A Fulton County jury found Young Vito not guilty of murdering Brick Squad Monopoly rapper Slim Dunkin today.
Vito, real name Vinson Hardimon, and Dunkin, real name Mario Hamilton, got into an altercation at an Atlanta recording studio in December 2011. Vito reportedly retrieved a gun and shot Dunkin who was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died.
Slim Dunkin
Vito fled, but was eventually apprehended.and held without bond.
The jury started deliberating the case Friday
Although he was found not guilty of murder, Vito was convicted of aggravated assault and possession of a handgun during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years in prison by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Machine Gun Kelly is promoting his Lace Up Tour the old fashioned way, by hitting the streets to drum up interest. Check out the Bad Boy artist's technique below.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have found a way to get people talking about them again. The couple have posed topless for the cover of an upcoming issue of the French magazine L’Officiel Hommes.
Fashion photographer Nick Knight shot the image. Check it out below.
Pitbull decides to speak out against Lil Wayne's disrespect of his hometown Miami in this new diss track "Welcome to Dade County." Pit goes in over Baauer's hit single "Harlem Shake."
P.A.P.I. aka N.O.R.E. dropped the audio for his song "Fowl Niggaz" earlier today and now we get the official music video. The song is off of his upcoming sixth studio album, Student of the Game.
Turk doesn't waste any time getting an official music video out for "Closer To My Dream" featuring Christian Radke. The song is off of Turk's just released mixtape, Blame It On The System.
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2013 at 12:30pm
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Spitta Andretti recently dropped his New Jet City mixtape. The New Orleans emcee was at a meet and greet at The Archives in Florida when he chopped it up with Mikey T The Movie Star about the project and more.
Topics included what he learned from his days at No Limit Records, upcoming projects, his situation with Warner Bros., C-Murder recently having his appeal denied by The Supreme Court and more.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2013 at 11:48am
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Kelly Rowland releases some behind the scenes footage from the music video shoot for her new single "Kisses Down Low." The Mike Will Made It-produced track will appear on Kelly's upcoming album, Talk of the Game.
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2013 at 11:00am
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In September 2009 Kanye West famously snatched the mic out of Taylor Swift's hands during her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Taylor had won the award for Best Female Video for "You Belong To Me," beating out Beyonce's "Single Ladies," West thought Beyonce should have won and let Swift and the world know how he felt.
"Yo Taylor. I'm really happy for you, I'm going to let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time," West said at the time, before walking off the stage.
The "Jesus Walks" rapper would later apologize to Swift via his Twitter account.
"She had nothing to do with my issues with award shows," he wrote. "She had no idea what hit her. She's justa lil girl with dreams like the rest of us. Beyoncé didn't need that. MTV didn't need that and Taylor and her family friends and fans definitely didn't want or need that."
Apparently the Louis Vuitton Don isn't over Swift's win because minute's after his epic rant in London the other night against Justin Timberlake and the Grammys, he brought up Swift again.
"Taylor Swift beat Beyoncé at the Grammys? Beyoncé be dancing in heels and sh*t," he said. "And they think they can sweep the sh*t under the f*cking rug. The audacity, the audacity! And everybody thought I was so crazy. Am I the only one that's not crazy? Because what happens with the bullsh*t like the Taylor Swift beat a Beyonce is that 6-year old that's dancing hard as hell. She be like 'f*ck it.'"
West later screamed several times into the mic before throwing it and walking off the stage.
Kanye West rants about Taylor Swift at London show.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2013 at 10:07am
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Astro a.k.a. The Astronomical Kid hit up the Sway in the Morning recently and did damage to the mic. The young emcee performed a freestyle through the "five fingers of death."
A former concert worker claims Akon left him disabled after the singer stage dived into the crowd at the BayFest music festival in Alabama in 2009
Matthew Graham says he was working at the concert when Akon "negligently or wantonly leapt into the overcrowded mass of concertgoers" and landed on him.
Graham claims he is now physically disabled after sustaining severe and permanent injuries to his knee, back, head, and body.
Graham is suing Akon and BayFest, Inc. seeking unspecified damages for medical expenses, lost wages, physical pain and mental anguish according to TMZ.
Check out footage of the incident below at the 00:50 mark.
A fall on the steps on her way to the podium couldn't dampen Jennifer Lawrence's mood as she accepted the award for Best Actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook" at the 85th annual Academy Award show in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Other big winners on the night included "Argo" for Best Picture, Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained," and Anne Hathaway walked away with Best Supporting Actress for "Les Miserables."
Daniel Day-Lewis took home the award for Best Actor for "Lincoln." The actor made history by becoming the first person ever to win three best actor Oscars
Check out the list of the 85th annual Academy Award winners
1. Best Picture: "Argo." 2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln." 3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook." 4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained." 5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables." 6. Directing: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi." 7. Foreign Language Film: "Amour." 8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo." 9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained." 10. Animated Feature Film: "Brave." 11. Production Design: "Lincoln." 12. Cinematography: "Life of Pi." 13. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables." 14. Sound Editing (tie): "Skyfall," ''Zero Dark Thirty." 15. Original Score: "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna. 16. Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth. 17. Costume: "Anna Karenina." 18. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man." 19. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente." 20. Film Editing: "Argo." 21. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables." 22. Animated Short Film: "Paperman." 23. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew." 24. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi." ___ Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg Honorary Award: Hal Needham Honorary Award: D.A. Pennebaker Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr. Award of Merit: Cooke Optics
Jennifer Lawrence trips and falls during best actress win
Former Fugees rapper Wyclef Jean is gearing up to release a new project titled April Showers. Clef leaks this new joint "Mid Life Crisis" off of the project.
Ty Nitty is back with a new heater for the streets. This time the Infamous Mobb rapper teams up with Aura and Vinny Thunn to film a music video for the Jordy Simons-produced track "Hard Work."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 24, 2013 at 12:59pm
50 Cent is juggling so many hats right now with his music career, SMS Promotions, Street King energy, acting and SMS Audio, it's not easy to pin him down for a long conversation.
Luckily he had some free time to devote to a conversation with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45 yesterday to catch everyone up on what he's currently up to.
50 talked about the upcoming championship bout for his fighter, IBF Featherweight Champion Billy Dib, who will be defending his belt Friday March 1st on ESPN against Evgeny Gradovich. The bout is being held at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut
Billy Dib and 50 Cent
Fif also discussed his recent collaboration with Kidd Kidd and Kendrick Lamar "We Up,' an upcoming collaboration with Schoolboy Q, the heavyweight division in boxing, Wiz Khalifa's baby, Lil Wayne saying he smashed Chris Bosh's wife, Ice-T's wife Coco sneaking around with AP.9 and more.
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