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Kerby Jean-Raymond & Reebok Premiere ‘CrateMaster’ Short Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok Kerby Jean-Raymond is paying it forward. The renowned designer and Pyer Moss founder maintains a gig as the Vice President of Creative Direction for Reebok and along with the brand premiered a short film called CrateMaster that portrays the creativity and hustle of basketball-playing youth in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Source: Reebok / Reebok Directed by Jean-Raymond, the film cast locals to tell the story of an inner-basketball tournament and the excitement and drama as it’s all set to go down in one day. Of course, the prize being a pair of Allen Iverson signature kicks for winning said tournament exponentially ups the ante. “For inner city areas like Brooklyn, where this particular story is told, access to play is a big issue – you have so ...
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Budweiser Launches The Notorious B.I.G. Tall Boy Cans & Merch [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Budweiser / Budweiser The Notorious B.I.G. is still making his presence felt, in all facets of life. The late, great Brooklyn rapper’s image is now gracing Budweiser tall boy cans. Yeah, the King of Beers has linked with the King of New York. Today (July 14), Budweiser announced The Notorious B.I.G. Tall Boy Budweiser Cans, which are being released in partnership with the Christopher Wallace Estate, and are available in New York right now. Inspired by the KONY’s too short but influential career, the cans feature an illustration of the Notorious B.I.G, the Brooklyn skyline and lyrics from his DJ Premier-produced hit “Unbelievable”: “Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant the livest one, Representin BK to the fullest.” There are also the phrases like “Brooklyn’s Fine...
HHW Gaming: A Crispy Sealed Copy of ‘Super Mario 64’ Fetches A Record-Breaking Amount of Coins At Auction
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty One lucky collector who really loves video game nostalgia has dropped some serious coins on a pristine copy of Super Mario 64. Engadget reports that a completely sealed copy of Mario’s first 3D adventure Super Mario 64, has sold for a ridiculous $1.56 million over the weekend. The collector backed up the Brink’s truck for the best-selling game that is already owned by millions, and the reason it fetched so much money is becuase it’s a mint condition copy. Heritage Auctions states the game had a 9.8 A++ Sealed rating on the Wata Scale. That basically means the game is in the same condition as when it left the factory summer of 1996 and hit shelves and is described as “Case Fresh.” When it comes to Nintendo games, they always seem to ...
Michelob ULTRA & Tinker Hatfield To Drop Limited Edition Championship Bottle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michelob / Michelob After a long few days, the NBA Finals finally got underway when the Phoenix Suns hosted the Milwaukee Bucks. The former won game one and while they battle it out for the Larry O’Brien trophy, Michelob has got a little something in mind for fans of the sport. Source: TMZ / TMZ Looking to bless their own sports fans with a little something-something, Michelob ULTRA has linked up with legendary sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield to craft an ultra-exclusive Championship bottle that can only be won, not purchased. Being distributed in a premium package that resembles a sneaker box, each bottle will be signed by Tinker himself because he’s that dude. Unfortunately, these are going to be hella limited as the total number of bottles available ar...
Boston Art Exhibit Explores Jean-Michel Basquiat Influence On Hip-Hop’s Post-Graffiti Movement
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty The artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat has been examined and showcased many times over since his passing in 1988. Although his life’s work is memorialized through film, books, art shows, and documentaries, none of the projects explored aspects of his years as a collaborator with New York’s Hip-Hop street scene just before he became famous until now. At the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, enthusiasts can visit “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation,” their latest exhibition on Basquiat’s influence in the world of underground graffiti art and the early days of Hip-Hop culture. The show features his work in painting, sculpture, drawing, video, music, and fashion, alongside works by his legendary friends and col...
Virgil Abloh Finesses Louis Vuitton and Nike Air Force 1 Collab
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @theimedsoussi / Instagram Love him or hate him, Virgil Abloh stays finessing provocative high-fashion and sneaker collabs. The latest salvo from the creative director of the culture is a Nike Air Force 1 collab with Louis Vuitton. On Thursday (June 24), Louis Vuitton, where Abloh serves as artistic director, held its Spring 2022 Men’s collection runway show in Paris and sneakerheads were quick to notice the heat on the feet. Seen initially were a colorways in a rainbow variety of flavors (Abloh showed off a chocolate and cream pair with a checkerboard pattern) of the familiar Air Force 1 with embossed LV logos and Off-White cues like big “AIR” hits on the sole and laces and a LV x Air tongue tags sewed on the side. Also spotted was trunk that...
Netflix Black Western ‘The Harder They Fall’ Is Lit, Peep Trailer & Photos
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix It’s been almost a decade since Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino showed everyone how badass a Black cowboy could be when Django Unchained hit theaters in 2012. Now Netflix is revisiting the notion with an all-star cast that’s sure to turn the wild wild west on its head. Written and directed by Jeymes Samuel (They Die By Dawn, Jay-Z: Legacy), Netflix’s upcoming The Harder They Fall stars the likes of Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country), Regina King, and LaKeith Stanfield amongst many others. The “spaghetti western” centers around everything you’d expect from shoot-em-up epic such as revenge, love, and of course, action. The synopsis for the film basically promises to deliver a helluva good time. “When outlaw N...
Jordan Brand Previews Upcoming Retro Releases Including Air Jordan XI Low IE
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jordan Brand / Nike It’s that time of the year when Jordan Brand reveals the numerous L’s sneakerheads are bound to take in the remaining months of the year. Recent history has shown that with their SNKRS app draw system, L’s will be in abundance, probably. In the coming months of 2021, Jordan plans to drop at least 14 new retro silhouettes with many coming in brand new colorways and some in classic color blocks that made them must-haves when they released some time ago. Included in the reveal are new bangers including the Air Jordan 1 Retro Hi “Pollen” which boasts a black and yellow colorway that will have Wu-Tang Clan fans saying “Suuuuuuuuu!” and the Air Jordan VI “Bordeaux” which features the colorway of the classic Air Jordan VII “Bordeaux.” For the...
Gucci Debuts Eco-Friendly Sneakers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gucci / Gucci Now that global warming and climate change is finally getting the attention it deserves, many brands are doing what they can to help curb their carbon footprint on the planet. Gucci is doing their part to help the cause. Highsnobiety is reporting that the high-end fashion brand will be releasing their first-ever eco-friendly sneaker for the earth-loving big spenders of the game dubbed the “Demetra.” Sounds fancy! Named after the Greek agricultural goddess Demeter, the new “Demetra” Gucci sneaker will be comprised of “upwards to 77 percent plant-based raw materials” and will be a part of Gucci’s foray into more echo-friendly fashion products. Good for Gucci for doing their part in helping the earth cool off a bit going into the future. “...
The Senate Unanimously Votes To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: filo / Getty In a surprise move on Capitol Hill, the United States Senate passed a bill on Tuesday (June 15) to establish Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, as a national holiday. Juneteenth began on June 19th, 1865 in Galveston, Texas when an order by Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army announced that all enslaved people in Galveston and the state were to be freed under the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued in 1863. From that point it became the official date for Black people across the nation to celebrate the end of slavery. It became a holiday in Texas in 1980 with other states following suit. “Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to recognize the wrongs of the past,” Se...
Big Meech Wins Sentence Reduction, Granted Early Release
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MDOC / MDOC It appears that B.M.F. co-founder Big Meech is finally getting his wish for an early release. According to an exclusive report by Allhiphop.com, on Monday (Jun 14), U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson agreed to reduce Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory’s prison sentence from 360 months to 324 months resulting in a 3-year sentence reduction. Flenory, who was convicted of running a nationwide Continual Criminal Enterprise, and Conspiracy To Launder Money Instruments which raked in over $270 million in drug proceeds from the late ’90s until the Feds took down B.M.F. in 2007, reduction comes months after a judge denied his request for release four times after Flenory cited his request was due to his elevated risk of catching the coronavirus upon learni...
The Rolling Loud New York Has Been Unveiled, Travis Scott, J. Cole & 50 Cent & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rolling Loud / Rolling Loud Concerts are officially back and after a year of being locked down and missing out on life, people are ready to turn up and make up for a year lost to a deadly pandemic. Fan favorite annual concert, Rolling Loud, is ready to get back in full-swing and for their New York stop this October are hosting some huge names to ensure fans get the experience they’ve been waiting for since 2020. Yesterday Rolling Loud took to their IG page to announce the names performing at this year’s New York stop and judging from the lineup, the Big Apple will be a-rocking. Boasting headliners, 50 Cent, J. Cole, and Travis Scott, the weekend of October 28-30 will also be featuring heavyweight music artists such as Rick Ross, Lil Baby, Young M.A, Dipse...
