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You never know when Snoop Dogg’s record-spinning alter ego, DJ Snoopadelic will show up. The latest sighting was for a great cause, witnessed at his joint venture with Happy Socks during their Winter 2014 event that benefitted Snoop’s Youth Football League (SYFL).

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We over here at Hip-Hop Wired are sort of showing our hands for this latest edition of The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Videos of the Week. Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean inadvertently took it back their “Control” recording session and went head to head. Except this time, it was with incredible visuals that […]

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Closing out the week once again, yours truly provides a list of dope tracks in The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week.

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Trina, the undisputed Diamond Princess, has had quite the week regarding her return to rap and her ex-live-in-lover, French Montana.

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The name Shanesha Taylor became part of a viral conversation this past March when the entire nation sympathized with the single Black mother after she was arrested for leaving her kids in a hot Arizona car during a job interview.

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On this fine Friday afternoon, Hip-Hop Wired presents a new, scenario-based series called IAPW (In a Perfect World), in which we’ll detail topics we wish were facts. Our inaugural entry details 15 tracks produced by The Alchemist that would be hits, IAPW.

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Geraldo Rivera has been a Republican figurehead for some time, and hasn’t been shy about stating his narrow minded views about Black culture. The former talk show host once again echoed similar views, this time throwing all people of color under the bus.

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Serena Williams was recently asked on Twitter if she would run the NYC marathon. 

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Atlanta bred rapper Key! is on a hot streak, having released a mound of music that’s being received well by the Internets. Today, the newcomer returns with a Chuck Inglish-produced track called “Suite.”

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Kendrick Lamar has the world cutting up a rug with his latest single, “i.” And while the jazzy tune radiates life into the monotony of today’s rap game, the Isley Brothers’ sampled cut pulls from a dark place.

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No. 1 NBA draft pick Andrew Wiggins stars in a hilarious commercial for the adidas NBA Swingman jersey. The high-flying rookie’s “body double” fails miserably while attempting to fill in for Wiggins. 

The fourth season of Key & Peele is lighting up ratings and social media alike, with no signs of slowing down.