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Eminem To Play White Boy Rick In 50 Cent Produced ‘BMF’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nicky Nelson/WENN.com / WENN Eminem will now be taking his talents back to the big screen. He is slotted to play White Boy Rick in the forthcoming BMF series. As spotted The Wrap Slim Shady will be working with his former protégé 50 Cent on a television project. According to the article Marshall will play FBI informant White Boy Rick in one episode. Born Rick Wershe Jr., the teenager would play a vital role in the Detroit criminal world as a notorious seller of drugs and guns illegally. The government flipped him thus he became a manor player in taking down various drug operations with his intel. He would later violate the terms of his agreement with the feds when he was busted for cocaine possession. Wershe was sentenced to life in prison but was paroled...
Fofty Don’t Play: 50 Cent Claims Young Buck Still Owes G-Unit 2 Albums
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Following The LOX’s epic lyrical beatdown of The Dipset, many Hip-Hop heads have been saying that G-Unit should be up next, but based on this news, that won’t be happening any time soon. 50 Cent is very aggressive when it comes to collecting money that is owed to him and is actively seeking to collect on a $250,000 debt ex-G-Unit member Young Buck owes plus two albums he never delivered during his time with the Queens’ based Hip-Hop stable. Buck has denied those claims. It’s no secret Buck was given the boot from G-Unit and filed for bankruptcy following 50 Cent told him he was no longer a member. According to AllHipHop.com, Buck is still very much signed to the stable, and according to court documents pertaining to t...
Lil Kim Fires Back At 50 Cent Over Instagram Jab, Digs In Over Dinner Date Diss
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Lil’ Kim and 50 Cent have collaborated musically in the past, but whatever solid bonds that existed then are now far in the rearview mirror. After Fif took a swipe at the Brooklyn rapper, Kim fired back and made mention that her husband was taking care of the light work too. To be fair, 50 Cent didn’t seem to be making a direct shot at Lil’ Kim, but he did share a meme photo of Kim next to an owl, writing in the caption, “who did this sh*t, this ain’t right. LOL catch FOR LIFE on IMDb Tv now.” Kim brushed the shot off with ease and telling her Queens counterpart that a failed attempt at getting a dinner date is why Fif took the jab. From Lil’ Kim’s IG: The accuracy Hilarious I ain’t bothered not one bit. My family & friends more...
50 Cent On Young Buck: “Why He Didn’t Just Say He Was Gay”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty At one point, 50 Cent and his G-Unit collective were as tight-knit as a Hip-Hop crew could be but things slowly fell apart over the years. Adding to the wide divide between the Queens mogul and his one-time musical allies, Fif threw a shot towards Young Buck regarding his sexuality after a recent video alleging that the Tennessee rapper was gay recently surfaced. The artist born Curtis Jackson is known for using his Instagram page to not only promote his various business ventures but also to let off a few jokes usually at the expense of folks he’s already familiar with. In his latest jab towards Young Buck, with the pair having feuded in the past, 50 Cent shared a video from social media personality Tasha K in where she alleges tha...
Big Meech Wins Sentence Reduction, Granted Early Release
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MDOC / MDOC It appears that B.M.F. co-founder Big Meech is finally getting his wish for an early release. According to an exclusive report by Allhiphop.com, on Monday (Jun 14), U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson agreed to reduce Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory’s prison sentence from 360 months to 324 months resulting in a 3-year sentence reduction. Flenory, who was convicted of running a nationwide Continual Criminal Enterprise, and Conspiracy To Launder Money Instruments which raked in over $270 million in drug proceeds from the late ’90s until the Feds took down B.M.F. in 2007, reduction comes months after a judge denied his request for release four times after Flenory cited his request was due to his elevated risk of catching the coronavirus upon learni...
Starz’s ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ First Trailer Previews The Ruthless Drug Lord’s Introduction To Street Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Starz / Power Book III: Raising Kanan The Powerverse (yes, it’s a thing) is set to expand this July. Starz has just delivered the first trailer for Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The show described as a “sprawling family drama,” takes place in Queens in the early 90s serves also serves as a coming-of-age story detailing how Power’s boogeyman and Ghost and Tommy’s mentor Kanan (Mekai Curtis) became ruthless drug lord we loved and hated leading up to his death in season 8 of the Starz hit drama. Here is the official synopsis per Starz: Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, “Raising Kanan” is a prequel to the original “Power” franchise. It is a sprawling family drama that revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark, Ghost and Tommy’s mentor, partner, a...
50 Cent’s Girlfriend Cuban Link Apologizes To Vivica Fox After Throwing Shade
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Eugene Gologursky / Getty One of the most infamous short-lived celebrity relationships has once again become a hot topic. So hot 50 Cent’s girlfriend has offered an apology to Vivica Fox. As spotted on Madam Noire, the Set It Off actress recently sat down with DJ Vlad for an interview. While she discussed her career, some of her most memorable roles, and the challenges that come with being a Black woman in Hollywood, one specific portion of the sit-down quickly went viral. When asked about her very quick liaison with Curtis back in 2003, she revealed that he was the love of her life. “The love that I had for him, and still to this day, will always—he was the love of my life. I will admit that without any reservations. He will always have a speci...
50 Cent Hints He Is Ready To Ditch Starz After Claiming The Network Was Upset With Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It looks like 50 Cent is eager to take his talents to a new network. 50 Cent is notorious for his “issues” with Starz, the network that is the home to his hit show Power and universe of spinoffs. It seems the relationship between them has finally run its course. The latest fallout between the two entities stems from Hip-Hop mogul being too eager to share casting news. The G-Unit general revealed that Patina Miller would be joining the cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Starz was not too thrilled that he shared that information, despite the series being partly created by the rapper. 50 Cent wasn’t shy about sharing his grief with the network, hinting that he is ready to move on from Starz writing on Instagram, “STARZ i...
Court Docs Reveal 50 Cent Is Ready To Seize Teairra Mari’s Assets Over Unpaid Legal Fees
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is a very petty man, so this news isn’t surprising at all. Those who didn’t know, 50 Cent and musician/Reality-TV star Teairra Mari have been engaged in an ongoing legal battle. Documents obtained by Radar Online indicate the “I Get Money” rapper, and his legal team is ready to start seizing Mari’s assets because she has not paid back the $30,000 plus interest in legal fees that she was ordered to by the court. In 2018, Mari filed a revenge porn lawsuit against 50 Cent and her ex-boyfriend Akbar Abdul-Ahad after Abdul-Ahad shared an explicit video featuring her on social media that the Queen’s rapper later reposted; with the caption “get the strap.” During the trial, 50 Cent argued that the ...
Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul Get Into Physical Altercation At Press Conference
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cliff Hawkins / Getty It appears that things between Floyd Mayweather and the brother of upcoming boxing opponent, Jake Paul, have gotten extremely heated. According to published reports, Mayweather was at a Miami press conference promoting a June 6 fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida with Paul’s also-controversial older brother Logan Paul, when the contentious YouTuber grabbed the boxing legend’s hat and taunted him in a playground-Esque manner by saying, “Gotcha hat!” After Mayweather vowed to knock out Logan in their upcoming match, he called both Logan and Jake, who was watching from the crowd, “two fake fighters.” Logan struck back by saying “the only thing that’s fake on this stage is Floyd’s hairline,” according to TMZ. Both brothers also mocked ...
Discovery+ Greenlights 50 Cent’s ‘Confessions Of A Crime Queen’ Drama Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz 50 Cent continues to expand his reach within Hollywood. He has found a home for his new Confessions Of A Crime Queen project. As spotted on Deadline the G-Unit boss just secured another bag and more importantly another point of distribution for his gritty content. The trade publication confirmed that Curtis and his staff have locked in Discovery+ as the network for his upcoming crime drama. This new show is billed as a “first-of-its-kind anthology series that brings to life riveting, headline-making stories by combining documentary and scripted genres. Each season will focus on the true story of one larger-than-life woman who created and led a multi-million-dollar criminal empire before a dramatic fall from power.” Nat...
50 Cent Shockingly Shrugs Off Diddy Dating His Ex
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN.com / WENN If you don’t know 50 Cent for much more than his slick takes on everyone else’s business, you’ll be floored to find that he had no jabs for Diddy. It was late last week when the news broke that Puff had been all over Miami entertaining 50 Cent’s ex-lady, 34-year-old Daphne Joy. In fact, things are even more interesting once we take into account that Fif and Joy weren’t just hanging out back then—they dated in 2011 and a year later, they had a child together, a son named Sire. Then a year after that, 50 was charged with domestic violence after reportedly tossing her bedroom and kicking her during an altercation. He pleded guilty to the vandalism charge and received three years probation as a sentence. So as online spectators licked their ch...
