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After years of being the butt of every joke, Kwame Brown is fed up. The former first overall NBA draft pick is sick of hearing his name dragged through the mud and after Gilbert Arenas brought him up on the “All The Smoke” podcast, Brown has been on a social media rampage. He has expressed his disdain for the likes of Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson, and even Stephen A. Smith, who doesn’t seem to really care enough about the situation to respond.

Recently, Barnes told Brown that he should quiet down and blame Michael Jordan for drafting him first overall. Since then, Brown has gone back on the offensive, telling Barnes “The only joke you got is about basketball, I got a joke about your life, you punk bitch.”

Now, Barnes has issued another response to Brown, and he isn’t playing around. Essentially, Barnes wants Brown to get off of social media and get on “All The Smoke” where they can hash things out. Barnes even said that he would be up for a boxing match, if it ever had to get to that point.

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It feels like Soulja Boy is slowly climbing his way back to the top of the rap game. The rapper’s emergence in the late 2000s had a massive impact on the world of hip-hop and the music industry at large leading to his mixtape run throughout the early 2010s. Soulja’s faced a few minor setbacks in the past few years since debating whether he or Tyga had the biggest comeback of 2018. 

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Currently, Soulja Boy is riding high off of the single, “She Make It Clap” which officially earned him another #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying TikTok challenge has been done by Yung Miami, Ciara, and more. During a recent interview with HNHH, the rapper detailed his plans to follow “She Make It Clap” including the release of his forthcoming project, Draco: The Album. With his newly signed deal with Virgin Music, he said that a summer release date has been set (even if the label doesn’t sign off on it).

“I wanna drop my album this summer, July 28. Virgin, they got first dibs. If they put it out, cool. If not, I’ll put it out myself,” he said. “July 28, the album, Draco: The Album. Yes, it’s gonna be features on there. Yes, it’s gonna be lit. Yes, it’s gonna be —  Stop playing with me. One of the hardest albums of all time.”

Are you looking forward to Soulja Boy’s forthcoming album? Sound off in the comments below and check out our full interview with Soulja Boy here. 

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to get into the playoffs and tonight, they will have an opportunity to do so as they take on the Golden State Warriors in the dreaded play-in round. With a potential playoff berth on the horizon, LeBron is going to need to stay laced with some dope new shoes, and the LeBron 18 is the perfect canvas for him to showcase some incredible colorways. In fact, a brand new model was revealed today which is an homage to his first nine signature shoes.

This model is called “Best 1-9” and there are some elements from each of his first nine shoes. As you will see in the images below, this is a very colorful model as we have a rainbow bottom, which is an homage to the “Fruity Pebbles” LeBron 4. From there, we have a bright blue upper, cement grey midsole, pink laces, and pinstripes on the heel just like the “Yankees” LeBron 5. Overall, this is a great homage to what LeBron has come out with over the years and collectors will surely love these.

The release date has been set for May 29th and they will cost $200 USD. Let us know your opinion on these, in the comments below.

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President Barack Obama was a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden this week where he was asked about aliens and UFO sightings over the last few years. While he admitted that there’s a lot of information on the matter that is classified and cannot be shared, he did confirm that the UFO spottings have been legitimate. 

“When it comes to aliens, there are some things I just can’t tell you on air,” explained President Obama. He went on to joke around a bit before getting to the serious business. “But what is true, and I’m actually being serious here, is that there is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don’t know exactly what they are. We can’t explain how they moved their trajectory– they did not have an easily explainable pattern. I think that people still take seriously trying to investigate and figure out what that is but I have nothing to report to you today.”

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Over the last few years, there has been increased media interest in UFO sightings in different parts of the world. This year, celebrities including Machine Gun Kelly, Post Malone, and Baker Mayfield have spoken candidly about their alleged experiences spotting UFOs in the sky. 

Do you think we’ll encounter aliens one day? What do you think about Obama’s comments?

Kanye West’s music has always been forward-thinking if it comes across as polarizing at first. This has been the case throughout every single era of his career and it’s something that probably won’t change anytime soon. As for his foray into sneakers, Kanye has been just as eclectic, and his designs prove that he doesn’t mind taking risks, even if it means upsetting sneakerheads and their affinity for tradition. One shoe that has truly befuddled people, is the Adidas Yeezy Foam Runner, which continues to get new colorways.

The shoe looks like a pair of crocs that were concocted in outer space, and while the shoe has received a ton of criticism, there are others who truly believe this is a phenomenal shoe. More power to them, especially with new colorways like the “Mineral Blue” offering below, making their way to the market. As you can see, there are two tones of navy blue to be found here and it makes for a nice, subtle, and clean offering.

For now, a release date has not yet been set for these, so stay tuned to HNHH as we will keep you informed an all of the most recent updates. In the meantime, give us your thoughts on these, in the comments below.

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