Victory travels in Louis V. Yesterday (Jan. 22), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and world-renowned French fashion house, Louis Vuitton, announced a multiyear global partnership, making the luxury retail company the official traveling case creators for the league’s historic Larry O’Brien Trophy. Louis Vuitton’s new-found alliance with the NBA marks its first and only partnership with a professional North American sports league. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The traveling case set to house the 2019-20 Larry O’Brien Trophy was handcrafted in Louis Vuitton’s Asnières workshop outside of Paris. The standing trunk is dressed in premium, chocolate leather and coated in the fashion...
He was 29. Hollywood is mourning the death of a reality star. It’s being reported the former The Bachelorette contestant Tyler Gwozdz has died of a suspected drug overdose. News began to circulate on Wednesday (January 22) that the 29-year-old had been rushed to the hospital after police were dispatched to a Florida home. However, according to reports by TMZand PEOPLE, a Boca Raton Police Services Department spokesperson shared the Gwozdz was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after they “responded to a medical overdose” back on Monday, January 13. PEOPLE claims to have obtained a copy of the 911 call that shows Gwozdz’s...
More details surrounding the tragic end for one of pop music’s biggest sensations have now been revealed. Just a day after Juice WRLD’s cause of death was revealed, more details surrounding the late musician’s final moments are now starting to come out from the accounts of those closest to him. TMZ is reporting that Alicia Leon, the girlfriend of Juice WRLD at the time he died of an accidental overdose, told authorities at Midway Airport that he “let out a gasp and collapsed to the ground” in the same moment that FBI agents started to search his bags. She also let cops on the...
This photographer does not have love for the happy couple. An acrimonious photographer is suing Kim Kardashian for allegedly using his work without permission nor compensation. Back in October of 2018, Kim shared a photo of herself and husband, Kanye West, caught in a heartfelt moment. In the black-and-white shot, Kim gazes lovingly at Kanye as he looks down, both of them smiling widely. According to TMZ, the sweet snapshot was likely taken during their trip to Africa where Ye recorded his now-scrapped album. Kim captioned the photo, “❤️We Got Love ❤️,” and the rest is history. Or so they probably thought....
Passing down knowledge and wisdom. For years, Diddy has dropped off bits of wisdom for people to be encouraged by, and he’s known throughout the industry as a figure that helps motivate others to their fullest potential. There have been jokes about Sean Love Combs and his cheesecake-fetching ways, but overall, Diddy and his successes are motivators for rising and established artists. Carmen Mandato / Stringer / Getty Images Early Thursday (January 23), DaBaby uploaded a video to Instagram of himself updating fans of what he’d just experienced. The rapper was at a gas station getting ready to hit...
Is the Recording Academy in shambles? The National Academy of Recording Arts’ first-ever, woman CEO, Deborah Dugan, was placed on academic leave, ten days prior to the 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony. According to Good Morning America, Dugan was placed on the leave of absence just three weeks after filing of a human resources complaint against the Academy. The detailed reports of the EEO complaint were revealed this past Tuesday (Jan. 21). According to the documents, Dugan brings up allegations of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, voter manipulation, and more stating the Grammy’s voting process is an “illustrative of the boys’...
Fivio Foreign announced the news on Ebro’s Beats1 show. Brooklyn drill is making serious waves across the music industry. Although Chief Keef and the Chicago artists who brought drill in the first place deserve their credit, Bobby Shmurda helped bring the sound to Brooklyn. Pop Smoke, Fivio Foreign, Sheff G, 22Gz, and more artists from the borough are taking the drill sound and putting their own twist in it. Brad Barket/Getty Images Bobby Shmurda’s incarceration has been a major roadblock in his career but he expected to be out this summer. According to Fivio Foreign, it looks like he’s...
The now-infamous Irving Plaza shooting from 2016 will finally be argued in court starting in March 2020. It was originally reported that famed podcaster Daryl “Taxstone” Campbell was supposed to see his day in court last November for the 2016 Irving Plaza shooting that resulted in the murder of Troy Ave‘s bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter. Now, it looks like that date has been officially pushed to March 2020. According to AllHipHop, a recent change in New York State’s current discovery laws was the main reason for the date switch, with the new rules going into effect on January 1, 2020. Taxstone’s counsel, Kenneth...
Nike is bringing back the color after years of black and white All Star unis. In Nike’s first two seasons as the NBA’s uniform manufacturer the brand didn’t bring much excitement or creativity to the All Star uniforms. The black and white motifs used in 2018 and 2019 were about as simple as could be, with the only splash of color appearing on the red and blue trim last year. That’s not to say those uniforms sucked, but they certainly lacked the flashiness associated with All Star Weekend. That will all change in 2020, as Nike and Jordan Brand inject a...
Lil Wayne’s long-awaited follow-up to “Tha Carter V” is coming soon. It looks like Lil Wayne‘s highly-anticipated follow-up to Tha Carter V is finally on the way. Funeral has been rumored to drop for a while but it initially seemed it was going to drop last year to coincide with his co-headlining tour with Blink 182. The album never came but that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t going to release it. The rapper’s been teasing the project for a hot minute and it looks like he finally has a date set. The Funeral is officially dropping on Jan. 31st. The rapper took to...