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Rich The Kid links up with Migos for his single "Goin' Crazy." Check out the visuals for it below. Directed by Gabriel Hart. The song is available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/goin-crazy-feat.-migos-single/id909536694.
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(CNN) -- Forensic tests have found the blood of Michael Brown on the gun, uniform and police cruiser belonging to Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot the unarmed teen two months ago in Ferguson, Missouri, The New York Times reported.
The revelation, provided by unnamed government officials familiar with a federal civil rights investigation, marked the first public account of Wilson's testimony to investigators.
That it could potentially serve as exculpatory evidence -- or at the very least, used by Wilson's supporters to back the officer's account of what transpired on Canfield Drive on August 9 -- immediately drew suspicion and anger from leading activists who portended an ominous reaction from Brown supporters.
"This is clearly constructed and contrived to justify the killing of Mike Brown," Ferguson resident Pam Peters told CNN affiliate KTVI.
Angela Whitman, a Ferguson resident who was among activists meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder there in August, found the newspaper account of Wilson's testimony "so hard to believe."
She said the report addressed only the initial encounter and not the subsequent fatal shooting, when some witnesses said Brown was surrendering with his hands up. But police said Wilson shot Brown after the teen attacked him and tried to take his gun.
Whitman speculated that the account was leaked to the newspaper because a St. Louis County grand jury investigating the teen's killing is now leaning toward not indicting the officer.
"If [Michael Brown] struggled with this officer, this still does not justify why this child is not alive," Whitman said. "If this young man did this, and struggled, that means he got free. And then witnesses said he turned around with his hands up. This kid should still be alive.
"There was speculation probably about a week ago, that Wilson will not be indicted, and that he is going to get off. People are more angry now. There's more anger now than when the incident happened," Whitman continued.
Whitman worried whether the revelation would provoke another round of racially charged protests akin to the violent demonstrations immediately after Brown's August 9 death in the St. Louis suburb. Wilson is white; Brown was black.
"This is not a black and white thing, this is about what's right and wrong. St. Louis is in trouble, because if this is what Darren Wilson said, and they believe him, St. Louis is going to burn," Whitman said.
"I'm so frustrated with this. It's all for political gain. It's become no longer about Mike Brown," Whitman added.
The officer's account
Wilson, 28, a resident of the St. Louis area, has stayed out of the spotlight since the incident, and until now, few details have emerged publicly about his side of the story.
Wilson told investigators he was trying to leave his car when Brown shoved him back in, the Times reported Friday night.
Once in, Brown pinned him in his car and tried to get his gun, which made him fear for his safety, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed government officials familiar with the federal civil rights case.
The officer told authorities that Brown hit him and scratched him repeatedly, leaving bruises on his face and neck, according to The Times.
Analyst: "Helpful testimony" for officer
CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said the new account appears to be "strong evidence" favoring the officer, but "the real focus on the case will shift to what happened outside of the car when Michael Brown ran away, according to many witnesses," Callan said.
"I think the focus will shift on the officer," Callan said. "He is not out of the woods yet, even though this is helpful testimony for him.
"The officer will claim here that because Michael Brown tried to kill him with his gun ... he was a danger to the public and to the officer in general," Callan said. "However, if, as some witnesses have said, Michael Brown turned with his hands up in a surrender gesture, well, then he's no longer a threat to anybody and he cannot be shot.
"The officer may be saying, well, that is not what's happening. He was running towards me and trying to tackle me and he constitutes a continuing threat to my safety. So it will depend on what the grand jury believes which is the accurate version," Callan said.
Gun fired twice in car
FBI forensic tests showed the gun was fired twice in the car, with one bullet hitting Brown's arm while the second one missed, the newspaper said.
In addition to Wilson's uniform and gun, forensic tests found the teen's blood on the interior door panel of his car, The Times said.
His account did not include an explanation on why he shot at Brown even after they got out of the car, according to The Times. A preliminary autopsy showed the teen was shot at least six times, including twice in the head.
Separate federal and local investigations are still ongoing, but the government officials said the evidence so far does not indicate that the officer violated any civil rights, The Times reported.
CNN cannot confirm the details of The Times' report.
A grand jury is considering whether Wilson should be tried on other charges.
What happened in the car mostly a mystery
Most of the accounts of Brown's shooting have focused on what happened outside the car -- on the street -- with conflicting narratives between both sides.
Dorian Johnson, 22, who was walking with Brown on the street when the shooting occurred, told CNN that the officer pulled up and told them to get on the sidewalk. They told him they were almost home, and would be off the street shortly.
The officer drove forward, but stopped and backed up, almost hitting the pair, Johnson said.
"We were so close, almost inches away, that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricocheted both off me and Big Mike's body and closed back on the officer," he said.
Witnesses' version a stark contrast
Still in his car, the officer grabbed Brown by his neck, but he tried to pull away as the officer pulled him toward him, Johnson said.
The officer drew his weapon and fired, hitting Brown, Johnson said. A bloodied Brown took off running, but the officer followed him and fired, according to Johnson.
Brown turned around with his hands up and told the officer he was unarmed, but the officer fired and the teen hit the ground, Johnson said.
Another witness, Tiffany Mitchell, has said she saw Wilson and Brown "tussling through the window" of the police cruiser.
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CNN's Nick Valencia contributed to this report.
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30-year old Tanya Miller will spend the next six years in prison, which will give her plenty of time to reflect on her mistakes.
The New York Daily News reports that Miller, her boyfriend Barry Doswell and another accomplice, Kevin Docherty, hatched a plan to rob a bank in northern England.
Barry Doswell and Tanya Miller
Miller was the getaway driver while the other two entered the bank. The mother of four had her 8-month old child strapped in a car seat during the ordeal.
The three got away with $5,000, but were soon tracked down.
Kevin Docherty
Docherty, who threatened a bank teller with a knife during the robbery, was sentenced to seven years in prison. Miller and Doswell got six years each.
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Rico Love drops off an official music video for "Japanese Denim." This is off of his I Sin mixtape. Download it now for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Rico-Love-I-Sin-mixtape.639878.html
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Chief Keef rolls out another new joint. This one is entitled "Now and Later" featuring Tyga. It was produced by Da Brain. It's off of Sosa's forthcoming project, Thot Beaker, set to be released on February 14, 2015.
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Gwen Stefani is back on the music scene with a new single entitled "Baby Don't Lie." Take a listen to it up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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Check out this Dash Flash Interview!!
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DJ Whoo Kid is throwing a birthday blowout bash at Level R at the Empire Hotel Rooftop in NYC, Saturday, October 18. Music will be provided by Whoo Kid and Japanese Dee. If you're in the New York City area don't miss out!
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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently took over the 2014 BET Hip-Hop awards!
Hilarious! Follow @thisis50 @jackthriller on instagram and twitter
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Check out the latest song from young Diggy Simmons. Reverend Run's son sings to the ladies on a track entitled "Honestly."
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Big Sean and Chris Brown were recent guests on Power 106, where they spent some time with the Los Angeles Leakers. Listen up top and below as both freestyle off the top of the dome about four random topics.
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(Reuters) - Nigeria aims to secure the release by Tuesday of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram militants, two senior government sources said on Saturday, although they declined to comment on where this handover would take place.
Nigeria's armed forces chief, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, announced on Friday a deal with Boko Haram for a ceasefire that would enable the release of the girls, whose abduction while taking exams in the remote northeastern town of Chibok in April caused international shock and outrage.
The announcement came a day before a rally of supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja at which either Jonathan or his vice president, Namadi Sambo, ie expected to announce his candidacy for February 2015 elections.
The timing, coupled with a history of abortive government attempts at truce deals with Boko Haram and military claims to have rescued some girls that proved false, mean Nigerians are likely to greet the newly reported breakthrough with scepticism.
"I can confirm that FG (the federal government) is working hard to meet its own part of the agreement so that the release of the abductees can be effected either on Monday or latest Tuesday next week," one source told Reuters by telephone.
Officials at the presidency and military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Boko Haram has also not yet commented on the reported truce. The group's sole means of conveying messages are videotaped speeches by a man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, its leader whom the military last year said it had killed.
The second government source involved in the talks was more cautious, stressing that there might have to be more discussions in Nigeria and the Chadian capital N'djamena -- the nearest non-Nigerian major city to the heart of the Boko Haram insurgency -- before all the details are ironed out.
"We have confidence in those we are negotiating with but we are still doing it with considerable caution. Boko Haram has grown into such an amorphous entity that any splinter group could come up disowning the deal," he said.
"(But) we believe we are talking to the right people."
CONFUSION OVER BOKO HARAM LEADERSHIP
Boko Haram is believed to divided into several factions that loosely cooperate with each other, and it is unclear with which faction the government has been negotiating. It says the talks were held with a formerly unknown militant called Danladi Admadu, who alleges he is the group's "secretary general".
Underlining the uncertainty over chain of command in Boko Haram, Nigeria's military said at the end of last month that a man who had been posing as Shekau in the group's growing number of videos had been killed in clashes over the town of Konduga.
Boko Haram, whose name translates roughly as "Western education is sinful", has massacred thousands in a struggle to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, whose southern half is mainly Christian or animist in faith.
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and its oil-rich economy is the continent's largest.
The schoolgirls' abduction stunned the world, spurred a global Twitter campaign to get them rescued and heaped pressure on Jonathan's administration to do more to protect civilians in the northeast where Boko Haram's insurgency is focused.
Several rounds of negotiations with the jihadist movement have been pursued in recent years but they have never yielded calm, partly because of Boko Haram's internal divisions.
Since the girls' kidnapping, the Nigerian military has twice asserted that it rescued some or all of the girls, only to have to backtrack hours later.
At Saturday's rally in Abuja, many of President Jonathan's supporters wrapped themselves in the white and green of Nigeria's flag and sang and danced under a banner reading "We Love You Goodluck Jonathan. Our support is 100 percent."
Two candidates for the main opposition coalition, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari and ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, have declared their candidacy against Jonathan.
(Additional reporting by Camillus Eboh in Abuja; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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2 Chainz invaded the V.I.P. Room in New York City on October 16th. With the house packed full of beautiful women and the drinks flowing, Tity Boi took the stage to perform his song "Dresser."
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Cold Summers Entertainment CEO, Lil Eto is putting the finishing touches on his album entitled The Gold. The Tanboys member takes a break long enough to record a remix to Troy Ave's "All About the Money" x G-Unit's "All About The Drug Money" freestyle.
Download it here : http://linkmixes.com/sz2vcno70js7
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Jessica Vanessa is a bonafied Vine star. The 22-year old has racked up 2 million followers after just one year on the video-sharing site. She makes a lot of comedic clips, but it's her twerking videos that have grabbed everyone's attention.
“People like to define twerking as you’re a whore if you do it,” the Puerto Rican cutie told Barcroft TV. “No, it’s just a type of dance — that’s it. If you were open-minded you would understand that.”
Jessica's previous job involved working with children. In a Cosmopolitan interview she described herself as a former day care worker. She told Barcroft TV she had been a pre-kindergarten teacher. Whatever the case she quit because of the travel demands required as her popularity grew on Vine.
Twerking has proven to be a lucrative business for Jessica.
Either I make money on the internet. Make money doing these videos or I'm going to be broke and jobless," she explained to Barcroft TV regarding her decision to Vine full time. "And once I quit, thank God all these opportunities just ran into my face. What I make in six seconds would have taken me four months to make as a pre-K teacher I work. I bought a new car, paid it off in full and was able to get out of debt.”
Most of the six figures Jessica is pulling in is from promoting either online products or artist's music. It's turned into a family business. Her brother Joshua is her cameraman
Jessica hopes more women of color find the same success as Miley Cyrus has by twerking.
"Well, people assume that I'm white, even though I'm Puerto Rican, so yeah, I don't get that either," she told Cosmopolitan. "I don't get why Miley gets all this respect for twerking when women of many colors, white girls, black girls, Spanish girls, we all do pretty much the same thing. I don't know why the media is so focused on what I do when twerking has been around for so long. I don't know what makes me any different. I'm over here reading all these articles and they act like they just discovered twerking [laughs]."
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Smack and the Ultimate Rap League present Brizz Rawsteen vs DOT.
UFF is SMACK/ URL'S 8 man elimination MC Battle tournament. UFF season 3 kicks off with an exciting match up between DOT & Brizz Rawstein. Every Friday @ 5PM on BET UFF brings you an action packed battle so make sure you tune in.
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Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams will continue their history of collaborations on Snoop's next album.
Billboard reports that the West Coast rapper has inked a deal with Skateboard P's I Am Other. The new album will be released in conjunction with Columbia Records.
Pharrell will produce the entire album. It will feature legendary R&B singers Charlie Wilson and Stevie Wonder..
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Curren$y drops off an official music video for "Drug Prescription." The Joey Fatts/J. LBS-produced song is off of Spitta Andretti's More Saturday Night Car Tunes mixtape. Grab it from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Curreny-More-Saturday-Night-Car-Tunes-mixtape.653263.html.
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Jessie J just released her album entitled Sweet Talker. Today she made an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote it. Watch her perform a medley of "Bang Bang" and "Burnin' Up."
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