Hip-Hop Wired

XXL Magazine Freshman Class List of 2010 has been leaked to the Internet. The Freshman Class list is known for showcasing the 10 new next big artists and showcased Kid Cudi, Wale, B.O.B, and Ace Hood in last years issues, just to name a few.

This years list seems to be just as well predicted with its featured artists such as

Drizzy Drake, Young Money's resident all-star and now a Grammy nominated rapper, is relinquishing more details on his highly anticipated debut. As previously reported, Drake had the world up in arms waiting for him to release Thank Me Later on Valentine's Day of  2010. Now unfortunately for stans of Young Money's Young Angel,

Although Ye has been quiet in the tabloids after his infamous MTV Award stunt, he is letting his music do all the talking for him. On January 5th, 2010, Kanye will be dropping his 2nd live album VH1 StoryTellers. The album will also come with a DVD that shows the live session of VH1's Story Tellers as Ye performs the hits from his last 2 albums Graduation and 808s & Heartbreaks.

What has undoubtedly been a troubling year for Katt Williams has just gotten a little worse.

The comedian turned actor-rapper has just been arrested for the second time this year after authorities in Newnan, Georgia claim the funny man was cited for having been involved in a disturbance at a local Wal-Mart.

Members of Newnan PD cordoned off the superstore in its entirety as they questioned Williams and his entourage.

Two members of the group were haled off and are expected to be charged with disorderly conduct.

Williams, born Micah,  was also taken away after it was revealed that he was the

Big Snoop is having an album release party with Travis Barker on December 8th in LA called “Decade.” They'll be celebrating 10 years of Barker's Stars and Straps company and Snoops 10th studio album release... Malice N Wonderland.

Hip-Hop Wired will be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the star studded event as well (L.A. area only).

To register, send an e-mail to HipHopWired@gmail.com with Big Snoop Dogg in the Subject and tell us the name of the movie Snoop starred in with Pam Grier and the name of his character.

Also include a return e-mail address and a contact #. Good Luck…Chuuch

At the Grammy nomination award show which aired on Wednesday December 2nd, hip-hop was there and represented in a big way. Hosted by LL Cool J himself, the nomination show featured all of the nominations for some of the biggest artists and songs of the year.

Beyonce headlined the event with an astonishing

The legendary Todd Smith a.k.a. LL Cool J, is bringing back the hits the world has come to know and love.

LL boasts a laundry list of accomplishments including being the first rapper with four consecutive albums, first to earn four gold singles, first to hit No. 1 R&B, first to headline "MTV Unplugged. Now with 20 plus years in the game under his belt, LL's set to excel over his last compilation,

A video has surfaced today of the popular New York rapper Nas being arrested for a DUI back in September. TMZ released the video of Nas' DUI arrest as well as a statement saying:

December 4 marks a new day in Atlanta with some of the biggest names in southern hip-hop officially deciding to settle their differences.

Young Jeezy has officially announced his decision to end his ongoing beef with DJ Drama and Gucci Mane. Avid fans of the snowman can trace his feud with Gucci back to 2005 when an associate of Jeezy's turned up dead after

As Pleasure P continues to have his name slung through the mud, the embattled singer is finally stepping up to defend himself. As previously reported, the internet exploded with rumors of the performer being a child molester and took a dramatic turn for the worse after alleged court documents surfaced.

Finally having enough of the rampant slanderous and libelous statements, Pleasure P has issued a statement on his website

It's funny how perception does a full tailspin as a person becomes progressively famous.  As an artist continues to get the embrace of the mainstream, especially those in Hip Hop , questions begin to arise as to how they were able to claim that success and there is even speculation that is business being dealt with evils.

Since “D'Evils,” Jay-Z has been heavily scrutinized by many that feel as though he looks at himself as God and as a member of a secret society that is trying to usher in a new world order.

Churches have been the venue for preachers to find “hidden message” within his music such as “Luficer” where he allegedly proclaims, ‘Murder, murder, Jesus, Jesus.

The most recent attack is from

Pleasure P, formerly of R&B singing group Pretty Ricky, is not in the news for his album, or his new video or even his self-crowning as the “Bad Boy of R&B, instead his name is in the headlines for much more serious reasons.

As reported by Wordonthestreetsmag.com, Pleasure P, real name Marcus Cooper, is being linked to a 2004 child molestation case in Florida. The details of the case are still forthcoming but he is alleged to have molested his

“We've definitely grown.  I think with each album, there's always some kind of development with the Clipse and I think the Clipse is pretty much, what we do is we give you, we share our lives on these albums.”

As the countdown comes to a close and less than a week before the release of Til The Casket Drops, the Clipse have been able to find a way out of the troubles they dealt with on their previous work to return on top.

Being the third offering from the group, as a Clipse album, the duo has dealt with the trials and tribulations of trying to survive in the

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“When you say something as vague as ‘Men lie, women lie, numbers don't,' how do you take that as a disrespect, a response.  If we did look at the numbers, you'd see I did his career, my first two records.”

For some reason, when Jay-Z says something, other rappers seem to almost get a little heavy-hearted and sensitive about it and feel the need to lash out.

As Hov continues to use the phrase ‘Men lie, women lie, numbers don't' as an easy route to derail any diss coming at him from other artists, some have yet to prove Jay