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Loyal To The Death: Nicki Minaj’s Barbz Stage Protest Outside CDC Headquarters, Claim The Rapper’s Ballsy Tweet Was Right
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Lucas Dawson / Getty Nicki Minaj’s Barbz made their case for the title of the silliest fanbase on the planet. It’s no secret how toxic the Barbz are on social media. The minute you criticize their leader, Nicki Minaj, for anything, accounts with the rapper’s face as their profile photos pop up in your mentions calling you all kinds of names or hitting you with unicorn emojis. Their loyalty to the Queens rapper has been on full display as of late. They still defended Minaj after she was rightfully called out by many high-profile people, including the health minister of Trinidad & Tobago, after posting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. In a headass tweet, she claimed a friend of her cousin became impotent, and his testicles became swollen, causing his fr...
Biz Markie To Have Street Named After Him In Strong Island
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Earlier this summer, the Hip-Hop world was shocked when the legendary icon, Biz Markie, passed away at the young age of 57. Luckily the man was beloved enough by the culture and his community enough that he’ll now be getting a street named after him in his hometown of Patchogue, Long Island. Yesterday his widow, Tara Davis took to Instagram to announce the great news and when the ceremony would be going down. “HONORARY STREET NAMING DEDICATION! “In honor of the contributions Biz has achieved as an actor, beatboxed, DJ and philanthropist, his hometown of Patchogue Long Island will honor him with the renaming of South Street to Biz Markie Way,” Davis wrote before thanking the people who helped make the honor happen.” “Thank you....
Lil Baby Responds To Claims He Bought A Fake Patek Phillipe
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Radio One Digital Lil Baby has some more explaining to do. The Internets have called him out for wearing an obviously fake Patek Phillipe watch. As spotted on Complex the trapper turned rapper’s name had some smut thrown on it this week. He recently flexed what was supposed to be a limited-edition Patek Philippe Nautilus 40th Anniversary timepiece. Originally released in 2016, the selection celebrated the 40th anniversary of its casually elegant Nautilus collection. For many aficionados and connoisseurs of classic watchmaking artistry, this was a release that was highly anticipated. The Fake Watch Buster page was first to call fake in a very detailed post that pointed out the irregularities. “He got scammed and m...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 9.17.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Riska / Getty We at Hip-Hop Wired pride ourselves on being fully immersed in the music of the culture we rep proudly. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. As the God Rakim Allah famously said, it’s been a long time, we should’ve left you, but we needed a bit of time to recharge and reset our brains so we can bring brand new heat to the culture. This entry of CRT FRSH is another 35-track collection of Hip-Hop music from all types of artists from the United States and abroad. It is clear that few Hip-Hop fans could avoid the massive releases of Kanye West’s DONDA and Drake’s Certifed Lover Boy, two album...
“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” Star Gets 17 Years For PPP Fraud
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Rapper and star of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Maurice “Mo” Fayne is now about to step into a new reality after being sentenced to federal prison for fraud involving government funds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday (September 15th) that Fayne was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for bank fraud by U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen in Atlanta, Georgia, and for operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme by stealing $2 million with a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan application. The reality TV star pled guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in May. Fayne was also ordered by the court to pay $4,465,865.55 in restitution to his victims. “Fayne planned to use the PPP program as a cover ...
‘Posty Fest’ Lineup Revealed & Its Got Some Hitters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matthew Baker / Getty Post Malone is readying his third annual Posty Fest, and to get word of mouth chattering, Post revealed the lineup that will be partaking in the festivities next month. Come October 30-31, attendees of Posty Fest will be delighted to see some of their favorite artists today take the stage as the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Uzi Vert, Roddy Ricch, Jack Harlow and Tyga are scheduled to do their thing at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. While those are the headliners, other artists are expected to join the fray including the Peach Tree Rascals, Turnstile, and death metal group from Arizona, Gatecreeper (that’s a pretty cool name actually). Aside from the music, fans who show up for Posty Fest will also be treated to a carniva...
.Prosecutors Decide To Drop Charges Against T.I. and Tiny In L.A
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The sexual assault case that was brought against T.I. and Tiny earlier this year has now been dropped by the prosecutors who filed them in Los Angeles, California. According to documents from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, the prosecutors made the decision on Thursday (September 16) to drop the charges against the rapper and his wife because of the initial case being beyond the statute of limitations. “Without the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence being evaluated, the case is declined due to the expiration,” the filing read. The statute of limitations in the state of California is ten years. The case brought against T.I. and Tiny was the result of an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department after an unna...
LeBron James & Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company Teams Up With Clubhouse To Create Audio Programming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Can LeBron James and Maverick Carter help revitalize the buzz Clubhouse once had? That’s what the once super popular drop-in audio app is hoping with this new partnership it announced on Thursday (Sep.16) that will see James and Carter’s SpringHill Company bring exclusive audio content to the medium “that best elevates authentic conversation surrounding big moments in sports and culture.” SpringHill hopes to continue its streak of bringing engaging content like DJ Khaled’s podcast The First One, 17 Weeks, and More Than A Vote: Vaccine Special, to Clubhouse with content that will further “its mission to empower greatness in every individual from creators to fans,” with series of Clubhouse rooms that will live in its...
Meek Mill Announces New Album ‘Expensive Pain’, Cover Art By Nina Chanel Abney
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Burak Cingi / Getty Now that Kanye West and Drake have released their highly anticipated albums of 2021, Meek Mill feels that it’s his time to shine and has announced the release of his next project. On Tuesday (September 15), the Philadelphia representative took to social media to announce that his fifth studio album, Expensive Pain, would be dropping as soon as October 1 and shared the album cover in the announcement. Created by renowned artist Nina Chanel Abney, the provocative and original artwork features nudity, cars, dirt bikes, and a chessboard amongst other interesting images. Source: Atlantic / Atlantic The album features some of Mill’s recent work including “Sharing Locations (feat. Lil Durk & Lil Baby)” and “Blue Notes 2 (feat. Lil Uzi Ver...
Lil Mo Says Fat Joe’s “Dusty B**ches” Verzuz Comment Was “Vile,” “Disrespectful” & “Triggering”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Tuesday’s (Sep.14) Verzuz showdown between Fat Joe and Ja Rule wasn’t without some controversy. As of late, we can’t get one Verzuz without the participants doing something very questionable. No, Fat Joe and Ja Rule didn’t make the egregious mistake of calling an accused rapist who literally fled to another country to avoid facing his accused crimes or playing their songs that featured R. Kelly. Instead, the banter between the two artists went a bit too far. During the Verzuz that saw Ja Rule rap-sing his way to victory, Fat Joe, for whatever reason he insulted Rule’s special guests Lil Mo and Vita, saying the Murder Inc. rapper found them in the “crack house” and referred to them as “dusty b**ches.” Lil Mo understandably took offense...
Wendy Williams Tests Positive For Covid-19; Season 13 Premiere Postponed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bravo / Getty Another noted celebrity has tested positive for Covid-19. Wendy Williams has announced that she is postponing her return to her popular talk show. As spotted on Deadline the media personality is keeping her health as top priority. Earlier this week she gave her fans an important update via her show’s official Instagram account. “While continuing her health evaluations, Wendy has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19,” the statement read. “To allow Wendy time to quarantine and fully recover and to ensure that our production fully abides by SAG/AFTRA and DGA Covid protocols, we expect to begin the 13th season of The Wendy Williams Show on Monday, October 4th. In the meantime, repeats will be scheduled.” A couple of weeks pri...
Travis Scott To Drop “Cactus Jack” Nike Air Trainer 1 SP’s
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Travis Scott out here making sure Nike gets all our money and serves up L’s to everyone else trying to make them richer. Just weeks after Travis was spotted rocking some spiffy Air Max 1 with the Cactus Jack treatment, now word is coming that Nike might be dropping some collaborative Nike Air Trainer 1 SP’s. Coming in three colorways (“Coriander/Ashen Slate/Wheat/Light Sienna,” “Lt Smoke Grey/Honeydew/Particle Grey,” and “Dk Smoke Grey/Black/Iron Grey/Off-Noir”), the sneakers will feature Travis’ customary backward swoosh and are rumored to be dropping this Holiday season at the tune of $140, retail. While these probably won’t garner much hype given that the Air Trainers aren’t exactly in high demand [Editor’s Note: “Speak for yoursel...
