Tag Archives: Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj Bleeds Pink in Her New Perfume Ad (video)

Posted on November 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

In the new ad campaign for the release of her perfume, Pink Friday, the rapper Nicki Minaj and onetime Harlem high schooler plucks a black rose from a bed of lots of black roses and pricks her finger on a thorn. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Vinny Cha$e Rising MC

Posted on November 13, 2012 by | 1 Comment

So many new rappers, how can you possible keep track of them all? Hip-Hop Wired will help vet who is worthy of your hard drive space with our ”Certified Fresh” featurettes. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Tiny And Toya, By Antonia “Toya” Carter At Hue Man Books

Posted on April 6, 2012 by | 1 Comment

On her hit television show ‘Tiny and Toya’, Antonia ‘Toya’ Carter seems to be living the good life: she has a beautiful home, good friends, and is pursuing her dreams in fashion design. But hers has been a life of peaks and valleys. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she was passed from family member to family member as her mother sank deeper into her drug addiction. Feeling unloved and unwelcomed, Toya fell into the arms of a 15-year-old rising musical star—Dwayne Michael Carter, known these days as the rapper ‘Lil Wayne’– and ended up pregnant at the tender age of 14. Continue reading →

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Nicki Minaj’s Best Buy Album Promo in Harlem

Posted on April 4, 2012 by | 1 Comment

As her latest album hit store shelves, Nicki Minaj set out to make a few promotional appearances, one of which was at the Best Buy in Harlem, NYC on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012. Continue reading →

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Riz: Kiss The Ring (Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross & Amber Rose Diss)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem rapper Riz is creating some waves with the release of his new music video for the title track of his recently released mixtape, Kiss The Ring, which dropped in early December 2011. Continue reading →

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Harlem Rapper A$AP Rocky and Designer Jeremy Scott Copy Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol Cover

Posted on January 23, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky is a star. The 23-year-old has put out two of the best songs of 2011—the lean-induced “Purple Swag” and the infectious “Peso”—followed by a must-hear mixtape, LIVE.LOVE.A$AP. Finally, Rocky and his crew landed a $3 million deal with RCA/Polo Grounds. Continue reading →

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Diddy, Pharrell, Rick Ross Attend DJ Khaled’s Birthday Party

Posted on November 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Cell phone photo of DJ Khaled celebrating his 36th birthday at Mansion night club in Miami last night with the boys club Rick Ross, Harlem dude Diddy, Pharrell… Continue reading →

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Diddy And Dirty Money Ladies On ‘SNL’

Posted on December 4, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Diddy-Dirty Money’s long-awaited concept album, Last Train to Paris, will finally arrive in stores December 14, and the trio are about make their “Saturday Night Live” debut. But there’s one thing in particular that makes this time especially thrilling… Continue reading →

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Pain, Wayne, Obama Rule BET Awards

Posted on June 25, 2008 by | Leave a comment

T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain’s voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest. Continue reading →

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Lil Wayne Clashes With Rev. Al

Posted on June 16, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Lil Wayne’s latest album, Tha Carter III, is flying off the shelves (and off the Net) since it’s Tuesday release. So much so that sales tickers predict the CD may sell close to one million copies in it’s first week on the market. Not everyone is a fan, however. Detractors include civil rights figure Rev. Al Sharpton (pictured above with Wendy Williams), whom Wayne calls a “nobody” on one of this tracks. Continue reading →

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