Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Megan Thee Stallion is finally hitting the stage again, and the hotties are all welcomed to attend…virtually. Despite being the main topic of discussion after revealing that miniature rapper/singer Tory Lanez shot her in both feet, the show must go on. Thee Stallion just announced she will hold her first concert in many months and don’t worry, it will be safe because it’s going to be completely virtual. Hotties can look forward to their favorite hot girl putting those knees of steel back to work and twerking on August Saturday, 29th August, at 6pm ET / 3pm PT/ 11pm BST. Tickets for the virtual concert are on sale right now and only cost $15. Once purchased, fans will be provided with a single-use code that will grant them access to the show. The virt...
Source: Activision / Treyarch Activision’s worst-kept secret has finally been confirmed, the next Call of Duty game ditches Modern Warfare and will go back in time and focus on the Cold War. On Wednesday (Aug.20), the insanely popular first-person shooter’s publisher, Activision, dropped the teaser for the long-speculated game, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War that has been teased for a while in the Call of Duty: Warzone. The teaser is just a placeholder for the game’s upcoming big reveal on August 26 that will show us some gameplay footage and share more insight as far as the plot which the teaser implies is “inspired by actual events.” The 2-minute clip is comprised of archival footage of a TV interview featuring KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov. As he talks, texts pop up on the screen, ...
Source: Blackberry / Blackberry In a world dominated by keyboard-less smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy flagship devices, Blackberry refuses to get sucked in the cellphone abyss never to return. Let’s just call the Blackberry a zombie at this point because no matter how many times it gets killed, somehow, it finds new life. After 2018’s Blackberry Key 2 flopped very hard, we thought it the nostalgic smartphone was going to get sent off to greener pastures. BUT, once again, we were wrong. A new Texas startup called OnwardMobility is taking on the Blackberry license once optioned to Chinese phone manufacture TCL. It is promising to release a 5G model of Barack Obama’s favorite means of communication in 2021. Oh, and yes, it will still be powered by Android and will h...
Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 21 Madden NFL 21’s August 28 launch date quickly approaching its time to meet the NFL’s new generation of superstar’s new Spokesplayer. Social media superstar, actor, avid NFL, and Madden fan, King Keraun born Keraun Harris has a new title to add to his growing list of accomplishments, being revealed as the first-ever Spokesplayer for Madden NFL 21. In the new hilarious new clip, Keraun breaks down his new role. As a Spokesplayer, he gives the NFL’s superstars a break from having to toot their own horns and, in his signature comedic style, breaks down how great players he represents just are. Names like Patrick Mahomes, Cam Newton, and Madden NFL 21 cover athlete Lamar Jackson take a break from speaking with media and now can just focus on doing what they do ...
Source: 2K Sports / PGA TOUR 2K21 If you didn’t know, the folks that bring us NBA 2K every year are now hopping on the golf course. Ahead of the launch of PGA TOUR 2K21, 2K dropped a hilarious new launch trailer featuring Top Dawg’s own Schoolboy Q and more. In the trailer, we see Groovy Q get his virtual Tiger Woods on alongside WWE Superstar and reality TV personality Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, PGA Tour pro golfer, and the games cover athlete Justin Thomas, and legendary actor Christopher McDonald. In the quick clip, the “Man of The Year” crafter, Miz, and Thomas calmy flex their virtual golfing skills while McDonald hilariously struggles to compete with them. For those that didn’t know, Schoolboy Q is quite the golfer in real life. Speaking with GQ, he told the publication he picked up the...
Source: Apple / Apple Music Radio Apple’s Beats 1 Radio is getting a swift rebrand and two new stations the tech company announced Tuesday (aug.18). The company that Jobs built said goodbye to Beats 1 radio, well just the name and today revealed the renaming of its flagship radio station to Apple Music 1. The decision is a no brainer as Apple continues to transition away from the Beats branding, which could only be found on the then-named Beats 1 station on the Apple Music Service. The station is described by Apple as “one of the most-listened-to radio stations in the world.” Along with the name change, Apple revealed it will be launching new stations as well. One of them being Apple Music Hits, which will give listeners who enjoy bopping to hit records strictly from the ’80s, ’90s, and 20...
The Swedish company, which operates in 73 markets, is pushing to disrupt the background music segment of the market. The growing segment of music streaming for businesses has taken another step forward. Soundtrack Your Brand, a cloud-based music service that is trying to become the Spotify of the business streaming world, signed a global licensing deal with Universal Music Group to use its catalog of music on the platform. The Stockholm-based company, which says it is the world’s fastest growing B2B music platform, delivers the flexibility of music-streaming technology to brands and businesses. Founded in 2013 with Spotify as a co-founder, Soundtrack Your Brand operates in 73 countries and competes in the background music segment with startups like Rockbot as well as with entrenched player...
Source: Portland Press Herald / Getty Grand Theft Auto V dropped seven years ago but still is flourishing thanks to GTA Online. A recent discovery is now hinting that GTA could be returning to a fan-favorite location. A Reddit user may have possibly discovered where Grand Theft Auto 6 might be taking place, and it’s none other than the video game equivalent of Miami, aka Vice City. The fictional city was the star of Rockstar Games’ 2002 hit title, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The popular video game also took some cues from the cult-classic film Scarface, classic 80’s television cop show Miami Vice as well the city’s vibrant nightlife and drug culture. The Reddit detective noted that a GTA Vice City Online domain has been registered by Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive as well ...
Source: Fortnite / Epic Games Thursday (Aug.13), the gaming community was thrown for a loop after Apple decided to boot Fortnite from its App store. Not too soon after, Google followed suit removing the highly-addictive game from its Google Play store. Now the game studio has clapped back at both tech giants. #FreeFortnite, that’s what Epic Games is screaming after both companies were not feeling the fact the studio decided it was tired of paying the 30% revenue cut both Apple and Google get for in-game purchases. The decision to remove Fornite from the App Store and Google Play Store came immediately after Epic Games announced that players will get a 20% discount when they purchase the game’s in-game currency, V-Bucks, directly from the Epic Games store. Defending its decision, Google sta...
Source: 2K / NBA 2K21 Last week we got our first look at NBA 2K21 current-gen gameplay thanks to the “Everything Is Game” trailer. Thursday (Aug.13), we now know some of the changes players can expect in the game. As we inch towards the launch of the next installment in the number one basketball video game franchise, information about the game is starting to spill out. In a 2K Courtside Report, written by NBA 2K Gameplay Director Mike Wang, he revealed the new improvements and influences for the significant changes coming to NBA 2K21. When players take the court for the first time in NBA 2K21, they can expect a plethora of improvements to the game. In the report, Wang revealed that he spoke with a big fan of the franchise and the game’s current-gen cover athlete Damian Li...
Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 21 Madden games have become a yearly tradition but, at the same time, have grown a bit stale among avid sports gamers. Madden NFL 21 hopes taking things to The Yard literally in a new game mode will bring much-needed new energy to the game. Last week EA gave us our first look at The Yard in regards to how it works on the mobile iteration of the video game, and now its time to see the console and PC version of the new game mode. Hip-Hop Wired was able to get hands-on with the new game mode in a virtual preview led by The Yard’s developer JP Kalloway, and honestly, it was entertaining to play. So again, what is The Yard? Well, it’s a new way for players to enjoy Madden but taking the complexity of professional football out of the game and swapping i...
Spotify is backing Fortnite developer Epic Games in its new clash with Apple and the tech giant’s App Store, highlighting its own lawsuit over similar issues. After Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store on Wednesday because Epic Games had introduced a way for players to purchase its virtual “V-bucks” currency outside the payment marketplace, Epic Games filed a lawsuit that could have legal ramifications in the music industry. {“nid”:”9416468″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Sony Takes Minority Stake in Fortnite Maker With $250 Million Investment”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/business\/9416468\/sony-minority-stake-fortnite-maker-epic-250-million-investment\/”,”media”:{“width”:&...