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Bobby Brown Sr. Demands Justice After Toxicology Report Triggers Investigation of Son’s Death
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Tran / Getty R&B legend Bobby Brown is demanding justice after the toxicology report from his son, Bobby Brown Jr.’s, death triggers an investigation. According to TMZ, the LAPD began looking at the death of Brown’s son as a possible crime from the beginning due to narcotics being involved, specifically Percocet and cocaine. Officers state that during the course of their investigation, one of the dealers supplying drugs to the younger Brown shortly before his body was found. The gossip site reports that the investigation was triggered by police noticing an increase in illegal street drugs bring cut with fentanyl — which is cheap and easily hooks users–a fact that was confirmed in the toxicology report for Bobby Brown Jr, which revealed th...
NBA YoungBoy Arrested By Feds, Tracked Down With K-9
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty The Feds wanted to be sure they locked up NBA YoungBoy. The rapper was arrested after reportedly getting tracked down by a K-9 after he attempted to escape capture, allegedly. TMZ reports that Youngboy is now in FBI custody, but not before he tried to flee the scene after getting pulled over by LAPD on Monday (March 23). According to the authorities, there was a federal warrant for the rapper’s arrests. The feds and the LAPD tried to pull over the vehicle YoungBoy was travelling in but reportedly there was a short pursuit instead. When the car did finally stop, NBA YoungBoy tried to make a run for it on foot. Bruh… Apparently, YoungBoy didn’t get very far. The feds were able to set up a perimeter, and the K-9 unit sniffed the rapper out....
Amazon’s ‘Them’ Trailer Sees Racists Turn To Dark Forces To Harass A Black Family
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Amazon Studios / Amazon Ever since Jordan Peele blew up the spot with cult classic horror movies like Get Out and Us, the culture has had an appetite for Black-influenced horror stories as they’re more relatable and ultimately more entertaining than anything we’ve experienced in decades. Amazon must’ve got the memo because this April Amazon Prime will be premiering a new terror anthology, Them, which is 10-episode series centered around a Black family who move to an all-white neighborhood in North Carolina during The Great Migration of the 1950’s. Seemingly normal at first, the Black family of four finds themselves not just dealing with everyday racism in the south, but supernatural racism in the Tar Heel State. Y’all know when white folk turn...
White Headmaster Made Black Boy Kneel & Apologize, Said “It’s The African Way”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theodore Parisienne / T.P. A catholic school in Long Island, N.Y. found itself the center of controversy after an incident involving a white headmaster and a Black student. Headmaster John Holian of St. Martin de Porres Marianist school told the boy to kneel and apologize, saying to him that it was the Nigerian way to do so. The New York Daily News broke the story last weekend involving the 11-year-old boy and the headmaster, after the boy’s mother, Trisha Paul, explained the situation to the outlet. The student was reportedly observed doing an incorrect assignment in English class and was then sent to the headmaster for discipline. Holian claims he learned of the kneeling apology from a Nigerian father, but that didn’t sit right with the boy’s mother. “O...
100%: Bronx Street Renamed After Rapper Big Pun
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty One of the greatest lyricists to ever do it is getting a special honor in his hometown. The birthplace of Hip-Hop has crowned a popular intersection after Big Punisher. Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty As spotted on HipHopDX the late great rapper was awarded a distinction that not too many Rap performers have been given; living or dead. On Monday, March 22 New York City representatives officially renamed East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse “Big Pun Plaza”. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the ceremony with the late great MC’s family on site which included his mother, sister Nicole Rodriguez, wife Liza Rios, his daughter Star Rios and son Chris Rivers. “In his short life, Big Pun contributed greatly to the vi...
Cyborg Had Time: Ray Fisher Demands WarnerMedia To Release ‘Justice League’ Investigation Findings I
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Ray Fisher put his victory lap on pause following Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s well-received release to give WarnerMedia and its CEO a piece of his mind. The actor who is being celebrated for his amazing performance as Victor Stone, aka Cyborg in Zack Snyder’s redo of the “Josstice League” disaster, had some time for WarnerMedia’s CEO, Ann Sarnoff. Following comments made in a Variety interview by Sarnoff, Fisher let the chopper spray on Twitter. During the interview, Variety‘s Brent Lang asked Sarnoff about the studio’s investigation into Joss Whedon and whether it corroborated Fisher’s claims of Whedon’s racism and abuse while directing 2017’s critically panned film Justice League. Fisher took to Twitter to call out W...
OnePlus Unveils OnePlus 9 & OnePlus 9 Pro Smartphones, Here’s What’s New
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OnePlus / OnePlus 9 & OnePlus 9 Pro When you think of smartphones, Samsung and Apple usually come to mind thanks to the companies flagship devices, the iPhone and Galaxy models. OnePlus isn’t on many people’s radars, but the company is hoping its newest smartphones will put them in the discussion. Tuesday (Mar. 23), the Chinese-based company announced its newest models, the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro. OnePlus’ devices are usually best known for their value, but for the 2021 lineup of smartphones, the company lets other companies know its smartphones are no longer just budget models. The OnePlus 9 Pro flagship model is built to compete with Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max and Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra. The OnePlus 9 is a lower-specced offering that doe...
Master & Dynamic’s New MW08 Wireless Earbuds Have A New Look & ANC Feature
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Master & Dynamic / MW08 Wireless Earbuds Master & Dynamic’s popular wireless earbuds have finally been upgraded. Tuesday (March 23), the New York-based headphone company that boasts Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant as an investor unveiled its newest product, the MW08 true wireless earbuds. It’s been some time since the company has launched a new product, 2019, to be exact, mainly blessing fans of the brand with collections like the Durant Nike KD 13 inspired one it dropped back in January. Users of the previous model, the MW07, should be excited to learn about the MW08 that keeps the same similar design but is sporting some significant upgrades and made from new materials. Like its predecessor, the new model costs $299 at launch and feature hy...
King Soopers Shooting: Domestic Terrorist Kills 10 In Boulder Grocery Store Shooting
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JASON CONNOLLY / Getty Just 10 days after a law on assault weapons was blocked, a mass shooting took place at Boulder, Colo. supermarket that has left 10 people dead, including responding police officers. Very few details have gone wide to the public as investigators are still scrambling to make sense of this horrific incident. According to reports from The Denver Post and other local outlets, the shooting took place at the King Soopers market at 2:30 PM local time in Boulder’s downtown section. Eyewitness accounts say that the shooter came into the establishment alone began to open fire when Boulder police officer Eric Talley responded and was the first victim to be shot and killed. Eyewitnesses and survivors say that the gunman was largely silent and pa...
Benny The Butcher Talks Houston Shooting With ‘Big Facts Podcast’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Benny The Butcher made the news last November after an incident in Houston, Texas went completely left and resulted in him being shot in the leg. Although he’s long moved on, the shooting still gets mentioned in every interview and the Buffalo, N.Y. yet again had to explain his side of things in a recent appearance. The Black Soprano Family honcho was a guest of the Big Facts Podcast with DJ Scream, Baby Jade, and Big Bank, detailing some of his recent moves including the release of his joint album The Plugs I Met 2 with producer Harry Fraud. During the chat, the hosts took Benny back to the moment where he ran into some funk while trying to get a pack of t-shirts after doing some heavy shopping in a nearby mall. “I want people to ...
21 Savages Flexes Some New Veneers On His Haters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Back in the day if a rapper would come into the game in desperate need of braces or extensive dental work, they would cover up their dental struggle with gold fronts or iced out grills depending on their financial success. But these days rappers like Plies, Lil Yachty and Rick Ross have decided that they’d instead of covering up their grinders they’d simply invest in brand new sets of pearly whites and the trend seems to be catching on. 21 Savage is the latest rapper to drop a grip on some new chompers and judging from his IG post, the man doesn’t seem like he’ll stop smiling anytime soon. Naturally haters gonna hate though. After debuting his spiffy new grill, trolls began to call him out for rocking fake teeth (what do y’all...
Y’Lan Noel Cast As Lead In ‘The Spook Who Sat By The Door’ Pilot For FX
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Spellman / Getty The Spook Who Sat By The Door was a novel released in 1969 and made into a film in 1973, which centers on the fictional tale of the CIA’s first Black officer. A pilot was announced to be coming soon to FX and now, the potential series has cast its lead in Y’Lan Noel. The original The Spook Who Sat By The Door story came to the masses in 1969 via the late Sam Greenlee. The book was profound for its time and the 1973 film has retained classic status among viewers for its innovative take on a Black person’s experience in a world where they are an exception and not the rule. According to the good folks at Deadline, Noel, who some may remember from his role as Daniel on Issa Rae’s hit HBO show Insecure, will play the role of Dan Freeman, a...
