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In the latest episode of Most Expensive Shit, Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz sits down with his homie Corey Shapiro, founder of Vintage Frames, to try on vintage sunglasses, including a $50,000 pair worn by DMC of Run DMC.

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Boosie Badazz wants Capital One to make him whole on $351,000 that was withdrawn from his bank account without his permission or knowledge.

According to TMZ, the rapper says his driver's license was stolen two years.

The thief or thieves used the information to gain access to his account. On 8 different occasions large amounts of cash got taken out.

Capital One has returned a portion of the stolen money, but Boosie wants every penny of it back.

He's filed a lawsuit against the bank in an effort to force them to cough up the full amount.

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New project from Twon Dosa "Gold Spike 2" hosted by Dj Flatline.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge further hollowed out the case against six police officers charged in the death of a young black man, delivering a third consecutive acquittal and ruling once again that prosecutors failed to prove officers intentionally hurt Freddie Gray.

In acquitting Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer charged, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams was unequivocal in his ruling Monday. He told prosecutors they failed to establish that Rice was aware of his duty to buckle Gray into a seat belt, and more importantly, that he deliberately breached his duty in order to put Gray in danger.

"There are a number of possibilities this court could entertain, some that are innocent and some that are not," Williams said. "However, the burden of proof rests with the state, and the court's imaginings do not serve as a substitute for evidence."

Gray was arrested in April 2015 when he ran from police in a high-crime area. He was handcuffed and shackled but left unbuckled in the back of a police van and suffered a critical neck injury. Gray's name became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement, fueling outrage nationwide over the treatment of black people by the criminal justice system and prompting the worst rioting in the city in decades.

The U.S. Justice Department launched a patterns and practice investigation into allegations of widespread abuse and unlawful arrests by the Baltimore Police Department.

Rice was cleared of manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. Earlier this year, officers Edward Nero and Caesar Goodson, the van driver who was facing a murder charge, were also found not guilty. Officer William Porter's trial ended in a hung jury in December and his retrial is scheduled for September. The last two officers have trials this month and in October.

Lt. Brian Rice is escorted to a waiting car after being found not guilty on all charges related to the death of Freddie Gray.

Gray died April 19, 2015, a week after he suffered a critical spinal injury in the back of Goodson's police wagon. Prosecutors say the officers were criminally negligent when they failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt or provide medical attention after he indicated that he wanted to go to a hospital.

With no courtroom victories, activists are focusing on protests and police department reforms. A protest Saturday that blocked the interstate through downtown resulted in more than 60 arrests. Activists said they were demonstrating in support of having civilians sit on boards that review police misconduct cases, and spending more public money on community programs instead of policing.

"I'm disgusted, as usual, and they're sending a daily message all across the world that our lives don't matter, and that's sad," said Tawanda Jones outside the courthouse Monday. She was there marking the third anniversary of her brother's death in a separate case involving Baltimore police.

"We're more than hashtags and body bags," she added.

The Gray case hasn't fit quite so neatly into the narrative of white authorities imposing unfair justice on minorities.

Three of the officers charged are white and three are black. The victim, judge, top prosecutor and mayor are African-American. At the time of Gray's death, so was the police chief.

In his verdict, Williams said the failure to seat belt a detainee in a transport wagon is not inherently a crime.

"The state failed to show that the defendant, even if he was aware of the risk, consciously disregarded that risk," the judge said.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are barred from commenting due to a gag order.

During the trial, prosecutors had said Rice was most responsible of the six officers charged for following police procedures to fasten a prisoner in a seat belt, citing his 18 years of experience on the force.

The officer's attorney said police could use discretion, if they believe their safety is at risk. Rice attorney Michael Belsky said officers had concerns because Gray was not cooperative and they weren't sure what onlookers would do if extra time was taken to fasten Gray in the van.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave different characterizations of the onlookers. Prosecutors described them as concerned observers, while Belsky said officers heard threatening comments during the arrest.

Williams said Monday that the definition of a crowd is not set in stone, however it is clear from witness accounts that "emotions and tensions ran high," and "information did not flow efficiently."

"The reality of what happened is not clear cut," he said.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby vowed to bring justice to an aggrieved citizenry when she announced the charges last year. But she has yet to find success in court, and is being sued for defamation by five of the officers.

Warren Alperstein, a prominent lawyer in the city who has been observing the case, questioned whether the other cases should go to trial.

"There are no more theories to put forth to a judge or a jury for that matter, and the state really has to think about, you know, not prosecuting anymore," Alperstein said outside the courthouse.

At a news conference, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 President Gene Ryan called for the remaining cases to be dismissed, calling it "malicious prosecution against the remaining three officers."

Despite increasing pressure from critics to drop the three remaining cases, it is unlikely Mosby will dismiss the charges.

Gray's family received a $6.4 million settlement from the city.

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Associated Press writer Brian Witte contributed to this report.

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In 2010 Boosie Badazz was indicted on murder charges, which he spoke about in detail during a recent interview with VladTV. The Baton Rouge rapper explained that he fought the trumped up charges in court, which he said his lawyers agreed were bogus. While facing seven murder charges and capital punishment Boosie shelled out $250,000 in legal fees, and he added that he would have been charged had he been given a court-appointed lawyer.

During the conversation, Boosie also opened up about being locked up with fellow Louisiana rapper C-Murder, and Boosie revealed he's trying to release a collaborative album soon. When asked about his time spent with C-Murder in jail, Boosie revealed that the former No Limit rapper doesn't act like prison fazes him or gets him down. Boosie added that C-Murder had taken a real mature stance on the situation, and the "Like a Man" rapper explained that there were times where he just wanted to turn up in jail and get high. When speaking about doing drugs behind bars, Boosie said that it felt good to beat the system while in prison.

To hear more of what Boosie had to say during the interview, including how his lyrics were heavily dissected during the trial, hit the clip below.

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Quiet Money presents a new mixtape from Chicago's own Big T titled "Prey For Me." The project is seventeen songs deep. Stream it up top.

Prey For Me Tracklist:

1.STEWIE GRIFFIN PROD BY JAMES CAGNEY
2.PREY FOR ME
3.BOUT THAT LIFE
4.CONGRATULATIONS
5.LOOK AT ME NOW CHI, M - O
6.PO PIMPING
7.FUCK HER WHEN I WANNA
8.BRO GOT THE BURNER
9.PROBLEM
10.FROM THE BOTTOM
11.NIGGAS HATING
12.ALL BLACK EVERY THING
13.TAKE ME ALIVE
14.HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING
15.QMB ANTHEM
16.Stop The Violence (prod By Wildbeats)
17.SOUTH SIDE NIGGAS

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DJ Scream drops off an official music video for his single titled "Lit" featuring 21 Savage Young Dolph and Juicy J.

Download Dj Scream's "Lit" here on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lit...

Produced by Durdy Costello. Directed by Will Hoopes.

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Cash Money Records/Rich Gang recording artist and Original Block Hustlaz boss, Ar-Ab, is in the lab cooking up the fourth installment of his "Who Harder Than Me" mixtape series.

Here's a sample of what to expect in the form of a song titled "Street Symphony."

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Peep Gucci Mane's new music video for "No Sleep (Intro)." Produced by Mike Will Made-It.

"Everybody Looking" album available July 22

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Kim Kardashian turned her family's war with Taylor Swift up another notch on Sunday, July 17, when she released audio via Snapchat, of the singer giving her husband, Kanye West, the green light to use lyrics about her in his song "Famous" off of his album, "The Life of Pablo."

Swift has long denied approving the lyrics in which Kanye raps: "For all my Southside niggas that know me best I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous. God damn. I made that bitch famous."

“Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account," her rep said at the time. "She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric.”

The denial started a beef between the two superstars.

Check out the transcript of the phone call between West and Swift via E! Online below.

Kanye West on the phone with Taylor Swift: "You still got the Nashville number?"

Taylor Swift: "I still have the Nashville umm area code, but I had to change it."

Kanye West reads the "Famous" lyric: "To all my southside n----s that know me best, I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex."

Taylor Swift: "I'm like this close to overexposure."

Kanye West: "Oh, well this I think this a really cool thing to have."

Taylor Swift: "I know, I mean it's like a compliment, kind of."

Kanye West: "All I give a fuck about is you as a person and as a friend, I want things that make you feel good. "

Taylor Swift: "That's sweet."

Kanye West: "I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad."

Taylor Swift: "Umm, yeah I mean go with whatever line you think is better. It's obviously very tongue in cheek either way. And I really appreciate you telling me about it, that's really nice."

Kanye West: "Oh yeah, I just had a responsibility to you as a friend you know, and I mean thanks for being so cool about it."

Taylor Swift: "Aw thanks. Um yeah I really appreciate it, like the heads up is so nice. [inaudible] Even asking or seeing if I would be okay with it and I just really appreciate it. Like I would never expect you to like tell me about a line in one of your songs."

Kanye West: "It's pretty crazy."

Taylor Swift: "And then the flowers that you sent me, I like Instagrammed a picture of them and it's like the most Instagram likes I've ever gotten. It was like 2.7" [video cuts off]

Kanye West: "Relationships are more important than punch lines, ya know?"

Taylor Swift: "I don't think anyone would listen to that and be like that's a real diss she must be crying. You've gotta tell the story the way that it happened to you and the way that you experienced it. You honestly didn't know who I was before that. It doesn't matter that I sold 7 million of that album before you did that which is what happened, you didn't know who I was before that. It's fine."

Taylor Swift: "I might be in debt, but I can make these things happen. I have the ideas to do it and I create these things and concepts. I'm always going to respect you. I'm really glad that you have the respect to call me and tell me that as a friend about the song. It's a really cool thing to do and a really good show of friendship so thank you."

Kanye West: "Thank you, too."

Taylor Swift: "And you know, if people ask me about it I think it would be great for me to be like, ‘Look, he called me and told me the line before it came out. Jokes on you guys, We're fine.'

You guys want to call this a feud; you want to call this throwing shade but right after the song comes out I'm going to be on a Grammys red carpet and they're going to ask me about it and I'll be like, ‘He called me.' It's awesome that you're so outspoken about this and be like, ‘Yeah, she does. It made her famous.' Its more provocative to say ‘might still have sex…' It's doesn't matter to me. There's not like one [line] that hurts my feelings and one that doesn't."

Swift quickly took to her Twitter account to fire back, saying she never approved being called a "bitch" and accused Kim and Kanye of assassinating her character.

“Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that bitch’ in his song? It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that bitch’ in front of the entire world," Swift wrote. "Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did. While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye on the phone call, you cannot ‘approve’ a song you haven’t heard. Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination. I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009.”

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"Cyborg" Evangelista Santos suffered a depressed skull fracture when Michael Page caught him with a flying knee during their fight at Bellator 158 Saturday, July 16.

The mixed martial arts veteran is still hospitalized in London and has yet to undergo surgery.

He is unable to fly back to his home country of Brazil and there is no timetable for when he will be able to.

A Go Fund Me page has been started to help Santos with his medical bills and the needs of his family until he is back on his feet.

If you would like to donate please visit https://www.gofundme.com/cyborgbellatormma

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Check out the video preview of Remo The Hitmaker's new single, Piñata, which will be released on July 20. This is off of the singer/producer's forthcoming EP titled "When It's All Said," dropping August 1st.

The clip was shot by Behind The Lens TV

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said.

Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, said in a statement that the public should call 911 immediately if they see anything suspicious.

The shooting — which happened just before 9 a.m., less than 1 mile from police headquarters — comes amid spiraling tensions across the city — and the country — between the black community and police. The races of the suspect or suspects and the officers were not immediately known.

NEW: Video of alleged shots fired at officers in Baton Rouge https://t.co/gwv4VmRqse https://t.co/7HGD5AuECW

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2016

MORE: 1 suspect is dead, there may be 2 other suspects @DavidBegnaud reports live https://t.co/9ELwtvppso pic.twitter.com/COrhCJVp2n

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2016

Number of shots fired is unknown, but in witness video appears to be "many, many shots" https://t.co/9ELwtvppso https://t.co/sSB2OwSNI8

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2016

JUST IN: Baton Rouge police are in a standoff situation with suspect at an unknown location https://t.co/9ELwtvppso https://t.co/KiXqgMxNzT

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2016

Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola told The Associated Press earlier that the officers were rushed to a local hospital. Coppola said authorities are asking people to stay away from the area.

Multiple police units were stationed at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where stricken officers were believed to be undergoing treatment at a trauma center. A police officer with a long gun was blocking the parking lot at the emergency room.

Officers and deputies from the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office were involved, according to Hicks.

An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw police vehicles with lights flashing massed about a half mile from the police headquarters on Airline Highway. Police armed with long guns on the road stopped at least two vehicles driving away from the scene and checked their trunks and vehicles before allowing them to drive away.

Police-community relations in Baton Rouge have been especially tense since the killing of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man killed by white officers earlier this month after a scuffle at a convenience store. The killing was captured on cellphone video and circulated widely on the internet.

It was followed a day later by the shooting death of another black man in Minnesota, whose girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath of his death on Facebook. Then on Thursday, a black gunman in Dallas opened fire on police at a protest about the police shootings, killing five officers and heightening tensions even further.

Alton Sterling (left( and Philando Castile

Over the weekend, thousands of people took to the streets in Baton Rouge to condemn Sterling's death, including hundreds of demonstrators who congregated outside the police station. Authorities arrested about 200 people over the three-day weekend.

Michelle Rogers, 56, said the pastor at her church had led prayers Sunday for Sterling's family and police officers, asking members of the congregation to stand up if they knew an officer.

Rogers said an officer in the congregation hastily left the church near the end of the service, and a pastor announced that "something had happened."

"But he didn't say what. Then we started getting texts about officers down," she said.

Rogers and her husband drove near the scene, but were blocked at an intersection closed down by police.

dk how to save the live video but , yeah here it go we was on the way to church . pic.twitter.com/qYl9dVRoVS

— #BLM (@JADAANOPINKETT) July 17, 2016

"I can't explain what brought us here," she said. "We just said a prayer in the car for the families."

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Pokeman Go and mixed martial arts would normally never be mentioned in the same sentence, but undefeated welterweight fighter Michael Page (11-0) does things a little differently.

Page faced off with Evangelista Santos (21-18) Saturday, July 16, at Bellator 158, which took place at The O2 in London.

The ending came in devastating fashion as Page landed a flying knee to Santos' face in the second that sent the Brazilian fighter to the mat in obvious pain.

Following the knockout, "Venom," showboated by trying to capture his downed opponent with a pokeball.

On a much more serious note, Santos, was badly injured. He suffered a depressed skull fracture and had to undergo surgery.

According to the doctors. Cyborg has a depressed fracture from the knee MVP landed. Surgeons currently working on him. #Bellator158

— Nick Strickland (@BitaNick) July 16, 2016

We wish Santos the best and hope he recovers soon.

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French Montana releases a collaboration with Drake titled "No Shopping." Drizzy takes shots at Joe Budden on his verse. This is off of French's forthcoming "MC4" project.

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