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Donald Trump Jr. is selling shirts trolling Alec Baldwin, following the shooting which took place on the set of Rust, last week. The controversial shirts read, “Guns don’t kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people.”

The shirts are currently selling for $27.99 on Trump Jr.’s website.

In response to backlash, Trump Jr. wrote on Instagram, “Screw all the sanctimony I’m seeing out there. If the shoe was on the other foot Alex Baldwin would literally be the first person pissing on everybody’s grave trying to make a point. Fuck him!”

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Despite Baldwin being the one to pull the trigger on the gun which killed Halyna Hutchins, her father, Anatoly Androsovych, says it is the prop department, not Baldwin to blame.

“We still can’t believe Halyna is dead and her mother is going out of her mind with grief,” Anatoly told the Sun on Sunday. “But I don’t hold Alec Baldwin responsible — it is the responsibility of the props people who handle the guns. [Halyna’s son] has been very badly affected — he is lost without his mother.”

Baldwin posted a statement on Twitter, following Hutchins’ death, conveying his sorrow: “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.”

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E-40 revealed that he is moving into the food industry with a new gourmet meats brand, Goon With The Spoon, on Monday. The brand currently offers a selection of sausages with burritos listed as an upcoming option.

“Fulfilled a lifelong dream today with the formal launch of my GOON WITH THE SPOON brand & inaugural sausage line! We’re in production and about to take over the food industry now,” E-40 explained in a tweet, Monday. “Click the link below to order your #GoonWithTheSpoon sausages now.”

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Hot beef sausages, mild beef sausages, Philly cheesesteak chicken sausages, teriyaki pineapple chicken sausages, and a bundle pack of all four are the only products currently available.

As for what’s planned down the road for E-40’s new brand, the website explains that he has several ideas: “E-40 never stops creating, both in the studio and in the kitchen, making him a true artist and entrepreneur. Beyond releasing products under ‘Goon With The Spoon,’ E-40 also has aspirations to create cookbooks, develop cooking shows and open restaurants to expand his culinary brand. In the coming months, he also plans to launch burritos, skewers, ice cream and pre-packaged meals under the “Goon With The Spoon” umbrella.”

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Back in 1989, Nike came out with the Air Jordan 4 which quickly became one of the best Jumpman silhouettes of all time. The first four colorways are now iconic in their own right, and whenever Jumpman comes through with some retros, fans go nuts. Throughout the years, Jumpman has also delivered some new colorways that deviate from the norm. This has been especially true over the last two years as Jordan Brand celebrates over 30 years of history for the silhouette.

With 2022 on the horizon, we have been seeing some teasers online, and thanks @zsneakerheadz, we continue to see more. In the Instagram post below, you can find a photoshop rendering for a new women’s exclusive Air Jordan 4 called “Blank Canvas.” As you can see, the entire shoe is covered in an off-white ton while the upper is made with canvas materials. The outsole has some paint splatter vibes while the midsole is simply pure white. All of this comes together nicely, and we’re sure fans will be excited to cop a pair.

For now, it is believed that these will be released on February 24th of next year for $190 USD. This date has not yet been confirmed, so stay tuned to HNHN for all of the latest updates from the sneaker world.

After more than a decade of “corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right,” Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker has been captured and arrested.

In a situation Colombian president Iván Duque likened to the capture and arrest of Pablo Escobar three decades ago, the country’s military presented Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, to the media in “handcuffs and wearing rubber boots preferred by rural farmers.” 

Otoniel, who had been on the run for more than ten years, is reportedly the head of Colombia’s much-feared Gulf Clan, “whose army of assassins has terrorized much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and onto the U.S.”

Initially indicted in Manhattan in 2009 on narcotics charges, and for “providing assistance to a far-right paramilitary group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government,” Otoniel was also indicted in both Brooklyn and Miami, and was accused of importing at least 73 metric tons of cocaine into the U.S. between 2003 and 2014. 

Intelligence from the U.S. and U.K. led more than 500 soldiers and Colombian special forces members to the drug lord’s jungle hideout, which was protected by eight rings of security. Despite his status as a kingpin and guerrilla warfare leader, however, Otoniel had reportedly become worn down by the ongoing drug war, and insisted on sleeping on an orthopedic mattress, even while on the run from the law. 

Despite U.S. efforts to eradicate the production of coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine, land dedicated to coca production jumped 16% in 2020, to 245,000 hectares (1 hectare is 100 acres). 

Whether Otoniel’s arrest will affect coca production and trafficking rates is yet to be seen, but based on Duque’s comparison to Escobar and the $5M reward the U.S. had offered for any information on his whereabouts, points to the fact that he was one of the most important players in the Pan-American cocaine trade. 

What do you think of Úsuga’s arrest? Let us know in the comments. 

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Kehlani hasn’t had the best luck with love in the past as fans have watched several of her relationships crumble before their eyes. The famous singer has been romantically involved with Kyrie Irving, PARTYNEXTDOOR, YG, and a few others, and most recently, fans have fallen under the impression that she’s dating another star in the music world: 070 Shake.

Known for her collaborations with Kanye West and her must-listen debut studio album Modus Vivendi, 070 Shake has noted in the past that she doesn’t place labels on her sexuality, but she admitted that she likes women. She uses female pronouns when describing her lovers in her music. Kehlani recently came out as lesbian earlier this year, previously identifying as queer. 

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It has not been confirmed that the two are dating, but they have exchanged a few messages on social media. Most recently, they posed for a picture on Instagram and got pretty close, furthering fan-made narratives about the nature of their relationship. In the picture, Shake appears to stick her tongue out and lick Kehlani on the cheek.

Last month, 070 Shake retweeted one of Kehlani’s newest music videos to her feed, which she rarely updates. A few weeks later, she tweeted another post from the singer, this time amplifying one of her photos to her followers. 

Shake is presently in album mode, working on her sophomore studio album You Can’t Kill Me Because I Don’t Exist. We will keep you posted as more information comes out about her rumored relationship with Kehlani.

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Michael Jordan’s sneaker legacy is easily the best to ever grace the NBA. He now has his very own brand with Nike, and when he first came to the NBA, he was given a signature sneaker line that would eventually become a worldwide sensation. Despite all of this, very few people outside of sneakerheads know that the Air Jordan 1 wasn’t, in fact, MJ’s first shoe. The first shoe he wore in the NBA was actually the Nike Air Ship, which he donned throughout his rookie season.

Recently, Sotheby’s was able to secure a pair of signed, game-worn Air Ships from Jordan’s fifth game as an NBA rookie. Jordan wore these white and red shoes against the Denver Nuggets, and despite being 37 years old, they are still in great shape. According to reports, the shoe has now sold for a whopping $1.5 million which breaks a record for the most expensive shoes ever sold at auction. Memorabilia is more expensive than ever before, and these Nike Air Ships are a great example of that.

With more and more MJ shoes making it to the auction block, there is a good chance we see similar sales in the future. With that in mind, let us know how much you would pay for historical pieces like this, in the comments below.

Image via Sotheby’s

Image via Sotheby’s

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Ed Sheeran says that he and Eminem have bonded over their mutual love for collecting old cassettes. In a recent interview with the BBC, Sheeran explained that they recently discussed an old LL Cool J tape.

“I collect cassettes and I’ve got Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder and they are quite difficult to find,” he said. “The only person I know who collects the same is Eminem. He collects cassettes – that’s his thing. He loves collecting. He is avid at going to find them. We have started having this, it’s like a very cool pen-pal thing.

Sheeran added: “I got a message the other day about an LL COOL J cassette. He said, ‘This is the cassette which made me want to start rapping.’ I sent him Van Morrison and I will send him David Gray’s White Ladder next.”

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Sheeran and Eminem have collaborated several times in recent years, beginning with 2017’s “River” and more recently on “Those Kinda Nights.”

Speaking with Apple Music earlier this year, Sheeran explained that they immediately became friends after the first time they met.

“The first time we met, we didn’t make music,” he said. “I hung out there for about four hours and we just spoke Marvel and Avengers for about four hours. And then the next time I went back, we made a tune. The first tune we made, I was in Mexico and his producer flew to Mexico and I did the hook there and stuff.”

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