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Carhartt Reportedly Sticks To Company Vaccine Mandate, Horse Medicine Twitter Losing It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Carhartt, an American workwear apparel company known for its rugged style, reportedly issued a company-wide mandate that vaccinations against COVID-19 are needed to report to work. While many online praised the Michigan-based company for prioritizing worker health, the horse medicine crowd on Twitter had their little meltdown as well. Twitter user @babettalane shared a Carhartt office memo stating that all workers will need to be vaccinated, doing away with the Supreme Court ruling that bypassed President Joe Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate. Last week, the nation’s highest court blocked the Biden administration from pushing the OSHA mandate, which states that businesses with 100 or more workers must be vaccinated or submit a we...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard For $68.7 Billion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Microsoft / Xbox Microsoft just dropped a megaton bomb on the gaming industry with its latest acquisition. Tuesday (Jan.18), Microsoft officially announced via Xbox Wire it has acquired Activision Blizzard after reports surfaced that a deal was on the horizon. The deal is worth $68.7 billion. “Over many decades, the studios and teams that make up Activision Blizzard have earned vast wellsprings of joy and respect from billions of people all over the world,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in the statement. “We are incredibly excited to have the chance to work with the amazing, talented, dedicated people across Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical...
Jordan Brand’s Larry Miller Seeks Forgiveness For 1960s Murder He Committed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aurelien Meunier – PSG / Getty The memoir of senior Nike executive and former NBA team president Larry Miller has gained some notoriety upon its release, leading to his seeking forgiveness from the family of the person he murdered decades ago. In reporting from the New York Times, the book that Miller wrote with his daughter, titled Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom, was published on Tuesday (January 18). One key segment of the book discusses how Miller, as a 16-year old gang member in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Edward David White back in 1965. He wrote about that crime as well as other crimes he committed before rehabilitating his life and becoming the former president of the Portland Tra...
Lucky Me: JAY-Z Admits ‘In My Lifetime, Vol. 1’ Still Haunts Him In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Crabtree – PA Images / Getty While JAY-Z’s discography is literally the library of a legend it isn’t perfect. He recently revealed that In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 still haunts him to this day. As spotted on Hype Beast the Brooklyn, New York native made another rare appearance on social media to talk real Rap. Last week the conversation behind his second album became a hot topic for the Hip-Hop community. It started when one user tweeted a post regarding Hov’s most polarizing tracks. “Hot take: “Sunshine” by Jay-Z was fine and got an unnecessarily bad rap. Actually holds up better now than it did then”. Related Stories Somehow this landed on Questlove’s radar and his response upped the stakes. “Our main argument is his hate for Vol 1. He is embarr...
You Care: Hit-Boy & Kanye West Squash Beef With Lowkey Pete Davidson Diss Record “Eazy”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vivien Killilea / Getty Okay, everyone, we can stop panicking. Hit-Boy and Ye, aka Kanye West, are no longer “beefing” with each other. The two exceptional Hip-Hop producers are back on good terms coming together on the lowkey Pete Davidson diss track “Eazy” featuring chronic name-dropper The Game. Nas’ favorite producer confirmed he joined the Ye and his Red Wing boots in the studio via Instagram with the simple comment, “Me and ye back working.” Hit-Boy also shared images of both of them doing what they do best in the lab with a screenshot of a fan’s tweet stating, “if Ye & Hit-Boy moving like it’s 2012, we definitely in for some HEAT.” Now, as to why Hit-Boy and Ye were beefing? He revealed West was not happy about him collaborating with Beyoncé. “...
Houston Rapper Sad Frosty Dead At 24
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screencap / Instagram Sad Frosty, a rapper who amassed a strong online following, has reportedly died. The cause of death remains unknown, and many of Sad Frosty’s peers took to Twitter to mourn him. There isn’t much online regarding Sad Frosty’s personal life, but what we have learned is that he was born on March 4, 1997, and was raised in the Houston, Texas area. The U.S. Sun reports that Frosty broke wide with 2018’s “ADHD Freestyle.” Frosty released two full-length projects, A Playlist, and Playground, in 2018 and 2019 respectively. His last two songs, “Beavis & Butt-head” with DC The Don and “Dopamine Freestyle,” were released in 2021. Sad Frosty was 24. — Photo: Instagram
Amber Rose Apologizes To The Kardashians For Old Kanye Tweet After Twitter Hails Her As A Prophet
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PA Images / Getty On February 20, 2015, model and TV personality, Amber Rose tweeted to her estranged ex, Kanye West, “I’ll leave that up to the Kartrashians to humiliate u when they’re done with u.” Recently, Rose’s tweet resurfaced and many on Twitter hailed her as a prophet as Kim and Kanye’s marriage has long circled the drain and they’ve both moved on to new relationships. (I mean, Ye still appears to be chasing after his ex who he bought a house right across the street from and he also begged her to run back to him from the stage, but if you ignore all of that—sure, he’s moved on.) Related Stories But Amber—who has called Kanye a “narcissist” and “bully“—ain’t out here trying to be Rose-trdamus, she isn’t proud of her old tweet and she doesn’t want ...
HHW Gaming: Gamers React To Microsoft’s Purchase of Activision Blizzard, Wonder if ‘COD’s Time On PlayStation Is Done
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NurPhoto / Getty If you haven’t heard, Microsoft has purchased Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, setting off a megaton bomb in the video game world. The reactions and hot takes are pouring in after Xbox CEO Phil Spencer announced that the company acquired Activision Blizzard at the top of the morning. With the deal now agreed to, that means Microsoft now owns Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Treyarch, and every team across Activision Blizzard. The big question is whether Activision games like Call of Duty, which PlayStation owners have enjoyed for years, will become an Xbox exclusive? PlayStation owners can br...
Peep The Official Trailer For Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ Disney+’s MCU spinoff series are a perfect 5 for 5 as shows from WandaVision to Hawkeye have exceeded expectations and left fans wanting more Marvel related content. Well, get ready cause y’all about to get some more come March. Last night (Jan. 18), Marvel Studios debuted the first official trailer to their new superhero series Moon Knight and fans aren’t just happy with how the series is looking, but they’re already calling for the MCU to create the Midnight Sons team which consists of Moon Knight, Blade, Punisher and Ghost Rider amongst other supernatural heroes. Related Stories Starring Oscar Issac as Stephen Grant, the Moon Knight trailer showcases the gift-shop employee who suffers from a sleeping disorder that has him questioning h...
What The Fuss: Stevie Wonder Slams Senators Hesitant On Voting Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Beloved musical icon Stevie Wonder had some choice words for those in the Senate who are still unmoved about securing voting rights for all on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and shared them in a striking video message. As many – including lawmakers- took to social media to share their thoughts of inspiration and hope on the holiday celebrating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday (January 17th), others including the King family were out protesting and calling on some of those same lawmakers in the federal government to secure voting rights on a national level. Stevie Wonder added his highly significant voice to theirs with a special message that was delivered via YouTube in the later hours of the day. Seated at his piano with his e...
Vic Mensa Arrested For Felony Drug Possession At Dulles Airport
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Daniel Boczarski / Getty Looks like Vic Mensa has once again run afoul of the law and just gotten himself into a heap of trouble. The Chicago rapper was arrested and hit with felony drug possession out in Virginia. According to COS, the “Down On My Luck” rapper was taken into custody at the Dulles International Airport in Fairfax, VA this past Saturday night (January 15) after allegedly being found in possession of mushrooms, LSD, and other psychedelic drugs. The report states that “The Chicago rapper had just returned from a trip to Ghana when he was pulled aside by U.S. Customs Agents for a secondary search. They discovered 41 grams of LSD, 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of psilocybin gummies, and six grams of psilocybin mushrooms conc...
Miami Rapper Wavy Navy Pooh Gunned Down In Front Of Family
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Wavy Navy Pooh, a Miami rapper signed with the Quality Control Music imprint, was gunned down this past weekend while presumably driving with his family. The other occupants of the vehicle, including a toddler and an older boy, were unharmed according to police. The Miami Herald reports that Wavy Navy Pooh, real name Shandler Beaubien, was driving in the neighborhood of West Kendall this past Friday (Jan. 14) when a four-door Lexus pulled up beside his Toyota Camry and opened fire. Miami-Dade police say that the ambush took place at the intersection of Southwest 152nd Street and 127th Avenue, not far from Zoo Miami. COVID-19 testing was occurring at Zoo Miami but was postponed as police investigated the scene of the shooting....
