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Kanye West Admits He Was Jealous Of Virgil Abloh Via Texts With Tremaine Emory
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty The Kanye West hot mess express continues. He reveals that he was indeed jealous of Virgil Abloh in a text conversation with Tremaine Emory. As spotted on Complex, the Chicago, Ill. native reached out directly to the Creative Director at SUPREME after Emory called him out for treating Virgil Abloh poorly prior to and after his death. Last Friday (Oct. 7), Ye shared screenshots of their conversation. Emory went ten toes down on his prior stance. Related Stories “You still ain’t tell the people why you weren’t invited at Virgil’s private funeral,” he wrote. “Why you rode on him when you knew he was sick. That’s the ether. That’s the sh*t you can’t address. The sh*t you can’t live with. All the hate you spewed on your brother.”...
Check Out Some Of The Trailers That Premiered At New York Comic Con 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Roy Rochlin / Getty The 2022 New York Comic Con has come and gone and in its wake left many fan boys and fan girls satisfied what with giving them a reason to finally go out in public dressed up as superheroes and sci-fi characters and not get clowned for it. But aside from the superb cosplaying and exclusive merchandise sold at the annual event, fans get excited for the new trailers to whatever shows or films they follow and this year we got some highly-anticipated reveals including the first trailer for the animated Super Mario Bros. movie (Chris Pratt voicing Super Mario is hella weird). Aside from that we got a sneak peak at the upcoming fourth season of HBO Max’s Teen Titans, Netflix’s Adams Family spinoff, Wednesday, and Teen Wolf: The Movie am...
Dallas Woman Shot & Killed Over Basketball Game Victory
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jackyenjoyphotography / Getty A young Dallas woman was shot to death, allegedly due to the results of a basketball game she won against the person who killed her. According to reports, Asia Womack was found by first responders on the sidewalk on Laglow Street in South Dallas last Monday evening with multiple gunshot wounds. They rushed her to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries later that evening. Police have not publicly named a suspect, but Womack’s family has come out and said that the man who killed her did so after Asia beat him in a pick-up game of basketball. “This was supposed to be a friend of Asia’s. She’s eaten with the man,” her mother, Andrea Womack said to the local news network Fox4. “She’s fed him, and he turned on her an...
Katt Williams Trends After Photo With Dave Chappelle, Madlib & More Goes Wide
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Kanye West AKA Ye Cut Off From Twitter & Instagram For Antisemitic Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Kanye West, AKA Ye, went on recent social media rampages, airing out personal conversations and hurling accusations against some of his business associates. During these rants, the famed rapper, producer, and designer took aim at the Jewish community with antisemitic comments, causing him to be cut off from Twitter and Instagram. Over the weekend, Kanye West was already locked out of Instagram for violating its user policies and used Twitter to call out Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg, whose company owns Instagram and WhatsApp. Later, Elon Musk welcomed Ye back with open arms on the platform that the Tesla founder is reportedly slated to purchase. Related Stories Hip-Hop Wired reported on one of the tweets in question that s...
Jim Jones ft. Icewear Vezzo & Dave East “Backdoe,” El Camino & Benny The Butcher “80 Bills” & More | Daily Visuals 10.7.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Who would’ve thought that all these years later that Jim Jones would be the Dip Set member to keep that OG Harlem flag waving as he comes through with a new video for a cut off his latest Gangsta Grillz project with DJ Drama, We Set The Trendz. Linking up with Icewear Vezzo and Dave East for the visuals to “Backdoe,” Jones and company turn up at the strip club where they flex major ice and sip out some red cups before a SWAT team goes into action. Back in the studio, El Camino and Benny The Butcher sharpen their knives and in their clip to “80 Bills” lay down some bars before heading to the parking lot where a few thick young women await their company. All work and no play, right? Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Vado featuring Dave East, R...
Philadelphia Apologizes For Medical Experiments On Black Inmates
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty The city of Philadelphia has made a formal apology for unethical medical experiments that were performed on Black prisoners for decades. On Thursday, the city of Philadelphia made a public formal apology to those affected by unethical medical experiments conducted on them at the Holmesburg Prison for over two decades. “Without excuse, we formally and officially extend a sincere apology to those who were subjected to this inhumane and horrific abuse,” said Mayor Jim Kenney in the statement. “We are also sorry it took far too long to hear these words. To the families and loved ones across generations who have been impacted by this deplorable chapter in our city’s history, we are hopeful this formal apology brings you at least a ...
Geek Out: The Best Cosplay Drip From Day 3 of New York Comic Con 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic Con 2022 If you thought the cosplayers showed out on days one and two of New York Comic Con 2022, you haven’t seen anything yet. Saturday, October 8, the Javits Center was full of nerds and blerds of all ages eager to celebrate all things nerdy. Easily one eclipsing Friday as the most packed at NYCC, cosplayers definitely saved their best cosplay for the weekend to wow those who came out to see them. Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic Con While on the prowl, we spotted our favorite “superheroes” from The Boys, a couple of X-Men, a Super Saiyan, members of the Fantastic 4, Mr. T, our favorite horror movie characters, and of course, some supervillains causing some mischief. Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic C...
Kanye West Says He’s Going Death Con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE, After He Gets Some Sleep
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West is continuing to spiral and unfortunately, mostly for him, the Internet is keeping all the receipts. After getting silenced on his favorite social media platform of choice, Instagram, Ye returned to Twitter, and on Saturday evening (Oct. 9), he revealed plans to come for Jewish people. But before we get to that impending struggle, as for why he got paused on Instagram in the first place, it was due to the back and forth texts he shared between himself and Sean “Diddy” Combs where he seemed to go Anti-Semitic or Anti-Jewish, allegedly. “Look at this Mark,” Ye wrote on Twitter along with an old photo of him and Meta’s head honcho Mark Zuckerberg. “How you gone kick me off Instagram.” Quite easily, obviously. Yeah, he als...
Geek Out: The Best Cosplay Drip From Day 1 of New York Comic Con 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic Con 2022 With the arrival of cooler temps, pumpkin spice-infused coffee, and drinks, it can only mean one thing; it’s New York Comic Con time. The other big comic book convention in North America that celebrates all things nerdy and blerdy is back in its glory. After a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Comic Con understandably took a chill pill before returning in 2021 in a limited capacity. However, the energy and enthusiasm were still there. New York Comic Con 2022, vaccine restrictions have been lifted, but masks are still highly suggested to be worn along with your cosplay. The annual four-day event also returns in full capacity with hundreds and thousands of New Yorkers who love all things Marve...
Geek Out: The Best Cosplay Drip From Day 2 of New York Comic Con 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic Con 2022 Day one of New York Comic Con 2022 was just a precursor of things to come, but Friday, October 7, the cosplayers came out and showed out. The first day of the annual comic book convention gave us just a sample size of what’s to come regarding cosplay. Thursday is the official kickoff for New York Comic Con 2022, but it’s no stretch to say Friday is the unofficial start of NYCC. The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center was beaming full of nerds and blerds in their favorite superheroes, anime characters, and pop culture figure’s costumes on the convention’s second day. Source: Bernard Smalls / New York Comic Con Of course, it was a multiverse of madness with all kinds of variations of Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, and ...
Right Message, Wrong Messenger: Tory Lanez Stops By School To Give Motivational Speech To Youth
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Someone thought it was a great idea for Tory Lanez, the miniature man who allegedly shot Megan Thee Stallion, to give advice to young teens. Spotted on Blavity, a video of Yosemite Sam, aka Tory Lanez, was shared on Wednesday, Oct. 6, by a stan account for the artist @tl.central. Related Stories In the clip, the artist, who is currently in hot water due to the Megan Thee Stallion shooting and other multiple incidents of assault, delivered some motivational words to the impressionable teens. “Look, every one of y’all are great. Every one of you guys is going to do incredible things. Every one of you guys have the power to be amazing and to overachieve what you do,” Lanez said. He continues, “I don’t know what any of y’all go through wh...
