Despite his recent success, Troy Ave is sticking to his “White Christmas” holiday tradition. The New York rapper, is dropping off his latest gift to the streets, “White Christmas 2,” just in time for the holidays. Hosted by DJ Drama, “White Christmas 2” features appearances from Uncle Murda, Lloyd Banks, 2 Chainz and many more. […]
With power moves being made by Jay Z, reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse and Kanye’s interview with Sway, it’s been an interesting year in hip-hop. Fortunately for us, we were able to stay up-to-date with the latest in the music industry with Instagram and Twitter, where we found hilarious memes poking fun at music-related […]
Earlier in 2013, we witnessed the “Black Twitter” takeover in response to various topics including Drake’s album work, Miguel’s leg drop and even Beyonce’s latest album. Twitter recently exploded into a gender bending dirty dozen when men took part in #MeninistTwitter to poke fun at all of the disadvantages to being a guy and dealing […]
Nelson Mandela’s death has sparked an inspirational movement amongst many and the latest recording artist to join this movement is King Charles. The London-based recently released “Lov Madiba” as a tribute to the late social activist. “Lov Madiba” features Katie Melua and Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes. King Charles is the son of a […]
We may possibly be expecting a broken-hearted hit from Lil Wayne soon after Karrine Steffans’ latest stunt. After maintaining an on-again-off-again relationship for years, Karrine is calling it quits after realizing she has to “do better.” Karrine, a famed vixen/author took to Instagram to share her latest and quite possibly last conversation with Lil […]
Despite many of Kanye West‘s egotistical and controversial comments, the music mogul fell victim to a Twitter hoax after a link of a fake interview with”The Daily Currant” surfaced on the popular social media site. As reported this past week, the alleged interview quoted Kanye as saying: “I liberate minds with my music. That’s more […]
Kanye‘s “Bound 2” video has caused quite some talk since debuting it and not for particularly good reasons. Ellen Degeneres is the latest celebrity to poke fun at Yeezus’ latest video and this time with a holiday card. Ellen shows the Kardashian’s family holiday card before unveiling her very own special one with her significant […]
After a very successful year in music, 2 Chainz enlists August Alsina and Pusha T on his forthcoming “2 Good To Be T.R.U” tour. Also accompanying the team of mainstream hit music makers is Cap 1, who was featured on 2 Chainz’s “Where U Been?” track. The tour will kick off in February 2014 and […]
Running off of the success of his last project “Crenshaw,” Nipsey Hussle sits down with HipHopWired.com to talk about the behind the scenes efforts used to promote the project. Nipsey voices his opinion on Trinidad James, his plans for the future and shares how big brands like Apple and American Apparel sparked a change in […]
On December 5, 2013, the world lost a hero. Nelson Mandela was a social activist and political leader who worked to end apartheid and spark a global HIV awareness movement. With exclusive interviews and an overview of all of Mandela’s work, tune into TV One‘s special, “Mandela One Man,” which airs tonight at 9pm. Watch the […]
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Jay Z and Kanye West may not be the only formers La Familia member to branch out into entrepreneurship. Dame Dash has ventured out into the world of mobile apps and is doing so by introducing a Pinterest competitor called Fancy. Fancy is a photo-sharing website and app […]
Before embarking on the Yeezus tour to perform in selected cities, Travi$ Scott debuts an 8-minute cinematic music video for his latest single off of his Owl Pharaoh EP. “Uptown” features New York’s very own, A$AP Ferg and 17-year old WondaGurl who produced the overzealous beat for the “Uptown” track. Filled with drugs alcohol and […]