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‘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...
Struggle Flash Ezra Miller Tripped Up By Law Enforcement For Allegedly Stealing Alcohol
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty Ezra Miller currently plays the superhero The Flash in the floundering DCEU and is out here doing his best impression of being a DC supervillain in real life. The “troubled” actor was up to no good once again, reportedly. In his latest string of bizarre criminal behavior, Ezra Miller was arrested and charged with felony burglary for allegedly stealing bottles of alcohol from a home in Stamford, Vermont. Per Buzzfeed News: Related Stories Vermont State Police released information on Monday about the incident, which took place earlier this year. According to the police report, surveillance footage indicated that Miller stole alcohol from the home while the homeowners weren’t there. The victim notified police on May 1, but it wasn’t unti...
Bling For Your Thing: Frank Ocean Hawks Luxury Meat Enhancement Piece For $25K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty Frank Ocean has the uncanny ability to stir up the masses even when his moves aren’t anywhere nearly related to his musical artistry. The elusive singer and songwriter had folks chattering after his Homer brand unveiled a “meat enhancement” sex toy that retails for $25,000. A recent Instagram post from Homer, the fashion brand founded by Frank Ocean, features a censored photo of a naked man wearing the XXXL H-Bone Ring. If the context clues and image doesn’t let you in on what the XXXL H-Bone Ring is, it’s an old-fashioned c*ck ring. The 18-karat gold ring retails at $25, 570 and features the distinctive H logo that Homer is known for. There are other versions of the H-Bone, with one version selling for $ 5, 495. So if you’re ready to...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Unveils Its First-Ever “Singing Xbox Controller”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox singing controller Did you ever want your controller to sing to you? Well, your wish has come true thanks to the singing Xbox controller. Microsoft has teamed up with Interscope Records, DJ benny blanco, K-Pop band BTS and rapper/actor/gamer Snoop Dogg to celebrate the release of their new single “Bad Decisions” with its first-ever singing Xbox controller. Related Stories The controller’s frame is decked out in red with white thumbsticks, D-PAD, and a speaker on the back right below the battery cover. “Bad Decisions” plus the artists’ names are also written in white on the front of the controller. With a button press, “Bad Decisions” will play through the controller’s speaker. The controller will surely stand out among your collection and will...
Kanye West Mourns “Skete” After End Of Kim Kardashian & Pete Davidson Union
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Kanye West hasn’t shown much in the way of grace towards his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and boyfriend Pete Davidson, and that streak continues after the end of the celebrity union. Ye took to Instagram and delivered his thoughts on the conclusion of Kardashian and Davidson’s romance in an extremely petty way. Taking to Instagram, Kanye West AKA Ye shared an image of a doctored New York Times newspaper issue with the breaking headline reading, “Skete Davidson Dead At The Age Of 28” which was posted in the early morning hours of August 8. Related Stories In small print below the larger headline, Kid Cudi caught an unfortunate stray. As so might know, the Cleveland star recently performed in Kanye’s stead at Rolling Loud Miami and wa...
Marvel Recruiting Giancarlo Esposito To Join The MCU As Professor X?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Monica Schipper / Getty As Marvel prepares to get Phase 5 of their MCU franchises underway while laying out plans for Phase 6, it looks like they’re recruiting a familiar face to their ever expanding family as Giancarlo Esposito says he’s in talks to join the Marvel family on the big screen. According to ComicBook.com, the Breaking Bad villain known as Gus Fring has confirmed that he’s in talks with Marvel Studios to take on a future role but he stopped short on revealing who exactly he’d be playing on film. “I’ve been in a room with them and talked with them, and to answer your question, I think what they do is on the lines of that mythological journey that Joe Campbell talked about, who happened to be a friend of George Lucas that George Lucas put into ...
