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Battle Rap Community Reacts To The News Of Pat Stay’s Death
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 3 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 ...
Battle Rapper Pat Stay Stabbed To Death In Halifax
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @patstay_902 / Instagram A famed battle rapper, Pat Stay, has been identified as the victim in a fatal stabbing in Halifax. The incident occurred on early Sunday morning (September 4) in downtown Halifax. CBC News reports: Halifax Regional Police have not identified Stay as the victim, but Stay’s brother, Peter Stay, confirmed the news to CBC. Police said they were called to the 1600 block of Lower Water Street around 12:36 a.m. AT. Stay was taken to hospital, where he later died. Stay was renowned, talented and wll-liked, and participated in the King of the Dot (KODT) battle rap league that was founded in Toronto. He had earned praise from perhaps Canada’s most famed rapper, Drake. He had recently dropped a diss track against Compton rapper the Game...
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Girlfriend Can’t Contact Him After Domestic Violence Arrest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Miami Dade PD / TMZ Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s life continues to be nothing struggle after dropping dime on his own associates and becoming a Hip-Hop pariah in the process. In the latest, his own girlfriend can’t even contact him due to their recent history of domestic violence. Apparently, 6ix9ine thinks the whole things is unnecessary, but alas, laws. Reports TMZ: According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Tekashi’s girlfriend of 4 years, Jade, is prohibited from having any communication with him, including phone calls, texts, letters and social media. Related Stories Jade’s also barred from using a third party to contact 6ix9nine … and she’s got to stay at least 500 feet away from 69. Tekashi tells TMZ … his relationship with Jade is fine, and he’s allo...
Man Shot, Killed Outside Of ‘Sneaker Con’ In Downtown Salt Lake City
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CHANDAN KHANNA / Getty On Saturday (Sept. 4), a man was shot and killed outside the Sneaker Con convention being held in downtown Salt Lake City. Details are still sketchy, so let’s not blame the sneaker game. According to Fox 13 Salt Lake City, the man was shot and killed as he was leaving Sneaker Con, which was being held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, on Saturday afternoon. Reportedly, the shooting occurred around 3:30 pm. According to Salt Lake City PD, an altercation occurred between multiple who had just left Sneaker Con, and the man ended up being shot in the middle of the street. Officers arrived on the scene and saw the man lying in the street. He was given life-saving measures and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced d...
Dreamville Queen: Twitter Appreciates The Artistry Of Ari Lennox, Celebrates ‘Away Message’ EP
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 3 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 ...
Southwest Airlines Pilot Threatens To ‘Pull Back To the Gate’ If Passenger Doesn’t Quit AirDropping Nudes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty Apparently, a Southwest Airlines passenger tried to take the whole “mile high club” thing into the digital age and started AirDropping nude photos to unsuspecting recipients causing the pilot to have to issue a warning to the whole plane. Basically, it was the air traffic safety version of: “You kids better start behaving or I’m going to turn this car right around!” According to CNN, the now-viral incident all started on a flight from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “So here is the deal. If this continues while we’re on the ground I’m going to have to pull back to the gate, everybody’s going to have to get off, we’re going to have to get security involved and [ev...
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...
