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Bun B Shares How To Boss Up At “Earn Your Masters” Pop-Up At SXSW
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @alivecoverage / @alivecoverage The South By Southwest festival is always a place to get enlightenment from some of the best in various fields, and one great example from this year’s edition was found in Texas’ own Bun B being part of a special pop-up event. The veteran MC and one-half of the iconic duo UGK took part in the Earn Your Masters keynote conversation at the festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday (March 18th). The event, held at Mala Vida, was presented by the hosts of the Earn Your Leisure podcast, Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal in conjunction with UnitedMasters, the creative coalition founded by music industry legend Steve Stoute as a platform for independent artists to fully take command of their artistic journey from owning their recording m...
Exclusive: Master P Gets ‘UNCENSORED’ On TV One: “No Such Thing As Overnight Success”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: UNCENSORED / TV One Master P is a legendary rapper, businessman and philanthropist representing Hip-Hop culture, without question. The New Orleans native’s life gets spotlighted in the latest episode of TV One’s UNCENSORED, and he offers game for which smart business people would pay a King’s ransom. [embedded content] The episode explores how Master P, born Percy Miller, went from running a record to turning his independent No Limit Records label into an industry juggernaut. Part of how he made it happen was not falling for the okey-doke, which included passing on the million dollars that industry icon Jimmy Iovine offered to sign him. Related Stories “Bro, that white man offered me a million dollars, how much you think I’m worth?,” P rhetorically his br...
RIP Goonew: DMV Rapper Goonew Shot & Killed In Prince George’s County, Md., Twitter Reacts.
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Goonew / @goonew64 Goonew, a rapper from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on Friday (March 18) according to still-developing reports. Goonew, who was affiliated with Hoodrich Pablo Juan and rapped under other monikers, was considered one of the innovators of the DMV Hip-Hop scene, as evidenced by the outpouring from fans and associates online. Details of the passing of Goonew are largely scant but what is known is that the rapper was shot and killed in District Heights, Md. in the Washington suburb of Prince George’s County. Emerging on the scene around 2017, Goonew, who also rapped under the names Hoodrich Goonew, Big Wizzle, and other flips of his stage name, he and fellow DMV rapper Lil Dude were fre...
Latto ft. 21 Savage “Wheelie,” Yung Bleu ft. Ne-Yo “Walk Through The Fire” & More | Daily Visuals 3.17.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Seems like just yesterday 21 Savage was on the verge of getting deported thanks to a Trump administration that was obsessed with deporting people of color, but luckily the ATLien from across the pond remains in the U.S. and continues to do his thing. Lending his talents to Latto for her visuals to “Wheelie,” 21 and the artist formerly known as Mulatto kick it on the streets where cyclists pop wheelies and a marching band accompanies them through the block. Everyone needs their own theme music when they strolling around, right? On the R&B tip, Ne-Yo comes out of retirement to link up with Yung Bleu for his clip to “Walk Through The Fire” where Ne-Yo plays a detective trying to figure out why Yung’s crib went up in flames. Ne-Yo re...
Pretty Cheeky: Twitter Ladies Get To Clapping Cheeks With New #TooLoudChallenge Craze
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: izusek / Getty If you’re a person over a certain age, a lot of the trends and challenges that kick off on social media won’t make sense to many of you. The latest challenge that’ll definitely baffle the old heads is the #tooloudchallenge, which features ladies making it clap and we shouldn’t have to explain further than that. Built atop a line from Flint, Mich. rapper Louie Ray’s 2021 track “Cash App,” the #tooloudchallenge takes a portion of the song where it sounds like a pole athlete inside a gentleman’s club is making it clap for the people. If we had to guess, TikTok is most likely the birthplace of this challenge, which has continued to bubble over the past couple of days. Along with cheeks, some ladies are making other things clap to the beat...
Nicki Minaj & Coi Leray Team Up For Colorful New Single “Blick Blick”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @coileray / Instagram Coi Leray and Nicki Minaj‘s new single “Blick Blick” has officially arrived. After a slight delay, the world has finally received the highly anticipated single one month after Benzino, father of Coi Leray, announced the collaboration on Clubhouse–resulting in the project almost not happening. Pushing past the premature announcement, the duo’s official colorful announcement dropped earlier this week with Leray dropping the surprise first, captioning her post, “trendsetters loading”—a clear indication the single will appear on her upcoming debut album, Trendsetters; along with the cover art which is splashed with bright pinks and blues and shows Nicki and Coi standing side by side holding prop guns. As previously reported, prior to the...
Just Blaze Shares Griselda Collab, Quickly Disappears
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty On Thursday night (March 17). Just Blaze took to the Internets to share his collab with Griselda; well, Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine. However, if you missed it, the tweet and Soundcloud link is gone. Billed as Griselda and the Blazettes Vol 1., the track sports an ill piano loop and soul vocal hits while WSG and Conway bring their usual bars and bravado. The latter’s opener won’t necessarily fly in 2022, though, just saying. Although the song was taken down, you can still find it if you really want a listen. Related Stories The mythology is that back in 2017, Griselda and Just Blaze linked up and created several songs. A couple of years ago, La Machina, who just dropped his Shady Records debut, God Don’t Make Mistakes, shared ...
NYC Woman Charged In Kidnap, Torture & Ransom Of Online Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Facebook / facebook If y’all don’t already know by now them internet streets is a wild place to get caught with your pants down and a hopeless romantic in New York City found that out the hard way thanks to a “love connection” he made via Instagram. According to The New York Post, a 24-year-old man was jumped and tortured after making his way to a Marble Hill Ave apartment in the Bronx at 1 a.m. where he thought he was going to meet a woman he’d been chatting up online. Turns out that 22-year-old Valerie Rosario was a part of a group of sadists and after the man arrived at the apartment, three other men barged in and began pistol whipping him, and that was only the beginning. “Rosario and the accomplices then allegedly stripped the victim, “placed him in ...
Skip Bayless Says Wife Lives In Fear Of Charles Barkley’s Alleged Death Threats
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chris Unger / Getty Skip Bayless is one of the most outspoken sports media personalities in the game today, placing him under disfavor from a number of individuals. Charles Barkley, apparently no friend Bayless, sparked fear in the wife of the Skip and Shannon: Undisputed co-host, saying she lives in fear due to the former NBA star’s alleged death threats. Via The Skip Bayless Podcast, Bayless, 70, says his wife, Ernestine Sclafani, is fearful for her husband’s safety over threats Barkley made regarding killing him. Related Stories “My wife Ernestine has believed for 15 years that Charles Barkley is nothing but a sick individual,” Bayless said. “To her, he is just pure evil, that he is depraved, that he is a scumbag, and she fears that one day, Charles wi...
Amber Ali Drops Statement Calling Out Joseline Hernandez & Husband For Alleged Reunion Show Assault
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bryan Steffy / Getty Former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Joseline Hernandez and her husband have found themselves in some trouble following an alleged violent incident during the reunion show for Joseline’s Cabaret. Joseline Hernandez has found reality television greatness again thanks to her hit Zeus Network reality competition show Joseline’s Cabaret. The show follows a bunch of aspiring pole dancing professionals competing against each other to win $10,000 and to be featured in the Hernandez’s Cabaret in Vegas. Clips of the show featuring Hernandez scolding the girls for their behavior or hygiene have gone viral numerous times on Twitter. But, following a reunion show for the recent season, Hernandez and her husband Balistic Beats could be in troub...
Champion Announces Saweetie As First Ever Global Culture Consultant, Launches “Get It Girl” Campaign
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Champion / Champion Saweetie is teaming up with Champion to take over the globe. According to reports, the Icy Queen has been revealed as sportswear brand Champion’s new Global Cultural Consultant in a newly-created role, which finds her starring in the company’s “Get It Girl” campaign, inspired by her song of the same name from HBO’s Insecure. Source: Hannah Lux Davis / Champion Circle The campaign puts a spotlight on 12 female college athletes demonstrating the “confidence to play by their own rules and look good doing it.” Starring alongside Saweetie, the women serve as brand ambassadors for Champion and are also being provided with mentorships. “My relationship with Champion runs deep, as an athlete and lover of streetwear,” Saweetie said ...
Trevor Noah Responds To Kanye West’s “K**n” Remark
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Earlier this week Kanye West was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours for his continued harassment of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, but also because he called Daily Show host, Trevor Noah a racial slur, and in the process violating Instagram’s policies on hate speech and bullying. Now Trevor Noah has responded to Kanye’s slander and instead of clapping back with viciousness, Noah empathetically explained why it hurts him to see how far Kanye has fallen over the years. According to the Huffpost, the comedian took the high road in this situation and commented on Ye’s post before it was taken down due to the suspension and in it he poured his heart out about why it hurt to see Ye come for him especially in the racial tone he did. Rel...
