Newsletter
Baes & Baddies: Meet Voluptuous ICU Nurse & Sports Illustrated Swim Search Finalist Hillory Fields
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hillory Fields / @hillorybanks The annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has taken strides over the years to promote diversity and various body styles via the popular magazine series. This year, the 2022 Sports Illustrated features a jaw-dropping beauty in Ms. Hillory Fields, an ICU nurse out there on the frontlines and definitely more than just a pretty face. It’s been a while since we’ve updated the Baes & Baddies segment but we believe Fields, known on Instagram as @hillorybanks, should definitely grace the cover for reasons you’re sure to understand in a few. But it’s not just serving looks and bawdy with Fields as she’s a budding boss who is now part of the tech space. Check out her 2022 Sports Illustrated Swim Search Finalist profile below: F...
Kanye West Served Subpoena For Federal Fraud Trial of Ex-Employee
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Ye, also known as Kanye West, will be appearing in court after being summoned to testify in a trial involving his former employee. The rapper and culture maven was issued a subpoena to appear and testify at the upcoming federal trial of Arjun Dhillon, which is set to take place at the Drisken Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois. Dhillon is facing charges of wire fraud, which involved him “falsely representing his association with Kanye West to secure a $250,000 payment” to a philanthropist based in Florida, according to prosecutors. The victim managed to prevent the fraud after contacting his bank. Dhillon is also alleged to have created several fake email accounts to convince the victim that he was still...
Kimora Lee Simmons’ Ex-Husband Was Married And Cyber-Posing As Wife To Convince Kimora He Wasn’t…If That Makes Sense
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Araya Doheny / Getty So, we’ve all heard of “catfishing” on the internet, but is there such a thing as “spouse-fishing?” Apparently, there is. Baby Phat mogul Kimora Lee Simmons was a victim of “spouse-fishing” committed by her estranged ex-husband, Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner. “Tim testified under oath Tuesday he pretended for years to be his then-wife, Chinese heiress Judy Chan, and sent fake emails to his future wife Kimora when they began their relationship,” TMZ reported. Related Stories Basically, Leissner created a fake email account posing as Chan so he could convince Simmons he wasn’t a whole married man while he was trying to shoot his shot. In fact, his cyber act was apparently so convincing that Simmons invited Chan and her kid...
Big B$F: Benny The Butcher Drops ‘Tana Talk 4’ & Twitter Celebrates The Bars
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Benny The Butcher emerged on the scene alongside the powerful Griselda conglomerate, pouring portions of that success into his own Black Soprano Family outfit. Today (March 11), the Buffalo, N.Y. lyricist released the highly anticipated Tana Talk 4, and the early reactions on Twitter point to the fact that The Butcher caught another one. Benny The Butcher began the Tana Talk series as a mixtape back in 2004 under the moniker B.E.N.N.Y., turning into an album series with 2018’s Tana Talk 3, one of Hip-Hop Wired’s best albums of that year. Counting as his third studio album, Tana Talk 4 finds Benny in sniper mode per usual with bone-chilling bars and descriptive street tales atop some of the hardest production available. Opening w...
President Joe Biden Turns Attention To Brittney Griner Russia Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Mattina / Getty WNBA star Brittney Griner is currently jailed in Russia on drug charges as the nation is embroiled in an all-out assault on Ukraine. While it was assumed that President Joe Biden would put the player’s situation on the back burner, administration officials alerted members of Congress that they’re working on the matter. In an exclusive chat with theGrio, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee says that White House officials told members of the Congressional Black Caucus that they’re actively looking to address Griner’s harrowing situation in Russia after the Phoenix Mercury standout was reportedly caught with THC vape cartridges. The arrest came at the top of last month but was only recently revealed to the global media, sparking high levels of conce...
Cardi B Pulls Out of ‘Assisted Living’ Movie, Paramount Players Forced To Halt Production
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jose Devillegas / Getty If you were looking forward to seeing Cardi B back on the big screen again, you’re going to have to wait a tad bit longer. Cardi B has pulled out Paramount Players comedy Assisted Living, leading to the studio pulling the plug on the $30 million project, Deadline exclusively reports. The film was just weeks away from beginning production before the other cast members and crew were informed the film had “temporarily been scratched.” Assisted Living produced by Temple Hill that was supposed to be directed by Thembi Banks, the Bronx native would have been showing off her comedic chops. She plays “a low-level criminal on the run when she’s wrongly accused of a crime in the film. She has to stay free long enough to prove her innocence a...
HHW Gaming Review: Yes, ‘WWE 2K22’ Definitely Does Hit Differently
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Games & Visual Concepts / WWE 2K22 Did a year off seriously help 2K Games and Visual Concepts fix its WWE 2K video game franchise? Yes, it damn sure did. It’s no secret WWE 2K20 sucked and was an absolute embarrassment for the video game studio that blesses us with the NBA 2K franchise, which is a model of consistency despite some recent shortcomings. After enduring numerous complaints and tweets featuring hilarious clips showcasing how broken the game was, 2K and Visual Concepts decided to shelve WWE 2K21 and focus on WWE 2K22, promising a new game rebuilt from the ground up that would essentially “hit differently.” [embedded content] Related Stories We were cautiously optimistic about the WWE 2K22, at one point, even worried because we received o...
Bronx Judge Roasts NYPD Cops In Court For “Illegally” Searching & Arresting Drill Rapper C Blu
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @cblu_180 / Instagram This past January, New York Drill rapper C Blu got into a scuffle with police that ended up with a cop being shot and Blu getting fitted for iron bracelets. While on the surface it seems like an open and shut case of assaulting an officer, a Bronx judge has a problem with how things unfolded and slammed a New York City police officer for offering a half-assed explanation of why Camrin “C Blu” Williams was even singled out to be searched. According to the New York Daily News, Bronx Judge Naita Semaj acknowledged that while the 16-year-old was in possession of a gun, Bronx Officer Taulant Gjonbalaj and his colleagues had no reason to have approached Williams and offered “incredible and unreliable” testimony that “had no value” pertaini...
Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free’s pgLang Partner With Def Jam, Sign Tanna Leone
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason LaVeris / Getty Kendrick Lamar is investing in the future of Hip-Hop through his company, which has signed an up-and-coming artist and is now partnered with Def Jam as part of the deal. According to reporting that was released on Wednesday (March 9th), Los Angeles-based artist Tanna Leone is officially signed to pgLang, the production company founded by Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free. The 23-year old joins the “King Kunta” rapper as the only artist repping pgLang along with Baby Keem. The signing also becomes the start of a partnership deal between pgLang and Def Jam Recordings. “We’re excited to welcome Tanna Leone and pgLang to the Def Jam family as valued partners,” Def Jam’s new CEO Tunji Balogun said in a statement announcing the news. “I’m lucky...
Don’t F*ck With Plantains: Nutritionist Gets Fried On Twitter For Unsolicited Fried Plantains Calorie Count
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Sergio Amiti / Getty Social media etiquette isn’t the same as real-world etiquette, which is generally about politeness, decorum and general manners. Social media etiquette is more or less about what not to do unless you want to get yourself dragged. For example, you just don’t use your Instagram account to come for popular African and Caribbean dishes out of nowhere unless you’re looking to catch the wrath of Black Twitter. You just don’t. Nutritionist Bryanne Hackman found this out the hard way when she decided to share information nobody asked for about the calorie count in fried plantains. “As much as I don’t like to admit this, fried plantains have calories,” she wrote in her no-sh**-Sherlock-style revalation. “Looks can be deceiving but portio...
Rowdy Rebel “Al Haa Freestyle,” Trippie Redd “Thinkin Bout You” & More | Daily Visuals 3.10.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty While the world awaited the return of Bobby Shmurda to the rap game, many forgot that he was doing his bid alongside his homie Rowdy Rebel and while Bobby’s big music comeback has consisted with more twerking tunes than anything, Rowdy’s been dropping that block hugging music that heads can bop to. Keeping that same hustler energy going in his latest visuals to “Ah Haa Freestyle,” Rowdy Rebel takes to the projects to link up with his goons before taking to the streets to hold down their block. Bobby would’ve somehow found a way to shake his rump to this beat. Related Stories Trippie Redd meanwhile seems to be all in his feelings and in his clip to “Thinkin Bout You” politics in a hotel room with his homies while he drinks the pain ...
Cops Share Bodycam Clip Of Ryan Coogler’s Bank Of America Arrest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty Atlanta police released bodycam footage of the arrest of Black Panther director Ryan Coogler at a local Bank Of America location, highlighting the tension of the moment in harrowing fashion. While Coogler said he’s moved on beyond the incident, the video from the authorities illustrates how closely the situation had the potential to go awry. For those unaware, Coogler entered the Bank of America location back on Jan. 7 as stated on the arrest record. Coogler, in what could be viewed as an attempt at discretion, were a hat, sunglasses, and a mask per the demands of COVID-19 precautions. Coogler handed the teller a note on the back of the withdrawal slip that read, “I would like to withdraw $12,000 cash from my checking account. Ple...
