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Nick Cannon and ‘Wild ‘N Out’ Return For Sixteenth Season This August
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Nick Cannon’s iconic franchise Wild ‘N Out is finally returning to television, and doing so in a major way with a brand new special. Wild ‘N Out will be making its return on VH1 on Tuesday, August 10th, at 8 PM ET/PT. The premiere of the show’s sixteenth season will air entirely commercial free. Wild ‘N Out will then air every Tuesday and Wednesday night from that point on. Cannon and ViacomCBS reunited after the host’s previous anti-Semitic comments on his podcast last June, lead the company to cut ties. Cannon has since apologized. Hosted by Nick Cannon, the show will feature ten new games and exclusive performances to go with a striking post-apocalyptic stage design. In addition, Wild ‘N Out is going to debut an interactive...
HHW Gaming: 4 FaZe Clan Members Involved In Dump-&-Pump Cryptocurrency Scheme
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Luke Walker / Getty Getting paid handsomely to play video games competitively is apparently enough for these members of FaZe Clan. The popular gaming clan that boasts famous members like Offset, Lil Yachty, and Ben Simmons is back in the news. This time, Decrypt reports that FaZe Clan punished four members for their involvement in a pump-and-dump scheme capitalizing off the Save the Kids cryptocurrency project. Bruh. According to the report, FaZe Clan suspended Jarvis, Nikan, and Teeqo and gave Kay the boot from the organization for their involvement in the scheme. The players in question promoted “Save the Kids (KIDS), a Binance Smart Chain-based cryptocurrency project billed as a charity initiative.” On the coin’s website, which is now offline, the proj...
Tyler, The Creator Seemingly Trolls DJ Khaled After Going No. 1
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Tyler, The Creator is easily one of the most entertaining music personalities of today, and his quick-witted and energetic demeanor makes him a captivating subject. Keeping that same energy, the Odd Future co-founder’s latest album, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 charts and he seemingly trolled DJ Khaled via social media as a result. Harkening back to 2019 when DJ Khaled threw shots at Tyler, The Creator ahead of the California star’s Grammy Award-winning IGOR album with the Florida producer labeling Tyler’s music as “mysterious” in a bid to downplay its impact on the culture. “I make albums so people can play it and you actually hear it,” Khaled said in a now-deleted post. “You know, driving your car...
Papoose ft. Jim Jones “King Kong,” DJ Kay Slay ft. Eeeeerybody “Rolling 110 Deep” & More | Daily Visuals 7.6.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Who says New York’s rap scene isn’t what it used to be? Today we got some ish courtesy of some Big Apple OG’s who’ve been reppin’ since day uno. First up we have some new visuals from Papoose featuring Jim Jones in “King Kong” where the two incorporate all kinds of CGI effects to keep your eye entertained while they fill your ears with hardcore bars. Elsewhere DJ Kay Slay recruits, well, seemingly every rapper in the game for his 40 minute clip to “Rolling 110 Deep” where we get verses from the likes of Conway The Machine, Kool G Rap, AZ, Raekwon, Papoose, Ice-T, Redman, KXNG Crooked, KRS-One – again, every damn rapper in the game. This song was longer than most rappers albums these days. The video was so long there was even a commercial interruption halfway thro...
Lil Uzi Vert’s Ex Brittany Byrd Says He Put A Gun To Her Stomach & Hit Her
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Lil Uzi Vert had himself a weekend. Before Lil Uzi Vert had a breakdancing good time at Michael Rubin’s “all-white” 4th of July party that featured other notable guests like JAY-Z, J-Balvin, and James Harden tickling Meek Mill, no seriously he was, Uzi Vert was out here getting physical with his ex Brittany Byrd and fellow rapper SAINt JHN. TMZ broke the news on Friday that “XO Tour Lif3” crafter rolled up on SAINt JHN in broad daylight at the Dialog Cafe in West Hollywood, and a physical altercation ensued. Byrd, who was there when the fracas went down, claims she was there talking “business” with SAInt JHN, and now, the celebrity gossip site is reporting that Byrd is pressing charges. According to Byrd, JT’s boo threatened her with...
Nikole Hannah-Jones Turns Down UNC Job, Joins Howard University Faculty With Tenure
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Nikole Hannah-Jones, an award-winning journalist responsible for the stellar The 1619 Project for the New York Times, was on track to join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s faculty, seeking tenure in the process. After haggling with the university, Hannah-Jones has elected to go with famed HBCU Howard University and has received tenure to boot. Hannah-Jones was a guest on CBS This Morning with host Gayle King on Tuesday (July 6) where she made her first interview stating that she will be joining Howard as the Nikole Hannah-Jones as the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism. Joining Hannah-Jones at the Washington, D.C. establishment is author and MacArthur Fellow Ta-Nehisi Coates and the pair will help form the...
A Tribe Called Quest Deny Involvement In NFT Auction Of Group’s Royalties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty All the news about A Tribe Called Quest becoming the newest Hip-Hop entity to enter the world of NFT’s is flat-out false, says Ali Shaheed Muhammad in a fiery social media post that reveals another controversy concerning Hip-Hop and cryptocurrency. The DJ and producer was compelled to speak out at length after a Billboard article last week claimed that the iconic Hip-Hop group entered into a partnership with online music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange to auction off a 1.5% share of the group’s sound recording royalties from their first five albums. This would be sold off as a non-fungible token (NFT). Dubbing the article as “Not Friggin True,” Muhammad decided to detail exactly why this move wasn’t approved by the group. “At the...
Kodak Black Gives Out New Air Conditioners To Florida Residents
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) There’s a heatwave currently blasting parts of the United States and while many have to just grin and bear it, Kodak Black is doing his part to help the less fortunate get through these mutant dog days of summer. According to TMZ the “Roll In Peace” rapper decided to go out and help Floridian’s fight the oppressive heat by linking up with Francky Pierre, who runs the charity, Philanthropic Work and Outreach, and purchasing 100 brand new air conditioners and handing them out to the residents of the Golden Acres Projects in Pompano Beach. Actually manning up and carrying the units to the residents himself, a shirtless Kodak went door to door to bless people with the cool gift as if he was...
Hugh Jackman Teases Possible Return As Wolverine In MCU
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sean Dempsey – PA Images / Getty Back in 2017 when Old Man Logan hit screens, Hugh Jackman swore up and down that it would be his last time donning the adamantium claws as Wolverine in 20th Century Fox’s Marvel universe. Fast forward four years later and it seems like Jackman might be hinting at the return of Weapon X, but in the Marvel Studio’s current MCU. Recently the Australian actor who ascended to stardom playing a Canadian mutant took to his IG page to play with fanboy’s emotions and posted a few stories that have given hope to X-Men fans around the world. The first was a picture of Wolverine’s claws. No caption needed. The second was a picture of Jackman hanging out with Marvel Studios’ President, Kevin Feige. Could it be? Could Hugh Jackman be re...
Racist New Jersey White Man Got A Visit From Black Protesters After Rant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Screencap A white Mount Laurel, N.J. man found himself on the wrong end of protests this past Monday after he went on a racist rant last Friday, threatening the Black man he verbally assaulted by telling him his address. Taking the invitation to pull up, several dozen protesters showed up at the man’s door as he was casually escorted from his home by local police. According to a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, reportedly got into a verbal spat with a Black neighbor last Friday and hurled racist slurs before inviting the man to his home by telling his address. The entire exchange between Mathews and the neighbor was caught on video and has since gone viral. During the video, Mathews tells the man to “come see me”...
Kevin Gates Opens Up To Mike Tyson, Reveals He Was “Molested” As A Child & Used Rap As An “Escape”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Mike Tyson definitely has a way of getting his guests to open up to him on his podcast. Hip-Hop star Kevin Gates was the latest guest on Mike Tyson’s weed-fueled podcast, Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson. During the 50-minute conversation, the legendary boxer asked Gates what led him into his rap career, and that’s where the rapper shared something he has never told anyone before. “It was an escape for me. I’mma say something, I never said this in no interview, no podcast, or anything like that,” Gates shared at the 4:40-mark of the interview. “I grew up real, real violent, and real aggressive. Not because I wanted to be, but because I was molested when I was a child.” Gates also revealed that a fear of being vulnerable” led to him ta...
Lil Kim Fires Back At 50 Cent Over Instagram Jab, Digs In Over Dinner Date Diss
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Lil’ Kim and 50 Cent have collaborated musically in the past, but whatever solid bonds that existed then are now far in the rearview mirror. After Fif took a swipe at the Brooklyn rapper, Kim fired back and made mention that her husband was taking care of the light work too. To be fair, 50 Cent didn’t seem to be making a direct shot at Lil’ Kim, but he did share a meme photo of Kim next to an owl, writing in the caption, “who did this sh*t, this ain’t right. LOL catch FOR LIFE on IMDb Tv now.” Kim brushed the shot off with ease and telling her Queens counterpart that a failed attempt at getting a dinner date is why Fif took the jab. From Lil’ Kim’s IG: The accuracy Hilarious I ain’t bothered not one bit. My family & friends more...
