Month: June 2022

Kevin Durant had a huge year with the Brooklyn Nets, however, it ended unceremoniously against the Boston Celtics. KD is one of those players who has no problems dishing it out on social media, and that is exactly what he did recently after Stephen A. Smith said Michael Jordan made the NBA worse. KD hated this take and took shots at Stephen A., Shannon Sharpe, and Skip Bayless.

“My theory is that guys like steve, skip and Shannon have changed the game for the worse,” Durant said. “Playas like Stephen and Michael can only push the game forward.

Skip has always been a huge KD supporter but the Nets star doesn’t share the love. Having said that, Skip felt it was necessary to go after KD on social media with a clap back. Bayless said that KD embarrassed all of the people who supported him and that moving forward, he should just have fun watching his former team play against the team that swept him. 

“Hey, Kevin Durant, as an embarrassed longtime defender/supporter of yours, I just wish you’d had the same energy for the Celtics you do for your usual bashing of media critics. The Celtics made you (and me) look sorry. Enjoy watching the Finals,” Bayless retorted.

Needless to say, these two will not be becoming friends anytime soon. Bayless does make a good point though as KD continues to tweet while better teams get to play for a title.

Pierre “P” Thomas, CEO of Quality Control Music, founded the record label alongside Kevin “Coach K” Lee in March 2013. From the beginning, the Atlanta natives emphasized that QC was focused on finding and developing smaller artists in the ATL area and creatively supporting their visions. Their success is evident as they currently house Migos, Lil Baby, and City Girls, among others. 

Through his music industry hustle, Thomas has elevated to mogul status, and is now a bit of a celebrity in his own right. In that regard, he puts on an annual event to celebrate his birthday, and this year it definitely appeared to be a show-stopper with plenty of fellow ATL royalty coming out.

Thomas held his second annual “Black Ball” birthday celebration hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 1, a week ahead of his actual birthday. The black-tie event had guests in their most elegant suits and dresses. Attendees included Quality Control Music’s very own, Quavo, Takeoff, Lil Baby, and City Girls. Other stars in attendance included Young MA, Coi Leray, Moneybagg Yo, Ari Fletcher, Corey Gamble, Gucci Mane, Nardo Wick, Jayda Cheaves, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, Atlanta’s mayor Andre Dickens, 2 Chainz, and many more. The lavish night included performances from Keith Sweat, Kim “Kem” Owens, and more.

We’ve done a little round-up from the night below.

Lil Baby shows off his Black Ball Outfit

Moneybagg Yo and Ari Fletcher 

Tiny is ready for the event

Coi Leray’s look is one to remember

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Jayda Cheaves came through

Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo are always couple goals

Takeoff and Quavo support their label boss

The City Girls rocking black dresses with cut-outs

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Of course, Gucci Mane came through with his wife 

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LeBron James and his family shared their condolences after a 17-year-old boy was found beaten to death near James’ “I Promise” School in Akron, Ohio. 

The male victim was found beaten and unconscious in the parking lot near the school’s outdoor basketball court around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday. Police officials say they believe the victim was assaulted by three unknown suspects who were playing basketball at the school’s court. Friends of the victim reportedly rushed home to call for help, but the boy succumbed to his injuries in the parking lot at around 11:05 p.m.

“Our community is everything to us,” James’ organization said in a statement. “We were devastated to learn of the overnight incident that saw a life lost near our school. We are grieving with our community over another senseless act of violence. Our campus is safe and secure as we continue to do everything we can to support our students, families, and the entire Akron community.”

In addition to his organization’s statement, LeBron took to Twitter to share his grief over the senseless act of violence. 

“Our condolences go out to the family who lost a loved one!! May the heavens above watch over you during this tragedy! Pray for our community!” James tweeted.

Akron public schools shared their grief in regards to the tragedy, saying the victim was a student leader in the Firestone Community Learning Center and involved in the design academy.

No further information about the assailants or motivation behind the attack have been revealed by police.

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One of the best sneakers of all-time is the Air Jordan 4. It is a model that continues to get a plethora of colorways and they all seem to be immensely popular. With that being said, Jordan Brand is coming through with a lot of AJ4s in 2022 and the “Infrared” model down below is one of them. It’s a model that has been teased quite a bit and the colorway itself has a lot of fans intrigued.

As you can see from the official images, this shoe is mostly made of multiple shades of grey, all while red is found throughout. These colors merge nicely together, and there is no doubt that fans will want these in the summer. You can’t help but love the mixture of colors here and overall, this is yet another great shoe to come out of Jumpman.

While this shoe was originally supposed to come out on June 24th, it has been revealed that it will now release on June 15th for a price of $200 USD through the infamous Nike SNKRS App. Let us know what you think of these, in the comments down below, and stay tuned to HNHH for more news from the sneaker world.

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