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Bobby Shmurda’s Roc Nation Deal Examined In New Profile

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Bobby Shmurda spent almost seven years in prison while the industry he helped to shake up moved on while using his viral footprint to great effect. Now in a different mindset, Shmurda’s career is still on an upswing and a new profile examines his deal with Roc Nation and much more. Shmurda, real name Ackquille Jean Pollard, has been the subject of focus from music fans and other outside observers eager to see what his newt moves are while also rooting for his and his close friend Rowdy Rebel’s success. In a new profile from The New York Times, Shmurda is said to be hard at work on preparing a musical return but has yet to release new tracks despite being everywhere and promising that he’s going to deliver something major. The piece l...

Ah Ahh Ahhh: Bobby Shmurda Has “Mixed Emotions” About Being A Free Man [Video]

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Showtime / Showtime Bobby Shmurda has been out five months but is still getting used to his freedom. In a new interview he says he has mixed emotions about being home. As spotted on Hype Beast the Brooklyn, New York native is seemingly just about ready to turn up musically. After touching down at the top of year fans expected him to get to the music right away but he was far more calculated than your average rapper who was fresh out. In a recent interview with Desus & Mero the “Hot Boy” rapper details why he has been moving this way. “Honestly, it’s mixed emotions. Some days is work, and some days it’s like, man, I’m home. You know when you can’t believe you’re home? I done came home before but this time it was like, I’m home. You know. what...

Ah Ahh Ahhh: Bobby Shmurda Has “Mixed Emotions” About Being A Free Man [Video]

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Showtime / Showtime Bobby Shmurda has been out five months but is still getting used to his freedom. In a new interview he says he has mixed emotions about being home. As spotted on Hype Beast the Brooklyn, New York native is seemingly just about ready to turn up musically. After touching down at the top of year fans expected him to get to the music right away but he was far more calculated than your average rapper who was fresh out. In a recent interview with Desus & Mero the “Hot Boy” rapper details why he has been moving this way. “Honestly, it’s mixed emotions. Some days is work, and some days it’s like, man, I’m home. You know when you can’t believe you’re home? I done came home before but this time it was like, I’m home. You know. what...

Bobby Shmurda Gave Out Free Meals & Toys For Father’s Day

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Bobby Shmurda ain’t been home but a second and already, the recently paroled rapper is out here helping his community and making up for the lost time. According to TMZ, the “Hot Ni**a” rapper spent Father’s Day spreading love the Brooklyn way and blessed struggling dads by dishing out free meals, some haircuts, and had enough left over to give out some toys to their seeds because children need a little TLC too. The giveaway included items that would most definitely contribute to the development of dad bods as options included fried chicken wings, home fries, mac and cheese, and buttermilk waffles. Sounds like a helluva menu meal if you ask us. Bobby took his dad bod buffet on the road and made his way to a few homeless shelters, in...

Bobby Shmurda Gets Harriet Tubman Tattooed On His Arm

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Ever since being released from prison, Bobby Shmurda‘s been living his best life copping new clothes, ice, white women, and now some ink that pays homage to two beloved family members and a historical icon that will surprise many. According to TMZ the “Hot N*gga” rapper got himself some new tattoos of his mother, grandmother, and iconic American abolitionist and political activist, Harriet Tubman. Naturally a family oriented person wouldn’t have a problem getting a family member or two tatted on their person, and as for Harriet Tubman, the tattoo artist, Daz Leone, says that she was always an idol of his since learning about her in school. We’re told Shmurda’s body art is meant to honor strong Black women, and for Tubman specifical...

Bobby Shmurda Hasn’t Released Any Music Yet Due To Record Label Issues, Allegedly

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Bobby Shmurda has been home over a month and has yet to release any material leaving fans scratching their heads. Rumor has it industry politics have prevented him from doing so. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the uncrowned king of Brooklyn Drill is a free man physically but might not be unable to move as he wishes with regards to his career. According to Two Bees TV he is in the middle of some contractual woes from his current label Epic Records. The media outlet spoke to enigmatic performer back in 2016 when he was still serving time in prison. They claim he shared that his friend and frequent collaborator Rowdy Rebel had been dropped by Epic shortly after his song “Computers”. The report goes on to say that Bobby is int...

The Breakfast Club Denies Paying Tekashi 6ix9ine $500K For Interview

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Just when you thought there was no one left for Tekashi 6ix9ine to snitch on, the rainbow haired Hip-Hop pariah done went and roped The Breakfast Club into his ever-expanding web of alleged tattle-tellin.’ Yesterday The Breakfast Club addressed the rumor that Tekashi had spread in which he stated that the popular morning show had actually paid him to lock down an interview with him at the height of his popularity a few years back. Apparently the Henry Hill of Hip-Hop told Bobby Shmurda that The Breakfast Club coughed up a cool $500,000 to get that 2018 interview and even gets royalties from it’s views on YouTube. We’re not sure when this rumor even became a topic of discussion but Charlamagne and DJ Envy decided it was time...

Bobby Shmurda’s Parole Requirements Revealed

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Bello / Getty After six long years in prison Bobby Shmurda is finally back home in NYC and while he’s paid his debt to society his newfound freedom does come with some strings attached. According to TMZ the “Hot N*gga” rapper is to be under parole supervision until February 23, 2026 (daaayumn!) and part of his release include provisions such as abstaining from drinking alcohol, hanging out at bars, and keeping away from gang affiliated individuals. Basically he can’t do everything he was doing prior to his prison sentence. He also has to submit to substance abuse testing and receive counseling for anger and aggression that he may be harboring in his person. He’s never come across as the angriest person in the game, so that should really be a breeze for...

7 Things We Learned From Bobby Shmurda in ‘GQ’

Source: Flo Ngala / GQ After six long years, Bobby Shmurda is finally home! The true Brooklyn representative who didn’t snitch on his man’s and ate that prison time like a Kings County soldier has finally touched home and while all of us have questions for the “Hot Ni**a” rapper, GQ got the scoop as soon as he walked out of jail a free man. Everyone on social media has already seen the blue carpet that was rolled out for Bobby as soon as he left Clinton Correctional Facility, with Rowdy Rebel and Quavo showering him with love and the finest material things money can buy, but what is Bobby thinking under that Mets cap is what everyone is wondering. From talking about how he got by in the bing to what he has planned going forward, Bobby seems like a man reborn and ready to take life by ...

Bobby Shmurda Was Booked And Busy On His First Day Out Of Prison

Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty After six years of time served in prison, Bobby Shmurda is finally a free man. The Brooklyn rapper swiftly exited the corrections facility on February 23 on a conditional release of parole supervision until 2026.  It’s a long-awaited victory that has kept family and friends patiently waiting to see him reclaim the promising career he left behind.  Fans and well-wishers on social media were showering the “Hot N*gga” rapper with love and praise, which eventually translated to a whopping 3 million new followers on Instagram. They were on Shmurda watch awaiting the first image or video to surface that chronicles his first moments fresh out the bink.  Biggz Locain, a friend and alleged GS9 gang affiliate, picked up Shmurda from prison where he w...

Bobby Shmurda Released From New York Prison

It’s hard to imagine that Bobby Shmurda has been in jail since the Obama administration, but today, the rapper, born Ackquille Jean Pollard, is a free man. Originally scheduled for release this coming December, Shmurda was let out early. The New York Times reported last month that was he eligible for an early release due to good behavior. “At approximately 8:30 this morning,  Ackquille Pollard was conditionally released from Clinton Correctional Facility. Mr. Pollard will be under community supervision in Kings County until he completes his sentence on February 23, 2026,” a statement from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community said, confirming Shmurda’s release today. Shmurda was arrested in late 2014 as part of a drug-trafficking sting, along with s...

Bobby Shmurda Released From Prison

Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty Bobby Shmurda is officially a free man. Reportedly, the Brooklyn rapper was released from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility at around 8:30 am on Tuesday (Feb. 23) morning. Bobby Shmurda has been released from prison and is officially a free man 🎉👑 pic.twitter.com/ENBIKBKACu — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) February 23, 2021 According to TMZ, Shmurda will be on parole until Feb. 23, 2026. As previously reported, Shmurda, born Ackquille Jean Pollard, 26, was arrested in late December 2014. After never being granted bail, he took a plea deal in October 2016, copping to conspiracy and criminal possession of a weapon charges before eventually being sentenced to 7 years in prison. Shmurda did get credit for time served but today’s release means ...