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NLE Choppa Says He’s Quitting Music To Focus On Herbal Medicine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty NLE Choppa looked to be a rapper destined to live at the top of the charts with a number of crowd-pleasing hit singles under his belt and a pair of gold-selling projects. Now, the 18-year-old Memphis star is aiming his efforts at leaving the Hip-Hop game behind and focus on a career in herbal medicine. In a series of tweets, the rapper born Bryson Potts revealed that he wants to buy out his current contract with Warner Records and focus his career towards building upon his NLE Health and Wellness brand. “Finna buy out my contract and become full time herbalist. Forget the music stuff about to help my people,” NLE Chppa wrote on Twitter this past Tuesday (July 6). Prior to that tweet, NLE seemed to be gearing up for the big announce...
HHW Gaming: HyperX & Champion Team Up For New Glow-In-The-Dark Limited Apparel Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: HyperX / Champion HyperX and athletic apparel brand Champion are linking up for a third limited apparel drop. This one will surely have you standing out, even when the lights are off. Wednesday (Jul.7), HyperX revealed its new glow-in-the-dark limited apparel collection with Champion. The follow-up to March’s drop consists of Powerblend fleece hoodies ($75), Powerblend fleece joggers ($60), and cotton T-shirts ($30) blessed with glow-in-the-dark graphics and a limited-edition, throwback jock tag. With this latest drop, HyperX says it wants to “celebrate gaming fans’ passion for style and gaming” while offering gamers “the perfect balance of style and comfort” and noting “the new collection is made for continuous gameplay.” Source: HyperX / Champion “The s...
Michelob ULTRA & Tinker Hatfield To Drop Limited Edition Championship Bottle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michelob / Michelob After a long few days, the NBA Finals finally got underway when the Phoenix Suns hosted the Milwaukee Bucks. The former won game one and while they battle it out for the Larry O’Brien trophy, Michelob has got a little something in mind for fans of the sport. Source: TMZ / TMZ Looking to bless their own sports fans with a little something-something, Michelob ULTRA has linked up with legendary sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield to craft an ultra-exclusive Championship bottle that can only be won, not purchased. Being distributed in a premium package that resembles a sneaker box, each bottle will be signed by Tinker himself because he’s that dude. Unfortunately, these are going to be hella limited as the total number of bottles available ar...
Iggy Azalea Slams Accusations Of ‘Blackfishing” In New Music Video: “ Who Cares? Let ‘Em Talk”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Jelonek / Getty If she raps with a blaccent and appears dark like a blackfish, then Iggy Azalea’s latest attention-grabbing antics must be problematic, right? That’s what critics on Twitter are saying after the rapper appeared on social media debuting a shockingly darker appearance from her latest music video “I Am The Strip Club.” According to The Grio, the drama went down after the rapper released the new song and its accompanying video last Friday. In the video, Azalea wears a long black lacefront wig with a deep bronze skin tone. The jarring hue change reaches beyond a sunkissed look that fair-skinned people may naturally achieve if tanning under the sun. Immediately social media was in an uproar flooding the timeline with...
Hot Cougar Summer: Sharon Stone Stepping Out With A Younger Rap Artist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Coppola / Getty Sharon Stone is making the most of her “hot girl summer” – and she’s spending it with a rapper on the rise. The 63-year old actress best known for her roles in Casino and Basic Instinct has been spotted at various hot spots around Los Angeles in the company of RMR, a 25-year old rapper. RMR is a fixture on the music scene in Hollywood, but he keeps his real identity hidden to the point where he is never seen without a ski mask and gold grills on his teeth. The two recently had some date outings at The Highlight Room and Delilah, popping bottles and grooving to Hip-Hop while hanging out with Drake’s artist, PartyNextDoor. A representative for RMR declined to comment, and Stone replied “No comment,” when contacted. Stone has never been ...
Black Thought Speaks On His Life Story In New Audible Project, “7 Years”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Audible / Audible Tariq Trotter, a.k.a Black Thought is undoubtedly one of Hip-Hop’s greatest MCs, and over the years has only added more luster to his career with The Roots with every bar. A new creative venture will give fans a closer look into the artist that he is today. On Thursday (July 8th), Black Thought will be the subject of a new audiobook that will debut exclusively in the U.S. as part of the Words + Music series covering the intimate journeys of music artists such as Sheryl Crow, Smokey Robinson and more on Amazon’s Audible platform. 7 Years is an Audible Original that will feature Black Thought giving listeners an inside look into his journey from a rough & tumble childhood in Philadelphia to having to deal with dealing with a justice sy...
HotBoy Wes ft. Gucci Mane “My Lil Dance,” Common ft. PJ “Imagine” & More | Daily Visuals 7.7.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hotboy Wes / @_hotboywes2 Black TikTok creators may be on strike (which has led to the strugglest of dance content on social media since it’s inception), but HotBoy Wes might’ve just given Caucasian Americans something to work with… kinda. Linking up with Gucci Mane for his clip to “My Lil Dance,” HotBoy Wes introduces a series of dance moves that’s basically being hunched over bopping and arms flailing. Do with that what you will, TikTok “influencers.” We’ll be critiquing with extreme prejudice. Just sayin.’ Elsewhere, Common gets ready for a beautiful day at the beach alongside PJ for his visuals to “Imagine” where he proves that simple living and nature can often be the definition of success. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Nard...
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated During Home Attack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty News broke early Wednesday (July 7) that Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was killed during an attack on his residence by several gunmen, leaving his wife injured. As the news is still developing, we’ve scoured several news outlets to gain more information. CNN has been providing frequent updates to the happenings in Haiti and the details are as follows. According to a statement from acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, Moïse was at his private residence when the attack occurred. From the statement, the public learned that the First Lady was shot as well but is currently being treated for her wounds. Joseph framed the attack and assassination as a “heinous, inhumane, and barbaric act” while urging the public to remain calm despite the shock...
Saweetie & Justine Skye Headline Samsung x Billboard’s First-Ever Songs of Summer Concert
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Samsung / Billboard Samsung is wrapping up its Summer of Galaxy event with the help of the Icy Prince$$ and one of R&B’s brightest stars. Wednesday (Jul.7), Samsung announced its first-ever Songs of Summer concert with Billboard, and to kick things off, Saweetie and Justine Skye will provide the vibes. The concert powered by Billboard’s Songs of the Summer Chart will serve as the perfect wrap-up for Samsung’s Summer of Galaxy month-long event that saw the global music authority partner with the Korean tech giant to help reveal its new annual Songs of the Summer chart that tracks the top artists of the season. Source: Samsung / Billboard The Summer of Galaxy Event gives Samsung Galaxy owners every reason to flex because they get exclusive deals and per...
R. Kelly’s Defense Team Wants His Trial Delayed Due To Jail Conditions
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The defense team for disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is seeking to have his sex trafficking trial delayed due to factors arising from recent changes to the group of lawyers. In a motion written and filed on Monday (July 5) with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, attorney Deveraux L. Cannick asked for a delay because he has recently joined the legal team defending the singer. “While he is anxious to move forward and address the charges against him, it is my considered view that given my limited access to him as well as circumstances of his detention, I simply do not have enough time to adequately meet with him and also digest the massive discovery,” Cannick stated. Cannick partially cites the current COV...
HHW Gaming: New RoboCop First-Person Shooter Coming To Consoles & PC In 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sunset Boulevard / Getty Our favorite cyborg dealer of justice, RoboCop, is getting his own first-person shooter. RoboCop made his triumphant return to the world of video games thanks to his appearance in Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath as one of the many DLC characters added to the lineup of fighters. Tuesday (Jul.6), publisher Nacon announced a RoboCop: Rogue City, a new first-person shooter developed by Teyon (Terminator: Resistance) that will have you take control of Alex Murphy in a way that has never been experienced before since the character first appeared in video game format. Per a press release, the game will take place in the same timeline of the first three RoboCop films and be “Faithful to this monument of science fiction,” and “will ask you to ...
Authorities Investigating If Kentavious Caldwell-Pope & Fashion Nova CEO Robberies Related
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Justin Casterline / Getty A few years ago burglars went on a crazy crime spree where they would break into the Hollywood homes of some well-known celebrities and loot them for all they were worth. But now things have gone up a notch and violence has become a part of the new M.O. Recently Lakers star Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was robbed at gunpoint on the driveway of his home by three people who made off with $150K worth of jewelry, and even Fashion Nova CEO, Richard Saghian almost fell victim to the jux before his security team saved his hide. Now TMZ is reporting that authorities believe the two incidents may actually be connected and a new kind of Bling Ring may be in full effect in Los Angeles. “TMZ’s learned police are investigating the 2 June incident...
