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HHW Gaming: Black Panther FINALLY Coming To ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Later This Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Square Enix / Marvel’s Avengers Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers is slowly taking shape. Could the King of Wakanda’s arrival finally make it the game fans hoped it would be at launch? Black people always have to step up to save things. It looks like that could also apply to the video game world. When Marvel’s Avengers was first fully announced, reactions for the blockbuster game were mixed. On the one hand, fans of the Marvel franchise were excited they were finally getting an original game featuring their favorite superheroes but were extremely disappointed the game did not use the actors from the Marvel Studios films. An issue they have fixed with the announcement of new skins coming soon. Gamers, including us, held onto hope. After playi...
Another Bag Secured: LeBron James Finalizes PepsiCo Deal, Will Be The Face of New Moutain Dew Energy Drink
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty LeBron James is not just shutting up and dribbling anytime soon. The future Hall-of-Famer has secured another bag. King James officially finalized a multi-year endorsement deal with PepsiCo ending his 17-year-long partnership with Coca-Cola. News of James ditching Coca-Cola for Pepsi first hit the news cycle back in January, but no details were revealed at the time until now. Coca-Cola also confirmed its relationship with James is over in a statement saying, “LeBron’s contract came up at a time when both he and The Coca-Cola Company were actively reviewing all of its resources to make sure it was investing in places that ensured long-term growth. After many discussions with Lebron and his team, we mutually agreed to part ways....
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March Madness: Future Emotionless When His Security Guard Chokeslams Woman [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @PhotosByBeanz / @PhotosByBeanz If you’re a big fan of Future please make sure to respect his personal space. One of his followers found out the hard way his team is not for play. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the Atlanta trapper turned rapper was out partying, presumably around Grammy weekend. In a video recorded by an onlooker a female fan attempts to get close to Hendrix but is unsuccessful thanks to his security detail. Clearly she wasn’t taking no for an answer and pushed the issue by trying again which prompted one of his guards to forcibly push her to the ground. The altercation took a turn for the very worst and she took the shove personally and started attacking the masked gentleman in defiance. What happens next is a page pulled out of Unde...
Drake Attributes His Career Success To Bow Wow, Salty Soulja Boy Responds
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty Drake was in a celebratory mood this week after debuting three songs atop the Billboard Hot 100. To commemorate the special moment, the rap star threw a private event with close friends, including Bow Wow who he says helped shape his successful career. Per Rap-Up, the exclusive “1-2-3” themed dinner took place at Mastro’s in Houston on Monday (March 15) with clips of the soiree appearing on Drizzy’s Instagram Stories. “I didn’t know how else to bring in 1, 2, 3. I had to link with Wizzle,” he said about Bow Wow in the video. “Everybody wants to have drinks and everybody wants to celebrate and turn up, I just had to see Wizzle. I had to see Wizzle in person. If it wasn’t for you, there wouldn’t be no me. That’s why—yo...
Fred Savage Announces EJ Williams As Star Of ABC’s ‘Wonder Years’ Revival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @ejwilliams_42 / Instagram The Wonder Years has found the new face for the beloved lead character, Kevin Arnold. According to Deadline, staple actor Fred Savage officially announced the name of the young actor that will be taking over the role of the boy next door. On Monday, original series star Fred Savage virtually broke the news to actor Elisha “E.J.” Williams that he’d landed the lead role of 12-year-old Dean, who comes of age in the late 1960s. The new Wonder Years will be written by Saladin K. Patterson and will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama. The original series takes place from 1968 to 1973 and was filmed in Los Angeles, though its setting was deliberately never specified on-screen. Setting the reboot in Alabama will pro...
Joe Hebert Reported Multiple Times For Abusing Nike VP Mom’s Discounts Before Being Exposed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @west.coast.streetwear / Instagram Ever since it was revealed that famous sneaker reseller Joe Hebert a.k.a. WestCoast Streetwear was actually the son of Nike’s now former Vice President of North America and SNKRS overseer, Ann Hebert, sneakerheads demanded some kind of retribution from Nike for all the L’s we took at the hands of the Hebert syndicate. Naturally Nike’s response to the matter was that they take consumer’s feelings into account in instances such as this one and are trying their best to satisfy their millions of customers. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case as Input is reporting that Nike did next to nothing when company employees reported Joe Hebert for abusing his family discount code at Nike stores in Portland and Eugene ...
Nike Partners With National Urban League To Foster Home Ownership For Black Communities
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NIKE, Inc. / NIKE, Inc. One of the biggest brands in the world is doing their part to ensure better equity in the housing market. Nike has announced a new partnership intended to level the playing field. Last week the Portland, Oregon brand announced a new initiative that will help people of color flourish. As part of its Black Community Commitment, Nike, Converse, and Jordan Brand are partnering with the National Urban League (NUL) by donating $1 million to the organization. NUL brings a legacy of helping Black Americans and other underserved communities through education and job training, workforce development, housing and community development and entrepreneurship to achieve economic self-reliance. “The National Urban League has been championing the el...
LeBron James, Maverick Carter Named 1st Black Partners Of Fenway Sports Group
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty LeBron James and his decision to not “Shut Up and Dribble” is continuing to pay dues. This week, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and his business partner Maverick Carter were named the first Black partners of the sprawling Fenway Sports Group, giving them an ownership stake in the Boston Red Sox among other interests. The Boston Globe was the first to break the news that James and Carter would be joining FSG as partners after the announcement went wide on Tuesday (March 16). FSG, which is the parent company of the Red Sox and the English Premier League champs Liverpool Football Club, also welcomed RedBird Capital Partners after approving a $750 million private investment. The aggressive move is being framed as FSG’s foray into obtai...
Trump Supporter Kodak Black Claims Megan Thee Stallion “Made A Whole Career” Off His Catchprase
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: C Flanigan / Getty Is this another case of serious cappin’? Pardoned rapper Kodak Black has been on Twitter, claiming he is the inspiration behind some of the hottest acts in Hip-Hop and wants acknowledgment for it. The Trump-supporting rapper is stirring up trouble on social media after claiming in a subliminal tweet that Megan Thee Stallion owes him becuase she “made a whole career” off the catchphrase “drive the boat,” which he adamantly claims he started. In a series of now-deleted tweets, Kodak Black wrote: “Make a whole career off of taking one Lil piece of my shit & I B Coming For My Money.” “Baby ain’t have to go out her way to give my credit, but the opportunity came to her instead when they asked that question on tv smh, and the be on ...
Wendy Williams Both Burped & Farted During Her Talk Show, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DON EMMERT / Getty Looks like Wendy Williams gave quite the hot take this past Tuesday while doing her daytime talk show, The Wendy Williams Show, when she once again broke wind on the air. A year after “FARTGATE” took the internet by storm when Wendy ripped one while doing her show, the OG shock jock gossip girl has one-upped her previous incident by seemingly both burping and farting simultaneously. The latest mishap came while Wendy was talking about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s relationship when much to the shock of the crowd and herself, Wendy let out a burp which was immediately followed by a fart. Unreal Burp Fart combo from Wendy Williams pic.twitter.com/4MgzgbtTpa — Derek Allgood (@BMS_Derek) March 16, 2021 As you can see by her face she was l...
Casanova Denied Bail Thanks To Old Nick Cannon Interview
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls for iOne Digital / Bernard Smalls iOne Digital Brooklyn rapper Casanova might be the furthest thing from a Tekashi 6ix9ine, but the “Don’t Run” rapper just can’t seem to stop snitchin’ on himself. After feds used his interview with DJ Vlad as evidence of self-incrimination and being disciplined for doing the #JuneBugchallenge from behind bars, Vlad TV is now reporting that a judge has denied bail for the 34-year-old rapper after prosecutors used another interview to prove Cas was still an active gang member. The interview in question that was used as evidence was an old Nick Cannon joint from 2019 where the Roc Nation artist told Nick he was “Still Ape.” While at the time that seemed harmless enough, it turned out to be what prosecutors nee...
Offset Is Producing A Streetwear Competition Series For HBO Called ‘The Hype’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It seems Offset’s pricey commitment to staying fly is paying off. He has just partnered with a network to bring Rap’s most popular subculture to life. As spotted on Deadline the Atlanta native has inked a new deal in Hollywood. HBO Max has given him the greenlight to produce a competition series based on streetwear. Titled The Hype, the project will host 10 streetwear creators to a contest where they will face off in challenges directly linked to design, spotting new trends and the business of fashion. Not only is the Migos front man producing the show, but he will also serve a judge alongside Beth Birkett, creative director and founder of Bephies Beauty Supply, and Marni Senofonte, an esteemed costume designer. Speedy Morman, of...
