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Zion Williamson Gets Fed Up With Reporter Asking Why Kendrick Lamar Wasn’t On His Playlist

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The 2024-2025 NBA season is approaching fast, and this year’s media day has already come and went. However, one team’s player is making some headlines for their press conference appearance. According to Billboard, New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson answered various questions throughout his 13 minutes on the mic. However, one reporter toward the end really got on Zion’s nerves. At around the 12:30 mark, the man asks him a two-parter. One of them is basketball related in regard to his new teammate Dejounte Murray. The other one though, was completely unrelated to the Pelicans.

It was a pretty confrontational one, as the reporter inquired, “Why wasn’t Kendrick Lamar on your list for off-season workout playlists”? Previously, Zion Williamson stated that he had been bumping a lot of Nas, Larry June, Curren$y, and Biggie. This obviously pushed some sort of button for the reporter because he feels “like you have two good songs you could’ve been playing in the gym”. Zion wanted to know which songs he was referring to. That’s when the man replied, “‘Euphoria’ and ‘Not Like Us.’ Where was the greatness of the summer in your tracklist”?

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Zion Williamson Was Done With The Press Conference After This

The former Duke Blue Devil let the obvious Lamar stan that he’s got a lot of respect for the MC. “I hear you”, he began. However, he just ultimately didn’t choose to have him playing during his training sessions. “But you know, you’re entitled to your opinion. I’m entitled to mine”. Not too long after saying that though, Zion grew frustrated and wound up ending his press conference perhaps sooner than expected after saying, “But saying that c’mon, it’s Kendrick Lamar. Like, I really gotta sit up here and talk about how good of an artist he is”? Overall, it’s a pretty uncomfortable interaction, so if you get secondhand embarrassment, don’t say we didn’t warn you.

What are your thoughts on Zion Williamson leaving his press conference after a back-and-forth debate about Kendrick Lamar? Who do you think was more valid in this situation and why? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding the NBA and Kendrick Lamar. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the worlds of music and sports.

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DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Scrapped A Press Conference And Reveals “100 GIGS” Release Details

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DJ Akademiks is back at it again, indulging in more behind the scenes Drake claims and post-beef strategies for The Boy. This time around, Ak spoke on his livestream about an allegedly scrapped press conference Drizzy was going to host last year or the year before, plus some rumors about how the recent 100 GIGS drop made it to streaming.

“So Elliott Wilson, back in the day, was just – and I guess I can say this now ’cause Elliott and Drake ain’t cool no more. Apparently, Drake was about to do a press conference last year or the year before at his house. He was hitting up select journalists to fly to Toronto,” DJ Akademiks continued. “You know everyone was just salivating over this Drake interview. ‘Are we going to get a Drake interview?’ Like, the whole culture, every goddamn media personality, just everybody. And apparently, this was the plan. I think Drake comes up with it. ‘Yo, I’m going to bring certain journalists here and we’re going to do a press conference. So rather than pick one of y’all to do an interview with, I have all of y’all.’ It didn’t end up happening.”

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DJ Akademiks Speaks On Drake’s Alleged Press Conference And 100 GIGS Drop

“But I remember [Elliott] was just, like, it wasn’t really Drake, it was Mr. Morgan,” DJ Akademiks went on. “And that’s when I started hearing that name and I’m like, ‘Who the f**k is Mr. Morgan?’ I asked Drake for his Spotify wrap-up to see how many streams he did, ’cause I post everybody’s streams at the end of the year. He was like, ‘Oh, just hit Mr. Morgan.’ Anyway, I just didn’t know who he was. Apparently, the guy was just in the room, I didn’t even know it was him. They called Drake, I’m there with [PARTYNEXTDOOR]. But then, it kind of shows how organic and how simple Drake’s process is.

“So it’s me, PARTY, Mr. Morgan, and Drake’s on the phone,” DJ Akademiks concluded. “That’s the night he dropped that three-pack. 100 GIGS, is that what it’s called? He asked the Mr. Morgan dude, ‘Yo, are we still going up with that thing?’ It was 1AM or whatever. And the dude is like, ‘Yeah, it’ll probably be on DSPs in 30 minutes.’ I was like, damn. I would think this is a big Universal operation seeing the fact that their artists they gave 100 million dollars [to] just leaked some songs. But it looked like they just organically released it.”

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Jrue Holiday Praises Celtics During First Press Conference

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Newly acquired guard Jrue Holiday wasted no time in praising his team. “I feel like coming here is definitely my best chance of winning and being able to help the guys here that have made big moves and done great things in this league. So, I’m here to really just help set up that game and become a champion. I’m on the right side,” Holiday said during his first press conference in Boston.

`The Celtics acquired Holiday in exchange for two first-round picks, Robert Williams III, and Malcolm Brogdon. Holiday, who had 19.3 points and 7.4 assists a game last season, will likely become the Celtics’ starting point guard in place of Derrick White. Holiday suddenly became available after being included in the Damian Lillard trade. The Blazers made it clear that they were looking to flip Holiday as they were happy with their core of young guards. Furthermore, he is the second blockbuster trade executed by the Celtics. Earlier in the offseason, they acquired Kristaps Porziņģis from the Wizards.

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Holiday Will Face Close Friend Giannis

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“JT and JB were out there after people defensively and … I think for us to be a great team, obviously, those two are gonna carry us along a lot of the way. I just want to make it easier for them, I know that I am a threat offensively. And I know that I do love to pass and be that type of player, but I can also be aggressive offensively, too. Not only that, defensively I feel like I’m pretty good,” Holiday said of his new teammates.

However, the trade means that Holiday will now have to regularly face one of his closest friends in the league. Jrue is my fucking brother for life. I love his family, I love him. I appreciate him and I wish him nothing but the best. He blessed me with a fucking championship. He’s the one who made that huge steal in Game 5 of the Finals. I went to battle with him multiple times. Fuck basketball. Fuck the media shit. This guy is my brother for life, and it’s always going to be like that,” Giannis Antetokounmpo told Bleacher Report.

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DJ Khaled Reveals He Signed To Def Jam During Press Conference

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DJ Khaled recently announced a partnership with Def Jam Records and We The Best Music Group during a press conference. Not only that, but his announcement came days after he performed at the Grammys, which nominated him in multiple categories. His album GOD DID received a nomination for Best Rap Album. Also, its title track almost won for Best Rap Song and Song of the Year. Moreover, the We The Best mogul expressed gratitude for his friendships and opportunities as he made his announcement.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) DJ Khaled performs onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

“That’s what’s so good about having great friendships,” the artist expressed. “It’s that we have a great friendship, it’s forever. But now, today, it’s 2023. Like LeBron James when he had his press conference, when he said he’s bringing his talents to Miami. What was it, South Beach or something like that? Well, I’m bringing my talents, and We The Best, and DJ Khaled to Def Jam Records. So it’s We The Best, Def Jam, and Cavalry dropping this music group, which I’m very excited [about]. Not only that, but shoutout to Sir Lucian Grainge for, you know, also giving me a major role in the Universal Music Group as a Global Creative- what do you call it? Consultant, yeah, you know what I’m saying? A Global Creative Consultant. I love that I’m going to be able to do that besides putting out my albums.”

Furthermore, the “I’m The One” industry titan elaborated on his excitement for this new step. “We’re going to be signing artists and we’re actually looking for some new A&Rs to add to the team. We’re going to be doing a lot of big things at We The Best and Def Jam. What I like also about this whole creative consultant thing is that I’m going to be able to touch the whole Universal Music Group. Not just in music, but in marketing, film, TV, just anything dealing with creating.”

Meanwhile, Khaled recently appeared in some pictures with Tyler, the Creator, seemingly squashing their publicized issues. While Khaled boasted about all the great things he’ll get to do very soon, come back to HNHH to see which endeavors he’ll gift to the music world.

Rihanna Explains How Her Son Motivated Her To Do Super Bowl Half-Time Show

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Whether or not you’re a fan of the NFL, the Super Bowl Half-Time Show will undoubtedly be one of the best ways to follow up the epic Dr. Dre-led performance last year. The NFL and Roc Nation tapped Rihanna for her first performance in seven years. Needless to say, fans are excited. Some feel as though this could open the doors for her new album while recent reports indicate that she might follow up the epic performance with a tour.

This morning, Rihanna appeared for a press conference with Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis.  Though she didn’t reveal much about the performance, she confirmed that it will be 13 minutes in length. However, Rihanna admitted it was difficult to narrow down the setlist. “There are probably like 39 versions of the setlist right now,” she said. “Every little change counts.” What the setlist consists of, however, remains a surprise reserved for Sunday night’s Half-Time show. However, reports previously claimed that Jay-Z assisted in putting the show together. 

Rihanna’s Son Inspired Her Decision To Perform At The Super Bowl

During her conversation with Nadeska Alexis, Rihanna also explained that motherhood motivated her to do the Half-Time show. “When you become a mom, there’s just something that happens that makes you feel like you could take on the world. You could do anything. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world,” she explained. Though it’s been seven years since her last performance, she felt there was no better time than now. “It’s important for me to do this this year, it’s important for representation. It’s important for my son.” 

We clearly have Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s son to thank for her return to the limelight. The couple welcomed their first child together in May 2022 before revealing the first photo of him a few months later. Reports recently emerged stating that Rihanna’s filming the lead-up to the Super Bowl performance for a documentary. Though there isn’t much news surrounding that, we could imagine that her son will make a cameo. Rihanna hits the stage on Sunday, Feb. 12th. Will you be tuning in? 

DJ Khaled Hints At Major Announcement At ‘We The Best’ Press Conference

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Several news reports have confirmed that We The Best Music Group head honcho DJ Khaled has a major announcement during a press conference alongside Jay-Z’s Roc Nation team in Miami today(February 9).

“#FANLUV WORLDWIDE,” Khaled captioned the post. “PRESS CONFERENCE ALERT! SAVE THE DATE – FEB 9TH Tune in LIVE on my IG! More info coming soon. @wethebest @rocnation”

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This announcement was made days after Khaled’s monumental performance of his Grammy-nominated single “GOD DID” alongside Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, John Legend, Rick Ross and Fridayy.

Hov admitted that he wasn’t sure if h would even perform his entire verse, telling TIDAL in an interview, “I thought about it, I was in my head and I just broke down and said, ‘You know, it’s a four-minute verse.’ Again, for the culture, for Hip Hop, we got to do that,” he said. “This ain’t your traditional song. … It’s not your traditional structure of what you think a song that would be nominated for Song of the Year would sound like. It’s not what you expect. And for the culture and for Hip Hop, we got to do that.”

In January, Roc Nation announced a partnership with DJ Khaled, Shyne and The Walt Disney Company that will oversee Khaled and Roc Nation’s production of one of four biographical projects.

According to former Bad Boy rapper Shyne, his new deal through the Disney-owned brands ESPN and Andscape will see the release of a documentary, a new biopic, a docu-series and his own autobiography.

“Very pleased, very grateful that I was able to close a deal with Walt Disney and their subsidiaries ESPN and Andscape to produce my bio-documentary, bio-motion picture and bio-TV series, as well as my memoir,” the Belizean politician said. “The documentary will be executive produced by DJ Khaled and Roc Nation. So stay tuned, we will begin production here in Belize in the Spring. And we look for a 2024 Summer release.”

Today’s press conference is scheduled for noon today.

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Bryan Kohberger Named As Idaho Murder Suspect, Moscow Police Provide Further Updates: Watch

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One chapter of the horrendous University of Idaho murders is coming to an end. However, that only means the beginning of another. A month and a half after the deaths of Kaylee, Xana, Madison, and Ethan, an arrest has finally been made in connection to the case. 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger is said to be the alleged killer.

The news came on Friday (December 30) morning. Hours ago, the FBI made an arrest outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Moscow Police Department issued an arrest warrant for first-degree murder. They shared during a press conference today that plans are in place to extradite the apparent criminal back to Idaho.

As TMZ notes, Kohberger is currently a Ph.D. student at Washington State University. He’s studying criminal justice and criminology at the school located just nine miles west of the small town where the murders took place.

Authorities reportedly found out that he has a white Hyundai Elantra – a car which they’ve previously been on the hunt for. Some are saying that his DNA was present at the scene of the crime.

Kohberger’s vehicle was taken earlier today, and cops are subsequently searching his place. The residence is also conveniently roughly nine miles from Moscow.

Thus far, much of the online commentary has been about the reported criminal’s “blank stare” during his police bust. At the time, he’s also said to have asked cops in anyone else was brought into custody in their investigation.

During a press conference that began broadcasting at 1 PM PT, several local authorities involved with the case gave updates. However, each of them said that it will still be some time before all the information they have can come out.

Additionally, police said that they’re still open to receiving tips regarding the stabbings – particularly any that involve Kohberger specifically. Watch the full video below, and check back later for any updates on the arrest.

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