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New BlackPlanet Doc Examines Its True Digital Influence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BlackPlanet / iOne Interactive Social media has become an integral part of our lives, and a new documentary from BlackPlanet examines the platform’s role in helping to create a space for the Black community to maximize its presence online. Sure, there’s not a day that goes by without us checking Facebook, Twitter, or other social media that we’re tapped into. It’s wild to imagine how it all started back in the late 1990s. BlackPlanet, the social media platform which became a launching pad for so many in the Black community as social media and networking on the Internet began, is now exploring that era in a new documentary. Related Stories Titled Black, Connected, and Copied, the film is hosted by the well-regarded historian and Black cultural expert T.L. ...
Cardi B & Reebok Connect For New ‘Let Me Be… Enchanted’ Capsule Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok The Reebok and Cardi B collaborative marriage continues to flourish as the two are set to drop a new collection that’s bound to be a hit with Cardi B’s hardcore fans. Source: Reebok / Reebok A year after Cardi and Reebok released their Mommy and Me capsule collection, the brand the Bron x rapper return with a new Let Me Be… Enchanted collection just in time for the hotter months. This June 17 fans will be able to purchase new apparel which will boasts some bright and vibrant colors (gotta shine in the Summer) including two new Cardi B remixed Reebok silhouettes for the hot steppers out there. Related Stories Classic Leather x Cardi B V2 ($110) – This silhouette brings the boldness and flair of the Classic Leather x Cardi B to a new le...
Cardi B & Reebok Connect For New ‘Let Me Be… Enchanted’ Capsule Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok The Reebok and Cardi B collaborative marriage continues to flourish as the two are set to drop a new collection that’s bound to be a hit with Cardi B’s hardcore fans. Source: Reebok / Reebok A year after Cardi and Reebok released their Mommy and Me capsule collection, the brand the Bron x rapper return with a new Let Me Be… Enchanted collection just in time for the hotter months. This June 17 fans will be able to purchase new apparel which will boasts some bright and vibrant colors (gotta shine in the Summer) including two new Cardi B remixed Reebok silhouettes for the hot steppers out there. Related Stories Classic Leather x Cardi B V2 ($110) – This silhouette brings the boldness and flair of the Classic Leather x Cardi B to a new le...
L’s On Deck: The Union Air Jordan 2’s Will Be Up For Grabs On SNKRS
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Union / Union The online release of the Union Air Jordan 2 a few weeks back was all kinds of struggle. With the CAPCHAT not working to payments not being processed to people getting charged multiple times with no order confirmations to show for it, sneaker heads went through the motions for hours that fateful Friday morning last month. Now sneakerheads will be getting a second chance to get their hands on a pair as the the highly coveted Air Jordan 2’s (when was the last time you heard anyone say that about the 2’s?) will be up for grabs once again later this month. Taking to Instagram to let their follows in on the good news, Union LA announced that their collaboration with Jordan will be coming to SNKRS writing “Just wanted to give everyone an early hea...
Sean “Diddy” Combs & DeLeón Tequila Cook Up #CincoDeLeón Cinco De Mayo Cocktails
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DeLeón / DeLeón Tequila There is still plenty of Cinco De Mayo left. Sean “Diddy” Combs and DeLeón Tequila have cooked up a cocktail fit for any proper #CincoDeLeón celebration. DeLeón Tequila recruited entrepreneur, actress and Certified Life Coach Nazanin Mandi to celebrate the holiday. It helps that she happens to be proudly part Mexican, too. Combs, DeLeón Tequila and Mandi created a sweet and spicy version of DeLeón’s Tequila’s LOVE Margarita. Considering Combs’ middle name is now officially “Love,” it’s totally on brand. But first, for those of you into the details, DeLeón Tequila, which is owned by Combs and Diageo, is crafted in the Guanajuato region of Mexico in the town of León. The brand touts using strictly the best hand-selected 100% B...
DJ Khaled Unveils We The Best x Air Jordan 5’s, Plural
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @djkhaled / Instagram DJ Khaled‘s basketball skills may be suspect at best, but the guy does have taste in sneakers. Today (April 11), the famed DJ, producer and influence unveiled his We The Best x Air Jordan 5 collaborations—as in plural. Taking to his usual social media haunts, Instagram and Twitter, Khaled shared a spot that features vintage Michael Jordan footage along with video of himself on the basketball court. But most importantly, we see images of multiple colorways of a special “We The Best” Air Jordan 5 model. Besides the kicks, there will be a corresponding apparel collection as well. Related Stories In total we see four colorways including a light blue, pink/orange, purple and off white/grey, and they all feature icey soles along with “We T...
The Jig: Prices On Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG To Increase In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand It looks like the streets will have to pay a premium in order to catch that drip. Nike is rumored to be increasing the price on the Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneaker by the end of this year. As per Sneaker News the iconic shoe is in very high demand, so much so that the ticket on these feet pieces is rumored to go up by the start of holiday season. The Beaverton, OR based brand has yet to formally confirm the speculation but one sneaker insider says that the writing is on the walls. @zSneakerHeadz recently reviewed the upcoming Air Jordan 1 release schedule for the remainder of 2022 and was quick to point to the elephant in the room with the slightly more expensive tag of $180.00 for the Jordan 1 Reimagined “Chicago.” Re...
YEEZY Brand Hires Former Nike ACG Design Director Nur Abbas
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Yeezy Brand Kanye West’s YEEZY attire has gotten all kinds of criticism over the years as they overall designs look, well, struggle, but it seems like he’ll be getting some help updating that part of his fashion game as he’s gotten a seasoned designer to get down with his team. Highsnobiety is reporting that former Nike ACG design director, Nur Abbas has been appointed to be the new head of design for Kanye’s YEEZY brand. Maybe Abbas will convince Kanye to put zippers on his next struggle bubble jacket or something. But now that he’s taken on the responsibility of helping YEEZY become a bigger brand than just sneakers, Abbas will be reporting directly to Ye (of course) while trying further expand YEEZY’s brand. He’s even be overlookin...
‘Maury’ Show Cancelled After Thirty Year Run
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty It’s the end of an era. Maury, the syndicated talk show hosted by Maury Povich for over 30 years, had been canceled. Deadline reports that NBCUniversal will cease production at the end of the current season, with Povich set to retire. Original episodes are scheduled to air through September, and reruns will continue in syndication. Originally titled The Maury Povich Show, it premiered back in 1991. The show covered a variety of subjects like teenaged runaways, domestic violence, bullying and other salacious topics. But Maury (as it became officially known in 1998) became a pop culture sensation thanks to the paternity test episodes. Viewers would wait for Maury to say “You are (or, are not) the father,” which became a catchphrase. The lie dete...
Pretty Cheeky: Twitter Ladies Get To Clapping Cheeks With New #TooLoudChallenge Craze
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: izusek / Getty If you’re a person over a certain age, a lot of the trends and challenges that kick off on social media won’t make sense to many of you. The latest challenge that’ll definitely baffle the old heads is the #tooloudchallenge, which features ladies making it clap and we shouldn’t have to explain further than that. Built atop a line from Flint, Mich. rapper Louie Ray’s 2021 track “Cash App,” the #tooloudchallenge takes a portion of the song where it sounds like a pole athlete inside a gentleman’s club is making it clap for the people. If we had to guess, TikTok is most likely the birthplace of this challenge, which has continued to bubble over the past couple of days. Along with cheeks, some ladies are making other things clap to the beat...
Ralph Lauren x Morehouse & Spelman Collection Draws Cheers & Jeers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nadine Ijewere / Polo Ralph Lauren On Tuesday, March 15, Ralph Lauren announced an upcoming capsule collection titled A Portrait of the American Dream, that blends the brand’s classic Americana stylings with the sartorial heritage of Atlanta-based HBCUs Morehouse College and Spelman College. The announcement was a true exercise of craft, featuring a combination of visually striking photos from Nadine Ijewere and an equally stunning video—both felt more like a time capsule than a lookbook. In the imagery, we see Black people of all pigments dressed to the nines in gear inspired by styles seen in Morehouse and Spelman yearbooks between 1920 and 1950. To call the campaign beautiful is an understatement. Here, we see a sartorial excellence in lockstep with th...
Lil Baby To Perform At McDonald’s All American Games
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / McDonald’s Lil Baby loves the [high school] kids. The Atlanta rapper will be performing at the prestigious McDonald’s All American games. The McDonald’s All Americans are the top male and female high school basketball players in the nation, and it’s safe bet to see say most of the have at least some Lil Baby on their playlists. So it only makes sense that the star rapper will be performing at haltime at the 2022 McDonald’s All American Games on March 29 at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. Related Stories “I’m excited to perform the Halftime Show, especially because I’m a big basketball fan and have respect for these players, knowing what it’s like to go hard in the paint on your craft and chase your dreams to be the best,” said Lil Babyy in ...
