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Westside Gunn recently dropped his Heels Have Eyes EP, and the closing track “EGYPT” was one of the standout cuts from the quick project. After sampling Doechii‘s 2024 interview with Ebro Darden for the opening portion of the track, Westside Gunn tapped the TDE lyricist for the remix, and the verse is a show-stopper.
Heels Have Eyes was a surprise drop from Westside Gunn and released in conjunction with the Buffalo rapper’s Heels Have Eyes 6: 4 The Culture pro wrestling event from his rising promotion. The EP was Gunn’s second release for 2025 after dropping the 12 mixtape earlier this year in February.
Produced by Cee Gee, “EGYPT’s hard-as-nails beat set the perfect platter for Gunn to feast and dropped one of the strongest verses we’ve heard from Hip-Hop’s self-proclaimed top curator. And to highlight how much Gunn is tapped into the culture, Doechii, who counts herself a fan of the Griselda mastermind, delivered a face-melting set of bars that we hope leads to more collaborations with the rest of the camp like Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, and Armani Caesar.
Check out some lines from Doechii’s feature:
Roberto Cavalli, see the nipples through my shirt/
My Daisy Dukes prolly drag a n*gga through the dirt/
Snuck up on his mama, hit the n*gga where it hurts/
Smith Wess’s on the Glock, double C’s on the purse/
Embroidered bed sheets, 500-hundred thread count/
Almost choked on my grills tryna eat the lamb chop/
Swallowed two pills, hid the Grammy in my t*tties/
Took a PJ to see Westside’s city/
Why did Doechii do that to us? We aren’t worthy.
Check out the remix for “EGYPT” below and keep scrolling to see the reactions from fans on X.
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LeBron James is a future Hall of Fame inductee, and his historic feats could very well stand the test of time. However, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers lost their first-round series in the NBA playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and fans online are piling on the slander.
LeBron James, who turned 40 in December, is still very much an elite NBA player, but his days of putting an entire team on his back appear to be all but over. Even with the offensive talents of Luka Doncic, King James couldn’t will the Lakers past the hungry Timberwolves, led by the explosive Anthony Edwards.
Because the Lakers are one of the NBA’s marquee teams, anything they do will be examined under a bright light. After trading their talented big man, Anthony Davis, to the Dallas Mavericks for Doncic, some believed that the team was poised to make a deep run. Adding to this, the Lakers were a higher seed than the Timberwolves, and Game 5 was thought to be a bounce-back game for the Lake Show.
What the Lakers didn’t expect to face was a rejuvenated Rudy Gobert, not exactly known as an offensive threat, but he led the Timberwolves in scoring with 27 points and hauled in 24 boards. Julius Randle poured in 23, and Edwards had 15 but also hauled in 11 rebounds and eight assists. Doncic led all scorers with 28, while James dialed in 22.
Because NBA fans live to pile on LeBron James whenever he loses, the jokes about his age and more have been relentless on X. We’ve got the responses listed below.
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May Day (May 1) is also known as International Workers’ Day and Labour Day in certain parts of the world, and it has particular resonance today, considering the current political climate. In America, protests are cropping up in an affront to President Donald Trump’s policies, and other protests around the world are in support of worker solidarity.
May Day’s roots were established in the late 1880s as the labor movement and unions advocating for better working conditions for laborers began to establish their presence. In America, protests in support of worker rights took place, and on May 4, 1886, in Chicago, a deadly bombing set off by anarchists left several people dead and dozens more injured. Union leaders decided from that point on that May 1 would be a day to honor those workers, and a sculpture sits today at Chicago’s Haymarket Square where the Haymarket Affair took place.
The wider focus of May Day is largely global, but there is a unifying message this year as the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term just concluded. Within America, Trump’s policies have come under fire as some find his current path destructive and wanton. Outside of the States, organizers are protesting the Israel-Gaza conflict, working conditions, and more.
On X, May Day has been trending for much of the day, and we’ve got a series of posts to share below. To learn more about the day, click here.
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Baes & Baddies, Hip-Hop Wired’s curated space for some of the most beautiful women making moves online, is back with a new update with someone we’re sure readers will want to follow. Meet curvy IT tech, gamer, and all-around baddie @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, who delivers head-turning looks with ease.
We don’t know much about @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, but her bio says she works in IT and likes to stream her gaming sessions, as evidenced by her shared Twitch links. She also runs her own Discord server, posts heavily on Facebook and X, and has a YouTube page in development where she shares some of her gaming activities.
Below in the gallery section, we’ll share a variety of images across all of the spaces you can find @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, and be sure to hit that follow when you do.
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Baes & Baddies, Hip-Hop Wired’s curated space for some of the most beautiful women making moves online, is back with a new update with someone we’re sure readers will want to follow. Meet curvy IT tech, gamer, and all-around baddie @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, who delivers head-turning looks with ease.
We don’t know much about @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, but her bio says she works in IT and likes to stream her gaming sessions, as evidenced by her shared Twitch links. She also runs her own Discord server, posts heavily on Facebook and X, and has a YouTube page in development where she shares some of her gaming activities.
Below in the gallery section, we’ll share a variety of images across all of the spaces you can find @badgirl_tami AKA Tami LaReina, and be sure to hit that follow when you do.
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Amazon was thought to be one of the major companies aligned with the policies and practices of President Donald Trump. However, the major online retailer is now in the crosshairs of the White House after Amazon decided to highlight new pricing plans based on Trump tariffs, which angered White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Punchbowl News first broke the news that Amazon is going ahead with a plan to show tariff pricing on a portion of items sold on its platform, as it was largely expected that prices would rise under Trump’s economic plan. Experts have long warned that tariffs, which are a normal part of global trade, eventually pass on costs to consumers.
Leavitt framed the pricing listing as “a hostile and political act” and then questioned why company leadership never listed the pricing jump in previous years.
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt said during a press briefing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. According to the report, Amazon will share how much the tariffs will add to the cost of the items. However, it isn’t meant to be used across the entire site.
While remaining on the attack, Leavitt cited a Reuters article that said the company Jeff Bezos founded had “partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm,” doing so while holding up a printed page of the article referenced that was first published in December 2021. The Reuters report pointed out that Amazon removed public reviews and ratings from President Xi Jinping’s book of speeches.
On X, many are reacting to Amazon’s tariff price listing announcement, noting that the company is already releasing statements countering the original slate of reports that pricing would be shown on all goods affected by tariffs. Those responses can be viewed below.
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Columbus Day, the federal holiday put in place to recognize Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, has its share of critics and a countering holiday celebration, but it has never been removed from the calendar. On social media, President Donald Trump is angling for a revival of Columbus Day, citing that Democratic Party members have tarnished the holiday.
On Sunday (April 27), President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to say he’s bringing the longstanding federal holiday “back from the ashes,” presumably pushing back against President Joe Biden’s 2021 proclamation that Indigenous Peoples Day would celebrated on the second Monday of October alongside the the holiday recognizing Columbus discovering the Americas in the late 1400s.
From Truth Social:
I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes. The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much. They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but “WOKE,” or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback. I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!
At several points during his campaign last year, President Trump made it clear that he wanted to undo the removal of Confederate memorials and other instances that his side felt were all left-leaning jabs at American history. This ongoing culture war continues to persist despite the dominance and power wielded by the Republican Party and little in the way of meeting across the aisle with the Democratic Party.
On X, the reactions to President Donald Trump aiming for a Columbus Day revival of sorts are in. We’ve got them listed below.
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Shedeur Sanders was one of the many professional football hopefuls awaiting to hear his name called during the first round of the NFL Draft. However, Shedeur Sanders was not among those selected, and fans on social media are debating why NFL teams passed on the quarterback.
Shedeur Sanders, 23, is the son of NFL legend Deion Sanders and played under his father at both Jackson State University and the University of Colorado. In a league that covets the position of quarterback, it remains baffling to some observers why Sanders was passed over despite solid numbers in a winning season last year at Colorado.
From what we gleaned from chatter on X, it appears that some felt that Sanders’ confident attitude, no doubt inspired by his father, might have been considered too brash for some NFL general managers, and there could be other factors at play. Others are suggesting that Sanders is not a complete quarterback, in particular, the fact that he took a lot of hits while remaining too long in the pocket.
Sanders is taking the first-round snub in stride, sharing a video statement on his YouTube page, which has been clipped up for social media. In the chat, Sanders displayed more of that winning bravado that he’s become known for and said that the supposed snub, as some are saying it was, shouldn’t have happened.
The second round of the NFL Draft kicks off today at 7 PM ET.
On X, the reactions to Shedeur Sanders being skipped over in the first round of the draft.
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Shedeur Sanders was one of the many professional football hopefuls awaiting to hear his name called during the first round of the NFL Draft. However, Shedeur Sanders was not among those selected, and fans on social media are debating why NFL teams passed on the quarterback.
Shedeur Sanders, 23, is the son of NFL legend Deion Sanders and played under his father at both Jackson State University and the University of Colorado. In a league that covets the position of quarterback, it remains baffling to some observers why Sanders was passed over despite solid numbers in a winning season last year at Colorado.
From what we gleaned from chatter on X, it appears that some felt that Sanders’ confident attitude, no doubt inspired by his father, might have been considered too brash for some NFL general managers, and there could be other factors at play. Others are suggesting that Sanders is not a complete quarterback, in particular, the fact that he took a lot of hits while remaining too long in the pocket.
Sanders is taking the first-round snub in stride, sharing a video statement on his YouTube page, which has been clipped up for social media. In the chat, Sanders displayed more of that winning bravado that he’s become known for and said that the supposed snub, as some are saying it was, shouldn’t have happened.
The second round of the NFL Draft kicks off today at 7 PM ET.
On X, the reactions to Shedeur Sanders being skipped over in the first round of the draft.
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Draymond Green found himself trending on X after his teammate, Jimmy Butler, was injured by Amen Thompson during a play under the basket. Golden State Warriors fans called the play by the Houston Rockets a dirty one, prompting fans on X to call out Draymond Green’s well-documented record of being a physical player that others have referred to as dirty.
The Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets faced off in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs on Wednesday (April 24) in Houston. The play in question occurred when Amen Thompson shot a floater and missed, with Jimmy Butler going for the defensive rebound. As Butler grabbed the ball, Thompson undercut him, causing the forward to crash down hard on his tailbone. A foul was called on the play, and Butler shot two at the line before heading back to the locker room and never returned.
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Warriors fans, angered that their reliable star was out of the game, called out the play. There were even some suggesting that Green pushed Thompson into Butler, but that was debunked on video replay. What we saw in the replay was Green boxing out, not shoving anyone. That said, Warriors fans were upset about the play, but the counter from NBA fans was brutal.
On X, several examples of Green’s physical play and roughhousing on the court that he’s known for were shown, all in an attempt to frame Green as the truly dirty player and take the heat off Thompson. Others brought up some of Green’s past antics, such as stomping on the chest of a downed player and other reported acts of on-court violence.
Coach Steve Kerr defended his player by saying that the taunts from the Rockets fans were disrespectful and asked them to tone down the “F You Draymond” chants. Kerr’s comments also got a response from basketball fans on X.
We’ve got reactions from all sides regarding the Draymond Green, Amen Thompson, and Jimmy Butler dustup below.
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