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Long Live Dolph: Twitter Celebrates Young Dolph On What Would Have Been His 37th Birthday
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 3 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 ...
The Jackie Robinson Museum Officially Opens In NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty A new museum honoring the late baseball & civil rights icon Jackie Robinson officially opened to the public in New York City, after years of anticipation and planning. On Tuesday (July 26th), a ribbon-cutting ceremony occurred at The Jackie Robinson Museum, located just above the Tribeca neighborhood in New York City. The ceremony was attended by Rachel Robinson, Jackie’s widow and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation along with her son, David Robinson, and daughter Sharon Robinson. Also in attendance was Della Britton, the president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, tennis legend Billie Jean King, filmmaker Spike Lee and former MLB pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Good Morning America ho...
Presidential Vibes: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Tems & More Featured In Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Wong / Getty It’s that time of the year when we hand our forever President the aux chord, and he provides us with tunes to vibe to off the annual Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist. Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé & More Featured On Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist It’s official, Barack Obama’s soul won’t be broken this summer. The former President shared his annual summer playlist on Twitter Wednesday (Jul.27). “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies—it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together,” Obama wrote in a tweet. This year’s edition of the playlist that lives on Spotify features Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard” featuring Blxst, Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” Te...
Video Of Security Guard Crying During Kendrick Lamar Set Goes Viral
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Kendrick Lamar is one of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars and has a fandom that spans the globe for good reason. The impact that the Compton, Calif. artist has on listeners was seen in a video clip of a security guard crying during a performance. Kendrick Lamar, who is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, was in Houston, Texas over the weekend and tearing through a rendition of his top tracks as expected. While performing “LOVE.” from his 2017 album DAMN., TikTok user @dejaihvu shared a video of a guard emotionally moved to tears as the song played. Related Stories At first, many were critical of the sharing of what was obviously a deeply personal moment for the guard. In his own video, the gu...
French Montana ft. EST Gee “Keep It Real,” Redman “So Cool” & More | Daily Visuals 7.26.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / FYI Brand Group French Montana and Harry Fraud’s album, Montega has been out on these streets for a month now and French has been going hard promoting the project with a new video on a weekly basis. This time around the Bronx representative links up with EST Gee for his new visuals to “Keep It Real” in which French and EST steady mob to the Motthaven projects with their crew behind them and post up on top of the bodega much to the delight of the community who take pics of the rappers as they do their thing. Back in the Bricks, OG Hip-Hop legend Redman is out there proving he’s still a lyrical beast and for his clip to “So Cool” posts up in front of a few monster trucks with hydraulics as he drops his bars before driving off in a souped up ...
Take That: Fivio Foreign Reveals He Signed To Ma$e For $5K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) / (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Industry rule 4080 still rings true almost 32 years later. Fivio Foreign has revealed he signed to MA$E for only a mere $5000. As per Hip Hop N More the drill rapper wasn’t moving tactfully early on in his career. In a recent visit to the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast he discussed his business dealings with the former Bad Boy Entertainment talent. He explained he did a song called “Blixky Inna Box” with Jay Dee and Dee Savv which piqued Betha’s interest in all three MC’s. He went on to explain 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, ‘A...
No Sense: Young Dolph Tribute Mural Defaced Before Unveiling
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Justin Ford / Getty An artistic tribute to the late rapper Young Dolph has been marred days before its official debut before the public, and the artist has stated they’ve been targeted as well. According to reports, the mural that was created to honor the late Memphis rap star was defaced by two unidentified men last Thursday (July 21st). The act was caught on a surveillance camera, which showed the two vandals wreck the progress the artist had made to that point on the piece. The mural was being painted at the same shopping center in South Memphis where Dolph shot the video for “100 Shots”. It was slated to be unveiled on Wednesday, July 27th, which would’ve been Young Dolph’s 37th birthday. Cameron Hill, the artist commissioned to create the mural, shar...
Tampa Rapper Rollie Bands Murdered Shortly After Posting On Social Media
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David McGlynn / Getty Rollie Bands, a rising rapper out of Tampa, Fla., was shot and killed outside his apartment complex shortly after sending out taunts to his opposition. Details are largely scant at the time, but what can be shared is that Rollie Bands posted a message to his Instagram account with an aggressive boast that possibly pointed the assailants to his location. Local outlet Fox 13 reports that Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that took place at the IQ apartments this past Friday during daylight hours. Prior to the shooting, Rollie posted a message to his Instagram story threatening his enemies to seek him out, according to a report from HipHopDX. “A lot of these n*ggas know where I live at fr. I sleep in peace...
Check Out The Black Panther ‘Wakanda Forever Prologue’ EP
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel With the hype steadily building around the release of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, we’ve now gotten blessed with the release of the film’s EP, Wakanda Forever Prologue, and it has the bangers you heard in the trailer. Coming in at just 3 cuts deep, the prologue features Nigerian artist Tems soul moving rendition of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ classic song, “No Woman No Cry” along with “A Body, A Coffin, performed by Amaarae and “Soy,” performed by Santa Fe Klan (a Spanish song which no doubt is a nod to Namor’s Mexican heritage in the film). Related Stories In a press release for the Wakanda Forever Prologue, Ryan Coogler and Göransson explained how they went about choosing the songs to be featured on the EP: “This P...
Macklemore Honors 2 Years of Sobriety After Pandemic Relapse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty The fans of Grammy Award-winning rapper Macklemore were surprised to find out that the artist was marking almost two years of being sober after a relapse during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Thrift Shop” rapper broke the news to the public on Sunday (July 24th) in a video he posted to the TikTok social media platform. He was smiling, appearing shirtless and baring his distinct chest tattoos. “I relapsed during the first summer of COVID,” he wrote in the clip’s caption. “Today I have 694 days clean. Love you guys ❤️” The video also highlighted his latest single, “Chant.” Macklemore encouraged others to share their journey with alcohol and substance abuse and recovery in the comments, and many obliged. One...
Lil Wayne Mourns Death of NOLA Cop Who Saved His Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Leon Bennett / Getty New Orleans police officer Robert Hoobler known in the Crescent City as “Uncle Bob” is being mourned by rapper Lil Wayne who has frequently shared that it was him who saved his life after a suicide attempt at only 12 years old. “Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot,” the rapper wrote on Instagram sharing a photo of Hoobler. “U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason.” Related Stories “That reason being you and faith. RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie been waiting for u. I’ll love & miss u both and live for us all.” The 65-year-old retired cop was diabetic and according to Nola.com, he had been suffering from lingering health issues. Hoobler had ...
Consequence Reveals That Jay-Z Wanted To Sign Him To Roc-A-Fella
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Queens rapper Consequence has been in the game for a few decades and while his relationship with Kanye West dates back to Ye’s early years at Roc-A-Fella Records, we’ve lowkey wondered why he himself never got down with the Roc. Apparently, it almost happened and it was way before Kanye West was even in the picture. In a recent interview with Nore on Drink Champs, the cousin of Hip-Hop legend Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest opened up about his relationship with Kanye West and revealed that at one point Jay-Z was pondering signing him to the label. Unfortunately for Cons, he was already inked to his cousin’s imprint, The Ummah. Related Stories “At one point, when I was still signed to Q-Tip… I was supposed to sign to Roc-A-Fella. ...
