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Twitter Kicks Ray J Off Scoot-E-Bike After Kicking It With Donald Trump
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Dr. Darrell Scott / Twitter Ray J has earned plenty of goodwill over the years despite antics here and there that would render most careers to fade if not flat out because obsolete. The singer and entrepreneur might need to retool his image with many after he made a visit with former President Donald Trump in Florida. Page Six exclusively reports that Ray J, 41, traveled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Tuesday (Jan. 25). According to the outlet, it was revealed by Ray J’s manager that the singer was there to talk about his plans to promote other business owners like himself in the business world and launch a series of initiatives that would assist with that effort. “I’ve always admired and respected his business acumen,” Ray J told the outlet. “Our co...
Kanye West Says ‘DONDA 2’ Drops In February, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @kanyewest / Instagram Kanye West has been a busy man of late. Along with the media attention-grabbing behavior including his takes on co-parenting and styling his rebound, Ye has been working on DONDA 2, and says it will be out in February. The “Power” rapper took to Instagram to make the announcement. Per Ye, the album will be out on February 2, 2022, and is also being executive produced by star Atlanta rapper Future. This is where we point out that Ye’s career is marked with a bunch of sequel albums that never actually came to fruition including Yeezus 2, Turbo Grafx 16 and Watch the Throne 2. This rather tight timeline also makes you wonder if Ye is going to throw any elaborate listening parties like he did for DONDA. Nevertheless, it wasn’t stopped h...
Jaz-O Says He Gave Jay-Z The Gun He Used To Shoot His Own Brother
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty One of Jay-Z‘s most underrated and overlooked songs is 1997’s “You Must Love Me” in which he revealed that he actually shot his own brother over some jewelry and while we never got a full story behind that scenario, Jaz-O recently shed some light on that ordeal. In an interview with DJ Vlad for VLAD TV, Jay-Z’s former partner-in-rhyme actually revealed that he was the man who gave Jay the gun that he used to clap his own brother. Confirming that Jay actually did shoot his own brother, Jaz does say “to be honest I don’t even think that he was aiming to like really hit him. In his defense, in all honesty, he just wanted give this ni**a a scare,” before revealing, “and it was my gun.” Related Stories In the song Jay-Z rapped “Runnin’ aroun...
Texas Bar Manager Says “No Saggin, Durags or Wave Caps” Sign Isn’t Racist. But Isn’t It?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Twitter / Twitter It’s well known in the Black community that certain styles of dress, particularly styles created by us, are stigmatized as “thuggish,” “ghetto” or otherwise unbecoming. For example: Around the time Trayvon Martin‘s killing was heavily in the news, there was a national side-discussion around whether or not young Black men were doing themselves any favors by continuing to wear hoodies considering how the article of clothing is often associated with gangsters and thugs. Often absent from that discussion was an acknowledgment of the fact that hoodies were never exclusively worn by gangsters and thugs as they have also always commonly been worn by regular-degular Negros. The negative associations and perceptions of Black styles of dress are r...
Peep The Trailer To Netflix’s Doc ‘RACE: Bubba Wallace’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Bubba Wallace made a name for himself as one of the best Nascar drivers in a sport that’s not only dominated by white men, but also Confederate Flag-loving white men. Dealing with all kinds of backlash and racism because of the color of his skin and his support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Bubba has been through a lot in his young career already and in an upcoming Netflix docuseries, RACE: Bubba Wallace, we get an inside look at the struggles that the Jordan Brand athlete has had to deal with. In the trailer to the upcoming docuseries, we see just how real things got for Bubba at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement was powering through America and the backlash he got from not only Nascar fans, but his own racing peers. It ...
Yolanda Vega The Voice of The New York Lottery Calls it A Career
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN / WENN The preeminent and highly popular voice that New Yorkers and many nationwide loved, Yolanda Vega, has officially retired from her decades-long position as an announcer with the state’s lottery commission. As reported on Wednesday by the New York Times(January 26th), the Twitter account for New York Lottery announced that Vega, the star announcer with the distinctive introduction “I’m Yo-LAHNNN-da Vega!” that fans across the state symbolized with hitting the jackpot retired. The tweet read, “Yolanda Vega, our iconic Draw Team member, has retired after an incredible 32 years. We truly hit the jackpot by having her as a part of the New York Lottery family. Let’s send her off in the comments below by posting our favorite Yolanda Vega memories. #pl...
‘NY Times’ Examines Alpo Martinez’s Double Life In Witness Protection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hugh Brown / Getty Alpo Martinez has been dead for months and his story continues to get more interesting. A new article explores his double life as a member of the witness protection program. This week The New York Times printed an in depth piece that examined Albert “Alpo” Martinez’s life after being released from prison in 2015 after serving 35-year sentence for 14 counts of murder. He would be then relocated to Lewiston, Maine under the alias Abraham Rodriguez and worked as a construction worker. Writer Ali Watkins spoke to several individuals who knew him as an easy going fellow. “He was the nicest neighbor,” said Marissa Ritchey. “He was always polite, nice with the dog. You never would have thought anything. He was one of the decent ones. He’d...
Michigan Police Officers Sued Over Targeting Black Athletes In A Coverup
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matthew Hatcher / Getty The police department in a small town in Michigan is facing heavy scrutiny after a lawsuit levied against it by a former high school student, charging that officers were racist in targeting Black athletes while covering up a hazing scandal. According to reports, the lawsuit was brought against the Warren, Michigan police department by Cleveland Harville, a former student at Warren De Lasalle High School. Harville was one of seven Black male students at the all-boys Catholic high school who were charged with misdemeanors related to a hazing scandal in 2020. The accusations claimed that these students who were athletes were holding down younger athletes on the locker room floor and forcibly prodding their bare buttocks and legs with ...
HHW Gaming: Activision Plans On Releasing The Next 3 ‘Call of Duty’ Games On PlayStation: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PlayStation owners who love Call of Duty can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being. Per Bloomberg, despite being tentatively gobbled up by Microsoft, Activision plans on releasing the next three Call of Duty games on both PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The news is comforting to PlayStation console users who were worried that the beloved first-person shooter would become an Xbox exclusive once the earth-shaking deal is approved. Bloomberg reports that Activision already planned to bring “the next few” Call of Duty titles to the PlayStation consoles sometime before the announcement of the acquisition. This news comes after CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer revealed he had spoken with Sony telling the comp...
Kim Kardashian Rep Say There Is No 2nd Sex Tape On Laptop Kanye Got From Ray J
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty In a recent interview on Hollywood Unlocked, Kanye West surprisingly revealed that he retrieved a laptop from Ray J personally which had supposedly contained an unseen sex tape of Kim Kardashian and Ray, but apparently that wasn’t the case. According to Page Six a rep for Kim Kardashian confirms that the laptop in question does exist, but after reviewing its contents it did not in fact have a second sex tape featuring Kim. Related Stories “The computer and hard drive collected were supposed to contain the original video and any unseen footage. After review, there was nothing sexual unseen, only footage on the plane on the way to Mexico and footage at a club and restaurant on the same trip,” read the statement.” “Kim remains firm i...
J. Cole, Kid Cudi & Halsey To Headline 2022 Governors Ball
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 The 2022 Governors Ball is set to go down this summer on June 10 and the headliners have been revealed via their Instagram page and no, Travis Scott is not one of them. Headlining the three-day summer event that’s set to take place at Citi Field in New York City will be Kid Cudi (June 10), Halsey (June 11), and J. Cole (June 12). Aside from the three headliners, the concert will also feature over 60 other of your favorite music artists including Migos, Jack Harlow, Playboi Carti, and many many more. No Bobby Shmurda with the Mets hat? Seems like a missed opportunity. Still, should be hella lit. Related Stories Tickets for the event go on sale on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 11:59 a.m. EST with Citi Card holders getting first dibs...
MAGA Twitter Gets Faulty Edges Owner Candace Owens Trending Over Pipe Dream Supreme Court Bid
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Davis / Getty Candace Owens might be a lot of things and plenty of them unsavory may we add, but could you imagine her as a U.S. Supreme Court justice? Apparently, the dusty roadways of MAGA Twitter seem to think so. The fiercely intense segment of the social media network tends to attach itself to its edgeless warrior queen in Candace Owens, propping her up as the leading example of how Black folks should divest from the Democratic Party and liberal politics. Owens happily leans into her role as a Black leader in the conservative space and was delighted at Twitter making mention of her for the pipe dream bid for the nation’s highest court. “Am I really trending because America wants me to be the next Supreme Court justice? What an honor!” rea...
