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‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Recap: Charmaine Quits The Show, Ryan Feels No Way About It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Black Ink Crew: Chicago is back, and drama is already brewing in Chi-Town. Ryan & Charmaine Are No Longer Buddies The new season opens up with a 9 MAG-hosted event alongside the Hustle Mommies, an “organization dedicated to providing a foundation for women to come together and push one another to become better Mothers and women.” The event was about giving back to the community and combating violence in their communities, so it was pretty surprising to many that Charmaine, a very vocal cast member on community matters, was not in attendance. Ryan was pressed by the crew about Charmaine’s absence and revealed that he had taken a step back in terms of his friendship with 2nd City Ink’s owner. His reasoning, Ryan was...
Megan Thee Stallion Checks Her Label On L.A. Leakers Freestyle, The Hotties Are Here For The Bars
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: David Wolff – Patrick / Getty While her man Pardison Fontaine drops tasteless “jokes” about The Rock’s wife, Megan Thee Stallion, is out here reminding us she has B A R S. It’s still a hot girl summer regardless of the fact we are in the dog days of it. Megan Thee Stallion is prepping to heat things even more with the release of her sophomore album that she told Rolling Stone is done. As we approach the album’s still unknown release date, the Houston rapper decided to stop by the Liftoff show at Power 106 and remind us she does more than just effortlessly twerk. In her new L.A. Leakers freestyle, Thee Stallion had a message for her label 1501 Entertainment and its captain, former MLB player Carl Crawford over Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” beat...
Twitter Agrees, ‘Prey’ Is Pretty Damn Good & Amber Midthunder Is Hollywood’s Next Big Star
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Hulu / Prey It’s official Prey, the newest film in The Predator film is not W A C K. In fact, it’s being hailed as the best film since the original movie. The critics and fans all agree Dan Trachtenberg put his foot in Prey, the latest film featuring the iconic intergalactic big game hunter. The movie is currently sitting at a ridiculously good 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the must-see films of the year. Praise for the film mostly circles around Trachtenberg recapturing the magic that made the original movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger an instant classic with Sci-Fi movie junkies. But the biggest praise is going towards Amber Midthunder, who plays Naru, our newest Predator slayer, and the fact the film used Indigenous actors to...
HBO Max & Discovery+ Merging, Your Shows Are Safe For Now, Twitter Is Still Worried
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SOPA Images / Getty Fear not, HBO Max subscribers. Your favorite shows are safe for now. We can’t recall the last time the internet hinged on one earnings call, but on Thursday (Aug.4), that was the case. HBO Max subscribers were waiting to hear what plans David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, had in store for the streaming service. Zaslav announced that HBO Max and Discovery+ will be merging into one service in Summer 2023 while staving off fears that the popular streaming service will continue to purge content that lured subscribers to it in the first place. Zaslav shared no details on how much a subscription will cost, but we expect a bit of a price hike. During the week, HBO Max subscribers began to worry when users pointed out that HBO M...
Yung Miami Tweets She Had A “Mental Breakdown,” Twitter Thinks It Could Be Diddy’s Fault
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Caresha, aka Yung Miami going through it REAL BAD. The City Girls rapper has fans worried about her mental health after a series of cryptic tweets. Yung Miami has been the talk of social media, specifically Black Twitter, once her romance with Diddy came into the spotlight and was later confirmed by the mogul on her Revolt podcast Caresha Please. In a tweet’ the City Girl wrote, “I’m really having a mental breakdown right now.” Fans began worrying after she followed that tweet up, revealing she hadn’t been getting much sleep. “Haven’t slept in dayssssss like I’m tired af and don’t feel like doing nothing today my energy is off!,” her tweet read. As expected, her fans are worried and are sending the young Hip-Hop star som...
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 ...
6 Moments From The ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Trailer That Gave Us The Feels
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Marvel Should we be surprised that Marvel has done it again? During the brand’s San Diego Comic-Con presentation, the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was revealed, and they delivered and then some. The sequel to the beloved Black Panther, which starred the late, great Chadwick Boseman, was already delayed, so there were rumblings that the film wouldn’t live up to expectations. But from the two minutes of footage the world has seen, director Ryan Coogler was playing no games, and will likely have us sobbing in the theater. Related Stories From the jump it’s clear that in the film the characters will be mourning the death of T’Challa aka the Black Panther. Rather than a recast, the story embraces the loss of Boseman’s T’Challa, wi...
Drake Called Out For Creepy Behavior After Posting Photo of A Random Woman On Instagram
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake is being called out for his “creepy” ways after sharing a photo of a random woman on the gram. Drake Needs To Chill The Canadian Hip-Hop star is currently on vacation in St. Tropez, having the time of his life while snuffing out bees, but some people feel he overstepped his boundaries. Before the transgression of someone’s privacy, Drake happily shared a video of himself singing along with a cover singer. Things went left for Drake after he shared a photo of a random white woman in his Instagram stories on Thursday (Jul.21). In the caption for the post, he dropped a typical Drizzy bar, “Tried to airdrop this woman a pic of herself cause she’s a dime.” Drake might have thought posting the woman seated with an unknown male t...
Megan Thee Stallion Teams Up With The Toxic King Future On New Single “Pressurelicious”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: David Wolff – Patrick / Getty Megan Thee Stallion is making sure we have another hot girl summer with the arrival of her latest single, “Pressurelicious.” Megan Thee Stallion Teams Up With Future On “Pressurelicious” The leader of the Hot Girls has been quite busy this summer. Megan Thee Stallion has been hitting the music festival circuit with a fury showing off those knees and twerking all over the globe. At the same damn time, she has been pushing out new music at a feverish pace, kicking things off with her anthem for the ladies, “Plan B,” and her Dua Lipa-assisted single “Sweetest Pie.” Now, she is back and is teaming up with the king of toxicity Future on “Pressurelicious.” The HitKidd-produced song is pretty short, clocking in at just under 3...
HHW Gaming: 5 Reasons Why Netflix’s ‘Resident Evil’ Is Better Than All of The Film Adaptations
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: COURTESY OF NETFLIX / Resident Evil Capcom’s Resident Evil video game franchise has seen its fair share of movie adaptations and animated films, 95% of them being forgettable. Finally, fans of Resident Evil have a Hollywood adaptation they can be proud of, thanks to Netflix. Netflix Has A Win With Resident Evil Video game fans are hard to please, especially when it comes to beloved video game franchises like Resident Evil. When it comes to adapting games to films or streaming series, many believe it should be a piece of cake because video games are rich with the source material to work with. Yes, and no. Take Paramount’s Halo series, for example. Fans of the Xbox-exclusive video game franchise let out a loud moan across social media when it was anno...
‘Euphoria”s “Ashtray” Returns For Travis Scott’s Jordan Capsule Collection Campaign
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cactus Jack / Cactus Jack Javon Walton’s “Ashtray” may no longer be with us (RIP), but Travis Scott has helped resurrect our favorite Euphoria character for his latest Jordan collaboration campaign and we’re loving it. Source: Cactus Jack / Cactus Jack On Monday (July 18) Travis Scott’s latest capsule collection with Jordan Brand went live along with the raffle for the highly coveted “Reverse Mocha” Air Jordan 1 Cactus Jacks. Though everyone and they mama took L’s on those sneakers, there’s still a lot of pretty cool merchandise that can be got on the Travis Scott website including hoodies, t-shirts, shorts and even some accessories. Related Stories Despite the L’s on yesterday’s raffle, the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 Low’s will be releasing on the d...
Controversial Personality Kevin Samuels Died From High Blood Pressure
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Guy D’Alema / Atlanta FX Kevin Samuels—who was known for his controversial relationship advice has reportedly died due to complications of hypertension according to TMZ. The gossip site reviewed the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office’s findings which noted that Samuels’ autopsy found “Evidence of hypertension includes a heart whose chambers are thicker than normal.” Related Stories Samuels, who was 57, was on a medication called Atenolol which is used to treat high blood pressure. His death has been classified as due to natural causes. When he died in May, Samuels was in the company of a woman who told 911 that she was a medical professional and that she suspected that the man was having a cardiac event. The woman reportedly attempted lif...
