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HHW Gaming: Everyone Including NFL Pros Are Frying ‘Madden NFL 23’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: EA / Madden NFL 23 Madden NFL 23 is here, and it’s only been a week since the game’s release, and it is getting dragged by not just fans of the annual sports video game franchise but NFL pros, too. Developers behind the game came into this season riding the momentum off Madden NFL 22, which was an improvement from Madden NFL 21. Reviews for Madden NFL 23 on OpenCritic have the game sitting at its usual fair rating despite new next-gen features like “FieldSense” technology that’s supposed to help improve the game’s feel and improvements to modes. But, there is another damming indicator of just how bad this game and it’s the reactions from players on social media, NFL pros in particular, who are trashing Madden NFL 23. “First game out on Mad...
HHW Gaming: Netflix Cancels ‘Resident Evil’ Series After 1 Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: COURTESY OF NETFLIX / Resident Evil Welp, that was fast. After one season, Netflix has decided that its once-promising Resident Evil series does not deserve a second season. Deadline exclusively reports that Netflix is doing its usual by canceling a show just after one season. The latest victim is the Resident Evil series which puts a fresh spin on the popular survival horror video game franchise. Related Stories The news of the show’s demise comes just months after its July 14 release and, according to the website, isn’t surprising due to how the show performed on the streaming service. The show faired poorly on Netflix’s Top 10 and was expensive to produce. Two factors against it, combined with a poor critical response, made Netflix’s decision easy to m...
Going Once…: Zadeh Kicks’ Confiscated Sneakers Getting Auctioned By The U.S. Government
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke A few weeks ago now infamous sneaker reseller Michael Malekzadeh a.k.a Zadeh Kicks was charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and money laundering after jerking many sneakerheads out of millions of dollars. Now his own personal collection is up for auction courtesy of the U.S. Government. According to Fortune, more than 60,000 pairs of sneakers that Malekzadeh held at a warehouse have hit the auction block in an attempt to recoup some of the $70 million that the reseller had swindled out of countless customers who pre-ordered sneakers that he couldn’t have possibly obtained. Of the tens of thousands of sneakers that the government is reselling (LOL), 1,100 pairs are from Malekzadeh’s own personal collection and have an estim...
Scissor Talk: Megan Thee Stallion Is Down For Some Bedroom Fun With Yung Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Revolt / Caresha Please Yung Miami seems to be onto something with her REVOLT podcast Caresha Please. In the latest episode, she got her good friend Megan Thee Stallion to open up about the idea of having sex with her. After breaking the internet when she finally got Diddy to admit they date “real bad,” Yung Miami has scored another viral moment that has the internet’s attention. This time, Caresha got her good friend, Megan Thee Stallion, to spill some tea on whether or not she would take down the City Girl. Related Stories Being that she has no filter, Yung Miami asks the “Traumazine” crafter if she liked women, with Thee Stallion responding, “I like, what I like.” Seeing that she now has an in, Yung Miami follows up, “You want to f**k me?” Thee Stallio...
Jamie Foxx Does A Spot-On Impression of Donald Trump, Twitter Crowns Him The Impersonation King
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Tiffany Rose / Getty Is there anyone Jamie Foxx can’t impersonate to perfection? That was the question many people were asking after he smoked an impersonation of Cheetoh Mussolini, aka Donald Trump. It’s no secret just how talented Jamie Foxx is. The actor/musician/host reminded us just how good he is at impersonating people during a recent episode of the Rap Radar Podcast with Elliott Wilson and B.Dot. While promoting his new Netflix movie Day Shift, which also stars Snoop Dogg, the former disgraced president’s name came up when the hosts asked Snoop about reconnecting with Michael “Harry-O” Harris, a businessman who helped fund Death Row Records after Trump pardoned him in 2021. Harris was given a get-out-of-jail-free card after serving 30 years ...
Quavo Cast to Star Opposite Billy Zane In New Action-Thriller ‘Takeover’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Looks like Quavo will become the latest rapper to transition from Hip-Hop to Hollywood as he’s set to star in an action-thriller alongside a Tinsel Town OG. Variety is reporting that the Migos representative has been cast to star opposite Billy Zane in a new action-thriller dubbed Takeover with production set to go down in Quavo’s hometown of Atlanta. As for what the film’s plot will revolve around, it seems like a pretty interesting concept. Related Stories Zane plays Gamal Akopyan, the leader of an international heist ring, who uses street takeovers to get away with mass robberies. When his latest heist goes awry, he must do whatever it takes to escape the Atlanta takeover scene alive – with nine figures worth of dia...
Kodak Black Donates $50K Worth Of Water To Help Haiti’s Water Crisis
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Kodak Black is once again putting on for his homeland. He is donating $50,000 dollars worth of water to help Haiti during their water crisis. As per TMZ the Pompano Beach, Florida native is putting his money where is heart is. The country is up against yet another misfortune and this time it is not a natural disaster. Over the last couple of days the island has been held hostage by local drug cartels and since locals have been cut off from food and water. The “Super Gremlin” rapper heard about the unfortunate news and is stepping up in order to offer Haitians relief. Related Stories On Tuesday, August 23 his lawyer Bradford Cohen announced that the man now legally known as Bil...
Twitter Calls Out Irv Gotti For His Creepy Ashanti Pillow Talk During BET’s Murder Inc. Docuseries
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Irv Gotti is having a month and not in a good way. Instead of riding the positive nostalgia wave that his Murder Inc. docuseries is producing, it’s his comments about cringe comments about Ashanti that are taking center stage. The Murder Inc. Story is currently the talk of social media, and when it wraps up will be another hit for BET but also a stain on the network because of how Ashanti was treated. It’s no secret Ashanti wanted nothing to do with the docuseries, and we now know why, IRV GOTTI. During a recent episode, Irv Gotti shared how his two-decade-old relationship with the songwriter/singer began. “I’m separated from [my wife] Deb. I’m on my own. And Ashanti’s coming to the studio every day and our friendship and bond ...
Bad Bunny To Perform From Yankee Stadium For The VMA’s
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Orlando Sentinel / Getty We’re just a few days away from the annual MTV Video Music Awards and with the show constantly looking for new and exciting ways to please their viewers, they’ve enlisted Bad Bunny to be the latest artist to perform outside the MTV box. According to Variety the current king of Reggaeton will be performing during the music video ceremonies on August 28th but instead of being on stage at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, the music artist turned WWE champion will be doing his thing live from Yankee Stadium in the BX. To make things even more interesting MTV promises his performance will include “never-before-seen choreography” from the Boogie Down Bronx. Related Stories The Puerto Rican artist made his first VMAs appearance in 2019 alo...
Voice of FN Meka Claims Capitol Records Never Paid Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Virtual Humans / Virtual Humans The controversy over the “world’s first” artificial intelligence rapper FN Meka has grown after another rapper who was hired to do their voice is now blasting Capitol Records, claiming they never paid him for his work. According to reports, Kyle The Hooligan revealed that he was the voice of FN Meka, who was billed as the “world’s first A.I. rapper. The news comes shortly after Capitol Records announced that they dropped FN Meka just a week after introducing him as the newest artist signed to their label. The Atlanta, Georgia-based artist went on his Instagram page to reveal that he was contracted to be FN Meka’s voice and explained how everything came about. “They came to me with this A.I. s*** and was like would I want to...
Snoop Dogg Creates New Animated Children’s Series ‘Doggyland’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gregg DeGuire / Getty Snoop Dogg has become quite the entrepreneur over the past few years and now Martha Stewart’s partner-in-crime is looking to enter the world of children’s animation. Vibe is reporting that the Doggfather has partnered up with Hip Hop Harry creator Claude Brooks and singer-songwriter October London to create his new children’s cartoon series Doggyland and truth be told, we’re interested to see what Snoop has cooked up in his kitchen. While no one would’ve ever imagined the man who “b*tches ain’t sh*t but h*es and tricks” would one day create an animated series for kids, it’s something that the Death Row boss is very proud of at this point in his life. Related Stories “As a father, grandfather and longtime youth football coach, it’s al...
R. Kelly Offered $1 Million For Return of Underage Abuse Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty New testimony in the second federal trial of disgraced singer R. Kelly alleges that he was desperate to find the tape containing a recording of him committing abuse on an underage girl, offering a million dollars for its return. According to reports, a former merchandising agent named Charles Freeman testified for the prosecution in the Chicago, Illinois federal courtroom on Tuesday (August 23rd). The 52-year-old Kansas City native said that the entertainer first reached out to him in 2001 to obtain his assistance in finding the infamous tape. Freeman said that he was unaware of what was on the tape until after he retrieved it from an Atlanta residence and then popped it into a VCR at a friend’s home later on that day to watch. “I ...
