As 2012 comes to a close, Chicago has reached a terrible milestone: 500 homicides in the city for the entire year. Nathaniel T. Jackson was killed Thursday (Dec. 27), becoming the 500th person to die in the city.
The weather is getting cold in Chicago but that doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down the city’s shooting epidemic. Aspiring rapper Joshua “JayLoud” Davis was shot and killed on Christmas Day following a dispute with several men, allegedly over his decision to wear a hoodie donning the name of Joseph “Lil JoJo” Coleman, who was gunned down over […]
Chicago shootings hit another high note over the weekend when as many as six people were killed and 15 others were wounded during a shooting sprees erupting Friday (Nov. 30). According to authorities, five of those killed were fatally shot, while the sixth person was stabbed.
A Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus was marred by gun violence Wednesday (Oct. 31). Four victims were injured in the shooting. According to police, the violence erupted following an argument between two parties, at which point one person pulled out a gun and started firing. While the suspect hit the intended target, […]
Chicago’s “cruel summer” has come to an end, but now that it’s fall, the homicides are still piling up. One of the latest victims of the incessant gun violence is Terrence Wright, a high school student who was shot and killed as he was leaving school, Friday (Oct. 19).
Trouble may be on the horizon for Chief Keef. The teen rapper, famous for his “I Don’t Like Single,” may have legal repercussions for participating in an interview at a gun range for Pitchfork. According to his probation order, Keef is not allowed to have a firearm, a stipulation which may be determined to have […]
The life of a Miami rapper by the name of Bizzle came to an abrupt end when he was shot and killed outside of a car wash Monday (Oct. 15). According to police, the rapper —born Robert Labranche — was struck on NW 7th Avenue and NW 54th street in Liberty City, at 7:30 p.m. “He would not […]
It is hard to find somebody who keeps it realer than Brooklyn’s Uncle Murda. The Epic Records rapper caught up with Hip-Hop Wired at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, which air tomorrow night, and talked about his upcoming mixtape hosted by the award show’s host, Mike Epps.
The controversial Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation Of Islam, toured New York City yesterday (September 25th), making various stops in the Bronx, Harlem, Queens and Brooklyn, as well as Newark, NJ. Farrakhan visited housing projects and spoke to onlookers about stemming gun violence in inner-city communities, much like he’s done in his Chicago homebase, […]
Hip-Hop Wired has reported on several accounts of violence in the city of Chicago, and with the outbreaks occurring everyday, a young rapper is using his surroundings in hopes of attaining stardom. 13-year-old rapper Lil Mouse has released tracks full of bad language, glorifications of violence, and disrespect towards women (who he calls b-tches). One […]
Lupe Fiasco is not about beef, he’s about making amends. The Chicago native and youngster, Chief Keef, have had a storied dialogue on Twitter, but Fiasco still has love for the teenager. Keef is one of many artists that the “B-tch Bad” rapper has spoken on in recent weeks, and while he was critical of the […]
Last month, the NYPD owned up to striking several innocent victims in pursuit of a shooter at the Empire State Building, and it appears that a new slip-up has taken another life. Reynaldo Cuevas, a worker, at the Aneurys Deli Grocery in the Bronx, was shot by police as he tried to get away from gunmen […]
