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Sotheby’s Auctioning Off Michael Jordan’s Original “Space Jam” Air Jordan 11’s
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sotheby’s / Sotheby’s Today (July 16) LeBron James’ highly anticipated sequel to Space Jam finally hit’s theaters and to celebrate the release, Sotheby’s has decided to auction off a piece of memorabilia from the original 90’s film that sneakerheads will immediately recognize. Sotheby’s is currently holding an auction for the original pair of Air Jordan 11 “Space Jam” sneakers that were made for Michael “Air” Jordan himself when he was filming the 1997 cult classic film. Interestingly enough Michael never actually wore the pair and are actually in deadstock condition even though the soles have yellowed due to aging like fine wine. Made in Mike’s personal size of 13, the sneakers will come in a special wooden box which feature’s a laser-etched “T...
You Care: Iggy Azalea Says She’s Putting Her Music On Hold
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Sjodin / Getty It seems the music scene has gone dry for Iggy Azalea. She says she is putting Rap on ice to focus on other opportunities. As spotted on The Mirror the rapper born Amethyst Amelia Kelly has seemingly come to a fork in the road of her career. Earlier this week she shared that her upcoming album may be her last for a while. On Tuesday, July 15 she took to Twitter explain her thought process. “End of an Era is so special to me because after I drop my album next month iam going to take a few years to focus on other creative projects and things I’m feeling passionate and inspired by, beyond music. I’m excited for you guys to see different sides to me in the future” she wrote. “Shifting my energy and focus to what I’m most excited abou...
Snoop Dogg ft. Kokane “Talk Dat Sh*t To Me,” 21 Savage & Metro Boomin “Brand New Draco” & More | Daily Visuals 7.15.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN Even with a successful cooking show with Martha Stewart and his newfound role at Def Jam Records, Snoop Dogg doesn’t really need to rap anymore but old habits diehard and the Doggfather is still out here dropping it like it’s hot for his hardcore fan base. Linking up with Kokane for the visuals to “Talk Dat Sh*t To Me,” Snoop uses some old school special effects to entertain viewers while smoking on some ganja to entertain himself. Back in the A, 21 Savage decides to go legal-ish and for his Metro Boomin assisted clip to “Brand New Draco” trades stocks while turning up on Wall Street with the wolves behind him. Even Usher came up off the Draco stocks and bonds! That explains that Usher money. Check out the rest of today’...
Flavor Flav & Boosie Badazz Squash Their “Beef”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) / (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) The beef between Flavor Flav and Boosie Badazz is officially squashed! Wait, they had beef? According to TMZ the two OG’s apparently did have some drama between them due to a woman mistakenly taking Boosie for Flavor Flav. Something that didn’t sit too well for the Banton Rouge rapper who went on social media to roast both the woman and Flavor for even resembling him and proclaimed the Hip-Hop legend “can’t f*ck wit me.” Naturally Flavor responded to Boosie’s comments with a video of his own where he said he doesn’t look like Boosie because Boosie looks like him as Flav “was here first.” Well, he’s not wrong. Still, Boosie fans came for Flav on social media and the two rappers got...
City Of Winston-Salem Sued For Cancelling Hip-Hop Festival Due To “Possible Violence”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DenisTangneyJr / Getty The Tar Heel State may have to cut a check for fronting on Hip-Hop. A promoter has hit the City Of Winston-Salem with a lawsuit after officials cancelled a concert that they deemed may come with violence. As spotted on Complex the city representatives have a lot of explaining to do and will have to do it formally in front of a judge. The Carolina Summers Music Fest was set to be hosted in Winston-Salem on Saturday, July 31 but the event was cancelled. According to W12 News representatives contacted Starr Entertainment, the organizers, saying that they were worried that the talent might be the reason for violence to occuring. The local police authorities also conducted their own private homework on Moneybagg Yo, Pooh Shiesty, Bi...
In Rare Instagram Post Dr. Dre Agrees With T-Pain About Rappers Being “Repetitive”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 T-Pain’s hilarious rant about rappers all sounding the same resonated with none other than Dr. Dre himself. Wednesday (Jul.15), the legendary Hip-Hop producer and Beats By Dre co-founder chimed in on T-Pain’s Twitch session where he called out new rappers for sending him music that sounds like everyone else’s stuff. In a rare Instagram post, The Chronic crafter shared T-Pizzle’s video and wrote in the caption, “Shoutout to @tpain!! I’m here laughing my fuckin ass off, but he’s right. I know and feel exactly what you’re saying. When the good doc speaks, we know he is more than likely speaking from experience, having to listen to submissions from artists all of the time. We know Dr. Dre has a great ear for talent becau...
Clubhouse Holding On To Dear Life, Introduces New DM Feature Called Backchannel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Drop-in audio app Clubhouse is still alive and kicking, and it hopes this new feature will help take it off life support. Clubhouse has announced that its already leaked feature called Backchannel allows users to slide in each other’s DMs is now live for both Android and iOS users of the once super popular voice-only app. As of right now, users can engage in one-on-one conversations, group chats, and send links. Unfortunately, you cannot send images or videos, but a spokesperson for Clubhouse points out that those improvements, including a “few other features,” are on the way. Clubhouse decided to introduce the feature stating it will help moderators engage in conversations among themselves while operating an active room. Clubhouse also h...
Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Hitting Accounts Thanks To President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan was designed to help struggling families suffering from financial woes that stemmed from the coronavirus pandemic. With the economy slowly recovering and normalcy appearing to be on the rise, Child Tax Credit payments will begin hitting bank accounts this week. On Thursday, (July 15), millions of parents will begin receiving monthly payments under the expanded plan according to widely published reports. As part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the Child Tax Credit expansion will increase the overall credit claimed for some families and will parse the paments out monthly instead of one lump sum although that is an optional choice. “One of the big ideas is to align this with the e...
LeBron James’ SpringHill Co. Reportedly Valued At $750 Million
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: George Pimentel / Getty LeBron James‘ life after basketball is looking extremely profitable. SpringHill Co., the video production company founded by LeBron James and his best friend and longtime business partner Maverick Carter, is reportedly in talks with potential investors to sell a piece of the company that would amount to $750 million USD in valuation. Rumors first suggested that Nike was in talks with the media firm for a complete sale of the company, but SpringHill Co. shut that down, stating it was not looking to sell itself outright. Nike is one of the many companies across different industries, including tech companies and video streaming providers, who have shown interest in the firm with their hands in many different projects. SpringHill Co. h...
Kremlin Papers Seemingly Point To Putin Plot To Land Donald Trump In White House
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty The Kremlin, best known as the seat of the governing body of Russia, has famously kept its secrets away from the public with vault-like efficiency. However, leaked papers are suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed a plot to place former President Donald Trump in the White House in 2016. The Guardian reports that the Kremlin documents appear to show that Putin authorized a top-secret spy operation to push Trump ahead in the 2016 presidential election during a closed session of Russian’s national security council. The meeting took place on January 22, 2016, well ahead of the November elections, and was attended by a gathering of Putin’s top intelligence leaders and senior staffers. In the meeting, Trump was referred to a...
Politics As Usual: Damon Dash Claims Jay-Z Stole ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Streaming Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Damon Dash and Jay-Z’s feud enters the legal arena once again, with the classic album Reasonable Doubt as the focus. Late on Tuesday (July 13), the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records filed a summons in the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City alleging that Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z for transferring the streaming rights of the Reasonable Doubt album to a company called S. Carter Enterprises LLC without proper authorization. Jay-Z is listed as the sole owner of the company. According to the filing, Dash is seeking at least $1 million in damages. Alex Spiro, the lawyer representing Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records, declined to comment when contacted about the new summons. The summons is only one page, and more details to the al...
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Fivio Foreign Is Now A Free Man, Puts In Bid To Perform At HOT97 Summer Jam [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fivio Foreign is now a free man after being locked up for several months. He has only been out a couple of days and is already aiming to perform at the iconic HOT97 Summer Jam. As spotted on Complex the Brooklyn native has been released from jail. Back in April he was booked on weapons charges. According to police documentation the incident stemmed from a visit to a Citibank location in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Apparently the Drill rapper left his Mercedes-Benz running while in a no parking zone which caught the attention of nearby law enforcement. The badges approached him and requested his driver’s license but he ignored the requested and asked if they were giving him a ticket. Fivio continued to walk away which led to a chas...
