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California Rapper Tay Way Murdered After Posting Video On Instagram
Source: kali9 / Getty Tay Way, an East Bay rapper who found fame local fame in and around the city of Richmond, Calif., was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting incident. The artist born Lamonta Butcher shared a video of himself walking around in Richmond via Instagram, leading the suspects to a street corner where the violent act was carried out. Several local outlets, including KPIX and East Bay Times, report that Butcher was filming a video using Instagram this past Friday (Sept. 18) in the afternoon hours. While walking down a street shortly after 12PM local time in the city’s Iron Triangle neighborhood, a shooter or group of shooters opened fire reportedly from a moving vehicle, striking Butcher and two others. According to the Richmond Standard, around 17 rounds were reportedly fir...
You Care: Beyoncé & Jay-Z Spotted Out For Dinner With Solange In NYC
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Apparently, Beyoncé and Jay-Z do the same things most couples do, like go out with friends and fam. The Hip-Hop power couple was spotted out having dinner in New York City, and Solange was there, too. Page Six has the stalker-like details. Beyoncé and Jay-Z were spotted having a late-night dinner Saturday with Bey’s sister, Solange, and two friends at Scarpetta in NoMad. A spy told us, “They were immediately taken to a private area outside. Jay-Z was seen browsing the wine menu and landed on a nice bottle of red. Beyoncé wore a tan long jacket, orange hat and snakeskin heels, and made sure to keep her face mask on until her food arrived.” They had fried chicken, lots of pasta and cheesecake for dessert. Can it really be that private if it was outside and clearly...
HHW Gaming: Sony Apologizes For PS5 Pre-Order Madness, Promises More Consoles Will Be Available
Source: Sony / PlayStation Many gamers were BIG MAD (including this writer) because they couldn’t secure a PS5. Sony is taking full responsibility and apologizing. Following Sony’s epic reveal (Sept.16) of the PS5’s price, release date, and games we can look forward to playing on the next-generation console, the company announced that pre-order’s would begin the following day (Sept.17). Too bad retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and GameStop didn’t get that message deciding to drop pre-order links, surprising gamers everywhere. Amazon decided to wait a bit later before it opened up its site to pre-orders and technically did wait till the 17th dropping its link at the stroke of midnight. The surprise drop, which Sony did promise would not be the case, sparked mass hysteria online as ...
Foot Locker Launches The Endless World of Air Max Hub
Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Foot Locker out here making all kinds of power moves for the culture. Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Days after announcing they’d be turning 2,000 of their stores into voting locations for November’s Presidential election, Foot Locker is now launching a brand new interactive sneaker hub using Google slides for sneakerheads who have an affinity for Air Max’s. The Endless World of Air Max will be serving as a “one-stop-shop” for Air Max heads and will keep them updated on upcoming drops and easy ways to cop once they become available. Aside from obviously allowing heads to purchase kicks when they can, the hub also has some other cool features for visitors of the site. Real-Time Hub Updates: Foot Locker will constantly update the experience in real t...
Stadium Goods Opening A New Location In Chicago
Source: Stadium Goods / Stadium Goods With the sneaker game continuing to grow in popularity and as a prosperous hustle for resellers, Stadium Goods is getting ready to open up a new brick and mortar store for heads looking to cash in on their silhouette investments. Freshness Mag is reporting that the retail and consignment store is getting ready to branch out to Chicago and open up a whole new avenue for sneaker hustlers and sneaker collectors alike. Opening their doors this coming October 1, the new location will be quite spacious and luxurious as is their other spot in New York City. Spanning 6,000 square feet, the new Magnificent Mile location is a two-story ode to the city’s streetwear scene in a high-end shopping district. The physical store will be located at 60 East Walton St...
Off The Market: Halle Berry Confirms She And Van Hunt Are Boo’d Up
Source: Prince Williams / Getty One of most beautiful women to ever walk the planet is taken. Halle Berry has put the rumors to rest and makes it clear she chose. As spotted on Page Six the Things We Lost In The Fire star is officially off the market. In June she posted a very romantic photo of her playing footsies with a very lucky, but unidentified, gentleman. The caption obviously pointed to some serious relationship vibes being shared by the two. “Waking up Vegas! ☀️ Thank you for all the beautiful birthday wishes from my friends and my very supportive and loyal fans! You ALL helped to make my birthday extra special ♥️” she wrote. Naturally the visual made fans sprint to a wide array of assumptions about who the mystery man could. Since then she ha...
Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH Playlist – 9.18.20
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Peace to the Hip-Hop Wired nation! We’re back with our latest update to CRT FRSH, the playlist where we do our best to highlight the veterans, up and comers, and those on the cusp across the entire Hip-Hop music ecosystem. With our (sometimes) bi-weekly schedule thrown off, we’ve decided to beef up today’s playlist to 30 instead of our usual 25 tracks. This week, we have new heat from Chief Keef, Mike WiLL Made-It, Planet Asia, The Lox, Fivio Foreign, Conway The Machine, Big Sean, Fly Anakin, Lil Tecca, Smoke DZA and so many more. The purpose of the playlist is to give the mainstream and underground equal shine, and we hope that at the very least that’s documented below. Enjoy the 9.18.20 update to CRT FRSH and be sure to subscribe so you can be in the know nex...
MAGA Youth 101: Trump Announces ‘Patriotic Education’ Commission To Combat Education On Racial Equality
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Donald Trump is proving that his administration is heavy on making America more racist, with the announcement of his new ‘Patriotic Education’ Commission. On Thursday (Sept 17), Trump announced that he would be creating a commission to promote “patriotic education” and adding that a grant program was developed to introduce a “pro-American curriculum.” The move is largely political — and a reaction to a growing push by some academics for schools to teach an American history that better acknowledges slavery and systemic racism. In the speech, Trump denounced racial equality education, labeling it as a “twisted web of lies” being taught in U.S. classrooms about systemic racism in America, before calling it “a form of child abuse,” reprising the themes from a speec...
Kanye West Pisses On His Grammy Award, Dubs Himself ‘Baby Putin’
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Kanye West must really be on the same ish as Donald Trump because he’s doing the utter most these days. After waging war on Joe Biden, Drake, J. Cole, and on overall reality, Kanye West, aka Yeezy, has set his sights on the music industry. After posting over a hundred pages of his record contract on his Twitter account and calling the music industry “modern day slavery” (wouldn’t that be a choice, Ye?), Kanye took things up a notch by taking one of his many Grammy awards and filming himself urinating on it to express his current disdain for the industry that made him a household name. Kanye who began referring to himself as the “New Moses” then decided he’d go by a new moniker and from the sounds of it, well, he’s definitely coming off as a Trump comrade. TRUST ME...
Floyd Mayweather Has Reportedly Been Offered A Contract To Fight Logan Paul
Source: DJDM/WENN.com / WENN While Floyd Mayweather has not been in the ring since 2017 it seems a big bag may calling him back. Rumor has it he has on offer on the table to fight a MMA star. As spotted on Bleacher Report the undefeated slugger might come out of retirement if the price is right. According to the report the Grand Rapids, Michigan native has received a contract to lace up his gloves one more time. If he accepts the sports news site claims he will be squaring off against Logan Paul. For those not in the know Paul is a very popular YouTube personality who saw his online stock rise via his channel where he would routinely post shocking stunts. He soon started dabbling into amateur boxing. On August, 25, 2018 he accepted a formal bout with fellow online personality KSI in ...
Family of Breonna Taylor Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit For $12 Million
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty The family of Breonna Taylor may still be waiting to see justice served regarding the criminal charges pending against the three officers involved. However, they have reached a settlement in the wrongful death civil suit filed against the city of Louisville. According to CNN, the family of Taylor and the city reached a $12 million settlement in the wrongful death case six months after the 26-year old EMT was murdered in her home while she slept. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the settlement later Tuesday in a joint press conference with the Taylor family’s attorneys telling Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, that the city “deeply apologizes” for the reckless act that took her daughter’s life. “I cannot begin to imagine Ms. Palmer’s pain, and I am deeply, de...
Black Voters Brought The Smoke To Donald Trump’s ABC News Town Hall
Source: screen cap / abc Yesterday (Sept. 16), ABC News held a Town Hall meeting with Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and it went as bad as you probably expected. But amidst the assortment of lies from the alleged Commander In Chief, it should be noted that a couple of Black voters particularly brought the smoke via their questions for Cheeto. George Stephanopoulos hosted the event and often provided the countering receipts when Trump just straight up lied. Let’s start with Assistant Professor Ellesia Blaque, a Black woman, who told Trump of her struggle with preexisting conditions she was born with. You knew it was on when Trump attempted to talk over her but she had none of it, telling him, “Please stop and let me finish my question, sir.” She asked him what he was going to do to make sure...
