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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...

Jay-Z Responds To LeBron James Tweet About “GOD DID” Verse

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty The love affair with Jay-Z’s latest verse on DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID” continues to go strong as LeBron James becomes the latest big name to give Hova his flowers and even earned a response from the God MC himself in the process. It began when LeBron James tweeted an MSNBC segment which praised Jay-Z for referencing the failed drug war that caused much racial profiling across America with a caption that read “Listen! Then listen again to make sure you got the point. HOV DID!!!! And so did the reporter!” Seeing the tweet from the NBA legend, Jay-Z made a rare appearance on the social media site to respond to James by simply saying “My only goal is to make the real “ones” feel seen , forgive me that’s my passion talking ….. haa .” We lo...

DaBaby Finds NOLA Show Canceled, Low Ticket Sales To Blame?

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty DaBaby ran into a bit of a hiccup with regard to a scheduled concert that was to take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was reportedly canceled due to very low ticket sales, but there is a bit of dispute over the cause. According to reports, the “Red Light Green Light” rapper was slated to do a concert at the Smoothie King Center on Friday (September 2nd). He was to be the headliner of a bill that featured Euell “7th Ward Shorty” Sylvester. Sylvester and his business partner, Greg Pulver, were promoting the show through their 70/30 and Clear Bizness Entertainment companies. The show was removed from the schedule at the last minute, with Pulver claiming that it was merely “postponed” in an interview with NOLA.com, citing “a ...

Jadakiss And Swizz Beatz Drop Yet Another Song After Funk Flex Challenge [Video]

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty New York is starting to sound like New York again. Jadakiss and Swizz Beatz have blessed us with another song just after Funk Flex challenged them. As per Hip-Hop N More the two Ruff Ryder members seem to be in the kitchen together exclusively. Earlier this month the HOT 97 DJ issued a challenge asking the MC and esteemed producer to deliver a song under a week. As expected the two delivered and begged the question “why New York radio be sounding like Atlanta?”. While the “Why” rapper has not expounded on the line many saw the bar as a direct criticism to the station’s long time stance on playing mostly hit records. Nevertheless the song seemed to be fairly received by locals and the Hip-Hop community overall. [embedded conten...

It’s Finally Happening: Twitter Confirms It Is Now Testing A Edit Tweet Button Feature

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Twitter has been giving us all the features except the one we wanted until now. The social media network that Elon Musk is trying to bail on confirmed it is working on an edit button. It’s happening. It’s finally happening. The one feature that even Kim Kardashian has been begging for is coming. Twitter announced it is currently testing an “Edit Tweet” button and that it will roll out the feature to Twitter Blue subscribers first in late September. Those with access to the “Edit Tweet” feature can edit a tweet a few times within 30 minutes. Tweets that have been “edited” will have a label, icon, and timestamp so “it’s clear to readers that the original Tweet has been modified,” Twitter announced in a blog post. Twitter Explains Why It’s F...

Ari Lennox Explains What Her Album Means To In Her In Touching Message Shared By J. Cole

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cassidy Sparrow / Getty In more J. Cole news, the Dreamville general shared a touching message between himself and the label’s R&B princess, Ari Lennox. Ari Lennox is gearing up to drop her sophomore effort age/sex/location on Sept 9. Cole asked his artist what her album meant to her, and he decided to share that message with his fans. Related Stories Lennox’s lengthy message explained that her sophomore album is about healing. The “Power Trip” crafter decided to share that message while noting how excited he was about the world hearing new music from Lennox. In the caption for the post, Cole wrote, “I asked Ari what this new album means to her. I needed to know cuz I fuck with it so heavy. What I hear is the highs, lows, joys, and pains of dating lif...

Paramount+’s Battle Rap Film ‘On The Come Up’ Trailer

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paramaount Plus / Paramount+ Not since 8 Mile have we seen another feature film centered around an aspiring rapper using the battle rap scene to break into the game, but now Paramount+ is about to drop a just that for this new generation of Hip-Hoppers who may or may not be familiar with such underground events. Source: Paramaount Plus / Paramount+ Recently Paramount+ dropped a trailer for their new Hip-Hop centered film dubbed On The Come Up which stars Jamila C. Gray as an up and coming battle rapper named Bri who is looking to fill the shoes that her dearly departed local rap legend of a father left behind. Related Stories But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this...