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Ye AKA Kanye West Under Investigation For Allegedly Punching Fan
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOCE/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is at the center of a police investigation after a fan claims that the rapper allegedly punched him after seeking an autograph. The incident took place in Los Angeles in the city’s downtown section. Local outlet Fox 11 News broke the story first. The incident took place outside near the Soho Warehouse early Thursday morning (Jan. 13), although it isn’t known if Ye was an attendee of the establishment. More from Fox 11: Related Stories The alleged victim said that around 3 a.m., he spotted the Chicago native leaving the SoHo Warehouse located near the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and 7th Street. The venue is an exclusive members-only club that includes a rooftop bar and a restaurant. The fan s...
The Box That Rocks: Ralph McDaniels On The Legacy of Video Music Box
Before Yo! MTV Raps and Rap City, the Tri- State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut had the gift Video Music Box, hosted by VJ Ralph McDaniels and the Vid Kid aka Lionel C. Martin. It was like Santa came into our homes every day at 3:30pm, but instead of a chimney, he came through channel 31. When the introduction of the show kicked off, a large boom box in front of the NYC skyline and Whodini’s “5 Minutes of Funk” playing in the background, viewers were hypnotized for an hour with videos from local, now globally recognized artists, and any party anywhere in the area. In 1983, a music show called Studio 31 was released, which eventually morphed into Video Music Box—airing Monday – Friday (and early Saturday afternoons), unless a soccer game came on and we would be almost br...
Kanye West “Heaven And Hell,” Boosie Badazz “My Eyes Hurt” & More | Daily Visuals 1.12.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Ever since the release of his latest album, Donda, Kanye West been making all kinds of headlines from basically begging Kim Kardashian to take him back to dating Hollywood actress, Julia Fox. Still, the man is a musician/artist at heart and today released some interesting visuals for one of his album’s most interesting cuts. In his clip for “Heaven and Hell,” Ye takes viewers for a trip into the projects before a masked Yeezus decends from the sky to begin the rapture and has everyone float into the sky. This man really on some spiritual sh*t. Wonder what he and Vladimir Putin are going to converse about when Kanye takes his Sunday Service show to Russia soon. Back in the South Boosie Badazz burns some weed and gets so twisted he can barely keep his eyes open as ...
Roddy Ricch Pulls Out of ‘SNL’ Performance Due To The Rona
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The Omicron variant of the Coronavirus might not be shutting down business and shuttering schools, but it’s definitely touching damn near everyone including many of your favorite celebrities and disrupting their gigs. Now Roddy Ricch is the latest big name that the Rona might’ve come into contact with and due to possible exposure to the virus, RR will not be able to take the stage at his scheduled gig on Saturday Night Live. Variety is reporting that the “Late At Night” rapper has pulled out of his upcoming SNL appearance this Saturday (Jan. 15) due to COVID exposure on his team. SNL moved quick to replace his absence and were able to get the Jack Antonoff-led band Bleachers to take his place on such short notice. That was hella ...
Jason Momoa & Lisa Bonet Announce End To Marriage, Twitter Reacted As Expected
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mike Coppola / Getty The union of Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet seemed to be unbreakable and owned distinction as one of the entertainment industry’s hottest couples. On Wednesday (Jan. 12), the pair issued a joint statement saying that the two would be parting ways, prompting some expected responses from the Twitter masses. Taking to Momoa’s Instagram page, the statement of the split was eloquent and kind as expected of such a long partnership. From the IG post: We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding ~and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring And so~ We share our Family news~ That we are parting ways in marriage. We share this not because we thi...
Wild Bill: Fans Allege That Kodak Black Was Clapping Cheeks At Florida Panthers Game
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Joel Auerbach / Getty To say that Kodak Black is a wild boy would be an understatement considering how often he’s made headlines for his statements and actions over the years. The Florida rapper’s latest viral moment took place at the unlikeliest place — a Florida Panthers hockey game where it was assumed he was having a little X-rated fun. Eagle-eyed Panthers season ticket holder @David954FLA shared a video of the home team taking on the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday (Jan. 11). Using a smartphone camera, the fuzzy image shows Kodak and his fiancé Mellow Rackz getting into a moment that, from a distance, appeared to look like some bedroom activity. However, most folks are chiming in to say that Mellow Racz was just twerking with vigor in fro...
Kanye West Doc To Play In Theaters Ahead Of Netflix Premiere
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix It seems the official Kanye West story will hit the big screen prior to landing on Netflix. Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy will premiere in theatres next month. As spotted on Rolling Stone the project detailing the Chicago, Illinois native’s come up prior to the stardom will get a unique roll out. According to the feature Act 1 of Netflix’s three-part documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is getting slotted for a nationwide theatrical release on February 10. This will be exactly one week prior to the film series will being available on the platform. This is the first time the streaming giant has planned a launch like this for a movie that was not vying for Oscar Award consideration. Related Stories “For any fan or stud...
House 5: Even Twitter “You Can Only Live In One House” Memes Are Gentrified
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: VioletaStoimenova / Getty A popular Twitter meme floating around that uses the “You can only live in one house” theme leans heavily into one genre while barely giving a nod to Hip-Hop. Despite the dozens of rock and metal bands mentioned in the meme replete with artists across the aforementioned genres, the house centered on Rap acts sticks out like a sore thumb. This is not a diss towards Travis Akers, who was most likely just having a little fun with the meme. But across the nine houses with six artists listed in each, only one is devoted to Hip-Hop. Amid names like Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, and other favorites of the cul-de-sac, the Hip-Hop house offering pales in number and diversity of sound. House ...
Marvel Got A Gang of Movies & Series Dropping in 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ After the COVID-19 pandemic gave millions of fanboys a break from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel has slowly but surely gotten back on track with it’s Disney+ series and blockbuster films in 2021. Now it further plans on making up for lost time with a slew of new movies and Disney+ series in 2022 and we’re as excited as can be. Planning on expanding their already successful cinematic universe by adding more superheroes such as She-Hulk and Moon Knight, Marvel has revealed this year’s slate of series and movies and it’s going to be a doozy. Having ended 2021 with the new classic known as Spider-Man: Far From Home, Marvel Studios will continue to expand on the multiverse aspect of their world in Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Mad...
Nelly Responds To Woman Who Claims She Returned $300K & Only Got $100 Reward
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Legato / Getty We are only a couple of weeks into the new year and the internet is already interneting. Nelly says that a woman’s claims about returning luggage filled with money to him are false. As spotted on Complex the St. Louis, Missouri native has no idea what an unidentified woman is talking about on social media. Last week she took to Instagram and claimed she found a duffle bag that contained over $300,000 dollars in cash. While it isn’t clear where she found it or how she knew it belonged to Pimp Juice, she went on to return it to him and only was awarded a mere $100 dollars. In the clip the woman can be seen with some of her friends and as a man narrates the alleged jig. “We up here at the bowling alley, she found Nelly bag, it had $...
Dr. Fauci Slams Rand Paul For False Claims Inspiring Threats Against Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Gettyfauic The top infectious disease specialist in the U.S., Dr. Anthony Fauci, slammed Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) once again for making inflammatory statements about him during a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. During the Senate Health, Education, Pensions and Labor Committee hearing discussing the present COVID-19 variants held on Tuesday (January 10th), Republican Senator Rand Paul accused Dr. Fauci of using his government position to defame three conservative academic professionals who didn’t share his viewpoints and opposed lockdowns in 2020. It was found that Fauci merely sent an email to colleagues containing a link to an article debunking “herd immunity” claims. “In usual fashion, Senator, you are distorting everything about me,” F...
Reebok & Bape To Drop Some New Colorways Of Instapump Fury & Classic Club C 85
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok Collaborating clothing brands are all the craze these days as hypebeasts and fashionado’s go gaga over two hot brands dropping exclusive capsule collections and the latest collaborative drop will be coming courtesy of Reebok and A Bathing Ape. Source: Reebok / Reebok A few weeks ago the two teased the upcoming collaboration but now we got a look at what they have in store and it’s going to be a problem. For their highly anticipated drop, Bape will be giving the colorful camouflage treatment to Reebok’s Instapump Fury while keeping it casually clean with the Classic Club C 85. Giving their signature camo imprint on the Instapump Fury’s, Bape decided to get extra colorful with the silhouette instead of going the traditional green camouf...
