hip hop is constantly changing, and we as fans love to cheer on the latest underdog that we believe in. From DMX to Drake we seem to be cheering on those rappers that break barriers and surpass expectations. Shadow Di General is one of these underdogs...check out this excerpt (in his own words) At a very young age, I lost my life. Falling down the stairs of a 2 story house, not fully aware of what was going on because i was a little child. After being pronounced dead, my family did not give up on me. With a little bit of faith and prayers, i regained a pulse and was given a second chance at life.This experience has moved me to motivate others and to show them how fragile life can be through my music. that experience made me an the artist today.
Fetty Wap links up with Shy Glizzy for his new track titled "Why U Mad?" Take a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
(Reuters) A Connecticut teenager who drew national attention this week for a viral Internet video showing a drone he had modified to fire a handgun was charged on Thursday with assaulting police officers in an unrelated incident.
Austin Haughwout, 18, was charged with refusing to obey police orders on Wednesday when he was summoned to the Clinton police station in connection with an incident that occurred Sunday night, when he drove away from officers trying to question him in a library parking lot, according to police and court officials.
When police attempted to arrest Haughwout on charges of interfering with an officer and failure to obey an officer's signal, he became violent and attempted to flee the police station, the Clinton Police Department said in a statement.
The Sunday incident that led to Haughwout's arrest was not related to the drone video, Clinton Police Sergeant Jeremiah Dunn said.
Austin Haughwout
Haughwout on Thursday was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of interfering with an officer. He was released on a $20,000 bond.
Haughwout earlier this month posted a 14-second video to YouTube showing a four-propeller drone that he had modified to fire a semi-automatic handgun. Local police had said the video, posted on July 10, did not appear to break any local laws but the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
He also made national headlines last year when police charged a woman with assault after she confronted him about flying a drone at a state beach and intruding on her privacy. He recorded the encounter on his cell phone camera as the two engaged in a scuffle that resulted in charges against the woman, but not him.
Haughwout could not be reached for comment. It was unknown if he had retained an attorney, a court clerk said Thursday.
Check out Lyric'El Priest or better known to the Tacoma Northwest Hip Hop scene as L.P. The President of Alpha Knights Music Group sounds off with his music in the same contemporary of spiritual rap such as Lecrae, Andy Mineo, Tedashi, and Sho Baraka. L.P. is Hebrew MC who also favors fellow Hebrew MC Ari Lesser and is not afraid to touch on heavy subjects in his music surrounding topics of race, war, pain and love, and shows his strong devotion to God. Set apart from the "secular" or "worldly" music L.P. is sure to have the fans and the whole world screaming "QAM ISRAEL".
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The movie theater gunman who stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two people, was described as a drifter from Alabama whose escape plan was thwarted by police officers who arrived almost immediately, authorities said Friday. The gunman killed himself.
Nine people were wounded in the attack Thursday night. The gunman, identified as 59-year-old John Russel Houser, fired at least 13 times from a handgun, police said. He had parked his car by the theater's exit door and initially tried to escape by blending into the fleeing crowd, but turned back when he saw police heading inside from the parking lot, authorities said. Officers tailing him back into the theater then heard a single gunshot and found him dead inside, police said.
"It is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping," Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said.
Authorities did not release a motive. They said Houser had been in the Lafayette area since early July, staying at a motel where they found disguises, including glasses and wigs. His 1995 blue Lincoln Continental had a license plate on it that didn't match the car.
Police said the gunman was by himself and started the rampage by shooting the two people sitting in front of him. The victims were identified as 33-year-old Jillian Johnson and 21-year-old Mayci Breaux.
At least one theatergoer described the attack, saying an older man stood up about 20 minutes into the 7:10 p.m. showing of "Trainwreck" at the Grand 16 theater in Lafayette and began shooting.
"We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker," Katie Domingue told The Advertiser.
"He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either," said Domingue, who added that she heard about six shots before she and her fiance ran to the nearest exit, leaving behind her shoes and purse.
Stories of heroism emerged with presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal, who traveled to the scene within hours of the shooting, telling reporters that a teacher who was in the theater jumped in front of a second teacher, taking a bullet for her. The second teacher then managed to pull a fire alarm to alert other moviegoers, he said.
"Her friend literally jumped over her and, by her account, actually saved her life," Jindal said.
President Barack Obama was briefed on the shooting aboard Air Force One by Lisa Monaco, his homeland security adviser, while on his way to Africa for a two-nation visit, the White House said.
Obama asked his team to keep him updated on the investigation and the status of those wounded. He also offered his thoughts and prayers to the community and to the families of those killed.
The shooting took place a week after the man who shot and killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., was convicted and on the very day a jury said it was cruel enough to justify the death penalty. But jurors must first hear the defense's arguments for a life term before deciding whether he'll be sentenced to death.
Nine people ranging in age from their late teens to their late 60s were wounded, Craft said. At least one of those was in critical condition. Two were released from the hospital. The condition of the others was not immediately known.
Houser had been arrested and ticketed for several offenses in the past, ranging from arson to selling alcohol to a minor to speeding, authorities said. In Alabama, records show Houser had four speeding tickets and one no-seatbelt ticket between 1981 and 2003. It's not clear when and where the arson allegedly occurred.
Alabama court records show Houser filed a small claims court lawsuit in 2004 claiming he was injured when he donated plasma at a Phenix City donation center. He asked for $1,800 to pay his emergency room bill and for a narcotics prescription. The case was settled, according to court records.
He had been married once but did not currently have a wife. Police said they had talked to his family in Alabama but he appeared "seemingly estranged" from them.
"It just seems like he was kind of drifting along," Craft said. He had an uncle that once lived in Lafayette, but he died 35 years ago. "We don't know why he decided to stop and stay in Lafayette."
State police superintendent Col. Michael D. Edmonson said there were about 100 people inside the theater at the time of the shooting. Keys, shoes and purses were all left behind.
One of them was 21-year-old Emily Mann. Her father said she was sitting with a friend in the same row as the shooter.
"They heard a couple of pops and didn't know what it was," Randall Mann said. "And then they saw the muzzle flashes, and that's when they knew what was going on. She hit the floor immediately."
Randall Mann said his daughter Emily and her friend escaped uninjured.
"She's traumatized," he said.
Early Friday, about a dozen law enforcement personnel were gathered at a Motel 6 in Lafayette, where Houser had been staying. A bomb squad swept the room before going in as a precaution.
Edmonson added that police believe the gunman fired shots only at the theater and had not waged an attack anywhere else beforehand.
He said police saw something suspicious inside the shooter's car and that a bomb-sniffing dog "hit on three different locations" in the vehicle, "so out of an abundance of caution we brought in the bomb squad."
No explosives were found in the car or in the theater complex.
"Trainwreck" star Amy Schumer tweeted: "My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana." The comedy stars Schumer as a magazine writer who decides to live a life of promiscuity after her father convinces her that monogamy isn't realistic, but in spite of her best efforts, finds herself falling in love with one of her interview subjects.
Gov. Jindal called the shooting "an awful night for Louisiana."
"What we can do now is we can pray," Jindal said. "We can hug these families. We can shower them with love, thoughts and prayers."
Lafayette is about 60 miles west of the state capital of Baton Rouge. Outside the movie theater complex hours after the shooting, a couple of dozen police cars were still at the scene, which authorities had cordoned off with police tape as onlookers took photos with their cellphones.
A small group of theater employees stood outside the police perimeter. A man who identified himself as a general manager declined to be interviewed: "We would appreciate it if you could give us some space," he said.
Landry Gbery (pronounced Berry), 26, of Lafayette, was watching a different movie, "Self/less" at the time of the shooting when the lights came up and a voice over the intercom told everyone there was an emergency and they needed to leave.
Gbery said he never heard gunshots, and assumed the emergency was a fire until he got outside and saw a woman lying on the ground.
"I was really anxious for everybody at that point," Gbery said. "Fortunately I was lucky. I took the right exit."
The Louisiana shooting occurred three years after James Holmes entered a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver and opened fire during the premier of a Batman film, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.
A jury last week quickly convicted Holmes on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges, rejecting defense arguments that he was insane and suffering delusions that drove him to the July 20, 2012, attack.
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Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Kevin McGill in New Orleans contributed to this report.
Chicago rapper and Kemosabe Records member, Lil Bibby, sits down with DJ Smallz and reveals his thoughts on XXL's Freshmen class for 2015 after being selected as a member of the previous year's class of 2014, and reveals his DO's and DON'Ts for the new class and other members to come.
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New Soulja Boy mixtape. Download and stream up top.
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1.So Right 2.Thinking What I'm Thinking 3.High School 4.Up In Da Trap 5.Chun Li 6.Bitch Go Bam 7.Pineapple Fanta 8.Switching Lanes 9.Sack 10.Stripper Song
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Legendary DJ Grandmaster Flash is without a car and all of his vintage vinyl records, after a parking lot attendant handed over the key to his custom made 2014 white Dodge Charger to a thief without asking for identification or a ticket.
TMZ reports that the valet offered an apology and told Flash that the thief looked like him, except for his shoes.
"I walk over to the attendant and I hand him my ticket. His eyes get big and he says to me, 'Oh my God, I've given your car to somebody else by accident,'" Flash told TMZ.
Flash said he initially thought he was being punk'd, before realizing the attendant was being serious.
"About five minutes went by and I say to him, 'Where's my car?' He looks at me and says, 'I'm so sorry, I've given your car to somebody that looks like you.'"
Flash is considering filing a lawsuit against the parking company.
The DJ is most well known for being in the group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. In the early 80's they released the classic song, "The Message."
In 2007 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A gunman sitting in a packed movie theater stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two and wounding at least nine others before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.
The gunman initially tried escaping Thursday night by blending into the fleeing crowd, but turned back when he saw police heading inside from the parking lot, authorities said. Officers tailing him back into the theater then heard a single gunshot and found him dead inside, police said.
They described the shooter as a 58-year-old "lone white male" with a criminal history but did not immediately disclose his name. Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the gunman was by himself and started the rampage by shooting the two people sitting in front of him.
At least one theatergoer described the attack, saying an older man stood up about 20 minutes into the 7:10 p.m. showing of the movie "Trainwreck" at the Grand 16 theater in Lafayette and began shooting.
"We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker," Katie Domingue told The Advertiser.
"He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either," said Domingue, who added that she heard about six shots before she and her fiance ran to the nearest exit, leaving behind her shoes and purse.
Stories of heroism immediately began to emerge with presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal, who traveled to the scene within hours of the shooting, telling reporters that a teacher who was in the theater jumped in front of a second teacher, saving her life. The second teacher then managed to pull a fire alarm to alert other moviegoers, he said.
"Her friend literally jumped over her and, by her account, actually saved her life," Jindal said.
President Barack Obama was briefed on the shooting aboard Air Force One by Lisa Monaco, his homeland security adviser, while on his way to Africa for a two-nation visit, the White House said.
Obama asked his team to keep him updated on the investigation and the status of those wounded. He also offered his thoughts and prayers to the community and to the families of those killed.
The shooting took place a week after the man who shot and killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., was convicted and on the very day a jury said his attack was cruel enough to consider sentencing him to death.
Nine people ranging in age from their late teens to their late 60s were wounded, Craft said. At least one of those was in critical condition and being operated on at an area hospital, he said. The conditions of the others were not immediately known.
Craft said at a news conference that police know who the gunman is, and that he had a criminal history, but they are not immediately releasing his name. State police superintendent Col. Michael D. Edmonson said the body of the shooter and "at least one other person" were still inside the theater. He said there were about 100 people inside the theater at the time of the shooting.
Early Friday, about a dozen law enforcement personnel were gathered at a Motel 6 in Lafayette. Louisiana State Police spokesman Maj. Doug Cain said the investigation led them to a room at the Motel 6. Authorities were investigating whether the shooter had stayed there, Cain said. He said the bomb squad swept the room before going in as a precaution.
About a dozen police personnel could be seen outside the motel. At one point, an officer carried out a cardboard box from the room and other officers could be seen knocking on neighboring doors.
Edmonson added that police believe the gunman fired shots only at the theater and had not waged an attack anywhere else beforehand. However, authorities said they were not releasing his name immediately in part so police could safely track down and interview friends or family who knew the shooter.
"We have no reason to believe that this individual acted beyond this location here," Edmonson said.
He said police saw something suspicious inside the shooter's car and that a bomb-sniffing dog "hit on three different locations" in the vehicle, "so out of an abundance of caution we brought in the bomb squad."
No explosives were found in the car or in the theater complex.
"Trainwreck" star Amy Schumer sent a tweet: "My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana." The comedy stars Schumer as a magazine writer who decides to live a life of promiscuity after her father convinces her that monogamy isn't realistic, but in spite of her best efforts, finds herself falling in love with one of her interview subjects.
Gov. Jindal called the shooting "an awful night for Louisiana."
"What we can do now is we can pray," Jindal said. "We can hug these families. We can shower them with love, thoughts and prayers."
Lafayette is about 60 miles west of the state capital of Baton Rouge. Outside the movie theater complex hours after the shooting, a couple of dozen police cars were still at the scene, which authorities had cordoned off with police tape as onlookers took photos with their cellphones.
A small group of theater employees stood outside the police perimeter. A man who identified himself as a general manager declined to be interviewed: "We would appreciate it if you could give us some space," he said.
Landry Gbery (pronounced Berry), 26, of Lafayette, was watching a different movie, "Self/less" at the time of the shooting when the lights came up and a voice over the intercom told everyone there was an emergency and they needed to leave.
Gbery said he never heard gunshots, and assumed the emergency was a fire until he got outside and saw a woman lying on the ground.
"I was really anxious for everybody at that point," Gbery said. "Fortunately I was lucky. I took the right exit."
Tanya Clark was at the concession stand in the lobby when she saw people screaming and running past her. She said she immediately grabbed her 5-year-old daughter and ran.
"In that moment, you don't think about anything," Clark, 36, told The New York Times. "That's when you realize that your wallet and phone are not important."
Clark's son Robert Martinez said he saw an older woman run past with blood streaming down her leg, and screaming that someone had shot her.
The Louisiana shooting occurred three years after James Holmes entered a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver and opened fire during the premier of a Batman film, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.
A jury last week quickly convicted Holmes on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges, rejecting defense arguments that he was insane and suffering delusions that drove him to the July 20, 2012, attack.
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Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Kevin McGill in New Orleans contributed to this report.
Last week news of an indictment alleging associatesBirdman, Young Thugand Jimmy Winfreya.k.a.PeeWee Roscoehad conspired to killLil Wayne, when his two tour buses were shot at in April, following a performance in Atlanta.
Winfrey was eventually arrested for the crime.
The indictment cites two phone calls supposedly made by Winfrey to Birdman. One right before the shooting and another afterwards.
TMZ reports that the first call was actually placed by a person in Wayne's camp. They wanted theCash Money Recordsco-owner to know that Winfrey, an affiliate of Birdman's, had been kicked out of the club for harassing Weezy.
After the shooting Birdman reportedly told Wayne he was not involved and would help find out who what happened.
According to TMZ, as affiliates of Cash Money, Thug, Winfrey and Wayne, all have phones registered to the label or Birdman.
Entertainment mogul, Tara Thomas Agency has made news by recently signing Rap Musician, Benjamin Rich (popularly called B. Rich) to its PR FIRM.
B. Rich, a hip-hop singer from the petite city of Akron, Ohio was born and brought up in the down side neighborhood popularly called “Goodyear Heights”, where Goodyear world headquarters is domiciled.
B. Rich, a 2007 graduate of East High School while growing up was fond of playing baseball which earned him accolades, including offer of scholarships to play at the college echelon. B. Rich’s hope of excelling in sports came to an abrupt end at age sixteen when he ran into troubles occasioned by a regrettable incident where his girlfriend committed suicide. This led to serious challenges he could not figure out and he consequently lost his scholarships, and was compelled to serve ten months term in a maximum security prison for juvenile offenders.
Despite these impediments, B. Rich remained undaunted as he ventured into the music industry He began creating his own music in 2010 in partnership with a friend of his called Young Man. The duo did their first joint venture “Barney and Friends” in the beginning of the year 2010.and dropped their next project “Spy vs. Spy” later that year.
As B. Rich discovered his talent he became more purposeful and decided to venture into the solo artist direction. His efforts paid off in the beginning of 2011, when he did his first solo project tagged “Higher Learning” This announced him as a solo artist. The success of this project propelled him to do his second solo project “Focused Living Young” same year, after staying 110 days in the “Orianna House”. After his debutant mix tapes, and a number of videos for songs from the project, the ebullient B.Rich connected a tour with Chevy Woods; He went on subsequent tours with Juicy J, and Machine Gun Kelly respectively.
In 2012 B. Rich also performed at numerous platforms at South by Southwest and in September of 2012 he put up his third solo project titled “Maxine Place”, which was released on Datpiff.com. This project hosted by Coast 2 Coast, facilitated B. Rich’s rise in publicity all over the country. B. Rich, during the summer of 2013, added “Maxine Place 2”, also hosted by Coast 2 Coast mix - tapes into his repertoire. B. Rich is expected to release his latest project titled "Visions" during the summer of 2015.It is projected that as B. Rich continues a meteoric advancement in his career he is bound to feature in tours, festivals, showcases which would ultimately build his record. As a rising Rap star, B. Rich does his utmost to make it through thick and thin and hopes that his story will be an inspiration to others.
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