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Coi Leray Performs At Rolling Loud Miami, Crowd Chose Violence [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Leanne Leuterio/Rolling Loud / Rolling Loud Coi Leray continues to earn her following; literally one fan at a time. She faced a very stiff crowd during her recent set at Rolling Loud Miami. As spotted on TMZ the up and coming rapper had a hell of a time connecting to the ticket holders that attended the multi day festival over the weekend. Footage captured from the event shows the Boston, Massachusetts native bringing high energy to the stage throughout her set. Unfortunately the crowd seemed unimpressed to say the least. Folks in the first couple of rows were visibly emotionless as she turned up as much as possible. She also invited her boyfriend Pressa to perform their collaboration “Attachments” but still no luck. The performance soon went vi...
World’s Largest Breaking Competition Red Bull BC One New York Cypher Winners Announced
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Bull BC One / Red Bull BC One Red Bull BC One, the world’s largest breaking completion, kicked off its 18th season in the birthplace of breaking, New York City, this past Saturday (July 24). The Red Bull BC One New York Cypher competition is the first of four regional contests that will determine which b-girl or b-boy will g on and represent the United States after the National Finals event concludes this fall. Live from the rooftop of 350 Grand Street in the Big Apple, the top dancers from the city gathered for a series of one-on-one b-girl and b-boy battles with b-girl Marta and b-boy Frankie besting everyone in their respective 8 to 16-breaking contestant bracket and will be featured at the Red Bull BC One National Finals later next month in Florid...
Kanye West Is Living At The Mercedez-Benz Stadium To Finish ‘Donda’ Album
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West’s album listening concert for Donda at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta did not disappoint as fans vibed from beginning to end with the controversial MAGA rapper. What did disappoint was the fact that the album did not drop the next day as promised. As a matter of fact, it didn’t drop the day after either. Nor the day after that. Finally word got out that Kanye was not only re-working some of the songs on the album, but that he even moved into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium to finish off his long awaited project. TMZ is reporting that after Kanye held the listening session at the MBS last week, he never left and remained in the building to put the finishing touches on Donda which is now slated to release on August 6...
Tiffany Cross Tells Conservative Troll Megyn Kelly To “Stop Punching Above Her Weight” During Legendary Monologue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marla Aufmuth / Getty This is exactly why fans of Tiffany Cross, aka politics bae, have been screaming for years for MSNBC to give her a show. Over the weekend, Tiffany Cross had time for the conservative troll and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly for constantly hating on Black women like Naomi Osaka and Meghan Markle. Cross has been used her well-deserved MSNBC weekend show The Cross Connection to address Kelly, or as she hilariously and accurately called her the “Queen of Karens” for her unwarranted comments towards Black women during her popular segment. She began the viral dialogue by pointing out that she usually uses the time to address “relevant” individuals. Still, for this particular instance, she would instead take a “slightly different approach...
Blueface Attacked By Fan After Giving The Fade To TikTok Star
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hollywood To You/Star Max / Getty Blueface was once a standout high school athlete and appears to keep himself in good shape despite his big-time rapper lifestyle. In a recent bare-knuckle bout in which the rapper took on and bested a TikTok star, a fan tried to start some static with Blueface and caught a couple of crisp blows to the grill in the process. As reported by MMA Mania, the “Thotiana” star was a featured fighter for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 19 event at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla. Blueface, who stands at 6-foot-3, took out Kane Trujillo in the bare-knuckle brawl and showed great sportsmanship after the match in congratulating his opponent. However, a 35-year-old spectator rushed the ring and got himself a residual...
HHW Gaming: Turtle Beach’s New Recon Controller For Xbox & PC Could Be A Game-Changer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Turtle Beach / Turtle Beach Recon Controller For Xbox Turtle Beach is well known for its very reliable gaming headsets, but it could make a considerable dent in the controller department? This month Turtle Beach officially unveiled its new Recon Controller for Xbox, the audio veteran and gaming headset veteran’s first controller. Unlike the controller that comes with the Xbox Series S|X that is BlueTooth, Turtle Beach’s Recon Controller is wired, which could be frowned upon by some gamers who love that they are not tethered to the console. Source: Turtle Beach / Turtle Beach Recon Controller For Xbox But what could make this controller a gamechanger is that it has built-in audio features, pairing the brand’s signature audio innovations with game-winning c...
Dictionary.com Adds More Than 300 New Words Including “Zaddy” and “Yeet”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ProfessionalStudioImages / Getty More than 300 words and definitions newly appeared on Dictionary.com this week, several of which were draw from the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice movements, and meme culture, among many other timely topics. According to the announcement, the digital dictionary also introduced new terms to coincide with society’s evolving outlook towards varying racial identities, including “cultural appropriation,” which is defined as “the adoption, usually without acknowledgment, of cultural identity markers from subcultures or minority communities into mainstream culture by people with a relatively privileged status. “One-drop rule” and “DEI,” or diversity, equity, and inclusion were also included, among others. “It’s a complicated a...
Jay-Z & Beyoncé’s New Orleans Home Set On Fire According To Authorities
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty Are Jay-Z and Beyoncé victims of arson? According to TMZ authorities suspect that the Carters’ home in New Orleans was purposely set ablaze a la 50 Cent’s baby mama’s house this past Wednesday night (July 21). Authorities suspect that someone lit the fuse that sparked the fire to the couple’s Spanish baroque mansion in the Garden District which led to 22 firefighters taking two hours to put out the 1-alarm blaze. Luckily it doesn’t seem like the Carters were around when the fire erupted and though it’s considered one of their homes, the address is officially listed as one that of Beyoncé’s management company, Parkwood Entertainment. “Officials in NOLA tell TMZ … this house fire has now been classified as a simple arson.” “We’re ...
Palestinian & Israeli Rap Duo Aim To Tear Down Racism Via Viral Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Screencap / Youtube The conflict between Palestine and Israel has endured for years, causing many outside nations to show their allegiance to either side at the risk of alienating the other. Realizing the depths of the issues between their people, an Arab rapper and Israeli educator released a rap video that has gone viral due to their ambitious aims to tear down racism between the cultures. For the track “Bo Nedaber Dugri (Let’s Talk Straight),” Arab rapper Sameh Zakout and Israeli educator Uriya Rosenman hurl insults at one another in an attempt to combat racism from both sides. The video, released initially on May 20, has just under 100,000 views on Youtube and a reported 4 million across social, is fashioned in the same vein as Joyner Lucas’ “I’m Not ...
Can We Hold Something?: LeBron James Is Now The First Active Athlete To Earn $1 Billion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Not even Skip Bayless can hate on this accomplishment, or could he? LeBron James has a lot to be happy about, his movie Space Jam: A New Legacy did well at the box office, due to the Lakers getting bounced out of the NBA Playoffs early, he’s had some extra time to ice up, and now he’s reportedly a billionaire. According to Sportico, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, business mogul, and budding actor has become the first active player to earn $1 billion. Sportico‘s sports valuation reporter Kurt Badenhausen attributes that to Bron’s career earnings, including salaries and endorsements. According to Badenhausen, James is the “first athlete in a U.S. team sport to hit $1 billion USD, with $330 million USD in playing salary and $7...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 7.23.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Milko / 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. Before we get into this week’s playlist, we’d like to leave a word for the readers and listeners. The way we construct this playlist is wild simple. We hear a track that we either discovered on our own, or someone hands to us and if it bangs and fits the flow, then we add it. We don’t take any payments, we don’t do favors, we only add joints we think are dope. And on that note, on with the show. We open up this week’s playlist with the late, great Po...
Digital Hov: Roc Nation & Jay-Z Launch New Multimedia Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty Another move in the world of multimedia is further solidifying Jay-Z as one of the more powerful global moguls in entertainment. On Thursday, July 22, Roc Nation announced its new partnership with the largest luxury media company in America, Modern Luxury Media. This new venture is to launch a new brand and multimedia platform, Edition, which is primed to be a “fully multi-platform portal into a world of luxury that celebrates talent from diverse communities.” The platform will be a mix of print and digital journalism along with a variety of audio and video content featuring different artists. Isoul H. Harris, the former head of UPTOWN Magazine will serve as editor-in-chief of Edition. In a press statement, Roc Nation co-founder...
