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NEW YORK (AP) — The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years after he assassinated the civil rights leader.
Thomas Hagan, the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release program, state Department of Correctional Services spokeswoman Linda Foglia said.
Hagan, 69, has said he was one of three gunmen who shot Malcolm X as he began a speech at Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. But Hagan has said the two men convicted with him were not involved.
They maintained their innocence and were paroled in the 1980s. No one else has ever been charged.
The assassins gunned down Malcolm X out of anger at his split with the leadership of the Nation of Islam, the black Muslim movement for which he had once served as chief spokesman, said Hagan, who was then known as Talmadge X Hayer.
He has repeatedly expressed regret for his role in the assassination, which he described in a 2008 court filing as the deed of a young man who "acted out of rage on impulse and loyalty" to religious leaders.
"I've had a lot of time, a heck of a lot of time, to think about it," Hagan told a parole board last month, according to a transcript of the interview.
"I understand a lot better the dynamics of movements and what can happen inside movements, and conflicts that can come up, but I have deep regrets about my participation in that," said Hagan, adding that he had earned a master's degree in sociology since his conviction.
The board granted Hagan's parole request on his 17th try. He was initially scheduled for release Wednesday, but the date was moved up because his paperwork was completed, Foglia said.
Hagan declined to comment Tuesday afternoon.
"I really haven't had any time to gather my thoughts on anything," he said.
The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, an organization founded by the civil rights leader's late widow, hasn't taken a position on Hagan's parole, board chairman Zead Ramadan said.
"We just don't think it's ours to decide the fate of this man. We allowed the laws of this nation to develop that," Ramadan said.
But another group, the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, decried Hagan's parole at a press conference earlier this month. The organization holds essay contests and other events in his memory.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office, which prosecuted Hagan and his co-defendants, had no immediate comment on his release.
Under his work-release arrangement, Hagan also spent five days a week working in settings that included a homeless shelter; he spent those nights at his Brooklyn home with his family. He told the parole board he hopes to become a substance abuse counselor.
Associated Press researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed to this report.
LUMBERTON (WTVD) -- State alcohol agents arrested the mother of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur earlier this month.
According to the Fayetteville Observer, 63-year-old Afeni Shakur Davis was charged on April 16 with felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance and simple possession of a controlled substance.
She is out of jail on a $10,000 bond, and her court date is scheduled for May 10.
Shakur is a Lumberton native who is best known for her work as a political activist and former Black Panther. She also is the mother of rapper Tupac, who was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996. His murder remains unsolved.
Since her son's death, Afeni has managed Tupac's unreleased music and poetry, selling millions of albums since his death.
With the money from album sales, she found the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which is based in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The foundation provides art programs for youth. She also launched a clothing line called Makaveli Branded. Proceeds from those sales go to the Shakur foundation.
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Former Roc-A-Fella artist Peedi Crakk was recently released from jail and had a lot to get off his chest. The Philly rapper explains to Cosmic Kev why things went bad with Jay-Z.
Peedi says things started to go sour when he expressed to Jay that he wanted to expand his career and be more than just a rapper by getting into acting, writing scripts, etc.
He feels like Jay at that point started to feel like maybe he couldn't keep him hidden as one of his little soldiers.
"In the beginning it was all love, I respect the man and what he do and admire him as a businessman," says Crack. "I would love to make it to that height like Puffy, Jay, 50. But working hands on with Jay I see why he's where he's at because it's all about Jay."
Peedi recalled an incident when some goons tried to break into his crib in Philly and kidnap him. He called Hov to get him out of town. When Jay got in touch he called him "soft"
Crakk keeps it one hundred and admits he blew a lot of cash and went over budget. He says that when Jay was finally ready to push him he wasn't ready. And by the time he got his head together Jay had kind of washed his hands of the situation.
Crakk talks about how his recent jail stint matured him. He says he wrote 105 songs while in there.
There's a lot more to the interview regarding Jay-Z and his beef with Fat Joe over using the name "Crakk" so check it out below.
"In the beginning it was all love, I respect the man and what he do and admire him as a businessman," says Crack. "I would love to make it to that height like Puffy, Jay, 50. But working hands on with Jay I see why he's where he's at because it's all about Jay."
Peedi recalled an incident when some goons tried to break into his crib in Philly and kidnap him. He called Hov to get him out of town. When Jay got in touch he called him "soft"
Crakk keeps it one hundred and admits he blew a lot of cash and went over budget. He says that when Jay was finally ready to push him he wasn't ready. And by the time he got his head together Jay had kind of washed his hands of the situation.
Crakk talks about how his recent jail stint matured him. He says he wrote 105 songs while in there.
There's a lot more to the interview regarding Jay-Z and his beef with Fat Joe over using the name "Crakk" so check it out below.
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(CNN) -- Lawmakers in Ukraine scuffled with each other, throwing punches and eggs, as parliament met Tuesday to ratify a treaty with Russia that extends the latter's navy presence in the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula until 2042.
The ruling Regions party eventually ratified the treaty but not before howls of protest from the opposition.
Someone set off a smoke bomb inside the building, while Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn sought refuge behind an umbrella as he was pelted with eggs.
During a rally attended by thousands on Saturday, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko -- the former prime minister who lost to Viktor Yanukovych in the presidential election run-off in February -- said the ratification must be prevented at all costs.
She claimed that Yanukovych is "selling out" Ukraine, has "openly embarked on the path of destruction of (Ukraine's) national interests, and has actually begun the process of eliminating the state's sovereignty."
The deal was signed last week by Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Tymoshenko said it violated part of the Ukrainian Constitution, which forbids the country from hosting foreign military bases after 2017.
The deal extends Russia's lease of a major naval base in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol for an additional 25 years, in exchange for a 30 percent cut in the price of natural gas that Russia sells to Ukraine.
The agreement may bring an end to years of disputes over natural gas prices, which culminated in Russia turning off the pipeline to Ukraine.
The dispute affected not only Ukrainians, but many Europeans who depend on Russian gas pumped through Ukraine.
The two countries had been at odds ever since the "Orange Revolution" swept Yanukovych's fiercely anti-Russian predecessor Viktor Yushchenko to power in 2005.
Throughout his time in office, Yushchenko repeatedly threatened to expel Russia's Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol. The Russian military lease there was scheduled to expire in 2017.
Yanukovych said the new deal added a "concrete and pragmatic dimension" to centuries of relations between Ukrainians and Russians.
Opposition groups in Ukraine, however, were quick to denounce the agreement. Yuschenko's "Our Ukraine" party said the treaty would lead to the "Russification" of Ukraine
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NEW YORK – Rapper DMX says he's been ripped off for years by a company hired to collect his song royalties, but he's been behind bars so much that he only recently realized the problem.
The platinum-selling but troubled hip-hop artist — who's currently in an Arizona jail — said in a lawsuit filed Monday that Rich Kid Entertainment 1 and related companies paid him nothing while collecting royalties on some of his most popular work. The company also made deals letting record labels reproduce his work without telling him, the lawsuit claims.
No telephone number could be found for Englewood, N.J.-based Rich Kid. Its president didn't immediately respond to a fax sent to a possible number for him.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, scored such hits as "Get At Me Dog" and "Party Up" in the 1990s. He also appeared in films including 2000's "Romeo Must Die" and 2003's "Cradle 2 the Grave."
But the 39-year-old rapper has repeatedly been arrested and jailed during the last decade. He's currently serving a six-month term in a Phoenix jail for violating probation by failing a drug test, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
He was jailed there for nearly three months last year on animal cruelty, theft and drug-possession charges. Some stemmed from an August 2007 raid in which authorities found three dead dogs, guns, ammunition and drug paraphernalia at his suburban home.
His other run-ins with the law include pleading guilty in 2008 to attempted cocaine and marijuana possession in Miami, being arrested and released in London in 2006 after police said he refused to put on a seat belt and became abusive on an airplane, and pleading guilty in a 2004 incident in which he posed as an undercover federal agent and crashed his sport-utility vehicle through a security gate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
"From 2000 through 2008, (DMX) was in and out of jail and changed representatives numerous times. These were some of the factors contributing to any delay" in bringing the case, the lawsuit notes.
It says Rich Kid has stolen from him for nearly a decade, but he didn't know that until last year.
Source: Yahoo
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Soulja Boy has come a long way since the release of his debut album 'SouljaBoyTellEm.com'.
He's become a young mogul with his own label imprint "Stacks On Deck Entertainment".
Soulja talked to Rocsi and Terrence about what he looks for in a new artist, his new book "Teenage Millionaire" which drops the same day as his third album 'Dre'.
He also introduces his new artist Ja-Bar.
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G-Unit's Lloyd Banks recently sat down with DJ Envy on MTV's Sucker Free Countdown. The two of them chopped it up about all recent events surrounding Banks.
Envy asks him about rumors he's leaving G-Unit. Blue Hefner quickly squashes that saying:
"As far as me leaving G-Unit, stop it. I think that (rumor) comes from a lot of the ungrateful people that had opportunites. The things he's (50 Cent) has done for me, I'm so grateful".
Banks also speaks speaks on Shyne's wackness, the incident with the Canadian promoter, touring, the major label frenzy to sign him and a whole lot more.
Peep the full interview below.
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Rescue workers in Mississippi continued to search for survivors Sunday after a powerful tornado ripped through the state a day earlier, killing 10 people, injuring several others and leveling many homes.
The storm system began in Louisiana where a tornado destroyed 12 homes and warehouses at Complex Chemical Co., which makes antifreeze and automotive fluids.
The storm moved east, with the tornado striking nearby Yazoo County, Miss., killing four people. The storm then claimed another life in adjacent Holmes County and then five more in Choctaw County, including children ages 3 months, 9 and 14.
The National Weather Service on Sunday gave the Mississippi tornado a preliminary rating of at least 3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale of 0-5, with wind speeds of up to 160 miles per hour and a preliminary path width of one and a half miles.
The tornado tore a path nearly a mile wide as it moved over parts of Mississippi, leveling a church, tearing roofs off houses, overturning cars and cutting off power to large areas of the state.
The most heavily damaged counties were Yazoo and Choctaw; however, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said there weren't any reports of anyone being trapped in rubble.
MEMA officials reported at least 681 homes had been damaged and there were 31 injuries; however, it had not received full counts from Yazoo and Choctaw Counties.
The same storm system that produced Saturday's twister delivered severe weather to other parts of the South on Sunday, with tornadoes hitting Alabama and South Carolina
Source: ASU Herald
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UFC fighter Tito Ortiz is known for throwing his weight around in the Octagon. This morning however, he was arrested for allegedly attacking his live-in girlfriend and baby's mother, Jenna Jameson.
Police responded to a disturbance call at the couple's Orange County,Ca home this morning. Moments later, Tito was being led away in handcuffs.
Jameson, a very well known porn actress was later seen with a medical brace on her arm.
She told TMZ she feels "betrayed" that Tito would lash out at her. She also said she has filed a restraining order against him.
After being released from police custody, Tito held a press conference. He says Jenna is battling an Oxycontin addiction.
Tito's lawyer alleges that when he confronted Jenna after catching her relapsing on the drug, she went bananas and at no point did he hit her.
Dana White, the President of the UFC said Tito could be released from his contract with the company pending the outcome of the investigation.
Tito Ortiz being led away in handcuffs by police
Jenna Jameson upset and crying
Jenna removing Tito's things from their house
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PHOENIX — The furor over Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants grew Monday as opponents used refried beans to smear swastikas on the state Capitol, civil rights leaders demanded a boycott of the state and the Obama administration weighed a possible legal challenge.
Activists are planning a challenge of their own, hoping to block the law from taking effect by arguing that it encroaches on the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration and violates people’s constitutional rights by giving police too much power.
The measure — set to take effect in late July or early August — would make it a crime under state law to be in the U.S. illegally. It directs state and local police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal.
"If you look or sound foreign, you are going to be subjected to never-ending requests for police to confirm your identity and to confirm your citizenship," said Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which is exploring legal action.
Employees at the Capitol came to work Monday to find that vandals had smeared swastikas on the windows. And protesters gathered for a second straight day to speak out against a law they say will lead to rampant racial profiling of anyone who looks Hispanic.
The White House would not rule out the possibility that the administration would take legal action against Arizona. President Barack Obama, who warned last week that the measure could lead to police abuses, asked the Justice Department to complete a review of the law’s implications before deciding how to proceed.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the law is discriminatory and warned that trade and political ties with Arizona will be seriously strained by the crackdown.
Currently, many U.S. police departments do not ask about people’s immigration status unless they have run afoul of the law in some other way. Many departments say stopping and questioning people will only discourage immigrants from cooperating to solve crimes.
Under the new Arizona law, immigrants unable to produce documents showing they are allowed to be in the U.S. could be arrested, jailed for up to six months and fined $2,500. That is a significant escalation of the typical federal punishment for being here illegally — deportation.
People arrested by Arizona police would be turned over to federal immigration officers. Opponents said the federal government could thwart the law by refusing to accept them.
Supporters of the law said it is necessary to protect Arizonans from crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Arizona is home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants and is the nation’s busiest gateway for people slipping into the country.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill on Friday, said Arizona must act because Washington has failed to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico. Brewer has ordered state officials to develop a training course for officers to learn what constitutes reasonable suspicion that someone is in the U.S. illegally.
The crux of opponents’ arguments is that only the federal government has the authority to regulate immigration.
"If every state had its own laws, we wouldn’t be one country; we’d be 50 different countries," said Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Kevin Johnson, dean of the law school at the University of California-Davis and an immigration law professor, said such a lawsuit would have a very good chance of success. He said the state law gets into legal trouble by giving local law enforcement officers the authority to enforce immigration laws.
"States can’t give them that power," Johnson said. "The federal government could if it wanted to, but it hasn’t."
However, Gerald Neuman, a Harvard Law School professor, said Arizona could make a compelling legal argument that it has overlapping authority to protect its residents.
Johnson said opponents could also argue that the law could violate their Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure because it gives police officers broad authority to determine who should be questioned.
Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped write the Arizona legislation, said he anticipated legal challenges and carefully drafted the language. He said the state law is only prohibiting conduct already illegal under federal law.
In a statement Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the state’s new law would probably hinder law enforcement in dealing with more serious crimes. Napolitano vetoed similar proposals when she was Arizona governor.
"They would have diverted critical law enforcement resources from the most serious threats to public safety and undermined the vital trust between local jurisdictions and the communities they serve," she said.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera urged policymakers in the city to stop dealing with Arizona and Arizona businesses. Leaders in Mexico and California also demanded a boycott, as did civil rights leader Al Sharpton.
The law has strong public support in Arizona, where passions have been running high since a rancher was killed close to the Mexican border last month, apparently by drug smugglers from across the border.
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M.I.A. is back with the first video from her new album. The not yet titled disc will be her third and is a follow up to her wildly successful cd 'Kala'. Which was driven by the hypnotic single "Paper Planes".
M.I.A. told NME this album contained "no gimmicks".
The lead song "Born Free" and it's accompanying video will be a complete shock for anyone expecting another crossover record.
The video is brutal, violent and is sure to get banned in almost every country.
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As the soap opera continues to play out and the drama unfolds, DJ Premier refutes the notion that rapper Guru was actually in sound mind, let alone conscious, when his farewell letter was penned.
During a tribute mix, Premo reflected on what's happened recently. Upon a visit, the DJ spoke on how there seemed to be a lack of treatment for Guru when it came to maintaining a particular appearance, questioning if his “caretaker” really had good intentions.
"From what I was hearing - him waking up, and writing and tweeting...there's no way! There's no way! We saw him - he looked so gone!”
“And if you love him, and you're care of him, why in the f*k did his nails look longer than a f**king ruler? [And he had a] clump afro. I've taken care of people in the hospital. You can wash their head, you can clean their nails up, clean their feet. His feet were swollen, and his toenails were really disgusting. So, because of that, it really f**ked me up."
Regardless of how the rapper felt about Premier trying to continue involvement in Gang Starr, the producer states that their history together can never be erased an d he will carry the name no matter what.
"When I saw Guru, it just really f**ked me up. I wore a Gang Starr shirt , first of all, just for the energy, and jus so he knew that's forever with us. Forever."
Source: HipHopWired
“And if you love him, and you're care of him, why in the f*k did his nails look longer than a f**king ruler? [And he had a] clump afro. I've taken care of people in the hospital. You can wash their head, you can clean their nails up, clean their feet. His feet were swollen, and his toenails were really disgusting. So, because of that, it really f**ked me up."
Regardless of how the rapper felt about Premier trying to continue involvement in Gang Starr, the producer states that their history together can never be erased an d he will carry the name no matter what.
"When I saw Guru, it just really f**ked me up. I wore a Gang Starr shirt , first of all, just for the energy, and jus so he knew that's forever with us. Forever."
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The US military will end its disaster relief mission in Haiti at the beginning of June, nearly six months after the massive earthquake struck.
There are currently 2,200 US troops in the country, down from a peak of 22,000 in February when large numbers were despatched to help the aid effort.
Some 500 National Guard troops and reservists will remain in Haiti to help aid workers, a US commander said.
January's quake killed up to 230,000 people and left one million homeless.
In the weeks following the disaster, the US sent around 22,000 military personnel to Haiti, some 7,000 on the ground and the rest on ships offshore.
"I expect us to - on or about 1 June - to be able to stand down the joint task force," said Lt Gen Ken Keen, who ended his stint as head of the operation on Sunday.
He said the military could step back mainly because of "the increasing capacity of non-government organisations that are really running much of the humanitarian efforts within the country".
Some 500 members of the Louisiana National Guard will arrive in Haiti before June and stay on in Haiti until September to help with rebuilding efforts.
In the immediate aftermath, US troops were involved in emergency relief operations.
Now they are helping move people from makeshift camps to safer locations as the rainy season nears.
The scale of the US deployment provoked some criticism that aid deliveries were delayed while troops were rushed in.
Gen Keen said he felt, given the scale of the disaster, that the military operations went well and saved lives.
But he said lessons should be learned, allowing the military to assess needs in a disaster more quickly and improve logistics and co-ordination.
Anticipating challenges sooner was key, Gen Keen said, "such like what are you going to do with 1,000 homeless Haitians as we developed camps?
"These camps that have developed in Port-au-Prince area, nearly 1,300, according to the UN, developed spontaneously. They were not, obviously, set up and organised in any fashion."
Source: BBC News
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On Mondays, we usually bring you our main pick, but we had to start this week by saluting mixtapes. We're proud that so many MCs are stepping their mixtape game up. The mixtape world is strong, potent and competitive right now.
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