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Ice Cube Says He Hopes BIG3’s “FIREBALL3” Will Become An Olympic Sport

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Ice Cube says that running the BIG3 basketball league is one of his biggest accomplishments and spoke about differentiating the league from the NBA in a new interview with Bossip. Cube also reflected on the BIG3’s choice to implement the FIREBALL3 ruleset and he hopes to see it in the Olympics.

“We’ve needed the freedom to keep innovating without potential new fans thinking it was typical 3-on-3. Plus, we didn’t want our deep love and respect for the NBA to be misinterpreted by our use of different rules,” Cube said in Vegas after a game.

“We could never compete with the NBA any more than we could compete with the NFL or FIFA. We are the BIG3, our own unique thing. But that doesn’t mean FIREBALL3 can’t coexist with these sports and still be many fans’ favorite sport. We’re going to keep growing, keep building and keep putting the best athletes on the court. We hope that one day FIREBALL3 will be an Olympic sport too.”

He also compared growing the BIG3 to other highlights during his career: “Doing music, I grew up with Dr. Dre living down the street and, I’m not saying that was easy, but I was in a position really to be right there. And, in movies, John Singleton just saw me one day and said ‘hey I wanna put you in a movie’ so that career took off with being discovered. This is something we had to conceive from scratch with all kinds of people telling us we were crazy…”

Earlier this month, Kanye West and Justin LaBoy were seen hanging out during a BIG3 game in Vegas.

Check out Cube’s interview below.

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Brittany Howard Shares “Jaime (Reimagined)” Ft. Childish Gambino & More

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Brittany Howard is already an accomplished musician with several Grammys under her belt. Her band Alabama Shakes has been a success in their own right but Howard’s foray as a solo artist has been equally well-received. In 2019, Howard shared her debut album, Jaime to critical acclaim which earned her another seven Grammy nominations. While she’s been riding high off of the album, she delivered a reimagined version of the album to her fans this week.

Howard revamped her debut album for her latest release, Jaime (Reimagined). The 13-song project delivers remixes and re-worked versions of the album’s songs with contributions from Childish Gambino, Common, BadBadNotGood, EarthGang, Syd, Little Dragon, and more. 

The project’s release comes days after Howard shared “Stay High” with Childish Gambino. Peep the project below. 

GirlzLuhDev Shares New Project “Day 1 Starter”

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GirlzLuhDev is shaping up to be the next biggest hitmaker in the rap game. He sings, raps, and has a unique, off-kilter delivery at times that is difficult to imitate. Needless to say, he has all of the qualities of a star and his current come-up is riveting to watch. 

After releasing new singles since the beginning of the year, he’s formally returned with his latest project, Day 1 Starter. The rapper’s new project is a 9-song affair that serves as his official debut project. He largely holds it down on his own but he does get some assistance on a few tracks. The title song includes an appearance from REMBLE while DACHINC appears on “Tooka.”

Check out the latest from GirlzLuhDev below and sound off with your thoughts in the comments. 

Travis Scott Challenges Fans To Learn The Lyrics To An Unreleased Song Before His Rolling Loud Set

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After a long time without music festivals and concerts, live shows are back. This weekend thousands of music fans have made their way to Miami for Rolling Loud’s first festival of the year, which is headlined by ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott, and Post Malone. Ahead of the festival’s second day of performances, Travis, who headlines the Saturday edition, took to Twitter to offer a new challenge to his audience hours before he takes stage.

In the post, Scott shared a one-minute snippet of a music video that previews an unreleased song. “HMM SOME ONE ASK ME HOW IM STARTING I SAID THIS IS HOW,” he wrote in the caption the video. “WHO CAN REMEMBER THIS BY TONIGHT.” If the track gets premiered in full during his Rolling Loud set, it could prove to be one of the biggest moments of the night, as fans have been expecting new music for a while now.

Miami’s Rolling Loud is far from the only festival Scott will appear at this year. He’s also slated to headline Day N Vegas, Rolling Loud’s New York showcase, as well as his own Astroword festival, which returns to Houston this fall.

You can listen to a snippet of the unreleased track above.

Ken Car$on Delivers On New Album “Project X”

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There are big things ahead of Ken Car$on. The Atlanta native has been a bubbling name over the past few years after his initial introduction to 808 Mafia. However, his appearance on Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red highlight, “Beno!” and his subsequent viral releases have set the stage for his formal introduction, at least to those who are unfamiliar. This week, he returned with his latest body of work, Project X. The 11-song project has no credited features, allowing Car$on to shine all on his own. He tackles spacey, pop-trap production with high-energy, vocodor-infused melodies on the project with a few cuts that are going to slap the next time he touches the stage.

Check out the latest project from Ken Car$on below and sound off with your thoughts in the comment section. 

Kanye West’s Adidas Yeezy Foam Runner “MX Cream Clay” Revealed

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Kanye West has been in the news a lot over the past week thanks to his DONDA live stream which took place on Thursday. Fans were hoping to have the album by Friday although Kanye saw fit to add the bells and whistles to the project. Now, the new release date is set for August 6th, however, Kanye still has some other releases planned in the interim. Of course, we are talking about shoes.

One of those shoes is the Adidas Yeezy Foam Runner in the “MX Cream Clay” colorway, which can be found below. The official images showcase a sneaker with a beige base all while multiple shades of brown are painted on top. Overall, these elements come together to create yet another earthy Yeezy model that will be a big hit during the Fall season.

As of today, it is believed these kicks will be dropping sometime before the end of July although knowing Kanye, these could very well end up delayed. With this in mind, keep it locked to HNHH as we will be sure to bring you all of the latest updates pertaining to the sneaker world. Also, let us know what you think of these, in the comments below.

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