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Cop Who Killed Atatiana Jefferson Gets Nearly 12 Years Behind Bars
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stewart F. House / Getty The Texas police officer who shot and killed Black woman Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 was hit with an 11-year, 10-month prison sentence on Tuesday (Dec. 20). Forth Worth police officer Aaron Dean entered the home of Jefferson’s mother for a wellness check where the biology graduate was watching her nephew. The tragic shooting of Atatiana Jefferson occurred when a neighbor called in a nonemergency request to check in on the home. Upon approaching the home, Dean, 38, opened fire, striking Jefferson while her 8-year-old nephew was in the room. Days after the shooting, Dean resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department. According to several accounts, Jefferson and her nephew were up late playing video games. Local outlet KERA shared in...
Hip-Hop Wired & CASSIUS Presents: The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: AaronAmat / Getty The holidays are here and the shopping is set to commence. While we’re a little later than we wanted to be regarding this year’s gift guide, we’re sure some of the brands below are offering gift codes, expedited shipping, and other options. This gift guide will be a grab bag of goodies covering tech, spirits, gadgets, fashion, and more. Hopefully, something will catch the eye. Enjoy! Hippy Feet Socks are becoming quite the trendy item with brands rolling out bold designs perfect for any outfit one can dream of. Hippy Feet blasts past a lot of its competition not only for its head-turning looks but also the fact half of the company’s profits go towards assisting homeless youth. That’s something we can definitely get behind. Learn more abo...
2 More Defendants From YSL RICO Case Plead Guilty
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: jmsilva / Getty The YSL RICO case goes to trial next month and among the more than two dozen defendants, two more have come forth to enter guilty pleas. The pair joins Sergio “Gunna” Kitchens and Walter “DK” Murphy of alleged YSL members who entered plea deals. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that rapper Slimelife Shawty, real name Wunnie Lee, entered an Alford Plea, the same as Gunna, which means that he maintains his innocence while accepting that it was in his best legal interest to accept the deal. Slimelife Shawty pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act as a first offender. His 10-year sentence was commuted to one-year with time serviced and nine years of probation. Martinez...
Amar’e Stoudemire Arrested For Allegedly Striking Daughter, Issues Statement
HipHopWired Featured Video Amar’e Stoudemire, a former NBA star and current coach, was arrested for allegedly striking his daughter. The retired player issued a statement refuting the claims after news of the alleged incident went wide. Amar’e Stoudemire, 40, was arrested in Miami, Fla. over the weekend after it was claimed that he hit one of his teen daughters. The former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks standout was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of domestic violence. It appears that Stoudemire has since left jail and awaits the next legal steps. The Miami Herald reports that accounts from investigators on the scene spoke with the daughter and it isn’t known if it is his 17-year-old or 14-year-old child from his previous marriage to Alexis Stoudemire. Togethe...
YouTube Boots Pornhub From Its Service Due To Policy Violations
HipHopWired Featured Video YouTube removed the channel for the adult video platform Pornhub from its services, citing a number of community guidelines violations. Before its removal, Pornhub had nearly 1 million subscribers to its YouTube channel. As reported by Variety, YouTube offered a statement to the outlet explaining why its side made the decision to remove Pornhub from its platform. From Variety: “Upon review, we terminated the channel Pornhub Official following multiple violations of our Community Guidelines,” YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon said in a statement to Variety. “We enforce our policies equally for everyone, and channels that repeatedly violate or are dedicated to violative content are terminated.” The outlet went on to explain that the adult video company continued to s...
U.S. Postal Service Announces John Lewis Stamp For 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video John Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader and longtime congressman, passed away in 2020 at the age of 80. This week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that Lewis will adorn a stamp along with other images and figures in the coming year. From the U.S. Postal Service website: John Lewis This stamp celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (1940-2020) of Georgia. Devoted to equality and justice for all Americans, Lewis spent more than 30 years in Congress steadfastly defending and building on key civil rights gains that he had helped achieve in the 1960s. Even in the face of hatred and violence, as well as some 45 arrests, Lewis remained resolute in his commitment to what he liked to call “good trouble.” The stamp features a ...
Young Thug Hit With 4 New Charges Ahead Of YSL Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Young Thug and several of his Young Stoner Life cohorts are currently awaiting trial in the massive RICO case built against the musical artist and alleged gang member. The Atlanta rapper was hit with four additional charges in connection to an incident that took place on a local highway in 2021. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Young Thung, real name Jeffrey Williams, was hit with four counts as he remains jailed as head of the RICO trial in January. The charges are street racing, reckless driving, and speeding, and the outlet noted that they were all listed as misdemeanors. According to the report, authorities pinned an incident on I-85 in the Atlanta Metro region where Young Thug was reportedly driving 120 miles per house and not weari...
Gunna Will Be Released After Pleading Guilty To RICO Charge
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 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 ...
Sticky Situation: GloRilla Says She Lets Her Man Drop Love Bullets On Her Food, Says It’s A Joke
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE GloRilla is one of the biggest Hip-Hop stars at the moment and still riding high off the fame she achieved earlier in the year and the release of the Anyways, Life’s Great… EP. Making the podcast and interview rounds, the Memphis rapper shared a wild detail of how she, ahem, likes her food seasoned with her man’s “love bullets” but she claims it was all in the name of humor. In a clip that has since gone viral, GloRilla sat down with the hosts of the Lip Service podcast where she made the utterance that she likes her man to release himself over her food before she dines. Considering she has songs like “Nut Quick” in her discography, it appears she’s well-versed on the subject. With the clip going wide and making the rounds through Twitter, folks were flabbe...
Takeoff’s Parents Squabbling Over Who Gets His $26M Estate
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Now that Takeoff has been laid to rest (R.I.P), the question about who gets his fortune has been opened and already, his parent’s are locking horns over who gets his $26 million bag and music catalogue. MadameNoire is reporting that Takeoff’s mother, Titania Davenport-Treet, and his father, Kenneth M. Ball, are battling over who gets control of his estate as the rapper died without having leaving behind a will. According to Georgia law, the closest living relative would be first in line to get the assets left behind by someone who dies without leaving behind a will. In this case it would be Takeoff’s parents, who haven’t been on the best of terms for quite some time. Though Takeoff has previously stated that he was mainly raised by hi...
Lil Fizz Is Trending For All The Wrong Reasons Again
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Lil Fizz is back buzzing in these social media streets after an alleged video of the singer in a comprising position surfaced. We’re unable to get as descriptive as we know how to be because of the nature of the clip, but Seek and Ye Shall Find Twitter are definitely kicking themselves for letting their curiosity get the best of them. Lil Fizz, already having exposed his naughty bits to the world via a smartphone video, allegedly had the gumption to show off the other end of his equation, if you catch our drift. As the clip went wide on Twitter, folks began using an unfortunate slang term about the Love & Hip Hop Hollywood co-star that we won’t repeat in the body of this text to describe the clip. The B2K singer has not confirmed or denied the video in ...
Twitter Blasts Dave Chappelle For Bringing Out Elon Musk In San Francisco
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Dave Chappelle, already contending with criticism from his usual adoring audiences for some of his biting humor, finds himself in the crosshairs of fans once more. During a recent concert, the veteran comedian brought out Twitter chief Elon Musk, who was met with a minutes-long chorus of boos in the process, prompting Chappelle to hurl insults at the crowd. Dave Chappelle, 49, performed over the weekend at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. where he surprised concertgoers with the appearance from Musk. As of late, Musk has become persona non grata for certain segments of the world due to his handling of the purchase of Twitter, and some of the Tesla chief’s own controversial stances. Someone attending the concert managed to capture video footage of t...
