As an influencer and avid hip hop fan nothing makes me happier than being able to give a platform to up and coming artists (emcees and producers). Which brings to mind Rochester, New York spitter CoryTrappin? What stands out the most is Cory's worldplay and versatility.
So Get Familiar and check out the official visuals for "Honestly" off of Cory's "Flour City Nights" EP.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced in Cleveland on Monday to two years’ probation on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended a number of his concerts when she was 15.
Jared “Drake” Bell, 35, of West Hollywood, California, pleaded guilty last month via Zoom to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
Cuyahoga County Judge Timothy McCormick is allowing Bell to serve probation and 200 hours of community service in California.
Bell, via Zoom, spoke briefly before sentencing.
“I accept this plea because my conduct was wrong,” Bell said. “I’m sorry the victim was harmed. It was not my intention.”
The victim, who is 19, spoke at length about the damage Bell has done to her life, saying he began grooming her when she was 12. She said she initially felt loved and protected by him during online chats and that his messages became “blatantly sexual” after she turned 15. She said his remarks made her feel uncomfortable, but she felt trapped because she “idolized” Bell.
The woman said she and Bell exchanged explicit photos online and that he engaged in sexual conduct with her on several occasions, including at the concert venue in Cleveland and at a hotel. She also called Bell a “pedophile” and a “coward.”
Bell’s attorney, Ian Friedman, disputed those claims on Monday. He said there were no explicit photos or sexual contact between Bell and the victim and the inappropriate conduct that did occur were reflected in the charges Bell pleaded to last month. Friedman did not detail the inappropriate conduct Bell was acknowledging.
Authorities have said the victim contacted Toronto police in October 2018. Toronto authorities then forwarded its findings to Cleveland police, prompting an investigation.
Bell and the girl had “developed a relationship” online several years prior to the concert.
The Kid LAROI goes Sneaker Shopping with Complex's Joe La Puma at SoleStage in Los Angeles and talks about Nike Air Max TNs in Australia, wearing white Nike Air Maxes, and being able to beat Justin Bieber in Basketball.
Soft White Underbelly takes another trip to Skid Row in Los Angeles to talk to another poor soul down on their luck. This latest interview and portrait is of Juliana, a crystal meth addict.
He liked to tell people he was “the Black John Gotti of the Ohio”, as he swaggered around American crime and corruption capital Youngstown, and Riddle had became a trusted lieutenant of Youngstown mafia leader Lenny Strollo in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Mentored in the treacherous Motor City underworld by the legendary Giacalone brothers (Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone and Vito “Billy Jack” Giacalone), Usher went on to become the biggest African-American drug kingpin in the state of Michigan during the mid-to-late 1970s. Ruling the streets with his Murder Row gang, Usher was nicknamed by longtime Detroit mob street boss Tony Giacalone in honor of the former Chicago mob boss Frank (The Enforcer) Nitti.
“You’re always late, late for your own F’ing funeral” this is what Tommy D played by Joe Pesci says to Samuel L. Jackson as he puts a pistol to the back of his head and pulls the trigger. And so ended the saga of the first guy on our list Pernell “Stacks” Edwards.
Edwards was born in the South Bronx, to parents from North Carolina and Northern Virginia. He was said to have been chubby at 6'0", 300 pounds, but became muscular from his visits to prison. He was a bodyguard to Muhammad Ali. He met mobster Tommy DeSimone as a struggling blues-rock musician, singer and songwriter on Queens Boulevard sometime during 1967, earning money as a street performer. At the time DeSimone was selling stolen Rolex watches.
Henry Cogwell – Founder of the Cobras street gang on the westside of Chicago in the 1950s, Cogwell rose to be the Windy City black underworld’s liaison to the Italian mafia, known locally in the Chicagoland area as “The Outfit.” That sounds kind of cool, I guess, but the reality is quite dark. When Heroin usage became endemic in some parts of black Chicago the Mafia sought him out personally and cut a deal to supply him with H as they knew his Cobras controlled certain public housing projects that would be perfect, and did become, the epicenter of drug dealing in the Windy City even till today.
Crime is usually a family affair at the top levels. Being a kingpin or Mafia boss is a lifestyle not an occupation. You often sweep your children into the business, and only a certain kind of women marry Gangsters and Narcos. In the case of El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel she was born into the Sinaloa Federation- her uncle Nacho Coronel was nicknamed “the King of Crystal”- and was co-founder of Sinaloa after breaking away from the Gulf Cartel. Nacho was supposedly killed in 2010, just months after his son was killed by the Mexican military. And now his niece Emma is heading to U.S. Federal prison for about a decade.
A few months ago she landed at the Washington D.C. airport and was taken into custody, obviously she had made some outline of a plea agreement was turning herself in.
And just a few weeks before that, a U.S. judge ordered the daughter of Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" to serve two years and six months in prison in a rare criminal case involving the Kingpin Act, and involved her business dealings with a sushi restaurant, tequila company, and other business said to launder Jalisco New Generation profits. was arrested in Washington while trying to see her brother, who was extradited to the U.S. last week to face drug charges, law enforcement officials told NBC News.
Jessica Oseguera Gonzalez, 33, known as "La Negra," was arrested in February of 2020 at the federal courthouse in Washington D.C. by the DEA and U.S. Marshalls. She had shown up to see her brother appear in court for his own smuggling and distribution charges. Her brother, “El Menchito” or “Little Mencho”, recently ended up with a 15 year Federal prison term.
Napoleon gives his beliefs on if Tupac was gonna leave death row records and tells story about a mystery women sending Tupac a letter telling him that his life was in danger and gives the meaning behind Tupac's Euthanasia chain.
An enraged British mom was sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband with a boiling mixture of water and sugar after she was told he had sexually assaulted her two children.
Prosecutors say Corinna Smith, 59, of Neston, near Liverpool, poured the superheated liquid over Michael Baines, 80, as he slept in their bed last year, according to reports. He suffered burns over one-third of his body and died weeks later from his injuries.
Prosecutors told a local court the sugar “made the liquid more viscous, thicker and stickier, so that it stays on the skin and causes greater damage.”
Smith, reportedly “livid” and “fuming” at news of her spouse’s alleged predatory behavior, mixed two kettles of water with three bags of sugar before attacking Baines in bed.
He died in the hospital five weeks later after repeated surgery and skin grafts.
Smith’s daughter claimed Baines had sexually abused her and her brother “for many years when they were children.” The brother, Craig, committed suicide in 2007, and had been imprisoned for an assault.
He had told his mother the man he attacked was a “pedophile” who had “touched him sexually,” according to reports.
She will serve a minimum of 12 years in jail before she can be considered for parole.
Charismia Paige was raised in poverty in Dothan, Alabama, and was always looking for a way out. Missy Elliot, according to Charizmia, is the artist she would most like to duet with if she ever had the chance. Growing up in Alabama isn't always simple because there aren't many well-known musicians from the state to engage with.
After enlisting in the military at the age of 18 and served for four years until she discovered herself and a place to call home in society. Charizmia had two children after leaving the service and chose to broaden her knowledge of several sectors. She started a delivery contract company and then decided to start a slew of other businesses to broaden her horizons.
Her music, she says, is a method for people to express themselves while also serving as a motivator. She wants people to realize that anything is possible and that aspirations are only realized if you work hard for them. She knows what it's like to be responsible because she grew up with three younger siblings.
She continues to work on a variety of projects, and despite the lack of an official release date, an album will be released in the near future. You can follow her journey and rise to success on all social media platforms @Charizmia.
Flint, Michigan native and A.M.I. (Above My Influences) co-CEO, REIN, drops off a new freestyle over the Trust Comes First family's "Price of Fame" freestyle, produced by 38 Spesh.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor sat and seethed with his back on the cage, a temporary cast around his left shin and foot. The biggest star in mixed martial arts was convinced he had just been robbed of revenge on Dustin Poirier by a broken leg.
“I was boxing the bleedin’ head off him, kicking the bleedin’ leg off him,” McGregor shouted. “This is not over! If we have to take this outside for him, we’ll take it outside.”
McGregor’s animosity toward Poirier hasn’t cooled, but this fight trilogy ended — for now, at least — with another victory for his more mild-mannered enemy.
McGregor (22-6) fell to the canvas and never got up after a punch by Poirier (28-6), who will get the UFC’s next lightweight title shot. McGregor’s leg and ankle buckled when he stepped back from the blow, and Poirier finished the round raining blows down on the former two-division UFC champion.
“Just the thing had separated, and I bleedin’ landed on the wonky leg like Anderson Silva that one time, something similar to that,” McGregor said, referring to longtime middleweight champ Silva’s infamously gruesome broken leg against Chris Weidman. “It’s a mad business.”
UFC President Dana White said he was told McGregor broke his shin near the ankle. McGregor will have surgery on Sunday morning.
Poirier said he thought McGregor’s leg broke when he checked one of McGregor’s kicks earlier in the fight. McGregor disagreed, saying there was “not one check.”
“You never want to get a win that way, but what happened was the result of checking a kick,” Poirier said. “I’m more than sure of it. He got what he had coming to him. Karma is a mirror.”
McGregor dropped to 1-3 in the cage since 2016, when he abdicated his UFC title reigns and accepted a wildly lucrative boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. McGregor has been unable to recapture his fearsome MMA form over the past half-decade — and despite his protestations, there was little in the first round at UFC 264 to suggest McGregor was back in elite form.
Poirier was largely in control of the opening round, parrying McGregor’s kicks and landing several strikes before getting control over McGregor on the ground. After McGregor got up from a long stretch of punches and elbows, Poirier knocked him down one last time — and McGregor’s ankle bent gruesomely as he fell.
“It (stinks), because I was going to beat the guy if his leg held up,” Poirier said. “I need to digest it all, because right now, it kind of feels weird. It’s not a good feeling.”
White confirmed Poirier will get the next shot at new lightweight champ Charles Oliveira. White also said he expects a fourth fight between McGregor and Poirier at some point after McGregor’s leg heals.
“The fight didn’t get finished,” White said. “You can’t have a fight finish that way. We’ll see how this whole thing plays out. Who knows how long Conor is out? Poirier will do his thing until Conor is ready.”
Poirier also said he intends to fight McGregor a fourth time — and it will be personal. McGregor returned to his verbose, mean-spirited promotional persona for this fight promotion, repeatedly insulting Poirier’s wife and vowing to kill Poirier.
“We are going to fight again, whether it’s in the octagon or on the sidewalk,” Poirier said. “You don’t say the stuff he said.”
Poirier stopped McGregor in the second round when they met in Abu Dhabi last January, avenging his first-round knockout loss to McGregor in 2014. Poirier’s clear superiority in the fighters’ second bout made a third showdown seem questionable just six months later, but McGregor demanded the chance to fix his mistakes and Poirier accepted the massive paycheck that comes from sharing a cage with McGregor.
Instead of taking an easier fight or another boxing match, McGregor wanted another shot at Poirier after getting stopped by strikes for the first time in his MMA career. He claimed he had been distracted by his plans to box Manny Pacquiao this year, and he vowed to devote his full attention to MMA in training camp.
McGregor has lost decisively to Khabib Nurmagomedov and twice to Poirier since 2016 while beating only an over-the-hill Donald Cerrone.
McGregor’s star power has shown no significant decline despite the dwindling evidence of his once-transcendent skills. The celebrity-studded Vegas crowd was vocally behind McGregor, who strutted into the octagon with his usual flair.
But the steady, hardworking Poirier has earned the chance to recapture the lightweight title he held on an interim basis in 2019 before his loss to Nurmagomedov. That was the only defeat in nearly five years for Poirier, who has mostly maintained a decade of upward momentum in the UFC.
McGregor was charming and friendly to Poirier throughout the promotion of their second bout earlier this year, but that collegiality was gone for the third fight. Poirier refused to return insults to McGregor when the Irish fighter insulted Poirier’s wife again after the fight.
“We don’t talk like that,” Poirier said. “I hope this guy gets home safe and gets to be with his family.”
T-Mobile Arena was packed with a sellout UFC crowd for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, and President Dana White said the gate revenue was around $16.5 million, ranking among the highest in UFC history. The celebrity crowd included Dave Chappelle, Mel Gibson, Miles Teller, Jared Leto, Steve Aoki, Jackass’ Steve-O, Baker Mayfield and NFL owners Robert Kraft and Mark Davis.
Donald Trump also arrived for the final three fights and got a brief, loud burst of cheers and boos from the packed arena.
Gilbert Burns won a unanimous decision over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in the co-main event, with the Brazilian bouncing back from his knockout loss to welterweight champ Kamaru Usman in February.
Earlier on the pay-per-view card, Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa celebrated his violent first-round knockout of former NFL player Greg Hardy by climbing onto the octagon fence and doing a shoey -- drinking booze from a shoe in proper Aussie celebratory style. Hardy, who lost his NFL career in 2015 after being convicted of domestic violence, has lost two straight fights after a 7-2 start to his MMA career.
Welterweights Michel Pereira and Niko Price put on the best show on the early undercard, and Pereira highlighted his narrow decision victory with a remarkable standing backflip and a scramble into full mount on a prone Price.
Rich T is an alternative rapper/producer from London (UK) who channels golden era hip hop's combination of fun beats and social commentary, whilst using modern mixing and production techniques to create his own sound. 'Beyond Your Means' is Rich T's debut single - it's a hard hitting and humorous track which tells the listener to 'Always Live Beyond Your Means!' The track comically plays on hip hop tropes of wealth and excess by taking it to the extreme, as the character the song follows boasts about his blessings on social media while dodging debt collectors.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. cashed in big time on the Dustin Poirier-Conor McGregor trilogy fight at UFC 264.
Mayweather posted on Instagram he had won the bet he placed at Circa on the fight. He put $50,000 on Poirier to defeat McGregor and in the end, that’s exactly what was ruled. Mayweather won just over $35,700 on the fight.
"@dustinpoirier, thanks for getting me paid," Mayweather wrote.
McGregor lost via a doctor-stoppage technical knockout on Saturday night against Poirier.
Poirier was able to control McGregor on the mat through much of the first round. McGregor had tried to put Poirier in the guillotine submission hold, but Poirier was able to get out of it and outmatch McGregor.
Toward the end, McGregor was able to get back up onto his feet. He tried to dodge a Poirier shot and when he stepped back, his ankle appeared to get caught underneath him.
McGregor fell and after the round was over he appeared to signal that his ankle or leg was broken.
Poirier is now 28-6 overall and McGregor fell to 22-6.
ARLINGTON, Texas (Fox5) - Arlington police arrested a linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons on an indecency with a child charge.
Barkevious Mingo was arrested Thursday on one count of indecency with a child – sexual contact.
Police said Mingo turned himself into police and was later released after posting $25,000 bond.
No details have been released about the case against Mingo "due to the nature of the charges and age of the victim."
The Falcons released the following statement following Mingo's arrest:
"Our organization became aware of the allegations involving Barkevious Mingo today and is currently gathering information on this incident. The Falcons take the allegations very seriously and will continue to monitor the situation."
Chiefs star Frank Clark faces a felony charge of possession of an assault weapon, TMZ Sports reported Friday.
It was initially reported by the outlet that this charge came from the June 20 incident when the police found an uzi in his Lamborghini truck; however, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told Arrowhead Pride's Pete Sweeney that the charge stemmed from Clark's March arrest by the California Highway Patrol.
The defensive end could face up to three years if convicted, and his arraignment is set for Wednesday, July 14.
In a separate incident, the 28-year-old was arrested after being pulled over for vehicle code violation in Los Angeles on June 20. Authorities saw a gun sticking out of a duffle bag in Clark's truck during the routine traffic stop, and he was arrested with the carrying of a concealed firearm in a vehicle.
Clark's bond was set at $35,000, but he posted it and was released the next day. His court date is scheduled for Oct. 18 at 8:30 a.m. PT. According to TMZ Sports, Clark has not been charged for the June incident.
This is not the football star's first interaction with the law. Clark was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and assault in 2014 due to an incident with his then-pregnant girlfriend during his time in college at Michigan. Clark was dismissed from the team after his arrest.
Tristan Thompson appears to have beef with Lamar Odom ... and Khloe Kardashian is smack in the middle of things.
Here's the deal ... Khloe posted an Instagram photo Friday showing her taking an outdoor shower in a skimpy bikini, and Lamar complimented her in the comments, telling her she's a "hottie" ... a response Tristan's not taking kindly.
Tristan tagged Lamar in the comments and then seemed to loft a threat his way, writing ... "@lamarodom God brought you back the first time. Play if you want, different results."
The comment is obviously referring to Lamar's infamous 2015 drug overdose at a Nevada brothel, which nearly killed the former NBA stud.
As you know ... Tristan's got a child with Khloe, but she's got a long history with Lamar. Khloe and Odom were married from 2009 to 2016 and they had their own reality show, "Khloe & Lamar."
Tristan and Khloe recently called it quits (again) after allegations of cheating (again) ... but he wished her happy birthday last month on his IG and often comments on her posts.
Seems Tristan wants to be Khloe's only ex in her IG comments.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 15-year old girl is dead after authorities said she jumped out of a moving car on I-45 while arguing with her mom in north Harris County.
It happened at about 9 p.m. on the freeway southbound between FM 1960 and Richey.
According to preliminary information from Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the girl, had an argument with her mom right before she jumped out of the car.
Gonzalez said the teen was hit by a car, which did not stop.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
At least one witness who saw the teen jump said she swerved to miss hitting her.
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed in the driver’s seat of his car in Hawthorne Thursday, July 8, and police were searching for the shooter, authorities said.
Hawthorne police were called to an apartment complex in the 14100 block of Chadron Avenue about 4:10 p.m. and found the man slumped over behind the wheel of a car in a rear carport, Lt. Ti Goetz said.
The victim, identified by the coroner as Zerail Dijon Rivera of Los Angeles, had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, Goetz said.
“It appears to have been a walk-up shooting and he appears to have been targeted,” Goetz said.
The suspect fled the large, multi-story, gated apartment complex before police arrived. The block, in the east side of the city, has several multi-story complexes.
Detectives were checking video systems in the area and were working on leads, Goetz said.
All 5 of the "Blow" collaborations between Ar-Ab and Dark Lo are fire, but this one is my favorite. So many quotables from the OBH CEO, Ab and his right hand man Lo, as they trade bars over an absolutely sinister beat by V Don.
Classic right here!
Free the men: Ar-Ab, Mullaz, Sha M0ney, Skinny Me and the rest.
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