James Brown's Body Reportedly Missing, Funeral Director Speaks Out
LaRhonda Petit, the 41-year-old daughter of the late James Brown, is making headlines with claims that her father's body is missing. In an interview with Britain's Daily Mirror she's quoted as saying,...
View ArticleTop 10 Craziest Celebrity Mug Shots [Flicks]
Although jail is no laughing matter, with all of the celebrities getting in legal trouble (in some cases repeatedly) you have to wonder what their mug shots looked like. Hip-Hop Wired decided to take a...
View Article'Soul Train' Takes A Trip To The Smithsonian Museum [Video]
'Soul Train' Pulls Into the Smithsonian The National Museum of African American History and Culture has decided to collect items from Soul Train, the "hippest trip in America." The popular television...
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View ArticleDJ Premier Gets Interviewed By Nardwuar [VIDEO]
DJ Premier is one of, if not THEE greatest Hip-Hop producer of all time. So it's only fitting that Nardwuar delve into the New York legends past on a quick stroll down memory lane. But where exactly do...
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Rick Ross'"100 Black Coffins" Is Lead Single From Django Unchained Soundtrack...
It's no secret that Quentin Tarantino films historically have phenomenal scores, often including musical genres ranging from classical to soul to excerpts from Spaghetti Westerns. The Weinstein...
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DJ Mick Boogie Presents A Mick Boogie Christmas ft. Stevie Wonder, James...
It's officially December and with Christmas only a couple of weeks and change away, folks near and far hasten to purchase gifts, Xmas trees and other necessary accouterments to commemorate the season...
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James Brown & 2Pac - “Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable)” [LISTEN]
When the Weinstein Company and Loma Vista Recordings unveiled the Django Unchained soundtrack tracklist just weeks ago, brows raised at the idea of a posthumous collaboration between late, great...
View ArticleJames Brown Biopic Producer To Start Casting
James Brown, widely known as the “Godfather of Soul,” has been the subject of an upcoming biopic since the late ‘90s and it appears a cast for the film will be forming in the near future. Hollywood...
View Article42 Star Chadwick Boseman To Play James Brown In Upcoming Biopic
Earlier this year,we reported on the casting of an upcoming James Brown biopic directed by The Help's Tate Taylor. Last night (August 26), Universal Pictures revealed that 42 star Chadwick Boseman will...
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The 15 Strangest Celebrity Meltdowns Caught On Tape
Celebrity is very much a double edged sword. The money and access can be amazing but the scrutiny can expose even the most polished stars as unstable. And then there are some who just bug out. Take...
View ArticleWatch The James Brown Biopic Get On Up Trailer
Actor Chadwick Boseman excellently portrayed Jackie Robinson in the biopic 42, but playing James Brown is an entirely different animal. However, from the looks of the trailer for Get On Up, Boseman may...
View ArticleChadwick Boseman Says Get On Up Will Elaborate On James Brown’s Drug Addiction
The final years of music soul legend James Brown’s life were marred with unpredictability and alleged drug usage. So much to the point where fans thought he had been an habitual abuse problem his...
View ArticleThe Godfather: 25 Classic James Brown Hip-Hop Samples
It is no secret that funk music wouldn’t exist as we know it without James Brown. The exact same can be said for Hip-Hop culture in its entirety. The Godfather of Soul is one of the most sampled artist...
View ArticleHBO Buys Rights To Mick Jagger-Produced James Brown Documentary
Following the success of the James Brown biopic, Get on Up, Mick Jagger is continuing the story of The Godfather of Soul with a full-fledged documentary. Deadline is reporting that HBO has secured the...
View ArticleDaughter Of James Brown Reveals Father’s Domestic Violence Past
James Brown gained fame as one of the most electrifying entertainers that ever lived, but there also existed unsavory sides to the man. In a new book from Brown’s daughter, she reveals that her father...
View ArticleThe Funky Drummer: Clyde Stubblefield Dies At 73
Clyde Stubblefield, the renowned member of James Brown‘s band known to many as simply “The Funky Drummer” passed away on Saturday (Feb. 18). He was 73. Reports the Associated Press: His wife, Jody...
View ArticleJames Brown’s Body Reportedly Missing, Funeral Director Speaks Out
LaRhonda Petit, the 41-year-old daughter of the late James Brown, is making headlines with claims that her father’s body is missing. In an interview with Britain’s Daily Mirror she’s quoted as saying,...
View ArticleTop 10 Craziest Celebrity Mug Shots [Flicks]
Although jail is no laughing matter, with all of the celebrities getting in legal trouble (in some cases repeatedly) you have to wonder what their mug shots looked like. Hip-Hop Wired decided to take a...
View Article‘Soul Train’ Takes A Trip To The Smithsonian Museum [Video]
‘Soul Train’ Pulls Into the Smithsonian The National Museum of African American History and Culture has decided to collect items from Soul Train, the “hippest trip in America.” The popular television...
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