Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 4 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Chrisean Rock, the on-again, off-again, and back-on-again romantic partner of Blueface made an explosive claim about the rhythmically-challenged rapper. The Baltimore native says that Blueface allegedly knocked out her father in her hometown and folks on Twitter have plenty to say. Chrisean Rock & Blueface Are Back At It On Friday (September 16), Chrisean Rock took to her Instagram Story feed and dropped the bombshell of the day, writing in her story caption, “So My Boyfriend Knocked My Dad Out Da Family Stuff Didn’t Go Well Ino Even Know What’s Going On” and ending it with a heartbreak emoji. However, what’s odd is that Rock continued to post messages in her story feed, including a video of the couple sitting next togeth...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @charlestonwhiteclips / Instagram Charleston White, a controversial social media personality, has amassed a lot of attention, some of it negative, for his strong opinions about popular entertainers via his YouTube platform. According to whispers from the streets, White allegedly shot himself while inside a strip club and some folks are taking potshots as expected. Charleston White, who some might remember from his reported run-in with Soulja Boy in Miami and claims of the rapper being maced by White, is infamous for his comments on Hip-Hop entertainers along with his pro-gun stances. On Friday (September 16), social media accounts began spreading the news that White is recovering from gunshot wounds and is in reported stable condition after one of h...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kyrie Irving is without question one of the best basketball players of his generation, but he also might go down as one of the most eccentric as well. The Brooklyn Nets star shared a video from shamed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Twitter is firing off jokes at Irving’s expense. Kyrie Irving, 30, has a penchant for upholding controversial stances and conspiracy theories, which gained him a fair amount of criticism from sports pundits and fans. The video Irving shared to Instagram was emblazoned with the caption “Alex Jones Tried To Warn Us,” the Infowars clip from 2002 makes mention of late 1990s Hip-Hop favorite target, the New World Order. It also hammered down on the government trying to render our world into a cashless s...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 18 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 52 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 27 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Azealia Banks might not be releasing music at the clip she did at the top of her career, but she still gets the people talking. The Harlem rapper posted a series of social media posts taking aim at the likes of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and past target Kanye West. Azealia Banks took to Instagram Stories this week and fired off missives toward some of the biggest names in entertainment. Banks had plenty of pointed marital advice for Beyoncé, going so far as to say the singer is “sad” and to leave her husband, Jay-Z, for a “Jamaican man.” “Hate comparing, but Bey really dropped the ball on the aspirational pieces,” Banks began. “She looks sooooo obviously sad with JAY-Z, and watching that every drain year after year just turns me off fro...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @600Breezy / Instagram Before we get into this story, we must warn readers that the details within have mentions of suicide. Rapper 600 Breezy shared a heartbreaking final message from his girlfriend and as he continues to mourn, Twitter shared their reactions and support. 600 Breezy, real name Antonio King, is a rapper out of Chicago, Ill. His girlfriend of two years, Raven Jackson, shared with 600 a final message stating that she no longer wanted to go on. Again, we are stating that the message from Jackson posted down below might be triggering for some. In the caption, 600 tries his best to make sense of the loss and he urged others suffering from mental health issues to seek out help. “Please y’all pay attention to the signs of depression or men...
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 3 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...