HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Guy D’Alema / FX On Thursday (March 24) FX series Atlanta finally kicked off its highly-anticipated third season. But if you were waiting for the adventures of Ern, Paper Boi and crew in Europe you had to practice a bit more patience (the 2nd episode followed) as it was a bugged-out quasi-kidnapping story based on the real-life tragic case of Devonte Hart. SPOILER AHEAD. In the episode, titled “Three Slaps,” a young Black kid, Loquareeous, shows out in class by getting his dance only to be reprimanded to the principal’s office. There, the no joke, but actually involved Black mother (along with her son’s grandfather) isn’t happy she’s been once again called to the school for her son’s “disruptive” (dog whistle) behavior, telling them to just put him in det...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: gilga.com / FX We finally know when Paper Boi, Earn, Darius and Vanessa will return. Mark your calendar. The gang is back and will be “catching flights” on March 24, 2022. The announcement was made on Atlanta’s official Twitter account with a poster featuring Brian Tyree Henry’s character Paper Boi. The announcement comes after the release of the teaser trailer for the third season that series creator and star Donald Glover dropped on Halloween. Glover shared a link on the low to his followers to gilga.com that allowed them to view the teaser between the hours of 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. that featured Paper Boi backed by the Sun Ra track “It’s After The End of The World.” Related Stories Filming for Atlanta’s third season took place in Europe, and based on the s...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: gilga.com / FX Donald Glover’s award-winning Atlanta series on FX is coming back, and we finally have a trailer. On Sunday (October 31), the artist still known as Childish Gambino dropped a link via Twitter that made you sort of hunt for the teaser. The tweet sent you to gilga.com, but its “hours” of operation are from 8pm to 3am because it’s a “nite site.” Right. Related Stories So if you didn’t catch it at night, you missed it. But, this is the Internets, where people always find a way and you can watch it below. In the teaser, Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) is the only character from the series present, and he’s rocking gold chains and one of those Gucci sweaters from the brand’s “FAKE” collection. Behind Paper Boi (last officially seen at the end of At...