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Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, & Kendrick Lamar Headlining 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NFL / Pepsi/Roc Nation The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show is typically a huge event for television viewers, and next year’s lineup will feature some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop culture. The 2020 show will be headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. The aforementioned performers hardly need any introduction, most especially Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem, all among the top-selling acts within the drama. The show is also something of a full circle moment for Slim Shady as he’s reunited with his Aftermath boss on the big stage after signing with the good doctor back in 1998. Of course, the Doggfather has a number of classics with the Compton OG and fans can expect them to run through their 1990s smash hits. Related St...
Pepsi & Angie Martinez To Hold ‘Manzanita Sol NYC Food Truck Giveback’ This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Manzanita Sol / PepsiCo Over the past few decades Angie Martinez has gone from popular radio personality to rapper to actress, and now the OG Voice of New York is teaming with Pepsi to bring some more Latino flavor to the streets of NYC. Looking to hype up the debut of their new Manzanita Sol beverage, PepsiCo has enlisted the talents of Angie Martinez and recruited the help of Black and Latino owned food trucks to dish out free meals and free Manzanita Sol this weekend (April 17 & 18). Angie couldn’t be more enthusiastic about the new drink and in a press release expressed her pride in taking part in the campaign. “New York is a place where you’ll find diverse cuisines around every corner and food trucks are what bring that authentic taste of home pa...
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....
Pepsi & Fat Joe Launch “Your Wildest Dreams” Virtual Hip-Hop Talent Competition
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fat Joe is about to remind the world that he knows a thing or two about spotting talent. The Bronx representing rapper will be helping find Rap’s next household name. Source: Pepsi / Triller / Pepsi / Triller Today (December, 2), Pepsi and Grammy-Nominated Artist Fat Joe announce the Pepsi Wild Cherry “Your Wildest Dreams” virtual Hip-Hop talent competition available exclusively on Triller. Featuring an all-star panel of leading talent and industry insiders including Fat Joe, Mike WiLL Made-It, rapper Mulatto, producer Quay Global and on-air personality Kenny Burns, “Your Wildest Dreams” will discover the next big hip hop artist as well as inspire and entertain music fans everywhere with exclusive performances and content featuring some of the top emerging...
Unreleased Notorious B.I.G. Freestyle Unveiled in (Sigh) Pepsi Commercial: Watch
Over twenty years after the murder of The Notorious B.I.G., the musical pantry is bare and fans will take any new crumbs they can get. It’s in the spirit of feeding the hungry that we offer you a previously unreleased freestyle from 1997, which has now come to light in a (sigh) Pepsi commercial. Via TMZ, Biggie laid down the lyrics in an appearance on the New York radio station Hot 97. Afterwards, it pretty much disappeared — until now. In defense of the makers of sugar water, it really is a whole entire verse about Pepsi. He raps, “Big slam, quick slam, tin can, whatever/ Whether too cold or too hot/ You got to keep Pepsi in the freezer/ I keep a 3 liter for my crew/ My girl like them diet joints too.” Ask not why Biggie Smalls keeps his soft drinks in the freezer, and instead e...
China bans US chickens, shuts Pepsi plant
China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close Sunday as authorities clamped down on food production and distribution amid a new coronavirus cluster in the capital. Health officials also reported 22 new virus cases in Beijing, where they have tested more than two million residents as they seek to contain a wave of new infections linked to a wholesale market in the capital. Imports of frozen chicken from Tyson Foods have been “temporarily suspended”, the General Administration of Customs said, after a virus outbreak was found at one of the company’s production facilities in the US. Products from the firm that have already arrived in China will be confiscated, the statement said. US food and drinks giant PepsiCo was also ordered to shut down ...
