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Que?: Fat Joe Catches Slander After Saying Hip-Hop Was Created By Blacks & Latinos
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fat Joe is back in the news again for expressing his opinion. Joey Crack is now catching heat for saying that Hip-Hop was created by both Blacks and Latinos. Editor’s Note: Hip-Hop was started in The Bronx by Black people, including Latinos and those of Caribbean descent. It’s been written about countless times, and Google is free.—aqua Related Stories As per Hot New Hip-Hop the “Lean Back” rapper posted a video that celebrates the contributions of Latinos during the beginning stages of the culture coming together in the early 1980’s. His caption read “Thank you Thank you Thank you for your contribution to HIP HOP”. For some reason the post struck a nerve with some folks and they expressed their displeasure towards his claim. It is sa...
Here’s A Full List of The 2022 MTV Video Music Award Winners
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty The 2022 MTV Videos Music Awards is officially in the books, and while millions of viewers enjoyed performances from Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Eminem and Snoop Dogg amongst other artists, a gang of awards were also dished out and we have the list to prove it. It was a big night for entertainment at yesterday’s 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. With Jack Harlow taking home four awards including “Song of The Summer” in “First Class,” he led the pack of winners with Lil Nas X and Taylor Swift coming in at a close second with three awards a piece. From there numerous artists got their Moon Men including Bad Bunny who took home “Artist Of The Year” and Nicki Minaj who was blessed with “Best Hip-Hop” award for her Lil Baby assisted “Do We Have A Pr...
Lizzo Pays Homage to Beyoncé with ‘2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)’ at VMAs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty After a weekend of trending for reasons beyond her control, Lizzo took the reins during the 2022 Video Music Awards. It was an important night for Lizzo who was nominated for five awards at this year’s VMAs: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Video, Song of Summer and the Video for Good. The singer also performed a snippet of her hit single, “About Damn Time,” before launching into her new single, “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready).” During the performance, Lizzo paid homage to Beyoncé performing the song in sync with the background screen similar to the icon’s Billboard Music Awards performance in 2011, per Page Six. Related Stories The star also took home the award for “Video for Good”—an award that highli...
New Report Hints At What Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier Could Cost For Potential Users
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Netflix’s ad-supported tier is the movie streaming service’s worst-kept secret. A new report shows what it could cost when it finally launches. It looks like some users will get some strategically placed ads during their binging experience. A new Bloomberg report dropped details about Netflix’s ad-supported tier. According to the website, the new tier will cost between $7 and $9 per month, a significant price drop from its current $9.99, $15.49, and $19.99 offerings. Per the report shared on Friday (Aug.26), Netflix will sell approximately four minutes of ads per hour that would be placed ahead and in the middle of content. Bloomberg also reports that kid’s content or original movies will not see any ads, and it hopes to launch the ad-sup...
Sen. Lindsey Graham Says If Trump Prosecuted There Will Be “Riots In The Streets”
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 1 hour 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 B...
Notorious B.I.G. Mural In Brooklyn Vandalized
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty For years now Brooklyn went from the most thorough of borough’s to home of the hipsters. But over the weekend nothing has demonstrated just how much Kings County has changed than the defacement of a mural of The Notorious B.I.G. (for shame!). CBS News reported that over the weekend a beautifully made mural of the OG King of New York on the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill (not the one pictured) was vandalized. It’s so disrespectful to the culture that even the NYPD are on the case and are trying to track down the perps who played themselves bigly. The mural was done by artist Vincent Ballentine and unveiled back in March to mark the 25th anniversary of Biggie’s passing. Speaking to CBS, Ballentine says he pl...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 8.26.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Westend61 / Getty What up, Hip-Hop Wired Nation? We’re a little late updating our last edition of CRT FRSH AKA Certified Fresh by a couple of days. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don’t take payments nor do we do favors. We only add joints to our playlist that fit the theme and vision we’re going for and don’t seek to waste the time of the listener. Further, we don’t stick to one lane of Hip-Hop. We believe that all aspects of the music should get some light, whether it’s young lions in the trenches or those hoping for that one shot to blow up to grizzl...
Chunky Comedian Aries Spears Attacks Lizzo With Fatphobia, Twitter Holds Up A Mirror
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Aries Spears is currently catching the wrath of Twitter after fat-shaming Lizzo and using a highly insensitive comparison to do so. As a result, fans of the popular singer is reminding Spears that he’s definitely seen slimmer days himself. The clip of Aries Spears taking a shot at Lizzo was captured by the YouTube program, The Art Of Dialogue, which shared a now-viral clip of Spears looking far more washed that the 47 years of age he reportedly is. We would love to avoid giving a breakdown of what Spears said but for the sake of context, the comedian compared Lizzo’s shape to the poop emoji and complained about her choice to show off her body in an array of outfits. To be fair to Spears, he did realize that this was the ...
NAV “Wrong Decisions,” Flo Milli “Big Steppa” & More | Daily Visuals 8.25.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mat Hayward / Getty Needless to say millions of people across the world had nothing to do but self-reflect during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, but NAV took it a step further and turned his inner-findings during that time into a song that his fans could appreciate in “Wrong Decisions.” Coming through with some visuals for the aforementioned cut, NAV breaks down a confessional of sorts as he throws on some shades while blowing on some smoke and rolling some dice in a spiffy pair of Travis Scott Air Jordan 6’s. Us sneakerheads quickly notice which kicks these artists be rocking in their videos. Elsewhere Flo Milli got some heat for her fans and in her clip to “Big Steppa” sets her city on fire while towering over some model buildings like a Goddesszilla. ...
Megan Thee Stallion Request Depositions Of Carl Crawford And J. Prince In Lawsuit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The dispute with Megan Thee Stallion and her label continues to get more tense. She is now requesting that Carl Crawford and J. Prince sit for depositions. As per TMZ everyone’s favorite Hot Girl is playing hard ball when it comes to her paperwork with 1501 Entertainment. In the newest update of their legal saga her lawyers have asked that her CEO Carl Crawford and Rap-A-Lot Records founder J. Prince be formally questioned. According to the celebrity gossip website the request has been granted and Prince goes up to bat first on Monday, October 24. The former Major League Baseball great is slotted for the following day on Tuesday, October 25. Related Stories The two parties have had tension for o we a year but Tina Snow offi...
DJ Khaled Drops ‘GOD DID’ LP, Twitter Loves Title Track Verse From Jay-Z
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 11 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...
Drake Debuts New Sticky Shag Hairdo, Twitter Says He’s Giving “Lunch Lady Vibes”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images / Getty Drake is making his hair a talking point along with his hits and tattoos, and his latest hairstyle has the internet talking. Apparently, the only thing sticky right now is Drake’s hair. Like his flow and accents, Drake loves to switch up his hair. This week, the Honestly, Nevermind crafter debuted his slicked-back shag to his 120 million Instagram followers. While not giving any reasoning behind the new do, the rapper left it up to his friends and fans to give his new persona a name. His famous rapper friends did oblige. Quavo quickly dubbed him “RAZOR AUBREY RAMONE aka SCOTT HALL,” a nod to the late WWE Hall-of-Famer, while Riff Raff pointed out, “You about 3 months shy of a Million Dollar Mull...
