Epic Records signee and Chi-town’s own King L, formerly King Louie, drops off the trailer for his new video “Val Venis,” exclusively to Hip-Hop Wired. In this video, King L returns to the Windy City to show that he’s “valn valn.” The low riding, dread locked rapper gained a big buzz with this recent single […]
The WWE is under a little bit of fire for making an off color remark about Kobe Bryant last night during it’s trademark show, Monday Night Raw. During a match between WWE superstars Kofi Kingston and Titus O’Neill, manager Abraham Washington (who was wearing a live microphone) said O’Neill was “like Kobe Bryant at a hotel […]
Rising Chicago star, King L, drops a brand new project courtesy of the Trap-A-Holics, DJ Twin and DJ Victoriouz entitled Showtime. This is a pretty heavy project which includes 22 brand new tracks from the recent signee to Epic Records. This 22 track-project contains features and production include Chief Keef, Lex Luger, Young Chop, Million $ Mano, Lil’ Durk, and much more. […]
Chicago’s rise in popularity has left an unmistakable mark in Hip-Hop in 2012 and King Louie has been right in the middle of that sudden surge. With songs like “Val Venis,” and recently scoring a record deal with Epic Records, Chicago is a hotbed for new Rap talent like Chief Keef, LEP Bogus Boys, Paypa […]
The homie XV has been on fire recently since dropping his new mixtape Popular Culture. The Kansas native recently ran by The Source‘s offices and talked about a subject near and dear to your boy’s heart: rap and wrestling. Drawing a lot from this story, XV sees plenty of comparisons in today’s hip-hop scene and […]
Having attended WWE’s Wrestlemania and Hot 97’s Summer Jam in the past year, I can tell you a thing or two about the inescapable links between the biggest spectacle in Sports Entertainment and the biggest show in Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop is as more about the entertainment value than it ever is about the true essence of […]
If like me, you grew up watching wrestling during the infamous attitude era, then you are well aware of Val Venis and his the controversial act. Known for his sexual innuendos aimed at the ladies, Val became famous for teetering the lines of censorship, something that could not survive in today’s WWE universe. With that said, Chicago rapper King […]
After a record setting crowd in Miami’s SunLife Stadium, celebrity cameos from Diddy, Alex Rodriguez, Chili, Flo-Rida and being the social media event of the year, do you still think people don’t watch pro wrestling? You’d be sadly mistaken my friend, because in the past 12 months pro wrestling has been regaining traction and popularity […]
WWE superstar John Cena returned to his roots last night on Monday Night Raw as he donned a throwback Mark Price jersey and became the “Doctor Of Thuganomics” once again. In Cleveland, Ohio with Bad Boy Records’ Machine Gun Kelly in the crowd, Cena spit some bars and got under The Rock’s skin for the […]
Bad Boy rapper Machine Gun Kelly has the honor of landing John Cena’s official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment’s Wrestlemania XXVIII. WWE (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) will be holding their annual Wrestlemania pay per view extravaganza on April 1, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. MGK’s song “Invincible” well serving as the introductory theme Cena. “The reaction […]
