Today, Friday December 4, would have been Chinx's 32nd birthday. As a tribute to the fallen Far Rockaway, Queens, New York rapper, Remo The Hitmaker, releases the official music video for their collaboration, "Smashin Ya Chick."
Produced by Remo The Hitmaker
Directed by Jayonez
Presented by New Wave Music Inc.
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The FBI said Friday that it is officially investigating the mass shooting in California as an act of terrorism, while a U.S. law enforcement official revealed that the woman who helped her husband carry out the attack had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader on Facebook under an alias.
David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office, would not give further details about why the bureau made the determination, saying at a news conference that "there's a number of pieces of evidence that has pushed us off the cliff."
Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people at the holiday party for his co-workers. The Muslim couple died hours later in a fierce gunbattle with police.
A Facebook official says Tashfeen Malik praised the leader of the Islamic State group in a post at 11 a.m. Wednesday, when the couple were believed to have stormed a San Bernardino social service center and opened fire.
The Facebook official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed under corporate policy to be quoted by name, said the company discovered the account Thursday. It removed the profile from public view and reported its contents to law enforcement.
Malik, 27, was a Pakistani who grew up in Saudi Arabia and came to the U.S. in 2014 on a fiancée visa. Farook, a 28-year-old restaurant health inspector for the county, was born in Chicago to Pakistani parents and raised in Southern California.
Another U.S. official said Malik expressed "admiration" for the extremist group's leader on Facebook under the alias account. But the official said there was no sign that anyone affiliated with the Islamic State communicated back with her, and there was no evidence of any operational instructions being conveyed to her.
The two U.S. officials were not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The FBI has been investigating the shooting at a social service center as a potential act of terrorism but had reached no firm conclusions as of Thursday, with authorities cautioning repeatedly that the violence could have stemmed from a workplace grudge or a combination of motives.
Separately, a U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday that Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media.
Law enforcement officials have long warned that Americans acting in sympathy with Islamic extremists — though not on direct orders — could launch an attack inside the U.S. Using slick propaganda, the Islamic State in particular has urged sympathizers worldwide to commit violence in their countries.
Others have done so. In May, just before he attacked a gathering in Texas of people drawing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, a Phoenix man tweeted his hope that Allah would view him as a holy warrior.
Two weeks ago, with Americans on edge over the Islamic State attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead, FBI Director James Comey said that U.S. authorities had no specific or credible intelligence pointing to an attack on American soil.
Seventy-one people have been charged in the U.S. since March 2014 in connection with supporting ISIS, including 56 this year, according to a recent report from the George Washington University Program on Extremism. Though most are men, "women are taking an increasingly prominent role in the jihadist world," the report said.
It was not immediately clear whether Malik exhibited any support for radical Islamists before she arrived in the U.S. — or, like scores of others arrested by the FBI, became radicalized through online or in-person associations after arriving.
To receive her visa, Malik was subjected to a vetting process the U.S. government describes as vigorous. It includes in-person interviews, fingerprints, checks against terrorist watch lists and reviews of her family members, travel history and places where she lived and worked.
Foreigners applying from countries that are home to Islamic extremists — such as Pakistan — undergo additional scrutiny before the State Department and Homeland Security approve their applications.
Pakistani intelligence officials said Malik moved as a child with her family to Saudi Arabia 25 years ago.
The two officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said that the family is originally from a town in Punjab province and that the father initially moved to Saudi Arabia around three decades ago for work.
Farook had no criminal record and was not under scrutiny by local or federal law enforcement before the attack, authorities said. Friends knew him by his quick smile, his devotion to Islam and his talk about restoring cars.
They didn't know he was busy with his wife building pipe bombs and stockpiling thousands of rounds of ammunition for the commando-style assault Wednesday on a gathering of Farook's colleagues from San Bernardino County's health department.
"This was a person who was successful, who had a good job, a good income, a wife and a family. What was he missing in his life?" asked Nizaam Ali, who worshipped with Farook at a mosque in San Bernardino.
Authorities said that the couple sprayed as many as 75 rounds into the room before fleeing and had more than 1,600 rounds left when they were killed. At home, they had 12 pipe bombs, tools to make more explosives and well over 4,500 rounds, police said.
On Friday morning, the owner of their rental townhome allowed reporters inside. On a living room table was a copy of the Quran. An upstairs bedroom had a crib, boxes of diapers and a computer.
The dead ranged in age from 26 to 60. Among the 21 injured were two police officers hurt during the manhunt, authorities said. Two of the wounded remained in critical condition Thursday. Nearly all the dead and wounded were county employees.
They were remembered Thursday night as several thousand mourners gathered at a ballpark for a candlelight and prayer vigil with leaders of several religions.
The soft-spoken Farook was known to pray every day at San Bernardino's Dar Al Uloom Al Islamiyah mosque. That is where Nizaam Ali and his brother Rahemaan Ali met Farook.
The last time Rahemaan Ali saw his friend was three weeks ago, when Farook abruptly stopped coming to pray. Rahemaan Ali said Farook seemed happy and his usual self. Both brothers said they never saw anything to make them think Farook was violent.
They said Farook reported meeting his future wife online.
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Abdollah reported from Washington. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Ken Dilanian and Eric Tucker in Washington; Zarar Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan; Brian Skoloff in Redlands, California; Mike Blood, Gillian Flaccus, Christine Armario and Justin Pritchard in Los Angeles; Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Mississippi; Garance Burke in San Francisco; and Jason Keyser in Chicago.
With his "Canal Street Confidential" album dropping today, Curren$y, stopped by The Breakfast Club to chop it up with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee.
Spitta Andretti talked about his cult following, why he gives so much music away for free, formerly being signed with No Limit, Dame Dash and Young Money Records, new album, success of the single "Bottom of the Bottle," friendship with C-Murder, his love for weed, smoking with Method Man, his strain of marijuana, Wiz Khalifa, not passing the blunt and more.
The older brother of rapper Nicki Minaj has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year old, according to the New York Daily News.
37-year old Jelani Maraj was hauled off to Nassau County jail in Long Island, New York and charged with first-degree rape and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
Following his arraignment on Thursday, December 3rd, Meraj was freed after posting $100,000 bail.
It's so good to hear some new Pimp C. His new posthumous album is titled "Long Live the Pimp."Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign, Devin The Dude, Juicy J, A$AP Rocky, Bun B, Slim Thug, Lil Keke, 8Ball & MJG, David Banner, T.I., Nas and more contribute vocals.
1. Long Live The Pimp 2. 3 Way Freak” (Feat. Lil’ Wayne) 3. Ain’t Said Shit (Feat. Ty Dolla Sign & Devin The Dude) 4. Wavybone (Feat. A$AP Rocky, Juicy J & Bun B) 5. Spittin’ Game (Interlude) 6. Trill (Feat. A’Doni, Slim Thug, ESG & Lil’ KeKe) 7. Bitch Get Down (Feat. Bun B, 8 Ball & MJG) 8. PayDay (Feat. Juicy J) 9. Slab Music (Feat. Lil’ KeKe) 10. True To The Game (Feat. David Banner) 11. Triflin’ Hoe (Interlude) 12. To Lose A Whore 13. Friends (Feat. Juicy J & Nas) 14. Southside 15. Butta Cookies 16. Country Thang (Outro) 17. Twerk Something (Feat. T.I.) (iTunes Exclusive)
1. Drive By (feat. Future) 2. Everywhere 3. How High (feat. Lloyd) 4. Speed 5. What’s Up (feat. K CAMP) 6. Winning (feat. Wiz Khalifa) 7. Bottom of the Bottle (feat. August Alsina & Lil Wayne) 8. Cruzin… 9. Superstar (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 10. Boulders 11. All Wit My Hands 12. The Game (Bonus Track) 13. Str8 (feat. Corner Boy P & Fiend) [Bonus Track]
After his recent stint in jail, Judge Joe Brown likened jail to a "slave warehouse," which he explained during his VladTV interview. The famed television judge told us "it's a function of the system to get rid of surplus labor. Labor is a commodity like wheat, corn, cotton, etc., and when you get a glut the prices drop." He then added there's nothing put in place to assist the vicious cycle that is stopping inmates from going back to jail.
During the conversation Judge Brown also shared his thoughts on how he believes there is a lack of masculinity in today's society, including in rap music. After pointing out his belief in gay rights, Judge Brown told us that there should be more masculine images in hip-hop and the media, especially if they're Black. He added, "that's what the youth look to to guide themselves."
Speaking more about masculinity in hip-hop, Judge Brown reacted to Young Thug wearing nail polish and dresses. When told about the situation the famed judge reacted by saying, "Why doesn't he just come on out of the closet? It's the twenty first century, they ain't going to hurt him. Be honest."
Check out more of what Judge Joe Brown had to say on the decline in masculinity and more in the clip below.
50 Cent has unveiled the tracklist for his forthcoming project, "The Kanan Tape." No features are listed as of yet, but we know Sonny Digital hops on and produces the song "I'm The Man."London On Da Track, !llmind and others will also provide production.
@VersatileFBZ-Verse shows his soft side in this single produced by music composer Ira Antelis "Never Gone" which is sure to spark the interest of the ladies. "Never Gone" talks about standing out and being the ideal companion. The chill jazz influenced single gives the perspective of an unspoken love, with the urgency in the hook that says "You are never leaving me, I am never leaving you." Z-Verse puts hope back in the power of love describing a feeling of euphora in each verse.
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Slim Jesus had a humiliating experience on his first tour stop in Ottawa, Canada. The Ohio rapper got his mic snatched away from him by a rapper named Black Jesus, who told the crowd, "support real hip hop, bitch!"
Porn princess Nikki Benz recently sat down with Jack Thriller and Thisis50 to talk about her great oral sex skills, wanting to suck 50 Cent and Mark Wahlberg's dicks and advocates women going topless.
Chicago battle rapper and NWX member Big T, loads up his lyrical AR-15 and aims it directly at Dot Mob's T-Rex and Murder Mook on "Rex, What'e The Problem?" Check it out up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Rick Ross dropped a song titled "Color Money" recently taking shots at a familiar MMG foe and his boss.
"My lil homie made a million on his girl tour/We back to back and down to whack a nigga unborn/Miami niggas got them changing all the gun laws/So run Forrest got some shooters and they dying too/I got more money than that pussy that you’re signed to," he raps.
Most hip hop heads knew he was dissing Drake and assumed the second person was Lil Wayne. But during an interview with The Breakfast Club today, the Miami rapper made things clear.
"I just released Color Money and that record is what it is," Ross said. "It's a lot of different people that's gonna interpret it a lot of different ways and it is what it is. Everybody who know Rozay know how I get down and when I come I come. Let's see how it unfolds. We most definitely know how I come and what I do."
Charlamagne Tha God said he thought the lyrics could be about Wayne, Birdman or J. Prince in his opinion.
"Weezy my homie. I was just with Weezy the other night in the club. J. Prince, that's my big homie," Ross continued. "Anything else, take it how you want it. I don't have [a relationship] with Birdman. Me just seeing what Wayne going through as a artist. Him being a boss. Me idolizing Birdman at a time. Me looking up to Lil Wayne. Wayne being the first artist to make so many feats. Not just as a artist, but a artist coming from the South. That's something that I took personal. So, for me to see the way things are transpiring I can't respect that and I don't respect that. I was as Club Liv, and me and Mack Maine was huddled up speaking. [I told him] you gon' hear some things, and I've said some things and I'ma stand on that. And I mean that. You gon' see that and let's make it clear."
Charlamagne asked the rapper if Birdman was an inspiration of his at one point.
"Of course he was, that's why it hurt just to see what transpired," Rick said. "Whatever the difference is. You don't have to come up with a solution to the number or the figure. But as far as the communication. That's what I wanted to build my team after. The way they kids was molding together. So, for me to see this, that's a no go. I ain't with that."
When asked if he and Birdman could sit down and talk about this, Ross said he was in Wayne's corner.
"I don't know," he answered. "I respect Lil Wayne's struggle. I'm supporting Lil Wayne right now. Not about the black and white, what's on the contracts. But just on the way things transpiring. I don't respect that. And it's whatever it is. You from the South...you gotta set better examples of how we do business even if you have a issue with a artist. The man name, Tha Carter album and all that. You gotta respect that. That's that man's last name. I just don't respect it."
Kanye West won "Shoe of the Year" at the Footwear News’ 29th Annual Achievement Awards on Wednesday, December 2nd, in New York City for his Yeezy Boost 350s.
So well deserved! Congrats babe on winning Shoe of the Year Award! I see how hard u work & how meaningful this is! pic.twitter.com/oMe4ycDcTm
“If you don’t like 10-minute profanity-laden speeches that end in a presidential bid, I suggest you go to the bathroom now," West joked before giving his acceptance speech.
Among other things, The G.O.O.D. Music boss said he was looking forward to the birth of his second child with his wife Kim Kardashian. The couple already have a 2-year old daughter, North West.
“I’m waiting on my son to arrive any day now and I look at my daughter and I look at my wife and she’s rich,” he quipped. “And I don’t plan on being broke.”
August Alsina has unveiled the tracklist for his forthcoming sophomore album titled "This Thing Called Life." Features include Jadakiss, Lil Wayne, Anthony Hamilton and Chris Brown. It will be available for pre-orders on December 4th.
Tracklist:
1. This Thing Called Life 2. Job (Feat. Anthony Hamilton & Jadakiss) 3. Why I Do It (Feat. Lil Wayne) 4. Hollywood 5. Hip-Hop 6. Change 7. Dreamer 8. Been Around The World (Feat. Chris Brown) 9. First Time 10. Would You Know? 11. Song Cry 12. Other Side 13. American Dream 14. Look At How Far I’ve Come 15. The Encore
The investigation into the home invasion robbery at Chris Brown's San Fernando Valley home has stalled out because the singer is not cooperating with authorities, according to TMZ.
During the July robbery, Chris wasn't home, but his aunt was held at gunpoint by 4 men and locked in a closet, while the house was ransacked.
The only lead the cops have is a fingerprint found at the scene. However, they haven't yet found a match.
Bizarre, Kuniva, and Swifty McVay spoke exclusively to VladTV about the formation of D12, as they told us that it was late Detroit rapper Proof who came up with the idea for the group.
When speaking about how they all met, Kuniva revealed that there was a clothing store—The Hip Hop Shop—that hosted open mic cyphers for rappers that they all attended. Swifty added that the store was where they met Eminem, who blew them away with his skills, and he later ended up joining D12.
Speaking more about Eminem, Kuniva said that a lot of people mistook the "Lose Yourself" lyricist for Black when he first released The Slim Shady LP, and he added, "it was extra crazy" when they found out he was a White rapper.
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