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J. Cole Rolls In A Yellow Cab For The Visuals To “punchin’ . the . clock”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 J. Cole may be from North Carolina, but the man loves shooting his videos in New York City. After releasing Big Apple based visuals for “a m a r i,” and “applying . pressure,” the man who apparently also has a thing for lowercase letters once again uses the city that never sleeps as a backdrop for his latest clip to “punchin’ . the . clock.” Hanging out of the window of a yellow cab for while he spits his verse, J. Cole continues to keep his fashion style as gritty as his rap steez as he remains one of the few multi-millionaire artists in the game that refrains from splurging on diamonds and jewelry. Props. He’s reluctance to rock ice is probably explained in the cut when Cole spits, “The sh*t pop off, I learned to duck u...
One Dance: Drake and Cannabis Company Sever Business Ties
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty It seems that not every project Drake touches turns to gold. It has been announced he and the Canopy Growth Corporation have parted ways. As reported by HipHopDX the Toronto, Ontario, Canada native is no longer in business with CGC. For those who need their memories jogged back in November 2019 Drizzy announced a new partnership in the name of the More Life Growth Company. The venture was billed as it being “centered around wellness, discovery, and overall personal growth with the hope of facilitating connections and shared experiences across the globe.” According to a recent feature in Bloomberg Canopy has confirmed they are no longer in business with the “God’s Plan” MC. “We have indeed divested from More Life and the f...
Lil Loaded’s Mother Says Son Was Heartbroken When He Took His Own Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty This past weekend the Hip-Hop world was shocked when news broke that up and coming rapper Lil Loaded had passed away. While cause of death wasn’t immediately released, word spread that the rapper had taken his own life after finding out his girlfriend had cheated on him with someone else. Now TMZ is confirming the rumor as Loaded’s mother told police who arrived on the scene that her son was “emotional Sunday night, crying and upset over how much he loved his ex-girlfriend.” Damn, man. A broken heart should never equate to self-harm or harming the person you’re dating. It proves nothing and only causes further trauma to the people involved and others in your circle, such as Lil Loaded’s mother, family and fans. According to the rep...
J. Prince Calls Out The “Clowns” Who Shot & Killed His Nephew
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jemal Countess / Getty Recently Rap-A-Lot CEO and Houston quadruple-OG, J. Prince revealed that his nephew had been shot and killed. In an IG post he condemned the “clowns” for taking his nephew’s life. Calling for universal retribution, Prince wrote how he wished he could put a hit out in response to the shooting, but stopped short of actually putting a bounty on the men who shot and killed his family, saying “I wish I could go back to the western days and put a ‘WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE- MILLION DOLLAR REWARD’ on them but that’s illegal, so I won’t do that.” Continuing to vent on the situation, J. Prince called on the real heads out on the streets to keep it thorough and called out so-called gangstas for preying on innocent citizens who aren’t a part of th...
It’s Raining Confusion: Kevin Samuels Leaves Viewers Talking After Recent Live Showing Man In Bed, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: svetikd / Getty Kevin Samuels may be used to handing out the critiques, but after his most recent live—viewers are the ones left with questions. Last week while on his live stream show, Samuels was seemingly giving a woman advice while staring at a laptop screen visibly clicking through screens. After a few moments into the guest’s story, the camera appears to flip and reveal a man sleeping in the bed, an incident Samuels referred to as a “glitch.” While the video is clear that there was a man on the screen, fans are torn between whether the man in question was just a sleeping friend of the YouTube life coach, or something more—a point many women state makes him a hypocrite. After being dragged online over the “glitch”, Kevin Samuels issued an official st...
Stadium Goods & Christie’s To Auction Off A Gang of Rare Air Jordans, Again
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stadium Goods / Christie’s If you missed out on Stadium Goods and auction house Christie’s last “Original Air” Air Jordan sneaker collection auction, fret not because they’re about to give rich sneakerheads another chance to drop a lifetime’s worth of paper on exclusive footwear. Source: Stadium Goods / Christie’s The sneaker consignment destination, ahem, marketplace and auction house are once again collaborating to set up another sneaker auction dubbed “Original Air Part II” which will be boasting 90 pairs of kicks composed of scarce early samples, the complete Air Jordan 1-14 collection (basically all the kicks Jordan actually played in), game-worn kicks, and Jordan-related pieces from celebrities such as Eminem, Kobe Bryant, Drake and LeBron James. So...
Homophobic Karens Get Shouted Out and Shamed From Hotel Pool
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @theblackbayarea / Instagram It’s June, which means it is officially Pride month across the country, where the lives of the LBGTQ community past, present and future are honored and celebrated. But unfortunately, there’s a lot of people who still don’t get it, as seen in a shocking viral video. The Black Bay Area LLC, an Instagram account, secured video of an incident that took place at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in Sacramento, California. Dominique Veasley, a queer Black woman from Oakland was out in the pool with her girlfriend. As they kissed, they were verbally harassed by a trio of white women who were in a cabana nearby who ungraciously asked the couple to stop kissing because there were children around. Other people that were there weren’t having it, ...
New Balance & Miller Lite Collaborate For “Shoezie” Father’s Day Sneaker
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New Balance / Miller Lite More than a decade after the Heineken SB Dunks took the sneaker culture by storm, Miller Lite and New Balance are collaborating to drop something for the fathers of the world continuously working on their dad-bods. According to HypeBeast, the Miller Lite x New Balance “Shoezie” will be dropping on Father’s Day (June 20) and it doesn’t just rep the dads of the world, but is specifically made to help keep brew nice and cool on hot summer days. Resembling the New Balance 624 Trainer, the sneakers will be fitted with a rubber sole unit that help keep beers nice and cool while the base leather will keep your feet nice and comfy. “To celebrate the arrival of the Shoezie to life, Miller Lite selected real-life dads for a series centered...
A$AP Rocky Gets Into The Tech Investing Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tony Forte/WENN / WENN A$AP Rocky is riding a new wave of rejuvenation in his life and career as he prepares to release a new album, All Smiles. His latest move links him up with a rising company in the world of financial tech. On Tuesday (June 1), the Swedish fintech company Klarna announced that A$AP Rocky has become their latest investor. As part of the move, Rocky will take over the duties of CEO from the current CEO and co-founder, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, for one day. While in the role, he’ll “renounce the global fashion hibernation” that was part of the story of 2020 while the world was grappling with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Going forward, the rapper will be in charge of curating exclusive content on the Klarna shopping app with a foc...
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Flow Joe: Fat Joe Performs ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NPR / Youtube Set featured image Fat Joe doesn’t get enough respect on his name for his catalog. Joe Crack from The Boogie Down reminded the world of hoq big his legacy really is with a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The Bronx, New York native put on for the city with a very impressive set on NPR’s beloved platform. From his UP NYC sneaker store in Manhattan, the Bronx icon sets the tone with a dynamic performance of “My Lifestyle” before following it up with fan-favorite “What’s Luv,” where Joe and the band add a twist of salsa to his memorable collaboration with Ashanti. After transitioning to “Lean Back,” Joe celebrates his longevity in the rap game with a performance of his 2021 single “Sunshine (The Light)” – the spring anthem tha...
Franklin Saint Back: Damson Idris Returns To Twitter After Brief Deactivation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Damson Idris has become something of a big deal due in part to his star turn as the cold-blooded hustler Franklin Saint in FX’s Snowfall. After seemingly being run off Twitter, the British actor returned after folks on the social media network unnecessarily called him corny for asking a harmless question. The hullabaloo on Twitter occurred when Idris, 29, asked a question that has been asked in some form or fashion in times past in that space. Idris wrote, “Question. Ladies, if a guy keeps texting you to meet up but you know you will NEVER want to why don’t you just tell him?” For some reason, this sparked many online into calling Idris corny and saying that he’s pulling the old “asking for a friend” bit but he cleared that up in anot...
DaBaby Questioned In Miami Shooting, Released After Police Nab 2 Suspects
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty DaBaby is one of Hip-Hop’s biggest stars and his presence in the public eye will almost certainly cause a dramatic stir. After a shooting incident in Miami near a popular restaurant, DaBaby was brought in for questioning but released after police took in two other suspects, one of whom is linked to the North Carolina star. The Miami Herald reports that a Memorial Day shooting near the Prime 112 steakhouse in South Beach left two people injured, one critically, shutting down the MacArthur Causeway and a portion of Ocean Drive. DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, was initially questioned by the authorities on Tuesday (June 1) but was released after a rapper on DaBaby’s Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment label, Wisdom, wa...
