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Bobby Shmurda Gave Out Free Meals & Toys For Father’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Bobby Shmurda ain’t been home but a second and already, the recently paroled rapper is out here helping his community and making up for the lost time. According to TMZ, the “Hot Ni**a” rapper spent Father’s Day spreading love the Brooklyn way and blessed struggling dads by dishing out free meals, some haircuts, and had enough left over to give out some toys to their seeds because children need a little TLC too. The giveaway included items that would most definitely contribute to the development of dad bods as options included fried chicken wings, home fries, mac and cheese, and buttermilk waffles. Sounds like a helluva menu meal if you ask us. Bobby took his dad bod buffet on the road and made his way to a few homeless shelters, in...
Risked It All: Woman Claims Carmelo Anthony Is The Father Of Her Newborn Twins
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Steph Chambers / Getty While LaLa Anthony has yet to detail why she filed for divorce from Carmelo Anthony, all signs are pointing to extramarital affairs. A woman is now saying that he is the father of her newborn twins. As reported by Madame Noire, the Brooklyn, N.Y. native is facing new claims regarding his commitment to his soon-to-be ex-wife. Hollywood Unlocked spoke to the unidentified female in question and they say that she has the receipts to back all of her allegations. She reveals that the two originally met back in 2020 and that he was very persistent with his attempts in getting to know her. Their communication gradually increased to the point where they reportedly talked every day and started having romantic encounters soon after. Her s...
New Book Uncovers Donald Trump’s Saltiness Towards Black America
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty Former President Donald Trump has always had resentment towards Black people in America, and in a new book, we find out more about how deep that goes. The book Frankly We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, written by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael C. Bender details the absolute clown car show that was the Trump administration and how Trump pointed blame at everyone for how Black America viewed him. Excerpts from Bender’s book published by the website Politico, with information gleaned from sources during his time covering the White House, showed the former president throwing shots at his son-in-law Jared Kushner: “I’ve done all this stuff for the Blacks—it’s always Jared telling me to do this,” Trump said to...
Kevin Hart Details Tough Talk With Daughter Over Cheating Scandal With Will Smith
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Table Talk / Facebook Watch Kevin Hart was embroiled in a cheating scandal in 2017, getting ahead of the chatter by publicly admitting his faults to much criticism. In a recent interview, Hart shared that discussing the details of the affair with his daughter was a difficult moment but also an effective learning lesson as well. For Father’s Day, Kevin Hart sat down with Will Smith for a special episode of the Red Table Talk series on Facebook Watch, and the affair made its way to the center of the conversation. Hart shared that explaining what happened to his daughter Heaven, now 16, was especially difficult. “It’s very hard to bother me, but when your child shows disappointment, shows emotion, shows ‘I don’t understand why,’ and you’ve gotta have tho...
The Bigger Picture: Lil Baby Bought Out An Atlanta Foot Locker & Gave Away Everything
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Who says rappers only like to splurge on themselves? Can’t say that about Lil Baby as the “We Paid” rapper went out and blessed a whole hood with brand new Foot Locker attire. This past Friday (June 18), Lil Baby hit up a Foot Locker spot in Atlanta and literally bought out the store and took all the merch to his old hood, where he dished it out like Trae Young. Baby posted on his IG story that he was “coming to save my community,” where he gave away everything he had just bought, much to the delight of everyone lucky enough to get some brand new sneakers. If you figure that every dollar spent is equal to 100 FLX points on the Foot Locker app, and their raffle system is set up to reward users who have the most FLX points, Lil Baby ...
Dave Chappelle Closes Out Tribeca Film Festival With Surprise Concert With Fat Joe, Q-Tip And More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Dave Chappelle remains about the culture even at his biggest moments. Chappelle recently closed out the Tribeca Film Festival with a surprise concert featuring some of Rap’s biggest names. As spotted on Complex the legendary comedian put on for the people on a stage that isn’t historically known for featuring Rap talent. On Sunday, June 20 the Washington D.C. native shut down the 20th Tribeca Film Festival in historic fashion with a surprise Hip-Hop show. The likes of Fat Joe, Q-Tip, A$AP Ferg, Redman, Ghostface Killah, De La Soul, and Talib Kweli performed. DJ Clark Kent was also live on the set manning the tunes in between sets. According to Variety, filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, the Oscar winners behind Amer...
Will Smith Gives His Fans The First Look At His Upcoming Memoir Cover
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIKA/WENN.com / WENN On Saturday (June 19th), rap icon and actor Will Smith announced that he’s coming out with a memoir and shared the striking cover to the book via social media. The Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated entertainer broke the news to his fans through his Instagram while rocking the Disney Pixar filter, which isn’t his first time showing how he’s been up on the new social media trends. The memoir, entitled WILL, has a cover that is a hand-painted portrait of the artist as opposed to the photographic covers that have become the industry standard. The stunning artwork was done by visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums. Odums, who hails from New Orleans, presented a video of himself creating the artwork through a process of repeatedly layer...
Nipsey Hussle To Get A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 The world continues to give Nipsey Hussle his flowers after his untimely passing. He will be recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. As spotted on High Snobiety the fallen MC is getting some world class respect put on his name even after his death. This year he will be given the iconic five pointed award in one of the most famous streets in the world. According to Variety the “Racks in the Middle” rapper is slotted with several other high profile performers from motion pictures, television, recording, radio, live theatre and sports entertainment. Also nominated to the 2022 class are the likes of Macaulay Culkin, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek, Helen Hunt, Regina King, Ray Liotta, Ewan McGregor, Ada...
Chaining Day: Cam’ron Proudly Shows Off The Dipset Bling He Had Made For Kevin Durant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Kevin Durant’s induction into the Dipset family is finally complete. Before Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets laced up their kicks for their Thursday night (Jun.17) matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks, Cam’ron took to Instagram to show off the new bling he gifted to Easy Money Sniper. The Harlem rapper proudly shared a photo of the large iced-out Diplomats chain, similar to the ones he and his fellow Dipset members proudly rock, writing in the caption, “Yo @easymoneysniper my bro @joeavianne from @aviannejewelers said ya chain is done family.” Fellow Dipset member and cofounder Jim Jones gave his stamp of approval writing in the comments, “[KD] got the city on his back. He deserve the Eagle. He been Dipset.” ...
Gucci Debuts Eco-Friendly Sneakers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gucci / Gucci Now that global warming and climate change is finally getting the attention it deserves, many brands are doing what they can to help curb their carbon footprint on the planet. Gucci is doing their part to help the cause. Highsnobiety is reporting that the high-end fashion brand will be releasing their first-ever eco-friendly sneaker for the earth-loving big spenders of the game dubbed the “Demetra.” Sounds fancy! Named after the Greek agricultural goddess Demeter, the new “Demetra” Gucci sneaker will be comprised of “upwards to 77 percent plant-based raw materials” and will be a part of Gucci’s foray into more echo-friendly fashion products. Good for Gucci for doing their part in helping the earth cool off a bit going into the future. “...
Naomi Osaka Withdraws From Wimbledon To Focus on Her Mental Health
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andy Cheung / Getty In a statement released by her agent on Thursday (June 18th), Naomi Osaka announced that she has withdrawn from Wimbledon. The world’s number two ranked player in women’s tennis, Osaka is bowing out of the Grand Slam event before it takes place at the end of the month. “Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year,” the statement read. “She is taking some personal time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans.” The Haitian-Japanese tennis star had also withdrawn from the WTA 5000 grass-court tournament scheduled to begin next week in Berlin, Germany. Osaka has been open about her struggles with anxiety and depression, which surged after the first of her four Grand Slam t...
Celebrate Juneteenth With Joy and Safety At These Events Across The Nation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Radio One Indianapolis / Radio One Digital With Congress voting to make Juneteenth an official federal holiday in time for this coming Saturday, it makes the day that much more poignant. There are already a slew of events that one can check out online and in person to remain safe due to the pandemic. Here, we’ve taken the time to bring you a few you can check out to celebrate. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will be hosting a virtual celebration of Juneteenth with a full day of programming via its website. The day includes a talk on the origins of barbecue, and panel discussions about the effects of slavery in the United States and a community sound...
