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Travis Scott Requests That Astroworld Lawsuit Against Him Be Dismissed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty The Astroworld aftermath continues. Travis Scott is asking that he not be included as a defendant in a lawsuit. As spotted on TMZ, the Texas native is trying to disconnect himself from what should have came to him as no surprise. After the several tragedies and losses at the recent music festival, several attendees have filed lawsuits against Live Nation, NRG Park, and the city of Houston. An individual named Jessie Garcia included Scott in court documents citing that the rapper is also is responsible for his stress and damages. According to the filings obtained by the celebrity gossip news outlet, the “Sicko Mode” rapper is asking the courts to dismiss the suit with prejudice so he, his company Jack Enterprises, and his Cactu...
Source Says Khloe Kardashian Is “Ignoring” News Of Tristan Thompson Paternity Suit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Steph Chambers / Getty Chatter online has been robust regarding Houston personal trainer Maralee Nichols, who filed a paternity suit against professional basketball player and cheat-on-you-ologist Tristan Thompson over child support. Nichols, who claims her newborn son is actually the third child fathered by the NBA big man, says that the boy was conceived in March around Thompson’s 30th birthday while he was still reportedly dating Khloé Kardashian. The on-again, off-again nature of Thompson and Kardashian’s relationship completely points to the fact that the Canadian-born center has more triple-doubles in infidelity stats than he does rebounds, blocks, and points on the court. If you happen to be wondering how the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star—wh...
Swizz Beatz Frustrated With Inebriated Artists, Tardiness for ‘Verzuz’ Battles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Swizz Beatz has announced a new change in policy regarding tolerated artist behavior during the live-streamed Verzuz battles and many fans seem to be in agreement. Last week during the Verzuz battle between Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia, Swizz Beatz took to the comments on Instagram to share his frustrations with fans regarding the attitudes and demands artists participating in the event have requested. Related Stories The seemingly pointed comments call out artists for not only showing up to the performance late but also inebriated–a policy that Swizz announced is going to be changed. “New rule, if you don’t start on time you don’t get paid on time!!! Verzuz is not free!! They charge us 5x they do non black shows. Culture,” ...
Drake Withdraws ‘Certified Lover Boy’ From Grammy Consideration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty This year’s Grammy Awards will be without Drake as the Certified Lover Boy has withdrawn himself from music’s most prestigious award show. Variety is reporting that the Recording Academy has confirmed that Drake and his management has taken himself out of the running of two rap categories including Best Rap Performance (“Way 2 Sexy”) and Best Rap Album (‘Certified Lover Boy’). The reason for Drake’s withdrawal wasn’t given. Rather than replacing the Toronto rapper’s vacated slot voting will be determined with the four remaining nominees in each respective category. It’s presumed that there isn’t adequate time for a replacement as the voting period is already underway. Drake’s self-removal is unprecedented but it may have so...
War Is Coming In New Trailer For ‘The Matrix: Resurrections’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. We’re just a few weeks away from returning to The Matrix and learning exactly what Neo’s been up to since he sacrificed himself for the greater good in The Matrix: Revolutions and though the buzz for The Matrix: Resurrections isn’t exactly on Spider-Man: No Way Home levels, we’re still pretty hype about this. Today we got our latest trailer to the upcoming installment in The Matrix franchise and in it we get some more tidbits about what’s going on and how it’s going down. Naturally things revolve around a Neo (Keanu Reeves) who’s seemingly suffering from amnesia as he’s been living a new life without a clue as to who he is or at one point was. As his new friends begin to jog his memory by taking him to familiar places from his ...
Stacey Abrams Announces 2022 Run for Governor of Georgia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ERIC BARADAT / Getty Stacey Abrams is officially back in the political race. According to her announcement last week, Abrams formally announced her second candidacy for governor of Georgia after previously being cheated out of the position by current Governor, Brian Kemp, in 2018. Although she wasn’t on the ballot for 2020, it’s no secret that her efforts through her voter’s rights organization, Fair Fight, Abrams not only helped build the Democratic party presence in the state, leading to victories for Joe Biden and Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock— resulting in united and uncontested support from her party. While many are anticipating a historic victory for Abrams, it’s the possibility of the state making history with all four major part...
Slow News Week: Vice President Kamala Harris Trending For Not Using Bluetooth Headphones
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Maybe because the news week was slow or someone needed to get some traffic going on their site, Vice President Kamala Harris made the trending rounds for reasons not exactly tied to her political duties. The former senator was the talk of social media after a news piece came out noting that Harris uses wired headphones instead of Bluetooth wireless headphones for reasons that should make sense yet piqued the interests of grizzled journalists all the same. POLITICO released a newsletter on Monday (Dec. 6) with a portion of the release titled “Kamala Harris is Bluetooth-phobic,” which was seemingly framed to elicit the kind of chatter that followed. The tone of the story almost came from a snarky place but that’s hard to prove. Take...
50 Cent Actually Apologizes To Madonna For Roasting Her On Social Media
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Gries / Getty Anyone’s who ever had a run-in with 50 Cent knows that getting him to apologize is like pulling teeth from a shark, but it seems like Madonna was able to do just that. Getting 50 to apologize we mean, not the shark thing. Last week, Fiddy reposted a picture of the “Material Girl” singer in fishnet stockings and clowned her in the caption to the now deleted post saying “Yo this is the funniest shit! LOL… that’s Madonna under the bed trying to do like a virgin at 63. she shot out, if she don’t get her old ass up. LMFAO.” In true 50 fashion, the G-Unit general continued to roast the iconic singer by reposting peoples responses in which they piled on his joke with photoshopped images of Madonna’s fishnet laced legs under a house a la The W...
DaBaby Gets Las Vegas Case Dismissed, Paid Alleged Victim $7500
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby has one less case to deal with in his life of struggle, at least when music isn’t involved. The Charlotte rapper’s battery case in Las Vegas has been dismissed. Remember last year when a driver said DaBaby put hands on him, allegedly, while the rapper was in Sin City? That’s a wrap, for a fee. Reports TMZ: Related Stories According to online court records, the misdemeanor battery charge was dismissed with prejudice … meaning the case is over and done, and can’t be refiled. The Clark County District Attorney’s Office tells TMZ … the charges were dismissed because DaBaby satisfied everything prosecutors asked him to do in order to resolve the case, including paying the alleged victim $7,500 and staying out of trouble. ...
NYC Announces New Vaccination Mandate For Private Employees
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spencer Platt / Getty New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has made the decision to require a vaccination mandate for all private-sector workers in the metropolis, citing the dangers of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as the reason. In his daily press conference on Monday morning (December 6th) from City Hall, Mayor de Blasio announced the mandate, which requires private companies to require that their employees who work with other employees in a physical workspace get vaccinated. The mandate is expected to go into effect on December 27th. One key element of the new mandate, which applies to 184,000 businesses in New York City, removes the option of those employees who are currently unvaccinated to get tested weekly. They have to have at least one do...
T-Boz Slammed For Allegedly Nudging Nicki Minaj & Cardi B Beef, TLC Member Says She Was Hacked
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Scott Legato / Getty TLC member Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins caught the wrath of Twitter after seemingly egging on a potential beef between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. Twitter took note of the alleged jab and did their best to drag T-Boz back to the 1990s. The Jasmine Brand shared a video of Cardi B and Offset heading into club E11EVEN in Miami, Fla., with someone using T-Boz’s account to reply “Poor Nicki Minaj” in the comments. The slander towards T-Boz was swift and expected, prompting the singer to fire back her own comments stating that she was hacked. “MY ACCOUNT WAS HACKED IM ON A ZOOM CALL/MEETING SO I DONT KNOW WHAT WAS SAID OR WHATS HAPPENING YET BUT I SAID NOTHING ABOUT @nickiminaj AT ALL,” T-Boz wrote. She also added a longer statement and shared...
Can’t Believe: Stevie J Request Spousal Support From Faith Evans
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Another celebrity couple is calling it quits and as expected the break up is already getting difficult. Stevie J is now asking for spousal support from Faith Evans. As spotted on The Blast the producer turned reality television star is requesting that his soon to be ex-wife keep him a float while they negotiate their split. According to the legal documentation obtained by the website the former Bad Boy Entertainment music man he has asked the local courts for a monthly payment from Faith. On top of that he also noted that she should not be able to collect any monies from him. Yes you read that correctly. In the filings he stated that they officially tied the knot on July 17, 2018 and were married for about three years. The ...
