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Early Morning Rowhouse Fire Leave 13 Dead In Philadelphia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thomas Winz / Getty Hearts are heavy in the Fairmount neighborhood in Philadelphia after a Wednesday morning (Jan. 5) rowhouse blaze left over a dozen dead, including children. Details are scant at the moment but officials say that they’re working to discover how this fire occurred. A report from local ABC affiliate WPVI-TV goes into detail about the blaze which included information delivered to the outlet by officials from the Philadelphia Fire Department. As it stands, seven children were among the 13 people who perished in the fire, and PFD authorities believe the number of fatalities may change as the recovery moves ahead. According to reporters on the scene, it was learned that 18 people lived in a second-floor apartment of the three-story rowhouse, ...
Kim Kardashian Can Breathe A Sigh of Relief, Kanye West & Julia Fox Seem To Be Getting Very Serious
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gotham / Getty Things are picking up quickly between Kanye West and his alleged new girlfriend, Uncut Gems star Julia Fox. Kim Kardashian can possibly breathe a sigh of relief. It seems Julia Fox is currently keeping rain boots wearing Kanye West’s attention right now. Per TMZ, the rumored new couple were spotted together in NYC on Tuesday (Jan.4) following a weekend in Miami that saw them hanging out with N.O.R.E and his wife. On Tuesday, West and Fox hit the Omicron-filled streets to catch Slave Play, one of the few Broadway plays that did not shut down due to the highly contagious COVID-19 variant. The popular but very polarizing play is right up West’s ally because it tackles topics like sex, race, gender, traumatic experiences, and, of course, interr...
Casanova Calls On The “Higher Ups” To Look Into His Case, Maintains Innocence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SDNY / Department of Justice It’s already been a year since Casanova was locked up on a racketeering charge and though he’s maintained his innocence since getting arrested in December of 2020, he still sits in a prison cell awaiting his day in court. Naturally the system is designed to keep men like Casanova in prison as long as possible while letting Trumpian insurrectionists serve a few days in the bing before getting a slap on the wrist, but Cas has a message for anyone paying attention to his situation: Look! Taking to Instagram to get his case moving, Casanova wrote that “IF ONE OF THE HIGHER UPS REALLY MADE SOMEONE LOOK INTO MY CASE I WOULD BE HOME RIGHT NOW.” Related Stories In an effort to reach out to another person in power, Cas again took to hi...
HHW Gaming: Shaq Says He Got His Hands On 1,000 PS5 & Nintendo Switch Consoles, Gamers Ask How?
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Sullivan / Getty Does Shaq know the PS5 and Nintendo Switch plug, or is he the plug?That’s the million-dollar question gamers asked after the NBA Hall-of-Famer revealed something very interesting. In an episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience, the big fella revealed he put on his Santa hat and gifted 1,000 PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles to kids at an elementary school for the holidays. “I call, you know my, my friend from Nintendo Switch, got about 1,000 (Nintendo) Switches sitting there, got about 1,00 PS5s, I went to Walmart and got bikes. So, you know, yesterday at this little elementary school in McDonough, Georgia, kids were crying, kids were happy, and that’s what it’s all about.” While that is very dope for those little elementary scho...
End of An Era: Older Blackberry Phone Models Will Stop Working January 4
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Europa Press News / Getty After holding on for dear life, Blackberry has decided to pull the plug on its devices, well, the older models. Per Business Insider, those remaining few who couldn’t let go of the once-beloved smartphone, thanks in large part to its QWERTY keypad, email service, and Blackberry Messenger, will see their phone no longer works. The company announced that older Blackberry models running on the company’s operating system would no longer work starting Tuesday, January 4. “As of this date, devices running these legacy services and software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and 9-1-1 functionality,” the company announced in a statement. “We thank our many ...
Tristan Thompson Speaks On Son With Maralee Nichols, Apologizes To Khloé Kardashian
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Hollywood To You/Star Max / Getty Tristan Thompson is back in the spotlight once again for reasons that have nothing to do with his career as a professional basketball player. Thompson confirmed that he fathered a child with Maralee Nichols and apologized to Khloé Kardashian for his major gaffe. Via social media, Thompson, who plays for the Sacramento Kings currently, went on record to state that the son Nichols recently bore was indeed his child. Ahead of the confirmation, Nichols went public with details about Thompson and Kardashian’s relationship and accused the NBA center of putting down the mother of his second child. Thompson took full accountability in his statement, although some questioned its timing and honesty. From the Instagram Story p...
AT&T & Verizon Grounds 5G Expansion For Now Due To Possible Interference With Aircraft
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Sorry AT&T and Verizon customers, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer for faster 5G service. As spotted on Engadget, the two telecommunication companies decided to delay rolling out their C-band 5G service expansion on January 5. The decision comes after both AT&T and Verizon both pushed back on the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department’s request to delay the expansion out of fears it could interfere with aircraft. Related Stories Now, AT&T and Verizon have agreed to push back the rollout two weeks and further investigate the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department’s concerns regarding interference with aircraft electronics and systems. Using their newly purchased f...
Haiti’s Prime Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt on New Year’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE BAERISWYL / Getty The New Year started off in a dangerous way for Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who narrowly escaped an attempt on his life while in the northern part of the country. On Monday (January 3rd), Henry’s office relayed news of the incident to the press. Prime Minister Henry and other officials from the government were attending a New Year’s Mass that was held to commemorate the nation’s independence from France in 1804 at the Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in the northern city of Gonaïves. Describing the assailants as “bandits and terrorists”, the statement reported that they found that they had stationed soldiers at the walls of the church to attack them. A person who attended the mass reported to local newspaper that Henry’s...
Haiti’s Prime Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt on New Year’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE BAERISWYL / Getty The New Year started off in a dangerous way for Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who narrowly escaped an attempt on his life while in the northern part of the country. On Monday (January 3rd), Henry’s office relayed news of the incident to the press. Prime Minister Henry and other officials from the government were attending a New Year’s Mass that was held to commemorate the nation’s independence from France in 1804 at the Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in the northern city of Gonaïves. Describing the assailants as “bandits and terrorists”, the statement reported that they found that they had stationed soldiers at the walls of the church to attack them. A person who attended the mass reported to local newspaper that Henry’s...
HHW Gaming: Shaq Says He Got His Hands On A 1,000 PS5 & Nintendo Switch Consoles, Gamers Ask How?
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Sullivan / Getty Does Shaq know the PS5 and Nintendo Switch plug, or is he the plug?That’s the million-dollar question gamers asked after the NBA Hall-of-Famer revealed something very interesting. In an episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience, the big fella revealed he put on his Santa hat and gifted 1,000 PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles to kids at an elementary school for the holidays. “I call, you know my, my friend from Nintendo Switch, got about 1,000 (Nintendo) Switches sitting there, got about 1,00 PS5s, I went to Walmart and got bikes. So, you know, yesterday at this little elementary school in McDonough, Georgia, kids were crying, kids were happy, and that’s what it’s all about.” While that is very dope for those little elementary scho...
ABC & Tracee Ellis Ross Share Clips Of Michelle Obama On ‘Black-ish’ Season Premiere
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Cartwright / abc Back in October, it was announced that former First Lady Michelle Obama—one of the very few First Ladies the Negro delegation recognizes (hell, maybe the only one)—would be making a guest appearance on the eighth and final season of the hit series Black-ish. Well, on New Year’s day, ABC shared from its official Twitter account clips from the episode titled “That’s What Friends Are For” that features Obama appearing to be having dinner with the Johnsons, so if you’re a fan of the show and the Becoming author and you weren’t already jumping out of your boots with excitement, you should be now. Related Stories Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross also got in on the sneak peek action by posting an extended clip of the episode to her Insta...
‘Morbius’ Shelved By Sony Again Until Spring
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Sony Pictures / Sony Fans looking forward to the latest spin-off movie in the Spider-Man universe, Morbius featuring Jared Leto will have to wait a while longer, as it has been delayed once again. The announcement was made by Sony yesterday (January 3rd), citing the prevalence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that is surging across the United States and worldwide. Originally set to open on January 28th, the studio has now pushed its premiere to April 1st which makes it Sony’s flagship vehicle for the Easter portion of the theater release schedule. Morbius was first scheduled to make its debut for audiences in July 2020, but was caught up with other blockbuster films in having to change plans as movie theaters shuttered due to the onse...
