Features

Check out exclusive interviews and content from HipHopWired

Features, News

Dr. Boyce Watkins will be spear heading a rally on November 16th in Kennett, Missouri in support of Heather Ellis. Ellis, a young college student is facing up to 15 years in prison after an altercation at a local Walmart that started from cutting the line. After the dust settled, Heather was arrested and charged […]

Gil Robertson’s literary work, Family Affair: What It Means To Be African-American Today, encompasses essays from the likes of Isaiah Washington, Beverly Johnson, TV One’s Cathy Hughes, actress Tasha Smith, Hip-Hop Doc Rani Whitfield as well as the late Isaac Hayes. The contributors to the book all speak on subjects pertaining to Black life in […]

Features

Death Row Records blasted onto the 90’s Hip-Hop scene with some of the most talented rappers in the country. With Dre, Snoop, and of course Tupac helmed under their emblem, the label transformed into a West Coast icon. Under the scrutiny of Suge Knight, the company maintained its powerhouse stature until slowly but surely, it […]

Features

New policy guidelines will be sent out today by the Justice Department outlining that the federal government is not to arrest medical marijuana users who are in compliance with state laws. That’s one small step for marijuana advocates, one huge leap for those of us who know the War on Drugs is like looking for […]

Ten albums down and nearly 3 decades strong, Morgan Heritage, “Reggae Music’s Royal Family,” have finally set out to fulfill their father’s prophecy of achieving solo stardom.  Noted for their redemptive, empowering, spiritually rooted ballads, 5 of deceased 80’s megastar Denroy Morgan’s (I’ll Do Anything,” 1981) 30 offspring, form the legendary Rastafarian collective. Their illustrious […]

Features

  Baton Rouge’s finest recently kicked it with Hip-Hop Wired about his latest offering Superbad:  The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz.  While recently hit with a two-year prison stint for drug and gun possession, “Mr. Wipe Me Down” shared with us his plans for the future prior to the sentencing.  Let’s hope Boosie can keep […]

On Saturday, September 26, a poll went online on Facebook asking users “Should Obama be killed?”   The users were given 4 choices: Yes. Maybe.  If he cuts my health care.  And no. The poll was part of an application which allowed an individual Facebook user to create it. Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt quickly pointed out […]

The West Coast’s best kept production secret Warren G returns today with his sixth album The G-Files.  Already garnering attention with the lead of single “Swagger Rich” accompanied by his partner-in-crime Snoop D.O. Double G, The G-Child spoke to Hip-Hop Wired exclusively about the album. “It’s a great record.  I got a lot of great […]

Producer and video director extraordinaire QD3 has partnered with video game developers Genius Products to develop “Scratch:  The Ultimate DJ.” Alongside Mixmaster Mike from The Beastie Boys, the veteran West Coast boardsmith will help supply instrumentals and song selections for the new gaming endeavor.  QD3 recently checked in with HipHopWired about his latest venture and […]

Miami’s original “Boss” has released his eighth album Finally Famous. He recently checked in with Hip-Hop Wired and gave his views on Officer Ricky, snitching, as well as his position in the rap game. HipHopWired: So, let’s get into your project, Finally Famous, man. You seem like you’ve got a lot of stuff to get […]

Features

Eight years after the most tragic crime to occur on the continental coast of the U.S. since the displacement and slaughter of the indigenous people who were previously living here a few hundred years ago, and no one has ever been arrested for those murders.  Close to 4,000 everyday working-class citizens lost their lives in […]

When Hip-Hop was born in the late 70’s, beats and lyrics were the structured body of the phenomenal genre. Being the greatest lyricist with the most creative rhymes was an artist’s claim to fame when Hip-Hop hit the streets. It was all about how the artist could assimilate his/her rhymes to something a listener could effortlessly […]