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Just Don Is Gearing Up to Drop New Courtside Hi Sneaker
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Just Don / Just Don Over the past few years, Just Don has collaborated with a few sneaker brands to remix some of their signature sneaker silhouettes to the point that grails were made out of often overlooked kicks (see the Just Don x Air Jordan 2 collection). Now HypeBeast is reporting that the popular streetwear brand is about to attempt to change it up and drop their first in-line sneaker silhouette: the Courtside Hi. Inspired by Michael Jordan’s classic whip, the 1992 Ferrari Testarossa 512TR. Inspired by Don C’s home town of Chicago, the Courtside Hi’s boast some interesting details including a ridged heel to mimic the grill and seats on the 512TR. “Apart from this high-horsepower piece, there’s plenty of design features that seem to pull from early ...
About Time: Samuel L. Jackson And Danny Glover To Receive Honorary Oscars
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Shearer / Getty Two of our most brightest stars of theater and stage will finally be recognized for their career contributions. Samuel L. Jackson And Danny Glover are set honorary Academy Awards at the 2021 ceremony. As spotted on Raw Story The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present honorary awards to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover. The four Oscar statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 12th Governors Awards on Saturday, January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. “We are thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to four honorees who have had a profound impact on both film and society,” said Academy ...
DaBaby “Red Light Green Light,” Doja Cat & The Weeknd “You Right” & More | Daily Visuals 6.25.21
HipHopWired Featured Video DaBaby went from relatively quiet to dropping off work like a hustler as he comes through with some new visuals to make listeners bop and viewers laugh. In his latest visuals to Red Light Green Light” the Southern rapper gets his Boyz n the Hood on and dresses down like an 90’s OG complete with Jheri curls and a Raiders cap while adding a comedic twist to the classic film. On the R&B tip, Doja Cat reimagines herself as an other worldly delight as she controls the elements around her for The Weeknd assisted clip to “You Right.” This joint was pretty visually stunning. Can’t front. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Kodak Black, Juicy J featuring Pooh Shiesty, and more. DABABY – “RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT” [embedded content] DOJA CAT & THE ...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 6.25.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: RgStudio / Getty We at Hip-Hop Wired pride ourselves on being fully immersed in the music of the culture we rep proudly. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist. With the news that Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab has passed away, we thought it was only right to open up with a pair of songs that display some of Gab’s incredible lyrical ability and breath control. If you were lucky enough to see Gift of Gab live in action, you witnessed a pure master at work and one of the most humble human beings you’ll ever meet. Rest powerfully in peace, Gift of Gab. We continue on with “Lumberjack” from Tyler, The Creator, ...
Foo Fighters Unveil Mark Ronson’s “Re-Version” of “Making A Fire”: Stream
Foo Fighters have released a brand new version of their latest single “Making A Fire”, reimagined by Mark Ronson. On the remix, the superproducer enlists members of numerous bands — including Antibalas, the Budos Band, the Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, La Buya, Menahan Street Band, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Tuatara to provide instrumentation for frontman Dave Grohl’s wailing vocal performance. “Are you afraid of the dark?/ I know a place we can start/ But if this is our last time/ Make up your mind/ I’ve waited a lifetime to live/ It’s time to ignite/ I’m making a fire,” he intones over backing vocals by a quartet that includes his 15-year-old daughter Violet Grohl. Related Video Stream the Foo Fighters’ “Making a Fire (Mark Ronson Re-Version)” after the jump. While the orig...
RZA Announces New Album RZA vs. Bobby Digital, Shares “Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater”: Stream
RZA has shared a new single called “Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater”. It’s the first preview of the Wu-Tang Clan member’s forthcoming album, RZA vs. Bobby Digital, a dual-persona project due out August 6th. The track — as well as the entire album — was produced exclusively by DJ Scratch, allowing RZA’s instantly-recognizable MCing to take the forefront. “Lyrically the hip-hop part of me had a chance to re-emerge during quarantine,” RZA said in a statement. “Giving Scratch the reins as a producer and me taking the reins as an MC, that’s what frees me up creatively and lets me play more with lyrical gags and lyrical flows because I don’t have to be focused on everything. [Scratch] delivered tracks that resonated and brought me back to a sound that I felt was missing. For me it was really ...
Alex Trebek Posthumously Wins Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host
The late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was posthumously honored with the award for Outstanding Game Show Host at the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday night. It marked Trebek’s eighth and final time winning the Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host — only Price is Right host Bob Barker has more wins in the category at 14. Trebek also holds the record for most nominations in the category at 31. Trebek’s children, Matt and Emily, accepted tonight’s award on their father’s behalf. “For as long as we can remember, he was always so proud to be a part of Jeopardy!, to work on a show that was based on knowledge, risk and the challenge — people had to think,” Trebek’s son said. “He loved every bit of it.” Related Video “He was always excited to go to work even during his battle with cancer,”...
2022 Jeep Wrangler’s Xtreme Recon Package Is Made for Extreme Off-Roading
With deliveries of the spanking new Ford Bronco finally underway and rumors of a Bronco Raptor circulating the interwebs, Jeep is preparing some preemptive one-upmanship by launching the 2022 Wrangler with a new Xtreme Recon package and a 4.88:1 axle option. Jeep’s 80th-anniversary presents to the Wrangler Unlimited will officially debut at the 2021 Chicago Auto Show. See all 14 photos What’s Included in the Jeep Wrangler Xtreme Recon Package? Basically, this is the factory delivering a lot of the stuff that extreme off-roaders have, up until now, been paying the aftermarket for. Working from the ground up, there’s a set of 35-inch-diameter LT315/70R17C BF Goodrich KO2 All-Terrain tires mounted to 8.0 x 17-inch beadlock capable wheels (base Rubicon models run LT285/70R17 ...
Tyler, the Creator Apologizes to Selena Gomez for Past Tweets in New Song ‘Manifesto’
Tyler, the Creator released his new album Call Me If You Get Lost on Friday (June 25), and on one song, he calls himself out for his past behavior toward Selena Gomez. On the track “Manifesto,” featuring his old Odd Future member Domo Genesis, Tyler confesses that he apologized to the “Kill Em With Kindness” pop star after he wrote a number of inappropriate and sexually explicit tweets about her in 2010 and 2011, around the time she was just 18 years old and dating Justin Bieber, who was good friends with Tyler. “I was a teener, tweetin’ Selena crazy shit/ Didn’t wanna offend her, apologize when I seen her/ Back when I was tryna f— Bieber, Just-in,” he raps in the third verse. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are l...
Here Are the Pop Stars Who’ve Inspired the Most Popular Baby Names
Coming in at No. 2, the Jonas Brothers are credited as the inspiration for 14,000-plus babies being named “Jonas.” Another former Disney star, Miley Cyrus, takes the third spot with almost 12,000 babies sharing her stage name. Also from the Disney camp, Demi Lovato is ranked the seventh-most popular name, with nearly 7,000 babies called Demi. An eclectic group of rock stars — Prince, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger and Carlos Santana — make up five of the top 10 in the U.S., with the last names of the latter four serving as some of the most popular baby first names: Lennon, Hendrix, Jagger and Santana. Rihanna rounds out the tally at No. 10 with almost 6,000 babies sharing the singer’s stage name (s...
A Calendar of Tours & Festivals Returning in 2021 (Updating)
As the touring industry plots the return of concerts for 2021, Billboard has compiled a list of the major festivals and tours slated to take place later this year (organized by when they’re kicking off). JUNE Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam – June 4-6 in Panama City Beach, Fla. Essence Fest – June 25-27 and July 2-4 in New Orleans JULY Chris Stapleton, All-American Road Show (partially rescheduled) – Starts July 17 in Chicago Rolling Loud Miami – July 23-25 in Miami Dave Matthews Band, North American Summer Tour (rescheduled) – Starts July 23 in Raleigh, N.C. Green Day, Weezer & Fall Out Boy, The Hella Mega Tour (rescheduled) – Starts July 24 at Globe Life Field in Dallas James Taylor & Jackson Browne,...
Kelly Clarkson Wins Twice at 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards
Sheryl Underwood, co-host of CBS’ The Talk, hosted the Daytime Emmys for the fifth time. Red Table Talk won outstanding informative talk show, beating, among others, Red Table Talk: The Estefans. Jada Pinkett Smith co-hosts Red Table Talk with her daughter, “Whip My Hair” hitmaker Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris. Gloria Estefan co-hosts Red Table Talk: The Estefans with her daughters Emily and Lili Estefan. Both shows air on Facebook Watch. CBS Sunday Morning, which frequently runs profiles of top music artists, won outstanding morning show. The show’s host, Jane Pauley, formerly co-hosted NBC’s The Today Show, one of the other nominees in this category. The show included tributes to three TV legends who died in the past year — Regis Philbin, Alex Treb...
