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Rapper Leikeli47 Photographed By Hedi Slimane For Celine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Kovac / Getty Hedi Slimane must be a Hip-Hop head, with good taste. The renowned fashion designer has photographed Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 for a series of portraits for Celine. If you’re unfamiliar, Leikeli47, born Hasben Jones, is known for covering her face up with a mask when she performs, but moreso for the sharp bars. She recently dropped a new single called “Chitty Bang,” which was featured on EA Sports’ Madden 22 and an Apple iPhone commercial while her last proper album was 2018’s Acrylic. So props to Hedi Slimane aka the Creative Director of luxury fashion brand Celine, for featuring Leikeli in his latest set of portraits, outfitted in some mean Celine fits, too. Leikeli is seen rocking a Celine bandana scarf, naturally, as well as a tr...
Brawl Erupts At Golden Corral Over Sold-Out Steak, Understandable Or Nah?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Greim / Getty The old notion of “Never get in-between a man and his food” was taken to a whole other level on Friday (January 28) when a brawl broke out at a Golden Corral in Bensalem, PA. According to CBS Philly, things got wild after a customer learned that the restaurant had run out of steak and though no one knows exactly why so many people ended up in the brouhaha, they did and not only were punches thrown, but chairs were flung like party favors and customers mad a run for cover. Bensalem police confirmed the brawl and say more than 40 people were involved in the melee that could’ve started after someone cut the line to get their grub on. Maybe he got the last piece of steak? Regardless, it was quite the scene. “I’ve never seen nothing like tha...
Jay Electronica Salutes The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan With Face Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Jay Electronica emerged from the primordial ooze in 2020 and delivered the long-awaited A Written Testimony, and he went on an electrifying feature spree in 2021. The New Orleans wordsmith has displayed great regard for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan across previous verses but a new face tattoo saluting the Nation of Islam leader upped the ante. The first image most saw of the tattoo, which spells out Farrakhan, was seen on Electronica’s Instagram page with the image squarely focused on the artwork. Electronica attached Westside Gunn’s “Free Kutter” track which he also featured on. A larger image of the tattoo was shared by TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson via his Instagram page, which also showed Electronica with a mouthful of gold tee...
Proud Prolific Papa Nick Cannon Officially Confirms 8th Child, Expecting A Boy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Nick Cannon and his loins found themselves in the news recently after a weekend baby shower pointed to the fact that he’s adding to his already massive brood. Cannon confirmed the impending birth of his eighth child after celebrating with model Bre Tiesi via his daytime talk show. Cannon shared the big news during an episode of his eponymously-named talk series, making sure to note that he loves all his children dearly and equally. “As everyone knows I have a lot of children and I love them all dearly, sincerely,” Cannon said. “Every single one of my children are just as special as the other.” Cannon received criticism after the news went wide by way of a TMZ report, and he addressed the critics by saying that their words do h...
Twitter Reacts To Brandy Honoring Whitney Houston At NFC Championship Game, Performed National Anthem
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Christian Petersen / Getty The late, great Whitney Houston delivered one of the most moving renditions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” which catapulted the already popular songstress to superstardom. Brandy honored her idol with her own thrilling take on the American national anthem, prompting Twitter to react as positively. Brandy’s performance ahead of the NFC championship contest at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The visiting San Francisco 49ers and the home team Los Angeles Rams locked horns for an intense showdown that went down to the wire and a chance to play in the big game in just a couple of weeks. As most know, the Rams edged the 49ers at a clip of 20-17, leading the way to a Super Bowl matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals. Similar to Hou...
Nick Cannon Set To Welcome 8th Child, Twitter Has Questions
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Nick Cannon has made it clear that he’s going to continue to add to his growing brood after a baby shower and gender reveal party over the weekend was held. On Sunday (Jan. 30), the prolific papa was smiling ear to ear at the party and appears to be having a baby boy. TMZ reports that Cannon, 41, and Johnny Manziel’s ex-wife Bre Tiesi, 30, were in Malibu yesterday with family and friends for the baby shower. Decked out in an all-white dress, Tiesi was glowing and Cannon proudly stood next to her while also cradling her baby bump. TMZ has more: It seems pretty obvious Nick and Bre are together. He’s cradling her baby bump, they’re hugging, holding hands … clearly the center of attention. As for the reveal … guests unloade...
HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Has Arrived, Gamers React To Cortana Not Being Blue
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paramount / Halo Master Chief is making the leap from your Xbox Series X console to the small screen in a new Halo TV series, and it looks damn good, except for this one particular item. It only took multiple attempts and an abandoned movie plan, but Halo has finally gotten the Hollywood treatment in the form of a television series. The first trailer for the highly anticipated show arrived during the NFL’s AFC Championship game, giving us our first best look at the legendary Spartan soldier John-117 aka Master Chief, and his fellow Spartans in live-action. The show will go back in time in the Halo mythos focusing on Master Chief’s (Pablo Schreiber) life and the Human/Covenant conflict. Fans of the video game franchise will also see a tweaked t...
Rick Ross ft. Willie Falcon & The Dream “Little Havana,” Ella Mai “DEMU” & More | Daily Visuals 1.31.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Last December Rick Ross dropped his 11th studio LP in Richer Than I Ever Been and though it hasn’t generated as much buzz as his previous 10 albums, it’s still got some heat and Rozay is out to let everyone know. Dropping a new visual for the Willie Falcon and The Dream assisted “Little Havana,” The Bawse enjoys a night out in the town with the aforementioned artists and turn up at the Ball & Chain restaurant much to the delight of the women in attendance. Related Stories On the softer side, Ella Mai returns from a long haitus with a new clip for “DEMU” in which she spends time with her boo and sings sweet nothings into his ear before things go south. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from ...
Petition Calling For Travis Scott To Be Reinstated As Coachella Headliner Removed For “Fraudulent Activity”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty Nice try, but this petition calling for Travis Scott to be allowed to touch the Coachella stage this year turned out to be a pure jig. Per Buzzfeed News, a fan-made Change.org petition was removed by the website after learning that 60,000 of the signatures it acquired were fugazi. On January 26, multiple outlets reported on the petition garnering attention before the website took action after noticing the number of signatures declined overnight from over 70,000 to barely reaching 5,000 on January 27. Related Stories Scott’s fans, the “ragers,” also noticed the drop, one of them pondered in the comment section under the petition, “Why the signs keep going down wtf going on here @change.org.” The website didn’t respond to the fan but respo...
HHW Gaming: Sony Is Buying ‘Destiny’ Developer & Original ‘Halo’ Creator Bungie, The Gaming World Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bungie / Destiny 2 Another day, another massive acquisition in the world of video games. Following Take-Two Interactive’s purchase of mobile gaming giant Zynga and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony said it too could acquire a popular game studio. Monday (Jan.31), Destiny developer and original Halo creator Bungie announced that Sony is purchasing it for $3.6 billion. In a blog post, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons quickly answered the burning question stating that it will “continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games.” “In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative inde...
Joe Rogan Comments On Artists Ditching Spotify, Apologizes To DSP
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LIONEL BONAVENTURE / Getty Joe Rogan attracts plenty of attention not only due to the massive popularity of his podcast but also his assumed stances against the handling of COVID-19 in the mainstream. However, his presence or Spotify has been somewhat disruptive to the business and Rogan took time to apologize to the DSP as a result. Rogan, who hosts the popular The Joe Rogan Experience, entered into an exclusive $100 million deal with the audio streaming service as part of its slate of original podcast programming. Rogan built an audience based on candid conversations and the occasional controversial guests, and part of that is why singer Neil Young opted to remove his entire catalog from Spotify. Related Stories Young says his decision to take his music...
Rihanna Is Pregnant With A$AP Rocky’s Baby
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robert Kamau / Getty Rihanna is pregnant. Unless you haven’t been paying attention, the baby daddy to be is Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky. As People reports, Rihanna had a clear baby bump on display while the couple was out and about this weekend in New York City. The clearly strategic outing went down in Harlem, with Rih Rih rocking a pink jacket that was unbuttoned to reveal the bump. Okay, mission accomplished, it was cold out there (the pics look like they were taken by 125th Street near the Hudson River/Riverside Drive. Related Stories The couple has been an item for well over a year now. Back in May 2021, Rocky, born Rakim Myers, risked it all when he told GQ she was the “love of his life.” Well played, sir. The romantic duo have been red carpet mainstay...
