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Twitter Shocked By Bliss Nightclub Body Viewing For DMV Rapper Goonew
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Goonew / @goonew64 The DMV Hip-Hop was recently rocked by the news that local favorite Goonew was shot and killed in Prince George’s County, Md. last month. Over the weekend, images surfaced of a going home service at a nightclub with the embalmed body of the rapper available for viewing, causing ripples of shock throughout Twitter. Via social media, the body viewing funeral service for Goonwew was held at the Bliss nightclub in Washington, D.C., and featured a large crowd saluting the fallen rapper. Goonew was fashionably dressed as he often displayed via his social media feeds and was adorned with a king’s crown. According to reports from Goonew’s family, the rapper was shot in the back after being robbed of a watch while on the way to deliver a b...
HHW Gaming: E3 2022 Officially Put On Ice, Gamers React To The Sad News
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Christian Petersen / Getty No one should be surprised by this news, but E3 is dead, well, the 2022 edition of the convention that focuses strictly on video games. Thursday (Mar.31), the ESA, the company behind the Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3, has officially canceled its virtual convention after axing the prospect of a return to an in-person event back in January. Sadly, there will be no E3 this year, but don’t fear gamers. The ESA does have plans of trying to revitalize E3 in 2023, but it’s still currently on life support, hanging on for dear life. “We will devote all our energy and resources to delivering a revitalized physical and digital E3 experience next summer,” the ESA said in a statement shared by IGN. “Whether enjoyed from the show...
Steven Victor & NIGO’s VICTOR VICTOR x Shopify NYC Shop Lit Up SoHo
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @aqua174 / HHW Nigo and Steven Victor know how to get the people going. In correlation with the release the I Know NIGO album, the Victor Victor label and brand teamed with Shopify to host a pop-up shop in NYC where fans could cop their highly coveted merch. Source: Shopify / Shopify It went down on Saturday (March on my 26), the day after Nigo dropped his critically acclaimed second album. Among the projects high power features are Pusha T and Pharrell, who we mention here because they both slid through the VICTOR VICTOR x Shopify pop-up. Also spotted inside, besides the shoppers and fans who cued up for hours for their chance to get inside, were artist KAWS, the LOX rapper Jadakiss and Desus of Desus & Mero fame. The limited-edition merchandis...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Suzette’s Illegal Butt Injections Force Ceaser To Make A Tough Decision
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Last week on Black Ink Crew, Ceaser’s struggle press conference came back to bite him in the a**. This week, his girlfriend’s fake booty will force him to make a tough decision that could affect his business. Ceaser Is Still Down In The Dumps About Cheyenne As expected, Ceaser is still in his feelings about not being able to see his daughter because the court held him in contempt because of his press conference. To stay out of jail, he had to sign a restraining order. After confiding in Teddy, Ceaser calls his mom to vent, and she expresses sadness that her son can’t see his daughter. Like a great mom, she tells her son she will pray for him and that it will all work out eventually, and Ceaser concludes it will all work out for...
From Tears to Pride To Slaps: The Best & Worst Moments From the 2022 Oscars
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Livingston / Getty It’s safe to say that the 2022 Academy Awards will be unforgettable (thanks to Will Smith & Chris Rock), but here’s a rundown of the best and worst moments of the evening for you to savor. The 94th Academy Awards was promoted as the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the motion picture industry’s highest honor with the three women hosts Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes to add to the heightened inclusivity. Much like a great film, there were high and low moments that have many buzzing the morning afterward. The event kicked off with Beyonce herself gracing the crowd with a performance of her song “Be Alive” from the nominated film King Richard featuring Will Smith (who’d win Best Actor) about the fa...
Nicki Minaj Crosses Out Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, & Doja Cat’s Names In Op-Ed Praising Her, Twitter Senses Shadiness
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mondadori Portfolio / Getty Nicki Minaj’s latest social media antics have many, including the Barbs thinking she was being really shady to other female Hip-Hop artists. Queen Barb Nicki Minaj raised eyebrows on social media after sharing a HotNewHipHop Op-Ed written by Joshua Robinson titled Why Nicki Minaj Is One of the Greatest of All Time. Of course, it’s a no-brainer that Minaj would share a piece praising her, and acknowledging her contributions to the genre, but it’s what she did with the screengrab from the post that even has her Barbz asking why? The original paragraph in the piece read: “Yet, what’s most astonishing and powerful about Nicki’s impact on Hip-Hop is her presence and, sometimes, the lack thereof. Whether she’s going on an unexp...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: ‘Halo The Series’ Showrunner & Executive Producer Speak About Making Better Video Game Movies & TV Shows
Video Games developed into films, and now television shows should be a homerun for studios because they are rich with source material to work with, but as we all know for a long time, that hasn’t been the case for many years. Thanks to shows like Halo The Series and other successful movies based on video games, that trend seems to be coming to an end. Halo The Series is just one day away from premiering on Paramount+, but the show is already polarizing, dividing franchise fans. The show, which is nine years in the making, follows Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief and the Silver Team on a new timeline, moving away from the messy one we have experienced in the insanely-popular Halo video games. The idea the game is not sticking with the storyline, Schreiber’s version of the John 117 taken off h...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser’s Struggle Press Conference Comes Back To Haunt Him
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: VH1 / Black Ink Crew Last week, a disastrous Puma team-building event turned into a “teachable moment” moment for the crew. This week, Ceaser wants to promote his business better and brings back an OG to help with that. At the same time, he’s still dealing with his own issues. Ceaser Feels The Black Ink Crew Needs To Be On A Billboard Following the previous debacle at the shop, Ceaser feels it’s time his Black Ink brand needs a reboot, and he has to get his artists out there. So he decides to bring back Black Ink Crew OG, Sassy, to help with that and reveals to his artists that he wants to do a photoshoot and put them on a billboard. No longer a cast member on the show, Sassy is now flourishing in the PR business, and Ceaser feels she is the perfect...
She Said What She Said: Megan Thee Stallion Had Time For Carl Crawford On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Megan Thee Stallion is fed up with her record label and anyone that is still questioning if she got shot by Tory Lanez and decided to call people out on Twitter. Megan Thee Stallion had time on Monday (Mar.21). Following reports that the Houston rapper’s record label 1501 Certified Entertainment is countersuing her, claiming she owes them two more albums and money, Thee Stallion hopped on Twitter to call them out. The label’s legal action follows Thee Stallion taking 1501 Certified Entertainment to court, claiming she fulfilled her contractual obligations. 1501 Certified Entertainment in their suit said nah because they claimed her latest project, “Something For The Hotties,” is nothing more than a mere compilation album full o...
HHW Gaming Exclusve: Yerin Ha & Jen Taylor Talk ‘Halo The Series’ & Cortana’s New Look
The highly anticipated Halo Series has plenty of callbacks to the insanely popular first-person shooting video game, pleasing old fans while introducing new elements to ease in potential new fans. The Halo television show will take viewers’ fan-favorite characters like Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) on a new timeline. It will show us a time when rebel factions didn’t want anything to do with the UNSC and feared the legendary Spartan instead of celebrating him as their champion. We will also see how a chance encounter with a young rebel teen, Kwan Ha (Yerin Ha), and interaction with an alien relic restores Master Chief’s humanity and takes them on a journey to locate the dangerous alien weapon, the Halo ring. While Chief is on his mission, the Spartan’s creator, Dr. Halsey (Natascha McElhon...
HHW Tech Review: The Galaxy Note Lives On In Samsung’s New S22 Ultra Smartphone
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls (@BeanzGotGamez) / Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Samsung took a bold step with one of its latest flagship smartphones, and it was a VERY wise decision. After months of speculation, Samsung casually “killed off” its relatively popular Galaxy Note model, making the exceptional Note20 Ultra the device’s swan song. At the same time, Samsung also decided to keep what made the Note line great and just introduce it into the S22 Ultra model, bringing together loyal Note users and with the other Galaxy smartphone users. A decision that we believe will benefit Samsung in the long run. Display Source: Bernard Smalls (@BeanzGotGamez) / Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra One area where Samsung always delivers with its flagship smartphones is the display, and with the ...
Ralph Lauren x Morehouse & Spelman Collection Draws Cheers & Jeers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nadine Ijewere / Polo Ralph Lauren On Tuesday, March 15, Ralph Lauren announced an upcoming capsule collection titled A Portrait of the American Dream, that blends the brand’s classic Americana stylings with the sartorial heritage of Atlanta-based HBCUs Morehouse College and Spelman College. The announcement was a true exercise of craft, featuring a combination of visually striking photos from Nadine Ijewere and an equally stunning video—both felt more like a time capsule than a lookbook. In the imagery, we see Black people of all pigments dressed to the nines in gear inspired by styles seen in Morehouse and Spelman yearbooks between 1920 and 1950. To call the campaign beautiful is an understatement. Here, we see a sartorial excellence in lockstep with th...
