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Diddy & J. Cole Connect, Playfully Re-enact Their Infamous Scrap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Diddy / @diddy Back in 2013, the world took notice of chatter that Diddy and J. Cole got into a bit of a physical kerfuffle at an industry party that thankfully didn’t escalate. Cole, who recently mentioned the moment on a recent track, connected with the original Bad Boy himself with the two playfully reenacting their fight. Diddy posted a photo of the pair presumably on the balcony of a New York City hi-rise building, both decked in summer attire and posing cooly. The following post featured a video of the two hamming it up with the camera, with Diddy putting up his dukes and Cole, taken with laughter, doing the same. It was a lot more serious in 2013 during an after-party for the MTV Video Music Awards. Based on what little information has come forth, ...
Lil Jon Among Slew of Stars Taking Over As ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Host
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty The return of ABC’s Bachelor In Paradise will see its longtime host replaced by Atlanta’s own Lil Jon among a slew of other celebrities this summer. The other hosts include comedic actor and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burress, comedian David Spade and former NSYNC boy band singer Lance Bass. Each will rotate as host during the upcoming season, with other special guests slated to make an appearance. The move comes as it was announced on Tuesday (June 8th) that the original longtime host, Chris Harrison, was permanently leaving the reality-show franchise. Harrison had been the host since the first Bachelor aired in 2002. He caught a lot of heat for defending former contestant, Rachael Kirkconnell with racially insensitive com...
Union x Air Jordan 4 Collection Raffles To Go Down June 20
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand Prepare to have your heart broken for the 1000th time this year, sneakerheads. The Union x Air Jordan 4‘s are set to drop in a few weeks and naturally Union Los Angeles will be holding the all too dreaded, but “safer” raffle in order to keep sneaker bots from gobbling up merchandise in a heartbeat. The “Tent and Trail” collection is set to release on their official website and on the Nike “L” SNKRS app much to the chagrin of sneakerheads worldwide. Coming in two separate colorways, “Desert Moses” and “Taupe Haze,” the former will be releasing on both Union LA while the latter will be a Union exclusive. While many heads aren’t too keen on the color blocking used on the sneakers, y’all already know the exclusiveness of these will...
GoldLink Breaks Twitter Silence, Announces New Album & Sheck Wes Diss
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Frank Hoensch / Getty GoldLink, one of the Washington, D.C. area’s top talents, broke his Twitter silence this past Wednesday (June 9) in quite epic fashion. The Grammy Award-nominated star announced his new album but also threw shots at Sheck Wes in the process. In a string of tweets, GoldLink expressed to his fans and followers that he’s been off the social media service since 2015, although he did indeed tweet in 2019, and remarked that things have changed. “I HAVENT BEEN ON TWITTER SINCE 2015!. THIS SH*T SO DIFFERENT,” GoldLink began. He followed with, “F*KK U SHECK WES. IMA DRINK SOME CACTI AND SPIT ON YOUR WHITE TEE YOU DIRTY BUTT N*GGA. HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA HE SO UGLY.” The tweets kept coming and it appears all of it was leading somewhere, throwing pra...
The Rolling Loud New York Has Been Unveiled, Travis Scott, J. Cole & 50 Cent & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rolling Loud / Rolling Loud Concerts are officially back and after a year of being locked down and missing out on life, people are ready to turn up and make up for a year lost to a deadly pandemic. Fan favorite annual concert, Rolling Loud, is ready to get back in full-swing and for their New York stop this October are hosting some huge names to ensure fans get the experience they’ve been waiting for since 2020. Yesterday Rolling Loud took to their IG page to announce the names performing at this year’s New York stop and judging from the lineup, the Big Apple will be a-rocking. Boasting headliners, 50 Cent, J. Cole, and Travis Scott, the weekend of October 28-30 will also be featuring heavyweight music artists such as Rick Ross, Lil Baby, Young M.A, Dipse...
Conway The Machine ft. Ludacris & JD “Scatter Brain,” T.I. ”What It’s Come To” & More | Daily Visuals 6.9.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Conway The Machine is a menace on the mic and for anyone who’s been paying attention they know that the lyrical beast from Buffalo can run with the best of them on a track. Continuing to show and prove that he’s a force to be reckoned with, Conway links up with Ludacris and JD for his latest clip to “Scatter Brain” where the three holding down at a hideout where old school TV’s have barbwires lacing them for some reason. They scared someone gonna try to bag them as antiques or something? T.I. meanwhile addresses all the sexual assault allegations and with his Co-D, Tiny, by his side brushes off what he feels is a conspiracy against him and his wife in his visuals to “What It’s Come to.” Oh, so that’s how it allll came together. Interesting. Check out the rest of ...
Waka Flocka Flame Named Commencement Speaker For Chicago High School
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Waka Flocka Flame earned his fame as a boisterous rapper known for his booming hooks, but he’s settled into a different role in the latter stages of his career. Very soon, Waka will deliver the commencement address at a Chicago high school and hopes to deliver a message that will inspire the soon-to-be graduates at Chicago’s Soldier Field. TMZ reports that Waka Flocka Flame, 35, will deliver a virtual message of hope to the graduating class of 2021 at Innovations High School, an alternative school that services students between the ages of 16-21. The school implements the creative arts within their curriculum, and pledge full support to the student body while demanding a high level of excellence. As it stands, Waka has long bee...
Foot Locker & FILA Team Up For Exclusive ‘In The Heights’ Kicks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Before Lin-Manuel Miranda became the hottest name on Broadway with his breakthrough play Hamilton, the man was quietly bubbling onto the scene a few years earlier with fan-favorite musical about Washington Heights, In The Heights. Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Now that the aforementioned play is about to hit theaters as a full-feature motion picture, Foot Locker is celebrating the release by collaborating with FILA and Warner Bros. to drop some limited-edition footwear inspired by the film, In The Heights. This Friday (June 11), fans of the 2008 musical will be able to pick up a pair of the Foot Locker exclusive which features a pretty dope summer colorway of white, grey, purple, and berry (berry isn’t used enough as a color ...
Tyler Perry Bringing Madea Out of Retirement For Upcoming Netflix Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Tran / Getty Madea is not done yet. Tuesday (Jun.8), Netflix announced that Tyler Perry is bringing the beloved gun-toting grandmother from retirement for a new film called A Madea Homecoming. The Hollywood Reporter says the film, which will be the 12th movie starring Perry as Madea, will be shot at his studio in Atlanta and will see him handle both writing and directing duties and premiere exclusively on the streaming service 2022. The decision to bring Madea back comes just three years after he announced he put the grey wig on the shelf. Perry took to Instagram to make the big announcement in a video saying the reason he brought her back is the fact “we need to laugh, man, too much is going on in the country. We need to laugh, so, I wa...
Megan Thee Stallion To Provide Scholarship For Roc Nation School
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The latest addition to the academic programs at Long Island University-Brooklyn created in partnership with Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation just got another star-studded boost. Today (June 9), Megan Thee Stallion announced her plans to provide a four-year scholarship with tuition fully paid for a student wishing to pursue their degree at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus. The inaugural semester of the school will begin in the fall of 2021. The news comes weeks after renowned producer and Hip-Hop educator 9th Wonder announced that he would be joining the school along with other veteran musicians as a visiting professor, teaching courses on how to create an album and about the history...
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Nike Debuts Their ‘Space Jam’ Collection, New LeBron 19 [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Nike The highly-anticipated release of Space Jam 2 is still a month away, but that isn’t keeping Nike and Converse from already getting heads hype for the attire inspired by the film which stars LeBron James. On Tuesday (June 9) Source: Nike / NIke Nike unveiled their upcoming Space Jam collection which consists of jerseys, shorts, jackets, and of course, sneakers. Remixing classics like the Air Force 1’s to feature Lola Bunny on the swoosh and having Marvin The Martian plastered on a pair of basketball shorts, this collection is definitely something that our inner child will be clamoring to own. We even got a sneak peak of the exclusive LeBron James 19 “Space Jam” silhouette which features a double-chambered Air Max unit in the heel and a newly sh...
Megan Thee Stallion Teases The Return of Tina Snow & New Single “Thot Sh*T” With Bootyful Instagram Post
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Megan Thee Stallion’s brief hiatus is over. The leader of the Hot Girls is here to make sure the hotties will have the hot girl summer they were forced to put on hold last year because of rona. The Houston rapper announced back in April to her fans that she was taking a break from music by sharing some creative posts on Instagram of herself recuperating in a capsule, a clever nod to animes that Thee Stallion enjoys. Sunday (Jun.6), she announced that she was back and fully recharged with a video showing her vitals, such as her mental health, confidence, bars, and most importantly, her knees, all being at 100% to mark the return of her popular alter ego, Tina Snow. She wasn’t done. In subsequent follow-up posts, Tina Snow announced her...
