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With NBA All-Star weekend just a stone’s throw away, Nike Sportswear is dropping a Constellation Collection pack that includes a new Nike Air Force 1, a reconstructed Nike Dunk, and a Sky Hi. But we can guarantee you that what has hypebeasts foaming at the mouth in this collection is the Nike Foamposite One AS.
Atlanta barber has the remedy for misbehaving little boys: a haircut called the “Benjamin Button Special.”
RadioShack, the nationwide electronics retail franchise in operation for the past 94 years, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday (Feb. 5). Last fall, a New York-based hedge fund stepped in and give RadioShack the financial boost it needed, but the company’s debt was apparently far too staggering to restructure.
Yes, Black Twitter exists, deal with it. We asked Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, who made Hip-Hop Wired’s Black Twitter 100, to give us their thoughts on the phenomenon, and whether it’s a good or bad thing.
You never really hear anyone say “this might not be for him” about men who examine sports for a living. So, we’re going to call Chris Paul out on what sounds like a sexist remark toward “rookie” Lauren Holtkamp, one of two full-time women referees in the league.
A pair of public defenders from the Bronx Defenders organization recently appeared in a cop-killing rap video featuring rappers Uncle Murda and Maino. The defenders have since resigned from their posts after an investigation by the city went public last week.
Bobby Brown is going against the suggestions of doctors and refuses to take his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, off of life support. Reportedly, Brown and other members of the family are banking on a miracle.
50 Cent may or may not be “beefing” with A$AP Rocky over Tatted Up Holly—a woman he most likely is no longer dating. The word “beefing” is in quotes because 50 Cent will be selling you a G-Unit album in less than a month, so the timing is curious.
Kanye West has something major up his sleeve. And while my senses say we’re amid a proper album rollout, the more logical scenario centers the rapper’s forthcoming Yeezi 3 collaboration with adidas.
Lil Wayne isn’t the only rapper demanding Cash Money Records open up their accounting books to see if he is due any moolah. Former Hot Boy Turk is suing the home Birdman built, too.
The world won’t see a free Gucci Mane until 2016. With a mound of tracks in the stash, rest assured that the Atlanta rapper will continue to flood the Internets with new material like “Heart Attack.”
Suge Knight is back in the bing after being released from the hospital after a near-fatal blood clot. But the struggle continues. The 911 call from the day the Death Row Records founder ran over two people, killing one of them, has been released.