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HHW Gaming: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ & Other Big Announcements From The Game Awards
Written By Bernard “Beanz” Smalls , Staff Writer Posted 6 hours ago @photosbybeanz Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men’s Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time. @photosbybeanz Follow @photosbybeanz HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Respawn Entertainment / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor The Game Awards are not just about handing out trophies. We also get to see trailers for the games we are looking forward to and titles we didn’t know were comi...
HHW Gaming: Kid Crashes ‘Elden Ring’s Game of The Year Moment At ‘The Game Awards,’ Twitter Reacts
Written By Bernard “Beanz” Smalls , Staff Writer Posted 4 hours ago @photosbybeanz Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men’s Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time. @photosbybeanz Follow @photosbybeanz HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: The Game Awards / The Game Awards 2022 The biggest night in video games almost went off without a hitch. Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards arrived and ended with a strange moment that left gamers scratching the...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser Tells Tatti Nobody Likes Her, Young Bae Tosses Her Drink On Vanity
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz / Ceaser This week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser and his misfit crew, minus Tatti, head to Orlando. What’s supposed to be a trip solely for team building turns into drama when Tatti decides to invite herself. Spyder Is Done With Bux The Black Ink Crew has arrived in Orlando, but the drama is not too far behind. Ceaser reveals to them that Tatti was not invited because she didn’t attend the mandatory meeting, which does not sit well with Bae. With that news out of the way, the men and women each get separate houses. Ceaser instructs them not to bring people to their temporary locations. After everyone picks their rooms, they head to a group dinner ahead of the “hell week.” During the dinner, Bux uses the moment to squash t...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser Tells Tatti Nobody Likes Her, Young Bae Tosses Her Drink On Vanity
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz / Ceaser This week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser and his misfit crew, minus Tatti, head to Orlando. What’s supposed to be a trip solely for team building turns into drama when Tatti decides to invite herself. Spyder Is Done With Bux The Black Ink Crew has arrived in Orlando, but the drama is not too far behind. Ceaser reveals to them that Tatti was not invited because she didn’t attend the mandatory meeting, which does not sit well with Bae. With that news out of the way, the men and women each get separate houses. Ceaser instructs them not to bring people to their temporary locations. After everyone picks their rooms, they head to a group dinner ahead of the “hell week.” During the dinner, Bux uses the moment to squash t...
HHW Gaming: Latest Google Doodle Honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, One of The Fathers of Modern Gaming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Google / Gerald “Jerry” Lawson Google Doodle Did you know one of the fathers of modern-day gaming was a Black man? Well, if you didn’t, now you know, and Google is honoring the late pioneer with a fitting Google Doodle. Thursday, December 1, the Google Doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. Lawson forever lives in the pantheon of video games because he was one of the many who led the team who developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges. Today’s Google Doodle honors him and his epic contributions to the world of video games by featuring games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel. You will be transport...
No Beef: Nas & 21 Savage Team Up On “One Mic, One Gun”
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 47 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 ...
HHW Gaming: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ New Trailer Is Here, Twitter Loves It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nintendo / The Super Mario Bros. Movie Nintendo has dropped the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and this time it’s hitting a lot better than the first one. The first teaser gave us a taste of Illumination’s upcoming animated adventure, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which features, much to the dismay of fans, Chris Pratt as the voice of the beloved video game plumber. In the second trailer, we get a better look at the gorgeous animated movie and the other characters not named Mario or Bowser (Jack Black). We get our first look at Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy. This peach isn’t the damsel in distress we are used to encountering in the Super Mario Bros. games. Like the other characters, she also has an updated look in the fil...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Rok & Krystal Make A Tough Decision, Ceaser Closes Another Shop
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty This week on Black Ink Crew, Rok and Krystal finally decide what to do with Gods of Ink. Ceaser is forced to close another shop in New York, and Bux gets caught pillow-talking. Ceaser Says It Might Be A Wrap For Black Ink 125th. The episode opens up with Ceaser talking to Suzette, yes, they are still together, about possibly having to shut down his Black Ink shop on 125th street in Harlem. Ceaser reveals the only way he will be able to keep the shop is on a month-to-month lease, which is not sitting well with him. Suzette thinks the landlord is only doing this to push Ceaser out of the property to jack the rent up. Ceaser is pretty upset at the thought he will no longer have a presence in Harlem. Bux Gets A Surprise Visit Bux h...
The Best Black Friday Deals On Video Games, Smartphones & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kamil Krzaczynski / Getty It’s that time of the year. After you chow down on your momma’s Thanksgiving cooking, you break out the credit card and start swiping to take advantage of those Black Friday doorbuster deals from the couch. Over the years, the approach to Black Friday has changed dramatically. No longer is it just relegated to people running to department stores like Best Buy or GameStop to take advantage of great sales prices. Now, most of the sales happen on websites. Also, most Black Friday deals take place days before November 25, giving shoppers a head start on their holiday shopping. While you can find anything on sale during the shopping holiday, Black Friday is the best time to stock up on new video games, gaming accessories, laptops, VR ...
Jaylen Brown Says He Mistook Black Hebrew Israelites For A Fraternity, Twitter Calls C A P
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Sean Gardner / Getty We haven’t seen a situation whoop people’s a**** like this Kyrie Irving one. Jaylen Brown has been very vocal after the Brooklyn Nets suspended Irving, but he is eating crow this time. After fulfilling the so-called “emasculating” conditions the Brooklyn Nets imposed on him, Kyrie Irving returned to the court on Sunday, November 20. His return wasn’t without some theatrics, while Irving was just focused on basketball after dropping not one but two heartfelt apologies. Outside of the Barclays Center, there was plenty of noise being made. Video of a group of Black men representing Israel United in Christ organization showing up in matching purple shirts to show support to Kyrie Irving. Jaylen Brown retweeted the video, writing in ...
Kelly Rowland Silences Crowd Booing At AMAs To Give Chris Brown His Flowers, Twitter Had Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Brown bombshell Kelly Rowland is not here for Chris Brown being booed on her watch. During the AMAs on Sunday evening, November 21, Kelly Rowland decided to use the moment to do her best N.O.R.E. impression and give Chris Brown his flowers. The Destiny’s Child member was put in an awkward position while presenting the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist. Chris Brown won the award besting Lucky Daye (who should have won), The Weeknd, Brent Faiyaz, and GIVĒON. Brown was not at the awards show, so the “Motivation” singer accepted the award on his behalf. Brown’s win didn’t sit well with some audience members, who booed Brown. Rowland wasn’t here for the “disrespect” and gave those booing a piece of her mind. “Excuse me —...
It’s Not All Good Baby Baby: Fans Are Not About Meta’s Virtual Concert Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: META / The Notorious B.I.G. Sky’s The Limit The Notorious B.I.G. just told Coachella’s hologram Tupac to hold his beer. The late Brooklyn Hip-Hop star will live in the virtual world and perform for fans thanks to Meta Horizon Worlds. While Mark Zuckerberg is currently axing employees left and right, his company Meta is still trying to make its virtual space a thing and hopes the East Coast Hip-Hop legend can help. The Notorious B.I.G. will perform at a hyperrealistic concert in the metaverse as of the Meta Horizon Worlds virtual event series. Fans can expect to see Sean Diddy Combs, aka Love, dancing during the virtual performance that will also have a narrative experience of the “Juicy” crafter told by American music journalist Touré. Meta’s Horizo...
