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Lil Durk Injured During Onstage Incident At Lollapalooza, Kept Perfoming For The Fans
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Josh Brasted / Getty Over the weekend, Lollapalooza went down in the city of Chicago, and much to the delight of the people of the Windy City, Lil Durk rocked the stage for his hometown on Saturday night (July 30). Still, unfortunately, an on-stage incident left him bruised, battered, and out of the game for the foreseeable future. Variety reports that while he was performing “Back In Blood” on stage, Lil Durk accidentally walked directly into two on-stage pyrotechnic smoke flares and got a face full of smoke that left him reeling for a moment. Stumbling away and wiping his eyes, the audience knew that things went left for the Chiraq artist. Stage crew quickly ran to his aid as someone on the microphone was heard saying, “Woah, woah, you alright, bro? [Th...
FAMU Twitter Collectively Appalled At Woman’s Ass-Out Graduation Picture
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Florida A&M University, affectionately known as FAMU, owns the noble distinction of being one of the top HBCUs in the nation. However, FAMU Rattlers are shaking their heads after a graduating student posted a nude photo at a sacred site on the sprawling campus. FAMU student Terica Williams (@tericastar) recently obtained her master’s degree in education and, like any other proud student, wanted to hold a photo shoot at the university to celebrate her big win. Ms. Williams took things up a notch and posed nude in front of FAMU’s famed Rattlers statute with a message for those who might question her bold choice. From Terica Star’s Instagram: Anybody who knows me knows that I’ve been dressing provocative my whole life. There’...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 7.29.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Espejo / Getty What up, Hip-Hop Wired Nation? We’re back with the last edition of CRT FRSH AKA Certified Fresh for July! 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 to those hoping for that one shot to blow up to grizzled veterans puffing ou...
Gucci Mane “Dissin The Dead,” Wiz Khalifa “Bad A** B*tches” & More | Daily Visuals 7.28.22
HipHopWired Featured Video The Hip-Hop world knows that Gucci Mane doesn’t mind getting disrespectful with his raps and now feels that he might’ve started a trend of rappers who have no hairs on their tongues when it comes to doing the same. In his latest visuals to “Dissin The Dead,” Guwop posts up in a cemetery to talk about pioneering dead dissin’ rap while flaunting an mega iced out Cuban link chain and Jason Vorhees mask to show he’s about that Friday The 13th life. On a less morbid note, Wiz Khalifa reveals that he doesn’t mind hooking up with a promiscuous woman and in his clip to “Bad A** B*tches” takes to the desert with a gang of bad a** women draped in red outfits like they reppin’ The Game’s block in LA or something. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Ella ...
Kanye West Gifts A$AP Bari New Maybach Following Car Accident
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty It looks like Kanye West is in the blessing business and the latest recipient is A$AP Bari. Following a car accident that totaled his previous vehicle, on Tuesday (Jul 26) Yeezy surprised the fashion designer with a new Maubach truck. The VLONE co-founder took to Instagram stories to share the news, posting a video of his new ride, while thanking the Chicago-bred mogul for the generous gift. “Yo, this n**ga Ye bought me a new f**king Maybach, yo!” he exclaimed. “If you know me, you know I crashed my Maybach two days ago, bro! This n**ga bought me a new Maybach truck, bruh. What the f**k is going on right now, I’m ’bout to cry, bro.” Related Stories Sharing with fans the significance of the gesture, A$AP Bari also posted photos of h...
EXCLUSIVE: Charlamagne Tha God On New ‘Hell Of A Week’ Season, Talks Desus & Mero
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Comedy Central / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God returns to late night in a triumphant manner, as we get to sit down with the media personality as the new season of his show kicks off. The late-night talk show hosted by the multi-hyphenate media personality returns to Comedy Central with a new name, Hell of A Week With Charlamagne Tha God. Rest assured, it not only retains the same provocative but pulsating and positive energy that drew audiences in when it dropped last year, but it moves in a precise manner that will definitely keep viewers locked in. Related Stories The first episode gets off to a highly entertaining start from Charlamagne’s opening monologue and doesn’t let up as he held court with a panel that featured comedian and Brilliant Idiots...
Beyoncé Delivers 7th Studio LP ‘Renaissance’ & The BeyHive Is Beyond Thrilled
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 8 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 ...
Ben Affleck To Return As Batman In ‘Aquaman 2’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @prideofgypsies / Instagram Looks like the DCEU has finally learned a lesson or two from the MCU as they’re consistently crossing superheroes over into each other’s standalone films… for now. According to The Verge, Ben Affleck will be reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming sequel to Aquaman. On Thursday (July 28), Aquaman star Jason Momoa took to Instagram to share the news by posting a pic of himself leaning on Ben (don’t get jealous, J. Lo) along with a caption that read “REUNITED bruce and arthur. love u and miss u Ben WB studio tours just explored the backlot alright. busted on set all great things coming AQUAMAN 2 all my aloha j.” Related Stories This was a much needed shot in the arm of the DCEU as they’ve been continuously l...
RapCaviar To Launch A Video Podcast On Spotify, Hosted by Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: RapCaviar / Spotify Looks like Spotify’s RapCaviar playlist will be going from an audio delight to a video podcast as soon as this August. Variety is reporting that the popular playlist that boasts over 14 million followers on Spotify is taking the next step and will be going the video podcast route to be hosted by Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins beginning on August 4th. Aside from showcasing Hip-Hop videos, the new podcast will also be featuring guests such as TMZ Hip-Hop’s (and former Hip-Hop Wired editor) Trent Clark, co-founder and head of A&R, LVRN, Justice Baiden, and radio personality Bootleg Kev amongst many others. Related Stories RapCaviar’s curator and Creative Director and Head of Urban music at Spotify, Carl Chery broke down how they were inspired...
HHW Gaming: Sony Annouces Its New Backbone One PlayStation Edition For The iPhone
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Backbone / Backbone Sony fans, if you have been screaming for a Backbone that looks more like your PS5 DualSense controller minus the features, your prayers have been answered. The Backbone One PlayStation Edition Has Arrived Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Sony dropped the news on Thursday (Jul.28) that it has partnered with mobile game controller company Backbone for the Backbone One PlayStation Edition. Related Stories The officially licensed PlayStation accessory is identical to the Backbone One that Xbox gamers have been using, still costs $99.99, and can be adjusted to work with the iPhone 13 Mini and 13 Pro Max but has some differences. Source: Backbone / Backbone One Gone are the Xbox A, B, X, and Y buttons are now replaced with the PlayStatio...
Flop Shot: Charles Barkley Flirts With LIV Golf, Opts To Stay With TNT
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cliff Hawkins / Getty Former Basketball Hall-Of-Fame player and analyst Charles Barkley stirred up some controversy on the green as he openly talked about possibly joining the LIV Golf Tour as a broadcaster. He would later state that he’s sticking with Turner Sports. The highly opinionated hoops commentator was participating as a guest in the pro-am third event of the LIV Golf Tour, which was being held at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday (July 28th). As he played through the 18 holes of the course, he spoke about wanting to be a part of the tour as a commentator and mentioned that he had informal talks with Greg Norman, chief executive of the tour series. Barkley did publicly state a deadline of sorts: “When I wake up in...
Luminary Actress Mary Alice of ‘A Different World’ and ‘Sparkle’ Dies
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ABC Photo Archives / Getty Legendary actress of the stage and screen, Mary Alice who is best known for her roles as Leticia “Lettie” Bostic on NBC‘s A Different World and as Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama Sparkle, died Wednesday in New York City, according to the NYPD. Her age is disputed as her birth year has been reported as both 1936 and 1941. Born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Mississippi—she pursued acting at an early age. She then went on to be an elementary school teacher before returning to acting in the 1960s in community theater where she was featured in productions for at least two decades, according to Variety. In the 1980s, Mary Alice appeared on the first two seasons of A Different World, and dozens of films, including...
