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Sneaker Recession?: StockX Lays Off 8% Of Its Workforce
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: StockX / StockX A few weeks after the Swoosh pulled StockX’s Fugazi card and accused them of selling them counterfeit Nikes and Jordans, StockX has announced that it laid off quite a few of its employees. According to NiceKicks, StockX had to give the pink slip to roughly 8% of their workforce citing the spiraling economy as the primary reasons for the layoffs, not because they’re the ones who authenticated the alleged bootleg Nike sneakers. Employees that were given their walking papers stemmed from various departments such as marketing, customer service, operations, engineering, and editorial. You’d think one “authenticator” would’ve gotten the boot in the process (namely whoever authenticated the kicks sold to Nike), but whatever. Related Stories While...
R . Kelly To Be Sentenced Today, Facing 25 Years
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is set to be sentenced today (June 29) after being convicted of all nine counts of sex trafficking—he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for years. The 55-year-old singer is facing 25 years in prison. Federal prosecutors are asking for a maximum sentence in order to “protect the public.” According to The Mirror UK, Kelly’s defense team is asking for a sentence of 10 years or less because he is “not currently a risk.” The federal government called 45 witnesses during the trial last fall. The witnesses recounted that Kelly and his entourage of managers, bodyguards and others subjected the victims to horrific sexual ab...
Doing Too Much: Machine Gun Kelly A Bloody Mess After Smashing Glass On His Face During Performance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gotham / Getty Bad Boy Records legend *insert sarcasm* Machine Gun Kelly is willing to risk bodily harm to himself to entertain his fans. Machine Gun Kelly Sheds Blood For Rock and Roll Former “rapper” turned Rock and Roll sensation, Machine Gun Kelly, was spotted at Catch in New York City late Tuesday (Jun.28), smashing a champagne glass across his face. As expected, his dumb decision led to him bleeding profusely from his head. Related Stories “I don’t give a f–k, bro. I don’t give a s–t,” Kelly screamed in the microphone before smashing the glass into his face causing shards to fly into the screaming crowd, Page Six reports. The 32-year-old rockstar shared a video of the moment via his Instagram Stories to let us know it really went down, writing in th...
John Krasinski Was Cast As SPOILER In ‘Doctor Strange’ Due To Popular Demand
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Kovac / Getty Much to the delight of millions of Marvel fans, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness finally gave fans what they’ve been dreaming about for these past few years. SPOILERS AHEAD… John Krasinski as Reed Richards a.k.a Mister Fantastic, and as it turns out it was due to the massive outpouring of support for The Office actor to take on the role. Related Stories Hypebeast is reporting that Marvel Studios President, Kevin Feige made the call to have “Jim Halpert” become “Mr. Fantastic” and it was basically a decision years in the making. During an audio commentary for the film, the director, Sam Raimi revealed that it was Kevin Feige’s call to have Krasinski take on the role of the classic superhero due to the fan support it ha...
‘GTA’ Vibes: SpotemGottem Put In Cuffs After Trying To Flee Police On A Jet Ski
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty SpotemGottem might have thought he was playing a real-life version of Grand Theft Auto during his latest incident with law enforcement. SpotemGottem Tried To Flee The Police On A Jet Ski Miami police arrested the “Beat Box” crafter over the weekend after he tried to flee from officers on a jet ski. NBC Miami reports the rapper was arrested and taken to Miami-Dade jail after police successfully caught up with him. Per NBC Miami: Miami Police arrested the 20-year-old Jacksonville native, whose real name is Nehemiah Harden, on charges that included reckless operation of a boat, fleeing police, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and aggravated assault. According to an arrest report, police patrolling the area near Mia...
French Montana “Rushmore Pack,” Jae Nom ft. Styles P & Jadakiss “Momma Always Told Me Remix” & More | Daily Visuals 6.28.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past few weeks French Montana’s been going hard dropping new visuals in support of his collaborative project with Harry Fraud, Montega and today he continues to push more work out for his repeat customers. Coming through with some new visuals to “Rushmore Pack,” French travels to different parts of New York City to post up and show he’s good wherever he goes whether it be the back streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn or dead in the middle of Times Square. Keeping the scene in New York, Jae Nom recruits some of the city’s favorite sons and in his clip to “Momma Always Told Me Remix,” Jae is joined by Jadakiss and Styles P as they hit the block and reminisce about lessons they learned growing up. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Don Q featur...
Here’s The Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Diamond Crown of Thorns
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @kendricklamar / pgLang Kendrick Lamar continue to push the culture forward in more ways than one. His new diamond crown is a customized piece exclusively made for the Compton MC. As per Hype Beast we are getting the story behind the “HUMBLE.” rapper’s newest addition to the jewelry collection. According to the press release Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free approached Tiffany & Co. with a specific creative vision for the crown and worked directly with the house’s designers and craftspeople to realize it. The design draws inspiration from Jean Schlumberger’s iconic Thorns brooch. The archival brooch—which features a 47-carat sapphire—is on display at the House’s “Vision & Virtuosity” exhibition in London this summer. Handcrafted by four artisans o...
Charlamagne Tha God & iHeartMedia Team For First Ever Black Effect Podcast Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Fancher / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God is out here making all the moves and his latest venture will be coming to Brooklyn, New York as he’s teaming with iHeartMedia to put together the first Black Effect Podcast Festival later this summer. Variety is reporting that Tha God will be joined by other well-known personalities from The Black Effect Podcast Network and will be taking their show to Brooklyn Mirage’s Avant Gardner venue in East Williamsburg where Lil Duval will be hosting the festivities along with Power 105.1 DJ and personality Nyla Symone. There attendees will be treated a day of live podcast recordings and discussions in order to further amplify the Black voices in the podcast game. Related Stories Popular shows like “The 8...
50 Migrants Found Dead In Semitrailer Outside of San Antonio
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Up to fifty migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer found in a remote area of the city of San Antonio, Texas on Monday night, in the latest tragedy befalling people trying to cross into the United States from Mexico. According to reports, a city employee in a building near the scene heard a cry for help around 6 P.M. Monday night (June 27th). They found the truck with the trailer doors partially opened and saw the bodies of the deceased inside, prompting them to call the police. According to authorities, forty-eight people died on the scene and two would pass away later after being taken to an area hospital. Sixteen other people – twelve adults and four children – were found alive and rushed to medical facilities. A federal la...
Price Is Right: Showtime And BET Studios To Develop Show About Fat Joe’s Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @fatjoe / Instagram It looks like the Hip-Hop world is one step closer knowing the real Fat Joe story. Showtime and BET Networks are set to develop a show about the Bronx MC. As per Deadline a pilot has been ordered based on the life of Fat Joe. According to the industry trade publication The Book of Jose will be “a rags-to-riches story following Fat Joe’s evolution from growing up in the drug and violence-scarred streets of the Bronx to becoming a Grammy-nominee, producer, and actor with a career spanning nearly three decades. The project will follow every phase of Joe’s life and the threats that have come in the form of rivals, addiction, incarceration, and death. All of which showed the artist that resilience and the love of his family are the onl...
Lizzo Makes Her Debut on ‘Carpool Karaoke’, Shouts Out Beyoncé
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty What could be more fun than Lizzo in a car with James Corden singing? Um… nothing, according to fans and critics how celebrated the return of the popular streaming show, Carpool Karaoke—that is now airing on Apple+ TV. Lizzo kicked off the segment with her own song singing, “Good As Hell,” remarking, “Wow, this is so cool,” she marveled. “People know my music well enough that I can, like, do this. It’s so cool.” The segment definitely only went up from there with Lizzo celebrating her authentic self and leaning in to fun songs even when host James Corden brought up her “strict” parents. “For the first 10 years of my life, when we lived in Detroit, I was in The Church of God in Christ. When you have that faith, it is str...
Fat Joe To Auction Off Louis Vuitton x Air Force 1’s For Charity
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Todd Williamson/NBC / Getty For a while now sneakerheads have been patiently waiting for those Louis Vuitton x Air Force 1’s that Virgil Abloh designed before his untimely passing (R.I.P.). Now we’re getting word that Fat Joe will be hosting a live charity auction for an Air Force 1 bundle and those LV exclusives will be a part of the collection. On Wednesday (June 29) Fat Joe a.k.a Joey Crack will be linking up with @_Mayor to not only auction off some exclusive kicks but also giveaway some goodies to heads tuning into the Mayor’s channel. Y’all know damn well if someone’s giving away sneakers we gonna be in the building, b. 10 MYSTERY BOXES – 5 GIVEAWAYS, 5 AUCTIONS. 9 PAIRS OF ME AND FAT JOES AF1S + ONE GOLDEN TICKET. As for the Fat Joe curated Ai...
