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Feast Your Eyes On Pro-Ject’s $2,500 Premium Turntable The X8 Evolution
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pro-Ject / Pro-Ject X8 Evolution Pro-Ject, a premium audio company, has introduced its newest high-end turntable, and yes, it costs a lot of damn money. The Pro-Ject’s X8 Evolution, described as a “Mass-Loaded High-End Turntable” designed for “true audiophiles,” is here and improves technical features from Xtension 9 and 10. The X8 Evolution features a sleek and very expensive-looking design that “is machined out of a single piece of aluminum and damped with a TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomer) insert,” Pro-Ject announced. The turntable’s platter rotates on an inverted bearing combined with a ceramic ball and PTFE thrust pad. To ensure the bearing’s longevity, Pro-Ject explains its”opposing neodymium magnet repels the platter from the plinth and bearing...
HHW Gaming: Ninja Unveils New Logo Design, Gamers Hilariously React To It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Diego Donamaria / Getty Accidental n-word user and uber-popular streamer Ninja decided it was time for a rebrand, and it’s not slapping like he thought it would be. Tuesday (Apr.19), the blue-haired streamer revealed his new logo after hinting a “big change” was coming the previous day. Fans were underwhelmed to see that the “big change” was an underwhelming new logo which is his hair and his name written differently. Ninja excitedly revealed both in a video with the caption for the tweet reading, “Same Ninja…new branding.” It was immediately clowned by gamers. One Twitter user wrote, “Respectfully, this is one of the worst rebrands I’ve ever seen.” Another user tweeted, “I ain’t a designer but even i can see this is awful and offensive to good desi...
Trump-Appointed Florida Judge Strikes Down Federal Mask Mandate, MAGA Travelers Happy To Spread COVID Freely Again
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty This is another clear-cut case of why elections will always matter. A Donald Trump-appointed Florida judge has done away with the Biden Administrations’ federal mask mandate. As COVID-19 cases are back on the rise due to the BA.2 Omicron variant, US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle decided the one rule-keeping travelers safe as they traveled during an ongoing pandemic was unlawful. Her reasoning, as to be expected, is completely head a**. According to Kimball, the mask mandate “exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law,” CNN reports. In her 59-page ruling, she compared the mask mandate to “detention and quarantin...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Teddy Goes Hollywood & Ceaser Is BIG MAD About It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nicholas Hunt / Getty Last week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser checked Alex for a shady Instagram comment he dropped, and Young Bae’s new boo was giving all the red flags. This week, Ceaser has an issue with Teddy pursuing a new dream, and Bae introduces Jay to her mom. Momma Bae Is Back In Town & It’s Not Looking Good For Jay Due to the pandemic, Momma Bae has been stuck in Korea, but as things have gotten better, she decided to hop a plane to see Young Bae and her grandson Niko. Bae immediately tells her mom that she has a new boyfriend, BUT she doesn’t tell her that they have only been dating for two months and live together. Momma Bae wasn’t too pleased after Bae said her boyfriend was like her. When the day comes for Momma Bae to meet Jay finall...
Trump-Appointed Florida Judge Strikes Down Federal Mask Mandate, MAGA Travels Happy To Spread COVID Freely Again
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty This is another clear-cut case of why elections will always matter. A Donald Trump-appointed Florida judge has done away with the Biden Administrations’ federal mask mandate. As COVID-19 cases are back on the rise due to the BA.2 Omicron variant, US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle decided the one rule-keeping travelers safe as they traveled during an ongoing pandemic was unlawful. Her reasoning, as to be expected, is completely head a**. According to Kimball, the mask mandate “exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law,” CNN reports. In her 59-page ruling, she compared the mask mandate to “detention and quarantin...
Cardi B & Offset Introduces Their Son Wave Set To The World, Twitter Has Thoughts About His Name
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MEGA / Getty The mystery surrounding the name of Cardi B & Offset’s son is officially over. Eight months after being brought into the world, we have finally been formally introduced to Wave Set Cephus by the couple. Born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, Offset shared his son’s name in an Instagram post featuring a photo of his seed rocking some serious bling, proudly writing, “WAVE SET CEPHUS.” His wife quickly followed, sharing a photo of the drippy infant rocking an ice blue puffer jacket, skully, sweats, white on white Air Force 1s, and his bling. In another post, she shared the newest Essence Magazine’s May/June issue cover that features herself, Offset, and their two children, Kulture and Wave, plus Offset’s three other kids from a previous relations...
A$AP Rocky Allegedly Cheating On The Love of His Life Rihanna Set Twitter Ablaze
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jacopo M. Raule / Getty Nothing spreads faster than a lie or rumor on Twitter, so it should come as no surprise that rumblings of A$AP Rocky cheating on the “love of his life,” Rihanna, have turned the social media world upside down. Days after Vogue dropped its recent cover featuring Rihanna and the golden baby bump, a rumor of A$AP Rocky fumbling the Rihanna bag by allegedly cheating on the Barbadian bombshell has Twitter on fire. Allegedly the Harlem rapper stepped out on his incredibly famous baby mama with shoe designer Amina Muaddi. This rumor gets juicier because Muaddi has designed footwear for Fenty, and Rihanna does rock custom designs from her own label. So where did this rumor that everyone should take with the tiniest grain of salt begi...
Cardi B & Offset IntroducesTheir Son Wave Set To The World, Twitter Has Thoughts About His Name
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MEGA / Getty The mystery surrounding the name of Cardi B & Offset’s son is officially over. Eight months after being brought into the world, we have finally been formally introduced to Wave Set Cephus by the couple. Born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, Offset shared his son’s name in an Instagram post featuring a photo of his seed rocking some serious bling, proudly writing, “WAVE SET CEPHUS.” His wife quickly followed, sharing a photo of the drippy infant rocking an ice blue puffer jacket, skully, sweats, white on white Air Force 1s, and his bling. In another post, she shared the newest Essence Magazine’s May/June issue cover that features herself, Offset, and their two children, Kulture and Wave, plus Offset’s three other kids from a previous relations...
HHW Gaming: Coachella Vibes Arrive In ‘Fortnite’ With New Skins & Music
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Fortnite x Coachella Coachella is back in real life and in the virtual world of Fortnite. Fortnite, a game known for including some interesting character skins, will now be bringing the sounds and fashion of the Coachella arts and music festival to the game. Epic Games announced via its blog beginning now, and until May 16, Fortnite players can step into the “Coachellaverse” and get their hands on Coachella-themed items and listen to music from over 30 artists featured in Coachella 2022 on Icon Radio. The Fortnite x Coachella collaboration marks the first time Coachella has entered the video game space. Fortnite, on the other hand, isn’t new to this because it has given players several musical experiences already. The insanely popular f...
Bootleg Tony Stark, AKA Elon Musk, Puts In Bid To Buy Twitter, MAGA Land Excited Again
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SUZANNE CORDEIRO / Getty Elon Musk is again rattling the Twitter cages after his latest “stunt.” Bootleg Tony Stark, aka Elon Musk, made his “best and final” offer to purchase 100% of Twitter, telling its Chairman of the Board that it “needs to be transformed as a private company.” In the 13D filed Thursday (Apr.14) with the SEC, Musk is offering $54.20 per share in cash. Per Bloomberg, Musk is worth about a ridiculous $260 billion, Twitter’s market value currently sits at $37 billion, and Musk’s offer is about $43 billion per CNBC. The electric car maker wants to “acquire all of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer not owned by the Reporting Person for all cash consideration valuing the Common Stock at $54.20 per share.” “I invested in Twitte...
HHW Gaming: ‘Valorant’ Pro Sinaatra’s Return To Competition Met With Criticism
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez Jay “Sinatraa” Won, who was dubbed the “LeBron James” of the Overwatch League and is now a pro Valorant player, is back after being suspended following being accused of sexual assault. Sinatraa took to Twitter to announce his return to competitive play on Tuesday (Apr.12). In a tweet, the former Overwatch League MVP wrote, “It’s been a year since I was forced to step back from competitive play. In that time, I have learned a lot about myself and grown as a person. I am now ready for a return to competitive play and will be starting tryouts this week.” Last year, the famous e-sports star got his controller clipped by his Valorant team, the Sentinals, who slapped him with a six-month suspension due to sexual assaul...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser Checks Alex For Shady Instagram Comment, Twitter Hates Young Bae’s New Boo
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: VH1 / Black Ink Crew Last week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser and Suzette’s relationship came to a screeching halt. Now, he’s back in NYC to get his shops back on track. Single Ceaser Is Back Ceaser is back in NYC for good after breaking up with Suzette while her fraudulent cheeks recover after undergoing emergency surgery and moving out of their Atlanta home. Now single and on the prowl, he announces he will devote his time to his first “wife,” his Black Ink business, to open up a tattoo shop in every state. Good luck with that. Anyway, he is back in the shop and tells the crew his first order of business is to hire some new employees. Ceaser stupidly enlists disgraced 9 MAG artist, now Black Ink Houston manager Van, Alex, and Spyder, to handle th...
