David Banner's highly anticipated "The God Box" album has finally arrived. Features include Raheen Devaughn, CeeLo Green, Big K.R.I.T, Black thought, WatchTheDuck, Trinidad James, Kap G and more.
1. Magnolia f. CeeLo Green & Raheen Devaughn 2. My Uzi f. Big K.R.I.T. 3. Who Want It f. Black Thought & WatchTheDuck 4. Elvis 5. Amy f. Trinidad James 6. August 7. Cleopatra Jones 8. Marry Me f. Rudy Currency 9. Judy Blare f. Devon Lewow 10. Traffic on Mars f. Kap G, WatchTheDuck, Tim Wise & Kenya Jori 11. Black Fist f. Tito Lo 12. Ak f. Raheem Devaughn & Big Rube 13. Burning Thumbs 14. Wisdom Selah (Outro) 15. Evil Knievel (Bonus Track)
Blac Youngsta turns his beef with Young Dolph up another notch. In his new diss track titled "Birthday," Youngsta accuses Dolph of being a snitch, among other things.
Tauzha is back with new video "Welcome To The Weekend" shot by Mr. BoomTown. Dressed in all black, Tauzha is ready to T'up for the weekend with her girls, from the party scene to the solo performance in the visual, Tauzha is creating her lane with her style and doing it her way. The video gives a great city view and shows the hidden gems and the fun side of the Chicago. Tauzha describes the ideal night while her fans can visualize going to kick it spots after the club like Greektown & other staples in the city. Tauzha's got a point to prove, male or female she is representing what the industry has been missing.
Super producer Dame Grease recently sat down with 247HH to chop it up about the atmosphere in Los Angeles just prior to The Notorious B.I.G's murder, what it was like working with Diddy and more.
The Wayne County, Michigan Medical Examiner's Office has ruled Chris Cornell's death a suicide by hanging. He was 52-years old.
Cornell found fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. His body was found on the bathroom floor in his Detroit hotel room on Wednesday night, May 17, following a Soundgarden concert.
Vince Staples releases an official music video for his single titled "Big Fish" featuring Juicy J. check it out up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday acquitted a white Oklahoma police officer who says she fired out of fear last year when she killed an unarmed black man with his hands held above his head.
The family of Terence Crutcher burst into tears and expressed outrage after jurors found Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the Sept. 16 shooting. About 100 demonstrators later gathered outside the courthouse and some briefly blocked a main street.
“Let it be known that I believe in my heart that Betty Shelby got away with murder,” Crutcher’s father, the Rev. Joey Crutcher, said after the verdict was announced.
A lawyer for Shelby said the officer was “elated” that the jury found her not guilty.
“She’s ready to get back to her life,” defense attorney Shannon McMurray said.
Shelby looked stone-faced when the verdict was read, but Crutcher’s family was quickly ushered out of the courtroom sobbing and wailing.
At least four of the 12 jurors were crying as they left the courtroom and they did not look at either the family of Crutcher or Shelby. The jury comprised eight women and four men and included three African-Americans.
Shelby testified that she fired her weapon out of fear because she said Crutcher didn’t obey her commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun. Crutcher was unarmed.
Prosecutors told jurors that Shelby overreacted. They noted Crutcher had his hands in the air and wasn’t combative — part of which was confirmed by police video taken from a dashboard camera and helicopter that showed Crutcher walking away from Shelby, hands held above his head.
Shelby’s attorneys argued that in the two minutes before cameras began recording the encounter, Shelby repeatedly ordered Crutcher to stop walking away from her and get on the ground.
Shelby also said she feared Crutcher was under the influence of PCP, a powerful hallucinogenic known as Angel Dust that makes users erratic, unpredictable and combative.
An autopsy showed PCP was in Crutcher’s system, and police said they found a vial of it in his SUV.
Crutcher’s family said police attempted to “demonize” Crutcher over the drug possession to deflect attention from the fact officers didn’t find a gun inside his SUV.
The killing of 40-year-old Crutcher was among a spate of officer-involved shootings in recent years that helped galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement and prompted calls for more police accountability.
About 100 demonstrators gathered in a plaza outside the courthouse Wednesday evening to protest the verdict. They chanted: “No justice, no peace. No racist police.” A smaller group later briefly blocked a major downtown road but dispersed peacefully. Police kept a relatively low profile, standing about a block away.
Marq Lewis, organizer of the local civil rights group We The People Oklahoma, said the verdict was a blow to Tulsa’s black community.
“When is it going to stop — just officer-related shootings? When will the police change policy?” he asked.
Tulsa has a long history of troubled race relations dating back to a 1921 race riot that left about 300 black residents dead. In 2015, a poorly trained white volunteer deputy, Robert Bates, shot and killed a black man after Bates said he mistakenly reached for his gun rather than a Taser. The shooting led to the departure of the sheriff.
A Tulsa jury convicted the then-74-year-old Bates of second-degree manslaughter and he was sentenced to four years in prison.
Mayor G.T. Bynum said he respected the jury’s decision in the Shelby case and called for more resources to implement community policing in the city.
“This verdict does not alter the course on which we are adamantly set,” he said. “It does not change our recognition of the racial disparities that have afflicted Tulsa historically. It does not change our work to institute community policing measures that empower citizens to work side by side with police officers in making our community safer.”
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler charged Shelby six days after Crutcher was killed. An affidavit accused her of “becoming emotionally involved to the point that she overreacted.”
Defense attorney McMurray argued that prosecutors rushed to charge Shelby for political reasons, fearing civil unrest like the angry street protests that erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott four days after Crutcher was killed. But the reaction in Tulsa was more muted, with protests but no violence.
Boosie Badazz stopped by to chop it up with DJ Vlad in another classic interview. In this clip, Boosie and Vlad discuss the ins and outs of marriage and monogamy. Boosie does not personally believe in marriage, specifically in regards to giving up half his money for prenuptial agreements.
Lil Wayne and Universal Music Group are preparing to take legal action against Martin Shkreli.
Shkreli is a controversial business executive who somehow acquired a copy of Wayne's unreleased album, "Tha Carter V." To date, Shkreli has leaked 3 songs off of the long awaited project, including one featuring Kendrick Lamar.
UMG and Weezy are demanding Shkreli hand over his copy of the album and stop leaking songs from it. If not they will drag him into court.
The album's official release has been held up due to a business dispute between Wayne and Birdman, resulting in the "How to Love" rapper filing a $51 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Cash Money Records.
"Tha Carter V" will eventually see the light of day, but when is anybody's guess.
(AP) Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative.
Cornell, who had been on tour, died Wednesday night in Detroit, Brian Bumbery said in a statement to The Associated Press. Cornell had performed a Detroit concert with Soundgarden that night.
Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.
News of Cornell’s death prompted scores of tweets expressing sadness. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tweeted: “Very sad news about Chris Cornell today. A sad loss of a great talent to the world, his friends and family. Rest In Peace.”
Very sad news about Chris Cornell today. A sad loss of a great talent to the world, his friends and family. Rest In Peace. pic.twitter.com/BlgxE6cJLH
With his powerful, nearly four-octave vocal range, Cornell was one of the leading voices of the 1990s grunge movement with Soundgarden, which emerged as one of the biggest bands out of Seattle’s emerging music scene, joining the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.
Formed in 1984 by Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden’s third studio album, “Badmotorfinger,” in 1991 spawned popular singles “Jesus Christ Pose,” ″Rusty Cage” and “Outshined” that received regular play on alternative rock radio stations.
Cornell also collaborated with members of what would become Pearl Jam to form Temple of the Dog, which produced a self-titled album in 1991 in tribute to friend Andrew Wood, former frontman for Mother Love Bone.
Three years later, Soundgarden broke through on mainstream radio with the album “Superunknown,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Record in 1995. It included hit singles “Spoonman,” ″Fell on Black Days,” ″Black Hole Sun,” ″My Wave” and “The Day I Tried to Live.”
Soundgarden disbanded in 1997 due to tensions in the band, and Cornell pursued a solo career. In 2001, he joined Audioslave, a supergroup that included former Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford. The band released three albums in six years and also performed at a concert billed as Cuba’s first outdoor rock concert by an American band, though some Cuban artists have disputed that claim.
Audioslave disbanded in 2007, but Cornell and Soundgarden reunited in 2012 and released the band’s sixth studio album, “King Animal” in 2012.
Cornell also released four solo studio albums and a solo live album. He also released the single “The Promise” in March on iTunes, with all proceeds going to the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organization.
In addition to his music, Cornell also became involved in philanthropy and started the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation to support children facing challenges, including homelessness, poverty, abuse and neglect.
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Associated Press writer Dennis Waszak in New York contributed to this report.
A$AP Rocky's sister went through a scary ordeal Tuesday, May 16, after walking into her brother's Hollywood Hills home while it was being robbed.
TMZ reports that three armed men got into the crib through an unlocked door. When Rocky's sister arrived, she was forced to lead them through the home while they scooped up $1 million worth of jewelry and other valuables.
A safe was also taken, but left on the sidewalk when the thieves fled the scene.
Rocky's sister was not harmed during the burglary.
Snoop Dogg was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday. May 16th. He used the occasion to perform "Trash Bags" off of his forthcoming album titled "Neva Left."
Machine Gun Kelly is out promoting his new album titled "Bloom." He stopped in Los Angeles recently to visit Power 106 and The L.A. Leakers. Check out his "Free Smoke" freestyle.
Snoop Dogg's latest album titled "Neva Left" is set to arrive on May 19th. He's managed to lock down an all-star cast of feature artists, including K CAMP, Devin the Dude, Too $hort, Wiz Khalifa, Redman, Method Man, B-Real, Charlie Wilson, KRS One and more.
1. Neva Left 2. Moment I Feared (feat. Rick Rock) 3. Bacc In da Dayz (feat. Big Tray Deee) 4. Promise You This 5. Trash Bags (feat. K CAMP) 6. Swivel (feat. Stresmatic) 7. Go On (feat. October London) 8. Big Mouth 9. Toss It (feat. Too $hort & Nef The Pharaoh) 10. 420 (Blaze Up) [feat. Devin the Dude, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Battlecat) 11. Lavender (Nightfall Remix) [feat. BADBADNOTGOOD & KAYTRANADA] 12. Let Us Begin (feat. KRS-One) 13. Mount Kushmore (feat. Redman, Method Man & B-Real) 14. Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix) [feat. Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie] 15. Still Here 16. Love Around the World (feat. Big Bub)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump personally appealed to FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau’s investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to notes disclosed late Tuesday that Comey wrote after the meeting. The White House issued a furious denial near the end of a tumultuous day spent beating back potentially disastrous news reports from dawn to dusk.
The bombshell Comey news came as the beleaguered administration was still struggling mightily to explain Monday’s revelation that the president had disclosed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and the country’s ambassador to the United States.
Defending Trump’s actions, officials played down the importance and secrecy of the information, which had been supplied by Israel under an intelligence-sharing agreement, and Trump himself said he had “an absolute right” as president to share “facts pertaining to terrorism” and airline safety with Russia. Yet U.S. allies and some members of Congress expressed concern bordering on alarm.
As for Comey, whom Trump fired last week, the FBI director wrote in a memo after a February meeting at the White House that the new president had asked him to shut down the FBI’s investigation of Flynn and his Russian contacts, said a person who had read the memo. The Flynn investigation was part of a broader probe into Russian interference in last year’s presidential election.
Comey’s memo, an apparent effort to create a paper trail of his contacts with the White House, would be the clearest evidence to date that the president has tried to influence the investigation.
James Comey
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Republican chairman of the House oversight committee, sent a letter to the FBI on Tuesday requesting that it turn over all documents and recordings that detail communications between Comey and Trump. He said he would give the FBI a week and then “if we need a subpoena we’ll do it.”
The panel’s top Democrat, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, a constant Trump critic, called the allegation of Trump pressure on Comey “explosive” and said “it appears like a textbook case of criminal obstruction of justice.”
Republicans weren’t going that far. But John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the Trump-Russia reports were “deeply disturbing” and could impede allies’ willingness to share intelligence with the U.S.
Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, said simply: “It would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the White House.”
The person who described the Comey memo to the AP was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. The existence of the memo was first reported Tuesday by The New York Times.
The White House vigorously denied it all. “While the president has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn,” a White House statement said.
Trump fired Flynn on Feb. 13, on grounds that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russians.
Michael Flynn
The intensifying drama comes as Trump is set to embark Friday on his first foreign trip, which had been optimistically viewed by some aides as an opportunity to reset an administration floundering under an inexperienced president.
When Trump fired Comey, he said he did so based on Comey’s very public handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe and how it affected his leadership of the FBI. But the White House has provided differing accounts of the firing. And lawmakers have alleged that the sudden ouster was an attempt to stifle the bureau’s investigation into Trump associates’ ties to Russia’s meddling in the campaign.
Mark Warner of Virginia, top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said he would ask Comey for additional material as part of that panel’s investigation. “Memos, transcripts, tapes — the list keeps getting longer,” he said.
According to the Times, Comey wrote in the February memo that Trump told him Flynn had done nothing wrong. Comey said he replied that “I agree he is a good guy” but said nothing to Trump about limiting the investigation.
The newspaper said Comey was in the Oval Office that day with other national security officials for a terrorism threat briefing. When that ended, Trump asked everyone to leave except Comey, and he eventually turned the conversation to Flynn.
The administration spent the first half of Tuesday defending Trump’s disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the president’s comments were “wholly appropriate.” He used that phrase nine times in his briefing to reporters.
The White House has grown suspicious about the volume and timing of the seemingly never-ending stream of leaks about the president, said one senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to reflect on the feeling inside the West Wing. The official questioned why — if Comey had concerns about his conversations with the president — the FBI director hadn’t shared them with the deputy director, the Department of Justice and Congress at the time.
The highly classified information about an Islamic State plot was collected by Israel, a crucial source of intelligence and close partner in the fight against some of the America’s fiercest threats in the Middle East. Trump’s disclosure of the information threatened to fray that partnership and piled pressure on the White House to explain the apparently on-the-spot decision to reveal the information to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office.
A U.S. official who confirmed the disclosure to The Associated Press said the revelation potentially put the source at risk.
In a statement, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, said the partnership between the U.S and Israel was solid.
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Associated Press writers Vivian Salama and Jill Colvin contributed.