canceled. Deadline reports that NBCUniversal will cease production at the end of the current season, with Povich set to retire. Original episodes are scheduled to air through September, and reruns will continue in syndication. Originally titled The Maury Povich Show, it premiered back in 1991. The show covered a variety of subjects like teenaged runaways, domestic violence, bullying and other salacious topics. But Maury (as it became officially known in 1998) became a pop culture sensation thanks to the paternity test episodes. Viewers would wait for Maury to say “You are (or, are not) the father,” which became a catchphrase. The lie dete...
