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Kawhi Leonard Announces ‘Culture Jam’ Project, Teases YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Rod Wave Collab
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Kawhi Leonard gets a bad rap for his stoic and businesslike nature on the basketball court, but he clearly has other interests aside from sports. The Los Angeles Clippers superstar hopped on Instagram Live with rising high school basketball player Mikey Williams to announce a new music project titled Culture Jam. Leonard and Williams chopped it up regarding the announcement of Culture Jam, which is framed as a mix of Hip-Hop and basketball but it isn’t known if there’s an album or a collection of singles coming. We got a Culture Jam’\ project, it’s just merging hip-hop and basketball together, you know what I mean? Pretty much, you know, coming from our background, it goes hand in hand,” Leonard said to Williams. “So May 7, we got ...
HHW Gaming: ‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ Surpasses 500 Million Downloads, Blesses Players With Free In-Game Gift
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Players are showing no sign of Call of Duty fatigue. Tuesday (May 4), Call of Duty announced that its free-to-play mobile game surpassed 500 million downloads worldwide since its October 2019 launch. Rob Kostich, president of Activision, also shared during an earnings call of parent company Activision Blizzard that the game crossed $1 billion in player spending. Can we borrow some money? To celebrate the occasion, Call of Duty: Mobile thanked the community, players, and supporters by blessing them with an in-game gift for their loyal support. Call of Duty: Mobile is currently enjoying success thanks to its latest expansion Tokyo Escape, and it is now the highest grossest expansion Kostich revealed. Thanks to both Cal...
The Weeknd Calls The Grammys Corrupt, Boycott Still In Effect
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty The Weeknd is going ten toes down with his feelings towards The Grammys. He has called out the committee as being unscrupulous and more. As spotted on The New Post the Canadian performer is unimpressed by the Recording Academy’s recent announcement. On Friday, April 30 the organization released a statement saying they will no longer choose award winners via secret committees. “Among the changes are the elimination of Nominations Review Committees, a reduction in the number of categories in which voters may vote, two GRAMMY® Award category additions, and more” the press release read. “These updates are a result of extensive discussions and collaboration over the course of the last year amongst a special subcommittee of Recording Academy m...
Drake Accused Of Being A Homewrecker On Instagram
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vaughn Ridley / Getty Real talk, would you trust your woman to spend time alone with Drake Diesel? Even if it was to get a record deal? We thought not, but someone did and it went exactly as you’d expect it to, allegedly. Over the weekend the Certified Lover Boy artist was accused of being a homewreckin’ snake by a man named Jamie Sun, who said the Canadian crooner slept with his former fiancé, singer Naomi Sharon. Taking to IG to spill the tea (and picked up on Reddit), Sun described how a “world star” celeb hit up Sharon to offer her a record deal and then flied the couple out to meet them, and began recording vocals for Certified Lover Boy. In the IG post Sun described the encounter with the “world star” before revealing that suddenly the trust was gon...
Bag Collection: Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg Partner With Bic For EZ Reach Lighter
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JB Lacroix / Getty The unlikely but completely organic connection between Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg has defied expectations and remains a fruitful partnership. The pair are now entering into a new partnership with BIC for its new EZ Reach lighter to be used for whatever activity calls for portable fire. BIC, which provides far more than lighters with a portfolio that includes razors, pens, and more, joined forces with Auntie Stewart, Uncle Snoop, and Marquee Brands to bring forth the EZ REACH lighter, which they say is the “ultimate lighter for all lighting occasions,” and we should know what that means. Wink Wink. The collaboration is part of the “Pass It” campaign that will run through next year and makes it debut on Tuesday (May 4). The EZ Reach li...
Black Man Enslaved By White Restaurant Manager Owed Over $500K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Horry County Sheriff’s Office / HCSO Although we’re some two decades into the 21st Century, slavery is seemingly alive in the United States of America. An imprisoned white restaurant manager enslaved a Black man with cognitive disabilities by making him work at his establishment five years straight without pay and a court is now saying the worker is owed over $500,000. The Washington Post shared details of the case involving Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, who is currently serving 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2019 to a forced labor charge. John Christopher Smith, now 43, worked at Edwards’ South Carolina restaurant, J&J Cafeteria, in the town of Conway for five years without pay. As part of Edwards’ sentencing, he was ordered by the court to pa...
‘SNL’ Taps Keegan-Michael Key and Lil Nas X To Star In Final Episodes Of Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Saturday Night Live is closing out season 46 with a bang in what is sure to bring the ratings and controversy with one of the internet’s biggest trolls who has a thing for twerking on demons in hell. The legendary sketch comedy show announced their lineup for the last two episodes earlier this week on Twitter. On May 15, Schmigadoon! star Keegan-Michael Key will host alongside “Driver’s License” singer Olivia Rodrigo, as the musical guest. The following week The Queen’s Gambit leading actress Anya-Taylor Joy will close out the season with Lil Nas X, who will surely perform “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and a new song. SNL must have taken a diversity and inclusion seminar because the show has cast some of the most in-demand...
DJ Quik Burned Death Row Records Royalty Check On Instagram Live
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Leon Bennett / Getty DJ Quik is undoubtedly one of the most talented producers to hail from the West Coast in Hip-Hop history, and his name garners respect among those who know his work. However, it seems like the Compton OG feels that he’s been slighted in the industry and burned his royalty check from Death Row Records in protest. During an Instagram Live session on April 28, Quik torched one of his royalty checks and had some choice words for Death Row Records and others he felt wronged him. “I’m not so happy, I’m real offended by this Death Row check and this amount. As much work as I did for these sons of b*tches, I just feel like the respect factor is just crazy. There is none. So to show you what your money means to me, Mr. Death Row Records, ...
Picture Of The 5 Deep Carter Family Lights Up Social Media
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christopher Polk / Getty Though they’re the most famous and revered celebrity couple in the world, Jay-Z and Beyoncé are known for keeping their private lives as protected as can be, so whenever they let everyone in on anything it’s a big f*ckin’ deal. Over the weekend a picture of the Carter’s emerged online and as great as it was to see a rare family moment, fans were taken aback by how much the kids have grown. Taken by Bey’s long-time hair stylist, Neal Farinah, the picture shows a now 9-year-old Blue Ivy almost as tall as her legendary mother while the twins, Rumi and Sir seem to be as big as Blue was the last time we saw her. Rumi and Sir are 4-years-old. This picture just radiates all kinds of Black love and excellence. The picture made its way ont...
Quando Rondo and Entourage Reportedly Shot At In Georgia
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Carmen Mandato / Getty Quando Rondo and members of his crew were reportedly involved in a shooting incident at a Georgia convenience store after hosting his first performance since the death of King Von. According to accounts that are still developing, one member of Rondo’s crew suffered gunshot wounds. TMZ reports that Quando Rondo, real name Tyquian Bowman, and members of his entourage were at a store near the city of Blackshear, Ga. just moments after the rapper’s first performance since a member of his crew shot and killed Chicago rapper King Von last November. A Twitter user took a video of Quando Rondo’s set, showing that few people showed up out of fear that violence would ring out. If that was indeed the case, the shooting at the convenience store...
Attorney General Urges That Derek Chauvin Receive Longer Sentence Due To Cruelty
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Minnesota Department of Corrections / Minnesota Department of Corrections Derek Chauvin will have to answer for his reckless disregard for human life. The lawyer on the case is requesting that he be given even more time than his charges demand. As spotted on News One, Attorney General Keith Ellison has formally submitted a memo suggesting that the former Minneapolis police officer be sentenced to a longer sentence. His stance is that the disgraced lawman acted so inhumane that he deserves an upgraded term. “The State respectfully requests an aggravated sentence for Defendant Derek Chauvin, a former police officer convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of George Floyd” the stateme...
New York Post Writer Resigned After Fake Kamala Harris Published
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty With a history of pushing favorable headlines for former president Donald Trump, the New York Post has become a target of criticism in recent times. Last week, a writer for the infamous tabloid resigned after she was forced to write a false story regarding Vice President Kamala Harris. On April 27, Laura Italiano shared why she was stepping down from her position at the Post via Twitter. “An announcement: Today I handed in my resignation to my editors at the New York Post,” began Italiano’s thread. She continued with, “The Kamala Harris story — an incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against — was my breaking point. It’s been a privilege to cover the City of New York for its liveliest, wittie...
