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Howard University Gets Their Own Air Jordan 6 Courtesy of Jordan Brand
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand Everyone knows that some of the best Air Jordans that drop are “Friends & Family” exclusives. Kicks intended college athletes that end up on the secondary market for tens of thousands of dollars. That being said, it looks like Howard University—recently announced as a Jordan Brand partner school—just got some heavy drip courtesy of Jordan Brand in the form of exclusive Air Jordan 6’s that bare the school’s red, white and blue colors along with the University’s emblem. Nice Kicks is reporting that the new and unreleased heat has been made just for the bison ballers and friends and family of the University as Jordan Brand continues to play with sneakerheads’ emotions out here. Related Stories The sneaker uses a white leather ...
Don Lemon To Co-Anchor New CNN Morning Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: STEFANI REYNOLDS / Getty As CNN is looking to regain its footing. The news network is banking on Don Lemon’s appeal by making him part of a new morning show. According to reports, the news network announced on Thursday (September 15th) that a new show will replace its current morning programming. The new unnamed as yet show will be hosted by Lemon along with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. CNN also stated that “New Day”, which is anchored by John Berman and Brianna Kellar, will continue until the new show airs later this year. Both will be given new anchor roles at CNN. Related Stories “There is no stronger combination of talent than Don, Poppy, and Kaitlan to deliver on our promise of a game-changing morning news program,” CNN chief executive Chris Lic...
You Better Be Sorry: Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes To Quinta Brunson For Emmys Stunt
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Jimmy Kimmel did the right thing and apologized to Quinta Brunson for being an eyesore during her big moment during The Emmy Awards. After getting dragged by Black Twitter and her co-star and fellow Emmy Award winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jimmy Kimmel had no choice but to cop pleas and took responsibility for almost ruining her Emmy award win. Related Stories The New York Post reports Ralph didn’t care for the bit, she revealed to reporters during a panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour panel on Wednesday (Sept.14). Per The New York Post: “I was absolutely confused. I didn’t know what was going on,” she revealed. “But I was like, ‘I wish that man would just get up off the ground’… And then I realized it was Jimmy Ki...
Pharrell Williams Launches Agency To Address Societal Challenges For Marginalized Communities
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty One of the culture’s greatest minds is working on evening the playing field for marginalized communities. Pharrell Williams is launching a creative agency that will create solutions for these individuals. As per Hype Beast the Virginia native is getting into the advertising industry but with a philanthropic lens. This week he announced the inception of Mighty Dream. As per the formal press release, the company will address problems that affect marginalized communities and work with different brands to concept products that solve the problems. Mighty Dream will be housed under Edelman, an American public relations and marketing consultancy firm. Pharrell Williams will serve as co-chair and founder alongside Lisa Osborne Ross, C...
NAV & Don Toliver ft. Future “One Time,” Lil Gotit “Free Y$L” & More | Daily Visuals 9.14.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rene Johnston / Getty Over the weekend NAV returned to the music game with his latest project Demons Protected By Angels and much to the delight of his hardcore fanbase has come through with a new video for one of the album’s standout cuts. Linking up with Don Toliver and Future for the visuals to “One Time,” NAV and company find themselves at a telly where supernatural occurrences take place but still manage to keep their cool and enjoy their surroundings. Didn’t hurt that the women were hot. Men will put up with demonic sh*t depending on how attractive a woman is. It’s just nature. Back in the A, Lil Gotit is campaigning for the release of his ATLien brethren and for his clip to “Free Y$L” he takes to the streets to garner support for the release of the...
Nick Cannon Welcomes 9th Baby, Twitter Once More Rains Down The Jokes
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 18 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Big Bronx Energy: Cardi B Donates $100K To Her Former Middle School
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Cardi B is once again proving that she is for the children. She has donated $100,000 to her former middle school. As per The Gothamist the “I Like It” rapper has given back to her beloved borough of the Bronx again. This week she paid a visit to her former middle school I.S. 232 and did not arrive empty handed. The students were gathered in their auditorium and faculty announced Bardi was their special guest for the day. She pulled up wearing a red dress and announced that she will be giving the learning institution a donation. As expected, the kids were thrilled to see her in person and received her with roaring cheers and applause. “A lot of the teachers were really tough on me because they saw something in me,” Cardi said....
Nicki Minaj Addresses Criticism About PnB Rock Death Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Rapper Nicki Minaj is addressing the criticism she received after comments she made on social media about the shooting death of PnB Rock. The 30-year-old rapper was shot and killed during a robbery at a Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant in Los Angeles. Social media users pointed blame at PnB Rock’s girlfriend who had shared a photo of her meal at the restaurant in her Instagram story. Related Stories Late Monday night after the Philadelphia rapper’s death was confirmed, Nicki Minaj chimed in, writing on Twitter, “After Pop Smoke there’s no way we as rappers or our loved ones are still posting locations to our whereabouts,” Minaj said. “To show waffles & some fried chicken????! He was such a pleasure to...
Sony To Release Special-Edition ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ PS5 DualSense Controller With The Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sony / Sony Rejoice Krato fanatics for we’re only a stone’s throw away from finally continuing the saga of the forsaken Spartan when God of War: Ragnarok finally releases, and to ensure you have a helluva time Sony is dropping an exclusive controller along with the game. Though the last God of War got it’s own limited-edition PS4 system, Sony has decided to simply release a controller and we’re not mad at the idea one bit. According to Tom’s Guide, the new God of War: Ragnarok PS5 DualSense Controller will be releasing on November 9th (along with the highly-anticipated game) and will boast a sleek “cool blue” and “ice white” colorway that wouldn’t look bad on some Retro Jordans (just sayin’). Related Stories Expect these to become a hot commodity and...
LAPD Puts Pawn Shops On Alert After Murder Of PnB Rock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty PnB Rock was senselessly shot and killed while dining inside a known Los Angeles soul food establishment, and the assailant reportedly made off with some of Rock’s belongings. LAPD put out a call to local pawn shops and stepped up their investigation to bring PnB Rock’s killer to justice. TMZ reports that LAPD officials put out an alert to local pawn shops to keep an eye out for anything that was previously owned by PnB Rock. According to the outlet, police obtained surveillance footage of the robbery and shooting from inside Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in South Los Angeles. More from TMZ: Related Stories We’re told investigators contacted numerous pawn shops in the area, asking them to alert cops if anyone tries to make a buck of...
Images Of eBay x Nike SB Dunk Low “Sandy Bodecker” Have Leaked & Umm…
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @zsneakerheadz / Instagram The Nike SB Dunk has been the hottest sneaker out in these streets for the past few years. While we continue to get bombarded by new and sometimes unnecessary colorways, the latest eBay SB Dunk might be the most struggle of them all, respectfully. HypeBeast is reporting that pics of the upcoming SB Dunk have leaked and well… how ’bout them Yankees?! Aaron Judge, am I right?! Rumored to be stocking at a measly 8,000 pairs, the eBay x Nike SB Dunk Low “Sandy Bodecker” features the recognizable eBay colors of blue, yellow, green and red in patent leather over a white leather base which “resembles one of the three models in the series, which was given to the late and influential Sandy Bodecker in 2008 when he retired.” But that’s no...
‘MyPillow’ Founder Mike Lindell Says Feds Liberated Him Of His Phone At Hardee’s Drive-Thru
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The man behind the MyPillow company and one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, announced that federal agents ran up on him at a Hardee’s drive-thru and took his phone. Mike Lindell, a prominent advocate for Trump and a major spreader of misinformation about the 2020 presidential election, spoke of the encounter at a Hardee’s restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota in a video post on his Internet show, “The Lindell Report” on Tuesday (Sept. 13). “We pulled through the drive-thru, they take the order, we pull up, and she says pull ahead,” Lindell says before going on to note that another car pulled up next to them. “These are either bad guys or the FBI.’ Well, it turns out they were the FBI.” At that point, the feder...
