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Woman Punched By NYPD Officer, Then She’s Hit With Charges
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty A disturbing video showing a woman being punched by a New York Police Department officer has gone viral, with many calling for disciplinary action as the woman is still in jail on assault charges. The incident took place on Tuesday evening (August 30th) as officers were arresting a 22-year-old named Elvin James on West 136th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem. He was being brought in as a suspect in a case of attempted murder. The video, which was first shared on TikTok, shows the officers heading down the sidewalk with James but nothing showing an escalation of tensions before then. A young woman by the name of Tamani Crum runs up to the officers and pushes one of them. At that point, NYPD officer Kendo Kinsey...
Lil Baby Wins $1M At Las Vegas Casino, Shares Winnings With His Crew
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Radio One Digital Luck was on Lil Baby’s side this week during a recent trip to Sin City. He hit for a cool million and shared the winnings with his team. As per Vibe Magazine the Atlanta star found time for leisure during a business trip. While in Las Vegas he paid a visit to a local casino on Tuesday, August 30 and took a chance with $10,000 dollars. The risk paid off handsomely as he won a million dollars. The Drip Harder MC cashed out that same night and left the property with all the winnings. Related Stories Naturally the moment was a big one, and he shared his enthusiasm via social media. “They know I won $ but what they don’t know is I ain’t out here balling I’m investing !!” he wrote. He also was in a giving mood as he reportedl...
Fivio Foreign & Mellow Rackz Breakup, Throw Jabs On Social Media
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Fivio Foreign is considered to be one of the hottest rappers in the game today and now it seems like he might be Hip-Hop’s most eligible bachelor as well… well, one of them anyway. According to The Shade Room, the Drill rapper and his girlfriend Mellow Rackz have apparently ended their courtship as the latter took to her IG page to declare she was “Single ASF” after having publicly dated the “City of Gods” rapper for a hot minute already. Damn, it was all good just a week ago. What happened? Related Stories The breakup comes just a month and change after the pair went Instagram official with a pic of themselves laid up in bed and Mellow writing in the caption “#mine.” Not one to let his ex have the last word on a situation, Fivio t...
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection’ Review: A ‘TMNT’ Fan’s Dream Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Konami / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection If you’re a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the video games the iconic comic book and cartoon franchise has spawned over the years, 2022 continues to be an excellent year for you. We’re still playing Tribute Games exceptional TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make time for nostalgic Ninja Turtle fun. Arcade collections are nothing new, but Digital Eclipse definitely put their foot in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, making it a must-have for those into video game nostalgia and fans of the TMNT franchise. The Collection Is Shelltastic Source: Konami / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection Related Stories There is no sh...
HOV DID: Jay-Z Defends His Billionaire Boss Talk In Rare Twitter Spaces Chat
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robert Kamau / Getty Jay-Z has long ago surpassed the reality of his rough upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., and now counts himself as one of the few billionaires in the world. In a rare Twitter spaces conversation, Hov defended his billionaire boss talk that peppers his bars of late and framed that the use of the world capitalist is something of an offensive term. In a Twitter Spaces chat hosted by journalist Rob Markman on Wednesday (August 31), Jay-Z was joined by DJ Khaled as the pair discussed the new album, GOD DID, and the title track that had much of the Internet buzzing last week due to the featured verse of the Brooklyn star. Related Stories A snippet of the Twitter chat circulated online and sparked a debate regarding Jay’s flaunting of wealth and ...
No Laughing Matter: Tiffany Haddish & Aries Spears Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty Tiffany Haddish definitely wasn’t ready for this news to land on timelines. Haddish, fellow comedian, and Lizzo’s biggest hater, Aries Spears, have been accused of child sexual abuse. In a scathing report from The Daily Beast, Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears were slapped with a lawsuit by Jane Doe. In the suit, she alleges that when the two comedians recruited her and her younger brother, whom she is speaking on behalf of, to appear in skits and perform inappropriate acts on camera when they were children. Jane was 14 years old at the time of the alleged video shoot, and her brother was only 7. The report details the problematic skits that Bossip reported about in 2018, which is how Jane Doe’s mother found out about them. The Dai...
Megan Thee Stallion Twerks With Her Superhero Lawyer In ‘She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’ Cameo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel Studios / She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Megan Thee Stallion and She-Hulk have one thing in common, they both have knees made for twerking. Earlier in the week, the hotties and MCU fans were buzzing when it was revealed by Deadline that Megan Thee Stallion was joining the MCU, but they didn’t know exactly what that entailed. We now know what that is following Thursday’s (Sep.1) episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. In the episode, Megan Thee Stallion finds herself in the middle of a mystical catfishing scenario when a mischevious light elf deceives Augustus “Pug” Pugliese by pretending to be the Houston rapper. The Traumazine crafter shows up in the episode in court and later signs on to become one of Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk’s (Tatiana Maslany) client...
Cam’ron & A-Trak Link Up For New Single “All I Really Wanted”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It’s officially September and y’all know what that means… Killa season! Just in time for the back-to-school season, Killa Cam’ron comes through for the kids and dropped a new A-Trak, Beautiful Lou, and G Koop produced cut in “All I Really Wanted.” Serving as an origin story of sorts, the new cut delves into Cam’s humble beginnings as a high school basketball player to a hustler to the rap star he is today. “In high school I was on the court, getting buckets b*tch / Then I started getting duckets, can’t lie I’m in love with this / the otter getting money man, my motto was like ‘f*ck a b*tch / by time I turned thirty I completed my own bucket list! I don’t take threats lightly, careful who you f*ckin’ with / Now I’ll make you ...
Bye 12: Ex-NYPD Cop Gets Longest Jail Sentence For Jan. 6 Rioter To Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty A former New York Police Department officer who was caught on video assaulting a Capitol Police officer during the January 6th insurrection just received the longest prison sentence for any rioter to this point. Thomas Webster appeared before Judge Amit P. Mehta in a federal courtroom on Thursday afternoon (September 1st) to receive sentencing for his assault of a member of the U.S. Capitol Police as thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump rioted and stormed the building on January 6th, 2021. He was given a sentence of ten years in prison – the longest sentence for any insurrectionist to this point. Webster had previously claimed that he attacked the officer in self-defense, a claim disproven when jurors were s...
Young Thug Offers Kanye West His 100 Acres Plot For Atlanta Yeezy Store Launch
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Roy Rochlin / Getty Even though Young Thug is behind bars it is clear he has access to the internet. Thugger has offered Kanye West an 100 acre plot for his plans to launch a YEEZY chain store in Atlanta. As per TMZ the Young Stoner Life Records star is awaiting trial for his RICO charges. While his legal issues continue to worsen he is staying active on his social media channels from his cell. Earlier this week Kanye announced that he plans to open YEEZY store all across the globe and his first brick and mortar location will be in Atlanta. It seems that Thugger caught wind of the news and took to his Instagram Story to support West in his retail initiative. “@kanyewest I got over 100 acres. However you many you need they’re yours free of charge. ON ...
Kendrick Lamar Drops NSFW Short Film For “We Cry Together”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Renell Medrano (@renellaice) / Renell Medrano (@renellaice) Kendrick Lamar shared the video for the thought-provoking song from his latest album featuring Taylour Paige – and it definitely lives up to the energy of the track. On Thursday (September 1st), the rapper unveiled the film for the hard-hitting track from his latest album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. The video starts out with the camera zooming in on Kendrick, dressed in a mechanic’s shirt and pants, smoking a joint as Paige is yelling at him from the bathroom. Like the song, the entire film shows the two as a couple involved in an abusive relationship having a fierce argument . The six-minute video, which was shot in one continuous take, shows the two moving about the home during the argume...
Bobby Shmurda “From The Slums,” Twista & Flo “For The Customer” & More | Daily Visuals 9.1.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Well, Bobby Shmurda’s back at it making booty-bouncing music for the strip clubs and while many of his fans aren’t exactly thrilled with the sound he’s been churning out lately, he’s still balling and enjoying life like there’s no tomorrow so we can’t be mad at that. In his latest clip to “From The Slums,” the Brooklyn rapper enlists the assets of a few extra-thick young women to make it bounce to the beat as he gets turnt up from the streets all the way up to the boardroom where the direction of his career will be decided. This must be how he got out his deal with Epic Records. Back in Chicago, Twista looks to diversify his bonds and in his clip to the Flo assisted “For The Customer,” the two open up a automobile repair shop that boasts some strip poles and a fe...
