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New Video Alert! Starbuks Ft. Tayy Tarantino - Whats N Ur Head (@therealStarbuks @tayytarantino)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 8, 2019 at 3:38pm

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Fairbanks, Alaska rapper Starbuks teams up with Tayy Tarantino for an inspirational song about police brutality in urban America. Check out the official music video for "What's N Ur Head."

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Young Money Rapper Cory Gunz Arrested In New York On Loaded Gun Charge, Still Being Held

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on January 29, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Cory Gunz is in police custody today after being arrested for possession of a loaded firearm. MTV is reporting that the 24-year old rapper was arrested around 2PM Saturday (January 28) in the Bronx.


Gunz was originally taken to the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx, then later transferred to Central Booking.

 

"It was definitely an illegal search," his father Peter Gunz told MTV. "I spoke to the arresting officer, and so far, what I'm hearing from him is that they got a phone call at the station saying they should 'look out.' According to [the officer], they didn't know he was Cory Gunz. They just saw a bunch of kids following him around."


New York has notoriously strict gun laws. Lil Wayne, who signed Cory to his Young Money label last year spent 242 days locked up in Rikers Island on a gun charge. Prodigy of Mobb Deep was released from prison in March 2011 after serving 3 years on similar charges.


Even though this is Cory's first offense his father is worried about what kind of punishment his son will face.


"To go to a precinct and see your son, your junior, in handcuffs, it's heartbreaking. Anytime you see your child in jail, in the cell, in handcuffs, it's very hard. He's walked down some of the same paths that I walked down, but you never want to see your kids go through what you went through," Peter said to MTV. "This is Cory's first offense, but sometimes they like to make an example out of rappers and people with any kind of celebrity to them."




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Nicki Minaj Cries For Lil Wayne. Experts Say He Will Keep Dreads, Weigh In On What He Will Encounter While In Jail [Video Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 8, 2010 at 11:00am


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Lil Wayne's life revolves around a daily regime of "SportsCenter," studio time and sweets. But on Tuesday (February 9), the Cash Money lyricist will be formally sentenced to prison after he struck a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors stemming from a 2007 arrest in New York on gun charges. After he officially enters his plea, the rapper is expected to then turn himself in immediately to begin a one-year jail sentence.


Not since 2Pac has an MC been as accomplished and relevant yet faced an impending prison term at the height of his career. But will the lithe New Orleans rapper survive the daunting conditions at the notorious Rikers Island facility?

"Lil Wayne is gonna be OK," retired NYPD detective and noted "hip-hop cop" Derrick Parker told MTV News. "While he's in jail, it's a matter of fact they may not put him with the general population because of who he is and his popularity. They might lock him down and let him come out with a supervisor and stuff like that [when he's] in the main area — but he's definitely going to be treated differently."

According to Parker, the way Wayne will be handled is due to safety concerns for him, of course, but also to ensure as much normalcy as the facility possibly can — it won't resemble pampered treatment by any means. Parker said despite Wayne's small physical stature and his propensity to signal a particular gang affiliation in his rhymes, the rapper won't have much to fear in terms of extortion, bullying or worse.

Parker compared Wayne to former New York Giants football player Plaxico Burress, another celebrity who was convicted on gun charges in New York. However, Wayne could be better prepared for life behind bars — Burress hired a jail coach to assist him with acclimating to prison, something Wayne wouldn't even consider.

"Wayne is from the streets, from the Magnolia Houses in New Orleans, so I'm sure those guys have been in jail or locked up at some point," Parker said. "So being in prison is no big deal to them. Plaxico isn't built for that — he's the type of guy that's never been locked up like that before. He's gonna need a coach or someone to tell him what to expect, since he's not used to that."

But what exactly can Wayne expect? Fortunately, he won't have to cut his trademark tresses.

"The days of doing that are over," retired corrections officer Charles Reid told MTV News. "They can't make inmates do that anymore — it's within their rights to maintain any kind of hairstyle."

Wayne will have a few comforts of home while he's away. He will be able to watch network television — not cable, however. And he'll be able to watch DVD movies. He told Rolling Stone recently he plans to take an iPod in with him assist with writing music, but a source close to the prison facility told MTV News that would not be allowed.

Reid, who worked at Rikers Island for 21 years as an officer and an investigator, said Wayne's days would continue to be regimented, but in a much different way. He suggested the rapper may have to succumb to some work conditions, whether in sanitation or the mess hall, for example. Reid also noted that different wings of the prison carry different types of criminals, but guessed that Wayne would be housed in a dormitory area and not even be confined to a cell.

"Like a hospital, where there's maybe 20 to 25 beds in an open ward, or it maybe bunk beds," Reid said of Wayne's possible lodgings. "Where he has a nightstand to keep his personal belongings."

Due to the short nature of Wayne's sentence — one year, which could mean 10 months, including the possibly of early release after serving 80 percent of good time, possibly putting him back onstage in a little as eight months — the rapper could very well spend his entire term at Rikers Island.

It won't be known for sure if Wayne will be transferred upstate until he enters the New York corrections system and is processed. (A representative for the Corrections Department did not return several inquiries made by MTV as of press time.)

"I think he's gonna go in there and do his time and do it quietly," Parker said. "If he does it with good behavior, that will be a plus for him — then he'll be out and putting out a new album."


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Papoose Feud Blamed For Violence In NY's Prison

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on July 13, 2009 at 4:39am

New York Post Reports City jail officials are investigating a rap concert at Rikers Island -- approved by a hip-hop-loving warden -- that triggered months of bloody gang violence there, The Post has learned. Correction officials are looking into why supervisors -- including jail warden and fan Emmanuel Bailey -- allowed Brooklyn rapper Papoose to do a nearly two-hour show at the lockup on May 30, 2006, sources said. There were eight slashings and stabbings at the George Motchan Detention Center in the months after the show, when Papoose's jailed rival ordered attacks on the rapper's imprisoned pals. Papoose, 30, whose real name is Shamele Mackie, has a longstanding feud with Dough Boy, 28, an ex-Bloods gang leader whose real name is Miguel Jeffrey. The two had worked together but had a falling out after Dough Boy accused Papoose of marginalizing him in the studio. He told The Post he retaliated by shooting at the rapper's entourage and stealing a $40,000 gold chain from a Papoose relative. The Rikers concert "was like throwing a match on gasoline -- boom!" Dough Boy said in a jailhouse interview. Fueled by the mayhem, the 2,978-inmate GMDC racked up 13 assaults for the year -- the most among all 14 city jails. Many of the clashes at the jail, mostly filled with "low-risk" inmates, involved Bloods members, records indicate. Bailey had discussed a possible concert after he noticed Papoose at Rikers visiting an imprisoned pal, Pooh Nitty, a jail insider said. The warden approached Nitty, a rapper whose real name is Devendra Singh and who is doing time on weapons charges, and said, "Papoose is my favorite rapper. Can you get him to come do a show for us?" according to the insider. Following the concert, Bailey invited Papoose and his band into his office and had photos taken of him with the performers, the source said. Bailey is a rap fan who hangs out with people in the music business, said a Correction colleague. Bailey, who makes $157,146 a year, was "reprimanded" at the time for failing to get the required approvals for the concert, said department spokesman Stephen Morello. "A procedural step may have been missed," Morello said. "That doesn't mean the handling of this event involved venality, corruption or a lack of competence." The Papoose concert spurred loud gang chants, jail sources said. "I heard he gave a shout-out to me at the end," said Dough Boy, who had been barred from the show by jail officials aware of their feud. In response to the onstage taunt, Dough Boy said he instructed his friends to "get at 'em." That meant attack, Dough Boy said in at upstate Great Meadow prison, where he's serving 12 years for armed robbery and assault. Morello said the department hosts sports and entertainment figures to speak or perform at jails. "Inmate idleness is a factor in inmate violence," he explained Papoose married rapper Remy Ma, who was convicted of shooting a female friend. Their Rikers wedding ceremony was canceled in 2008 after Papoose allegedly tried to slip her a handcuff key. Sources said Correction's chief of department, Carolyn Thomas, initially ignored calls to investigate the concert and the violence, despite receiving reports of an increase in slashings. The Post also reported that she did nothing to stop a lavish bar mitzvah party held at a lower-Manhattan jail for an inmate's son, and that she showed favoritism to jailed celebs, including rap star Foxy Brown.
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