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Chance The Rapper & AMC Theaters Team To Give Fans Advance Screening Of ‘Magnificent Coloring World’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Judy Eddy/WENN.com / WENN Chance the Rapper is once again giving back to his hometown, but this time he’s taking fans to the movies. In an effort to get fans back outside and in theaters, Chance the Rapper and AMC Theatres announced they are setting limited advance screenings of his highly anticipated concert film, “Magnificent Coloring World,” in Chicago. The concert film, filmed in 2017 on the tails of Chance’s historic Grammy’s win for Best Rap Album, will have 5 showings starting Friday (May 14), which is the anniversary of the album’s, Coloring Book, release. “Seeing movies together on the big screen is an essential part of summertime and something I deeply missed over the last year, Chance the Rapper said in a statement, “I am extremely e...
J. Cole Reveals He Would Be “Super Comfortable” Stepping Away From The Rap Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 J. Cole is prepping to hit us with his next album, The Off-Season, but could it be “Grown Simba’s” last roar as a rapper? The North Carolina Hip-Hop star made history on Tuesday (May 11), becoming the first rapper to cover the basketball bible, Slam Magazine, which makes sense that he is currently moonlighting as a hooper. In the cover feature, the “No Role Modelz” crafter hinted at the idea of retiring from the Rap game. The 36-year-old Dreamville general revealed that everything he is doing is laying down the groundwork, so if he does decide to put down the microphone, he will have no qualms about it while also saying he won’t ever put a period on his “retirement.” “Oh, bro, I’m super comfortable with the potential of b...
Ex-Girlfriend of Soulja Boy Suing Him For Allegedly Beating Her Leading To Miscarriage
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty Problematic rapper Soulja Boy could be dishing out that money he’s making off that TikTok song if this lawsuit doesn’t go in his favor. TMZ exclusively reported an ex-girlfriend of Soulja Boy is suing him because he allegedly couldn’t keep his hands and feet to himself, which led to her suffering a miscarriage. Documents obtained by the celebrity gossip site detail the physical abuse the woman identified as “Jane Doe” endured at the hands of Soula Boy in separate incidents in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The woman claims that while she was pregnant in 2015, Soulja Boy became irate and violent after a “simple conversation” and began “to punch her in the face and the chest until she could no longer stand on her feet.” She alleges the ...
Pop Smoke Fought Back Before Being Shot & Killed During Botched Robbery
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Over the weekend it was revealed that last year’s February murder of Pop Smoke was carried out by a 15-year-old kid over a Rolex watch and as shocking as that fact is, more information (or lack thereof) is coming out about that now fateful day in Hip-Hop history. According to Vulture, police had trouble finding cooperation during their investigation of the murder and while the internet ran with their own theories and assumptions, the truth was still yet to be realized. Then finally on July 9, LAPD announced that they had arrested five people in connection to the rapper’s murder and charged four of them for the crime: Corey Walker, 19, Keandre Rodgers, 18, and two minors whose names were withheld due to their age. Now that we’ve learne...
Swizz Beatz Confirms DMX’s Final Album Drops This Month
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It seems like just yesterday news broke that the beloved rapper known as DMX had taken his last breath on this earth and though many fans are still processing his passing they will get to hear the Dawg one last time in a few weeks. Following his death word began to spread that X had in fact finished his last album with Snoop Dogg saying the album was done at his studio in L.A. following their fan favorite Verzuz battle earlier in the year. Though nothing about the potential album was uttered in the following weeks, Swizz Beatz took to IG to confirm DMX’s last studio album is indeed complete and will be hitting the streets at the end of the month. According to Variety, Swizz announced that X’s posthumous project, Exodus, will be r...
Dave Chapelle Calls Out ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast For Low Woke Levels
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supplied by WENN.com / WENN Whether you find him funny or not one thing that can be said about Dave Chapelle is that he speaks from the heart. In a new interview, the comedian expressed his disappointment in the Saturday Night Live cast. As spotted on Page Six the Washington, D.C. native joined Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast last week. As expected their conversation touched on a multitude of topics including his historic run on Comedy Central and reacquiring the rights to Chapelle Show. While discussing Elon Musk’s upcoming guest spot on the NBC live sketch comedy show (the podcast was recorded the day prior) the two made it clear the staff wouldn’t utilize the Tesla businessman the right way. “No one is woke enough,” Rogan t...
Dave Chappelle, yasiin bey & Talib Kweli Launch ‘The Midnight Miracle’ Podcast On Luminary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty Need another podcast to add to your already long list? Well, Dave Chappelle, yasiin bey, and Talib Kweli got a new one for you to listen to. Tuesday (May 11), subscription podcast network Luminary announced the first two episodes of The Midnight Miracle, the salon-style show created and hosted by Chappelle, bey, and Kweli, now available. According to the press release, the show will feature ” the country’s most influential cultural icons” as guests. The trio recorded the show in Ohio in 2020 during Chappelle’s legendary 2020 Summer Camp and “provides a glimpse into a very interesting season in the lives of the hosts and their friends.” The show, which was “meticulously edited” by bey, Chappelle, and Kweli, aims to let listeners fee...
New York City To Offer Vaccine Shots At Subway Stations
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty As we get closer and closer to getting our world back to pre-pandemic normal, New York City is pulling out all the stops to help get people vaccinated and stop the spread of COVID-19 dead in it’s track. According to NYMag, the latest initiative includes the use of the New York City subway system as a means to getting people vaccinated as the city prepares to offer the vaccine at subway stations to any and everyone looking for the shot. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that beginning this Wednesday (May 12), eight subway stations will be offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to commuters who are yet to receive the shots. “The pilot program will run from May 12 to May 16, giving out shots at the 179th Street station in Jamaica; the Stillwe...
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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DEAN BLOTTO GRAY / Courtesy of Burton There are some out there who still front on snowboarding like it’s not a sport to take seriously, or that Black people won’t get into it. That viewpoint ignores the fact that snowboarding and Hip-hop have been a winning combination before, with Naughty By Nature’s “Feel Me Flow” video from 1995 as a major example as MTV showcased the sport before ESPN picked up the baton with their X-Games. Hip-Hop’s impact on the sport can be seen in figures such as Shaun White, who holds the most Olympic gold medals for the sport and Chloe Kim, the youngest woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. More importantly, there have been notable Black figures holding it down as snowboarders from back then such as Russel Winfield, Keir Dill...
Tory Lanez Allegedly 2-Pieced L&HH Cast Member Prince Michael Harty
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Tory Lanez is once again out there stirring up trouble but at least this time his alleged victim was able to walk away with from the incident with their toes in tact. TMZ is reporting that the Toronto artist got into a scuffle with Love & Hip Hop: Miami cast member, Prince Michael Harty, which ended up with Harty getting paws put on him. Apparently the two had been beefing for quite some time but things got outta hand this past Monday night at Vendome on South Beach when Tory snuck Harty on his left while he was sitting at his table. Prince told cops he turned around and made eye contact with Tory, who ran out of the club and took off in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van. Tory is named in the police report as a suspect for a...
Dr. Maya Angelou To Appear On Limited Edition Quarter Coins In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The late Dr. Maya Angelou remains one of the most notable poets of her generation and has inspired others to follow her path of words and creative expression. The legendary wordsmith will have her image placed on a limited edition run of quarter coins beginning next year, essentially making her the first Black woman to appear on U.S. currency. The news of the appearance of both Angelou and NASA pioneer Dr. Sally Ride, the first woman to travel to space, was first revealed in April. The women are the first to appear on the coins as part of the American Women Quarters program. They will be joined by other notable women figures in U.S. history, culminating in about 20 women to be featured. All of the figures have yet to be f...
HHW Gaming: DJ Khaled & Megan Fox Will Kick Off’s LG’s Only on OLED Campaign With ‘Fortnite’ Face Off
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LG OLED / LG’s Only on OLED Campaign This might be the most random Fortnite battle ever, and we are very intrigued. Announced on Monday (May 10), Korean-based electronics company LG (Life’s Good) has enlisted the help of We The Best Music general DJ Khaled and actress Megan Fox to kick off its new Only On OLED campaign. The two superstars of their respective fields will bump heads in Epic Games’ highly addictive video game Fortnite. The Only On OLED campaign will feature not only a celebrity gaming face-off series but also a “docu-style short films featuring professional star athletes, and exclusive sneak peeks at never-before-seen content from some of this year’s most anticipated movie releases available only on LG TV’s FOMO Channel app on its webOS...
