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Diddy & Swizzy Call For Boycott of adidas After Kanye West Calls Out Brand, Twitter Has Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur/Child2014 / Getty Kanye West has been on one and has hopped on his favorite soapbox, Instagram, to call out the two brands that have helped him reach billionaire status, adidas and GAP. He now has two famous allies on his side to help him in his confusing fight. If you’re one of the people who find entertainment in Kanye West, now legally referred to as just Ye’s tirades on Instagram, then his latest is a doozy. The multihyphenate who continues to show he can be a nightmare to work with has been giving adidas, the home of his YEEZY line of apparel and footwear, the business. In a series of posts (some now-deleted), the Chicago-born rapper claims adidas and GAP are “leaving him out of meetings regarding his products and stealing his desig...
‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Recap: Phor & Nina Don’t Understand They Are Single, Don Can’t Reach His Baby Mama
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Courtesy VH1 / Phor This week on Black Ink Crew: Chicago, Phor and Nina try to talk about their issues but fail miserably. Draya meets her long-lost sister, Ryan loses an artist, and Don is having some baby mama drama. Draya Reveals She Might Have Siblings The episode opens up with 9 MAG undergoing some significant renovations. Ryan decided to add some new booths to the shop. The crew is excited about the changes to the shop but doesn’t want to get in the way of the work and will wait till the work is done and let Ryan decide who gets what booth. Anyway, Draya, who had always believed that she was an only child, reveals to her coworkers that she discovered that she might have siblings. Through social media, she connected with a young woman who might...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K23’ Player Ratings Drop, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson & Twitter Have Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 NBA 2K23’s release is right around the corner, and now it’s finally time to learn the 2K player ratings for your favorite NBA superstar. It’s arguing time! NBA players wait all year to learn exactly how their previous year’s effort on the court will reflect on their ratings in the next version of NBA 2K23. Well, that day has finally arrived, and the usual suspects occupy the top of the list, but unlike last year, one player is wearing the crown as the highest-rated player in NBA 2K23, and that’s Milwaukee Bucks’ superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, with a 97 rating. Last year, the Greek Freak shared the top spot with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, now they sit behind him, with each of them sharing a 96 rating a...
No Laughing Matter: Tiffany Haddish & Aries Spears Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty Tiffany Haddish definitely wasn’t ready for this news to land on timelines. Haddish, fellow comedian, and Lizzo’s biggest hater, Aries Spears, have been accused of child sexual abuse. In a scathing report from The Daily Beast, Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears were slapped with a lawsuit by Jane Doe. In the suit, she alleges that when the two comedians recruited her and her younger brother, whom she is speaking on behalf of, to appear in skits and perform inappropriate acts on camera when they were children. Jane was 14 years old at the time of the alleged video shoot, and her brother was only 7. The report details the problematic skits that Bossip reported about in 2018, which is how Jane Doe’s mother found out about them. The Dai...
Dr. Dre & Diddy Link Up In The Studio, See Photos Of Epic Session
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Giovanni Bandero / press handout The East vs. West beef is long over and now that it’s been all love between the two coasts. Dr. Dre and Sean “Diddy” Combs have at last linked up in the studio together and we have the pics to prove it.Recently the two Hip-Hop icons linked up for a studio session as Dr. Dre works with Snoop Dogg on their new album. Reportedly, Dre helped walk Diddy through his vocals for the upcoming project. Taking to Instagram to reveal that he was indeed working with The Chronic icon, P. Diddy expressed his love and gratitude for having the opportunity to work with Dr. Dre and wrote as much in the caption. “Yesterday, one of my biggest dreams finally came true. I remember the first time I heard @DrDre’s production. It gave me clea...
‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Recap: Phor & Nina Still Have Issues, Don Wants To Help Ryan Get A Boo
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Courtesy VH1 / Black Ink Crew: Chicago This week on Black Ink Crew: Chicago, Phor and Nina still have issues they need to work out despite getting along in the co-parenting department. Don wants to help Ryan get a boo. Phor & Nina Are Fine With Just Co-parenting While plugging his new project aptly titled Phorplay, Phor stopped by the Kendra G radio show. We don’t really care about his music, so the conversation shifted toward his love life, and he reveals to the radio host that he is single and that co-parenting is going well with his son’s mother, Nina. He also revealed to Kendra G that he’s planning on holding a lingerie listening party to celebrate the project and to give his fans and friends a taste of his new music. Don Wants To Help Ryan ...
Drake Debuts New Sticky Shag Hairdo, Twitter Says He’s Giving “Lunch Lady Vibes”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images / Getty Drake is making his hair a talking point along with his hits and tattoos, and his latest hairstyle has the internet talking. Apparently, the only thing sticky right now is Drake’s hair. Like his flow and accents, Drake loves to switch up his hair. This week, the Honestly, Nevermind crafter debuted his slicked-back shag to his 120 million Instagram followers. While not giving any reasoning behind the new do, the rapper left it up to his friends and fans to give his new persona a name. His famous rapper friends did oblige. Quavo quickly dubbed him “RAZOR AUBREY RAMONE aka SCOTT HALL,” a nod to the late WWE Hall-of-Famer, while Riff Raff pointed out, “You about 3 months shy of a Million Dollar Mull...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
André 3000 Featured In New Supreme Campaign
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Deana Lawson / Supreme André 3000 has garnered a reputation in recent years for popping up in random cities, sometimes while playing a flute, and always living his best life. All that to say, 3 Stacks is a perfect selection to be featured in the latest campaign from Supreme. The streetwear brand recently shared a pic of the OutKast rapper rocking a white Supreme Box logo tee on its socials, and everyone is excited. Supreme should be dropping a first look at it Fall/Winter 2022 collection soon, and the speculation is that the Atlanta native will be featured on its photo tee that has featured artists like Lil’ Kim, Al Green and Buju Banton in the past. André 3000 was shot by Deana Lawson, a renowned photographer and Black woman who is based in Brooklyn. Sta...
Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates ‘Traumazine’ With ‘GMA’ Performance, Hotties React To The Album’s Release
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Noam Galai / Getty Megan Thee Stallion isn’t letting her drama with her label steal her joy. The Houston rapper’s second album, Traumazine, has arrived, and it’s her most personal album yet. Traumazine is here, and it sounds like Megan Thee Stallion is relieved to get her latest body of work out to her fans. Before the project hit streaming services, the “Big Ole Freak” crafter took to Twitter to talk to her loyal fans and expressed how open she was on her latest project. “Hotties I opened up to yall on this album,” Thee Stallion tweeted. “So if you’re comfortable, how bout we have a conversation abt some things you might be going through or just want to vent about that you’ve been through that may help someone else.” The 18-track album features the...
