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LeBron James Makes History, Becomes 1st Player To Record 30K Points, 10K Rebounds and 9K Assists
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Katelyn Mulcahy / Getty LeBron James is at an age where most NBA stars are on the decline, but that isn’t the case for the pride of Akron, Ohio. This week, King James made history by becoming the first player to reach the milestones of 30,000 points scored, 10,000 rebounds hauled in, and 9,000 assists doled out. The NBA made mention of James hauling in rebound number 10,000, joining. his teammates Dwight Howard and Deandre Jordan as the two active players who grabbed that number of boards. From the NBA.com News Service: Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James recorded his 10,000th career rebound in Wednesday’s 111-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers, becoming the first player ever to reach 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 9,000 assists. He is just the ...
Brittany Renner Flames Fresh&Fit Podcast Hosts, Refers To Them As B.A.N.
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Brittany Renner endures a boatload of criticism seemingly for just existing, and many assume that her dating methods are predatory at best. However, for all of that chatter, Renner was recently seen holding her own during an appearance on a popular podcast that’s been in the news of late. The popular social media figure was a guest on the Fresh&Fit podcast and a clip that’s since gone viral shows Renner checking hosts Myron Gains and Walter Weekes after they tried dressing her down. In a teaser clip to the upcoming episode shared by DJ Akademiks, Renner is seen sitting across from the podcast hosts and challenging them on referring to as a woman who isn’t special, explicitly asking them what does putting down women do for...
Sad & Preventable: Czech Republic Folk Singer Dies After Intentionally Catching COVID
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty For some time now, anti-vaxxers have cited the least corroborated “science” in suggesting herd immunity and intentionally infecting oneself with COVID-19 as viable alternatives to getting the shot despite all the leading immunologists and health experts saying they aren’t. Unfortunately, denying science in the name of being anti-authoritarian isn’t just an American thing—it’s a global phenomenon. It’s even more unfortunate that the misguided efforts of the self-infected have cost a beloved folk singer in the Czech Republic her life. 57-year-old Hana Horka, who sings lead with her band Asonance, died Sunday after deliberately infecting herself with COVID, according to what her son, Jan Rek, told BBC News. Rek said his mother was infested d...
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Forthcoming Doc ‘We Need To Talk About Cosby’ Unpacks Bill Cosby’s Legacy [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: W.Wade/WENN / WENN Bill Cosby is a free man but not free from public scrutiny. A forthcoming documentary will examine how he went from American’s favorite television dad to disgraced comedian. As spotted on Variety the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native’s legacy will now be critically examined in a new movie project. Titled We Need To Talk About Cosby the four-part series will detail his life from his very formative stages as budding comedian to setting the standard for fatherhood in the 1980’s via his critically acclaimed The Cosby Show. Naturally the release will also put an added focus and lens on his alleged history of drugging women, sexual battery and being a famous creep. It is written and directed by W. Kamau Bell of United Shades of Amer...
‘Moon Knight’ Actor Gaspard Ulliel Killed In Tragic Skiing Accident
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FRANCOIS GUILLOT / Getty Moon Knight hasn’t even hit Disney+ yet and already one of the series actors has passed away in a tragic accident. According to the BBC, Gaspard Ulliel was killed on Tuesday (January 18) in a skiing accident in the Alps. Per the report, the 37-year-old actor was skiing in the Savoie region of the Alps when he collided with another person. The impact was so bad that Ulliel suffered severe brain trauma and was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble. Unfortunately, he passed away the next day. The other skier was hospitalized as well and authorities are investigating the matter as of now. The accident happened the day after the trailer to the highly anticipated Moon Knight premiered during Monday Night Football in which the French actor...
Straight Cap?: Pardison Fontaine Addresses Megan Thee Stallion Breakup & Domestic Violence Rumors
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty 2022 hasn’t been a great year when it comes to some of our favorite celebrity couples. Rumors have been swirling that Megan Thee Stallion kicked Pardison Fontaine to the curb. He’s finally responding to those claims. Fontaine and Thee Stallion set the internet on fire with their love for each other after publicly announcing in 2020 they were dealing with each other. Following Megan Thee Stallion taking a social media break at the end of the year after falling ill, causing her to cancel some performance dates, some of her followers noticed she removed (or archived) all the photos of Fontaine from her Instagram timeline. Related Stories For those who don’t know, that usually means a breakup has happened, but the rapper is calling cap...
Mr. Nice Watch: ‘TAGGED’ Video Series Examines JAY-Z’s History Of Amazing Timepieces
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty JAY-Z has worn a number of rare and unique watches throughout his illustrious career. TAGGED takes a look at some of the rapper’s most unique timepieces that make it into his pictures and videos. As spotted on Hype Beast the Rap legend’s wrist wear is the subject of the lifestyle site’s newest episode of TAGGED. Even though Hov has been rich before Rap and has a long history of flossing some exquisite timepieces, this video short poses the question is he the greatest watch collector of all time. While justifying his spot as the horology GOAT might be a lofty goal, there is no denying he has long been ahead of his Hip-Hop peers for decades. Look no further to the imagery of his 1996 debut classic Reasonable Doubt ...
Gunna Breaks Down For The Public What It Means To Be “Pushin’ P”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty You might have been wondering what all those blue “P”s are that have sprung up all over your timeline or feed on social media. Fresh off his album release, Gunna took some time out to elaborate on what it really means for those lost. The Atlanta rapper is enjoying the spotlight after the release of his new album DS4EVER, and the first single “Pushin’ P” featuring Young Thug has proven to be so popular as to spark a new social media trend with the blue “P” emoji as the focus. Seeing that catch on, Gunna teased the public with a tweet asking the question: “B4 I tell u….What u think Pushing 🅿️ mean ????” Related Stories The phrase “Pushin’ P” has its origins in southern states like Texas and Georgia, and also owes some ...
Lusia Harris, 1st Woman Drafted By NBA Team, Dies At 66
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ABC Photo Archives / Getty Lusia Harris made her mark in the history books by becoming the first and only woman officially drafted by an NBA team, along with other notable firsts. According to a new report, the standout basketball star has died. NBA.com published a report stating that Harris passed away this past Tuesday (Jan. 18) and shared the family’s statement in its post. From NBA.com: “We are deeply saddened to share the news that our angel, matriarch, sister, mother, grandmother, Olympic medalist, The Queen of Basketball, Lusia Harris has passed away unexpectedly today in Mississippi,” the family said in a statement. “The recent months brought Ms. Harris great joy, including the news of the upcoming wedding of her youngest son and the outpouring of...
Hip-Hop Icons Get Together For The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show In ‘The Call’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NFL / Pepsi/Roc Nation Feels like just yesterday the people in charge of putting together the Super Bowl Halftime Show couldn’t buy a Hip-Hop act as the culture was boycotting the annual entertainment segment of the big game due to the NFL league blackballing Colin Kaepernick. But times have changed and with Jay-Z having a say in things these days, the 2022 SB Half-Time Show won’t just be Hip-Hop based, but it’ll be boasting some of the most iconic names in the game as Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. To hype up this year’s Halftime Show, OG director F. Gary Gray put together a new cinematic commercial spot dubbed The Call featuring the aforementioned artists and best believe it got us older heads hype as hell. Starting off w...
Senate Republicans Block Voting Rights Legislation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael A. McCoy/CNP/startraksphoto.com / WENN The tenuous fight to pass voting rights legislation came to a crashing halt on Wednesday night (January 19th) as all of the Senate Republicans blocked two attempts to pass it, including a change to filibuster rules in which they were aided by two Democratic Senators. Hours after President Joe Biden held a White House press conference marking his first year in office, the Senate Democrats saw their efforts to get voting rights legislation thwarted. The legislation combined two bills, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act, which would set nationwide standards for voting access including automatic voter registration and making Election Day a national holiday in addition to rend...
Akon Sued For $4M By Ex Business Partner
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Instagram / Instagram If we’ve learned anything about the music game it’s that someone somewhere at some point is owed money and it’s usually in the millions. This time around it’s Akon’s former business partner who’s claiming that the “Locked Up” artist owes him a Galactus sized grip and he wants his money. According to Page Six, Devyne Stephens just hit the R&B singer with a lawsuit claiming that he’s owed close to $4 million dollars from a prior settlement agreement that Akon has still not paid. In the lawsuit filed in 2021, Stephen claims that aside from being owed $750,000 personally, he’s also owed $3 million in unpaid royalties. “Under the 2018 agreement, the “Smack That” singer agreed to pay Stephens $3.25 million over the course of four years...
