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Saweetie Goes Sneaker Shopping With ‘Complex’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Complex Networks / Complex Quavo might’ve taken away her Bentley, but Saweetie is still going to be getting around in style as she’s making sure that her feet are drippin’ for the foreseeable future. In Complex’s latest installment for Sneaker Shopping With Complex the “Icy Girl” singer links up with Joe La Puma at Soul Stage in Los Angeles to pick up some pieces that will keep her feet laced as she struts her stuff in the City of Angels. Explaining how her grandmother’s “hella glamourous” style inspired her to keep her style on point, the young singer has since done her best to stay dipped from head-to-toe since, but wasn’t necessarily into sneakers. Saweetie revealed it wasn’t until she saw her cousins and friends rocking Nikes and Jordan’s that she got...
For Papas Who Puff: Check Out These Smoker-Friendly Gifts For Father’s Day
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Terryll Garrison / EyeEm / Getty While the country and much of the free world are finally warming up to the benefits of cannabis products, companies who have been at the forefront are offering high-end technology and accessories for all. As Father’s Day fast approaches and Dad is something of a cannabis enthusiast, the folks at Dr. Greenthumb, G Pen, and VIBES have the Papas Who Puff covered. Dr. Greenthumb is the smoked-out alter-ego of B-Real from the legendary Hip-Hop collective, Cypress Hill. Partnering up with G Pen, Dr. Greenthumb has rolled out its new Roam vaporizer, which is essentially an all-in-one vaporizer that passes the good medicine through a water filter without being stuck inside the house. Dr. Greenthumb and G Pen also worked on the bra...
Pras Gets Hit With New Federal Illegal Lobbying Charges, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Pras’ recent legal troubles just got more complicated. The Fugees rapper Prazrakel “Pras” Michel, along with a Malaysian financier, was hit with charges from a federal grand jury this past Thursday (June 10) of illegally lobbying the former Trump administration to drop an investigation tied to a global bribery scandal and attempting to remove a Chinese billionaire dissident from the United States. The indictment, announced by the Justice Department, comes six months after former President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Elliot Broidy, who pled guilty last October for his role in the illegal lobbying effort on behalf of Low to stamp out the investigation into Low’s embezzling funds from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad development and ...
Pras Gets Hit With New Federal Illegal Lobbying Charges, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Pras’ recent legal troubles just got more complicated. The Fugees rapper Prazrakel “Pras” Michel, along with a Malaysian financier, was hit with charges from a federal grand jury this past Thursday (June 10) of illegally lobbying the former Trump administration to drop an investigation tied to a global bribery scandal and attempting to remove a Chinese billionaire dissident from the United States. The indictment, announced by the Justice Department, comes six months after former President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Elliot Broidy, who pled guilty last October for his role in the illegal lobbying effort on behalf of Low to stamp out the investigation into Low’s embezzling funds from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad development and ...
Pharrell Williams Set To Open Private School For Low Income Families In Virginia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Pharrell Williams continues to give back to the people. His newest mission is to create a private school in his hometown for low income families. As reported by The Virginia Pilot the superstar producer’s newest project is to bring higher learning to Norfolk, Virginia. The educational institution in question will cater specifically to underserved communities. According to the report it will house students from grade 3 to grade 5 “with the goal of expanding on the equity-focused nonprofit’s decade of experience running summer programs for students”. Pharrell detailed his enthusiasm in a formal press release. “If the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken,” he explained. “We don’t want lockstep learning where...
Pharrell Williams Set To Open Private School For Low Income Families In Virginia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Pharrell Williams continues to give back to the people. His newest mission is to create a private school in his hometown for low income families. As reported by The Virginia Pilot the superstar producer’s newest project is to bring higher learning to Norfolk, Virginia. The educational institution in question will cater specifically to underserved communities. According to the report it will house students from grade 3 to grade 5 “with the goal of expanding on the equity-focused nonprofit’s decade of experience running summer programs for students”. Pharrell detailed his enthusiasm in a formal press release. “If the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken,” he explained. “We don’t want lockstep learning where...
The RZA Confirms Season 2 Of ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ In 2021
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It seems fans will get to see more of the story behind one of Hip-Hop’s greatest groups. The RZA has confirmed a second season for Wu-Tang: An American Saga. As spotted on Complex The Abbott came bearing good news regarding the Clan’s biographical drama series. In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX he said the show will return this fall. “American Saga will start airing in September,” he revealed. “That story will be complete for the season. Then I’m looking to get back in a director’s chair. I feel like that’s important for me to continue to tell our stories through cinema.” He went on to hint that production is still ongoing. “That’s going to take some time to develop a new script. But I’m having a great time ...
The RZA Confirms Season 2 Of ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ In 2021
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It seems fans will get to see more of the story behind one of Hip-Hop’s greatest groups. The RZA has confirmed a second season for Wu-Tang: An American Saga. As spotted on Complex The Abbott came bearing good news regarding the Clan’s biographical drama series. In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX he said the show will return this fall. “American Saga will start airing in September,” he revealed. “That story will be complete for the season. Then I’m looking to get back in a director’s chair. I feel like that’s important for me to continue to tell our stories through cinema.” He went on to hint that production is still ongoing. “That’s going to take some time to develop a new script. But I’m having a great time ...
Bandooloo Beware: Nike Trademarks The Air Jordan 1 Silhouette
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 After more than three decades of being arguably the hottest silhouette in the sneaker game, the Air Jordan 1 design has officially been trademarked by Nike. Sneaker Law Firm has confirmed that Nike has federally trademarked the classic silhouette design which was the subject to much bootlegging and biting over the years such as ineverheardofyou’s middle-finger featured design to Fugazi’s six shooter-adorned “One In The Chamber” (they were pretty dope though). Under the new federal protection, anyone looking to bank off bootlegs or remixes of the Air Jordan 1 High, AJ1 Low, and AJ1 Low SE are subject to legal consequences. Wait, what about the Air Jordan 1 Mid? We know people don’t really care for them but damn. Recently N...
T-Pain Reveals Nicki Minaj Politely Curbed Him After Asking Her For A “Quick Little Verse”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty One thing we are learning about T-Pain, he has plenty of stories to share. The Rappa Ternt Sanga has been on a mission to respond to DMs he missed from fellow artists and celebs because he didn’t know about the “secret” request folder the Instagram implemented to curb spam worked had another interesting tale to share, this involving Nicki Minaj. During a recent episode of the 85 South Show, T-Pizzle revealed that Nicki Minaj gave him the cold shoulder when he reached out to her in 2007 to collab on some music. “She was like, ‘Hey, I’m an artist too, and I’m working on my shit, so ya know, baby chill,” the “Buy You a Drank” crafter revealed to podcast hosts. At the time, Minaj was still bubbling and was working on her own proj...
Famous Dex Lands Back In Jail For Violating Protective Order: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Famous Dex is once again in custody after a tumultuous march saw the Chicago rapper slapped with 19 charges, including domestic violence allegations and gun possession. While attending a court hearing for the charges earlier in the year, it was discovered that Dex violated a protective order and was taken back into custody. TMZ reports that Famous Dex, real name Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr., attended a hearing last week in connection to the charges from March. Pleading not guilty to all the charges listed, the 27-year-old rapper was then told that he violated a protective order stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident from last October. Famous Dex is currently in jail and is being held on a $200,000 bond. Back in 2016, a video ...
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Pooh Shiesty To Remain Behind Bars After Judge Revokes His Bond [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty One of Hip-Hop’s rising stars might not have the bright future he had hoped for. A judge has revoked Pooh Shiesty’s bond thus mandating him to remain in jail. Things are not looking good for the New 1017 Records talent. On Tuesday, June 8 the “Back In Blood” rapper surrendered himself to court to face charges that claim he participated in a shooting at the King Of Diamonds gentlemen’s club in Miami during Memorial Day weekend. He faced Judge Venzer, the same magistrate he saw for his 2020 shooting case, who apparently did not take this second appearance lightly as she did the first. She is quoted as saying “there is not a chance I am giving this kid a bond right now”. She also mandated that he stay away from KOD as well. In the cou...
