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Tyga Ducks Felony Domestic Violence Violence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tom Nook / MEGA / WENNnews Tyga just caught a break. The “Rack City” rapper won’t be charged with felony domestic violence, but he isn’t exactly off the hook either. According to TMZ, some recent legal maneuvers mean no felony charge for Tyga. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the police passed the rapper’s DV case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office so they could decide if they wanted to file charges against Tyga. But, according to the L.A. County D.A. … the case has now been kicked over to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office … and that means he won’t be charged with a felony because only the D.A.’s Office can charge folks with a felony. Back in October, Tyga was pinched for felony domestic violence after he was accused of putting ha...
Butt-Hurt & MAGA Twitter Gets #LeSnitch Trending Because LeBron James Gets Tasteless Fans Ejected
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Andy Lyons / Getty LeBron James attracts loads of attention after being one of the leading figures of the modern NBA for the past two decades, naturally gathering some haters along the way. While playing at Indiana, James got a pair of fans booted for saying tasteless things from their courtside seats, and the cowards of Butt-Hurt & MAGA Twitter are focusing on the wrong things but getting #LeSnitch trending. Ever since James called out Crier-On-Demand Kyle Rittenhouse for his orchestrated tears, MAGA nutballs and Second Amendment champions have tried to find anything on the Los Angeles Lakers superstar to pick apart. Earlier this week, that segment of social media tried to use the fracas that took place between the Lakers and the Pi...
COVID-19 Variant B.1.1.529 Raises Concerns Across South Africa
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: piola666 / Getty COVID-19 is still very much a part of our daily lives and while vaccinations and other mitigating factors have helped, the world is still in the grips of a pandemic. Earlier this week, a virologist in London discovered the B.1.1.529, raising concerns across South Africa at the moment. Dr. Tom Peaccok of Imperial College shared his findings via a string of tweets on Tuesday (Nov. 23) and others have chimed in with thoughts from his field of study. “Just spotted: very small cluster of variant associated with Southern Africa with very long branch length and really awful Spike mutation profile including RBD – K417N, N440K, G446S, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493K, G496S, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H,” began Peacock’s Twitter thread. Peacock added, “Worth emp...
#NationalDayOfMourning: The National Day Of Mourning Dispels Myths Of Thanksgiving
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Boston Globe / Getty The National Day of Mourning stands opposite of the tradition of Thanksgiving and the long-running myths that surround the American holiday. The annual event is largely recognized in the greater New England region and held at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Mass. The National Day of Mourning began due to happenstance after schoolteacher Wamsutta Frank James, who was also the leader of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, and president of the Federated Eastern Indian League. In 1970, James was invited to deliver a speech for the 350th anniversary of the Mayflower to American shores. Organizers asked to proofread James’ speech, finding that his words were too controversial and axed his appearance. An amended version of James’ speech appears ...
What Is The National Day Of Mourning?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Boston Globe / Getty People with their eyes open to accurate history have been aware of the Thanksgiving jig for a long minute. Many Indigenous folks curve the false narrative (the Indians and Pilgrims had a happy feast, yeah right) of the holiday and instead have been observing the National Day of Mourning. But what exactly is it? Let’s start with what you probably learned in school was that the Pilgrims and Puritans brought their tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving to New England in the 1600s, and in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts thanksgiving was established thanks to a good harvest. They allegedly celebrated with the Wampanoags, Native Americans whose land would eventually be pilfered by the colonizers, but more on that later. Thank...
Luka Dončić Flirts With Triple Double In Return, T’d Up For Calling Terrence Mann “Too Small”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Sean M. Haffey / Getty Luka Dončić is just 22 years old but many have hailed him as the league’s best young player due to his varied skill set. In his return to the Dallas Mavericks lineup, Luka flirted with a triple-double and was slapped with a technical foul after having some choice words for Los Angeles Clippers player Terrence Mann. Luka emerged as one of the NBA’s top superstars and is the cornerstone of the Mavs, who are now coached by former star player Jason Kidd. After recovering from ankle and knee injuries, Luka poured in 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists to go along with a lot of trash-talking and a big boost from Kristaps Porziņģis, who scored 30 points and hauled in 7 boards. The Mavs took on the Clippers at the Staples Center wher...
Back At It: Fetty Wap Performs Live For The First Time Since Arrest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fetty Wap is finally back on stage. He recently performed his first live show since being booked for his alleged role in a drug ring. As spotted on Page Six the New Jersey rapper is back to bringing his music to life for his fans. Last week the “679” MC performed at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday, November 21. As a surprise guest during DJ Spin King’s set, the Paterson native did a medley of his hits and all signs pointed to a warm reception from the crowd in attendance. After the show he joined Spin King in a interview with Nyla Simone. “I really feel the highlight was Fetty,” SpinKing said. “Fetty went crazy. It’s Jersey and he got a lot of love.” Fetty then appeared t...
JJ Redick Slams Stephen A. Smith For Saying NBA Players Don’t Fear LeBron James
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nic Antaya / Getty JJ Redick may not have been an NBA All-Star, but he was one of the scrappiest and dependable guards in the league in his 15-year career. Now moving into the world of broadcasting, the former Duke University standout took on Stephen A. Smith after a debate over whether or not NBA players fear LeBron James the way they feared Michael Jordan. Redick was a guest analyst on ESPN’s First Take program on Tuesday (Nov. 23) with Smith and host Molly Qerim when the pair got into the entire situation that unfolded between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons when James elbowed Isiash Stewart in the eye and nearly sparked a brawl. Smith insisted that today’s players don’t fear King James in the same fashion past stars didn’t dare take o...
Ash Wednesday: Kevin Durant Gave Profane 12-Word Response To Ashy Leg Jokes On Twitter.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ron Schwane / Getty If you’re a Black person, you already know that that fall and winter can be hell on our skin due to the lack of humidity and moisture in the air. Kevin Durant showed full well how dry conditions can translate to dry skin much to his dismay, but the future Hall of Famer fired off a 12-word profane tweet to silence his critics. On Monday (Nov. 22), Slam Kicks posted a photo series from photographer Daren Scarberry, who wanted to show off KD’s kicks. A portion of Durant’s leg was shown and the condition of his skin was immediately zeroed in on. Black Twitter did what they had to do with the jokes as expected and while the chatter died down, folks are still digging their heels in. KD, famous for his responses on social media, crafted a han...
T-Rex Stomps The Yard In “The Prologue” To ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Universal / Unviersal Yes, the Jurassic World franchise is still going strong and to amp up the 2022 release of Jurassic World: Dominion, Universal has just dropped a prologue that’s sure to get JW fans amped up for next summer’s sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Beginning in the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, the quick clip demonstrates just how wild the Mesozoic era was as two T-Rex’s squared off to the death before a mosquito sucked some blood out of the lifeless loser. Fast forwarding to present day, a resurrected Tyrannosaurus rex runs amuck through a drive-in movie theater where interestingly enough it doesn’t actually eat anyone so much as stomps out a few cars as it finds itself on the run from some military personnel in a helicopt...
Clap For Him: JAY-Z Surpasses Quincy Jones To Become The Most Grammy Nominated Artist Ever
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty JAY-Z is having himself one hell of a year because the accomplishments keep rolling in. The Grammy nominations were revealed on Tuesday (Nov.24). The living Hip-Hop legend from Brooklyn has become one the most-nominated artists in Grammy Awards history after receiving three Grammy nods. JAY-Z passed Quince Jones. Before the news, the rapper and iconic multihyphenate both had 80 nominations. The news comes fresh off JAY-Z’s historic induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the release of The Harder They Fall, the Netflix film he produced that is garnering a lot of buzz in Hollywood. JAY-Z hasn’t released a solo project since 2017’s 4:44. His nominations come in the way of guest features on his “little brother,” Kanye ...
BLM Co-Founder Says Kyle Rittenhouse’s Support of Group Is “B.S.”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Erik McGregor / Getty The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse last week for his role in the shooting deaths of two men during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin has left many with a bad taste in their mouths, exacerbated by his recent assertion that he’s not a white supremacist and even supports Black Lives Matter. However, one prominent member of the activist group calls that support “B.S.” In an interview with TMZ, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles’s co-founder and chairwoman Melina Abdullah refuses to take Rittenhouse’s claims of support seriously. “They want to make him the young hero of white supremacy without him appearing to be a white supremacist”, she says in the video. The Cal State-LA professor previously touched on that point via social media. She support...
