BSF's newest artist ElCamino teams up with fellow Buffalo, New York native and Black Soprano Family CEO, Benny the Butcher, for his new single and accompanying music video, "80 Bills."
A Virginia teenager showed her estranged father the meaning of good "cents" and maturity.
Avery Sanford hadn’t seen her dad in years when he dropped off his final child support payment last month — dumping 80,000 pennies on his ex-wife’s lawn, according to WTVR, the CBS affiliate in Richmond.
"I just turned 18. When I was in the middle of class, my dad came by. He had rented a trailer," Sanford told the outlet.
Her penny-hoarding dad "pulled up in front of the house and turned the trailer on so it dumped out all the pennies on the grass," she recalled.
"And my mom came out and was like, ‘What are you dumping in my yard?’ She didn’t know who it was until he shouted, ‘It’s your final child support payment."
Instead of getting mad, the high school senior decided to set aside the copper delivery for charity, according to the report.
The family picked up every penny and plans to donate all $800 to Safe Harbor, a domestic abuse center.
"It’s not just my mom he’s trying to embarrass, it’s also me and my sister and it’s upsetting that he didn’t consider that before he did that," the teen told the station.
"Turning around and donating that money to moms and children in need, I feel like that really turns this situation into a positive. You can learn from it."
Her father told the station he acted out of 18 years of pent-up frustration and "the last thing he wanted to do" was push his daughter further away.
Buffalo entrepreneur Struggle Mike of Struggle Clothing has a keen eye for talent and has been putting together some great compilation albums featuring some of the biggest artists from Upstate.
Mike's latest project, "Nxt Up," focuses on up and coming rappers.
With that in mind, check out the official music video for "Da Say" featuring Mack Millz and Jayoz.
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Buffalo entrepreneur Struggle Mike of Struggle Clothing has a keen eye for talent and has been putting together some great compilation albums featuring some of the biggest artists from Upstate.
Mike's latest project, "Nxt Up," focuses on up and coming rappers.
With that in mind, check out the official music video for "I'm a Star" featuring Kidd Major Da Cuban and KevMac.
Produced by Flexx Beats
"Nxt Up" is available now on all streaming platforms:
After the great success of Struggle Mike's "The Great Escape" album, the Buffalo, New York entrepreneur comes through with the follow up album called "Da Wall," which drops June 26.
Guest appearances on the project include Benny the Butcher, Che Noir, RJ Payne, Hus KingPin, Rick Hyde, Fred the Godson, Big Body Ben, Duffel Bag Hottie, Smoke Bulga and more!
On that note check out the official music video for "Cali Dreamin" featuring 80 Empire, Speedie Da Icon, SDOT and Moody.
Kobe Bryant's public memorial could be such a massive event, organizers are considering holding it at the famous L.A. Coliseum because the Staples Center simply isn't big enough.
Our sources tell us ... a meeting took place this week to discuss where Kobe's eventual memorial might go down in the coming weeks or even months. People who were in the room say a few venues were considered -- some made more sense than others.
Of course, the Staples Center is considered "The House That Kobe Built" -- but it only holds around 20,000 people ... and judging by the massive response to his death, organizers feel they should be ready for a MUCH larger crowd.
The Coliseum holds roughly 80,000 people -- and the surrounding parks are capable of holding many, many more. It seems the most logical option at this point.
The Rose Bowl was also brought up as a possible venue -- since it holds nearly 91,000 -- but we're told Pasadena is just too far away.
Our sources say no official decision has been made yet, but the conversation is underway. As for Kobe's funeral service, no decisions have been made about that either.
It could be some time before the memorial is booked because everyone in Kobe's immediate life is still shattered and reeling from the tragedy.
Kobe was just 41 when he died Sunday. His daughter, Gianna, who also passed away in the helicopter crash, was only 13.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2019 at 9:30am
Report via TMZ -- Sid Haig, best known as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses" trilogy -- has died.
The horror icon's wife, Suzie, shared the news Monday on Sid's own social media account, writing ... "On Saturday, September 21, 2019, my light, my heart, my true love, my King, the other half of my soul, Sidney, passed from this realm on to the next."
She went on to say, "He has returned to the Universe, a shining star in her heavens. He was my angel, my husband, my best friend and always will be." Suzie added, "He adored his family, his friends and his fans. This came as a shock to all of us. We, as a family, are asking that our privacy and time to mourn be respected."
Sid had recently been hospitalized and transferred to the ICU after he was involved in some sort of accident -- this per screenshots of his IG account, which was apparently run by his wife. On Sept. 6, she was asking for prayers.
Sid's rep would only tell TMZ that the accident was something that took place at his home.
The exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery, but the outpouring of love from the horror community has been overwhelming -- including from Rob Zombie himself, who shared a brief remembrance of his longtime collaborator.
Sid has starred as the patriarch of the Firefly family in "House of 1000 Corpses," "The Devil's Rejects" and most recently, "3 From Hell," which just hit theaters last week.
Aside from acting in Rob's films, he also starred in several other horror flicks over his 50-plus-year career, including roles in "Bone Tomahawk," "Hatchet III," "The Lords of Salem," "Devil in My Ride," "Night of the Living Dead 3D," and tons of other films.
He also starred on TV shows like "MacGyver," "The Fall Guy," "Jason of Star Command," "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "Mission: Impossible," "Get Smart," "Gunsmoke," "Star Trek," "The Lucy Show," "The Six Million Dollar Man," and countless others.
Sid had 149 acting credits to his name, and was considered a fixture in the cult horror genre. We last talked to him in 2017, he was catching us up on projects he was working on at the time -- saying he had 4 projects in the can. Dude clearly stayed busy.
Jimmy Slym is from Chambersburg,Pa and reps the 717 area. He was known at a young age for walking around battling. He now only writes music and is focused on winning. Jimmy is also a huge supporter of Chron's Disease due to his brother having it. Slym is also in a group with his brother who makes all of the beats for his projects. Slym will find industry beats he likes and just spit what he lays to the pad that session.
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Gucci Mane was in New York this week and stopped by Hot 97 for a conversation with Funkmaster Flex.
The Atlanta rapper talked about how he lost 80 pounds while in prison, being determined not to go back in, quitting alcohol and drugs, relationship with Young Thug, not speaking to Waka Flocka in three years, collaborative project with Drake, his upcoming album "Woptober," wanting to work with 21 Savage, Young M.A., Lil Uzi Vert, clone rumors, upcoming autobiography, explains how he released so much music while he was locked up.
Akon stopped by to talk with VladTV about his light up Africa Project, how he used to live without electricity, and how the politics of starting his project were extremely tricky. Akon let us know that he grew up in Senegal a small country on the West coast of Africa. Akon grew up without electricity and running water, and when it came time to eat, cook, or wash he had to use the same water from a running water well for everything. "When I came to the United States, and [saw] the projects or what they claimed to be projects, Vlad I thought they was living in luxury, compared to what poverty is back home..." Akon explained that the US citizens have it a lot better than others around the world.
So what led to Akon lighting up Africa? His grandmother was the main inspiration. He explained she never moved from her hometown and still lived without electricity. "Every time I would come, I would try to upgrade her, but she would never take it... one day I said ma I'm not coming to visit you anymore... you have to at least let me put electricity in the house. Come to find out the grid was so far out; I don't care how much money I had there was no way I could bring electricity to her." That's when he said something had to be done, not just for his grandmother but for everyone in the rural area living without power. "Without electricity, you can't even begin to develop a country, let alone your own home."
Akon got started by partnering with a some of his Billionaire friends he made along his career, and he wanted to build power plants in the five major areas of Africa so the countries could share the plants, but as he got his investors together, he began running into the politics. "I started to realize how deep it was cause this is the type of business that starts real wars, the politics was little heavier than I expected..."Akon explained it was too complicated for him to be dealing with, so while searching for another solution, he came across Solar Energy. "So I went to China, met up with some friends out there, some manufacturers, and aligned myself with one of the biggest companies in China, that's own by the Chinese Government, that manufactures Solar..." Akon learned a lot while doing this project, like how there was a significant tax on solar products due to George. W Bush. "He did it because his main agenda was in oil, he needed the oil to keep burning right, so anything renewable he wanted to keep away because if effected the money." Akon took advantage of all of the unused solar products, and the Chinese manufacturers gave him a Billion dollar credit line to start his project. Akon's project is now in 15 countries, and he's provided almost 16 million people in Africa with power, and energy.
Thomas Eric Duncan is the first person to test positive for Ebola in the U.S.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus.
Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement.
The health officials said 80 people may have come into contact with Duncan, NBC reported. Earlier, they had put the figure at up to 18, including five children.
State officials delivered the order on Wednesday night to the family of the patient, who has been identified as Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia. Family members must stay home until Oct. 19 and not have any visitors without approval, officials said.
"We have tried and true protocols to protect the public and stop the spread of this disease," said Dr. David Lakey, Texas health commissioner. "This order gives us the ability to monitor the situation in the most meticulous way."
The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Duncan was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday after hospital workers mistakenly sent him home days earlier.
His case has sparked concern over the potential for a wider spread of the deadly virus from West Africa, where at least 3,338 people have died in the worst outbreak on record.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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Black HippyemceeKendrick Lamartook a brief break from recording his next album so he could visit with theLos Angeles Leakerson radio station Power 106.K. Dottook it back to the essence of hip hop with a stripped down freestyle over a lunch table beat.
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Fast rising Brooklyn, New York emcee Tweezie is releasing quality music consistently and showing that you can't put him in a particular box because of his versatility.
His latest music video for "Brooklyn Luv" is proof of that. The clip was directed by D Glenn and Baby Paul Luke. Produced by Sharif(Reefa) Slater and ES.
This is off of Tweezie's forthcoming mixtape, One of a Kind Tweezie.
Meek Mill is hard at work on the follow up to his debut album, Dreams and Nightmares. The Dream Chasers Records boss told Rap-Up that he's already recorded 80 songs for the not-yet-tiled disc.
He confirmed there will be a song featuring Roc Nation singer Rita Ora entitled "I'm A Ride." There will also be some production from Timbaland.
"Timbaland, that's the OG. Me and Timbaland been always kicking it for the last year or two," Meek said. "I seen him one day and I was playing some music for him and Hov. He wanna go in. He wanna make some magic. You know I was all the way with that."
Meek added that the album will have a lot of street records on it and will be released in the spring. He also commented on Justin Bieber's recent problems.
"He's a kid. Kids gonna be kids. And everybody's not perfect," said Meek.
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — An out-of-control monster truck shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing at least eight people and hurting 80 others, dozens seriously, officials said.
Carlos Gonzalez, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office, said the driver appeared to have lost control of the truck after leaping over a pile of cars it was crushing during a demonstration at the "Extreme Aeroshow" on Saturday.
Some witnesses said the driver appeared to have hit his head on the interior of the truck as he drove over the old cars, with at least two reporting seeing his helmet come off before the massive vehicle drove into the crowd of terrified spectators, who tried to flee.
"I fell over, and when I turned around I saw the tire very close. It hit me and threw me to the other side," Jesus Manuel Ibarra, 41, said as he was treated for injuries to his arm and hip.
Gonzalez said the accident killed at least one child and hurt 80 people, 46 of whom remained hospitalized early Sunday. He said the number of dead and injured could rise as officials received updated information Sunday morning. The local health system listed the names of 67 injured people on its Facebook page, calling urgently for blood donations and help from local doctors and nurses.
Gonzalez said prosecutors were looking into the possibility of a mechanical failure that left the driver unable to release the gas pedal. Several witnesses said, however, that the driver appeared to have become incapacitated when he struck his head during the show, in which the truck drives at high speed over smaller cars, leaping into the air as it crushes their roofs.
Spectator Daniel Dominguez, 18, said he was happily watching the show with a group of relatives when the truck came down hard in the middle of the cars.
"The driver hit his head and his helmet flew off," Dominguez said. "The truck came directly at where we were."
His 11-year-old sister was in surgery for injuries to her legs, and his mother was treated for minor contusions.
The air show was canceled after the accident that happened during the second day of the three-day show in a park on the outskirts of Chihuahua, the capital of Chihuahua state.
14-year old rapper Chris Miles continues to show why he's got next in the rap game. His bars are way advanced for his age. There are a lot of emcees out there who could take a few lessons from Chris.
Chris Miles is back with his third installment of "80 Bars." The 14-year old emcee has a flow way advanced for his age. Peep game as he spits over a variety of instrumentals including "Still Dre," "Simon Says," "5AM In Toronto," "The Motto,""My Name Is" and more.
BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta paid solemn tribute on Thursday to an “independent, free and sovereign Iraq” and declared the official end to the Iraq war, formally wrapping up the U.S. military’s mission in the country after almost nine years.
“After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real,” Panetta said at a ceremony held under tight security at Baghdad’s international airport. “To be sure, the cost was high — in blood and treasure for the United States, and for the Iraqi people. Those lives were not lost in vain.”
The 1:15 p.m. ceremony (5:15 a.m. in Washington) effectively ended the war two weeks earlier than was necessary under the terms of the security agreement signed by the U.S. and Iraqi governments in 2008, which stipulated that the troops must be gone by Dec. 31.
But commanders decided there was no need to keep troops in Iraq through the Christmas holidays given that talks on maintaining a U.S. presence beyond the deadline had failed. The date of the final ceremony had been kept secret for weeks, so as not to give insurgents or militias an opportunity to stage attacks.
Dignitaries and a small crowd of military personnel in fatigues gathered at a terminal in the Baghdad airport, which until now had been operated by the U.S. military. In the future, it will be overseen by the State Department, which is assuming responsibility for a massive, $6 billion civilian effort to sustain American influence in Iraq beyond the troops’ departure.
The white flag of United States Force-Iraq was carefully folded and put away, and Panetta took the podium.
“No words, no ceremony can provide full tribute to the sacrifices which have brought this day to pass,” the defense secretary said. “I’m reminded of what President Lincoln said in Gettysburg, about a different war, in a different time. His words echo through the years as we pay tribute to the fallen in this war: ‘The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.’ ”
In his speech, Panetta singled out U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey and Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, for overseeing the rapid withdrawal of 50,000 troops in recent months and the closure of dozens of bases.
But he paid special tribute to the more than 1 million U.S. troops who have served war duty in Iraq since 2003, including about 4,487 who were killed and some 30,000 who were wounded.
“You have done everything your nation has asked you to do and more,” he said. “You came to this ‘Land Between the Rivers’ again and again and again.You did not know whether you’d return to your loved ones.
“You will leave with great pride, lasting pride, secure in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the Iraqi people begin a new chapter in history free from tyranny and full of hope for prosperity and peace.”
Panetta also paid homage to military families who, “through deployment after deployment after deployment ... withstood the strain, the sacrifice and the heartbreak of watching their loved ones go off to war.”
“Together with the Iraqi people,” he added, “the United States welcomes the next stage in U.S.-Iraqi relations.”
And with that, the U.S. military’s mission was declared over, eight years, eight months and 25 days after it began.
Panetta arrived in Baghdad after a two-day stop to visit troops in Afghanistan. He was making his first visit to Iraq since becoming defense secretary in July, although he also visited the country during his tenure as CIA director and prior to that as a member of the Iraq Study Group, an advisory panel of foreign policy veterans that sought to change the Bush administration’s approach to the war.
In recent days, during visits to Djibouti and Afghanistan, Panetta refrained from declaring victory in Iraq or “mission accomplished,” as the Bush administration did prematurely in 2003. Instead, he has acknowledged divisions and regrets among U.S. lawmakers and the American people in general, while trying to frame Iraq’s future in a guarded sense of optimism.
“In many ways I think we can all take some satisfaction — regardless of whether you are for or against how we got into Iraq, the fact is we can take some satisfaction in the fact that we are now heading them in the right direction,” Panetta told an audience of U.S. diplomats Wednesday at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
In the end, Panetta described the purpose of the war as an attempt to turn Iraq into a stable, self-governing democracy after decades of dictatorship under Saddam Hussein. During his trip to Afghanistan, he did not name Hussein directly and made no mention of the failed search for weapons of mass destruction, which the Bush administration had cited as justification for the 2003 invasion.
“It’s a mission whose goal was to establish an Iraq that could govern and secure itself,” Panetta said Wednesday. “And we have done that. We are giving Iraq an opportunity to be able to govern itself and to secure itself into the future, and to enjoy, hopefully, the benefits of a democracy.”
“It won’t be easy. There will be challenges. They’ll face the challenges of terrorism. They’ll face the challenges of those that would want to divide that country. They’ll face the challenges, the test of democracy,” he said. “They have the opportunity to be able to do that. And because of the blood that was spilled by Americans, because of the blood that was spilled by Iraqis, they now have that chance.”
Many Iraqis still find it hard to believe that the U.S. troops are actually leaving, after a war in which more than 100,000 Iraqi lives were lost and more than $800 billion was spent by U.S. taxpayers on the military effort and reconstruction. At the war’s peak in 2007, there were 170,000 U.S soldiers in Iraq, although that number had dwindled to 50,000 over the past year.
The withdrawal will have little immediate impact on the lives of most Iraqis. U.S. troops pulled out of the cities in 2009 and halted combat operations a year later. For more than a year, they have been training the Iraqi security forces on military bases, largely out of public sight, although Special Forces have continued to conduct counterterrorism operations.
Many Iraqis were unaware that the departure was imminent, although in recent days, the domestic press has been speculating that it might take place sooner than anticipated.
On Wednesday, thousands of people in the mostly Sunni town of Fallujah, where Marines fought the biggest battle of the war in 2004, took to the streets to celebrate. They burned American and Israeli flags, and carried a banner declaring Fallujah to be “the city of resistance.”
Some residents, nevertheless, expressed misgivings, even as they said they were glad to see the Americans go. Bashar al-Nadeq, 32, said he could not help but be happy because he spent two years in the Camp Bucca prison camp after a cousin to whom he owed money told the U.S. military that he was a terrorist.
But he fears simmering sectarian tensions could erupt in violence once again, and he does not plan to celebrate.
“What’s the point of lighting a candle at the beginning of a tunnel when you know you will be walking in darkness?” he said at his car wash, near the center of the battle-scarred town. “I am happy they are going, but I know my happiness won’t last for long.”
Motorcycle stuntman Denis Borges survived a scary crash at Brazil's "Extreme Show" that was being held at Beto Carrero World last month. After watching the video you'll be wondering how.
Borges and his partner Anderson Sanches were performing a maneuver that required them to ride at full speed while avoiding three oncoming cars. Borges misjudges the distance between the vehicles and clips one of them sending him flying 80 feet through the air. After he landed he slid an additional 40 feet.
According ABC News, Borges was rushed to a nearby hospital and miraculously came away without any injuries. He reportedly was back at work the next day.
“The drivers are professionals who already have more than 10 years experience and rehearse their maneuvers on a daily basis,” Beto Carrero World said in a statement to ABC. “‘It was a really scary accident, but it also served to show how extreme the show is.”
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