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Drake And LeBron James Sued For $10M Over ‘Black Ice’ Hockey Film Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cole Burston / Getty Drake and LeBron James will have to do some explaining in court. They are being sued for stealing the rights to the Black Ice movie. As per The New York Post the musician and athlete are being accused of finessing some individuals out of the deal for the film. Billy Hunter, the longtime NBA Players Association and ex-federal prosecutor, says that Drizzy and Bron do not have the legal right to produce the movie that is based on the book Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895 to 1925. “While the defendants LeBron James, Drake and Maverick Carter [LeBron’s business partner] are internationally known and renowned in their respective fields of basketball and music, it does not afford them ...
Diddy & Swizzy Call For Boycott of adidas After Kanye West Calls Out Brand, Twitter Has Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur/Child2014 / Getty Kanye West has been on one and has hopped on his favorite soapbox, Instagram, to call out the two brands that have helped him reach billionaire status, adidas and GAP. He now has two famous allies on his side to help him in his confusing fight. If you’re one of the people who find entertainment in Kanye West, now legally referred to as just Ye’s tirades on Instagram, then his latest is a doozy. The multihyphenate who continues to show he can be a nightmare to work with has been giving adidas, the home of his YEEZY line of apparel and footwear, the business. In a series of posts (some now-deleted), the Chicago-born rapper claims adidas and GAP are “leaving him out of meetings regarding his products and stealing his desig...
Witch Doctor: Azealia Banks Takes Shots At Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kanye, Everybody
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Azealia Banks might not be releasing music at the clip she did at the top of her career, but she still gets the people talking. The Harlem rapper posted a series of social media posts taking aim at the likes of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and past target Kanye West. Azealia Banks took to Instagram Stories this week and fired off missives toward some of the biggest names in entertainment. Banks had plenty of pointed marital advice for Beyoncé, going so far as to say the singer is “sad” and to leave her husband, Jay-Z, for a “Jamaican man.” “Hate comparing, but Bey really dropped the ball on the aspirational pieces,” Banks began. “She looks sooooo obviously sad with JAY-Z, and watching that every drain year after year just turns me off fro...
Apple Launches Apple Watch Ultra, a “Rugged” New Flagship Model
After showing off its new Series 8 watch and the second-generation SE during Wednesday’s live “Far Out” event, Apple announced the addition of a new flagship model. Powered by watchOS 9, the Apple Watch Ultra is designed for athletes and adventurers seeking hardware that’s durable and resistant to harsh weather conditions. Enclosed in a 49 mm aerospace-grade titanium case, the Ultra boasts the brightest and largest Apple Watch screen display yet. The case is risen around the display in order to sufficiently protect the watch and features an outward orange Action button for easy usage of apps and other capabilities, even when its owner is wearing gloves. The button can be customized to streamline into a variety of different features such as compass map points and on-demand workouts. A dial ...
Ari Lennox Shares ‘Age/Sex/Location’ LP Tracklist Featuring Chlöe, Summer Walker and More
As anticipation grows surrounding Ari Lennox‘s sophomore album age/sex/location, the Dreamville singer surprised fans last week by dropping an EP called Away Message, giving them a taste of how her style has evolved since her last release, 2019’s Shea Butter Baby. The EP spanned five tracks, including “Queen Space” with Summer Walker. Two days out from the release of age/sex/location, Lennox has returned to share the album’s tracklist. In addition to her collaboration with Walker, the LP lists powerhouses Chlöe and Lucky Daye as guest artists. After opening with a single entitled “POF,” the tracklist follows with the songs “Hoodie” and “Waste My Time.” Breaking up the 12-song album is an interlude slated as the fifth track, “A/S/L.” Lennox linked up with Lucky Daye for their song “Boy...
Offset Performs “Code” and “54321” Medley on ‘The Tonight Show’
Offset took to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon stage on Tuesday to perform a four-minute medley of his newly-released tracks, “Code” and “54321.” In the foreground of a color-heavy, graphic backdrop, the Atlanta rapper appeared wearing a red sweater vest alongside two futuristic dancers to deliver the dual-track sequence. The former single, which features Moneybagg Yo, arrived on August 26, and the latter cut, which was produced by Baby Keem, hit streaming platforms on August 19. While appearing on the late-night show, Offset sat down with Fallon to discuss his role in the upcoming second season of HBO Max‘s competition series The Hype, Cardi B and his son Wave Set Cephus’ car-themed first birthday party and his eldest son Jordan Cephus’ affinity for music-making. “We was ...
Kanye West Beefing With adidas on IG, Claims They Offered Him A Billion For Yeezy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jonathan Leibson / Getty Okay sneakerheads it looks like many of y’all dreams might come true as Ye seems to be on his way out of his adidas contract and quite possibly back to Nike if he’s as petty as he’s proven to be over the past few months. For the past few days, Kanye West has been throwing jabs and uppercuts at adidas, namely Senior Vice President, Daniel Cherry. Apparently upset that the three-stripped brand hired Cherry to run Yeezy without his knowledge or approval, West has been going IN on Cherry and adidas to the point that people are wondering when they’ll officially announce their relationship is a wrap. Related Stories West even went so far as to throw up a picture of himself and Cherry on IG with the Captain America: Civil War movie poste...
King’s Honor: Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Emmy Award
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The late Chadwick Boseman has received another honor, this time winning an award on the first night of this year’s Creative Emmy Awards this past weekend. The actor, who passed away in August 2020, won the posthumous honor for his voiceover role as T’Challa a.k.a. Black Panther for the animated Marvel anthology series What If on Saturday evening (September 3rd). The series made its premiere on the Disney+ streaming platform almost exactly one year to the day that he died. At the ceremony, Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward accepted the award on his behalf. Related Stories “What a beautifully aligned moment it really is that one of the last things he would work on would not only be revisiting a character that was so importan...
600 Breezy Shares Final Message From His Girlfriend, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @600Breezy / Instagram Before we get into this story, we must warn readers that the details within have mentions of suicide. Rapper 600 Breezy shared a heartbreaking final message from his girlfriend and as he continues to mourn, Twitter shared their reactions and support. 600 Breezy, real name Antonio King, is a rapper out of Chicago, Ill. His girlfriend of two years, Raven Jackson, shared with 600 a final message stating that she no longer wanted to go on. Again, we are stating that the message from Jackson posted down below might be triggering for some. In the caption, 600 tries his best to make sense of the loss and he urged others suffering from mental health issues to seek out help. “Please y’all pay attention to the signs of depression or men...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation Rolling Out New PS5 System Software Update, Here’s What’s New
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty Finally, a significant PS5 system software update is rolling out for the console, and it boasts some significant quality-of-life improvements. If you haven’t heard, PlayStation has rolled out its newest system software update for the PS5 globally. After being in beta for some time, PS5 console owners can now highly requested features like 1440p HDMI video output and gamelists. 1440p HDMI input is a much-welcomed addition for those who own high-end televisions and monitors like Sony’s new inZone computer monitor that takes its cues from the company’s next-gen console. Native 1440p output will also be available in games that support it or games that have 4K support. Gamelists are essentially folders that PS5 owners can utilize to o...
Ruth Radelet (Ex-Chromatics) Announces Debut Solo EP, Shares Video for New Song “Stranger”
Ruth Radelet—formerly of Chromatics—has announced her debut solo EP The Other Side with a video for her new single “Stranger.” The five-track EP is due out October 7. Check out the album art, track list, and the black-and-white video for “Stranger”—directed by James Manson and shot on 16mm film by Freddie Whitman—below. Radelet has previously shared the single “Crimes.” Of the new song, Radelet said in a statement: “‘Stranger’ is about a specific kind of loneliness that I have only felt in Los Angeles. Although the song is very much about longing, it’s more about a place than a person. The lyric ‘I could never hold you in my hands’ is about the feeling of always being on the outside looking in, of the city never fully opening its doors to me.” Of the EP, Radelet said:&nbs...
Beth Orton Shares New Song “Fractals” With Alabaster dePlume and Tom Skinner
Beth Orton’s new album Weather Alive will be released later this month, and in the lead-up to the release, the English vocalist has shared a new song that’s slated to appear on the album. “Fractals” is a collaboration with the poet and saxophonist Alabaster dePlume alongside drummer Tom Skinner (of the Smile), bassist Tom Herbert (of the Invisible), and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily. Both the single and album were inspired by the deaths of producers Andrew Weatherall and Hal Willner. “The track is a beautiful example of the nature of collaboration, where people come in as they are,” Orton shared in a statement. “You’re hearing the first take. I would never have been able to conjure that music without these musicians.” Weather Alive is due out September 23 via Partisan. So far, Orto...
