Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 25, 2009 at 1:11pm
AllHipHop Reports
Lil Boosie is hard at work on a new album before he is officially sentenced to two years in prison in November.
Lil Boosie, born Torrance Hatch, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to an October 2008 gun charge, as well as his third charge for possession of marijuana.
Now he’s in the studio putting the finishing touches on a new untitled album in addition to an upcoming mixtape with Young Jeezy.
"I am looking forward to putting this all behind me and would like to thank my fans and industry fam for their continued support of me and Superbad," Boosie told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “I need y’all to know that I am still recording and working on a new record that will come out Fall 2010 and I plan to be home in time to promote it. I am also in the studio working on a new mix tape with Young Jeezy and set to release the movie, Ghetto Stories: The Movie by the end of the year. Y’all ain’t 'gon miss me. Believe that."
The rapper’s latest album Superbad - The Return of Boosie Bad Azz recently landed at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 and #4 on the Top Rap Albums chart.
Lil Boosie will be back in court on November 9, when he will formally be sentenced.
Representatives for the rapper told AllHipHop.com that Boosie may only have to serve one year in jail due to “Good Time” allowances afforded by the Department of Corrections.
“I am grateful to God and all my fans out there that supported me all these years,” says Lil Boosie. “I do this for y’all all day, everyday.”
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 12, 2009 at 12:50pm
LA Times Reports
Two Los Angeles police officers have been placed on paid leave as part of an ongoing investigation into how a photo showing the battered face of Rihanna appeared on a celebrity website after the singer was assaulted by her former boyfriend Chris Brown, four law enforcement sources familiar with the case told The Times.
The night before the Grammy Awards in February, Rihanna argued with Brown, who bit, punched and choked the singer in a rented Lamborghini in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, leaving her bruised and bloodied, police said.
Two weeks later, a photo of Rihanna that showed those injuries appeared on the entertainment gossip website TMZ.com. The sources confirmed that the investigation is focused on at least two officers.
One of the officers, identified by sources as Rebecca M. Reyes, is a nine-year veteran of the department and was last assigned to the Wilshire Division. Her attorney told The Times that a search warrant in connection with the leak investigation had been served on her Los Angeles home.
The other, Blanca Lopez, is a rookie officer with the Hollenbeck Division and was a housemate of Reyes, according to sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because it was an ongoing investigation.
Both have been “assigned to home” pending the outcome of the probe, according to the sources who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about the investigation.
Attorney Ira Salzman, who is representing Reyes, confirmed that the LAPD assigned his client to home during the Rihanna photo investigation but said his client had done nothing illegal and that department officials had not yet presented any formal allegations against her. Salzman, who described his client as a decorated officer, would not comment on whether Reyes had taken the picture of Rihanna or had at any time possessed it.
“My client did not do anything for financial gain,” Salzman said. “She did not sell the photo.”
Robert Rico, the attorney for Officer Lopez, declined to comment on the investigation. LAPD officials also declined to discuss their investigation, including who took the photograph, how it came into the possession of TMZ.com and how much, if any, money may have paid to the officers or associates for the image.
Also was unclear whether the image that was posted on the site was taken with a personal phone or with department-issued photographic equipment.
LAPD spokesman Lt. John Romero described the investigation as “a personnel matter” and said, “We are investigating vigorously.”
Romero said the department would not comment on whether any officers have been assigned to home.
A state law that went into effect this year makes it a misdemeanor for peace officers or law enforcement employees to profit by leaking confidential reports or images. In addition, the LAPD also has adopted strict rules about recording still or video images at crime scenes, which they made more explicit last year after a series of celebrity-related arrests in which details, and even images, appeared on celebrity and gossip websites.
Donald Etra, the attorney for Rihanna, whose real is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, said Thursday that he was pleased that police had gotten to the bottom of the case. He said that no victim should have to worry about such photographs being leaked. He also noted that his client had “nothing but praise for the LAPD.”
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 16, 2009 at 11:00am
Bullying got out of hand in Belleville, Ill., when students began beating another on a school bus. Student Steve Raines, stepped in and talked to Harry Smith about the incident.
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 3, 2009 at 11:58pm
NY Daily News Reports
A serious of egregious errors resulted in the deaths of two people, after medical staff released a mentally ill convicted killer from the mental health center where he was living.
Peter Bryan, a schizophrenic, cannibal and convicted murderer was released from the medium-security Riverside House to a hostel where he was free to come and go, according to an article in the British paper, the Telegraph.
Merely three hours after his discharge from the facility in 2004, he killed Brian Cherry, a friend, and cooked part of his brain, the paper stated.
After that murder, Bryan was sent to Broadmore secure hospital, where not even 10 days later he attacked and killed Richard Loudwell, a fellow patient.
Two inquiries into Bryan's case faulted National Health Service managers for leaving the now 39-year-old killer in the care of a social worker with no mental health training and who was in over his head dealing with a notoriously manipulative patient, according to the London Evening Standard.
However, the reports noted that the nature of his condition meant that Bryan was incredibly manipulative, and able to appear normal even as his mental health was incredibly deteriorated.
The reports "outlined a catalogue of errors" according to the Telegraph, in the treatment of Bryan following his 1993 murder of Nisha Sheth, a shop assistant whom he beat to death with a hammer.
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Houston Mic Pass Part 2 (Chamillionaire, Killa Kyleon, Z-Ro, Bun B, Trae, Paul Wall, Devin The Dude, Lil Flip, Lil Keke, Rob G & Billy Cook)
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Kevin Fujioka
Las Vegas Sun Reports
Authorities said two Honolulu police officers who fled from Clark County Park Police were arrested on drug possession charges this past weekend at a police softball tournament.
Park police officers entered Desert Breeze Park, at Durango Drive and Spring Mountain Road, at 8:15 p.m. Saturday and spotted a white van parked across two spaces illegally, Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling said.
As officers approached the van, it took off and two men got out and started running across the park, Welling said.
Park police arrested 37-year-old Kevin Fujioka, the driver of the van, and charged him with driving under the influence of narcotics and possession of marijuana, Welling said.
Police also arrested 47-year-old Shayne Souza for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting a police officer and obstructing a police officer, Welling said. Both Fujioka and Souza are police officers in Honolulu.
Shayne Souza
In the course of the arrest, park police had to spray Souza with pepper because he resisted arrest, Welling said.
A third man, 38-year-old Scott Wilson, a Honolulu social worker, was also arrested for possessing marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the van, Welling said.
The three men were attending a softball tournament in Las Vegas sponsored by the Nevada Police Athletic Association.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Reports
Two DeKalb County Officers are being investigated for allegedly performing a background check on President Barack Obama
Officers Ryan White and C.M. Route have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, according to DeKalb County spokeswoman Sheila Edwards.
Edwards said the two patrol officers have been with the department for about two years.
The incident occurred on July 20, according to DeKalb County officials.
The United States Secret Service notified county officials that DeKalb County computer equipment was utilized to do a query on the President.
Edwards said the background check was run using a computer mounted in a patrol car.
Such behavior, said William “Miz” Miller, DeKalb Public Safety director, is not to be tolerated.
“As Public Safety Director for DeKalb County, I want everyone to know that we take these allegations very seriously,” he said in a statement. “We expect our officers to adhere to professional standards and departmental policy. Furthermore, we do not and will not condone the inappropriate use of county equipment or resources.”
The county’s Internal Affairs division is handling the official investigation.
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AllHipHop Reports
Fresh off the positive reception of All In a Day’s Work, Saigon has confirmed with AllHipHop.com the release of Warning Shots 2.
Working again with label Amalgam Digital, the project will be marketed as a full-length album distributed through CD and digital formats.
Saigon’s previous 2009 LP, the Statik Selektah collaboration All In a Day’s Work, was recorded in 24 hours and released in just a week.
With the funds for traditional promotional campaigns shrinking, Saigon feels his recent projects offer a blueprint for artists on how to break the divide between mixtapes and albums.
“I’m enjoying my experience with Amalgam Digital and being creative to give music to my fans without all the bullsh*t,” Saigon explained to AllHipHop.com. “It’s a new way of thinking and it feels good to partner with an innovative company that’s ahead of its curve. I’m excited to get this album out!”
Saigon’s recent explosion of work is the result of a recommitment to his career following years of stagnation on Atlantic Records, where he remained under contract from 2004-2008.
Warning Shots 2 features an array of guests in Grand Puba (“Who Can Get Busy”), Lil Fame of MOP (“Rusy Gunz”), Ransom (“F*ck Me, F*ck You”), Quan, and O.J. Da Juiceman (“For Some P*ssy”).
The latter offering is the lead single, with a clean version ready for radio outlets.
The album also has production from Just Blaze, and will serve as a lead-in to their oft-delayed, but still highly anticipated project The Greatest Story Never Told.
Warning Shots 2 will be available at retail outlets on September 29.
A full tracklisting is available below:
01. Nothing Comes Easy
02. That's Not What’s Up Feat. G.Soul
03. Fatherhood (Rayne Dior) feat Lokz
04. All Around The World Feat G.Soul
05. For Some P*ssy Part 1 feat O.J. Da Juiceman
06. Cookies & Milk Introducing Young Boombaya & A.P.
07. Be On Time
08. G Optified (Tommy Tee's Theme Sampler)
09. F*ck Me, F*ck You Feat Quan And Ransom
10. Rusty Gunz feat. Lil Fame from M.O.P.
11. Aye Aye Aye N*gga
12. Who Can Get Busy feat Grand Puba
13. Copping Pleas
14. For Some P*ssy Part 2
15. Saiiiiii Outro
16. Gotta Believe It
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CNN Reports
A gunman wearing "priest clothing" sparked a shootout with police in Jersey City, New Jersey, early Thursday that ended with five officers wounded and the shooter and another suspect dead, authorities said.
Two of the officers sustained serious injuries, officials said.
The shootings began around 5 a.m. as two officers monitored a vehicle suspected of being involved in a recent armed robbery.
When a man went to the car, police approached him.
The man, dressed in what Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy described as "priest clothing," pulled out a shotgun and fired, grazing one officer in the leg, authorities said.
The suspect then fled and holed up in a nearby apartment, apparently with another person, Police Chief Thomas Comey told reporters at a news conference.
Police called in backup, including officers from the Port Authority, and evacuated other residents of the building. As they moved in for a tactical entry into the apartment, they were met with gunfire, officials said.
Four more officers were wounded and the two suspects were killed in an exchange of gunfire there.
One suspect was "ready to go to war" in the way he was armed, Comey said.
"This individual came fully ready to go to war with us," the chief said at a news conference. "This is not a normal shotgun ... and he decided to put these cops under fire." Watch chief describe suspect "ready for war" »
Of the five officers wounded, one has been released from the hospital, while the officers who sustained critical injuries have been stabilized and were undergoing surgery, according to Dr. Nathaniel Holmes, Chief of Surgery of Jersey City Medical Center.
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1. Slow Down
2. Shake The Game
3. We Playin In The Wind
4. Life Of An O.G.
5. So Soulful
6. Stuck In The Middle Feat. Jae Millz, Dame Grease, & Meeno
7. Pluto Feat. Dame Grease
8. Overtime Feat. Akon
9. Money Right
10. Plenty Money
11. What You Want From Me Feat. Max B & Beanie Sigel
12. Closer Then Most Feat. Tre Williams
13. Fresh Air Feat. Max B
14. Lay Down Feat. Mike Shorey
15. Mac & Cheese
16. Everybody Know
17. Wus Up
18. Never Gettin' Up Feat. Tre Williams
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