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GOP & Right-Wing News Outlets Falsely Claim President Biden Is Spending $30m For Free Crack Pipe Distribution
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Aisha Thomas / EyeEm / Getty Another case of misinformation spreading faster than the facts. If you have been on social media the past few days and avoided Nelly and Lil Fizz’s manhood, you definitely saw people talking about the Biden Administration “spending 30 million to give out free crack pipes to Black people,” calling it “racial equality.” That, of course, is not the case, and NewsOne broke that down exceptionally, but, as expected, right-wing news outlets have seized the narrative and painted the story in a manner that even has some Black folks sharing it without proper context. Per NewsOne, the $30 Million Harm Reduction Grant “supports community-based programs geared toward overdose prevention, syringe services programs and other harm redu...
Samsung Unpacks Its New Galaxy S22 Smartphone Lineup, Seemingly Sticks A Fork In The Galaxy Note
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It’s a new year, so you know what that means, its time for new Galaxy smartphones from Samsung. Wednesday (Feb.9), Samsung unveiled its new S Series Galaxy smartphones, the S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra. As with every iteration of its Galaxy flagship smartphone, the Korean tech giant boasts significant improvements with the new S22 smartphones. All three models utilize Samsung’s new Armor Aluminum, first introduced on the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G and now being featured on S22 models, a first for Samsung’s S-series phones. The S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra boast Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ on the front and back of the phone. We got up close and personal with the devices, and each of them is impressive, so let’...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: ‘Uncharted Movie’s Tati Gabrielle Wants To Bring ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ To The Big Screen
Hollywood and video games should have a much better relationship, but thanks to some very forgettable films based on popular video game franchises, that is sadly not the case. Lately, the trend has been heading in a more positive direction as the dreaded “video game curse” that normally dooms movies based on games seems to be becoming an afterthought. Uncharted, PlayStation Studios’ first foray into the world of cinema, hopes to continue the trend. We spoke with one of the film’s stars Tati Gabrielle about her involvement in the highly anticipated film. In Uncharted, we follow a young Nathan Drake (Tom Holland), a young street-savvy thief who gets lured into the world of treasure hunting by Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg). Sully pulls on young Nathan’s heartstrings by mentioning he...
HHW Gaming: Rockstar Finally Confirms It Is Working On ‘GTA 6,’ Twitter Reacts To The Latest Development
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / GTA 6 We knew it was coming, and finally, Rockstar Games has acknowledged that GTA 6 is in development. Grand Theft Auto V has moved over 155 million copies, brought in billions of dollars making it one of the most financially successful forms of entertainment ever made, and continues to be a cash cow for Rockstar Games thanks to GTA Online. So it’s pretty understandable that the game studio is taking its sweet time making GTA 6. In a recent blog post, Friday (Feb.4), while giving an update on new things coming to GTA Online plus updates on the next-gen versions of GTA V, Rockstar Games finally confirmed GTA 6 is in development did not share a release date. Per Rockstar Studios With the unprecedented longevity of GTAV, we know many ...
HHW Gaming: Rockstar Finally Confirms It Is Working ‘GTA 6,’ Twitter Reacts To The Latest Development
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / GTA 6 We knew it was coming, and finally, Rockstar Games has acknowledged that GTA 6 is in development. Grand Theft Auto V has moved over 155 million copies, brought in billions of dollars making it one of the most financially successful forms of entertainment ever made, and continues to be a cash cow for Rockstar Games thanks to GTA Online. So it’s pretty understandable that the game studio is taking its sweet time making GTA 6. In a recent blog post, Friday (Feb.4), while giving an update on new things coming to GTA Online plus updates on the next-gen versions of GTA V, Rockstar Games finally confirmed GTA 6 is in development did not share a release date. Per Rockstar Studios With the unprecedented longevity of GTAV, we know many ...
Brian Flores Slaps NFL With Lawsuit On First Day of Black History Month Claiming Blatant Racism, Twitter Salutes Him
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Sun Sentinel / Getty The NFL was hit with a gut punch on the first day of Black History Month after it was slapped with a lawsuit by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores that is pretty much calling the “Rooney Rule” a glorified bandaid. Brian Flores shocked the world on Tuesday (Feb.1) when he not only announced his lawsuit calling out the league for blatant racism in the head coach hiring process and provided a stunning receipt. Flores shared a text message he received from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick congratulating the wrong Brian for landing the Giants head coaching job. Belichick’s text message was received on Jan.24, two days before Flores was supposed to be interviewed for the job. A confused Flores can be seen in t...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Dying Light 2 Stay Human’ Is A Vast Improvement Over The First Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Techland / Dying Light 2 Stay Human It’s been seven years since Techland took us from Dead Island to the world Dying Light. The highly anticipated follow-up Dying Light 2 Stay Human is here but does it leap over its predecessor? Yes, it does in many ways. Dying Light 2 Stay Human keeps the same energy from the first game but adds a bevy of fresh additions to take the sequel to another level. Players take control of Aiden Caldwell, a pilgrim or a runner, who basically navigates through the city carrying out tasks for people afraid to traverse the dangerous world now infested with zombies thanks to a virus unleashed by the GRE (Global Relief Effort), the antagonistic entity fans of the first game will remember. After learning the GRE wasn’t looking for a cu...
HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Has Arrived, Gamers React To Cortana Not Being Blue
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paramount / Halo Master Chief is making the leap from your Xbox Series X console to the small screen in a new Halo TV series, and it looks damn good, except for this one particular item. It only took multiple attempts and an abandoned movie plan, but Halo has finally gotten the Hollywood treatment in the form of a television series. The first trailer for the highly anticipated show arrived during the NFL’s AFC Championship game, giving us our first best look at the legendary Spartan soldier John-117 aka Master Chief, and his fellow Spartans in live-action. The show will go back in time in the Halo mythos focusing on Master Chief’s (Pablo Schreiber) life and the Human/Covenant conflict. Fans of the video game franchise will also see a tweaked t...
HHW Gaming: Sony Is Buying ‘Destiny’ Developer & Original ‘Halo’ Creator Bungie, The Gaming World Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bungie / Destiny 2 Another day, another massive acquisition in the world of video games. Following Take-Two Interactive’s purchase of mobile gaming giant Zynga and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony said it too could acquire a popular game studio. Monday (Jan.31), Destiny developer and original Halo creator Bungie announced that Sony is purchasing it for $3.6 billion. In a blog post, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons quickly answered the burning question stating that it will “continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games.” “In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative inde...
HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Has Arrived, React To Cortana Not Being Blue
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paramount / Halo Master Chief is making the leap from your Xbox Series X console to the small screen in a new Halo TV series, and it looks damn good, except for this one particular item. It only took multiple attempts and an abandoned movie plan, but Halo has finally gotten the Hollywood treatment in the form of a television series. The first trailer for the highly anticipated show arrived during the NFL’s AFC Championship game, giving us our first best look at the legendary Spartan soldier John-117 aka Master Chief, and his fellow Spartans in live-action. The show will go back in time in the Halo mythos focusing on Master Chief’s (Pablo Schreiber) life and the Human/Covenant conflict. Fans of the video game franchise will also see a tweaked t...
HHW Gaming: We Can’t Wait To Pick Up The Sticks For These Video Games In 2022
Source: Guerrilla Games / Horizon Forbidden West 2021 was a solid year for gaming, 2022 could possibly go down as one of the biggest years ever thanks to these video games dropping. Last year was our first full one with Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X. We didn’t get a lot of games, BUT we got enough to carry us through 2021. But the ball has dropped, and we are in 2022, and this year could shape up to be fantastic for gamers. Just in February alone were getting FOUR big games, and with a sprinkle of potential greatness throughout the year, that could make this year a significant one in the next-gen era. Hip-Hop Wired decided to comprise a list of the games WE (keyword WE) are excited to play on our PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. So if you have an...
Nike’s NBA All-Star 2022 Uniforms Celebrate NBA’s 75th Anniversary & City of Cleveland
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NIKE / NIke The NBA All-Star starters have been announced, so of course, the uniforms to be donned by your favorite pros have as well. Nike NBA All-Star 2022 uniforms will be performing double duty as they pay homage to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary along with the host city of Cleveland. Source: NIKE / NIke While NIKE, Inc. is holding down the uniforms overall, each of its brands—Nike, Jordan Brand and Converse— will deliver for specific games. Jordan Brand will handle the kits for the NBA All Star Game proper, and its typography is a nod to Cleveland’s bridges and its aesthetics are a tribute to uniforms from the 80’s and 90’s. The silver, blue and red colors are a call out to the NBA logo’s 75th anniversary design. Nike handles the Clorox Rising Stars unif...
