Troy Ave was shot in the leg, but is expected to recover. A 26-year old woman was also shot in the leg. She is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
A 34-year old man is in stable condition at Bellevue with a chest wound. The fourth victim, a 33-year old man, died at Beth Israel Hospital from a gunshot wound to the stomach.
Everyone backstage, including the gunman, had credentials to be there.
Police Commissioner Bill Brattonblamed the violence on "gangster rap."
"The crazy world of these so-called rap artists basically celebrates the violence," said Bratton Thursday morning on WCBS AM. "Unfortunately, that violence sometimes manifests itself in their performances and that's exactly what happened last evening. The backgrounds of some of these people, unfortunately the lifestyles they led or had, follows them into the entertainment world. No question a lot of talented artists, enjoy the music. Music all too often celebrates violence, degradation of women and the drug culture. It's unfortunate that some of them, as they get fame and fortune, cannot get out of the life."
According to ABC 7, Bratton added that NYPD detectives "have a pretty good idea of what happened" and should be able to "wrap this up very quickly."
Ike the Cash Cartel Boss, teams up with the Co-Ceo Brizzle (@1jbrizzle) to take a trip down to the 305, So kick back and enjoy the new single "305" and Keep up with Ike on twitter & IG @ike_cashcartel Listen & Download
Jadakiss wasn't going to miss the opportunity to jump on the instrumental for one of the hottest songs out right now. Check out The Lox rapper's remix of Fat Joe and Remy Ma's "All the Way Up."
Taxstone is not easing up on his accusation that Cam'Ron is a snitch for mentioning his 2005 shooting in Washington, D.C., in the song "You Gotta Love It."
After Cam'Ron responded Wednesday, May 25, in a video to Tax's controversialVladTVinterview where he also calledTupac Shakura "rat," the podcaster doubled down on his statements via Twitter and threatened to smack Killa.
"If you a rat you a rat don't Try to change the definition," Tax wrote. "It's cool man can't change The definition of Rat. Man up and be honest and whatever smoke you with I'm with it twice. Damn nigga can't even be a man and admit his wrong thugs don't do that but TRU life already proved he wasn't that. Then he gone put 3,400 through a money machine lmaooooo. It hurts to see people you once looked up to that you have to look down on now. Niggaz a whole bitch LMAOOO. I genuinely like Camron but if he keep talking he gone be on the get the shit smacked out of you list also."
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DJ Drama gets right down to business with the release of an official music video for "Wishing" featuring Chris Brown, Skeme and Lyquin. This is the lead single off of Drama's forthcoming album titled "Quality Street Music 2."
At 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, the rapper T.I. was about to take the stage at the 1,025-person ballroom-style music venue when the shooting began.
It's not yet known how many people were inside the building at 17 Irving Place during the shooting.
Troy Ave, 30, whose real name is Roland Collins, was the first person shot. He was hit in the leg and is expected to recover. He was taken to the hospital.
A 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach and pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital. A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest and is stable at Bellevue Hospital.
A 26-year-old woman also was shot in the leg and was taken to Bellevue in stable condition.
No arrests were made.
The shooting is not believed to be connected to TI, who left the green room before the shots were fired. But an appearance scheduled for later in the night at another club, 1 Oak, was canceled and police closed the club for a period.
Rappers Maino and Uncle Murda were performing when the shooting started. The New York City Police Department is looking into whether the shooting was linked to a dispute between crews linked to Maino and Troy Ave.
There were metal detectors for T.I. concert-goers at Irving Plaza. All the people in the green room were credentialed, and it is possible the suspect was also credentialed.
Detectives will interview everyone who was in the green room at the time of the shooting and look at video footage from inside and outside the venue. They are canvasing nearby businesses for video. Ballistics were recovered from the green room area.
Podcaster Taxstone stirred up a hornet's nest Wednesday, May 25, during a Vlad TV interview where he called Tupac Shakur a snitch for what he believes was the late rapper's implication that The Notorious B.I.G. was involved in his 1994 shooting at Quad Studios in New York City.
Tax also included Cam'Ron in the same category.
In 2005 Cam'Ron was shot while driving his blue Lamborghini in Washington, D. C. At the time he and Jay Z weren't on good terms.
The following year Killa released a Hov diss song titled "You Gotta Love It."
"O.K. First off, you a bitch nigga / Only reason I'm doing this / I'mma just name 5 reasons real quick, got a hundred fifty / First - you stole Rocafella from Dame / Second - you stole Kanye from Dame / Third - you stole Rocawear from Dame / Fourth - I seen the nigga throw that diamond up before them shots was fired," Cam rapped.
Tax told Vlad that the reference toRoc-A-Fella Records'diamond logo would make police assume Cam was talking about someone from the label, which would make the Harlem rapper a snitch as well.
Cam soon hopped on Instagram and posted a response video.
"I just woke up and some nigga talking about I'm snitching," Cam says. "Let me explain something to y'all motherfuckers. Snitching is when you have paperwork that you tried to send somebody to jail or you sent somebody to jail. Not what you hear in a rap song. Not what you hear in an interview ... interrogation room. Not on the streets, jail bars. I actually went to jail for not snitching, nigga," Killa continued, "I violated my probation for being in D.C. and didn't tell. So I went to jail on Rikers Island for violating my probation."
Cam's video had the following caption.
"#FactsAndFabric I'm not even gonna say a nigga name.. But I'm wit the shits my nigga.. Get off my dick.. Lol.. And get to da money.. #UfinishOrYouDone and stop try and dis Tupac"
Killer Mike has become one of hip-hop's most prominent political speakers in recent memory with his aid in the Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. At times, he tends to overlook certain news topics since "there's bigger sh** to worry about than how Trump feels about the KKK." Telling DJ Vlad he doesn't think about Donald Trump whatsoever, Killer Mike simply explained there's "parts of the stage show that I refuse to pay attention to - that's one of them."
Moving on, Killer Mike - born Michael Render - shared his personal experiences with police brutality, and how he realized "the trap" wasn't for him after getting assaulted by the Atlanta Police Department's now-disbanded Red Dog unit. "Selling drugs is not somebody sitting in a bando with cocaine and f**king guns," Killer Mike made clear. According to him, young men who sell drugs today are "being used for cheap labor," and at best make upwards of $200 a week. "The trap is literally dead," he added while discussing the origin of the term.
Killer Mike also revealed he believes in the right of the KKK, among other things. "Now I also believe if you try to interfere with my right, I have a right to kill you. Dead. That's simply it," he offered while nodding his head. "What's dangerous to me is not a racist wearing Air Jordans and a white robe. What's scary to me is racists who secretly hide their racism behind laws and policies and wear black robes."
Hear Killer Mike's thoughts about the crack epidemic and more below.
Famed podcaster Taxstone stirred up controversy when he called 2Pac a rat for comments made about the shooting at Quad Studios, and he clarified the statement during a recent interview with VladTV. Taxstone said that he believes that the late rapper insinuated to who shot him, and by his definition that makes him a rat.
During the conversation Taxstone also spoke about Cam'ron saying that he saw "the niggas throw that diamond up before them shots was fired," after he was shot in D.C. in 2005. Going by his own definition of what is snitching, Taxstone says he believes Cam'ron snitched in this situation.
To hear more of what Taxstone had to say on the topic, hit the clip below.
Betrayal, Family, Love, Vengeance and Justice are the themes of the trailer for season 3 of the hit STARZ crime drama, "Power."
Which way will Ghost (Omari Hardwick) turn with Kanan (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) wanting him dead and Holly (Lucy Walters) trying to turn his best friend Tommy (Joseph Sikora) against him?
Those questions and many more will be answered beginning on the July 17 season premiere, as the show shifts to Sundays for 10 action packed one-hour episodes.
“There’s representation of this lifestyle in every cop film that you’ve seen. But it’s the guy that jumps the gate and ends up in jail, not the one who finds success,” executive producer and star, 50 Cent, told EW. “When you show that side of it, it [speaks] to the rebellious streak in all of us.”
“Together, we’ve really constructed a world where all the choices are deliberate,” added the show's creator and showrunner Courtney Kemp of collaborating with Jackson on the forthcoming season’s storyline. “Ghost has no idea how to just be James, and how to let go of his Ghost persona entirely. He doesn’t know how to go straight. The theme of the season is ‘Be careful what you wish for.’ But is there something within Ghost that keeps him from being that person he wants to be?”
Former Bad Boy Records rapper Craig Mack rose to fame in 1994 when he released the hit song "Flava in Ya Ear" off of his debut album, "Project Funk da World."
The 45-year old Queens, New York native would go on to release one more album,"Operation: Get Down,"in 1997. After that he faded into obscurity.
Around 2012 Mack joined The Overcomer Ministry in Walterboro, South Carolina. He gave all off of his worldly possessions to the church, that some have called a cult.
In a just released video Mack stands alongside the ministry's founder, The Last Day Prophet of God, Brother R.G. Stair, and freestyles about God and being saved.
Watch below and let us know what you think in the comment section.
Chris Brown scored a big legal victory in court on Tuesday, May 24, over Nia Guzman, the mother of his one-year old daughter Royalty Brown.
Guzman was seeking to have Brown's visitations monitored and limited because she claims the singer uses drugs and is affiliated with gangs.
The judge in the case shot down her request. Brown will continue to have joint legal and physical custody of Royalty. He gets 12 unmonitored visits a month.
TMZ reports that Guzman is also asking that Brown be ordered to cough up $16,000 a month in child support instead of the $2,500 he's currently paying. There's been no ruling on that request yet.
Fast rising singer Bryson Tiller was the musical guest on Late Night with Seth Myers Monday, May 23. He used the opportunity to perform the song "Exchange."
Up and coming artist and recent signee to GMDS Entertainment, Cchris Cobain, goes and grabs billboard charting indie artist Eazy Money for this spaced out trippy new vibe. Its a must hear. Give it a listen now.
Description: Scottie Jax announces that Before The Internet is his very last project. With over 20 mixtapes strong, Scottie has finally decided to call it quits. Scottie states that from this point on he will only make back to back songs and appearances on other artists’ projects.
Tracklist
01.Noe-Bixby (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 02.Off The Hook (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 03.No Filter (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 04.Live Ya Life (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 05.Money Isn't Everything (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 06.Ketchup Please (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 07.My Favorite Song Ft K-Rigga (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 08.Manny Pacquiao (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 09.I'm So Ohio (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 10.Charge It To The Game Ft Cuzz Flip (Ballin' Remix) (Beat produced by Scottie Jax) 11.Nostalgia (Beat produced by Scottie Jax)
Tracklist 01.God's Goon INTRO 02.True Colors (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 03.Love Is Love (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 04.So Far So Good (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 05.Vanilla Skies (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 06.Jesus Walks Freestyle 07.No Church In A While 08.In My Life (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 09.No Turning Back (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 10.Intermission 11.As God As My Witness (FREESTYLE) Prod. by Scottie Jax 12.Christmas In Columbus Interlude 13.Christmas In Columbus 14.TrynaGetRight (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 15.Tell Me (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 16.Divine And Devention (Prod. by Scottie Jax) 17.Repent (Prod. by Scottie Jax)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — She called him "Mr. Cosby" and considered him a trusted friend and mentor.
But 20 minutes after Bill Cosby offered her three blue pills and told her to take them with the wine he had set out, Andrea Constand's legs began to wobble "like jelly," her eyes went blurry and her head began to throb.
Cosby helped her to a couch in his living room, where she later realized he violated her as she lay helplessly in a stupor, she told police in 2005.
On Tuesday, a judge ordered the 78-year-old Cosby to stand trial on sexual assault charges on the strength of Constand's decade-old police statement, sparing the former Temple University employee the need to testify at the preliminary hearing.
Cosby could get 10 years in prison if convicted in the case, the only criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the barrage of allegations that he drugged and molested dozens of women over five decades. He is free on $1 million bail.
A trial date was not immediately set.
Cosby, looking less frail than he did when he was arrested five months ago, seemed unfazed by District Judge Elizabeth McHugh's decision.
"Mr. Cosby is not guilty of any crime, and not one single fact presented by the commonwealth rebuts this truth," his lawyers said in a statement afterward.
The hearing was not the face-to-face confrontation between accuser and accused that some had anticipated: Constand, who is now a massage therapist in Toronto, was not in the courtroom, and the judge ruled that she did not have to testify at this stage. Instead, prosecutors had portions of her 2005 police statement read into the record.
While authorities in recent months have paraphrased her account and quoted fragments, this was apparently the first time that large sections of her statement — or Cosby's, for that matter — were made public.
Constand told police that the comedian penetrated her with his fingers and fondled her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004 after giving her what he said was herbal medication. After taking the pills, she said, "everything was blurry and dizzy."
"I told him, 'I can't even talk, Mr. Cosby.' I started to panic," she told police.
She said she awoke with her bra askew and did not remember undoing it.
Cosby's lawyers argued unsuccessfully that having a police officer read Constand's statement instead of putting her on the stand would be third-hand testimony and would deprive him of his right to confront his accuser. But reading a police statement into the record is common practice at preliminary hearings in Pennsylvania.
The defense also argued that Constand was having a relationship with a married man and that they had engaged in "petting" during her two or three earlier visits to his home.
In his own 2005 statement to police, excerpts of which were also read in court, Cosby said Constand never said "no" as he put his hand down her pants. He told police the pills were over-the-counter Benadryl that he takes to help him sleep.
Cosby attorney Brian McMonagle also questioned why Constand continued to see the comedian and even returned to the house to meet with him after the alleged assault.
In addition, the defense seized on discrepancies in the three police statements Constand gave, including her shifting memory of precisely when the encounter occurred.
Cosby settled with Constand for an undisclosed sum in 2006 after testifying behind closed doors about his extramarital affairs, his use of quaaludes to seduce women and his efforts to hide payments to former lovers from his wife.
But prosecutors reopened the criminal case last year after dozens of women leveled similar allegations and after Cosby's sealed testimony in Constand's lawsuit was made public.
Cosby's lawyers are trying to get the case thrown out, arguing that a previous prosecutor made a binding promise a decade ago that the comic would never be charged.
He is also fighting defamation lawsuits across the country for allegedly branding his accusers liars and is trying to get his homeowner insurance to pay his legal bills.
The Associated Press does not normally identify people who say they were victims of sex crimes unless they agree to be named publicly, which Constand has done.
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