HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Unique Nicole / Getty Brittany Renner is back in the trending topics sweepstakes again, and it’s definitely for reasons that have nothing to do with advising students or thirst trapping. While at Rolling Loud Miami, the former Jackson State University soccer player got into an altercation with a gentleman near the front of the stage. Brittany Renner, 30, was filmed by TikTok user @JadenTooRare engaging in what looked like some mutual flirting between her and a concertgoer who was on the other side of the photo pit gate at Rolling Loud Miami. Renner appears to try to lick the man on the face, and the pair exchange words. Suddenly, Renner throws a bottle of water in the man’s face who then returns fire with a water dousing of his own before stage secu...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel This past weekend the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con went down and while DC fans left disappointed as Henry Cavill wasn’t announced to return as the Man of Steel, Marvel fans left on cloud 9 as fans got blessed with everything they asked for and then some. Source: Marvel / Marvel From premiering the new trailer to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to announcing two new Avenger films in The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars, Marvel hit it out the park. According to The Verge, Marvel will be ending their current Phase 4 with Wakanda Forever and kicking off Phase 5 with the third installment to Ant-Man dubbed Quantumania which will officially introduce Kang The Conqueror as the next big baddy of the MCU. Following Ant-Man will be films like Guardians ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crystal Dynamics / Marvel’s Avengers Black Panther: War For Wakanda Expansion In more Black Panther news, a new standalone single-player game revolving around the popular Marvel superhero is reportedly in the works. A Black Panther Video Game? Hell Yeah Fresh off the heels of the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s trailer that we all have probably watched an insane amount of times, a new report indicates a new video game in the works. Related Stories The Adrian Wojnarowski of video games, Jeff Grubb, broke the news about the game during his weekly news show on Gamespot’s sister site, Giant Bomb. According to Grubb, the game will be open-world and serve as an origin story. Per Gamespot: According to Grubb, it will be an open-world, single-pla...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube In 2022 the wolves don’t care if you’re a rapper, entertainer, or even a man of God—if you’re sporting icey jewelry, you’re going to get got. According to the New York Times, Bishop Lamor M. Whitehead was robbed at gunpoint yesterday (July 24) while delivering his Sunday sermon, which was also being live-streamed to his congregation. The jux went down at a church in Brooklyn as Mr. Whitehead was on stage preaching the gospel when three masked men barged into the service and went to work. In the video of the live-stream you can see the Bishop noticing the men walking in looking for trouble as he immediately threw his hands up and laid down on the floor. The stick-up kids proceeded to relieve Mr. Whitehead and his wife of gold chains, his ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Radio One Digital As more RICO charges are expected to be filed by Atlanta, Georgia officials, Lil Baby is rumored to be next on the list. However, he appeared unfazed by the buzz when told by fans. According to reports, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Wills did confirm earlier in July that the city of Atlanta would see more high-profile RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) cases being brought before the summer ended. Wills said in an interview concerning gang indictments that she expects two more to be filed within the next two months. Related Stories The news had many immediately speculate online that Lil Baby was the next target. The 27-year-old rapper recently announced last Friday (July 21st) tha...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel Studios / Disney+ The Man Without Fear, Daredevil, will have a significant presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil Is Coming To Disney+ Saturday (Jul23.), Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios returned to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, and they blew the roof off the building with many announcements, including the emotional Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer. One character many were curious about is Daredevil and how he would fit into the MCU. We all knew Charlie Cox’s version of Matt Murdoch, aka Daredevil, would eventually show up in a film or Disney+ series. Related Stories We got our first tease of that Spider-Man: No Way Home when Charlie Cox made a brief appearance as Matt Murdoch to provide some legal help for Peter Parker. We know ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Lamparski / Getty When I first heard that Desus and Mero would not be returning to Showtime for a fifth season—I an’t gon’ lie—my heart sank. I was in a salty mood for most of that day. You have to understand, they were heroes of mine. They reminded me of me and my boys sitting in an apartment front room cracking jokes at each other or at anything in sight while watching TV and enjoying—well—smokable refreshments of the recreational variety. These two Black men made it all the way to a late-night show on a premium cable channel—a platform historically reserved for white men and people of color who are palatable for white consumption—and they did it without code-switching. In the American entertainment industry, that’s a monumental feat. So yeah, the ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty Over the weekend MAGA struggle rapper Kid Rock left his fans in North Dakota feeling hot and bothered and it led to an insurrection-ish moment at the venue he was set to perform in. According to TMZ, the former “rapper” turned far-right country singer canceled his concert performance at the last minute this past Friday (July 22) citing high winds as the reason he couldn’t take the stage. Naturally this left his white boy drunk fanbase boiling as Night Ranger had performed for 2 and a half hours before an An officer from the Ward County Sheriff’s Department announced that the concert was a wrap at around 11pm. Related Stories Drunk and angry, the 18,000 people in attendance decided to blow off some steam by flinging beer cans onto the ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz All good things must come to an end. Donald Glover’s brainchild, Atlanta, preps us for the final season with a new teaser. The Final Season of Atlanta Premiers In September FX dropped a teaser for the final season of Atlanta, and it’s chocked full of easter eggs from standout episodes from each of the show’s seasons. The 43-second teaser does feature the show’s main cast Donald Glover’s Earn, Zazie Beetz’s Vanessa, LaKeith Stanfield’s Darius, and Brian Tyree Henry’s Paperboi. Glover and Beetz walk out of a liquor store while Coconut Crunch-O’s, the cereal advertised in season one’s “B.A.N.S” episode, rains from the sky. LaKeith Stanfield shows up after crashing the invisible car hilariously first featured in the show’s firs...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SOPA Images / Getty Keke Palmer is one of the most dynamic entertainers around, showcasing her vast talents as an actress, television co-shot, and social media darling. Palmer took to Twitter to address comparisons to another young actress in Zendaya, and also spoke to the colorism debate that sparked the chatter. Keke Palmer, 28, fired off a weekend missive on Twitter after one user drew comparisons between her and Zendaya, 25, just as the film NOPE from director Jordan Peele had a big opening weekend. “I’d like someone to do a deep-drive on the similarities and differences between Keke Palmer and Zendaya’s careers. This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood. They were both child-stars, but their mainstream popu...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shannon Finney / Getty Dave Chappelle was recently under fire in Minneapolis for some of his past comments on members of the LGBTQ community but the controversy certainly hasn’t hampered his career. Chappelle was a surprise opening act for Chris Rock and Kevin Hart‘s tour stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Dave Chappelle, thought to be a ticket holder on the so-called cancel culture train, hasn’t seen much in the way of barriers of entry for his particular brand of comedy. After a venue in Minnesota decided not to host the Washington, D.C. native, another venue took up the slack and the show went on. As Variety reports, Chappelle shocked guests at Rock and Hart’s joint comedy show at the famed MSG venue and naturally railed against cancel culture a...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / adidas Everyone in the Beyhive is anticipating Beyoncé‘s seventh full-length solo album Renaissance and we’re all just wondering what “Formation” singer has in store for us. Well, to hear the album, you’re just going to have to wait until it drops on July 29, but in the meantime, Queen Bey has revealed the credits, collaborations and even the track list for her upcoming album. No one is likely to be surprised that Jay-Z will be featured on the project and has credits on three songs. I mean, at this point, Jay-Z and Beyoncé go together like—well—actually, there’s no better simile for this than just Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Related Stories But it looks like Renaissance is a whole star-studded event as it will also feature a host of supers...