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GOAT: Sports Legend Serena Williams To Retire From The Game Of Tennis
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 21 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...
Megan Thee Stallion Checks Her Label On L.A. Leakers Freestyle, The Hotties Are Here For The Bars
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: David Wolff – Patrick / Getty While her man Pardison Fontaine drops tasteless “jokes” about The Rock’s wife, Megan Thee Stallion, is out here reminding us she has B A R S. It’s still a hot girl summer regardless of the fact we are in the dog days of it. Megan Thee Stallion is prepping to heat things even more with the release of her sophomore album that she told Rolling Stone is done. As we approach the album’s still unknown release date, the Houston rapper decided to stop by the Liftoff show at Power 106 and remind us she does more than just effortlessly twerk. In her new L.A. Leakers freestyle, Thee Stallion had a message for her label 1501 Entertainment and its captain, former MLB player Carl Crawford over Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” beat...
Nicki Minaj To Receive Video Vanguard Award At The 2022 VMAs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Global superstar Nicki Minaj will receive the coveted Video Vanguard Award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards airing live from Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28. The rap star is a 17-time VMA nominee and a five-time VMA winner. She will also perform at the event for the first time since 2018. Related Stories “Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+, said in a statement. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically...
Drake Has Questions Regarding His Dad’s Infamous Struggle Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @champagnepapi / Instagram Two things that Drake is never short on; bars and witty commentary. The 6 God has just reminded us that his dad once got a struggle tattoo of him. As per Complex Dennis Graham got inked on his shoulder with his son’s likeness back in 2017. While the intended sentiment of love and adoration was clear, the actual design has not aged well. It seems Drake was reminiscing on the past and felt a ways about how he was depicted on his father’s arm. In signature fashion he took to social media to point out that the tattoo wasn’t to his creative standards. “@therealdennisg I was just sitting here thinking why you do me like this we family,” he wrote followed by several laughing emojis. Dennis caught wind of the post and left a touchi...
Talib Kweli Sues Jezebel Website For “Emotional Distress”, Seeking $300K In Damages
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Talib Kweli is suing. The Brooklyn rapper has filed a lawsuit against Jezebel—a news and pop culture websits aimed at women—claiming a 2020 story from the outlet has caused him “emotional distress.” Jezebel itself shared the news that they were getting sued by the “Get By” rapper. Reportedly, Kweli is suing for “emotional distress” and has cited a story from 2020 titled “Talib Kweli’s Harassment Campaign Shows How Unprotected Black Women Are Online and Off.” The story recapped in detail the now infamous online dispute Kweli had with an activist named Maya Moody. The aftermath of their war of tweets was Kweli getting permanently suspended from Twitter, with many online giving the Brooklyn rapper the side eye. Twitter itself pointed to ...
‘The Breakfast Club’ Is “Officially Over”, Per Angela Yee
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Is The Breakfast Club no more? According to co-host Angela Yee, the long-running, syndicated morning show which also features Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy, is a wrap. Yee took to Twitter on Tuesday night (August 9), to say the show is no more. “The breakfast club as you know it is officially over,” she tweet along with an emoji of a heart symbol formed by two hands. Related Stories Yeah, we’re going to screencap that tweet just in case it disappears. Her prior tweet reads, “GOD is good!,” so she’s cleary not very broken up about this. There have long been rumors of friction or tension between Yee and Charlamagne Tha God. Nevertheless, they kept things cordial while on the air. Besides The Breakfast Club, all the co-hosts hav...
Fetty Wap Arrested For Threatening To Fatally Fade A Snitch On FaceTime, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Looks like Fetty Wap has once again run afoul of the law and got himself pinched for using FaceTime to threaten someone this past Monday (August 8). According to The New York Post, the “Trap Queen” rapper was arrested in New Jersey for allegedly threatening to kill someone during a FaceTime call this past December 21, 2021. Apparently Fetty dialed up “John Doe” to call him a rat while brandishing the handgun and threatened to murk him saying “Imma kill you and everybody you with.” Related Stories That in itself was a violation of state law and also Fetty’s conditions of release so he ended up back in the clink. Unfortunately for Fetty, Magistrate Judge Steven Locke revoked the rapper’s bond pending tr...
Man Who Shot Ahmaud Arbery Gets Federal Life Prison Sentence, Too
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty Travis McMichael, one of three men responsible for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced to life in prison on federal hate charges in a Georgia courtroom as Arbery’s family was present. On Monday (August 8th), U.S. District Judge Lisa G. Wood sentenced McMichael to life in prison plus ten years without the possibility of parole for his act of fatally shooting Arbery in February 2020. “You received a fair trial,” Judge Wood said to Travis McMichael as he was being sentenced. “It was the kind of trial Ahmaud Arbery did not receive.” His father, Greg McMichael, would also receive that same sentence later on in the day. William “Roddie” Bryan, their neighbor would receive a prison sentence of 35 years. Related Stories The men were sente...
Twitter Explodes Over FBI Raid On Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Miami Herald / Getty The web went into a frenzy as it was revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at the resort of former President Donald Trump in Florida, which he confirmed through a statement. On Monday evening (August 8th), the former POTUS issued a statement confirming that FBI agents had arrived at his Mar-a-Lago Resort to execute a search warrant. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” his statement read, which included the claim: “They even broke into my safe!” According to reports, the agents began their search earlier in the day focusing on the section of the resort complex where his personal quarters and offices a...
Bad Bunny & adidas Team To Send Fans To Puerto Rico In “Flight To Remember” Contest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / adidas Bad Bunny is the hottest reggaeton artist in the game today and with the help of adidas, he’s about to make someone’s summer as hot as his career with a trip to his homeland of Puerto Rico. Source: adidas / adidas According to adidas, anyone looking to get away from it all for a minute will have the chance to register for a free trip to Puerto Rico on the adidas Confirmed app and fly the friendly skies in an exclusive plane that’s draped in baby blue just for this occasion. So long as they win, of course. Spending a night in Puerto Rico and briefly encapsulating the ultimate summer, travelers will then ride on a custom wrapped baby blue airplane from Puerto Rico to New York. The plane will have all things baby blue and give each invitee th...
Pete Davidson Reportedly In Trauma Therapy Over Kanye West Harassment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Pete Davidson is in the news of late after reports that his relationship with Kim Kardashian has come to an end. During their romance, the actor and comedian endured plenty of harassment from Kanye West and is reportedly seeking therapy to address the fallout. According to PEOPLE, which spoke with a source close to Pete Davidson, the SNL star is seeking therapy due to Kanye West’s relentless online harassment. Related Stories The source says to the outlet that since April of this year, Davidson, 28, entered into “trauma therapy” as a result of the harassment and social media threats from West, 45 during the period Davidson dated Kardashian, 41. “The attention and negativity coming from Kanye and his antics is a trigger for [Pet...
Rosario Dawson Walks Back Comments About Return of Jon Bernthal As ‘The Punisher’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix A few days ago actress Rosario Dawson got Marvel fans hype when she spilled the beans that Jon Bernthal would be returning to the MCU as The Punisher. But now she’s walking back the comments as it was probably supposed to be kept a secret. While speaking at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, the beloved actress got everyone’s hopes up when she prematurely revealed that “I found out yesterday that The Punisher was happening again. So, I feel like it’s my second chance because that’s the only one of the shows I wasn’t in and I love Jon Bernthal. So, let’s all make it happen collectively, guys.” The announcement quickly spread on social media with Punisher fans gleefully celebrating the news, but it seems like the heads over at Mar...
