The character Felicia "Snoop" Pearson portrayed on HBO's hit series The Wire wasn't too far off from her past reality. Born and raised in Baltimore where the show took place, Pearson continues to give back to her community by hosting block parties that benefit up and coming artists and children from the area. Had it not been for the show, Snoop believes the streets would have made an example of her. "Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I'd probably be dead or in jail," she admits in this moving exclusive.
Being from Baltimore, Snoop had ties to many - even Freddie Gray, the man whose death by police incited riots and protests across the nation. Though she only saw him in passing, Pearson remembers him as "a cool person" who'd joke around whenever they saw one another. Watch as the actress recalls the day she found out of his death and more below.
Action "Mr. Wonderful" Bronson and VICELAND roll out the second episode of this season's "Fuck That's Delicious."
Driven by a need for freshest salmon, most grass-fed lamb, and legal weed, Action makes a pit-stop in the Pacific Northwest enroute to a concert in Vancouver.
There's no letting up in G Herbo's grind. The Chicago rapper continues to remind fans that his "Ballin Like I'm Kobe" project was one of 2015's hip hop highlights. Peep his official music video for "Bottom of the Bottoms."
(AP) — Donald Trump says he can unify the country. Now, he gets a chance to prove it.
The Republican presidential front-runner canceled a Friday night rally in Chicago rather than enter a tense cauldron of animosity between his supporters and protesters — some of whom then proceeded to face off in several violent altercations as the political gathering veered dangerously close to a riot.
It was an ugly incident unlike anything seen in presidential politics in decades, adding a dark chapter to the already unconventional 2016 White House campaign. And it comes as Trump makes calls for unity a central part of his closing argument ahead of Tuesday's slate of primary elections in five delegate-rich states.
The Chicago chaos presents the biggest leadership test yet for the Republican outsider, the deeply divided Republican Party and an even more sharply splintered nation that he seeks to lead.
And while extraordinary by any standards, perhaps the biggest surprise was that it didn't happen sooner.
Since casting Mexicans immigrants as rapists and criminals in his June announcement speech, Trump has encouraged supporters to embrace anger tinged with xenophobia. In recent weeks, his rallies have featured several minor incidents of violence involving protesters, almost all of them minorities, with Trump repeatedly encouraging his supporters to fight back — and to do so with violence if necessary.
On Friday morning, Trump cheered a supporter who punched a black protester in the face earlier in the week. The aggressor was later charged with assault.
"The audience hit back," Trump said, suggesting his supporter was provoked. "That's what we need a little bit more of."
At a Friday afternoon rally in St. Louis, before the canceled event in Chicago, he panned protesters as weak "troublemakers" and ordered them to "go home to mommy."
"These are not good people, just so you understand," Trump said. "These are not the people who made our country great. These are the people that are destroying our country."
Dismissed by his critics as an entertainer woefully unprepared to lead a nation, Trump now has an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in a crisis. Yet he showed little evidence in the immediate aftermath of the incident that he would make good on his pledge to unify the country with any kind of contrition.
"I don't take responsibility. Nobody's been hurt at our rallies," he told CNN during one of many television interviews he gave late Friday, during which he said he decided to cancel his appearance to avoid more serious violence or even death. "There's very few people hurt. And we should be given credit for that."
Republicans have spent months tip-toeing around Trump, fearful of alienating his loyal and enthusiastic supporters. Trump has filled the void left by party leaders' tepidness with rhetoric aimed squarely at Hispanics, Muslims and those who come to his rallies to protest.
At Thursday night's GOP debate, less than 24 hours before Trump's Chicago rally, all three of his remaining presidential rivals side-stepped questions about whether they were concerned about earlier incidents of violence at the front-runner's event. None directly said Trump bore responsibility.
On the debate stage, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said candidates "need to show respect to the people," but also sympathized with frustrated Americans. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he worried about violence at rallies and broadly called for unity.
And Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said that while he's concerned about "violence in general in this society," Americans should use their anger as motivation to take action.
But with the scenes from Chicago blanketing cable news Friday night, they were suddenly far more willing to put the blame on Trump.
"In any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," Cruz said late Friday. "Any candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign. And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse."
Rubio said Trump needs to "own up" to the impact of the rhetoric he's used. "There are consequences to the things people say in politics," he said.
Trump's rivals are faced with the prospect that they've taken a stand too late — and that their earlier silence has amounted to tacit support for the brash billionaire's actions. The high-stakes primary contests in Ohio, Florida and three other states are just a few days away.
Trump blamed the state of the nation's economy and President Barack Obama's leadership when asked about what prompted the violent clash at his rally.
"It's a divided country," he said. "It's been that way for a long time. It's very sad to see. It's divided among many different groups."
Voters now get to see whether he can help bridge those divisions, or will make them worse.
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Steve Peoples has covered presidential politics for The Associated Press since 2012. Follow him on Twitter at:http://twitter.com/sppeoples
Julie Pace has covered the White House and politics for The Associated Press since 2008. Follow her on Twitter at:http://twitter.com/jpaceDC
Original Block Hustlaz boss Ar-Ab a.k.a. The Top Goon of Philly delivers his highly anticipated third installment of his "Who Harder Than Me" mixtape series.
1.Intro 2.All Of Da Block 3.Morals ft Dark Lo 4.Get Back ft Lil Moss 5.Die Wit Me 6.Never Change 7.War Lords ft Bizzy Bam, Dame 8.Toy Soldiers 9.Bars ft Razor, C-Dot, No Brakes Bras 10.By Your Side 11.Back Door ft Sha Money, Stacks Ruega 12.Whoever Thought 13.Promise ft Breeze Bagetts, Newz 14.I'm A Star ft Dark Lo 15.Don't Believe Em 16.Columbia 17.Dark Side ft Skinny Me, Reese Buck, Osama 18.Ride For My Niggaz ft Fudge 19.Make It Home 20.Don't Stop
Smoke DZA releases an official music video for "100K." This is taken from his new album titled "He Has Risen," which was produced entirely by Harry Fraud. It's available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/he-has-risen/id1079212281
Troi Torain aka STAR is the most objective voice in media today and in 2011 he was inducted into News One's "Top 20 Best Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time." As an objectivist, Atheist and independent voter STAR is known to push the limits of religion, philosophy and rational thinking.
Acute observations between sexes, races and classes are at the fore of Star’s much-renowned drive and commentary. His “style of no style” makes him appear to be just like any man and yet like no other man that you know.
Torain made the national stage on MTV’s Beat Suite (1999) but it was his radio show (Star & Buc Wild) on New York's Hot 97 & Power 105 that secured his place in media history. STAR's resume also includes Atlantic Records, WEA, Virgin Records, Round The Globe Music, The Source magazine, Pulse 87, Power 99, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50.com, 100.3 The Beat, VH1 (The Gossip Game), Shot97.com and Stop The Police.
We'd like to congratulate singer Ciara and soon-to-be husband Russell Wilson on their engagement.
Wilson popped the question during a romantic dinner off the coast of Africa on an island in the Seychelles. The couple made the news public on their social media accounts Friday, March 11.
"She said yes!" Wilson says in a video with his beaming fiancee sitting beside him. "We're making this thing happen, huh baby?"
"God Is Good! Grateful For You @DangRussWilson," Ciara later wrote on her Twitter page. "You Are Heaven Sent. I'm Looking Forward To Spending Forever With You. I Feel Complete."
GOP presidential front runner Donald Trump continues to draw a lot of protesters to his rallies. A total of 17 were kicked out of his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, March 9th, but only one was punched by a Trump supporter.
Rakeem Jones was being escorted out of the venue by security when John McGraw popped him in the face with an elbow.
When Inside Edition caught up with McGraw he seemed to be very pleased with himself.
“You bet I liked it. Knocking the hell out of that big mouth," McGraw said. "Number one, we don’t know if he’s ISIS. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American, cussing me... If he wants it laid out, I laid it out. Yes, he deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.”
McGraw was arrested and charged with assault on Thursday, March 10th. Today Charlamagne Tha God also gave him "Donkey of the Day."
Sarcoidosis is the growth of tiny collections of inflammatory cells (granulomas) in different parts of your body — most commonly the lungs, lymph nodes, eyes and skin.
Doctors believe sarcoidosis results from the body's immune system responding to an unknown substance, most likely something inhaled from the air.
There is no cure for sarcoidosis, but most people do very well with little or only modest treatment. In half of cases, sarcoidosis goes away on its own. In a few cases, however, sarcoidosis may last for years and may cause organ damage.
Krayzie toldTMZ that he believes he came down with a severe case of pneumonia while touring Canada because his sarcoidosis medication weakens his immune system.
The rapper was advised by his doctors to cancel the remaining Canadian dates and return to Los Angeles for treatment.
Krayzie promised his fans via Instagram and Twitter that he would complete the tour once he is physically able to.
Canada thank you for your support sorry I had to cut it short due to sickness but I will be back to make those dates up soon! Much love
Odd Future member Domo Genesis hooks up with Aftermath Entertainment recording artist Anderson .Paak for "DAPPER." The song is off of Domo's forthcoming debut album titled "Genesis." It will be released on March 25th. It is available for pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/GetGenesis
[06:03] 01. The Odyssey [04:01] 02. Bounce [04:05] 03. R.I.P.C.D. [04:15] 04. A Spike Lee Joint (feat. Anthony Flammia) [02:29] 05. Fly Away [05:01] 06. Ascension [02:04] 07. Smoke Break (Interlude) [04:09] 08. Trade-Off [04:31] 09. Good Grief (feat. Diamante) [05:31] 10. New Phone, Who Dis? [05:43] 11. This Is It [12:59] 12. Your Favorite Rap Song
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