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DJ Akademiks Puts Brittany Renner On Side Chick Front Street, Twitter Can’t Believe It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty DJ Akademiks is back in the broadcast game in a big way with his new Off The Record podcast venture, and he’s already getting a lot of attention by way of a recent episode. While sitting down with Brittany Renner, Ak essentially put the popular Instagram model on side chick front street after she tried to push back on the idea she might be one. In the podcast’s latest episode titled “The Trap Queen?,” Renner faced the music of being accused of setting up NBA player P.J. Washington and a recent visit to Jackson State University where she essentially leaned into her villainess role. Related Stories We haven’t peeped the episode in question but folks on Twitter have been circulating a clip of their conversation in where Renner in...
Cardi B Says Rappers Nowadays Make Depressing Music & Feels They “All Wanna Die”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Cardi B has had it with depressing and drug fueled Hip-Hop lyrics and has taken to her Instagram Live to let as much be known. Taking to IG to air her grievances over the lyrical content of the songs she hears in the club, Cardi says that the club scene is missing her style of music and all she hears are rappers that “wanna die. They all wanna die.” Building on her original statement, Cardi feels that rappers need to stop drinking lean and smoking weed as they climb the ladder to success as it leads to slow and sad sounding music that she can’t really f*cks with when she’s in the club. Feeling that the drug use of successful rappers influences their work in the studio, Cardi feels it’s about time she get back in the game ...
LAPD Called To Protect DC Comics Employees After Superman Is Bisexual Announcement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DC / DC Comicsman A few weeks ago when it was revealed that the new Superman would be a bisexual superhero, MAGA country and hardcore conservatives were big mad, as expected. It also seems like the announcement of Supes’ sexual preferences was enough to get the potentially violent snowflakes agitated. According to TMZ, outraged fans have resorted to threats of violence towards the people who work at DC studios and even the private homes of illustrators and production staffers who work on the comic. After taking to social media to make the big revelation about Superman coming out the closet, fanboys began to express their disdain about the direction of the comic book series and went from simply airing their frustrations on Twitter to actually making threat...
Jay-Z Calls Out Prosecutor For Using Word Trickery In Perfume Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Schultz / Getty Jay-Z is a great rapper but also very talented at avoiding being finessed. The Jigga Man handled himself like a champion while being cross-examined by a prosecutor during his cologne trial. As spotted on Complex the Brooklyn native took the stand to defend his good name in conjunction with the Jay-Z Gold cologne deal. On Monday, November 1 he fended questions from Parlux’s attorney Anthony Viola. The litigator asked the “Run This Town” rapper if he was familiar with the terms of the deal he signed with the smell goods brand back in 2013. According to Parlux, he failed to make several appearances to promote the release. When asked about it he shot back “I’m not a lawyer” suggesting that his legal team had reviewed the paperwork fo...
Grand Puba & Brand Nubian Affiliate DJ Stud Dugee Has Reportedly Passed Away
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Elektra / @HevNamedMeGrap Fans of Grand Puba and his solo efforts are well aware that he ventured off on his own with DJ Alamo of his group Brand Nubian and Stud Dugee in tow. According to a tweet from Grap Luva and others, Stud Doogie has reportedly passed away and some have chimed in with thoughts. Not much is known about the passing of Stud Dugee, and we must note that Grap Luva spelled the name Doogie and an older tweet from Brand Nubian’s Sadat X spells it as Doughie. We happened across the Facebook page of Ron Cherry, which we can confirm is the given name of DJ Stud Dugee. Via the page, Dugee’s connection to Hip-Hop elite circles spread far and wide as he shared photos with late legends Biz Markie, Black Rob, and also appears in photos with Ra...
Showtime Launches Multi-Year ‘HIP HOP 50’ Project, Nas To Direct First Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ESCOBAR CIGARS / ESCOBAR CIGARS This December Showtime will kick off HIP HOP 50, its multiyear, cross-platform programming initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. HIP HOP 50 will continue to run over the next three years and will encompass unscripted series and features, podcasts and digital shorts by and about some of the foremost names in the genre, culminating with the 50th anniversary of the genre in 2023. The initiative is driven by Nas and Mass Appeal Chief Creative Officer and Emmy-nominated partner Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES). VIDEO MUSIC BOX will chronicle the longest-running music video show in the world, Video Music Box, launched and hosted in Ne...
Kanye West Holds Halloween Sunday Service With Creepy White Guy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Kanye West has resumed his popular Sunday Service concerts once again, with the most recent one having an infamous attendee – rock star and alleged sexual abuser Marilyn Manson. Ye hosted the religious musical event on Halloween Sunday (October 31st), and this time according to TMZ it was made available to viewers on Triller and the Fite TV app at 4 P.M. Eastern time for a fee of $10. The “Father Stretch My Hands” rapper and producer gave the public the heads up via his Instagram page. As the concert began with Justin Bieber joining the Sunday Service Choir for a rooftop performance of songs from West’s latest album Donda, Manson was seen right up front alongside the choir members. Roddy Ricch also performed, doing “Pure Souls” with the choir...
Star Wars ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Trailer Is Here
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Disney+ / Disney+ After decades of being one of the most popular Star Wars character in the franchise, Boba Fett is finally getting his own solo series on Disney+ and it looks like it’s going to be an intergalactic Sopranos or something. Source: Disney+ / Disney+ In the first trailer to the highly anticipated series, The Book of Boba Fett, the beloved bounty hunter and his trustee sidekick Fennec Shand travel to the sands of Tatooine with the goal of taking over the throne that Jabba the Hutt left behind when he was killed in Return of The Jedi. Looking to become the new boss of the underworld, Boba’s claim to the throne is met with resistance from Jabba’s old capos who doubt his legitimacy. Looking to rule with respect instead of an iron fist, a con...
Will Smith Discusses Having Thoughts of Suicide In His New Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Westbrook Media / YouTube Originals Will Smith opened himself up in a stunning vulnerable moment in the trailer for his YouTube series where he revealed that he once contemplated taking his own life. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star and globally beloved entertainer made the admission during his documentary series, Will Smith: The Best Shape of My Life. The series chronicles his journey to lose 20 pounds in 20 weeks, although there was something else he stumbled upon along the way. “When I started this show, I thought I was getting into the best shape of my life, physically,” Smith says in the preview. “But, mentally, I was somewhere else. And I ended up discovering a whole lot of hidden things about myself.” He then goes on to reference a conversation tha...
French Montana “I Don’t Really Care,” YG “Sign Language” & More | Daily Visuals 11.1.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Last week French Montana found himself defending his music career when trolls suggested he hasn’t had a hit of his own since the inception of his career. Looking to add another hit to his singles catalogue, French comes through with his latest joint “I Don’t Really Care” and for it’s visuals the Bronx rapper reacreates many memorable Hip-Hop moments including Biggie’s video to “Hypnotize” and Eminem getting ready to battle rap in his 8 Mile film. Overall it was pretty damn entertaining. Back on the Left Coast, YG shows that whenever he rides he moves deep and in his clip to “Sign Language” he calls on his comrades to pull out the motorcycles and low riders to back him as he rolls through the streets of California. Check out the ...
Rihanna Rocks Same Fit Gunna Wore For New York Fashion Week For Halloween
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Rihanna has one heck of a sense of humor as evidenced by her latest Halloween outfit. While Rihanna didn’t give us an extravagant high-fashion sendup on All Hallow’s Eve, she did replicate Gunna’s New York Fashion Week fit with expert ease. Back in September, Gunna turned a lot of heads with his New York Fashion Week fit that came complete with leather knee-high sneakers, shorts, a lavish sweater, and a vest. It can be assumed that every item in the flick that Gunna shared didn’t come at a low price. Still, many on Twitter had their comments. Taking to social media, Rihanna delivered her rendition of the Gunnna drip, complete with imitating the southern rapper’s pose. Check out the flicks below. — Photo: Getty You Deserve to Make Money...
Mariah Carey Is Amped About Christmas 2021, Drops Teaser Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Mariah Carey sure does love the Christmas season. October is barely a few hours into the past and already the iconic singer has put out a Christmas themed video on her IG page to ring in the 2021 Holiday season. A little after midnight last night Mariah put out a teaser video in which she took a candy cane colored baseball bat to some pumpkins that read “IT’S NOT TIME” before her classic Christmas cut “All I Want For Christmas Is You” spun. Celebrating the incoming holiday season, the “Fantasy” singer donned a fitted Santa Clause outfit while throwing up confetti and even showed a present wrapped that read “11/5” on it. Could Mariah have a gift for her fans for this coming Friday? A new song? A new Christmas album? Her Merry Chri...
