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Renewed?: DaBaby Going Out On 1st Tour Since DaCancelation
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SMG John Paul Jones Arena / SMG John Paul Jones Arena DaBaby found himself potentially canceled, and out a number of paydays, thanks to homophobic commentary he dropped from the Rolling Loud Miami stage back in late July. But now it seems that plenty of people are forgiving enough to buy tickets to his shows, and the North Carolina rapper is heading back out on tour. It’s Rolling Loud that’s actually teaming up with DaBaby for the Live Show Killa Tour. The “Suge” rapper announced the tour over the weekend on his social media channels. “THE SHOW YOU THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER SEE AGAIN,” with a fire emoji wrote DaBaby along with a list of tour dates. Related Stories It looks like his winter is booked and busy. Opening on November 26 in Chicago, the tour wil...
Cardi B Named Host Of 2021 American Music Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B is continuing to break ground in vibrant form, this time as the official host of the upcoming 2021 American Music Awards. The five-time AMA winner broke the news through her Twitter account on Tuesday morning (November 2nd). “When I received the invite to host the AMAs, I was so excited,” the 29-year-old further expressed in a statement issued by host network ABC and co-producer MRC Live & Alternative. “I’m ready to bring my personality to the AMAs stage.” The “WAP” rapper will also be the fifth Black woman entertainer to host, following actress Tracee Ellis Ross (2017-18), R&B singer Ciara (2019), and actress Taraji P. Henson who took over last year. “We are immensely excited to have the dynamic Cardi B bri...
Nenobia Washington AKA The Queen of Brooklyn Cause Of Death Under Investigation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dupree Frederick / facebook Nenobia Washington, better known to many across social media as “The Queen of Brooklyn,” was found dead in New York over the weekend under circumstances that remained unknown until now. The speculative cause of Washington’s death has been discussed, although an official statement has not been made. TMZ shared in a report that they spoke exclusively with the father of Washington’s son, David Jackson, who informed the outlet that their son had a conversation with the mother prior to her death. It is being speculated that Washington jumped six stories to her death from a New York building but it hasn’t been reported if this was her home or a business. Related Stories Washington first came to fame in 2015 after an interview on the ...
Papoose ft. Lil Wayne “Thought I Was Gonna Stop,” Lil Uzi Vert “Demon High” & More | Daily Visuals 11.2.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Papoose has been on his grizzly as of late dropping new work but this latest collaboration isn’t one we can say we saw coming. While one might think he would’ve dropped something new with his wifey, Remy Ma, the Brooklyn rapper actually comes through with some new visuals for “Thought I Was Gonna Stop” with Lil Wayne! In the WillC & Tana directed video, Pap and Weezy keep their respective regional cultures on full display as Pap poses in front of a mountain of old school speakers and Wayne sits on a beach cruiser while sipping out a big Styrofoam cup. Pretty cool clip. Lil Uzi Vert meanwhile takes things back to high school in his visual for “Demon High” where a nerdy Uzi gets picked on by his Rocked out peers. Check out the rest of today’s drops including wo...
Peep The New Trailer To ‘Morbius’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Sony With word that the MCU’s Spider-Man and Sony’s Venom on a collision course in the near future with the Multverse about to pop off in the next Spider-Man film, it’s the perfect time to release the trailer for another Spidey villain cinematic debut. In the newest trailer to Sony’s Morbius, we get our best look at Jared Leto’s iteration of the classic Spider-Man villain, and with it quite a few Spider-Man and Venom references that’s sure to excite comic book fanboys across the board. Demonstrating how Dr. Michael Morbius transformed his human form into a vampire like being using cave bats to help cure him from a disease that rendered him crippled, the trailer goes on to give nods Spider-Man in the background with Michael Keaton (the MCU version...
The Gap Band Founding Member Ronnie Wilson Has Died
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty The Gap Band found measurable success in the ’70s and ’80s on the back of the powerhouse vocals of “Uncle” Charlie Wilson and his siblings, Robert and Ronnie Wilson. Founding member Ronnie Wilson died Tuesday morning (November 2) peacefully at home with family nearby. TMZ got exclusive details of Mr. Wilson’s passing from his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, who shared that the music legend died while holding her hand. Wilson suffered a stroke last week and didn’t recover and the outlet adds that the musician had suffered other strokes in the past. Mrs. Boulware-Wilson issued a brief statement in honor of her husband, which we’ll share below: The love of my life was called home this morning, at 10:01am. Please continue to pray fo...
Jay-Z Is Finally On Instagram, He’s The Only Person Beyoncé Follows, Naturally
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Jay-Z is finally, officially on the ‘Gram. Yesterday (November 2), Twitter and Instagram was ablaze with the news that Jay-Z had finally gotten his own Instagram page, and naturally his wife, Beyoncé pressed that “Follow” button on his page. That makes the number of people she’s following…1. That’s pretty exclusive company that Jay is in right now. Jay’s first and only post thus far is for that of the upcoming cowboy western film, The Harder They Fall, which features an all-Black cast including Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King, and LaKeith Stanfield amongst many others. Serving as an executive producer on the film and having some new material on the soundtrack, it makes sense that Jay would use the buzz around his new I...
Fetty Wap Arrested By FBI For Alleged Role In Opioid Drug Ring, What We Know
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested and is facing charges after allegedly being a part of a bicoastal opioid drug ring. According to Deadline, Fetty Wap, real name William Junior Maxwell, was arrested last week at New York’s CitiField on a two-count federal indictment. The “Trap Queen” rapper was going to be a part of the three-day Rolling Loud music festival at the New York Mets’ home stadium but never made it to the stage. After the arrest, Maxwell stood before a Long Island judge on charges of being what the government is calling a “kilogram-level dealer” of opioids. News of the arrest comes just a week after the release of The Butterfly Effect, the rapper’s second studio album—inspired largely by the death of his young daughte...
Dame Dash Says He’s Ready To Squash The Beef With Jay-Z
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty After more than a decade, and change, of a weird animosity between the two one-time close friends, it seems like Jay-Z and Dame Dash may well be on the road to reconciliation (thank goodness!). Page Six is reporting that Dame Dash is willing to bury the hatchet with Jay-Z after Jay surprisingly thanked Dame in his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech saying, “I know we don’t see eye-to-eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments. And I appreciate you and I thank you for that.” Related Stories Page Six reached out to Dame over the surprising acknowledgment and not only was Dash appreciative of the kind words, but also seemed inclined to have a heart-to-heart with Jay so long as it’s just the two of them. “It was beautiful,...
Big Freedia Shows Lil Boosie Support Amidst Lil Nas X Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Boosie’s recent rant against Lil Nas X may have the internet looking at him sideways, but fellow Lousiana star Big Freedia is stepping out coming to his defense. During a brief interview with TMZ, Big Freedia gave her take on the viral incident revealing that she doesn’t feel that Boosie’s continued viral rants—including his most recent calling Lil Nas X the f-word, isn’t a form of homophobia but more so him expressing his beef with Lil Nas X directly. Related Stories “You gon’ have those. You gon’ have homophobic people and you know, us as the gay community we have to just keep pushing,” said Freedia. “We can’t let everything and everybody bother us with they words. We have been fighting forever and we gotta continue to be tough...
Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized After Fall While Helping Howard University Protesters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Barry Brecheisen / Getty The tense situation at Howard University between students protesting their living conditions and administrators took an even more dramatic tone as mediator Rev. Jesse Jackson had to be rushed to the hospital after taking a fall on campus. The civil rights icon was present at the Washington D.C.-based HBCU on Monday (November 1st) to help students who have taken over outdoor space as well as the Blackburn Center in protest over the hazardous conditions that are present at the school’s dormitories and deteriorating classroom facilities. Rev. Jackson had just returned to give the student activists details on his meeting with the administration and Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick when he fell and suffered a cut to his...
What We Know About The Alpo Martinez Murder Thus Far
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube More details about Alpo Martinez’s murder are now starting to come to the light. In an in-depth interview his son gives the public some more insight on his passing. As spotted in The Daily News the brutal killing of the notorious drug kingpin turned government cooperator is still a hot topic throughout Hip-Hop culture and more throughout the Harlem area of New York City. In an exclusive interview with the periodical his son Randy Harvey, AKA Papparazzi Po, shares more details about what happened. Related Stories “It was like a student and a teacher, you know?” he said when explaining their father-son relationship. “The stuff that he wanted to teach me when I was little, but he wasn’t there. He told me how to be safe. It’s making me wonde...
