News, Wired Tracks

This is Azealia Banks first single off her upcoming mixtape, Fantastic, titled “Jumanji.” Aside from that mixtape and waging Twitter wars, she is also working on her 1991 EP and debut album Broke With Expensive Taste. This is a funky one, so hit the jump and get a listen. 

alicia keys, beyonce, GALLERY, kanye west, News, PHOTO OPS, rick ross, rihanna, swizz beatz

The 2012 Metropolitan Museum Of Art Gala, aka the Met Gala 2012, is usually called the Oscars of high fashion. Hip-Hop was well represented as Anna Wintour, Miuccia Prada and Carey Mulligan invited some of the biggest stars in the world  to the Costume Institute’s annual ball. Kanye West, Beyoncé, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Azealia Banks, Swizz Beatz, […]

Bow Wow, Hip-Hop Wired Video Exclusives, News

Beef in Hip-Hop is one of the most exciting parts of the culture, but lately it seems that rappers are igniting feuds just to get attention. Perhaps the most noted repeat offender in the game right now is Azealia Banks, who starts rifts with any and everyone who crosses her path—a move which may end […]

lil kim, News

Azealia Banks has a reputation of not getting along with female rappers, but it looks like she may have crossed over into dangerous beef territory. Banks is accused of starting a fake rift with Lil Kim by way of a false press release sent out to the media, and now The Queen Bee is firing […]

News, Video

The crowd response in this video should tell you just how much this song is ringing off in the party scene right now. The only female in Hip-Hop Wired’s 25 Under 25 sets off her breakout single “212,” at the second weekend of Coachella.  Check out Azealia Banks’ energetic performance after the jump. 

News, T.I.

T.I. sat down with WGCI’s Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot and talked about Trouble Man, his new television role, family life and spoke on Azealia Banks. Check it out after jump. 

Iggy Azalea, News

They asked her, so she told them. Last week, in an interview with The Women of Hip-Hop, Eve was asked her opinion on the current crop of female MCs. She kept it funky and said she wasn’t digging a certain female 2012 XXL Freshman cover girl too tough. “I’m not really into the Iggy Azalea […]

MEDIA WATCH, News, REVIEWS

Nicki Minaj fans got some new “I told you so” ammo while many rap purists are either rolling their eyes or crying foul. This past weekend, in a piece for the New York Times, Jon Caramanica writes of Minaj, “…when she releases her second album, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,’ this week, it will be as the […]

GALLERY, News, Video

The hype machine on Azealia Banks is in full effect. GQ Magazine linked up with the Harlem bred rapper for their Style Bible issue (the same one with Drake on the cover). It’s not an extensive interview, but the feisty Universal Records signee delivered her trademark confident nonchalance that has led to shots fired at Nicki […]

News, Wired Tracks

Azealia Banks first premiered “F-ck Up The Fun” overseas and now releases the up-beat song for the masses today. Diplo never fails to deliver creative production and coupled with Azealia Banks’ rapid fire rhymes, this record is definitely something for the dance floor.  Her debut Broke With Expensive Taste is set to be released later this year. Check out the song after the […]

EDITORIAL, News

Before Jackie Robinson became the first African-American major league baseball player, he was essentially screened by members of the Black community to make sure he was them most suitable representative to set the precedent. White peoples had no such committee and did no such screening when Vanilla Ice became the first mega-successful rapper to represent […]

News

New jacks taking shots at vets? Cold game. In a recent interview with DJ Drama, T.I. introduced his new “Hustle Gang,” which includes Australian female rapper Iggy Azalea, who made XXL Magazine’s 2012 Freshman cover. Previously, another upcoming female rapper, Azealia Banks, didn’t hesitate to question Azalea’s XXL Freshman selection and also took the Interscope […]