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Geek Out: The Best Cosplay Drip From New York Comic Con 2021 [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 If there is any clear sign indicating that we are slowly returning to normal, New York Comic Con coming back is definitely one of them. Fully vaccinated blerds, geeks, and casual comic book/ pop culture enthusiasts converged on the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City to celebrate the return of New York Comic Con. After a year hiatus, the iconic comic book convention that celebrates all things nerdy’s resurrection was a welcomed sight to the convention center that was once turned into a triage center for COVID-19 patients. Related Stories The energy in the building was still the same, but with a slight twist due to COVID-19 precautions to keep the annual event as rona-free as possible. Cosplayers who are ...
HHW Gaming: The Nintendo Switch OLED Is The New Console Jig, Gamers React To It Selling Out Immediately
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nintendo / Nintendo Switch (OLED model) Move over PS5 and Xbox Series X. The Nintendo Switch OLED is the newest hard-to-find gaming console. Despite being met with mixed reviews because it was not the “Pro Model” Nintendo fanboys were hoping for, the company that gave us Mario has another hit on their hands with the Nintendo Switch OLED model. The new OLED Model doesn’t set itself apart from the first Nintendo Switch Console but does offer a new vibrant 7-inch OLED screen with vivid colors and crisp contrast, a better kickstand, and a LAN port. The Nintendo Switch OLED arrived alongside the new Metroid: Dread game, and it immediately sold out. Like the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, the search to find one of Nintendo’s latest hybrid consoles has qu...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Is Celebrating 20 Years of Play In Style, Announces New adidas Sneakers & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Microsoft / Xbox Celebrates 20 Years of Play Can you believe it? It’s been 20 years since the arrival of the big black box, aka the Xbox, arrived in homes and changed the gaming landscape. Microsoft announced it is dropping a new pair of adidas kicks, wearable swag, and gaming accessories to celebrate. Get your coins ready. Thursday (Oct.6), Xbox announced its new global partnership with adidas. To kick things off, the company is dropping its first-ever console-inspired kicks in honor of the 20th anniversary of Xbox. adidas will be releasing a version of its Forum Tech silhouette dubbed the “Xbox 20th Forum Tech,” which draws inspiration from the original Xbox console for the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001. Source: Microsoft / Xbox ...
HHW Gaming: Rockstar Games Announces ‘Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition,’ Gamers Just Want ‘GTA 6’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SOPA Images / Getty Rockstar Games is taking its sweet time with Grand Theft Auto: VI and hopes this latest announcement will hold fans over, but that probably won’t be the case based on the reactions. Friday (Oct.8), Rockstar Games finally confirmed its worst kept secret that it is dropping remastered or, as it calls it, “definitive editions” of Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas. Rockstar Games dropped the news via its Twitter account, confirming rumors that have been floating for months, plus several leaks that revealed leaked logos, game achievements, and the game already receiving a rating in South Korea. In the tweet thread that started with an announcement trailer, Rockstar Games wrote: Later this month marks a very special annive...
Photographer Deletes Couple’s Wedding Photos In Front of Them After Being Denied Food
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pollyana Ventura / Getty This story from one photographer should serve as a life lesson for other aspiring photogs. Wednesday (Oct. 6), a photographer’s tale of dealing with a sheisty groom went viral on Twitter. First spotted in a post on Reddit’s AITA [Am I The A**hole] thread, an unnamed poster asked if they were in the wrong for deleting wedding photos after the newlyweds denied them a break to eat and drink. The person revealed that they were not a wedding photographer by trade but a dog groomer and took on the task of capturing the magical moments by a friend who was getting married. The original poster detailed that the couple was looking to save money by not hiring a professional photographer and reassured them that the pictures did not need...
Photographer Deletes Couple’s Wedding Photos In Front of Them After They Deny Him Food, Twitter Salutes Him
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pollyana Ventura / Getty This story from one photographer should serve as a life lesson for other aspiring photogs. Wednesday (Oct.6), a photographer’s tale of dealing with a sheisty groom went viral on Twitter. First spotted in a post on Reddit’s AITA [Am I The A**hole] thread, an unnamed poster asked they were in the wrong for deleting wedding photos after the newlyweds denied them a break to eat and drink. The person revealed that they were not a wedding photographer by trade but a dog groomer and took on the task of capturing the magical moments by a friend who was getting married. The original poster detailed that the couple was looking to save money by not hiring a professional photographer and reassured them that the pictures did not need to ...
Yara Shahidi Announced As Dell XPS’s Newest Brand Ambassador, Wants To Help “Expand Your Youniverse”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dell XPS / Yara Shahidi Yara Shahidi and Dell XPS are joining forces for a new campaign. Wednesday (Oct.6), Dell XPS announced that Grown-ish and Black-ish star Yara Shahidi is partnering with the company to become its newest brand ambassador. As part of the partnership, Shahidi be the face of the new creative campaign “Expand Your Youniverse,” which also features Indigenous model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse and Muslim twin sisters and rap duo Aint Afraid. Source: Dell XPS / Yara Shahidi and Quannah Chasinghorse Source: Dell XPS / Muslim twin sisters and rap duo Aint Afraid. Per a press release, Dell XPS says that both it and Shahidi are “grounded by a shared mission to inspire the next generation of change agents through the use of ...
#BlackInkChi Recap: Ryan Confronts Former Friend After Sleeping With His Ex, Twitter Says He’s For The Streets
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Courtesy VH1 / ViacomCBS Black Ink Crew: Chicago is back for its seventh season, and in the season premiere, we catch up with the crew from Chi-Town. New Views On Life Despite the tone in the show, the pandemic is still going on. We just wanted to make that perfectly clear here. But, keeping with the vibes of the show, Black Ink Crew: Chicago returns in its full glory following a pandemic shortened season that saw Ryan shutter his tattoo shop and get dismissed by Rachel when he asked to quarantine with her and the kids. He seems to be in a better space now, despite some drama that we will touch on in a bit. Charmaine had it extremely rough during the pandemic. She lost her mom BUT welcomed her daughter during the height of the pandemic when ho...
HHW Gaming: ‘Kingdom Heart’s Sora The Final ‘Super Smash Bros.’ DLC Character, Gamers Raise Keyblades In Excitement
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Chesnot / Getty During Nintendo’s last direct presentation, the company promised it would reveal the final DLC fighter was coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate later. Tuesday (Oct.5), that promise was kept by Nintendo, and gamers are very pleased. During a special presentation solely dedicated to the Nintendo Switch brawler, Director Masahiro Sakurai revealed the next challenger joining the fight is none other than Sora of Kingdom Hearts fame. Sora is a skilled airborne fighter that is also nimble, but at the same time, is “very light” and can be launched quickly by competitors. His skills include fire, lightning, ice magic attacks, and a vertical spiral move that some players will compare to Link’s similar spin attack. [embedded content] Before the...
Cardi B & Offset Show Out At Balenciaga Show During Paris Fashion Week
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Richard Bord / Getty Cardi B and Offset are in Paris and showing out. The Hip-Hop power couple attended the Spring 2022 Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday (Oct. 2) and made sure all eyes were on them at the Theatre Du Chatelet. Bardi turned heads off the rip thanks to the big ass hat she was rocking. Also getting much attention was the trench coat she was wearing that was adorned with newsprint graphics. It all makes sense considering the Bronx rapper became the face of a Balenciaga campaign back in Fall 2020. Offset’s gear was a bit more subdued. Actually, not really since his mostly black outfit features oversized everything including a leather jacket and pants. Other celebs in the spot reportedly included Naomi Campbell and Ann...
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Ellen Pompeo Shares Karen Moment She Had With Denzel Washington, Black Twitter Gathers Her
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Ron Batzdorff / Getty Add this story to you should have kept it to yourself file. Ellen Pompeo is getting clowned on Twitter after she felt the need to share a story about snapping at the living legend Denzel Washington while filming an episode of the hit ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy he directed. Pompeo told her former Grey’s costar Patrick Dempsey on her “Tell Me” podcast that she and the two-time Oscar-winning actor butted heads while he was directing the 2016 episode, “The Sound of Silence” because she ad-libbed the line “Look at me when you apologize. Look at me,” to another actor she was on screen with irritating Washington. “Denzel went ham on my ass,” she revealed to Dempsey. “He was like, ‘I’m the director. Don’t you tell him what to do....
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Fugees Reunite For 1st Time In 15 Years At New York’s Pier 17, World Tour Launching Soon [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Keeyahtay Lewis / Keeyahtay Lewis The Hip-Hop community was all shocked and pleasantly surprised by the news this week that the Fugees were reuniting for the first time in 15 years ahead of other exciting news. The New Jersey trio rocked the stages of Pier 17 in New York, and they’ll take their talents on the road with the launch of their international tour in November. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Praz Michel were all in tow to perform select songs from their classic second album, The Score, as the album is celebrating its 25th anniversary as of this past February. Source: Keeyahtay Lewis / Keeyahtay Lewis The Fugees rocked standout tracks such as “How Many Mics, “Zealots,” “Fu-Gee-La, and “Killing Me Softly” among other tracks. Ms. Lauryn Hill said...
