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Twitter Plans On Enforcing Merger After Elon Musk Threatened To Flake On The Acquisition
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Cardy / Getty Friday (May 13), Elon Musk threatened to back out of the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter “until CEO Parag Agrawal publicly proves that less than 5% of users are bots or spam accounts.” The social media platform and one Bloomberg financial opinion writer call C A P. Tuesday (May.17), Twitter’s board made it abundantly clear to Elon Musk that it intends to go through with the deal and plans to “close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement,” the New York Times reports. Related Stories “The board and Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share,” Twitter’s board expressed in a statement shared by The New York Times. “We believe this agreement is in the best interest of all shareholders. We intend to close the transactio...
“Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton Exhibit Coming To NYC On May 21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Louis Vuitton / Louis Vuitton If your money wasn’t long enough to secure a “Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton sneaker there is hope. The sneaker designed by Virgil Abloh will be up for grabs at an upcoming exhibit in New York City. As per Sneaker News the coveted shoe will be coming to the big apple this month. From May 21-31, 2022, the exhibition Louis Vuitton and Nike “Air Force 1” by Virgil Abloh will take place at the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in Brooklyn. Open to the public, the expansive showcase charts the creative dialogue between Nike and Louis Vuitton envisioned by the Maison’s Men’s Artistic Director Virgil Abloh for the Spring-Summer 2022 collection prior to his passing on November 28, 2021. Related Stories The 47 editions of the Nike Air...
Peep The Trailer To Hulu’s ‘Look At Me: XXXTENTACION’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: HBO / hulu It’s going on four years since up and coming rap star XXXTENTACION was murdered in his home state of Florida and though he’s been gone since 2018 he still holds a space near and dear to his fans hearts. Now Hulu will be delving into the life and times of the most streamed Soundcloud artist of all-time in the new film, Look At Me: XXXTENTACION, which hardcore XXXTENTACION fans will surely appreciate. Comprised of archive footage of X while he was experiencing his ascension in the rap game and commentary from close family, friends, and “romantic partners,” Look At Me is the film that XXXTENTACION fans have been waiting for since his untimely death. Related Stories “For someone struggling very openly, to put that on a stage and to offer it up for ...
Poor Elon Musk aka Phony Stark Looks To Drop Twitter Bid, Critics Call Cap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Elon Musk is apparently seeking to drop his highly publicized bid to take over Twitter, but critics are poking holes in his reasoning for doing so. According to reports, Musk has stated that he cannot move forward with his $44 billion offer to purchase the wildly influential social media platform Twitter “unless the social media giant can prove bots make up fewer than 5% of its users,” which he has claimed was one of the reasons he sought to purchase the platform in the first place. In a response to a filing from Twitter Inc. with the SEC that spambots represent less than 5% of Twitter users, Musk clarified his position on Twitter, writing: “My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accu...
Virginia Karen Komplains Critical Race Theory Has Her Biracial Son Refusing To Do Chores Because, Racism
HipHopWired Featured Video By all indications, there’s a white mother in Charlottesville, Virginia, who is using her biracial son’s newfound appreciation for his Blackness as an excuse to be racist AF and express her long-held belief that Black people invoke racism to evade accountability, not because we actually experience racism all the damn time. Or at least that’s my best guess for why she’s out here claiming her son is calling her racist because she makes him do chores. “We didn’t have issues before. He is in eighth grade,” Melissa Riley told Fox News. “He’s seeing himself just as a Black man. He’s seeing things that don’t go his way as racism. And he is finding safety in numbers now.” Riley is among other plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the Albemarle County School Board in Dec...
NYC Reaches “High-Risk” Level For COVID-19 As Cases Once Again Spike
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spencer Platt / Getty For the past few summers New Yorkers haven’t been able to enjoy the hot weather due to the pandemic continuously producing variants that caused cases to spike whenever it seemed like we had things under control. Athough we’re once again living life as if COVID was yesterday’s news, think again. Gothamist is reporting that on Tuesday (May 17) New York City’s risk level for COVID-19 was upgraded from medium to high as the rate for positive cases and COVID related hospitalizations have risen in recent weeks thanks to the Omicron variant. Though that doesn’t mean that New York will once again be going on lockdown or mandating vaccines or masks again, they are giving everyone a “strong recommendation” to wear masks whether indoor or ...
President Joe Biden On Buffalo Shooting: “White Supremacy Is A Poison”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty White supremacy became a trending term in the wake of the Buffalo shooting incident, and the incident still looms heavily across the nation. President Joe Biden addressed residents of the upstate New York city, and referred to white supremacy as a “poison.” “White Supremacy Is A Poison” President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden delivered remarks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo on Tuesday (May 17). During the speech, Biden referred to the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, while also condemning the white supremacist leanings among some American citizens. From the speech: Related Stories Look, we’ve seen the mass shootings in Charleston, South Carolina; El Paso, Texas; in Pittsburgh; last year in Atlanta; this ...
HHW Gaming: 3 New PS5 Console Covers Are Dropping In June
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation / PS5 Cover Plates Your boring white console is getting some more flavor with the addition of these new PS5 console covers. But it will cost you some coins. PlayStation has three new PS5 console covers — Starlight Blue, Galactic Purple, and Nova Pink — arriving June 17, announcing they are available for pre-order on PlayStation Direct. Related Stories The three new colors join the Cosmic Red and Midnight Black console covers previously released alongside the DualSense Controllers in the vibrant galaxy color options. Last year, PlayStation announced the color options but only released the Cosmic Red and Midnight Black plates. Source: Sony / PlayStation After the PS5 hit shelves, PlayStation obviously intended to allow users to change the ...
Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper “Wraith,” Ne-Yo “Don’t Love Me” & More | Daily Visuals 5.16.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, much less on the same track, but today the two Chicagoans reunite for the love of the game and of course the Windy City. In their visuals to “Wraith,” Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper kick it from the recording studio to an department store where they convince an employee to turn up with them while they record this video. Hopefully he didn’t get into trouble for participating in the visual. On the R&B side, Ne-Yo comes out of hibernation to drop some new baby makin’ music and in his black-and-white clip to “Don’t Love Me” shows that even relationships that look great on the surface also deal with some kind of struggle underneath it all. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some j...
$kinny, Swizz Beatz & French Montana “Salam,” Beanie Man “Blessings Pon Blessings” & More | Daily Visuals 5.17.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For a while now Swizz Beatz has been keeping himself busy setting up Verzuz battles for the culture (dropped the ball on that last one though), so if any artist is lucky enough to get some music from the Hip-Hop legend you know he gonna deliver. Blessing $kinny with some new work, Swizz Beatz and French Montana join the kid in the visuals to “Salam” where the three men turn up in the desert with some thick young women who look like they’re ready to make some wishes come true. From the middle east to Jamaica, Beanie Man gets back on his grizzly and in his latest clip to “Blessings Pon Blessings” enjoys the natural beauty of his home and makes viewers want to visit the island and blaze some ganja. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Fredo Bang, ...
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Spike Lee Drops Nike 50th Anniversary Short Film [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Nike has been changing the game and keeping us fresh for the past 50 years and to celebrate the half-century mark one of their day one’s, Spike Lee has directed a short film paying homage to the swoosh brand. Source: Nike / NIke Dubbed Seen It All, the Spike Lee joint features the legendary director reprise his Mars Blackmon persona while revisiting some classic Nike commercials and showcasing some of sports biggest superstars over the past few decades including Tiger Woods, Bo Jackson and of course, Michael Jordan. Sitting across up and coming star Indigo Hubbard-Salk, Spike (or Mars rather) talks about all the sports events and moments he’s witnessed over his lifetime while Indigo counters with talk of some of today’s up and coming sports le...
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Big Bronx Energy: Remy Ma Honored With Street In Her Name [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TV ONE / TV One One of New York City’s greatest talents has received a special distinction. Remy Ma has been honored with a street in her name. As per Vibe Magazine the “All The Way Up” rapper is now officially in the Big Apple history books. Earlier this week a ceremony was held to unveil the newest addition to the Bronx Walk Of Fame on Saturday, May 14. Hosted by Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and Deputy President Janet Peguero Remy was joined by her husband Papoose, longtime friend Fat Joe and some of her family. Related Stories She took to social media to share her appreciation. “Today I was given my own street sign in The Bronx!” Remy Ma wrote. “I’ve come so far from the girl that used to take the 6 train and ride the Bx22 bus. I’ve h...
