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Skrrrrrrrr: Westside Gunn Plans To Drop 2 Albums This Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty One of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars is coming back from rapper retirement as promised. Westside Gunn says he is releasing two new projects in 2021 and we are here for it. The Buffalo native and Griselda mastermind is returning to his duties as a solo artist. On Sunday, July 11 he announced on Twitter that he will be hitting his fans with not one but two albums by the end of the year. “Idk who reading this but I’m dropping 2X this year 8/20 & 10/31 #FLYGOD #GXFR #CULTURE #ICON” he wrote. While he hasn’t released an official project since Who Made The Sunshine in October 2020, he has stayed busy with the recent opening of his store / gallery Buffalo Kids at the Walden Galleria mall in Buffalo. Additionally he released two s...
Kawhi Leonard Has Successful Surgery On Partially Torn Right ACL
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers got deeper into the NBA Playoffs than they ever have and showed amazing promise as a team to watch out of the Western Conference. However, Leonard suffered an injury that may have derailed their shot at glory but the team says that the All-Star forward had a successful surgery and is now recovering. According to a brief press release from the Los Angeles Clippers, Leonard had work done on his partially torn right ACL, an injury he suffering in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz. From NBA.com: Kawhi Leonard underwent successful surgery today to repair a partial tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament. There is no timetable for his return. There were a numbe...
She Stay Winning: Megan Thee Stallion Reportedly Will Grace The Cover of ‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Megan Thee Stallion will reportedly be making history this month. Word on the streets is Megan Thee Stallion, and her amazing body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s iconic Swimsuit Issue. If this is the case, she will become the first rapper to be featured in the magazine, let alone the cover. If and when this news is confirmed, Thee Stallion will be following in fellow Houston native and “Savage Remix” collaborator Beyoncé’s footsteps who was the first non-athlete and non-model to grace the annual magazine’s cover that men have been thirsting over for years. According to Hypebeast, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue is set to hit stands nationwide on July 19, and many of the model...
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Vanilla Ice Updates “Baby Got Back” For Hot Dog Jingle, Says 90’s Was Best Era [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Steinfeldt / Getty Even though his promising career turned into the proverbial punchline in Rap, Vanilla Ice is still getting to the bag. He has shot a commercial updating Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back”. As spotted on TMZ the Dallas, Texas native is selling nostalgia via a new gig. The man born Robert Matthew Van Winkle was spotted filming a jingle for a hot dog brand. Ice is definitely aware of his lyrical shortcomings thus he has chosen to borrow some sauce from his old school Rap peer Mix-a-Lot. While on set the celebrity gossip site caught up with the “Ice Ice Baby” performer and he made it clear that he feels that his era was way more special and could never be duplicated. When asked “why is everyone so infatuated with the 90’s?”by the repor...
Soulja Boy Airs Out DJ Vlad For Interviewing His Would Be Robbers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John McCoy / Getty Soulja Boy has a serious beef with DJ Vlad and how he goes about things, and he decided to let the world know why on social media. This past Monday (July 12), the “Crank That” rapper went on Instagram Live to call out the media personality specifically for breaking his trust and going behind his back to interview the group of people who broke into his home back in 2008. “DJ Vlad, you a b–h,” he said. “Why the f— you gon’ go interview the n—-s I shot? You gon’ go interview the n—s that ran in my crib, you pussy ass n—a. After I let you come into my house and I sat down and I gave you an interview, DJ Vlad. I welcomed you to my crib with open arms.” Soulja Boy told viewers how he and DJ Vlad connected and hung out, leading him to open up ...
Deadpool Makes His Official MCU Debut…Kinda
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube For years comic book fans have been clamoring for Deadpool to officially join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although we’re still a few years away from that happening (rumored to go down towards the end of Phase 5 in 2023), fans got a teaser of Deadpool in the MCU. To hype up his upcoming film Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds threw on his Deadpool threads for a reaction video to the film’s trailer and welcomed none other than fan MCU hero, Korg from Thor: Ragnarok. In the four-and-a-half minute clip, Korg and Deadpool comedically breakdown the Free Guy film trailer before Deadpool ultimately asks Korg, “Any tips on getting into the MCU, Korg?” While Marvel remains mum on when Deadpool will actually be making his MCU debut, Kevin Feige has confirm...
Okurrr: Judge Rules In Cardi B’s Favor In Tasha K Assault Lawsuit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Cardi B has received favorable news about an ongoing legal beef she has with a blogger. A judge says Tasha K needs more people with her claims that Belcalis assaulted her. As spotted on TMZ, the Unwine With Tasha K host was told that her allegations that the Bronx Bombshell contributed to her being beat up and emotional distress are being dismissed. The celebrity gossip site has accessed the court documents which reportedly say the media personality “failed to produce any evidence that [Cardi] herself threatened [Latasha] or made her believe that she was going to harm her.” The judge continued “instead, [Latasha] has only made allegations that others who may be associated with [Cardi] made these threats .. and has failed to d...
Ben Carson Puts On Tap Shoes Again, Says Welfare Harmed Black Communities More Than Slavery
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty Dr. Ben Carson has long been a champion of politically and socially conservative values which only increased during his time as a member of former President Donald Trump’s administration. Speaking recently at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, Carson made the utterance that welfare and government assistance has undermined Black families far more than slavery. Carson, the former HUD secretary, spoke to the CPAC attendees and made his explosive statement regarding welfare and Black lives. Carson has expressed similar sentiment before, and it checks out with the usual refrain spoken by conservative pundits and other figures who offer opinions from the right. “When you look at what the Black community has b...
Vince Staples “Are You With That?,” Styles P “Hit Different” & More | Daily Visuals 7.12.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Zamar Velez / Blacksmith Just a few years ago people began donating to a GoFundMe page to get Vince Staples to put down the mic once and for all, but luckily for us he deaded that page and continued down the road of the rap game. With his third self-titled album out and about, the LA rapper comes through with some new visuals for the album cut “Are You With That?” which features a neighborhood completely occupied by different versions of Vince himself. Mailman Vince, jogger Vince, citizen Vince – it’s a world of Vince’s. Are the women Vince’s too though? That’s the question. From the West to the East, Styles P keeps D-Block alive and well and for his clip to “Hit Different” gets artistic and futuristic with the help of some CGI effects. Space age thug lif...
British Actress Jodie Turner-Smith Robbed Of Gucci Jewelry At Cannes Film Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ATP/WENN / WENN Another socialite was reminded about the dangers of showing their plate to the hungry. British Actress Jodie Turner-Smith was relieved of some precious designer jewelry after Cannes. As spotted on Raw Story the lead for Queen & Slim has been sadly gotten. According to the report she stunned press, peers and onlookers at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday, July 8 during the premier of her upcoming film After Yang. She pulled up wearing a long black dress with a bedazzled bust that was beautifully complimented with an assortment of gold and diamond jewelry. The pieces included some loaned items from Gucci. Variety says she returned to the Marriott hotel on the Croisette and enjoyed breakfast that following day....
Foot Meet Mouth: Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For Insensitive Jab Made Towards Asian MLB Star Shohei Ohtani
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies / Getty Stephen A. Smith is in the opinion business like many other sports media figures, and that sometimes leads to an utterance or two that should’ve remained unsaid. The ESPN personality came under fire for suggesting Asian MLB star Shohei Ohtani hire an interpreter when addressing the media but has since apologized for the insensitive remarks. Shohei “Shotime” Ohtani was the subject of discussion during a recent episode of First Take when Smith made the observation that despite the fandom surrounding Ohtani, he believed that the fact the star pitcher and outfielder’s lack of speaking English hurts the game. “When you talk about an audience gravitating to the tube or to the ballpark to actually watch you, OK, I don’t think...
Charlie Robinson of NBC’s ‘Night Court’ Fame Passes Away At 75
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Maury Phillips / Getty Sitcom star Charlie Robinson, who is best known for his role as court clerk and Vietnam war veteran Mac on NBC’s Night Court, has died. He was 75. A representative for the actor confirmed his passing last night (July 12). Robinson died from cardiac arrest and organ failure which was the result of septic shock and a form of cancer known as metastatic adenocarcinoma at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Robinson was a celebrated veteran actor of the stage and screen. Born on November 9, 1945, he started his career in his home state of Texas by attending the Studio 7 acting school at the Houston Music Theatre in the late 1960’s. After being cast in a made-for-TV movie, he moved to Hollywood. In addition t...
