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Black Excellence: Howard Bison’s Swim & Dive Team Make History With Sports Illustrated Cover Feature
Who said Black people couldn't swim? Howard University's swim and dive team is making a big splash and history at the same damn time. The post Black Excellence: Howard Bison’s Swim & Dive Team Make History With Sports Illustrated Cover Feature appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Baes & Baddies: Meet Voluptuous ICU Nurse & Sports Illustrated Swim Search Finalist Hillory Fields
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hillory Fields / @hillorybanks The annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has taken strides over the years to promote diversity and various body styles via the popular magazine series. This year, the 2022 Sports Illustrated features a jaw-dropping beauty in Ms. Hillory Fields, an ICU nurse out there on the frontlines and definitely more than just a pretty face. It’s been a while since we’ve updated the Baes & Baddies segment but we believe Fields, known on Instagram as @hillorybanks, should definitely grace the cover for reasons you’re sure to understand in a few. But it’s not just serving looks and bawdy with Fields as she’s a budding boss who is now part of the tech space. Check out her 2022 Sports Illustrated Swim Search Finalist profile below: F...
Kygo to Headline Sports Illustrated Super Bowl Party In Los Angeles
Ah, the Super Bowl. That time of year when we lose thousands on obscure prop bets as our pupils turn into the apples of Budweiser’s eye. And since the NFL effectively owns a day of the week, Saturday is up for grabs during football’s biggest weekend—and Sports Illustrated is taking over. The fabled sports brand has announced a special Super Bowl party in Los Angeles with a killer lineup of musical performances ahead of the 2022 Super Bowl. Headlining “Sports Illustrated The Party” is Kygo, whose renowned lifestyle brand, Palm Tree Crew, partnered with ABG Entertainment and Talent Resources Sports to produce the open air event at Century Park. Joining the tropical house superstar is chart-topping rapper Jack Harlow, with support from DJs Frank Wal...
Megan Thee Stallion Reveals To Tyra Banks She Hid Her Dreams of Becoming A Rapper From Her Mom
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Denise Truscello / Getty Megan Thee Stallion oozes confidence, but there was one point in her life she wasn’t so sure about becoming a rapper. The leader of the hot girls should still be on a tremendous high after confirming she landed the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, making her the first rapper to do so. In the feature interview accompanying the amazing cover and some tantalizing photos of the Houston Hip-Hop star, she broke bread with legendary supermodel Tyra Banks. She shared that she hid her desire to rap from her mom. “My mom was a rapper,” Meg opens up. “She didn’t know I wanted to be a rapper, but I would literally watch her in the studio all day. I’m like, ‘This lady is everything.’ I didn’t want to tell her that I could rap until ...
She Stay Winning: Megan Thee Stallion Reportedly Will Grace The Cover of ‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Megan Thee Stallion will reportedly be making history this month. Word on the streets is Megan Thee Stallion, and her amazing body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s iconic Swimsuit Issue. If this is the case, she will become the first rapper to be featured in the magazine, let alone the cover. If and when this news is confirmed, Thee Stallion will be following in fellow Houston native and “Savage Remix” collaborator Beyoncé’s footsteps who was the first non-athlete and non-model to grace the annual magazine’s cover that men have been thirsting over for years. According to Hypebeast, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue is set to hit stands nationwide on July 19, and many of the model...
