HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @PhotosByBeanz / @PhotosByBeanz If you’re a big fan of Future please make sure to respect his personal space. One of his followers found out the hard way his team is not for play. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the Atlanta trapper turned rapper was out partying, presumably around Grammy weekend. In a video recorded by an onlooker a female fan attempts to get close to Hendrix but is unsuccessful thanks to his security detail. Clearly she wasn’t taking no for an answer and pushed the issue by trying again which prompted one of his guards to forcibly push her to the ground. The altercation took a turn for the very worst and she took the shove personally and started attacking the masked gentleman in defiance. What happens next is a page pulled out of Unde...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty Drake was in a celebratory mood this week after debuting three songs atop the Billboard Hot 100. To commemorate the special moment, the rap star threw a private event with close friends, including Bow Wow who he says helped shape his successful career. Per Rap-Up, the exclusive “1-2-3” themed dinner took place at Mastro’s in Houston on Monday (March 15) with clips of the soiree appearing on Drizzy’s Instagram Stories. “I didn’t know how else to bring in 1, 2, 3. I had to link with Wizzle,” he said about Bow Wow in the video. “Everybody wants to have drinks and everybody wants to celebrate and turn up, I just had to see Wizzle. I had to see Wizzle in person. If it wasn’t for you, there wouldn’t be no me. That’s why—yo...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @ejwilliams_42 / Instagram The Wonder Years has found the new face for the beloved lead character, Kevin Arnold. According to Deadline, staple actor Fred Savage officially announced the name of the young actor that will be taking over the role of the boy next door. On Monday, original series star Fred Savage virtually broke the news to actor Elisha “E.J.” Williams that he’d landed the lead role of 12-year-old Dean, who comes of age in the late 1960s. The new Wonder Years will be written by Saladin K. Patterson and will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama. The original series takes place from 1968 to 1973 and was filmed in Los Angeles, though its setting was deliberately never specified on-screen. Setting the reboot in Alabama will pro...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @west.coast.streetwear / Instagram Ever since it was revealed that famous sneaker reseller Joe Hebert a.k.a. WestCoast Streetwear was actually the son of Nike’s now former Vice President of North America and SNKRS overseer, Ann Hebert, sneakerheads demanded some kind of retribution from Nike for all the L’s we took at the hands of the Hebert syndicate. Naturally Nike’s response to the matter was that they take consumer’s feelings into account in instances such as this one and are trying their best to satisfy their millions of customers. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case as Input is reporting that Nike did next to nothing when company employees reported Joe Hebert for abusing his family discount code at Nike stores in Portland and Eugene ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NIKE, Inc. / NIKE, Inc. One of the biggest brands in the world is doing their part to ensure better equity in the housing market. Nike has announced a new partnership intended to level the playing field. Last week the Portland, Oregon brand announced a new initiative that will help people of color flourish. As part of its Black Community Commitment, Nike, Converse, and Jordan Brand are partnering with the National Urban League (NUL) by donating $1 million to the organization. NUL brings a legacy of helping Black Americans and other underserved communities through education and job training, workforce development, housing and community development and entrepreneurship to achieve economic self-reliance. “The National Urban League has been championing the el...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty LeBron James and his decision to not “Shut Up and Dribble” is continuing to pay dues. This week, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and his business partner Maverick Carter were named the first Black partners of the sprawling Fenway Sports Group, giving them an ownership stake in the Boston Red Sox among other interests. The Boston Globe was the first to break the news that James and Carter would be joining FSG as partners after the announcement went wide on Tuesday (March 16). FSG, which is the parent company of the Red Sox and the English Premier League champs Liverpool Football Club, also welcomed RedBird Capital Partners after approving a $750 million private investment. The aggressive move is being framed as FSG’s foray into obtai...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: C Flanigan / Getty Is this another case of serious cappin’? Pardoned rapper Kodak Black has been on Twitter, claiming he is the inspiration behind some of the hottest acts in Hip-Hop and wants acknowledgment for it. The Trump-supporting rapper is stirring up trouble on social media after claiming in a subliminal tweet that Megan Thee Stallion owes him becuase she “made a whole career” off the catchphrase “drive the boat,” which he adamantly claims he started. In a series of now-deleted tweets, Kodak Black wrote: “Make a whole career off of taking one Lil piece of my shit & I B Coming For My Money.” “Baby ain’t have to go out her way to give my credit, but the opportunity came to her instead when they asked that question on tv smh, and the be on ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DON EMMERT / Getty Looks like Wendy Williams gave quite the hot take this past Tuesday while doing her daytime talk show, The Wendy Williams Show, when she once again broke wind on the air. A year after “FARTGATE” took the internet by storm when Wendy ripped one while doing her show, the OG shock jock gossip girl has one-upped her previous incident by seemingly both burping and farting simultaneously. The latest mishap came while Wendy was talking about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s relationship when much to the shock of the crowd and herself, Wendy let out a burp which was immediately followed by a fart. Unreal Burp Fart combo from Wendy Williams pic.twitter.com/4MgzgbtTpa — Derek Allgood (@BMS_Derek) March 16, 2021 As you can see by her face she was l...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls for iOne Digital / Bernard Smalls iOne Digital Brooklyn rapper Casanova might be the furthest thing from a Tekashi 6ix9ine, but the “Don’t Run” rapper just can’t seem to stop snitchin’ on himself. After feds used his interview with DJ Vlad as evidence of self-incrimination and being disciplined for doing the #JuneBugchallenge from behind bars, Vlad TV is now reporting that a judge has denied bail for the 34-year-old rapper after prosecutors used another interview to prove Cas was still an active gang member. The interview in question that was used as evidence was an old Nick Cannon joint from 2019 where the Roc Nation artist told Nick he was “Still Ape.” While at the time that seemed harmless enough, it turned out to be what prosecutors nee...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It seems Offset’s pricey commitment to staying fly is paying off. He has just partnered with a network to bring Rap’s most popular subculture to life. As spotted on Deadline the Atlanta native has inked a new deal in Hollywood. HBO Max has given him the greenlight to produce a competition series based on streetwear. Titled The Hype, the project will host 10 streetwear creators to a contest where they will face off in challenges directly linked to design, spotting new trends and the business of fashion. Not only is the Migos front man producing the show, but he will also serve a judge alongside Beth Birkett, creative director and founder of Bephies Beauty Supply, and Marni Senofonte, an esteemed costume designer. Speedy Morman, of...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: urbancoolab / BUCKTOWN USA Sean Price remains one of the most potent wordsmiths in Hip-Hop history, and the late, great Brooklyn talent is sorely missed by family, friends, and fans alike. Today (March 17) would have been Decepticon Sean’s 49th birthday and to commemorate the moment, urbancoolab and BUCKTOWN USA has launched a new capsule collection that will honor Price’s commitment to family and fatherhood. Price, also known as Ruck to many, was a native of Brownsville, Brooklyn in New York, becoming one of the standout rappers of the 1990s alongside his rap partner Rockness in the duo Heltah Skeltah. As part of the larger Boot Camp Clik collective, Price and his cohorts redefined gritty New York Hip-Hop, not unlike a certain crew who planted their flag...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chesnot / Getty PlayStation owners rejoice. Sony is blessing you in the new year with some free games to enjoy safely at home. On Wednesday (Mar.17), the company announced that PlayStation owners would get the chance to play several games for free 99. As part of Sony’s “Play At Home” initiative, it launched back in 2020 to encourage people, specifically gamers, to stay home and be safe at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning next month Horizon Zero Dawn and nine other excellent indie titles will be available to PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 console owners. Starting April 19, at 8 p.m. PDT, Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition will be available for free until 8 p.m. on May 14. It follows the release of Insomniac Games hit platformer Ratchet & ...