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Shaq & Dame Dolla Get Reebok & adidas To Create The “Damenosis”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok With adidas’ recent sale of Reebok to the Authentic Brands Group, y’all should’ve known that some steps would be taken to make new Reebok product both appealing to a new audience while keeping its classic swag. Source: Reebok / Reebok Looking to accomplish both feats in one sneaker, adidas and Reebok have come together to create the brand new “Damenosis” which mashes together the classic Reebok “Shaqnosis” silhouette with adidas’ “Dame 7 EXTPLY. The new remixed “Damenosis” sneaker will debut in a red and black colorway while baring the OG “Shaqnosis” design that had the hood hypnotized in the late 90’s. Related Stories In an interview with Damian Lillard, Shaquille recalled how many felt that big men in the NBA couldn’t move sneakers like ...
Foot Locker & adidas Team For Athlete Designed Sneaker Collection, Dame Dolla 1st Up
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / Foot Locker Foot Locker‘s been making all kinds of moves as of late and while they’re out here cornering the sneaker market, they continue to drop exclusive collaborations to expand their brand (as if it was necessary). Source: adidas / Foot Locker Recently, Foot Locker revealed that they’ll be teaming up with adidas to launch a new line of sneakers that’ll be designed by Adidas’ biggest athletes including Dame D.O.L.L.A. himself, Damian Lillard. The new collection of sneakers is meant to celebrate the positive impact each athlete has had on the game and the culture both on and off the field/court, so it should be interesting to see what kind of designs will be coming down the pike. Dame for his part will be using the adidas NMD_R1.V2 silhouette ...
Dame D.O.L.L.A. ft. Blxst & Tree Thomas “We The Ones,” Kid Ink ft. RMR “Party” & More | Daily Visuals 8.20.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Damian Lillard is easily one of the most under appreciated and overlooked NBA superstars in the game today, but is he also just as undervalued as a rapper due to his basketball career? Probably. Continuing to pursue the title as the greatest NBA player to pick up the microphone, Dame D.O.L.L.A. comes through with some new visuals to the Blxst and Tree Thomas assisted “We The Ones” where he paints the picture of a kid who went from rags to riches while keeping it humble and being thankful for getting where he is today. “I was bred by some shooters, the son of a gun/Now it’s money for fun, bringing it in by the tons…” homie gets busy in the booth. Bring that man to Madison Square Garden already so he can ball and throw some concerts too. Down South, Young Thug take...
Damian Lillard Drops ‘Live From the Bubble’ EP Hours After Dropping 31 Points on the Grizzlies to Secure Playoff Spot
Hours after the Portland Trail Blazers secured a playoff spot with a(nother) thrilling win against the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA’s first ever play-in game, Damian Lillard dropped a surprise EP under his rap moniker Dame D.O.L.L.A. Aptly titled Live From the Bubble, the three-song album comprises two tracks The Letter O wrote from his hotel room in Orlando (“I’m Him,” “They Know” featuring Jane Handcock) and “No Punches,” which was taken from his 2017 album Confirmed. Live From the Bubble is Dame D.O.L.L.A.’s third SoundCloud release of the year, following Money Talk and Pressure: Vol. 1. Stream the EP below. When he wasn’t recording fire tracks, the 5x All-Star was scorching opponents in the “bubble” over the past few weeks. Since the NBA Restart tipped off on J...
HHW Gaming: Damian “Dame D.O.L.L.A” Lillard, Pop Smoke & More Featured On ‘NBA 2K21’s Soundtrack
Source: 2K / N.B.A. 2K21 While gamers are still currently virtually hooping in NBA 2K20, we are learning more about the forthcoming installment in the famed basketball video game franchise NBA 2K21. Today (Jul.27), 2K announced what artists players can look forward to hearing in when they load up NBA 2K21 and browse the menus or take on friends in the neighborhood. The soundtrack features 52 tracks in all including two exclusive new songs from NBA 2K21 cover athlete Damian Dame D.O.L.L.A. Lillard as well hits from, Travis Scott, Stormzy, Roddy Ricch, Wale, Pop Smoke, and The Strokes. The playlist was “meticulously selected by 2K to deliver an immense number of curated beats for a visceral in-game experience,” and is described as “one of the largest and most definitive collections of music ...
HHW Gaming: Damian Lillard Will Grace The Current-Gen Version of ‘NBA 2K21’
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz It’s officially Dame time! Today (Jun.30), NBA 2K announced that “Everything Is Dame.” Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star guard, Damian Lilliard, was revealed as one of the athletes blessed with the honor to grace the cover of the current-generation version of NBA 2K21. Source: 2K / NBA 2K21 Last week the game studio announced that it was launching a TikTok page to help break the news with the help of Anthony Davis, who “passed the torch” to Lillard and the other two mystery players. Speaking on being selected to cover the current-gen (PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch) version of NBA 2K21 Lillard called it a “special moment” and his career and stated: “This is a special moment for me in my NBA career. I’ve been a fan of NBA 2K for years and love how ...
Damian Lillard Comes For Racists & Donald Trump On New Cut “Blacklist”
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Dame D.O.L.L.A. returns and no he ain’t dissing Shaquille O’Neal again (though that was entertaining). This time around the All-Star point guard is taking aim at the biggest enemy the Black community has been facing since the inception of America: racism. In his new cut “Blacklist” Dame D.O.L.L.A. gives listeners an uncut and raw lesson on Black history breaking down the plight of the Black man in America and the struggles they’ve had to overcome to get to this point. Kicking off the track by simply stating “As a brother with a good heart, f*ck you if you racist,” the Portland Trailblazers star player gets his Illmatic on (yeah we said it) and drops bars you’d expect to hear from a 90’s rapper putting the system on blast. “Used to call us monkeys and...
Damian Lillard Goes as Hard on the Mic as He Goes Down the Lane
The NBA season, like much of our lives, may currently be on hold due to COVID-19. But Portland Trail Blazers All-Star guard Damian Lillard, one of the league’s coldest, most rigorous dudes has had no trouble keeping busy, thanks to his robust second career as a rapper. The preternaturally calm and collected player went viral last year for both making one of the greatest shots in NBA Playoffs history as well as his memeable reaction and hopes to bring the same heat to his music career. Recording as Dame D.O.L.L.A., Lillard has already collaborated with the likes of 2 Chainz, Jadakiss, BJ the Chicago Kid, and Lil Wayne, who is such a fan that he’s appeared on all three of Lillard’s surprisingly good LPs and has said that Lillard is skilled enough to rap for a living, something even...
