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Hulu Drops Los Angeles Lakers Documentary Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: G Fiume / Getty The Los Angeles Lakers and their legacy are the focus of a new documentary series to be released on Hulu, highlighted by a new trailer. The streaming platform released the first trailer for Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers, a new documentary series that captures the story of the illustrious NBA franchise. Antoine Fuqua directs the series. The trailer features enlightening interviews about the team’s rise, with Marvin “Magic” Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Pat Riley, Rob Lowe, and other notable figures. The series is executive produced by Jeannie Buss, the controlling owner, and CEO of the Lakers. It consists of ten episodes. The official synopsis of the documentary series reads: “‘Legacy: The True Story of the LA La...
Hulu Drops Los Angeles Lakers Documentary Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: G Fiume / Getty The Los Angeles Lakers and their legacy are the focus of a new documentary series to be released on Hulu, highlighted by a new trailer. The streaming platform released the first trailer for Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers, a new documentary series that captures the story of the illustrious NBA franchise. Antoine Fuqua directs the series. The trailer features enlightening interviews about the team’s rise, with Marvin “Magic” Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Pat Riley, Rob Lowe, and other notable figures. The series is executive produced by Jeannie Buss, the controlling owner, and CEO of the Lakers. It consists of ten episodes. The official synopsis of the documentary series reads: “‘Legacy: The True Story of the LA La...
SNIPES Kicks Off New ‘Crack The Code’ Initiative To Promote Digital Equity
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Snipes / Snipes Foot Locker might have the game on smash, but SNIPES is out here making their own moves to help the community as much as they can, and for that we thank them. On Wednesday, June 22, SNIPES announced their brand new initiative, Crack The Code, which is aiming to close the learning gap by promoting digital equity, in an effort to build the next generation of STEM leaders. How will they do this exactly? Well, the goal for SNIPES is to get out there and build state-of-the-art computer labs in key retail markets throughout the United States with the first one already up and running at Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Gardens Housing. Related Stories Consisting of desktops, laptops, iPads, printers and smartboards, the first computer lab is the blueprint...
SNIPES Kicks Off New ‘Crack The Code’ Initiative To Promote Digital Equity
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Snipes / Snipes Foot Locker might have the game on smash, but SNIPES is out here making their own moves to help the community as much as they can, and for that we thank them. On Wednesday, June 22, SNIPES announced their brand new initiative, Crack The Code, which is aiming to close the learning gap by promoting digital equity, in an effort to build the next generation of STEM leaders. How will they do this exactly? Well, the goal for SNIPES is to get out there and build state-of-the-art computer labs in key retail markets throughout the United States with the first one already up and running at Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Gardens Housing. Related Stories Consisting of desktops, laptops, iPads, printers and smartboards, the first computer lab is the blueprint...
Rapper Lil Tjay Shot In New Jersey, Undergoing Emergency Surgery: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Lil Tjay has reportedly been shot. The shooting occurred early Wednesday (June 22) morning in New Jersey, and the Bronx rapper is undergoing emergency surgery due to his wounds. TMZ reports that Tjay was shot shortly after midnight in Edgewater, NJ, a town that’s just across the Hudson River from New York City. Although the rapper was in surgery at the time the news broke, there aren’t any specific details about his injuries or his condition, for now. Although the details are sketchy, the incident reportedly went down at a couple of scenes; a Chipotle and an Exxon gas station. It seems that Tjay was one of two people who were each shot at one of the aforementioned locations. At the very tail end of 2020, Tjay ran afoul of the la...
Shaquille O’Neal Donating All Proceeds From Upcoming Buffalo DJ Gig To Shooting Victims’ Families
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gerardo Mora / Getty Shaquille O’Neal definitely has a big heart. The retired Hall-of-Famer turned analyst and now successful DJ is coming through in a BIG way for the families of 10 victims who died in the Buffalo mss shooting. Shaquille O’Neal Is Turning Up For Buffalo Shooting Victims’ Families O’Neal, aka DJ Diesel, announced to SiriusXM’s Swaggy Sie he would be donating all proceeds from his upcoming gig at his Bass All-Stars concert in Buffalo on Friday (Jun.24). Related Stories “My next show is in Buffalo,” O’Neal said. “I’m going to donate my proceeds to some of the family members that had a tragic loss.” Back in May, an alleged gunman went on a racist shooting rampage at the Tops Friendly Supermarket located in a predominantly Black section in Bu...
Kanye West’s Former Publicist Trevian Kutti Called To Testify Georgia Election Meddling Probe
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Daniel Zuchnik / Getty Trevian Kutti, a former publicist for Kanye West and R. Kelly, now finds herself in the middle of an explosive matter unfolding in Georgia. Kutti has been called to testify in an election meddling probe in the state after the publicist threatened a worker to admit falsely that voting results were tampered with in support of Donald Trump. CNN reported on Georgia investigators calling on Kutti to testify in the probe on June 14, but the matter resurfaced on Twitter after Joy Reid mentioned the matter on The Reid Out show. Ruby Freeman was cornered by Kutti, who referred to the election worker as a “loose end for a party that needs to tidy up” and that she would face legal ramifications if she didn’t say that the voting process i...
HHW Gaming: Sony Is Reportedly Working On A PS5 Pro Controller
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: T3 Magazine / Getty We know many of you still don’t have a PlayStation 5, so this news isn’t for you. But for those who have been fortunate to find one in the wild, the report of a PS5 Pro Controller might interest you. Finally, A PS5 Pro Controller Tom Henderson, who has a knack for dropping some juicy gaming news, reports that Sony is working on a PS5 Pro Controller. The rumored peripheral codenamed “Hunt” will keep the classic DualSense esthetic but sports some significant upgrades. According to the report, the PS5 Pro Controller will have removable analog sticks, allowing players to swap them out if that annoying drift problem happens or if Hot Cheetos residue makes them stick. That’s a massive relief because DualSense controllers are not cheap. Anoth...
Kaytranada Trends After Beyoncé’s “BREAK MY SOUL” Leaks, House Music Twitter Has Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Kaytranada might not have an extensive solo album discography, but he is rightly seen as a young leader in the world of Dance and Electronic music. Shortly after Beyoncé‘s new House-tinged track “BREAK MY SOUL” was leaked and later released, the Canadian producer’s name has been trending on Twitter. Fans of House and Dance music had plenty of opinions on Drake’s latest album, Honestly, Nevermind, which took the Canadian rapper and crooner into a decidedly uptempo direction with very little rapping across the project. Drizzy, who has a number of critics, has fans split over his newest release after some felt it was a poor representation of House music although Drake never explicitly framed the album as such. Enter Beyoncé. After t...
Lucas Throws Hands, Eleven Is Back & More In ‘Stranger Things 4’ Volume 2 Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Part two of the fourth season of Stranger Things kicks off on Netflix on July 1. Until then, we got hit with a trailer and it looks like it’s only upping the ante on the action as the characters we’ve come to love face peril. Source: Netflix / Netflix Lucas blessing the local Hawkins douchebag and nerd-hater with the fade immediately has us sold—not that it would take much. SPOILERS AHEAD. If you caught the first part of the penultimate season of the Stanger Things saga, you know Eleven is getting her powers back while Vecna, the demon witch wreaking havoc from the Upside Down turned out to be Papa’s first subject. While the crew is scattered about the nation, and Hopper is in Russia, their paths should surely lead to some sort of reunio...
DC Rapper No Savage Wanted In Connection To Tysons Corner Shooting
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @nosavagegg / Instagram No Savage, a rising rapper out of Washington, D.C., is wanted in connection to a weekend shooting at a popular shopping mall in the region. Savage allegedly brandished and fired a handgun inside Tysons Corner shopping mall before escaping in a vehicle. Search On For No Savage By Fairfax County Police Local outlet WJLA reports that Savage, real name Noah Settles, was inside Tysons Corner Center this past Saturday (June 18) when he apparently got into an argument with another group of men. Smartphone footage of the argument made its way to social media and it appears that Savage was being taunted which prompted him to go for his firearm. Several shots were fired, causing panic inside the mall but no injuries were reported. Acco...
Secret Wars?: Marvel’s Kevin Feige Hints At New Crossover Saga In MCU
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ With the release of the certified classic Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios really set the bar incredibly and probably impossibly high as far as superhero crossover films go. And now we may have an idea on how the house that Stan Lee built plans on topping it in the upcoming Phase 5 of the MCU films. In an interview with Total Film, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is finally hinting at the next big saga that the MCU is setting up and according to him, it’s been apparent for quite some time to anyone who’s been paying attention to recent Marvel films. Related Stories “I think there have been many clues already, that are at least apparent to me, of where this whole saga is going. But we’ll be a little more direct about that in the comi...
