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Ice Cube Partners With Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Naturally
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @IceCube / GMCR Ice Cube has teamed up with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) for a cold collaboration, literally. The brand and the rap legend, actor and filmmaker have partnered on Brew Over Ice (BOI) coffee aka coffee pods catered specifically to pour over ice cubes. That said, the “It Was A Good Day Rapper” and GMCR are dubbing BOI as the official drink of Summer Fridays. Therefore, to celebrate their proclamation they are hosting a sweepstakes, via social media, to give away exclusive Brew Over Ice (Cube) Summer FRIDAY kits. For you chance to get one you’ll have to tune in to Cube’s IG live on Friday, August 5 at 12 pm EST. Get it? Ice Cube(s)…the movie Friday…ok, we’re sure you do. Related Stories Anyway, one winner...
Perjury?: Alex Jones’ Cellphone Records Acquired By Sandy Hook Legal Team
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones received a shock as he was informed that his cellphone records were in the hands of prosecutors that were suing him for defamation while he was on the stand, exposing his dishonesty. Jones was on the witness stand on Wednesday (August 3rd) for the second day in a courtroom in Austin, Texas. The conservative media personality is currently on trial for defaming Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, two of the parents who lost their children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012 by claiming that the tragedy was a hoax. Jones was being cross-examined by Mark Bankston, the parents’ attorney. Bankston asked Jones if he had an email account or used text messages to discuss Sandy Hook. Under oat...
HHW Gaming: Here’s How You Can Play ‘Far Cry 6’ For FREE This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Have you been on the fence about playing Far Cry 6? Ubisoft is giving you a chance to play the game for free. Starting RIGHT NOW, you can play Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6 for free 99 as part of a “blockbuster free weekend” until August 7. Gamers will have access to the game on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Stadia, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. New players will have access to the full game plus all free downloadable content published to date, all playable together in co-op. Once the free weekend is up, players can continue the fight to free Yara from Antón Castillo’s regime and unlock the game, its season pass, and all of its DLC content at a discounted rate. The discoun...
Brittney Griner Sentenced To 1 Year In Russian Prison Over Less Than 1 Gram Of Hashish Oil
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty On Thursday, A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of bringing illegal drugs into Russia. We should all be angry. Injustice is injustice no matter what country it happens in and nine years of a small amount of cannabis oil is unjust. According to the New York Times, Griner’s conviction “leaves Ms. Griner’s fate subject to diplomatic negotiations between Russia and the United States.” In other words: Griner’s freedom is nothing more than a bargaining chip between two world powers. Related Stories In fact, some sources have said that Griner would have to be formally sentenced before any prisoner swap could even be possible. But conflicting reports make that ide...
Sneaker Reseller Zadeh Kicks Facing 30 Years In Prison For Ponzi Scheme
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand This past June, infamous sneaker reseller,Michael Malekzadeh a.k.a Zadeh Kicks sent shockwaves through the sneaker community when he dissolved his Zadeh Kicks LLC and made off with millions of dollars of sneaker pre-order money leaving many customers thousands of dollars poorer. Now Bloomberg is reporting on how Malekzadeh was able to swindle countless people out of tens of thousands of dollars in one fell swoop, and in the process earning himself federal charges such as wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering. Referring to him as the “Bernie Madoff of sneakers,” Zadeh would sell highly-sought after Air Jordans, Nikes, and Yeezy’s at below market price months before their scheduled release dates an...
HHW Gaming: Benedict College Cuts Ribbon On New Esports Gaming Room & Launches Degree Track
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: mihailomilovanovic / Getty Video games or gaming is no longer the waste of time your parents used to call it, it has become a lucrative business, and Benedict College is giving its students a chance to get in on the action. Benedict College, a historically Black college and university located in Columbia, South Carolina, became the first HBCU to launch an Esports gaming room and offer its students a degree track for gaming and a way into the world of Esports. Last week, Benedict College cut the ribbon on its brand new game room, pressing the start button on its new chapter Esports, but that’s not all the HBCU is offering. Benedict College will also continue its development of new degrees and opportunities to help Black and Brown students find a place in t...
‘The Joker 2’ Is Set To Drop In 2024 With Lady Gaga
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. A few months ago we reported that The Joker 2 was officially a go and set to be a musical featuring Lady Gaga (Harley Quinn?), and now Warner Bros. has given us a release date for the highly-anticipated sequel. According to Variety, Joker: Folie à Deux has been given a 2024 release date and will once again star Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime with Lady Gaga rumored to take on the role of his main squeeze, Harley Quinn. Warner Bros. announced the release date almost immediately after it received some backlash for canceling the release of Batgirl while keeping Ezra “Choke A Chick” Miller’s The Flash on it’s release schedule. Truth is though, Warner Bros. and the DCEU need as many “blockbuster” films as possible to ev...
Black Man’s Job Holds Retreat At Alabama Plantation, He Shows Up In Slave Garments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BisFitty / Reddit A Black man revealed online that in response to having to attend his workplace’s retreat that was held at a plantation, he opted to arrive dressed up as an enslaved person. According to the employee, his decision was prompted by his job’s clueless decision. “As a lot of you already know, I had to attend a ‘corporate retreat’ this weekend, that happened to take place on a southern plantation in Alabama. There was a ‘period appropriate’ costume ball scheduled for the end of the trip, but they apparently forgot about me, their lone black employee. Hilarity ensued,” the man known as BisFitty on Reddit wrote. The situation apparently occurred seven years ago, according to the original post thread on that platform. The situation went viral wit...
DOJ Arrests Four Officers In Breonna Taylor’s Death, Black Twitter Demands Justice
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Leigh Vogel / Getty Four current and former Louisville, KY police officers involved in a fatal raid on the apartment of Breonna Taylor have been charged in her death by the Feds. According to the DOJ, their crimes including lying in order to secure the warrant that was used to search her home. What took so damn long? Breonna Taylor died in March 2020 as she lay in bed after officers knocked down the door to her apartment in a raid. Her boyfriend, TK, fired on the officers, hitting on in the leg, believing it was a home invasion. The cops responded with a volley of shots, two of which killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor as she lay in bed, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, members of Louisville M...
It’s Lit: Travis Scott Announces “Road To Utopia” Las Vegas Residency
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty It seems that Travis Scott is back to performing full-time. He has announced a residency in Las Vegas at Resorts World Hotel. As per Hype Beast, the Houston, Texas native is about to do Sin City in a significant way. On Tuesday, August 2, the property made the announcement confirming his guaranteed appearance at their Zouk Nightclub. Related Stories “From his music and fashion to unprecedented brand collaborations, Travis Scott is a one-of-a-kind, multi-talented artist,” said Ronn Nicolli, chief marketing officer of Resorts World Las Vegas. “His residency will bring a new level of energy to Resorts World Las Vegas and add to the property’s diverse list of entertainment and nightlife offerings.” Starting in September, Cactus Jack ...
‘Batgirl’ Film Canceled By Head Honchos At Warner Bros. For Being Weak Sauce?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty Looks like the DCEU is taking yet another step backwards thanks to Warner Bros. as the highly-anticipated Batgirl film starring In The Heights actress Leslie Grace will not be released…at all. According to Variety the $90 million project which was slated to drop in theaters and/or HBO Max has been shelved as insiders say it was an “irredeemable” picture. What that means could be anybody’s guess but the move comes just a month and change after a test screening of the film garnered much praise and positivity from critics who got a sneak peak at the project. Studio insiders insist the decision to axe “Batgirl” was not driven by the quality of the film or the commitment of the filmmakers, but by the desire for the studio’s slate of DC...
Trailer For ‘Atlanta’s Final Season Teases Earn & Van Reconciliation, Katt Williams & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FX Network / ATLANTA Mark your calendars. We are returning to Atlanta with Earn, Paper Boi, Van, and Darius one last time Thursday, September 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Fresh off the easter egg-filled teaser, FX unleashed a full trailer for the final season of Atlanta, and it hints at a return to the “normalcy” we have come to expect from the show. Related Stories The trailer teases that Earn (Donald Glover) and Van (Zazie Beetz) are giving their long-troubled relationship another shot in Atlanta’s final season. Glover’s Earn is also getting some much-needed therapy, finally, while he and other regulars, Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) and Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), try to figure out if Atlanta changed or they did following their European adventure in season 3. ...
