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It’s On: Swizz Beatz Confirms Problematic VERZUZ Showdown Between Bow Wow & Soulja Boy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 106 & Park faithful, get your baggy drip from the early 2000s. The Verzuz between Soulja Boy and Bow Wow is going down. Soulja Boy had Twitter talking when he announced on Saturday (May 22) in a tweet that he and Bow Wow would be taking part in that latest internet phenomenon that was birthed due to being stuck indoors due to the pandemic. As expected, fans were excited but at the same time hesitant because no official word came from Verzuz founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. You can cast those doubts aside because Swizz Beatz finally confirmed that the showdown between Soulja Boy and Bow Wow is indeed happening. Beatz said as much during an interview with DJ Quick Silva and Dominique Da Diva on the Quick Silva S...
Kid Cudi, Future And J. Cole To Headline Rolling Loud California
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Rap is back; no for real this time. J. Cole, Future and Kid Cudi are set to headline the Rolling Loud live concert series this summer. As spotted on Hype Beast the very popular music festival is returning in 2021. This week their California installment was announced. Slated for Friday, December 10 to Sunday, December 12 the event will showcase a very diverse array of talent to the ticket buyers. Kid Cudi will headline the first day with J. Cole taking top billing on the second day and Future closing the much anticipated affair out on the third. Some of the other artists confirmed to hit the stage include Jack Harlow, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, Ty Dolla Sign, Coi Leray, Wiz Khalifa, and Playboi Carti and a joint set from...
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M. Night Shyalaman Returns With A New Supernatural Thriller ‘Old’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Universal / Universal At one point in his Hollywood career director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) was considered one of the greatest film makers in the business. But then The Happening happened and he never fully recovered. Since then he’s tried to rebound with Devil (meh), The Visit (eh) and actually got back in everyone’s good graces with Split. Then he pressed his luck with the sequel to fan favorite, Unbreakable with 2019’s Glass and once again found himself in the dog house. Now M. Night is giving it another go with a new supernatural film that’ll make you feel a ways about your age in Old (the man really does like one or two syllable titles). In the trailer for his latest offering, a group of people find themselves on a beach w...
Bill Cosby Denied Parole, Did Not Participate In Sex Offenders And Violence Prevention Program
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Bill Cosby is still behind bars after being denied parole earlier in the month, although a decision awaits from Pennsylvania’s highest court regarding the beleaguered entertainer’s freedom. In the decision, it was revealed that Cosby being unwilling to attend courses geared towards designated sex offenders was the basis of the denial. Deadline provided a detailed account of Cosby’s ordeal, noting that the 83-year-old star’s refusal to enroll in a “sex offenders and violence prevention” treatment program was among the reasons why he was denied parole. More from the May 11 letter from the Pennsylvania Parole Board: FOLLOWING AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU AND A REVIEW OF YOUR FILE, AND HAVING CONSIDERED ALL MATTERS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO T...
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Steps Down As Director Amid Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Francine Orr / Getty Activist Patrisse Cullors announced on Thursday, May 27 that she is resigning her position as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Foundation that she helped to found in 2013. “I’ve created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave,” Cullors said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It feels like the time is right.” The move comes after a controversy arose concerning Ms. Cullors’ lifestyle while serving as executive director, focusing on decisions made to make multiple costly real estate purchases. One decision that drew the most scrutiny from a slew of conservative websites and pundits was her purchase of a home worth $1 million dollars in the Topanga Canyon ...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 5.28.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: blackCAT / 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. Keeping up with our bi-weekly schedule, this week’s CRT FRSH playlist is another one of those joints that goes all across the map, literally and otherwise. We believe that Hip-Hop is too vast of a music genre to be boxed in by a particular sound or topic matter. There will be artists from both coasts, the midwest, down south, and we’ve even got our neighbors to the north in Canada on this week’s list. We open up the list with the late, great DMX a...
Fetty Wap “Homies,” SMILEZ ft. Snoop Dogg “HAPPY” & More | Daily Visuals 5.28.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Many moons ago it seemed like Fetty Wap was superstar bound when he was rocking the charts when he dropped his crossover smash, “Trap Queen.” Unfortunately that potential was never realized and he’s since been trying to get back to that number one spot he occupied back in 2014. Continuing his quest to recapture that magic of the Summer ’14, Fetty Wap comes through with some new work in “Homies” where he gets his rap on at a house party where his peoples enjoy some earth smoke, hookahs and female company. Looks like a good time. Elsewhere SMILEZ calls on Snoop Dogg to join him for his clip to “HAPPY” where the blonde hair artist politics in his backyard with many pistol packin’ peoples. Don’t let feds see this joint. Check out the rest of today’s drops including w...
HHW Gaming: ‘Far Cry 6’ Allows You Take Down Enemies With Los Del Rio CDs… Seriously
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Far Cry 6 looks extremely lit. We haven’t heard much about this game since news leaked last year ahead of Ubisoft’s Ubiforward presentation that legendary actor Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian) will portray the main villain, Antón Castillo, a ruthless dictator in the game. Thursday (May 28), Ubisoft finally gave us our first good look at Far Cry 6, and it looks phenomenal. The gameplay trailer, which was shown off during a live stream, gives us a glimpse at the small, fictional island nation of Yara. If it seems familiar to you, that’s because it is, Ubisoft has confirmed is heavily inspired by real-world Cuba. We also meet the game’s protagonist Dani Rojas, a character who can either be male or female and customized ...
‘Moonlight’ Star Trevante Rhodes Cast As Mike Tyson In Hulu Biopic Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Fury / Getty Jamie Foxx may be ready to fill the black leather shoes of Iron Mike Tyson in the upcoming biopic series, but Trevante Rhodes might beat him to the premiere punch. According to Deadline, the Moonlight star has just been cast to be “The Baddest Man on The Planet” in Hulu’s upcoming eight-part series based on the legendary boxer, Iron Mike. “The streamer ordered the series from I, Tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers and director Craig Gillespie with Margot Robbie exec producing and Mixed-ish’s Karin Gist set as showrunner and exec producer.” Iron Mike is will be exploring the crazy life that was that of Mike Tyson. From the very highs to the very lows, the series is bound to be as captivating ...
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Jay-Z Admits He Used To Forget His Lyrics On ‘The Shop’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: HBO / HBO Even though he is a God MC Jay-Z isn’t perfect. On a recent episode of The Shop he admits he has forgotten his lyrics at live shows. As reported on HipHopDX the Brooklyn, New York native paid a visit to his long time friend and mentee LeBron James on the newest installment of his HBO talk series. On a teaser clip released this week the Los Angeles Laker and future hall of famed asked Jigga if he has ever been “so zoned out” that he forgot his rhymes at a concert. Surprisingly Jay admitted to not always being on his A game during the early stages of his illustrious career. “In the beginning, I used to get on the stage and just forget all my lyrics,” he replied. While he has very few low marks on his Rap rep...
50 Cent Hints He Is Ready To Ditch Starz After Claiming The Network Was Upset With Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It looks like 50 Cent is eager to take his talents to a new network. 50 Cent is notorious for his “issues” with Starz, the network that is the home to his hit show Power and universe of spinoffs. It seems the relationship between them has finally run its course. The latest fallout between the two entities stems from Hip-Hop mogul being too eager to share casting news. The G-Unit general revealed that Patina Miller would be joining the cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Starz was not too thrilled that he shared that information, despite the series being partly created by the rapper. 50 Cent wasn’t shy about sharing his grief with the network, hinting that he is ready to move on from Starz writing on Instagram, “STARZ i...
DJ Khaled Throws A Star Studded House Party In “I Did It”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Another one! In case you haven’t been keeping up for the past few weeks DJ Khaled’s been going ham dropping visuals for cuts off his last LP, Khaled Khaled and for this good Friday (not the religious one), he comes through with his latest installment, “I Did It.” Shooting the clip in his Miami mansion, Khaled invites Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, and Lil Baby to his private estate where each artist does there own thing while kicking their verses. Whether it was Lil Baby enjoying a speedboat, DaBaby playing chess in the pool or Megan Thee Stallion riding a horse (Pardison Fontaine is the luckiest of men), the Miami soiree looked all kinds of turnt. Check out the entertaining visuals below and let us know what your favorite cu...
