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Donald Trump Opens His Sphincter-Shaped Mouth To Speak On Brittney Griner
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty Traveling in the land of Donald Trump’s delusion and audacity must be a blissful thing. Imagine being a sitting president who has had his own legal battles and is mainly responsible for spreading voter fraud propaganda that ultimately led to a domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol—and still thinking it’s appropriate to fix yourself to speak on Brittney Griner. Yet here we are… According to Rolling Stone, Trump made an appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show podcast Friday, during which he weighed in on reports that the U.S. made an offer to trade Griner and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout. Bout is a convicted Russian arms trafficker. “She knew you don’t go in there loaded up with drug...
Bad Bunny ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is The Most Popular Album Of 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gladys Vega / Getty Bad Bunny is having a monster year and has another milestone to prove it. His album Un Verano Sin Ti is now the most popular album of 2022. As per Billboard Magazine the Puerto Rican rapper is currently the king of music with receipts to prove it. His newest LP has spent six consecutive weeks atop the weekly Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, including the last numbers from the week of July 25. Un Verano Sin Ti, which translates to A Summer Without You, has overtaken the Encanto soundtrack as the most popular release of 2022. Originally released on Friday, May 6 the Spanish studio album has earned rough 1.606 million equivalent album units (a combination of organic album sales, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, ...
Mase Responds To Allegations That He Only Gave Fivio Foreign A $5K Advance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty There are always two sides to every story, especially when it comes to artist contracts. Mase says that Fivio Foreign was telling half-truths when he discussed his $5K record advance. As per Complex, the Harlem native paid a visit to the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game to course correct Fivio’s prior appearance. The “Big Drip” rapper said he originally signed with Mase for only $5,000.00 dollars on the podcast. He explained he did a song called “Blixky Inna Box” with Jay Dee and Dee Savv, piqued Betha’s interest in all three MCs. He explained that he signed with him during their first meeting. “The n***a that brought me to him, he was like, ‘Yo, man. Just sign that sh*t, You buggin,’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, read it.’ He’s like, ‘Alrig...
Nicki Minaj Teases Fans With A Trailer To Her Upcoming 6-Part Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz If there is one thing Nick James, aka Nicki Lewinsky, aka Nicki the Boss, aka the one and only Nicki Minaj—is not going to do, is disappoint her fans. She has teased The Barbz with a long-awaited documentary for years. And, it may finally be coming to a screen near you. The first trailer for Nicki: A Six-Part Documentary Series dropped on the rapper’s social channels this weekend. The 10x Grammy-nominated icon tweeted, “COMING SOON!!!! The #NickyDocumentary you didn’t know you needed. Love you so much.” The teaser starts with footage of Mrs. Minaj-Petty in her early days and ends with a view of her first glimpse of stardom. “You don’t get a manual on how to be a famous rapper,” her voice states over the clips. “...
Trailblazing NBA Legend & Activist Bill Russell Dies At 88
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images / Getty The sports world is mourning as news broke that Bill Russell, the pioneering center who was the backbone of the NBA’s Boston Celtics dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s and a champion for civil rights, has passed away. On Sunday (July 31st), the family of the basketball icon broke the news via his official Twitter account that he had passed with his wife, Jeannine, at his side at the age of 88. His family gave no further details. Born on Feb. 12th, 1934, William Felton Russell spent his early years in Monroe, Louisiana, before he and his family relocated to Oakland, California. Drawn to sports in high school, Russell would excel at basketball with his hard-nosed and high-flying defensive style at the ...
Drake Tests Positive For COVID-19, Postpones Young Money Reunion Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Sorry fans, you’re going to have to wait to see the Young Money Reunion Show. The highly-anticipated show has been postponed after Drake tested positive for COVID-19. Drake announced the disappointing news via his Instagram Stories Monday morning (Aug.1). The Canadian Hip-Hop star revealed he is “devastated” about the positive diagnosis and the postponement of the Young Money Reunion Show originally set to go down tonight. “I am truly devastated to say that I tested positive for Covid and the Young Money Reunion Show scheduled for tonight is being rescheduled to the SOONEST date possible,” the “Sticky” rapper wrote. “I will keep the city posted and share the new date whenever we have it locked. Until then I hope everyone stays safe and...
Chris Rock Jokes He Got Slapped By “Suge Smith” Following Will Smith’s Latest Apology
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin / Getty After Will Smith dropped an emotional apology video, Chris Rock, the recipient of the slap seen around the globe, is still cracking jokes. Hours after Will Smith poured his heart out to his followers on Instagram and apologize to Chris Rock a second time. The comedian decided to do what he does best, continue to make light of the situation. Related Stories During a recent stand-up show, Chris Rock spoke about the infamous moment, even jokingly comparing Smith to Hip-Hop’s boogeyman, the currently incarcerated former head of Death Row Records, Suge Knight. “Everybody is trying to be a f—ing victim,” The 57-year-old comedian said during the show at Atlanta’s Fox Theater Friday night. “If everybody claims to be a victim, then...
Nichelle Nichols, Groundbreaking “Star Trek” Actor, Dies At 89
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CHRIS DELMAS / Getty Nichelle Nichols, whose role in the original Star Trek television series paved the way for Black women actors and sparked a movement of Black people who became involved in space and aeronautics, passed away at 89. According to an Instagram post on Sunday (Jul. 31) made by her son, Kyle Johnson, Nichols passed away the night before at her home in Silver City, New Mexico. “Her light, however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” he wrote in the post’s caption, which displayed her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born Grace Dell Nichols on Dec. 28, 1932, outside of Chicago, Illinois, the actress got her start young as an ente...
Crystal Renay, Ne-Yo’s Wife, Accuses Him of Cheating On Her For 8 Years, Twitter Clowns Him
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rick Diamond / Getty Love is dead, again, for Crystal Renay and R&B superstar Ne-Yo. Renay put all of the singer’s business on blast accusing him of cheating on her for eight years. Crystal Renay is so sick of Ne-Yo’s philandering ways and decided to take her grievances to the pulpit of social media on Instagram. Renay claims she has been sharing her life and husband unknowingly for eight years, accusing the singer of having unprotected sex with all of them. “Eight years of lies and deception. Eight years of unknowingly sharing my life and husband with numerous of women who sell their bodies to him unprotected… every last one of them!” she starts off her statement. “To say I’m heartbroken and disgusted is a understatement. To ask me to stay and ...
Mystikal Arrested On Charges of Sexual Assault & Robbery, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stephen J. Cohen / Getty The Grammy Award-nominated rapper Mystikal has run afoul of the law again and is now in police custody after being arrested on charges of alleged sexual assault over the weekend. According to reports, the New Orleans native was arrested on Sunday (July 31st) and booked into the Ascension Parish jail. The warrant detailed the charges, which include first-degree rape, simple robbery, domestic abuse battery, and false imprisonment, in addition to simple criminal damage to property. Mystikal, also known as Michael Tyler, was awaiting his arraignment. An arrest was made after deputies from the Sheriff’s office responded to a victim of sexual assault at a hospital in Baton Rouge. In documents filed in the case, the unidentified woman wa...
Bobby Shmurda “Hoochie Daddy,” Millyz ft. Styles P “Scared” & More | Daily Visuals 8.1.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Bobby Shmurda might not be dropping off that heat for the streets everyone hoped for when he was released from prison, but the man really is living his best life these days, and for that, we cannot be mad at homie. Continuing to drop booty shakin’ music, Bobby comes through with some new visuals to “Hoochie Daddy,” in which the Brooklyn rapper shakes his hips alongside a gang of thick young women who twerk to the beat and rub up all on Bobby throughout the video. Again, we are not hating on homie. Meanwhile, back in Boston, a white rapper IS dropping some hard bars for the streets, and in his clip to “Scared,” Millyz links up with Styles P link up to burn down some sticky icky while rolling through the streets of bean town. Check out ...
The Russo Brothers Revealed Jon Favreau Tried To Keep Iron Man From Dying In ‘Avengers: Endgame’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Avengers: Endgame MCU fans already know that Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man sacrificed his life to save the universe during the events of the comic book classic Avengers: Endgame. What they might not know is that Iron Man director Jon Favreau tried his darnedest to keep Tony Stark from death’s door. In a recent interview for Vanity Fair, Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, a.k.a the Russo brothers, revealed that Jon Favreau called them after reading the script. Favreau had some thoughts about Iron Man kicking the bucket after the epic battle, with fans feeling all the emotions at the film’s end. Breaking down the scene in which Iron Man wields the Infinity Gauntlet, Anthony recalled that they did not want to “f*ck up” Iron Man’s last...
