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Homecoming: Kanye West Premieres New Momma-Dedicated Album DONDA In His Birthplace, Can The Sinner Be Saved?

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Last night (July 23), it seemed as if the entire city of Atlanta gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium to hear what Hip-Hop’s most polarizing character, Kanye West, has cooked up for his tenth solo studio album, DONDA. It goes without saying that general public sentiment toward Yeezy has been soured significantly after several years of incoherent rambling, his entrance into Kardashianville, his stating that “slavery is a choice” and his full-throated support of MAGA miscreant Donald Trump. None of that even takes into account the fact that the music Kanye has released during this tumultuous time period has been lackluster, to say the least. We’ve certainly seen more than one musician maintain their status as an elite artist despite the...

Charlamagne Tha God To Host Late Night Talk Show On Comedy Central

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Fancher / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God is returning to your late-night television screen. The media personality and host of The Breakfast Club is getting late night talk show on Comedy Central. Tha God’s Honest Truth with Lenard “Charlamagne” McKelvey is set to premiere on September 17 at 10PM ET on Comedy Central. The series is being executive produced by Stephen Colbert, who besides hosting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, happens to share South Carolina roots with Charlamagne. Colbert also came to fame on Comedy Central hosting The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014. Source: Scott Kowalchyk for CBS / Comedy Central The weekly late-night series is being billed as a “culturally fluent take on social issues” as Charlamagne offer his tak...

Drake’s OVO Air Force 1 Is For The Lovers

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @levibentlee / Instagram Drizzy’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy has still yet to get a confirmed release date or even a first single released, but already we’ve gotten pics of what his upcoming OVO Air Force 1 exclusives will look like and while they seem like some average white-on-white 1’s, the devil’s in the details. Featuring little hearts on the bottom sole instead of the average stars Air Force 1’s tend to boast, the silhouette also replaces the customary “Air” logo on the side heel of the sole with “Love You Forever” in script. Not bad for the hardcore Drake fan who want to show their allegiance to the King of The North. Though rumors have the kicks dropping this Fall, no official word yet on when the sneakers will drop or if they even will. Do...

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 ...

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...