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📷 OpenverseNewsChicago Drill Rapper BloodHound Q50 Killed in Gas Station Ambush, Police Say Multiple Gunmen Opened Fire
Mikquale Cooper, 22, was shot from two vehicles outside a Fuller Park BP station early Sunday, six weeks after releasing his latest project.
The Wire · 1d ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKid Cudi Defends Reuniting With Kanye West Onstage: 'That Man Is My Brother'
Cudi ended a years-long rift with Ye at his Chicago homecoming show, then pushed back after radio host Peter Rosenberg said the reunion came too soon after West's antisemitic remarks.
The Wire · 2d ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsSnoop Dogg Will Host the 2026 VMAs, Bringing the Show Back to Los Angeles
MTV's biggest night returns to the West Coast for the first time since 2017, and Snoop calls it a full-circle moment.
The Wire · 4d ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Diddy Documentary Just Won an Emmy. Now Its Own Cast Is Suing for Credit — and 50 Cent Is Mocking Him for It
Mark Curry says he helped build 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' from the ground up and got a $69 check for it. 50 Cent's response drew almost as much backlash as the underlying complaint.
The Wire · 6d ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDiddy's Release Date Moved Up Again — This Time by Two Weeks, Not Months
Bureau of Prisons records now list February 5, 2028 — the latest swing in a number that's bounced by months at a time since his sentencing.
The Wire · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJay-Z Brings 30 Years of Hits to London: 9 Best Moments From His Triumphant Return
The rap icon touched down in London for the second night of a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium double-header (Sept. 5).
The Wire (wire) · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsMeek Mill Called Lil Durk an 'Innocent Kid' as His Murder-for-Hire Trial Nears Its End
The post split the internet the same week both sides rested their case and the judge signaled closing arguments are days away.
The Wire · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsBlackpink’s Lisa Returns to Her Rap Roots on Solo Single ‘SaWaDiKa’
The rapper-singer is ushering a new era ahead of her Press Play EP, which arrives on Oct. 23
The Wire (wire) · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsNBA YoungBoy Says His Heart Is Enlarged — and That He Has 'One More Tour' Left in Him
Now living in South Korea and refusing to return to the U.S., YoungBoy revealed a heart condition tied to his 2025 tour — and this week his name surfaced from an entirely different direction.
The Wire · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsLil Durk's Own 'Enemies List' Text Just Became the Prosecution's Motive Case
Prosecutors read a message naming Quando Rondo, NBA YoungBoy, 6ix9ine and Trina into the record Wednesday — and the defense's own witnesses had a rough week on cross.
The Wire · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsColin Kaepernick Finally Responds to Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Freestyle: ‘I View That as Speaking to a Guilty Conscience’
The former NFL quarterback talked to NBC about his initial reaction to being mentioned by the legendary rapper.
The Wire (wire) · 1w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsWatch Drake Perform ‘Iceman’ Tracks Live at Don Toliver’s Toronto Show
The rapper showcased “Shabang,” “Burning Bridges,” and “Janice STFU” on stage for the first time
The Wire (wire) · 2w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKanye West Showed Up to Lil Durk's Murder Trial in a 'Free Durk' Shirt — He Wasn't the First This Week
Ye sat with Durk's family during testimony Thursday, joining a week of hip-hop figures publicly rallying around the Chicago rapper's murder-for-hire case.
The Wire · 2w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDrake Just Sold Majority Control of OVO — and Called It Scaling Up
Authentic Brands Group now owns 51% of October's Very Own, the clothing label Drake started in 2008 with Oliver El-Khatib and Noah '40' Shebib.
The Wire · 2w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsFamous Dex's Comeback Attempt Just Hit a Domestic Battery Charge in Las Vegas
The Chicago rapper was booked Sunday, years into rebuilding from a 2021 case that carried 19 charges. He hasn't commented.
The Wire · 2w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsBlueface Was Swatted at Gunpoint With His Newborn in the Room — for the Second Time in a Month
A fake 911 call sent officers storming his Santa Clarita restaurant mid-livestream; deputies found no crime, but it's the same thing that happened at his house four weeks earlier.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsQuality Control's Pierre 'P' Thomas Is Improving After His Heart Attack
The label co-founder who helped build Migos and Lil Baby into stars is recovering in a Las Vegas hospital, four days after being hospitalized in the ICU.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDiddy's Old Bodyguard Says Prosecutors Came Looking for Him in the Tupac Case
Gene Deal says he's being pressured to testify about an alleged link between Sean Combs and the man on trial for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder — and he's not sure he wants to.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsThe Man Who Put Hip-Hop on Saturday Night Live Is Gone
Keith "Keith Keith" Caesar of the Funky 4 + 1 has died at his longtime home in the Bronx — the MC who helped drag the culture onto national television 45 years ago.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDiddy's Release Date Has Moved Again — This Time Past a Number Nobody Wanted to See
The same solitary-confinement fight already reported now costs him an extra month, pushing his projected release to February 2028.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsBigXthaPlug Was Arrested a Year to the Day After His Last Arrest — Almost Exactly
The Dallas rapper faces DWI, marijuana and unlawful firearm charges after a Friday arrest that forced him to cancel a Winnipeg festival set.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJurors Heard Keefe D's Own Voice Name Tupac's Shooter — in a Tape from 2008
A recorded police interview played on day four of the Las Vegas trial has Duane Davis telling detectives his nephew, not him, pulled the trigger.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsTwo Milwaukee Rappers Were Shot Dead Inside Their Own Studio
Lil Shiesty and his mentee Funny $Money were killed Monday afternoon in a shooting that has shaken the city's hip-hop scene, days after Shiesty's newest video dropped.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Detective Testified Keefe D Told Him Diddy Owed Him Money for the Tupac Murder
Day three of the trial produced the most explosive testimony yet — an alleged admission linking two of hip-hop's biggest unsolved mysteries.
The Wire · 3w ago
📷 FlickrNewsC+C Music Factory Founder Sues Freedom Williams in $30 Million Trademark Lawsuit
Robert Clivillés claims rapper Williams has been making money off the group's name without permission
The Wire (wire) · 3w ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsCardi B Is Team KATSEYE, Clapping Back at ‘Hootie Frutti’ Haters
"Y'all hating on the song [but we] love the song," the rapper shared on Instagram Live.
The Wire (wire) · 3w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKarina in Control: She’s Headlining Festivals & Fronting Campaigns, But the K-Pop Starlet Isn’t Breaking a Sweat
The singer & rapper talks about her solo headlining performance at Waterbomb Festival and stepping into the spotlight as a global model for Sprite.
The Wire (wire) · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsTupac Shakur Murder Trial Opens 30 Years After Rapper’s Death: ‘An Act of Revenge’
Jurors will decide whether Duane “Keffe D” Davis played a role in the deadly drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in September 1996
The Wire (wire) · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsMegan Thee Stallion Signs With Interscope — and Keeps Everything
The deal announced Friday is a distribution partnership, not a record deal — she keeps her masters and publishing, and Act III is officially confirmed.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsCardi B's 'AH HA' Just Extended a Streak Nobody Else in Rap Has
Ten years running, she's put a song in Hot Rap Songs' top 10 — this time blocked from No. 1 by a country crossover hit.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsTomorrow, a Las Vegas Jury Finally Hears What Killed Tupac Shakur
Opening statements arrive Monday in the murder trial of Duane "Keefe D" Davis — capping a case built almost entirely on his own words.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Billboard Hit Sparked an AI Manhunt — and the Rapper's Own Evidence Made It Worse
'Rubberz' cracked the Hot 100 for Fenix Flexin. Then producers started finding software fingerprints in the file, and his proof of authenticity fell apart faster than his denials.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJay-Z Booked a Second Show at SoFi for Drake's Birthday. The Internet Filled In the Rest.
A JAY-Z30 date landed on October 24 — Drake turns 40 that day — and Kendrick Lamar speculation took off before Roc Nation said a word.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDiddy Is Out of Solitary at Fort Dix — but the Fight That Put Him There Just Cost Him More Time
A July altercation sent Sean Combs to the SHU for weeks; he's back in general population, but his projected release date has slipped again, to February 2028.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDon Toliver's Houston Homecoming Ended Two Songs Early — Over a Gun That Wasn't His
A sold-out Toyota Center show, a city proclamation, and a security guard's catch turned a hometown celebration into an abrupt exit.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsHip-Hop Just Went Nine Months Without a Top 10 Hit. The Grammys Nominated It for Album of the Year Three Times.
Rap's streams and radio spins are shrinking. Its critical standing has never been higher. Those two facts are happening at the same time, for real reasons.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsRod Wave Turned Himself In on 14 Charges. Prosecutors Just Handed His Team 90GB to Explain Them.
Nearly 2,000 photos and 111 videos later, the Georgia shooting case against Rod Wave is building toward a September court date — and he's dropping an album two weeks before it.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsIce Spice's Canceled EKU Concert Still Cost the School $68,750 — For a Show That Never Happened
Eastern Kentucky University agreed to pay Ice Spice $275,000 for a 50-minute Welcome Week set. The show got called off, but the contract's cancellation clause means a quarter of the deal is gone anyway.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsIsrael's Ambassador Wanted Kanye West's Algarve Show Canceled. Portugal Let It Happen Anyway
Oren Rozenblat cited Kanye's Hitler remarks and a growing list of European cancellations and bans. The concert's organizer called it disinformation and the Aug. 7 show went on as scheduled.
The Wire · 4w ago
📷 FlickrNewsA Jailhouse Call Just Undercut Keefe D's Own Defense — One Day Into His Tupac Murder Trial
Prosecutors in Las Vegas say a recorded call contradicts the ghostwriter argument Duane Davis's lawyers built their case around.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 FlickrNewsHip Hop Turns 53 Today, and LL Cool J Just Spent Five Episodes Proving Why the Origin Story Still Matters
The Bronx block party that started it all happened on this date in 1973 — and Paramount+'s new docuseries just walked the same blocks.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNews21 Savage Called Latto His 'Wifey' to End a Colorism Argument He Didn't Start
Charleston White compared Latto and 21 Savage to Claressa Shields and Papoose to make a point about skin tone and public backlash. Latto wasn't having it.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsYeezy Is Back on Store Shelves — Four Years After Adidas Cut Ties
Ye's footwear brand lands inside JD Sports on August 13, its biggest retail footprint since the split.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsCardi B's Old Navy Jeans Sold Out in a Day — and the Reason Is She Actually Shops There
The 'Most Wanted Denim' campaign became a 24-hour sellout, and the pitch is that Cardi's not acting.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDrake's $1 Million Kick Giveaway Tonight Runs Through the Casino at the Center of His RICO Suit
Hours after a federal RICO class action named him over Stake's tipping feature, Drake is back on Kick handing out Stake's money live.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Producer Says He Built 13 AI Voices for 'Vultures 2' and 'Bully.' Kanye Never Paid Him.
The lawsuit lands months after Ye publicly insisted 'BULLY ON THE WAY NO AI.'
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKeefe D's Bail Bid Fails Days Before Jury Selection Opens in the Tupac Trial
A judge denied his request for more time to post bond, and Las Vegas courts are now running a daily seating lottery for the trial itself.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsUncle Luke Is Running for Congress — and Making It About Hip-Hop's Turf
The 2 Live Crew founder wants Florida's 20th District, and he's framing Debbie Wasserman Schultz's campaign as an attack on Black political power.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJay-Z's MarcyPen Just Became the Frontrunner to Buy Into Fenty Beauty
What started as a reported interest in LVMH's stake has turned into a real bid, with financing structures already being worked out.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Christian Hip-Hop Label Gets to Keep Suing UMG Over a Deal That Died at the Finish Line
A federal judge says Capitol CMG has to answer for walking away from its promise to buy Lecrae's Reach Records.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKeefe D's Last Week of Freedom Comes With a Witness List 200 Names Deep
Five days from jury selection, Duane Davis rejected a plea deal, lost a continuance request, and could still walk out on bail before facing trial for Tupac Shakur's murder.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJay-Z's Investment Firm Wants Half of Rihanna's Beauty Empire
MarcyPen Capital Partners has emerged as the frontrunner to buy LVMH's stake in Fenty Beauty.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsSix Days Out, Keefe D's Tupac Murder Trial Has Lost Every Escape Hatch
Jury selection starts August 10. Every ruling that could have derailed the case has gone the state's way.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNews50 Cent's $124 Million Shreveport Bet Just Got Its First Real Deadline
G-Unit Studios now has to deliver actual productions this year, not just renderings and press releases.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsXXL's 2026 Freshman Class Puts a Christian Rap Cover Star Next to a Fresh TDE Signee
This year's freshman list broke its own pattern, and the debate over who made the cut is already loud.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsNorth West Signs With Gamma — the Same Label Her Father Just Joined
Kanye West's 12-year-old daughter is now labelmates with Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey and Usher.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Judge Just Handed Prosecutors Their Biggest Weapon in the Keefe D Trial
His own 2008 interview with police about Tupac's murder will go in front of the jury — and Davis still won't take a plea.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDrake Is Reportedly Selling Half of OVO — Following Jay-Z and Diddy's Playbook
Talks with licensing giant Authentic Brands Group could turn October's Very Own into the next celebrity fashion cash-out.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKeefe D's Lawyers Want an Apology — Nine Days Before His Tupac Trial Starts
With jury selection set for August 10, Duane Davis's defense is making a last push to get the murder charge thrown out entirely.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsNas Joins Hip-Hop's Short List of BMI Icons
The Queensbridge legend gets songwriting's highest industry honor at the August 26 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsCardi B Reintroduces Herself With 'AH HA' — Her First New Song of 2026
The Bronx rapper closes out a stacked New Music Friday with a Dominican-flag-draped single and no album to attach it to.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsKanye West Settles the Assistant Lawsuit That Named Diddy Too
Ye avoids trial in Lauren Pisciotta's sexual-assault and wrongful-termination suit, ending the case without a public accounting of what happened.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDiddy's Release Date Moves Up Again — Days After a Fort Dix Scuffle
The Bureau of Prisons now has Combs walking out Jan. 24, 2028, a month earlier than the date on the books last week.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsEminem Is Emptying His Sneaker Closet for Detroit's Kids — 117 Pairs, All Signed
The Marshall Mathers Foundation auction opens August 25 with bids starting at just $25.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsA Gucci Mane Signee Faces a Murder Charge — and 1017's 'Curse' Talk Starts Again
Bic Fizzle was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder three weeks after dropping his album 'Highly Favored.'
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsBlocBoy JB Pays Tribute to Tay Keith With 'LLTK' — Hip-Hop Is Still Mourning Its Sound
Six weeks after the Memphis producer's death, the artist he broke through with delivers the first real tribute record.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsJay-Z Doubles Down on His 30th Anniversary Run — London and L.A. Both Get a Second Night
Fresh off three nights conquering Yankee Stadium, the Jay-Z 30 tour just added a second show in two more cities.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsChad Hugo Steps Out From the Neptunes' Shadow With His First-Ever Solo Single
'Jumpupw!nya' pairs the producer with Tierra Whack and Leikeli47 — and drops in the middle of his lawsuit against Pharrell.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsOffset Turns Down Cardi B's $10 Million Divorce Offer — Says He Built Her Brand
A gossip-driven report says the Migos rapper rejected $10 million and wants credit for building Cardi's empire. He calls it a lie — and no court filing backs the figure.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsDJ Khaled's 'Aalam of God' Blows Through Its Release Date for a Second Time
The July 17 target this desk flagged last week came and went in total silence — again.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsChris Brown Pleads Guilty to the London Nightclub Bottle Attack He Spent Two Years Denying
The GBH and weapon charges are gone. The affray charge — and an October sentencing — are not.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsLil Wayne, Charlamagne and Grandmaster Flash Are Getting Their Stars on Hollywood Boulevard
The Class of 2027 puts the man who built hip-hop DJing next to the man who won't shut up about it on the radio.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 FlickrNewsMysonne's Open Letter to Jay-Z Turns a Freestyle Line Into a Movement Fight
Days after DJ Akademiks reignited the Target boycott fight, an activist rapper answers directly.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsYG Walks Free Hours Before Facing The Game — Then Compton Forever Delivers Anyway
A SWAT search tied to the Drakeo the Ruler case nearly overshadowed the West Coast's biggest Verzuz booking yet.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsPooh Shiesty Loses His Last Shot at Bond, Stays Locked Up Until February
A federal judge rejected the rapper's final bid for release ahead of his 2027 trial over the alleged armed studio robbery of Gucci Mane.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsAZ Says AI Has Been Feeding Off Rap for a Decade — He's Charging for It Now
The Brooklyn veteran becomes a founding partner in an AI royalty platform built to pay creators every time a model draws on their words.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsJacksonville Loses a Godfather of Southern Hip-Hop: DJ Bigga Rankin Dead at 50
The mixtape DJ and A&R who helped launch Rick Ross, Gucci Mane and T.I. died Monday; Atlanta's Alley Boy was also lost this week.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsFuture's 'The Real Me' Debuts at No. 1, Pushes Him Past Eminem
His 12th chart-topper puts Future third among rap acts for most No. 1 albums, trailing only Drake and JAY-Z.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 FlickrNewsOffset Gets 50 Hours of Community Service for ‘Regretful’ Assault of Weed Dispensary Guard
A Los Angeles judge signed off on a diversion deal that keeps the Migos rapper out of jail — 50 hours of service, anger management, and a year of clean living, or the misdemeanor comes back
The Wire (wire) · 1mo ago
📷 RawpixelNewsDeezer Says Daily Delivery of Fully AI Music Reaches More Than 50% for the First Time
The service is now removing AI tracks it suspects have been used in streaming fraud — as well as those that haven't been streamed for at least six months.
The Wire (wire) · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsKanye West Just Passed Taylor Swift for the No. 2 Spot on the All-Time Certification List
A single RIAA sweep of 68 new certifications — including two songs crossing Diamond — pushes his catalog past 271 million certified units, second only to Drake.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsDave and Tems Just Set a Chart Record No UK Rapper Has Ever Touched
'Raindance' spent 22 straight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 — the longest run any British rapper's song has had in the chart's 68-year history.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsYG and The Game Finally Settle It: A Compton Verzuz for July 23
Two generations of West Coast rap go bar for bar on Apple Music, the latest matchup in Verzuz's relaunch under Timbaland and Swizz Beatz.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsBone Thugs-n-Harmony Get Their Star, 33 Years After Eazy-E Signed Them
The Cleveland group that built rap's rapid-fire 'chopper' flow took the 2,851st star on Hollywood Boulevard, with Fat Joe and Ice-T doing the honors.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 RawpixelNewsDrake's 'Iceman' Just Set the Kind of Record Only Drake Sets
Four straight weeks at No. 1 push him past Adele on the all-time chart list — and put a rap album back at the center of the numbers game.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsHouston Loses a Rising Voice: Judy World Killed in a Daylight Stabbing
The 28-year-old rapper, born Krystal Jordan, was remembered by her family this week as they pushed for a tougher charge against the woman accused of killing her.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsDesiigner Arrested a Second Time This Year on Domestic Violence Charges
The Horry County Sheriff's Office says the Brooklyn rapper was booked again in South Carolina, four months after his first arrest at the same address.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsDJ Khaled's 'Aalam of God' Missed Its Release Date — and No One's Saying Why
July 17 came and went with no album, no statement, and a features list that reportedly includes half of hip-hop's A-list.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsLeBron James Calls Jay-Z His 'Big Brother' — and Means It as a Business Lesson
Twenty-five summers after meeting as a teenager on tour, LeBron says he's still asking what Hov would think before he makes a move.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsLil Durk Scores Pretrial Win as Judge Splits RICO Case From August Murder Trial
A federal judge rebuked prosecutors' timing and kept the Chicago and Atlanta counts off the table for the Aug. 20 Los Angeles trial.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsHow Rappers Actually Make Money in 2026: The Real Hip-Hop Business
Streaming pennies, tour money, publishing vs. masters, 360 deals, catalog sales, and brand equity — a plain-English guide to where the money really comes from.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsScHoolboy Q Breaks His Silence With 'Thank Que'
The TDE veteran says his follow-up to Blue Lips is nearly finished — and it's the first album he's made sober.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNewsRick Ross and DJ Khaled Turn New Music Friday Into a Heavyweight Bout
Set In Stone and Aalam of God both hit streaming today, headlining a stacked July 17 release slate.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 AI-generatedNews50 Cent Wavers on His $124M Shreveport Studio Bet
Curtis Jackson says local pushback has him rethinking Louisiana's biggest hip-hop production investment in years.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 FlickrNewsCleveland Reversal Wasn't the Only Fight Over Hip-Hop in the Classroom This Summer
As districts keep testing hip-hop history electives, the genre's move into curricula is quietly becoming its own culture-war flashpoint.
The Wire · 1mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsHoward Stays the Only HBCU on Jordan Brand's Direct Roster With New AJ11 Cleats
The Bisons unveiled Mid and Low Air Jordan 11 player-exclusive cleats ahead of an Aug. 29 season opener on ABC.
The Wire · 2mo ago
📷 Wikimedia CommonsNewsJAY-Z Closes Yankee Stadium Trilogy With a 3 A.M. Guest-List Bonanza
Beyoncé, Rihanna, Pusha T, Malice, Usher, Teyana Taylor and more turned a four-hour security delay into one of the most star-studded nights of Hov's career.
The Wire · 2mo ago