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Baron Negro: Kanye West Hits Big 3 Game Dressed Like Baron Zemo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Maybe Kanye West is a big fan of MCU villains? We say this because Yeezy was at the Big 3 Tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday (July 17) and was spotted courtside dressed like Baron Zemo. Source: Marvel / Disney+ There was Mr. West next to Big 3 head honcho Ice Cube wearing an outfit that featured a mask that also could pass for Cobra Commander couture and what looks like a pair of those Yeezy Supply boots. There is where we point out that Vegas is in the desert, so it’s pretty much always hot outside. That didn’t stop Yeezy from donning winter-ready looking drip at the Orleans Arena to take in a game, though. Cube being comfortable in a t-shirt was a sharp contrast to West keeping on the black version of the Round Jacket that’s part o...
A Variant’s Guide to the TVA: ‘Loki’ Episode 1 Recap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ Next on the Marvel Universe menu of series is Loki which began in spectacular fashion. Episode 1 first takes us to 2012 for a quick recap of events in New York City during the “Time Heist” portion of Avenger’s: Endgame. SPOILERS AHEAD Source: Marvel / Disney+ There is some new footage interwoven into the theatrical footage giving us a slightly different perspective of Loki acquiring the Tesseract and escaping into a black cloud portal thingy. We hear Thor calling for Loki as the Marvel comic pages turn. Post page turn we discover that Loki teleported himself to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Having landed in some sand, Loki dusts himself off and prepares to deliver his “conqueror” speech to the natives. At the same time, several armor-clad ...
The Lady and the Scamp: ‘Loki’ Episode 3 Recap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ Episode 3 of Marvel’s Loki was full action and plenty of character development. We learn a little more about… SPOILERS AHEAD — catch up with our Episode 2 recap right here. “Lady” Loki aka Sylvie. Source: Marvel / Disney+ C-20, dressed as a civilian shares drinks with “Lady” Loki, who is also dressed as a civilian. They are in a bar apparently not known for having a high sanitary score. Lady Loki is trying to coerce C-20 into revealing information about location of the Timekeepers. The scene feels like a memory, they are chilling in a futuristic Applebee’s, something is not right though. We pan out to see Lady Loki extracting the information she needs from C-20 as Loki and Mobius close in on her. The title card rolls. Post title, a time d...
A Negative Plus a Negative Equals a Positive: ‘Loki’ Episode 4 Recap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ Episode 4 of Marvel’s Loki gave us plenty of insight into Sylive’s origins and what makes her tick. It goes without saying that there are…. SPOILERS AHEAD — catch up with our Episode 3 recap right here. The episode begins in Asgard, where an imaginative young girl plays with her toys, seemingly minding her own business. Behind her a time door appears and out steps Hunter A-23 who recognizes and arrests the young girl as a variant that has committed crimes against the Sacred Timeline. Upon arrival at the TVA we can tell from how the young girl is dressed she has to be Sylvie. She is processed and taken to a courtroom by A-23. When her case is called, young Sylvie attacks A-23 and takes her TemPad. A-23 can only watch on helplessly as...
Big Kang Theory: ‘Loki’ Episode 5 Recap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Disney+ Marvel’s Loki has shaped up to be yet another great Disney+ series in the MCU. The 5th episode provides plenty of geeky hints for use to decipher that has us made there is only one episode left of Loki and Sylvie battle Timekeepers and timelines. SPOILERS AHEAD — catch up with our Episode 4 recap right here. Source: Marvel / Disney+ Floating through the TVA in a very JJ Abram-sy manner, it is worth noting the workers continue about their business blissfully unaware of what has occurred. The float becomes an extreme close up of the golden elevator doors that lead to the “Timekeepers.” Penetrating the door to the chamber inside we catch a quick glimpse of the head of one of the faux-Timekeepers laying on the ground. Instantly we are t...
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...
