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Ye Compares Himself To Emmett Till On Instagram
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty In another shocking post on social media, Ye aka Kanye West likens the backlash he’s recently received to being lynched like Emmett Till. On Sunday (Oct. 30), Ye went on Instagram to attack Ari Emanuel, the CEO of the media agency Endeavor which owns a major stake in the UFC. He posted the picture of Emmett Till, grossly disfigured after he was lynched in 1955 in his casket. The image, first published in Jet Magazine with the permission of the 14-year-old’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley, is regarded as a key symbol that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWifKayDsy/ In the caption to the post he wrote, “Ari Emmanuel Can you find a place for the Donda Academy kids to go to school that’s properly zoned for a school? I go...
Chief Twit Elon Musk Is Pushing For Twitter To Charge For Verification, Users Think That’s A Bad Idea
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NurPhoto / Getty Elon Musk, aka Phony Stark, aka “Chief Twit,” is on a mission to ruin Twitter, and so far, he’s doing a pretty good damn job. The Musk era at Twitter has officially begun, and it’s already a clusterf*** thanks to some critical firings, the rise of N-Word usage, the return of problematic Twitter users, and one decision that has Twitter users already scratching their heads. The Verge reports that Elon Musk has told his company to find a way to implement a way to start charging people to have the highly-coveted blue verification check next to their names. The Tesla chief has given the Twitter team to get the plan up and running by Nov. 7, or Musk will fire them. Per The Verge: The directive is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s opti...
Ye Makes George Floyd Apology All About Himself
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Ye fka Kanye West continues to make even his most devoted fans question their allegiance. The recently less rich rapper attempted to apologize for spreading false claims about George Floyd’s death, but ended up making it all about himself in woe-is-me fashion. Back when he still had deals with Gap and adidas, Ye stated on Drink Champs that Floyd died because of fentanyl. This, of course, is patently false, with professionals asserting Floyd passed because of a lack of oxygen. as his murderer, Derek Chauvin, knelt directly on his neck. Soon after, the Floyd family threaten to sue Ye for $250 million for the false statement. On Friday (Oct. 28), Ye attempted a quasi-apology while speaking to paparazzi. “It hurt my people, it hurt the Black peop...
Free Thinker Kyrie Irving Stands By Suspect Tweet, Not Going To “Stand Down”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Elsa / Getty Kyrie Irving is going to Kyrie Irving. The superstar NBA point guard with the questionable social media decision-making skills is mired in controversy due to one of his latest tweets, and apparently, he’s not backing down. In case you need to get up to speed, Irving shared a tweet on Thursday (Oct. 27) of ‘Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,’ with a link to purchase the film (it’s still up) and the doc is widely described as antisemitic, or at least per Rolling Stone. Considering the spiral everyone is witnessing with Kanye West due to his antisemitic rhetoric, the timing of the tweet couldn’t be any worse. Nets owner Joe Tsai took to Twitter the next day to essentially slam Irving for the tomfoolery, and the NBA would issue a st...
Diddy Dressed Up As Heath Ledger’s The Joker For Halloween, Twitter Approves
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @Diddy / Instagram You can tell that Sean “Diddy” Combs goes all in for Halloween. This year, the Hip-Hop mogul got dressed us as The Joker of Batman infamy, and he absolutely snapped. The man known as Love took his aesthetic cues from Heath Ledger’s version of the Clown Prince of Crime from The Dark Knight Rises. If you didn’t know it was Diddy, who wouldn’t know it was Diddy. Even crazy ass himself Tyler, The Creator was smiling in appreciation. “This is top tier,” said Tyler after bumping into Joker Diddy while in an SUV. The laugh does need a bit of work, though. And in other news, Diddy is now officially a billionaire—after replacing Kanye West on the list. Cold world. See more reactions below. 5. For any haters in the back…
Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III Dies At 75
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III has died at the age of 73 after serving for decades as a pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City’s Harlem community. “It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, lll, who peacefully transitioned in the early morning of October 28, 2022,” the church wrote in a statement announcing Butts’ death. “The Butts Family and entire Abyssinian Baptist Church membership solicit your prayers for us in our bereavement.” In a statement sent to NewsOne, Rev. Al Sharpton said Butts “was a major pillar in the Harlem community and is irreplaceable.” He was a dominant faith and academic leader for decades. We knew each other for more than 40 years, an...
MAGA Ye’s Donda Academy Is NOT Closing For The School Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Kanye’s spiral out of control continues, but thankfully it is not affecting the kids. Contrary to reports Donda Academy is not closing for the school year. As spotted on Complex, MAGA Ye could probably mess up a cup of coffee at this point, but his recent actions are not going to be a deterrent to his school. Earlier this week Donda Academy’s principal, Jason Angell, sent out an email to the parents of the student body. The message took families by surprise as it announced the institution would be shutting down for the rest of the academic calendar. “First, we would like to express our gratitude for the community of families and scholars that Donda Academy brought together. However, at the discretion of our Founder, Donda Academy w...
Wyclef Jean Joins The Board Of The Harlem Festival Of Culture
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Harlem Festival of Culture The award-winning musician Wyclef Jean is the latest major figure to join the group behind the reboot of the iconic music festival, the Harlem Festival of Culture. On Thursday (Oct. 27), the Harlem Festival of Culture announced that the Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor & musician would be joining the organization. The role that he has been appointed to is Chair of the Music Advisory Board. As Chair, the Fugees member will be the main person tasked with bringing in artists to bolster support for the festival from the community and be an advisor to the executive leadership of the group. “I am thrilled to join HFC as Chair of their Music Advisory Board. On a personal note, Harlem has always held a specia...
HHW Gaming: NBA 2K League Bans Players For Getting Their Virtual Pete Rose On By Gambling On League Games
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Stobe / Getty Gambling has found its way to the NBA 2K League. Unfortunately, it’s not the fans doing the betting. It’s the players and one coach. Spotted on The Verge, the NBA 2K League announced in a statement the indefinite suspension of six players and a coach “indefinitely” for getting their virtual Pete Rose on by betting on the games. Per The Verge: The suspended players include Christopher Lafanette, Dorian Earl Miller, and Robert Nastasi from the league’s affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers; Zekirri Dennis of Mavs Gaming; and Kimanni Ingram of Jazz Gaming, who the league said “wagered or attempted to wager on NBA 2K League games, either on their own or through other individuals, and also violated the rules by failing to report violations...
BRUH: Ye aka Kanye West Allegedly A Huge Fan Of Hitler Per “Sources”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty As the fallout over his antisemitic remarks ensues, Ye aka Kanye West is now being accused of being a huge fan of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. According to reports, several people that once were close to the YEEZUS artist claim that he’s had an intense fascination with the leader of the Nazi regime in Germany. A business executive who once worked with Ye said that there was a distinct hostile work environment present, and it was tied to this obsession he had with Hitler. “He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people,” the person said to CNN. The executive would eventually leave his position ...
Phony Stark aka Elon Musk Closes On Twitter Deal, Lays Off Execs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Elon Musk has officially closed the deal to acquire Twitter, and one of his first immediate actions was to fire three lead executives at the company. According to reports, the billionaire had to finalize the deal by Friday (Oct. 28) per the terms of the agreement he made to purchase the social media platform. He announced the closure on Twitter with a simple message: “the bird is freed.” He wasted no time in making changes, as Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Head of Legal Policy, Trust, and Safety Vijaya Gadde were immediately fired. Reports stated that they left the San Francisco offices soon after the decision. The move was expected, as Musk had been highly critical of higher management in the months leading up to th...
Ex-SNL Star Chris Redd Catches Vicious Fade Outside Of NYC Comedy Club
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cindy Ord / Getty Chris Redd is lucky to have made it to see another day. The former Saturday Night Live comedian was brutally attacked outside of an NYC comedy club this week. As spotted on TMZ the funny man was ambushed on Wednesday, October 26. Reports say he was posted outside of the Comedy Cellar, one of New York City’s longstanding venues for laughs. But out of nowhere he was attacked viciously by an unnamed assailant who onlookers say was equipped with brass knuckles. Individuals who were on the scene say the perpetrator was accompanied by another man; the duo were spotted waiting outside of the venue for an hour prior to Redd’s arrival. The St. Louis, Missouri native didn’t suffer any life-threatening injuries but he was treated at Bellevue Hospit...
