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Why the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Was the Best in Years
After skipping a year due to the pandemic, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2021 class with a wild, surprise-guest-filled party held in the town many argue is the ceremony’s only rightful home: Cleveland, Ohio. What a homecoming it was. Paul McCartney became a seventh Foo Fighter. LL Cool J, Eminem, and J. Lo blew up the night like old-school hip-hop Avengers. And later, LL was the only person on the arena floor to stand and clap for the late, great Biz Markie. Both Carli(s)les — Brandi and Belinda — were in the house. Drew Barrymore did Ponds performance art. [embedded content][embedded content] The Go-Go’s swore to use their induction to get more female bands into the painfully male-dominated institution. And, randomly, Survivor host Jeff Probst was there — the sol...
Dave Chappelle Inducts Jay-Z Into Rock Hall But Says ‘He Is Hip-Hop’
Jay-Z was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last night by Dave Chappelle. Before diving into his speech, the comedian addressed his controversial Netflix special by opening with “I would like to apologize—I’m just fuckin’ with you.” “It is an incredible honor to induct this next man into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame,” he continued. “But I need everybody in rock ’n’ roll to know, that even though you are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip-hop. For ever and ever, and a day.” A pre-recorded video also included tributes from Beyoncé, Sean Combs, Chris Rock, LeBron James, Samuel L. Jackson, and Barack Obama. “I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus ...
Bia Feels Nicki Minaj Deserves The Same Respect JAY-Z & Other Rap Greats Get Garner
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Bia feels Nicki Minaj deserves her flowers immediately. Speaking with Billboard, Bia proudly declared her Nicki Minaj deserves to be among the “greats” when it comes to the Hip-Hop game. Touching on her rise in the genre, Bia spoke about her idol, and recent collaborator on the remix to her hit single “Whole Lotta Money.” ” I always say to people, when you speak of Nicki, you got to speak on her like how you speak on JAY-Z and the greats that laid out the foundation for the people that’s after them,” BIA told Billboard. “She broke amazing records, and she’s made it easier for people like me to come through and do what we do. I’m always going to give her that credit and that respect because she helped me hit another milestone in my ca...
Jay-Z, Jadakiss & Conway The Machine Tease “King Kong Riddim” Collab
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Schultz / Getty This Friday (Oct. 29), we’re finally going to be going back to the cowboy era for the first time since Django set the Candyland plantation ablaze when The Harder They Fall hits movie theaters, and to get us even more amped for the film, Roc Nation gave us a sneak peak of a cut that’s going to be exclusive to the film’s soundtrack. Titled “King Kong Riddim,” the cut features three of Hip-Hop’s hardest rappers in Jay-Z, Jadakiss, and Conway The Machine and features Backroad Gee and in the snippet we can hear Jada and Jay drop the kind of bars you’d expect to hear from them during their block-huggin’ days. With Kiss rapping about being “wild boys/King Kong of the cowboys/you see the blood shed after you hear the the loud noise,” and Jay ...
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Alicia Keys Has Long Forgiven Lil Mama For Crashing Her Show With Jay-Z [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty One of the biggest live performances snafus all time is now seemingly behind Alicia Keys. She says has since forgiven Lil Mama for crashing her set. As spotted on The Grio the New York native recently was a guest on The Morning Hustle Show. The crew got the performer to detail some of her biggest moments in her stories career. Naturally her performance of “Empire State Of Mind” with Jay-Z at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards also became a topic. But to hear her tell it she was the last person in the world to know the “Lip Gloss” rapper had joined them. “Listen, to this day, I truly never knew she was even on the stage — that’s the craziest part of the whole thing for me. I was on that stage, JAY was in the middle, she was on the other si...
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Beyoncé, Jay-Z Star In New Tiffany’s Short Film ‘Date Night’, Blue Ivy Steps In [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mason Poole / Tiffany & Co. Beyoncé and Jay-Z are giving fans more married couple goals to aspire to. They have starred in a new short film for their Tiffany & Co. partnership. As spotted on Complex the celebrity duo are giving new meaning to the term Black excellence. Titled Date Night, the two minute long clip finds The Carters in the back seat of what is presumed luxury vehicle being chauffeured by a Mr. Monty. While the two are obviously dressed in black tie formal attire they opt for slices of New York pizza. They later pair the vibes with some champagne, Armand De Brignac of course. Their firstborn Blue Ivy also makes an appearance at the end joining the couple in what is truly a moment about family. Related Stories Old Hollywood g...
Song Cry: Jay-Z To Take The Stand During Cologne Deal Gone Bad Lawsuit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Jay-Z will have to defend his good name in a court of law. A smell goods company is accusing him of finessing them out of a check. As spotted on Page Six Hov is being sued for a deal that apparently turned sour for both parties. Back in 2013 he partnered with Parlux Fragrances to make his official entry into the beauty business with his Gold Jay-Z cologne. According to the documentation the expression performed well within the first 12 months of release but apparently started to tank afterwards. Related Stories The distributor attributes the underwhelming performance due to his lack of celebrity support. Parlux says he agreed to make a minimum of six appearances to promote the product but failed to make any which includin...
Jay-Z & Beyoncé Selling Their New Orleans Home
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty It looks like Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s time in the Crescent City is coming to an end, for now. The Hip-Hop power couple is reportedly selling their New Orleans home. It’s a mansion actually, and the same crib that unfortunately caught fire a few months ago. According to TMZ, Jay and Bey are asking for a cool $4,450,000 for the 13,292 square foot home that was built in 1925. All that money gets you 7-bedrooms and 8-bathrooms in what used to be a Presbyterian church. The home is in NOLA’s Historic Garden District, which makes for easy access to Canal St. and other NO destinations. In late July, someone set the home on fire, which led the authorities to consider it a case of arson, but no arrests have been made. It took over 20 firefighters ...
JAY-Z & Kelly Rowland’s Embrace At ‘The Harder They Fall’ L.A. Premiere Lands On Meme Calendar
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Laid back and uncharacteristically jovial HOV has become social media’s latest favorite thing. Netflix’s lit western, The Harder They Fall starring Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, is on the way and already has had two premieres. The most recent one in Los Angeles is has been the talk of social media because of one epic moment between the film’s co-producer, JAY-Z, and Kelly Rowland. In a video shared and captured by Netflix, we see Jigga with a look on his face few have witnessed when he catches Kelly Rowland out of the corner of his eye on the red carpet and quickly runs to hug her. You can hear the Brooklyn rapper say, “I didn’t even know you was coming.” The caption for the post read: “Obsessed with this super cute ...
Jay-Z Raises $1M For Innocence Project To Investigate Wrongful Convictions In Midwest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Leon Bennett / Getty It seems philanthropic Hov is here for real. The Rap icon has used his celebrity to help raise funds for a cause that will help reverse wrongful convictions. As spotted on The Huffington Post Jay-Z has once again partnered with The Innocence Project. This time their focus is on the Midwest. According to the announcement Team Roc, the criminal justice division of Roc Nation, has helped raise over one million dollars for the non-for-profit organization. Tricia Rojo Bushnell, Executive Director of the Midwest Innocence Project, called the effort “a huge investment”. As per the press release the funds will ultimately strengthen their ability to look at these cases which is going to shine a light on what the group needs to do to provi...
Jay-Z Attends London Film Festival In Support of ‘The Harder They Fall’, Of Course Bey Was There
Source: David M. Benett / Getty Jay-Z has his hand in plenty of projects these days. One, in particular, that is getting his devoted attention is the forthcoming Netflix film The Harder They Fall, a Western with an all-star cast that merited the Brooklyn mogul taking a trip across the pond. Source: David M. Benett / Getty On Wednesday night (Oct. 7), the Roc-a-fella Records founder was on hand at the BFI London Film Festival at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The Evening Standard reports that it was a surprise appearance from Jigga and his accomplished wife Beyoncé as they made an appearance on the red carpet (Bey was AWOL for that part) for the premiere of the Western. The Jaymes Samuel-directed film stars Idris Elba and Regina King along with a litany of up and coming and tri...
The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Winners &; Best Performances
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards aired last night (Oct. 5) after being held in Atlanta late last week. “In Hip Hop We Stand” was the theme of this year’s awards show as the producers wanted to stress one culture that spans different generations, styles, and regions. The show stayed true to that mandate with performances Lil Jon & Bia, Baby Keem, Big Daddy Kane Tobe Nwigwe, Young Thug and more. St. Louis rap legend Nelly was honored as this year’s “I Am Hip Hop” recipient and he reminded everybody why with a medley of his greatest hits. Related Stories As far as the night’s winners, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, Tyler, The Creator, Drake and Lil Durk led the field with the most nominations but Lil Baby and Tyler, The Creator went home...
