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HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty French Montana kept it moving real quick when asked about the heat surrounding Diddy. The Bronx rapper, who’s been tight with Diddy for over a decade through his deal with Bad Boy, clearly wasn’t trying to get caught up in that drama. Blogger, Joe Andaloro caught up with French at LAX recently. Everything started off cool, he was all smiles, cracking jokes, talking about the Met Gala and the usual celeb stuff. But the energy flipped the second the cameraman brought up Diddy’s name and the serious allegations he’s facing. French…
The fans kept it ‘Free Thug’ till it was backwards, and now Young Thug is here to stay for good. The rapper, who recently released an ‘Otis’ inspired music video with ‘Money on Money,‘ inspired great faith in his core base. With Future joining hands with Thug, it had to be a classic. But what does that say about the album?UY Scuti already has a big name to live up to. Matter of fact, the album is named after the biggest known star in the universe, which is exactly what seems to signify Thug’s desire to be the biggest name…
Diddy previously rejected a plea deal in his federal sex crime case.Diddy Turns Down Plea OfferOn Friday (April 25), the embattled music mogul appeared in New York Supreme Court for another pretrial hearing as his May trial draws closer, Rolling Stone reports. During the hearing, the long-rumored plea deal was mentioned by prosecutors who asked the judge to get Combs to say for the record that he had been offered and decided to turn down a plea deal. Judge Arun Subramanian said he would address the plea during another pretrial conference on May 1. The details of the plea deal have…
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Theo Wargo / Billy McFarland Billy McFarland, for whatever reason, thought he could revive Fyre Fest, but now claims he is canceling the struggling music festival before attempting to make it happen. Shortly after announcing that he is transforming Fyre Fest into a music streaming video-on-demand service, McFarland is now saying that he is officially canceling the festival. The news comes after word of the Fyre Fest 2 postponement, with no new date of the festival’s return in sight. McFarland also announced that he is planning to sell the brand that is now synonymous with Ja…
Young Thug is working on a new album called UY Scuti, which a recent billboard teased might be out at the end of May. Thug did appear on Lil Baby’s ‘Dum, Dumb And Dumber‘ with Future a little while back for his return post-prison release, but it didn’t feel like the big event some expected.Tonight though, with the album potentially just weeks away, the Atlanta rapper is back with his own new single. He teams back up with Future for ‘Money On Money’ which serves as the first single from the upcoming LP.Does this hit hard as some of their…
It’s time to tap in with the latest hip-hop offerings on another new music Friday. This week, a young Chicago upstart releases his sophomore mixtape, a TDE spitta drops his first full-length project on the label, a Drake signee returns with a new project and more.BabyChiefDoIt Drops Zoo Life MixtapeChicago has steadily been producing young new artists and BabyChiefDoIt is up next. The 16-year-old Windy City native drops his sophomore mixtape Zoo Life, the follow-up to 2024’s Animals Only. The 13-song project features guest appearances from Babyfxce E, Warhol.SS and more. The tape includes the previously released single “Why Would I”…
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty While facing a high-profile murder-for-hire case, Lil Durk has found strength in his faith, and he’s helping others do the same. On April 18, the Chicago rapper’s father, Dontay Banks, shared during an interview that Durk is maintaining a strong spiritual foundation as he prepares for trial later this year. In fact, according to Banks, Durk has guided 13 fellow inmates to convert to Islam during his time behind bars. “Durk’s in a focused space,” Banks said. “He’s been reading, praying, and helping others turn their lives around.” The 32-year-old rapper,…
Megan Thee Stallion put out two acts of her self-titled album last year, the regular and a deluxe. She’s never really been one to drop a project and go into hiding and make fans wait long for new music though and true to character, tonight she’s back with a brand new single.After teasing it for just over a week now through a pair of big Coachella performances, the Houston rapper returns to drop ‘Whenever’.The song comes along with a creative video featuring some twerking of course. Watch it below.