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Houston’s Restaurant In Memphis Accused Of Racism After Black Cop Told He Smells Like Marijuana
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dan Reynolds Photography / Getty A funny thing can happen to a business once it has been accused publicly of racism—suddenly all said business’ dirty-and-discriminatory laundry starts coming out as other patrons start publicly recalling their own experiences. Such appears to be the case for Houston’s Restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, where a Black police officer and high school principal said they were humiliated by a server who accused them of smelling like marijuana. From Raw Story: “I don’t plan on patronizing this establishment anymore,” said Marcus Mosby. “She said, ‘There’s a strong odor of marijuana coming from your party in this area.’ I said, ‘Ma’am, we don’t smoke marijuana. You’re mistaken.’ She said, ‘I’ve gotten complaints. People have called...
Busta Rhymes Checks Couple After Woman Gets Too Touchy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty Note to all Busta Rhymes fans; keep your hands off the dungeon dragon. The Native Tongue MC recently checked a woman and her man for getting too handsy. As per The New York Post the Brooklyn, New York native had to stop mid performance to gather up a set of fans who were doing way too much and not enough all at once. During his set at recent show Bus was getting some rather inappropriate attention from an unidentified female fan. After a couple of unwelcome grabs he addressed her in signature fashion. “Ayo, shorty, you’re with your man, right?” he asked rhetorically. But before she could respond he put her significant other on notice. “That’s your girl? What kind of sh*t are you on that you’re gonna let her continue to grab me up?”...
Vanessa Bryant Wins $16M Lawsuit Over Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Photos
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, won a significant lawsuit against Los Angeles County after sheriff’s deputies and the fire department shared photos of a fatal crash that killed Bryant and others. Mrs. Bryant was awarded $16 million while another man, Chris Chester, was awarded $15 million. The Los Angeles Times reports that Vanessa Bryant, 40, and Chris Chester, 48, won their lawsuit on Wednesday (August 24) after just hours of deliberations. Mrs. Bryant lost her husband and eldest daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. Chester lost his wife, Sarah, and their daughter, Payton. Related Stories “We’re not here because of an accident,” Bryant’s attorney Craig Lavoie said during closing arguments earlier in the week acc...
Red Bull BC One 2022 USA National Finals To Be Held In Los Angeles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Bull Media House / Red Bull Media House Red Bull BC One, the world’s largest breaking competition, will host its USA National Finals this coming September in sunny Los Angeles, Calif. Previous winners of the five regional cyphers held in various cities across the nation will engage in battle for the title ahead of the Red Bull BC One World Final in November. Red Bull BC One USA National Finals will take place at Eden Hollywood on Saturday, September 17, all part of a weekend of high-level breaking excellence. The nation’s top 16 b-boys and b-girls will bring their best moves to the Eden stage and will be judged by legends of the field. B-girl Asia 1 and BC One All Star Neguin, with Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples fame hosting the affair. Related S...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K23’ MyTeam Removes Contracts, Brings Back Seasons & Adds New Features
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 MyTEAM NBA 2K23 MyTeam is getting some significant updates, the return of seasons, and will remove one particularly annoying feature. NBA 2K23’s Courtside Report 5 focuses on MyTeam, the popular mode that allows players to build super teams by obtaining cards from packs and putting them against either online or AI opponents. Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 MyTEAM NBA 2K23 MyTeam boasts several updates, plus the removal of the contracts feature something fans have wanted gone from MyTeam for quite some time now. Related Stories Visual Concepts, the developer behind the popular basketball video game franchise, announced in a video that in NBA 2K23, players would no longer have to worry about contracts. Now, they can use their p...
Cardi B Speaks Out In Support of Offset Amid QC Drama
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Cardi B is speaking out in favor of her husband, Offset, after news broke that he was suing QCM and Pierre Thomas over the release of his solo project. After months of speculating whether Migos were officially finished or if the group was trolling; fans finally received the reason why Offset has been noticeably absent on all recent Migos appearances when TMZ dropped the news that Set was suing his label and CEO, accusing Quality Control Records of ignoring a deal they made back in January 2021. Related Stories According to the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday(Aug 23), Offset claims he negotiated his solo deal, in addition to reportedly ensuring that QC was “paid handsomely” for his artist rights. Still, now that he’s dropped a new s...
Lil Tjay Reveals He Was Shot Seven Times, Promises Return With New Music
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Mendez / Getty This past June the Hip-Hop world was shocked when news emerged that Lil Tjay had gotten shot up while he was out in Edgewater, New Jersey. Although he’s been keeping a low profile since the incident, the “Run It Up” rapper has updated his fans on his current condition. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (August 24) to post a new video of himself at home with a neck brace on his person, Lil Tjay assured fans that he’s well on his road to recovery after being shot seven times during an attempted robbery on June 22nd. With a caption that read “Thanks for the love and support ya I appreciate everything fr… 🫶🏾we gon come back stronger than ever ‼️‼️ ya ready 👀👀👀,” Tjay thank...
HHW Gaming: Sony Jacking Up The Global Prices of PlayStation 5, US Gamers Safe For Now
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty If you live outside of the United States and are still looking for a PlayStation 5, this is not the news you were hoping to hear about Sony’s still hard-to-get next-gen console. Per The Guardian, Sony is increasing its PlayStation 5 console’s price by as much as 20% in every market outside of the United States. The console is still high in demand and short in supply due to the global supply chain issues will see its price increase in the EU by 6% (£30), from £449.99 to £479.99. The disc-less version will also see the same bump from £359.99 to £389.99. Australian gamers can also expect to dish out more mula for the PS5. Prices will go from AU$749.95 to AU$799.95 for the disc version and from AU$599.95 to AU$649.95 for the digital editio...
Fabolous ft. Jim Jones “Rich Hustle,” Gucci Mane ft. BigDogWalk & Peewee Longway “Gelati” & More | Daily Visuals 8.23.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past year Fabolous, Jim Jones and Maino have shared their hilarious workout bromance on social media for all to enjoy but now Fab and Jim have finally gotten out the gym and into the studio to lay down some bars for their day-one fans to bop to. Linking up for the visuals to “Rich Hustle,” Fabolous heads out to Harlem to get his Bentley handwashed before popping bottles and flossing ridiculous amounts of ice with Jim Jones at Dyckman Park as a basketball game is played for the crowd in attendance. Down South, Gucci Mane calls on BigWalkDog and Peewee Longway to meet him at the hangout spot to get things turnt and stunt with reasonable amounts of ice for his latest clip to “Gelati.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Hotboii, Stefflong...
Sony Teases New DualSense Edge Wireless Controller At Gamescon
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sony / Sony The PlayStation vs. Xbox wars continue to ensue as Sony has unveiled its new DualSense Edge Wireless controller which bares some similarities to that of the Xbox Elite controller. The Verge is reporting that during Gamescon opening night, Sony teased their new PlayStation accessory and it’s looking like it’s going to be a beaut. Related Stories The DualSense Edge allows owners to change out stick caps for three types: standard, high dome, and low dome. There are also two swappable back buttons (half-dome or lever) that can be mapped to any other buttons, much like typical paddles. You can even replace the stick modules, which is a great advantage over the Xbox Elite. These will be sold separately. Sony has also added adjustable trigger hair lo...
Bizarre Video from ‘Love & Hip Hop’s’ Yandy Smith Sparks Cheating Rumors
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty In an Instagram reel earlier this month, Love & Hip Hop star and entrepreneur Yandy Smith-Harris seems to suggest that there is another man in her life other than her husband, Mendeecees Harris. “This is important because I feel like this is gonna end up on the blogs anyway,” Smith-Harris says in the reel.“I have been out and about and I recently…” she says as a man pops into the frame and interjects. “You gonna tell them or what?” he asks—smoking a cigar. “I don’t got all day.” The man adds, “I’m not saying I’m the other guy but I’m not saying I’m not the other guy.” Smith-Harris then says, “Alright well, that’s certainly not how I felt like I wanted to tell everybody,” she says. “Say hi to the blogs,” the man interj...
Fetty Wap Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking, Faces Five Years In Jail
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap is poised to go to prison for five years after pleading guilty to his involvement in a major drug trafficking enterprise in court. According to reports, Willie Junior Maxwell II aka Fetty Wap pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances in a Central Islip, New York courtroom on Monday (August 22nd). The charge carries a mandatory prison sentence of five years, but federal sentencing guidelines have the potential to add another two years to that. The plea was heard by U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke, who had previously revoked the rapper’s $500,000 bond and sent him to jail two weeks beforehand. This resulted from him violating his pretrial release guidelines by threatening...
