HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Saucy Santana is enjoying his rapid rise to fame and reaping the benefits of his burgeoning music career. However, the popular social media star is currently enduring a vicious Beyhive dragging on Twitter after old tweets about Blue Ivy resurfaced with Santana essentially doubling down. Earlier this week, Twitter caught wind of Saucy Santana’s tweets from 2014 where he’s seen comparing Blue Ivy to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s daughter, North West. It isn’t known who resurfaced the tweets but Twitter user @TodayIGotTime1 gathered a collection of now-deleted tweets from Santana, which can be viewed below. Instead of issuing an apology, Santana went on a bit of a tirade, blaming everything else on his comments other than the f...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Handout / Getty Beyoncé continues to captivate her legion of fans some two decades into her still-ongoing career, so any moves she makes get watched like a hawk. After the singer and business mogul scrubbed her social media profile pics, the Beyhive and the world, in general, are speculating heavily. Beyoncé Did What?!? Fans logged on to Queen Bey’s page to discover that the Houston superstar scrubbed her profile pics to feature a blank grey image. As one can imagine, the chatter going around Twitter and social media at the moment is that Beyoncé is ready to either drop new music, announce a new Ivy Park drop, or some other manner of big news. One fan suggested that considering that it’s Pride Month, Ivy Park will roll out a special edition collecti...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Monica Corgan rumored to be dating Kanye West / @monicac0rgan Kanye West lives his love life out loud much like how he approaches his creative endeavors, and it appears he’s moving on yet again. After rumors of splitting with model Chaney Jones, Ye was spotted on a movie date with model Monica Corgan. Monica Corgan, Mystery Woman Instagram user @mottafied snapped a discreet shot of Kanye and Corgan during a showing of Top Gun: Maverick, presumably somewhere in Los Angeles. A quick scan of Corgan’s Instagram page revealed that she definitely was at the movies earlier this week but it isn’t known if that moment was from the same day. Not a lot is known about Monica Corgan but what we found is that she’s 23 years old and has a moderately buzzing Instag...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Merritt/TERM / Getty Bernie Mac emerged in the early 1990s as one of the brightest standup comedians of his era, parlaying that fame into a long television and film career. A young woman on Twitter unaware of Mac’s claim as a “King of Comedy” asked if he was “actually funny,” and folks on the social media network had plenty of correction. Bernie Mac Actually IS Funny Twitter user @itsme_duhhhh, also known as Brandi, wrote on Wednesday (June 8), “Show me proof Bernie Mac was actually funny. Pls. Cause y’all dragging it.” Well, the proof was shown time and again to Brandi, who later had to eat her words and apologize for questioning Mac’s comedic chops. When the ratio began to ramp up, Brandi realized the error of her ways. “Is putting me ...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Todd Kirkland / Getty Miles Bridges, like many a young NBA player in the offseason, is enjoying the time off and probably isn’t sticking to tight diet restrictions. A photo that the Charlotte Hornets star posted suggested he was sipping lean, but he claims that the drink was pink lemonade. Miles Bridges Has Some Explaining To Do Bridges, 24, is one of the best young players in the league and had his best scoring average this past season with the Hornets. What has Twitter buzzing at the moment is an image Bridges reportedly posted to his Instagram story featuring the pink drink in a styrofoam cup paired with a joint. In perhaps a last-ditch effort to not create a PR nightmare, Bridges tweeted and deleted “Pink Lemonade” with an upside-down smiling em...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: The Washington Post / Getty Bradley Beal is currently a professional basketball player but he was also one of the top high school players in the country. A new video going wide shows the Washington Wizards star attempting to motivate a group of high school players, and Armchair Athlete Twitter dared to chastise Beal. Washington area filmmaker Jeff Garvin shared a video on social media of him speaking to a group of young players who apparently blew a lead in the game. Beal, 28, gives the youngsters solid advice on being a team player and playing as one instead of chasing individual glory. The pushback from some folks online is laughable when you consider Beal’s resume. Beal was a McDonald’s All-American in 2011, First-Team Parade All-American, and wa...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @drumarjohnson / Instagram Dr. Umar Johnson is known for his strong views as a Pan-Africanist and educator. Johnson was seen on a smartphone video speaking to a white woman that has since gone viral, but Dr. Umar says it’s not as it seems. Dr. Umar Johnson Explains Himself Twitter user @Reese_856 shared a video of Johnson inside Cherry Hill Mall in New Jersey speaking with a white woman although the conversation was largely unheard. The tweet was captioned, “Dr umar was at the cherry hill mall boul wasn’t low,” suggesting he was trying to kick it to the woman. The image was meant to be jarring considering Johnson’s pro-Black teachings. Considering the chatter around the video, Johnson shut down the claims he was doing what was alleged. “Yes, I was a...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty Jada Pinkett Smith is trending yet again on Twitter and the comments are coming in fast and furious. The wife of Will Smith wants her husband to make amends with Chris Rock after the slap that was heard around the world. Jada Pinkett Smith Wants Peace Between Will & Chris Via a new episode of the Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk, Pinkett Smith focused the show on the alopecia hair condition and thanked fans who reached out to share their ordeal. Some may remember that Rock made an off-the-cuff joke about Pinkett Smith’s appearance, prompting Smith to storm the Oscars stage and deliver an open-handed blow. While the inevitable discussion surrounding the slap hung in the air, the show centered mostly on Pinkett Smith’s str...
Source: Alex Wong / Getty Laura Ingraham previously demonstrated an ability to use her platform irresponsibly and did so again during a broadcast. During a segment of her show, Ingraham attacked marijuana legalization and attempted to link the action to the recent uptick in gun violence. During a The Ingraham Angle segment on Tuesday (May 31), the host made the fumbling attempt to connect marijuana with the rash of mass shootings cropping up across America. Instead of using the time to delve into the haphazard laws and regulations surrounding gun control, Ingraham took a lower road. Speaking with Dr. Russell Kamer, the medical director of Partners in Safety, a group that fashions drug testing initiatives for employers, was framed to demonize all things cannabis. “Why aren’t people i...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screenshot / YouTube/JBN Joe Budden was one of the few public figures who stood up for Isaiah Rashad after a reported sex tape leak. The retired rapper and podcast host sat down with the TDE artist as the pair discussed sexual fluidity and more. Joe Budden and Isaiah Rashad Cover It All Budden teased clips of the interview via social media, with many remarking that too much would be made of the leaked footage. Others even suggested that Budden was the wrong man for the job despite his earlier defense of Rashad. As it stands, the conversation made its debut on Friday (May 27) and the topic of the sex tape was all but unavoidable. “I’d say I’m sexually fluid,” Rashad said. “I’m still learning about it myself. I’m putting my head in the books to find o...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Davis / Getty Candace Owens and her takes often put her in the crosshairs of criticism, although she rarely retracts her stances. The conservative pundit found herself a topic of discussion after misframing the Uvdale shooter as trans. Candace Owens Spreads Falsehoods About Uvalde Shooter As seen on Mashable and Indy100, the shooter was identified as Rolando Ramos. However, users on Reddit and 4Chan spread images of a transgender woman claiming it was Ramos. The woman in the images also spoke out on Reddit, claiming that she doesn’t live in Texas where the shooting took place. As Mashable notes, there was another transgender woman whose image was used for the rumor, with both speaking with the outlet to shoot down the claims. Despite the debun...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Brandy and Jack Harlow engaged in a public back and forth that seemed to put the artists at odds. With the world waiting to see what would happen next, the veteran R&B songstress dropped some bars over Harlow’s “First Class” smash. Brandy Got Bars As reported previously, Harlow was on the business end of criticism for not immediately recognizing Brandy’s voice during a radio interview. Harlow also failed to realize that the singer is the older sister of Ray J, sparking debates about his knowledge of Black culture. The elder Norwood sibling famously tweeted that she would “murk this dude in rap at 43 on his own beats and then sing [h]is ass to sleep.” Harlow tried to extend an olive branch, showing that he’s definit...