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Take That, Take That: Diddy Has Put In A Bid To Buy Sean John Clothing Brand Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Diddy’s name is his name. The mogul is now bidding on buying back his Sean John clothing brand. As spotted on Complex the serial entrepreneur is trying to save his failing apparel empire from bottoming out. Back in 2016 he sold a majority stake to Global Brands Group but the brand management firm recently filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bloomberg reports that Combs has put in a bid of 3.3 million dollars to buy the assets back so he is the sole owner. Currently he is the highest bidder but other potential buyers have until December 15 to throw their names in the hat. A undisclosed source that TMZ says is close to the mogul says “very excited” at the thought of getting the company back and breathing new life into it. Earlie...
Cordae ft. Lil Wayne “Sinister,” Troy Ave “Biggest Richest” & More | Daily Visuals 12.3.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Taylor Hill / Getty More and more Cordae is garnering the respect of not only his rap peers, but some Hip-Hop OG’s that done been there and done that on another level. Today (Dec. 3) the young’n links up with one of the game’s living legends. In his latest visuals to “Sinister,” Cordae and Lil Wayne team up to revive the Black Panther party and get the Black community on board as they get ready to set off a revolution at a time when MAGA country is running wild like Hulkamaniacs in the 80’s. We’d totally welcome a new Black Panther party headed by Cordae at this point. Just sayin.’ Related Stories Back in Brooklyn, Troy Ave continues to ball regardless of album sales and in his clip to “Biggest Richest” flaunts some heavy links and ice on his person while...
Bardi Bunny: Cardi B Appointed Creative Director At ‘Playboy’ Magazine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Money moves seem to come to Cardi B rather easily. She has announced she is the first ever Creative Director at Playboy Magazine. As spotted on Blavity the Bronx bombshell has secured a corporate gig with one of the most iconic publications in history. On Thursday, December 2 she took to Instagram to make the official reveal. Introducing the FIRST EVER Creative Director In Residence at the legendary @playboy, it’s ME!!! Joining the @playboy family is a dream and I know yall are going to love what we put together 😏 I’m startin this party right as the Founding Creative Director and a founding member of CENTERFOLD the new creator-led platform from Playboy coming soon!! We’re going to have so...
Coach Deion Sanders Invites Thirst Trap Expert Brittany Renner To School Players Via Locker Room Chat
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screengrab / Instagram Deion Sanders earned his stripes on the gridiron as one of the most electric NFL players of all time, and now leads a group of young men on the field as a football coach for Jackson State University. In what some viewed as a puzzling move, Coach Sanders invited Instagram model and influencer Brittany Renner to the team’s locker room this week for a candid talk about life. Give credit to Sanders for taking the unconventional route in reaching his players, especially considering that a man of his talent and experience elected to coach an HBCU football while never toning down his bombastic personality. The NFL Hall of Famer and SWAC Coach of the Year posted a short video of Renner’s appearance in the locker room, with the caption...
Petition Demanding People Stop Interviewing Will & Jada Pinkett Smith Has Over 16,000 Signatures
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jay L. Clendenin / Getty The internet has heard enough from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. For years, many wanted to know the details about Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s alleged open marriage and what kept them going strong for so long. Now, folks feel the couple are sharing entirely too much about their personal life and hope a petition can make them shut up for good. In November, a Change.org petition started by Dexter Morales has already amassed over 16,000 signatures with the description “Poor Will smith…” is demanding people stop interviewing the Hollywood couple. Social media, in particular, has grown weary of Will and Jada since she confirmed an “entanglement” with R&B singer August Alsina during a special episode of her Facebook Watch talk...
NFL Suspends Antonio Brown & 2 Others For Breaking COVID-19 Rules
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Wide receiver Antonio Brown is in the hot seat once again as he and two other players have been suspended by the National Football League for violating COVID-19 protocols by lying about their vaccination status. In a press release on Thursday (December 2nd), the league announced that Brown, along with Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate and safety Mike Edwards and free-agent wide receiver John Franklin III would be suspended for three games effective immediately. According to the NFL, this decision was made after an internal review found “players misrepresented their vaccination status and the review showed all three violated NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols.” All three players chose not to contest the ruling and chose to forgo making any appe...
These Hip-Hop Songs Prove Rappers Have A Strong Love For ‘The Matrix’ Film Franchise
Source: Ronald Siemoneit / Getty Film and Hip-Hop have a unique relationship being that you can always find a reference to a particular movie in a rap song. One movie in particular that always gets a nod from your favorite rapper is The Matrix. There is no denying how much of a stranglehold The Matrix has on pop culture. It’s made evident due to the film’s many references in other movies, television shows, cartoons, and music, especially in Hip-Hop. Since the movie’s 1999 release, The Matrix, plus its mind-blowing plot, has found its way into the songs of many rappers over the years. With Lana Wachowski’s highly-anticipated 4th film in the franchise, The Matrix: Resurrections, right around the corner, you can bet there will be even more Matrix-related bars popping up in new songs. Until we...
4K Hate: AOC Blasts GOP Minority Leader For Running “Ku Klux Klan Caucus”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez laid into GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for yet more silence in the face of hateful attacks, this time against another Congressional colleague. AOC’s fellow Democratic congresswoman, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, has been the focus of renewed racist & Islamophobic attacks as a result of vitriol that has been uttered by Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado comparing her to a suicide bomber and alleging she was trying to harm people on January 6th during the storming of the Capitol last week. Omar then held a press conference on Wednesday (December 1st) to share a vile voicemail calling her the N-word as well as a jihadist. She had been receiving the messages after Boebert’s comments, sayin...
Asian Doll In Hot Water For Hosting An “Indian-Themed” Birthday Party This Month
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Culture appropriation works both ways. Asian Doll is now being called out for hosting an “Indian-themed” birthday party next week. As spotted on Madam Noire the Dallas, Texas native is turning 25 years old this month. In celebration of her big moment she will be throwing herself a very unique bash. This week she announced the Asian Doll “Escapes to India” Birthday Party. While at first glance the name of the party didn’t cause folks any heartburn it was actually the event details that struck a nerve many people online. “BIRTHDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA, RED CARPET, LIVE PERFORMANCES, SO MANY CELEBRITY FRIENDS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, HOOKAH, LIVE MUSIC, (MUST BE IN INDIA CLOTHES TO ENTER)” the invite read. And the reference to Indian ...
ATL Mayoral Candidate Charges T.I. & Issac Hayes III With “Sabotage”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The recent mayoral election for the city of Atlanta has ended, but there’s still some controversy with heated claims from a candidate in the race claiming T.I. & Issac Hayes III spread “lies” involving strip clubs about her campaign. Felicia Moore lost the mayoral election runoff to Andre Dickens on Tuesday (November 30th). In an interview with TMZ, Moore charges that the “Troubleman” rapper, along with the Fanbase founder and son of the soul icon Issac Hayes had a hand in her loss by spreading misinformation about her and what policies she wanted to enact. Specifically, she points to the two sharing a story with the headline: “Woman Running for Atlanta Mayor Promises to CLOSE ALL STRIP CLUBS!!!” Related Stories Moore says that t...
Kid Cudi Shares Final Text Messages He Had With Virgil Abloh
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / Getty Over the weekend the Hip-Hop culture and fashion world suffered a devastating loss with the unexpected passing of Virgil Abloh and naturally everyone from close friends to celebrities poured their hearts out on social media to express their hurt, love, and gratitude to the young genius. Now Kid Cudi is the latest to show love to the Off-White creator and close friend and took to Twitter to show their final text exchange in which the two spoke about Virgil’s latest Louis Vuitton menswear show that took place in Miami earlier this week. Calling it a “feature film,” Cudder seemed hype to style and profile in Abloh’s latest collection saying “So thankful to have u in my life. Love u brother.” Virgil responded to KC saying “Mad...
Da Jig?: DaBaby Hasn’t Donated A Single Cent To HIV/AIDS Organizations After Meetings: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jacob Kupferman / Getty DaBaby is looking real funny in the light right now. The problematic North Carolina rapper promised HIV/AIDS organizations to support them after his head*ss comments during his Rolling Loud Miami set. Still, some of those charities have spotted da jig, according to a report. After being defiant and ignorant in his ways when he was first met with backlash, DaBaby finally apologized and met with several HIV/AIDS organizations. He expressed he wanted to get more education on HIV/AIDS and how it affects those impacted by the virus. At the time, he also issued his third apology, seemingly showing he was, in fact, sorry for his inflammatory comments. Keep in mind this happened after da cancellation and being dropped by numerous music fes...
