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BAPE x Reebok Tease Spring Summer 2022 Collaboration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: REEBOK / Reebok 2022 is already showing promise for streetwear culture. BAPE and Reebok are teasing a Spring Summer 2022 collaboration. Today (Monday, January 5) BAPE and Reebok have announced they will partner once again on a collection. While the pieces to be included in the forthcoming drop have yet to be revealed, Reebok said in a statement that the capsule is slated to drop later this month and will be unveiled officially by the brands on January 10. This is not the first time the two brands have come together. Back in December 2020 they jointly co-designed Club C, marking the first time the two brands have worked together on Reebok’s iconic model, first launched in 1985. The BAPE x Reebok Club C was a fusion of Reebok’s minimalist silhouette and sig...
Artist Formerly Know As Kanye West Working On ‘DONDA 2’, Twitter Does What It Does
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West aka Ye spent a gang of money to promote his last album, DONDA, with a numerous album listening events, pushed back release dates and a feature-heavy guestlist. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that he is working on its sequel, DONDA 2. Complex first reported that music exec Steven Victor revealed that the artist formerly known as Yeezy was working on the project. “Ye has started working on his new masterpiece DONDA 2,” Steven Victor told Complex. But worth noting, many people have already pointed out that Ye has a suspect track record when it comes to proper sequels (remember Cruel Winter, the sequel to Cruel Summer?—never happened). Will it drop? Will it make the original’s recording budget look like a pittance? Will he ...
Kanye West Seen On A Date With Actress Julia Fox, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Victor Boyko / Getty As Kim Kardashian publicly moves on with new beau, Pete Davidson, Kanye West continues to try out new girlfriends, allegedly. Over the weekend, buzz grew that he and actress Julia Fox were giving it a go when the two were spotted getting familiar at a restaurant in Miami. According to TMZ, Yeezy and Fox were spotted at the Carbone restaurant in Miami this past Saturday night and though social media wasn’t impressed with Ye’s latest female associate, it seems like things aren’t as serious as many believed they might be. PageSix is now reporting that Julia Fox has doubts that she and Ye will be linking up a second time as she told a paparazzo “I don’t know” when asked if she and Kanye would be going on another date together. Given Kanye...
Twitter Gives Permanent Boot to Grimy GOPer Marjorie Taylor Greene
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Twitter kicked off the New Year by clearing out the rubbish, as it permanently suspended the account of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). According to reports, Twitter confirmed that they made the move to ban the volatile congresswoman on Sunday (January 2nd) due to her repeatedly spreading misinformation with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy,” a spokesperson for the social media platform said when contacted by the press. They would not disclose what was the tweet that earned Greene that permanent suspension. Related Stories The representative from Georgia had her account prev...
Nigerian Social Media Star Shola Stirs Up Controversy Across Naija Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Education Images / Getty The term “Alpha Male” came into vogue on the heels of Kevin Samuels and his unflinching and controversial commentary on men, women, and relationships. Nigerian social media star Shola brought the term back to its buzzing ways by way of hosting a Twitter Space focused on the Alpha Male concept. Babatunde Olushola, who goes by the name of Shola online has amassed quite the following on social media and ruffled feathers via a tweet that took off and sparked a flurry of reactions across Nigerian users of Twitter. “So y’all getting Alpha male degrees now?” read a tweet caption via Shola’s @jayythedope Twitter account on Sunday (Jan. 2). The image featured a master’s degree diploma for “Alpha Male Studies.” This was coupled with a...
Jig Alert: King James “Best Signature Shoe, The Nike LeBron 9 ‘Watch The Throne’ Reportedly Dropping This Week
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Nike LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” One of Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar LeBron James‘ most sought-after kicks will finally be available to the public. Per Highsnobiety, the Nike LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” retro will be available to the general public for the first time ever on January 6. If you’re eager to get your hands on the sneakers right now, you can enter a draw via END before embarking on a mission to secure a pair via select retailers like AFEW, BSTN. There is no word if the kicks will land on SNKRS, but we won’t be surprised if Nike hits us with a shock drop. Regarded as one of LeBron’s most popular kicks, the LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” retro takes its cues from the 2011 classic JAY-Z and Kanye West album of the same name. The kicks f...
‘The Mack’ Actor Max Julien Dies At 88
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Max Julien, an actor who made a star turn as Goldie in the Blaxploitation classic The Mack, has died. Beyond acting, Julien was also a designer and sculptor among many other creative pursuits. The news was broken by comic book writer, illustrator, and journalist David F. Walker via his Instagram account. Walker shared that he first met Julien back in 1996 and forged a strong friendship as a result. From Walker’s Instagram post: Jan. 1, 1945 – Jan. 1, 2022 I met Max back in 1996. He was a great human being, and we had so many amazing conversations. He was brilliant and hilarious and charismatic… R.I.P}} Julien was born Maxwell Banks in 1933 and was raised in Washington, D.C. His acting career began in New York City via Off-Bro...
Uncle Murda Drops “Rap Up 2021” Song, Features Disgusting Lil Nas X Jab
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Uncle Murda is known for his unflinching tales of street violence and for annually airing out the culture via his “Rap Up” series. In the “Rap Up 2021” drop, the Brooklyn veteran takes an ugly swipe at Lil Nas X, stating that the rapper would catch AIDS and die. For 14 minutes, the artist born Leonard Grant tackles all the happenings in Hip-Hop culture over the past year in his typical brash fashion. While he’s delivered shocking lyrics over the years, the bars directed at Lil Nas X were especially harsh. “Lil Nas X gon’ catch AIDS and die like Eazy-E/Hope the LGBTQ don’t cancel me,” Murda raps. Suffice it to say, several other artists took shots but the fact Murda opened up the track with those bars was absolutely shocking. If ...
Betty White Dead At 99, Twitter Reacts #BettyWhite
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Betty White, one of the most beloved figures of all time in entertainment, has enjoyed support from a fanbase that spans decades. On New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31), the veteran actress passed away at the age of 99. As reported by TMZ, reps for White say that she wasn’t battling any known illnesses and kept close to home in the midst of the pandemic. Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Ill., on January 17, 1922. As a baby, the family relocated to Los Angeles where she later discovered a passion for writing. Inspired by the careers of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, White pursued the craft of acting. While her film career began in 1945, it was in the 1950s that White found her fame in television, including her own self-tit...
LL Cool J Tests Positive For The Rona, Won’t Be Performing At NYE Celebration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Guillermo Proano/WENN / WENN The Omicron strikes again! And by that we mean another New Year’s Eve performance being canceled due to its infection rate. Variety is reporting that LL Cool J is the latest celebrity to cancel his planned appearance at a New Year’s Eve bash but not because of fear of COVID-19 wildfire that’s burning down the final month of 2021, but because he himself has tested positive for the dreaded virus. According to the report Ladies Love Cool J is pulling out of this year’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022″ after testing positive for the Rona. Luckily for viewers of the annual show, the NYE event will still go down with Ryan Seacrest and Liza Koshy taking on hosting duties. Related Stories LL was set t...
Ice Cube Sets The Record Straight On ‘Friday’, Chris Tucker & How He ‘Didn’t Rob No F*ckin’ Body’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Hurcomb / Getty If you’re a fan of the 1995 classic comedy Friday, you’ve probably wondered why one of the film’s most notable stars, comedian Chris Tucker, who played the character “Smokey,” wasn’t in any of the sequels. Well, on Wednesday, legendary rapper and Friday creator Ice Cube said his piece on the subject after comedian Faizon Love, who played “Big Worm” in the movie, talked about how little the actors in the film got paid—which, of course, he went about in his usual messy way. According to HypeBeast, Friday “was dubbed as a cultural phenomenon and grossed over nine times its budget of $3 million USD. At the box office, it made over $27 million USD,” which paved the way for sequels Next Friday and Friday After Next. It’s worth mentioning...
Quavo Sued For Allegedly Blessing Limo Driver With The Fade
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Looks like Quavo has gotten himself into some hot water as his limo driver is accusing him of putting hands and feet on him. According to TMZ, the Migos rapper has just been slapped with a lawsuit by a Las Vegas limo driver who’s alleging that Quavo and his crew beat him senseless just because he forgot to pick up someone from their entourage while he was on the clock. The driver in question is claiming that he was hired to pick up Quavo and his crew from a local club and driving them to the Virgin Hotel, but things went left when they began screaming at him that someone from the crew was left behind at the club. Related Stories “In the docs, the limo driver tried reasoning with his passengers but was told, “shut the f*** u...
