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End-To-End Burners: MTA Reports Sharp Rise In Graffiti On NYC Subway Trains
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hulton Archive / Getty With all of the media hype claiming that New York City is heading back to its past when it comes to crime, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, graffiti has already made a significant comeback on its subway trains. In a recent article from the New York Daily News, there’s a resurgence in graffiti appearing on the city’s subway trains, powered by a new generation of taggers and their crews. For those MTA workers in train yards throughout the city, the sight reminds them of that time period in the 1970s and 1980s where elaborate murals decorated every running train. One caveat? These new graffiti writers are working much faster. “It’s coming back strong,” said a veteran transit worker who opted to remain anonymous t...
Nicki Minaj Drops Visuals For Lil Baby Featured “Do We Have A Problem?”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @PhotosByBeanz / @PhotosByBeanz After weeks of anticipation, Nicki Minaj finally dropped her highly anticipated record with Lil Baby, “Do We Have A Problem?” and even dropped a new visual to go along with the cut. Featuring Joseph Sikora (Tommy from Power), the visuals find Nicki as Agent Barbs interrogating a hitman who seems to have history with Nicki before he spills the beans on the location she’s been looking for. Going undercover at an illegal auction, Nicki runs into a Lil Baby who’s there to bid on some ill gotten items before she set’s it off and pulls out the toast on a bunch of uppity white folk breaking the law. Ultimately she makes off with Lil Baby to Cuba and reveals herself to be a double-agent. Bell Biv DeVoe always said never trust a big...
Black Man Amir Locke Shot And Killed In Raid By Minneapolis Police
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty The case of Amir Locke, a Black man shot and killed by Minneapolis police in a dawn raid, is rapidly gaining national attention as another example of reckless behavior by law enforcement in a city still dealing with the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Locke, a twenty-two-year-old Black man, was asleep on the couch in an apartment in the Balero Flats building downtown on Wednesday morning (February 2nd) in Minneapolis. According to a statement released by the department, police entered the apartment at 6:48 A.M. acting on a search warrant on three apartments in the building. In a follow-up press conference held later that day, interim police chief Amelia Huffman asserted that the officers “loudly and repeatedly announced ‘po...
10 Things We Learned From Benny The Butcher on The Breakfast Club
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Breakfast Club / Revolt The Butcher’s here! After years in the game Benny The Butcher finally made his Breakfast Club debut and kept things 1000 with both DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. With his next album Tana Talk 4 on the cusp of hitting the streets (February 11), Benny uses his time to promote his next project and opens up about various situations he’s been in thus far in his career. Touching on what went down in Houston when he got shot to why he hasn’t worked with Jay-Z in the studio yet, The Butcher lets fans in on everything they’ve been wanting to know for a while now and we appreciate him for that (and his music). Here are the 10 things we learned from Benny The Butcher on The Breakfast Club. Related Stories Benny admits that when his Buff...
Yo Gotti ft. 42 Dugg & EST Gee “Cold Gangsta,” Juice WRLD “Cigarettes” & More | Daily Visuals 2.3.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Yo Gotti might’ve left the hood but best believe his new neighbors probably weren’t ready to roll out the welcome mat when he moved into their neighborhood. In his visuals to the 42 Dugg and EST Gee assisted “Cold Gangsta,” Yo Gotti turns his new block upside down when he brings his swagger to the burbs and places his cars on the lawn for all to see before heading back to the block in a gold cart to roll some dice. Don’t see one of those everyday in the hood. Really, ever. Meanwhile, Juice WRLD’s legacy continues to live on via his music and in his clip to “Cigarettes,” Juice is animated as an NFT as he dances to his tunes holding a cigarette. Rest In Power, homie. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Reese Youngn, No Cap, and more. YO GOTTI FT...
The RZA & DJ Scratch Connect For New ‘Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater’ Album
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Bing Bong (Bong), The RZA and DJ Scratch have a new project on the way and to make things even more nostalgic it’s a project inspired by those Saturday afternoon Kung-Fu flicks that us older heads grew up on in the 80’s and 90’s. In a press release it was announced that on March 4, 2022, The RZA and DJ Scratch will be dropping their new full-length album, Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater and to amp up the new project they dropped a visual for the title track along with the announcement. Featuring The RZA as Bobby Digital (what y’all youngn’s know about Bobby?), the video showcases The RZA in full Bobby Digital attire ready to wreck havoc as a few brothers and sisters polish up on their Shaolin style...
Nicki Minaj & City Girls Clear The Air, Is A Collaboration Finally On The Way?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Looks like City Girls and Nicki Minaj have squashed whatever weird drama they had between them and could possibly collaborate on something in the coming future. Yesterday (Feb. 2) the Queens rapper took to social media and surprisingly revealed that she had a heart-to-heart with both Yung Miami and JT saying “Just had a great convo with @ThegirlJT & @YungMiami305. Let’s move on & make new memories y’all.” Related Stories Does “new memories” mean new studio memories? This is the collaboration fans have been waiting on for a hot minute now (though social media derailed it via slander and hate on the idea) and now it seems like it could be coming to fruition. Both JT and Yung Miami took to Twitter to echo the sentiment...
Judges Walk Off ‘The Masked Singer’ As GOP Goblin Rudy Giuliani Is Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Miami Herald / Getty The lead lawyer for former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, is at the center of a new controversy. This time, it took place on the set of The Masked Singer where his presence caused judges to storm off in protest. According to reports, Giuliani was unmasked as a costumed contestant who was voted off of The Masked Singer, the popular singing performance reality show that airs on Fox. The incident occurred during the taping of the first episode of the seventh season of The Masked Singer. As the lawyer and former Republican presidential candidate revealed who he was by taking off his giant headpiece, which is custom for all the costumed celebrities once they have been eliminated, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke immediately walked...
Following The Tragic Murder of TDott Woo, Hot 97’s DJ Drewski Vows To No Longer Play Gang Music On The Radio
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Hot 97’s DJ Drewski is taking a stance against diss/gang music. Former Love & Hip-Hop cast member and current Hot 97 vibes provider, DJ Drewski, will no longer be spinning diss/gang music during his sets on the radio. Drewski made the announcement in his Instagram Stories on Tuesday (Feb.1), writing, “I’m not supporting no more diss/gang music!” “If ya dissing each other in the songs, don’t even send it to me! I don’t care if the artist sends it, the label sends it, your big Homie sends it! I will not support or play anymore Diss/Gang records on the radio! We r losing too many young men and women to the streets!” he added. Drewski urged Drill artists to step their skills up and start making songs without dissing their rivals....
Three Teens Arrested For Shootout At Kings Plaza Mall Sneaker Store In Brooklyn
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pacific Press / Getty This past Monday (January 31) a shooting erupted at the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn, New York and now authorities have apprehended three suspects they say were involved in the incident. NY1 is reporting that teenagers Timothy Briggs (19), Jaheim Covington (19), and Omarion Harvey (18) have been arrested and charged for the shootout that left a 14-year-old with a bullet in the leg and grazed another 16-year-old during the incident. Both were treated for their wounds and have been listed in stable condition and expected to recover. The shooting occurred around 2:30 this past Monday when police say the trio was approached by a group of six teenagers at a sneaker store on the first floor of the mall. After getting into an argument, Brig...
No Shot At Joining The Army Without A Shot: US Army To Boot Soldiers Who Refuse COVID Vaccine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Phynart Studio / Getty In other words, right-wingers who stand at the intersection of being vehemently anti-vax and having “support the troops” tattooed on their buttocks might be about to have quite the crisis of faith on their hands. The Army announced Wednesday that it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who refuse to get the shot. According to the Associated Press, that means more than 3,300 service members are at risk of being made to serve their country from anywhere else but in its military institution. And yes, it’s the military in general, not just the Army, that’s ditching its anti-vax service members like they were outdated flip phones. As AP reported, the Army is “the final military service to lay out its discharge policy for vaccine r...
Shorty Wanna Ride: Young Buck Arrested For Allegedly Damaging Ex-Girlfriend’s Car
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cindy Ord / Getty It seems there will be yet another addition to Young Buck’s struggle files. He was recently booked by police for allegedly vandalizing his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle. As spotted on Complex the Nashville, Tennessee MC was back behind bars. This time local police cuffed him for reportedly doing way too much with his former lover’s property. On Wednesday, February 2 his former flame reported a domestic dispute at her home. When the badges arrived on the scene she claimed she received a text from Buck earlier that morning. The rapper reportedly informed her he would be paying her a visit but when he arrived she was not at the property. For reasons unknown he began to kick in her door to her home. Unfortunately the aggression didn’t stop th...
