Car stopped like I hit something and a discernible bump

Okay, so night before last this started. I was backing out of a gravel drive and my car stopped like I hit something and a discernible bump was felt from my front driver's side tire. I was able to put it in drive to get out so I did and went down the road to the house and every moderate bump I could hear like a noise that was similar to something loose shaking and feel each bump on my side. It was a loud sort of shake bump noise. It kept doing this the entire time and when I drove to work. I went to reverse after work and it felt like slamming into a wall again and the bump was loud and I felt it again but after the bump I really could not go back without acceleration and I was not going to do anything after the noise. So my buddy came to see it and the whole wheel assembly and all jumps back after rolling a few inches which is the bump sound and we both have no idea what is going on.