A Dallas concert promoter is suing R. Kelly for allegedly failing to return part of a hefty deposit for a concert he backed out of.
TMZ reports that Darryl Austin paid Kels $100,000 up front in January for an April show, but in February Kelly's reps said they knew nothing about the upcoming event.
The R&B superstar eventually returned only$70,000of the fee he was paid.
Austin wants a judge to order Kelly to return the remaining balance or be forced to perform at the concert next month.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (Associated Press) — Seven people were injured, some critically, during an early-morning spray of gunfire Saturday at a spring break party on the Florida Panhandle, police said. An Alabama man was quickly apprehended and charged with attempted murder.
Multiple 911 calls flooded in just before 1 a.m., reporting the shootings at the house party in Panama City Beach, and deputies found a sprawling crime scene with victims inside the home, outside and across the street from it, and in the street's median, the Bay County Sheriff's Office said.
Officers set up a perimeter and found a suspect matching witnesses' description. David Jamichael Daniels, 22, of Mobile, Alabama, was charged with seven counts of attempted murder and jailed awaiting a first court appearance. A .40-caliber handgun believed to have been used was found in the yard of a nearby home.
By sunset on Saturday new renters, a family with Indiana license plates, had moved into the three-story, vacation-rental home located several blocks off the beach. The family did not want to talk to the media but said they were aware that multiple people had been shot inside the home less than 24 hours earlier.
Dozens of cases of beer filled the front porch of a neighboring house where loud music thumped inside. The young spring breakers renting the house said they were aware of the shooting but felt safe because it was not a random attack and the assailant was in jail.
Sheriff Frank McKeithen said a busy party full of dancing young people dissolved into "a chaotic scene." Daniels was free on bond on a drug possession charge in Alabama, the sheriff said, and was accompanied by two others, one who had been recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in Mobile last week.
The two companions to the accused shooter were questioned but not charged. A woman who declined to give her name answered the phone at the home of Daniels' relatives and said the family would not comment on the shooting.
At least three were critically injured: Kearria Freed, 20, who was shot in the head; Devanta Moore, 21, who was shot in the chest; and Henton Franklin, 22, who was shot in the side. Three others were listed in stable condition: Jacole Young, 22, who police said was shot in the back three times; Kelli Curry, 21, who was shot in the leg; and Tykeria Ethridge, 22, who was shot in the neck and shoulder.
A seventh victim — Anesia Powell, 20 — was shot in the left arm, chest, and knee, and was undergoing surgery Saturday. No condition was given.
Three of the victims — Freed, Curry and Powell — are students from Alabama A&M University in Panama City Beach for spring break, university spokesman Jerome Saintjones said. He said investigators in Florida told the university police department the students were innocent bystanders.
University officials were sending staff to Panama City Beach to assist the victims.
McKeithen said hundreds of people have been arrested in recent weeks in and around Panama City during its raucous spring break celebrations. The masses of college students bring a parallel migration of unsavory visitors to the area and, combined with heavy consumption of alcohol, pose a huge challenge to officers, he said.
"We have a recipe for disaster," he said.
Eddie Tarter shares his back fence with the rental home. Tarter, who played ball with his young son in his driveway Saturday, has lived in the neighborhood for 16 years. He said he has had problems before with loud parties at the house.
"Never anything like this though," he said.
Despite the shooting, Tarter said he isn't against spring break.
"This is usually a quiet neighborhood."
Neighbor William Payne, who has lived in the neighborhood since 2002, said he had called the police many times because of loud parties at the house.
"I heard all the screaming and sirens last night and I didn't think anything of it at first because it is spring break."
Elsewhere along Panama City Beach, the party continued Saturday as hundreds of kids cruised up and down the main road, strolled the beach and gathered at hotel swimming pools.
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Associated Press writers Matt Sedensky in West Palm Beach, Fla., and Ray Henry in Atlanta contributed to this report.
There have been rumors swirling thatJay Zand his companyRoc Nationhad acquired the rights toTupac Shakur'smusic catalog of unreleased material fromEntertainment Onefor$384 million.
Talk of a new album from the late icon with features from Nas, Beyonce, DMX, Drake, Jay Z and more also surfaced, but according to Billboard there's no truth to either rumor.
However, the good news is that there is unreleased music on the way from Shakur, according to JAM Inc.'sJeff Jampol, who oversees the late rapper's estate.
"Almost an embarrassment of riches," Jampol told Billboard, listing "unreleased music, released music, remixes, original demos, writings, scripts, plans, video treatments, poems." And although multiple posthumous albums have been issued since Shakur's death (to strong sales and mixed reviews), Jampol and Whalley contend a wealth of still-untapped material remains -- the value of which can't be understated, considering 33.8 million Tupac albums have been sold in the U.S. alone since 1991, according to Nielsen Music.
"Some of [the material] is in bits and pieces, some of it is complete; some of it is good, some of it needs work," says Whalley, who has explored much of the archive. "But I think the work that is left can be completed, and is worth his fans hearing."
Are you looking forward to hearing new music from 2Pac?
Karrueche Tran recently sat down with inspirational speaker, lawyer, life coach Iyanla Vanzant for an interview on Oprah Winfrey'sOWN Network.
Tran discusses how she met Chris Brown, initially wanting their relationship to be different from his with other women, finding out he fathered a child, the love triangle with Rihanna, having her heart broken, trying to unsuccessfully change Chris and more.
Infamous Mobb emcee Ty Nitty releases an official music video for his new single entitled "Mastermind" off of his new album "Nitty the God," available now on iTunes https://itun.es/i6LF6qV.
Ty Nitty - MasterMind (Official Video) Produced By Fresh of DefMusic Video By Just Watch / Nebulous Films / Crae Crae Ent "MasterMind" features on "Nitty The God"
Police in St. Louis are looking for three black males who attacked a white train passenger after he told them he was too tired to answer any questions about Mike Brown's shooting death by a cop in nearby Ferguson.
The assault took place on a MetroLink train Monday night, March 23. The assailants first asked the victim, who did not want to be identified, if they could borrow his phone. After he said no he was then asked about Mike Brown.
The part the victim found most disturbing is that nobody offered to help him while he was being punched repeatedly.
"I think it was disgusting that no one...that people were sort of laughing and smiling about it," the 43-year old man said. "No one offered to help. No one attempted to call 911."
Police have surveillance footage of the three men involved in the attack and are attempting to identify them.
The beauty of a females butt is in the eye of the beholder, but some rumps are universally approved as top notch. WatchMojo.com puts together their list of the Top Ten Famous Celebrity Booties.
Houston Rockets All-Star guard is one of the leading candidates for this season's Most Valuable Player award. He's averaging 27.2 points per game, 7.0 assists and 5.8 rebounds.
The 6' 5", 225 lbs player is equally deadly driving to the basket, hitting fade-away jumpers and draining three point shots.
NBA.com put together Harden's top ten plays of the season as voted in by fans. Check them out below.
Lil Boosie Badazz introduces his crew on his new mixtape entitled Every Ghetto, Every City. Features include 50 Cent, Migos and more
Tracklist:
1.Boosie Badazz Feat Lee Banks Juicy Badazz Quick Tone-Empire Prod By Crush Hayven MixxedByTone 2.Boosie Badazz Feat Bando Jonez-My Niggaz 3.Boosie Badazz Feat JDay-Boss Up 4.Boosie Badazz Feat Lee Banks JDay-Check Up Prod By Drumma Boy 5.J Day Feat Boosie Badazz-Pistol Bigger Than Me 6.Lee Banks-Do Da Dash 7.OG Dre Feat Lil Lonnie-Want Me 8.Boosie Badazz Feat 50 Cent-Paid 9.B.Wil Feat Boosie Badazz - Ridin Stealth 10.Boosie Badazz Feat Tone OG Dre-Gutta Prod By Stroud MixxedByTone 11.B Will-Who s Houze 12.Boosie Badazz Feat Migos-Lotta Respect Prod By Metro Boomin Sonny Digital 13.Boosie Badazz-Black Rain Prod By JMan 14.Boosie Badazz-Ghetto Prod By Crush Hayven MixxedByTone 15.Boosie Badazz-Do The Most 16.Boosie Badazz Feat Lee Banks-See Some Pussy 17.Juicy Badazz-Juicy 18.Boosie Badazz-Fly Away Prod By Crush Hayven MixxedByTone 19.Boosie Badazz-Mama
Fabolous is batting .1000 at the plate the last four weeks. The Brooklyn, New York spitter continues to take us back down memory lane by grabbing classic instrumentals and remaking them into modern day bangers. This week he hop's on Mobb Deep's"Shook Ones Pt. 2."
Luis Antonio Ramos plays "Ruiz" on the hit television show Power, and opened up to VladTV about 50 Cent's involvement in the program. The actor explains that there are a lot of parallels in Fif and the main character Ghost, and Luis adds that the Queens rapper's life inspired story lines for the show.
During the conversation Ramos also detailed how he landed his role, and revealed it came about at a very opportune time when a show he was working on got cancelled.
Just hours after attending a stop the violence event with Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah, Lil Durk's manager, Uchenna Agina a.k.a. OTF Chino, was gunned down on a Chicago street.
According to The Chicago Sun Times, Agina, 24, was sitting in a car in the Avalon Park neighborhood.when a gunman walked up around 1:50 a.m. and opened fire.
Alex Perris, Joakim Noah, Matt Rosenberg, Lil Durk, Cobe Williams, DJ Bandz and Chino Dolla on Thursday, March 26, at Noah's “Rock Your Drop” anti-violence event
Agina was driven by a friend to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was declared dead at 2:04 a.m.
“Chino was a good dude,” said DJ Bandz manager Devin Jackson. “He took care of the business. That is what he was known for. They know if they pull the trigger and discharge a gun they are going to do damage or someone is going to lose their life."
Agina's death follows the fatal shooting of Durk's 21-year old cousin McArthurSwindle a.k.a. OTF Nunu, on May 31, 2014
John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette caught up with MMG recording artist at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Check out their interview below.
Ludacris popped up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, March 26, to perform "The Grass Is Always Greener" off of his forthcoming album entitled Ludaversal, dropping March 31. Pre-order it now from iTunes.
Styles Pa.k.a.The Ghosta.k.a.Holiday Stylesdrops off three new freestyles to kick the weekend off right. Listen toThe Loxveteran emcee go in on"Ghost Zilla," "Ghost Energy"and"Ghost the Man."
Southpaw is headed to movie theaters on July 31, 2015. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Rita Ora, Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams.
In this exciting trailer we also get to hear a new song snippet at the end from Eminem.
From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and starring Academy Award® nominated Jake Gyllenhaal (NIGHTCRAWLER, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) comes a story of tragedy, loss and the painful road to redemption… Billy “The Great” Hope (Gyllenhaal) is the reigning Junior Middleweight Champion whose unorthodox stance, the so-called “Southpaw,” consists of an ineloquent, though brutal, display of offensive fighting…one fueled by his own feelings of inadequacy and a desperate need for love, money and fame. With a beautiful family, home and financial security, Billy is on top both in and out of the ring until a tragic accident leaves his wife dead and sends him into a downward spiral. His days now an endless haze of alcohol and prescription drugs, his daughter taken by Child Services and his home repossessed by the bank, Billy’s fate is all but sealed until a washed up former boxer named Tick agrees to take the bereaved pugilist under his wing so long as he agrees to his strict ethos. Relentless and utterly committed to a fighter that thinks as much as he throws punches, Tick rebuilds Billy into a new man: one that is agile, fearsome and uncompromising in the ring while thoughtful, loving and disciplined outside of it. Now, as he works to regain custody of his daughter and mounts a professional comeback, Billy must face his demons head-on as he learns that, sometimes, your greatest opponent can be yourself.
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