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Burglars Tried To Break Into Sneaker Spot A Ma Manier In Atlanta, Officer Shot By Security Guard
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marilyn Nieves / Getty The sneaker game is getting out of control and we don’t just mean the difficulty of getting a pair of grails for retail, but we mean the “by any means necessary” lengths people will go to get their hands on highly coveted kicks. According to 11Alive, burglars attempted to break into high-end sneaker boutique, A Ma Manier in Atlanta during the wee hours of Thursday (May 5) which unfortunately led to a police officer being shot by the store’s security guard. The attempted robbery went down just before 6 a.m. when burglars attempted to break into the store by trying to knock down a cement wall to the store which prompted the alarm to be set off and alert authorities of the break-in. When an officer arrived on the scene to investigate t...
DaBaby Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Shooting Home Intruder
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SMG John Paul Jones Arena / SMG John Paul Jones Arena After 12 months of incidents and controversy DaBaby is finally getting some good news. He will not have to face charges for shooting an intruder at his home. As per Page Six the “Suge” rapper won’t be in hot water for using a firearm on an individual who unlawfully trespassed at his North Carolina estate. On Thursday, May 5 the Troutman Police Department released a statement confirming that the case is “complete and close”. “Investigators have consulted with the Iredell County District Attorney’s Office and there will be no criminal charges filed at this time,” the release reads. Related Stories Local authorities say “Officers arrived on scene where they found one subject suffering from a non-life thre...
No, Rihanna & A$AP Rocky Are Not Engaged As The Video To “D.M.B.” Might’ve Implied
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pierre Suu / Getty After weeks of rumors that A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were on the rocks due to A$AP’s “infidelity” to all of a sudden the two being engaged, we’re now getting word that the couple is still just that, a couple. Yesterday the internet was buzzing when A$AP Rocky dropped his new visuals for “D.M.B.” in which he was flooded with wedding imagery which included a scene in which Rocky rocks some golden grills emblazoned with the question, “Marry Me?” before immediately cutting to Rihanna cheesing ear-to-ear and showing off her own “I Do” grill piece on her fangs. Related Stories Naturally many assumed this was their own special way of letting fans know they were going to be walking down the aisle, but alas, it’s not that at all. Well, at least not...
Kim Kardashian Talks About How Kanye West Walked Out During Her ‘SNL’ Monolog On Latest Episode Of ‘The Kardashians’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Will / Getty Sometimes it seems like the entire post-breakup drama between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian was a long, elaborate trailer for Kim’s new reality TV Show The Kardashians. I mean, I’m not a faithful viewer of the shadow, so I can’t say for sure, but it seems like Ye’s name is always coming up, don’t it? Anyway, according to Variety, in the last episode, Kardashian talked about last year when she hosted Saturday Night Live and she revealed that Kanye Jesus walked out during her opening monologue because she had jokes regarding their divorce. From Variety: Related Stories Kim quipped at the time about West, “I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he’s the richest Black man in America,” she said onstage. “A talented, legit geniu...
Death Of Kevin Samuels Confirmed By Mother
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Screenshot / Instagram The news surrounding Kevin Samuels is still trending heavily on social media and now, a member of Samuels’ family has stepped forward to offer the most ringing confirmation yet. Beverly Samuels-Burch, the mother of the popular and controversial media figure, confirmed that her son has died. NBC News exclusively obtained confirmation and a statement from Samuels-Burch regarding the passing of her son, sharing that she learned of the news ahead of being notified by the authorities via social media. “That was a terrible thing for social media to put that out. I didn’t even know. I hadn’t even been notified,” Samuels-Burch said to the outlet during a phone call. “All I’m doing is requesting that people pray for us.” Samuels amassed a 1....
HHW Gaming: Method Man Flexes Lyrical Muscle On New ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Song “Come Get Some”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Method Man is lighting up television screens with Power Book II: Ghost performance, but he reminded us he still has bars and flexes his lyrical muscle on the new track for Evil Dead: The Game. Friday (May.6), Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games dropped the new Statik Selektah-produced track “Come Get Some” that features Method Man, his son PXWER and U-God’s son iNTeLL. A fan of the Sam Raimi Evil Dead films, Method Man easily glides over the song while dropping slick references to movies. “Come Get Some” features original voice samples from Bruce Campbell as the iconic Ash Williams and puts a Hip-Hop inspired spin on the film’s 1981 original soundtrack. [embedded content] The arrival of “Come Get Some” follows the release ...
A New Book Reveals How Dr. Dre’s Loose Lips Kept Him From Being “Hip-Hop’s First Billionaire”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez Dr. Dre let the excitement of the pending Beats Apple deal cost him some money a new book details. Tripp Mickle’s new book After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul shared an interesting nugget about the infamous Beats Apple deal and its announcement to the world. Per Mickle’s book, he writes that Tim Apple, oops, we mean Cook saw the deal as his easy way into the music streaming service. The book also reveals that Dr. Dre’s partner Jimmy Iovine had a feeling a leak could spoil the massive deal. Little did he know he would be right and that it would be his business partner doing the leaking. “At 2 am, Iovine got a call from Puff Daddy, who was screaming that Dre and Tyrese, a rapper, wer...
Judge Orders MSCHF To Halt Sales Of Tyga’s “Wavy Baby” Sneakers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shy McGrath / Getty After surprisingly riding high on the hog the past few years post-Kylie “Sugar Mama” Jenner (everyone thought he’d be irrelevant after she left him), Tyga was just handed a rare “L” by a judge who ruled that MSCHF had to stop selling their Tyga’s “Wavy Baby” sneakers as they resembled the OG Old Skool Vans silhouette way too much. According to HypeBeast, U.S. District Judge William F. Kuntz issued a temporary restraining order to MSCHF ordering them to stop selling and advertising the “Wavy Baby” kicks after Vans sued MSCHF over the sneakers claiming trademark infringement. After hearing both sides arguments, the judge sided with Vans in the matter and issued the order halting the sales of the “Wavy Baby” kicks. Related Stories A few m...
‘Wu-Tang Forever’ Turns 25, New Anniversary Edition On Deck
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: D.L. Chandler / Hip-Hop Wired The highly impactful double album from the Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever, turns 25 this summer and the iconic group is issuing a new edition of the album along with some other exclusives to celebrate. On Tuesday (May 4th), the group issued a press release announcing a 25th-anniversary edition release of the 1997 album. This was made possible thanks to a collaboration between the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, Legacy Recordings, and Get On Down. The Wu-Tang Forever Anniversary edition has a new lyric booklet along with a reissue of the double cassette in a special slipcase. The package also includes a 7-inch vinyl silver-colored single of “Triumph” with “Heaterz” featured on the b-side. The Clan has also made th...
Failed Dave Chappelle Attacker Previously Wrote Song About The Comedian
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supplied by WENN.com / WENN The story behind the recent attack on Dave Chappelle continues to get weirder. The culprit previously wrote a song about the comedian and the bars were mired in struggle. As per Raw Story the recent attempt to harm the comic is much more layered than anyone originally thought. On Wednesday, May 4 TMZ reported that Isaiah Lee had penned a song referencing Chappelle. As expected the track falls just as short as when he tried to rush the stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Titled “Dave Chappell”, yes you read that correctly, the 2020 song takes aim at the Half Baked star but the effort is largely underwhelming with lyrics like “laugh at you n***ers a joke” repeated over and over. Additionally, NONAME_TRAPPER (his stage name), s...
Ray J Claims Kim K Orchestrated Sex Tape Deal, Kris Calls Cap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Ray J is deciding to sound off about what really went down with the infamous sex tape with him and Kim Kardashian, claiming that he was part of a plan conceived in conjunction with Kris Jenner. According to reports, the entertainer and Love and Hip-Hop: Hollywood reality star alleges that he and Kardashian, along with her mother were in partnership to release the lurid tape in 2007. “I’ve never leaked anything. I have never leaked a sex tape in my life. It has never been a leak,” he said in an interview with the British tabloid Daily Mail. “It’s always been a deal and a partnership between Kris Jenner and Kim and me, and we’ve always been partners since the beginning of this thing.” Ray J continued to blast the reality show star a...
Breaking News: Twitter Streets Saying Kevin Samuels Allegedly Has Passed Away
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screencap / Instagram Reports are swirling on Twitter that controversial media figure and relationship guru Kevin Samuels has passed away. As it stands, this is largely speculative and most are scrambling for an official source. Samuels, 56, garnered massive fame due to his biting comments regarding how women should date, using terms that suggest these women shouldn’t aspire to dare outside their league. To be fair, Samuels shares similar critique and harsh barbs towards men but those moments haven’t gained the traction as the former. We’ve gathered reactions from Twitter and we’ll update this post when details emerge. — Photo: Instagram
