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Blow The Whistle: Too Short Apologizes For “Colorist” Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Too Short is taking time out to clarify some comments he made in conversation with Saweetie from 2020 that had many call him out for being a colorist and call out Saweetie for appearing to co-sign his comments. The Bay Area rap legend reached out to TMZ to apologize for his words after parts of the talk he had with Saweetie via Instagram Live resurfaced on social media over the weekend. Related Stories In that initial clip, Too Short says that he loves biracial women. “Mixed heritage women have always been my favorite,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever fallen in love with a woman that wasn’t mixed.” That prompted a short response from Saweetie who is Black and Filipino, saying, “Really?” The “I’m A Player” rapper continued: “I feel ...
Sowwy: Saweetie And Quavo Are Quietly Spending Time Together, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Hold up wait a minute. The streets are saying that Saweetie and Quavo have reunited behind closed doors. As spotted on Rap-Up Magazine the former couple might be entertaining another run at love. A unnamed source tells The Hollywood Life that the two are privately enjoying each other’s presence. “Saweetie and Quavo are currently both in New York and have quietly been spending time together on the DL,” they said. “Quavo has missed Saweetie since they broke up and he’s been asking to see her. Apparently she gave in because they linked up in NY and have hung out since they’re both there at the same time.” But to hear the snitch tell it they are still not officially back together as a couple. “Nothing is official as...
Normani, Cher, and Saweetie Star in Pirelli’s 2022 Calendar Dedicated to Musicians on Tour
The 2022 Pirelli Calendar “On The Road” by musician Bryan Adams and shot by photographer Alessandro Scotti celebrates some of the world’s best musical talents from diverse nationalities, music genres, ages, and levels of experience. “On The Road” shares an intimate look at musicians on tour during different stages of the day — starring Cher, Grimes, Jennifer Hudson, Normani, Rita Ora, Bohan Phoenix, Iggy Pop, St. Vincent, Kali Uchis, and Saweetie. “On the road where I have been for the last 45 years,” Adams explains his inspiration in a press statement. “Because the life of a musician is made up of roads, travel, waiting in hotels, hours back stage.” Shot between Los Angeles and Capri, the 48th edition of the iconic calendar features St...
Saweetie Gets Her Own McDonald’s Signature Order
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: McDonald’s / McDonald’s Saweetie is doing quite alright. Today (July 29), McDonald’s announced that the platinum rapper is bringing her own signature order to stores, and fans, nationwide. Source: McDonald’s / McDonald’s Beginning on August 9 you’ll be able to order The Saweetie Meal that consists of Big Mac®, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets®, medium World Famous Fries®, a medium Sprite®, Tangy BBQ Sauce and “Saweetie ‘N Sour” sauce. It’s the same Sweet ‘N Sour sauce you’re used to, but renamed since it is her own meal. Saweetie is encouraging consumers to take her base meal and remix it by, for example, topping your Big Mac with fries or using your McNuggets as a topping for your fries. “McDonald’s and I run deep – from growing up back in Hayward, California, ...
Saweetie Admits Having Regrets Working With Dr. Luke
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Saweetie is caught up in the middle of some controversy thanks to her collaboration with the notorious producer Dr. Luke, which came up in a recent interview. The “Back To The Streets” rapper sat down to talk with New York magazine for a multi-part profile interview. In discussing her work on her upcoming album Pretty B—- Music, writer Hunter Harris asked her about working with Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, who had been embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha which included the singer alleging that he sexually assaulted her in addition to emotionally abusing her. To that question, Saweetie responded, “I’m so green. Maybe that’s a double-edged sword because I’m coming into the studio and I’m not knowing who these people are. I was able to ...
Saweetie & Justine Skye Headline Samsung x Billboard’s First-Ever Songs of Summer Concert
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Samsung / Billboard Samsung is wrapping up its Summer of Galaxy event with the help of the Icy Prince$$ and one of R&B’s brightest stars. Wednesday (Jul.7), Samsung announced its first-ever Songs of Summer concert with Billboard, and to kick things off, Saweetie and Justine Skye will provide the vibes. The concert powered by Billboard’s Songs of the Summer Chart will serve as the perfect wrap-up for Samsung’s Summer of Galaxy month-long event that saw the global music authority partner with the Korean tech giant to help reveal its new annual Songs of the Summer chart that tracks the top artists of the season. Source: Samsung / Billboard The Summer of Galaxy Event gives Samsung Galaxy owners every reason to flex because they get exclusive deals and per...
A Bottle of Sprite Is All You Need To Attend Sprite’s Virtual Summer Concert Featuring Saweetie & Latto
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sprite / Sprite Summer Concert Series Outside is opening back up, and concerts and festivals are being announced left and right. Sprite is getting in on the act as well with two of Hip-Hop’s biggest and brightest acts. Monday (Jun.28), Sprite announced the launch of its Live From The Label virtual summer concert series, and to kick things off, the soft drink brand enlisted the help of Saweetie and Latto. Now here is the best part: to attend the show, the price of admission is literally a bottle of Sprite. Source: Sprite / Sprite Summer Concert Series That’s right, whatever you pay for a 20 oz bottle of Sprite or Sprite Zero Sugar at your local store or bodega will be your ticket to you one of the hottest virtual concert events this summer. Sprite will beg...
Quavo Selling Bentley He Took Back From Saweetie Following Breakup For $279K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 The Bentley saga between Quavo and Saweetie has reached its conclusion. Quavo’s breakup with longtime girlfriend Saweetie sparked many rumors and speculations. One rumor that had people calling The Migos member petty was rumblings that he took back the Bentley Continental he bought her for her 27th birthday. At the time, it was just pure speculation until the Atlanta rapper decided the Drake-assisted track, “Having Our Way” off the rap group’s latest album Culture III was the best way to confirm the repossession of the luxury vehicle. On the song, he rapped, “Havin’ my way, now this shit like a business. Load up the bases. Now I feel like Cal Ripken/She had it her way, now she out of a Bentley.” Now, TMZ reports tha...
Saweetie Goes Sneaker Shopping With ‘Complex’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Complex Networks / Complex Quavo might’ve taken away her Bentley, but Saweetie is still going to be getting around in style as she’s making sure that her feet are drippin’ for the foreseeable future. In Complex’s latest installment for Sneaker Shopping With Complex the “Icy Girl” singer links up with Joe La Puma at Soul Stage in Los Angeles to pick up some pieces that will keep her feet laced as she struts her stuff in the City of Angels. Explaining how her grandmother’s “hella glamourous” style inspired her to keep her style on point, the young singer has since done her best to stay dipped from head-to-toe since, but wasn’t necessarily into sneakers. Saweetie revealed it wasn’t until she saw her cousins and friends rocking Nikes and Jordan’s that she got...
Saweetie Spills The Tea on Her Cryptic Tweets with Twitter’s #BehindTheTweets Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Todd Williamson/NBC / Getty Saweetie knows how to keep the streets talking and during her latest sit down with Twitter, she’s finally revealing what a few of her streets-stirring tweets actually mean. As a part of the relaunch of Twitter’s fan-favorite #BehindTheTweets series, Saweetie sits down and revisited some of her previous posts, including one from Jan. 11 when she recalled getting her tongue pierced in college. “I got my tongue pierced jr yr in college lmaooooo I was going through it,” Saweetie tweeted at the time. During the sit-down, the “Best Friend” rapper revealed why the decision was short-lived after she had to make the tough choice between allowing her new piercing to heal and food. “You know your girl loves to eat,” she laughs in the vide...
Quavo & Saweetie Dodge Criminal Charges For Elevator Fight
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Apega/WENN.com / WENN Quavo and Saweetie won’t face charges over their now infamous elevator fight that was caught on video. Prosecutors won’t be moving forward with any charges against either of the rappers. According to TMZ, their cases were referred to the L.A. City Attorney’s Office, but thanks to shoddy evidence, they declined to file charges. Reportedly, despite the video that showed the former couple getting into an altercation in the vicinity of and in an elevator, it wasn’t like that either of them would be convicted of anything. While their breakup didn’t seem to be amicable considering the shots hurled at each other, they clearly agreed on not talking to the cops. The authorities were interested in speaking to both Saweetie and Quavo about the ...
HHW Gaming: Saweetie, Young Thug, & More Star In ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’s “Squad up the World” Season 3 Short Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Call of Duty: Warzone / Activision The trailer Call of Duty: Warzone’s third season is pretty damn lit. Fresh off the news that Call of Duty’s extremely popular free-to-play component Warzone has officially surpassed 100 million players and eclipsing 400 million premium Call of Duty game sales, Activision shared a new short film/trailer titled “Squad up the World” for Warzone’s third season. The action-packed trailer features the whos who of the Hip-Hop, gaming, and sports community living out their Call of Duty-inspired fantasies. The short film directed by young visionary Gibson Hazard opens up with Young Thug making a daring leap from a skyscraper into a chopper piloted by his homie Gunna. Thugger lets some bullets fly at some opponents in the building...
