Chicago rapper and 150 Dream Team leader, G Herbo, sits down with DJ Smallz and weighs in on gun violence today, if this is the worst he has ever seen it, and if it can be fixed in the future.
"It's really sad, I ain't gon' lie," Herbo said. "It's been years in Chicago. murder's been going on. Organized crime, they getting people outta there the right way. It's been bad, it's been murders, it's been killing everywhere. It wasn't senseless murders.
"Everybody got a gun ... everybody wanna be a killer now. Everybody defending their block. Shit like that," he continued. "Your lifestyle, what you had in your face. You had so little options to choose from, to survive. That's what made people what they are today. It's been worth than this, it's just senseless. Don't nobody know what's going on. People who never did nothing. It's basketball players ... little kids getting killed. Niggas who never had no street credibility or street ties, who getting killed now."
(Reuters) Tom Brady and the New England Patriots engineered the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history to claim a breathtaking 34-28 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, cementing their status as true a NFL dynasty.
With the victory, Brady becomes the first quarterback to win five Super Bowl championships and, at 39, the second oldest at his position to win the NFL's biggest prize.
And while Brady claims each one is special, Sunday's may be the sweetest as it was his first since serving a four-game ban this season handed down by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his role in the Deflategate scandal that surfaced two years ago.
Brady, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft shrugged off suggestions of revenge as motivation while the Patriots played the season with a massive New England-against-the-world chip on their collective shoulders.
While Brady would not qualify his titles, Kraft was clear about where Sunday's stunning victory ranks.
"Two years ago, we won our fourth Super Bowl down in Arizona and I told our fans that was the sweetest one of all," said Kraft. "But, a lot has transpired during the last two years and I don't think that needs any explanation.
"I want to say to our fans, our brilliant coaching staff, our amazing players, who are so spectacular this unequivocally the sweetest."
For Patriots fans at NRG Stadium who took massive delight in roundly booing Goodell during the trophy presentation, it was also clear this Super Bowl was something special.
Goodell, who has been conspicuous in his absence from New England's home games since the Deflategate scandal, has long been held as a villain by the team's supporters, just as outside their borders the Patriots are viewed by many as cheaters.
"Thank you to all our fans. Everyone back in Boston, New England, we love you. You've been with us all year. We're bringing this sucker home," said Brady as he raised the Vince Lombardi Trophy. "They're all sweet, they're all different.
"We've done pretty good over the last few years. We were in the AFC championship last year and won the Super Bowl two years ago so I don't think anyone is feeling bad for the Patriots."
Indeed, the Patriots have reached the playoffs in 16 of the 17 years, missing only in 2008 when Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in his team's opening game.
Since 2002 that Patriots have five Super Bowl wins in seven trips to the championship game.
Their victory on Sunday added another chapter to the Patriots legacy as Brady engineered a jaw-dropping comeback from a 28-3 third quarter deficit to steal the title and deny Atlanta a maiden Super Bowl.
Their success has become known as "The Patriot Way," a no-nonsense approach preached by Belichick, who also picked up his fifth Super Bowl victory to move past Chuck Noll (Pittsburgh Steelers) for most by a coach.
The trophies, statistics and records accumulated over the last 15 years stamp the Patriots, love them or hate them, as an NFL dynasty.
Making their unmatched success even more impressive is it has come during the age of the salary cap which makes sustained excellence harder than ever.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer is generally wound pretty tight, most would say too tight. Watch this hilarious spoof as Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and secretary of education nominee Betsy DeVos (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press (Bobby Moynihan, Kristen Stewart, Cecily Strong, Vanessa Bayer, Alex Moffat, Mikey Day).
Raw Dizzy comes through with a brand new video to spark his year off the right way. The New Orleans rapper takes to the streets debuting "Heaven" featuring the one and only Lil Wayne.
Dizzy asks the question "Is there a heaven for a street nigga" that lifts the single into the next level. Even in the visual, the crew shows support and even a cameo from a New Orleans legend in Juvenile to accompany Lil Tunechi.
This single comes off the new album that Dizzy just put out "Raw Dizzy" containing 10 solid tracks with features from Kidd Kidd, 5th Ward Weebie,OG Boobie Black. Go purchase it off iTunes right now.
Bobby Ray is back with brand new music. His latest effort is titled "God Is Great." Stream it up top and let us know what you think of the track in the comment section below.
Meek Mill wants to make it clear that he had nothing to do with the robbery that took place at his ex-girlfriend, Nicki Minaj's, Los Angeles mansion earlier this week.
As we previously reported, a thief of thieves broke into Nicki's home and trashed the place, before hauling off $200,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables.
Some of Nikki's clothing had been cut up, perfume bottles were broken, picture frames destroyed and furniture was damaged.
Nikki wasn't home at the time of the robbery. TheLos Angeles Police Departmenthave opened an investigation into the crime. Surveillance footage is being looked at for clues, but there are no suspects at this time.
TMZ caught up with Meek, who is in Houston for Sunday's Super Bowl game between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. The Philadelphia rapper was incredulous that anyone would even think that he was somehow involved.
"Do it look like I rob people?" Meek said, while showing off his flashy jewelry. "I got about [$450,000] on my neck ... about [$80,000] on the wrist. Do it look like I rob people?"
The reporter asked him if had talked to Nicki since the robbery and was told to mind his business.
"You're asking too many fucking questions about my personal life," Meek responded.
(Reuters) Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding U.S.-bound flights, several major airlines said on Saturday, after a Seattle judge blocked the executive order.
Qatar Airways was the first to say it would allow passengers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to fly to U.S. cities if they had valid documents.
Air France, Spain's Iberia and Germany's Lufthansa all followed suit after the federal judge's ruling, which the White House said it planned to appeal as soon as possible.
But the websites of two other major Gulf airlines, Etihad and Emirates, still carried notices informing passengers of Trump's original Jan. 27 order.
The travel ban, which Trump says is needed to protect the United States against Islamist militants, sparked travel chaos around the world and condemnation by rights groups who said it was racist and discriminatory.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told airlines they could board travelers affected within hours of Friday's ruling, but budget airline Norwegian, which operates transatlantic flights including from London and Oslo, said many uncertainties remained about the legal position.
"It's still very unclear," spokeswoman Charlotte Holmbergh Jacobsson said. "We advise passengers to contact the U.S. embassy ... We have to follow the U.S. rules."
In Cairo, aviation sources said Egypt Air and other airlines had told their sales offices of Friday's ruling and would allow people previously affected by the ban to book flights.
But for some who had changed their travel plans following the ban, the order was not enough reassurance.
In Dubai, Tariq Laham, 32, and his Polish fiancee Natalia had scrapped plans to travel to the United States after they get married in July in Poland. Laham said the couple would not reverse their decision.
"It is just too risky," said Laham, a Syrian who works as a director of commercial operations at a multinational technology company. "Every day you wake up and there is a new decision."
VISA SUSPENSIONS
Trump's order caused chaos at airports across the United States last week. Virtually all refugees were also barred, upending the lives of thousands of people who had spent years seeking asylum in the U.S.
The State Department said on Friday that almost 60,000 visas were suspended following Trump's order. It was not clear whether that suspension was automatically revoked or what reception travelers with such visas might get at U.S. airports.
Trump admin is saying it wont abide by judge's order & won't reinstate visas. Is this what it's like living in a banana republic?#MuslimBan
The Washington state lawsuit was the first to test the broad constitutionality of Trump's executive order. Judge James Robart, a George W. Bush appointee, explicitly made his ruling apply across the country, while other judges in similar cases have so far issued orders concerning only specific individuals.
The challenge in Seattle was brought by the state of Washington and later joined by the state of Minnesota. The judge ruled that the states have legal standing to sue, which could help Democratic attorneys general take on Trump in court on issues beyond immigration.
Washington's case was based on claims that the state had suffered harm from the travel ban, for example students and faculty at state-funded universities being stranded overseas. Amazon.com and Expedia, both based in Washington state, had supported the lawsuit, asserting that the travel restrictions harmed their businesses.
Tech companies, which rely on talent from around the world, have been increasingly outspoken in their opposition to the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies.
Judge Robart probed a Justice Department lawyer on what he called the "litany of harms” suffered by Washington state’s universities, and also questioned the use of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States as a justification for the ban.
Robart said no attacks had been carried out on U.S. soil by individuals from the seven countries affected by the travel ban since that assault. For Trump’s order to be constitutional, Robart said, it had to be “based in fact, as opposed to fiction.”
"OUTRAGEOUS ORDER"
The White House said in a statement: “At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file an emergency stay of this outrageous order and defend the executive order of the president, which we believe is lawful and appropriate."
It added: "The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people."
When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot , come in & out, especially for reasons of safety &.security - big trouble!
The judge's decision was welcomed by groups protesting the ban.
“This order demonstrates that federal judges throughout the country are seeing the serious constitutional problems with this order,” said Nicholas Espiritu, a staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.
But the fluid legal situation was illustrated by the fact that Robart's ruling came just hours after a federal judge in Boston declined to extend a temporary restraining order allowing some immigrants into the United States from countries affected by Trump's three-month ban.
A Reuters poll earlier this week indicated that the immigration ban has popular support, with 49 percent of Americans agreeing with the order and 41 percent disagreeing. Some 53 percent of Democrats said they "strongly disagree" with Trump's action while 51 percent of Republicans said they "strongly agree."
At least one company, the ride-hailing giant Uber, was moving quickly Friday night to take advantage of the ruling.
CEO Travis Kalanick, who quit Trump's business advisory council this week in the face of a fierce backlash from Uber customers and the company's many immigrant drivers, said on Twitter: "I just chatted with our head of litigation Angela, who’s buying a whole bunch of airline tickets ASAP!! #homecoming #fingerscrossed"
(Additional reporting by Alister Doyle in Oslo, Dan Levine in Seattle, Scott Malone in Boston, Georgina Prodhan in Frankfurt, Laurence Frost in Paris, Asma Alsharif in Cairo, Jesus Aguado in Madrid, Mica Rosenberg in New York, Brian Snyder in Boston and Lawrence Hurley, Lesley Wroughton, Julia Edwards and Susan Heavey in Washington, Tom Arnold and Alexander Cornwell in Dubai; Writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Alexander Smith)
Page Kennedy is fed up and decides to wage all out war on what he calls "mumble rappers." Check out what we mean in his new music video for "The Boogey Man (Mumble Rap Killer)."
Bobby Shmurdajust had additional time stacked on top of his original prison sentence.
According to Billboard, the 22-year old rapper, born Ackquille Jean Pollard, pleaded guilty Thursday, February 2, to promoting prison contraband for trying to smuggle a shank into Rikers Island.
The incident happened in 2015, when he was caught with a "sharp metal object" that his girlfriend, Kimberly Rousseau, gave to him during a jail visit.
Rousseau pleaded guilty to the same charge of promoting prison contraband.
Shmurda's prison sentence has been extended by an additional 1.3 to 4 years. He could have gotten 7 years had he not accepted the plea deal.
The "Hot Nigga," rapper has been in jail since December 7, 2014, when he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and reckless endangerment.
On October 19, 2016, as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, Shmurda agreed to plead guilty in Manhattan Supreme Courtto 4th-degree conspiracy to criminally possess a weapon and 2nd-degree criminal weapons possession, in exchange for a 7-year sentence, followed by 5 years probation.
Harlem, New York super producer V Don recruits Ar-Ab, Retch and Tayyib Ali for a new banger titled "Paid in Full." This is the first of an upcoming batch of exclusives from V Don leading up to the release of his project,"The Opiate 2."
Mixed By @dpolo_ss Mastered By @johnsparkz Art By @shakeocb
With his new album titled "I Decided" now in stores, Big Sean, made a promotional stop by New York City radio station Hot 97 to spit a freestyle for Funkmaster Flex.
Frank Oceanand his father probably won't be inviting each other over for holiday gatherings anytime soon.
TMZ reports that Calvin Cooksey has filed a defamation lawsuit against his son for claiming that he is homophobic.
Ocean, born Christopher Edwin Breaux, made a Tumblr post in the wake of the June 12, 2016, mass shooting that claimed the lives 49 people inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.
The singer recalled an incident from his childhood in which his father allegedly used a gay slur.
"I was 6 years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dragged me out of a neighborhood diner saying we wouldn't be served because she was dirty," Ocean wrote.
Cooksey says the incident never happened and is taking his son to court. He is seeking $14.5 million in damages.
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