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Drake’s OVO Air Force 1 Is For The Lovers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @levibentlee / Instagram Drizzy’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy has still yet to get a confirmed release date or even a first single released, but already we’ve gotten pics of what his upcoming OVO Air Force 1 exclusives will look like and while they seem like some average white-on-white 1’s, the devil’s in the details. Featuring little hearts on the bottom sole instead of the average stars Air Force 1’s tend to boast, the silhouette also replaces the customary “Air” logo on the side heel of the sole with “Love You Forever” in script. Not bad for the hardcore Drake fan who want to show their allegiance to the King of The North. Though rumors have the kicks dropping this Fall, no official word yet on when the sneakers will drop or if they even will. Do...
MAGA Ye Gives Back: Kanye West Donating DONDA Listening Party Tickets to HBCUs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Ahead of the release of his highly anticipated new album, Kanye West is making sure that his fans at HBCUs will be able to tune in. The rapper/producer has been hard at work on Donda, his latest album which is now slated to be released this coming Friday (July 23rd). In his usual grandiose fashion, West is throwing a listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia this Thursday (July 22nd) at 8 P.M. and he’s donated 5,000 of those tickets to faculty members, staff and students of area HBCUs Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, Morris Brown College and ITC. This event is the latest listening party for Donda, which was to have been released last year but was shelve...
Sha’Carri Richardson Stars In Beats Studio Buds Spot, Kanye West’s New Track “No Child Left Behind” Featured
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Beats / Beats While the Tokyo Olympics continues to lose more big names by the minute, none was more disappointing than the ouster of track and field superstar, Sha’Carri Richardson. Although “America’s fastest woman” won’t get a shot at Olympic gold, she does star in a fantastic Beats Studio Buds commercial that features a new track from Kanye West. The track, “No Child Left Behind” will appear on West’s upcoming studio album, DONDA, which is getting quite the rollout treatment with listening parties cropping up throughout the United States. The album is set to debut this coming Friday (July 23) and the song backs Richardson sporting the recently released Beats Studio Pods in the spot. Source: Beats / Beats The commercial and track debuted during Game 6 ...
HHW Gaming: ‘FIFA 22’ Promises To Look & Feel More Realistic Thanks To New HyperMotion Technology
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 FIFA’s second year on next-gen consoles looks like it will be taking EA’s iconic soccer video game to another level…finally. Last year we got a taste of what EA could do with its sports titles graphically wise, thanks to the tremendous power the PS5 and Xbox Series X offers developers. We also saw some slight improvements to gameplay in top-tier franchises like Madden NFL 21 and FIFA 21. Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 This year EA is upping the ante with FIFA 22 and looks like it will be making a strong case for the best soccer video game on the market thanks to the introduction of HyperMotion Technology. Before Tuesday’s (Jul.20) EA Spotlight presentation that unveiled the gameplay reveal trailer showing of FIFA 22’s developer’s ne...
Kanye West Set To Perform ‘Donda’ At Rolling Loud Festival This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty For days it’s been rumored that Kanye West was preparing to drop his new album Donda any day now and after a listening session it seems like Yeezy is ready to unleash his latest project on the masses, live. In a now deleted tweet, Kanye’s day one, Consequence revealed that Mr. West was planning on performing the whole album at this weekend’s upcoming Rolling Loud festival in Miami. Posting what seems to be a sketch from Kanye himself showing the date and three pyramids, Con wrote “DONDA Experience Rolling Loud Miami, FL 07.25.21 Via KW Summer ’21.” This would mark Kanye’s first onstage appearance since 2019 when Kanye took his Sunday Service show to Coachella when he was out here getting right with the Lord and pledging his support to...
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group Buys Majority Stake In Off White™
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Vierig / Getty It seems Virgil Abloh is about take his company to the next level. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton aka LVMH is set to buy a majority stake in Off White™. As spotted on High Snobiety the Chicago, Illinois native is leveling up in the fashion industry. Virgil Abloh and LVMH today announced a definitive agreement whereby LVMH will acquire a majority stake in Off-White LLC, the trademark owner of Off-White™️. Following the acquisition, LVMH will own a 60% interest in the trademark, and Abloh will retain a 40% interest and continue as creative director of the brand, which he founded in 2013. His partnership with LVMH began in March 2018 when he was appointed the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s mens...
Kanye West and Irina Shayk Still Going Strong, Source Denies Break-Up Rumors
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty Kanye West is still booed up and his alleged new significant other is reportedly not happy with the “lies” that they’re heading toward a split. According to TMZ, despite previous reports, Yeezy and model Irina Shayk are still together. Sources close to the couple tell the gossip site that the two are in fact still dating and have been for months. The source stated the pair recently spent the Fourth of July weekend together in San Francisco openly showing affection for one another while dining out together at the upscale restaurant, Mourad. Of the rumors that “they’re cooling off and she turned down his invitation to Paris,” the source explains to PEOPLE: “That’s just not true. Revealing Kanye went to Paris for the Balenciaga sh...
Childish Gambino Remixes Brittany Howard’s “Stay High”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Danny Clinch / press handout If there’s one thing that Childish Gambino can do, it is put his own unique spin on a hit. This time, he takes on a song by powerhouse singer and guitarist Brittany Howard. ATO Records just released the latest single featuring actor Donald Glover in his Gambino element, “Stay High,” from Jaime Reworked. This is a new album boasting reimagined versions of the eleven songs from the debut solo venture by the Alabama Shakes lead vocalist in honor of her late sister that was released in 2019. The remix is airy and fresh, with his vocals complementing a lively backdrop of strings and electronic instrumentation and right on time for the height of summer. Howard’s original version spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Altern...
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Security Team Charged For Robbery
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 6ix9ine may not have Trey Way backing him out in these streets anymore, but the rap pariah’s hired help doesn’t seem to have a problem acting like his goons, too. They’re also out here getting locked up on his behalf as well. PIX11 is reporting that five members of Snitch9ine’s security squad were just indicted on robbery charges for accosting a man in Harlem last August after he took a video of Tekashi and made a break for it. After chasing the man and his girlfriend for 20 blocks, the security team opened the man’s car, pulled his arm, and knocked his phone to the ground. Another member of the security team stomped on the phone to show the victim they meant business. NYPD Detective Daniel Laperuta, 44, was one of the m...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K22’s First Courtside Report Reveals New Gameplay Features
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 We already know who is on the cover of NBA 2K22. Now it’s time to find out what new features fans of the basketball video game franchise can look forward to. Despite not showing any actual gameplay, which is slated to be revealed sometime in August, Tuesday (Jul.20), 2K dropped its first courtside report for NBA 2K22 detailing the all-new features coming to this year’s installment game franchise and showed off some stunning screenshots of this year’s cover athletes Candace Parker, Luka Dončić and Dirk Nowitzki. Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 As far as what players can expect when they load up NBA 2K22, 2K boasts improvements are coming to on-court gameplay on both sides of the ball, The City and Neighborhood, Seasons, MyPlayer, MyC...
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Announces ‘Black Adam’ Has Finished Filming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty For years DC has struggled to keep their cinematic universe appealing to comic book fans thanks to puzzling decisions and weak films featuring their biggest heroes, but can Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson be the difference maker going forward? Over the weekend the wrestling icon turned Hollywood heavyweight took to Twitter to announce that his highly anticipated DCEU debut film, Black Adam has wrapped principal filming and that his character would shake up the worlds of DC in a big way. Calling the film the “Hardest undertaking of my entire career,” The Rock thanked the film crew for their hard work and promised that “The hierarchy of power in DC universe is changing.” Well, that’s nice to know. Known to be the arch rival of DC Comics’ ...
Hi Haters: LeBron James’ ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Blocks ‘Black Widow’ At The Box Office With $31M+ Opening Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / Space Jam: A New Legacy Skip Bayless can’t hate on this. LeBron James‘ Space Jam: A New Legacy had itself a great opening weekend at the box office. The Space Jam film that old heads were crying about was a slam dunk. Even with the film premiering simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, Space Jam: A New Legacy performed well in theaters denying Black Widow another win at the box office bringing in $31.65M, making it the best 3-day opening for a family film during the still ongoing pandemic. Space Jam: A New Legacy was also a win for Warner Bros. slightly topping Godzilla vs. Kong which brought in $31.625M. The film was also a milestone for director Malcolm D. Lee beating his previous record held by his film Girls Trip by $31.2M. The...
