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In the wake of unrest in the streets following the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police, Jay Z decides the time is right to release a song titled "Spiritual," that he recorded several years back.
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Check out the latest EP from Migos titled "3 Way." The five-track project features vocal assistance from Blac Youngsta. Production credits go to Zaytoven, Cassius Jay, Dun Deal and Ricky Racks. It's available now on Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Migos-3-Way-EP-mixtape.793144.html
3 Way Tracklist:
1.3 Way (Intro) [Prod. By Zaytoven]
2.Savages Only [Prod. By Cassius Jay]
3.Coppers And Robbers [Prod. By Zaytoven]
4.Can't Go Out Sad [Prod. By Ricky Racks]
5.Slide On Em (Feat. Blac Youngsta) [Prod. By Dun Deal]
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Troy Ave just released an official music video for "Chuck Norris." This banger is off of the BSB Records boss' "Free Troy Ave" project, which is available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/free-troy-ave/id1121798943
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SchoolBoy Q recruits his Black Hippy partners in rhyme, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock for an official remix of his single titled "That Part." The original version featuring Kanye West can be found on Q's new "Blank Face LP," available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/blank-face-lp/id1126919886
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Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist SchoolBoy Q releases his highly anticipated "Blank Face LP." Features include Anderson. Paak, Jadakiss, Kanye West, Vince Staples, E-40, SZA, Miguel, Tha Dogg Pound and more.
Grab "Blank Face LP" now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/blank-face-lp/id1126919886
Blank Face LP Tracklist:
[05:34] 01. TorcH
[01:44] 02. Lord Have Mercy
[05:13] 03. THat Part (feat. Kanye West)
[06:20] 04. Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane (feat. Jadakiss)
[05:25] 05. Kno Ya Wrong (feat. Lance Skiiiwalker)
[04:47] 06. Ride Out (feat. Vince Staples)
[03:50] 07. WHateva U Want (feat. Candice Pillay)
[03:34] 08. By Any Means
[03:42] 09. Dope Dealer (feat. E-40)
[03:39] 10. JoHn Muir
[03:43] 11. Big Body (feat. Tha Dogg Pound)
[04:29] 12. Neva CHange (feat. SZA)
[04:09] 13. Str8 Ballin
[03:42] 14. Black THougHts
[03:14] 15. Blank Face (feat. Anderson .Paak)
[04:38] 16. Overtime (feat. Miguel & Justine Skye)
[04:45] 17. Tookie Knows II (feat. Traffic & TF)
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(Reuters) Dallas police were in a standoff with a suspect on Friday after snipers killed five officers and wounded six, one of the worst mass police shootings in recent U.S. history, during protests against the killing of two black men by police this week.
Police had taken three people into custody after the shootings on Thursday night and a standoff with another in a downtown garage, where gunfire had been exchanged, extended into Friday morning, officials said.
No motive has been given for the ambush at a downtown protest, one of many held in major cities across the United States on Thursday. New York police made more than a dozen arrests on Thursday night, while protesters briefly shut down one of Chicago's main arteries.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the shooters, some in elevated positions, used sniper rifles to fire at the officers in what appeared to be a coordinated attack.
"(They were) working together with rifles, triangulating at elevated positions in different points in the downtown area where the march ended up going," Brown told a news conference.
Police initially said four officers had been killed but the main union for Dallas police later reported that one of seven wounded officers had later died, taking the death toll to five.
"It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died," Dallas police said on Twitter.
It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
KDFW shows disturbing footage showing one Dallas shooting suspect firing on unknown individual pic.twitter.com/jlyeaaNiKH
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 8, 2016
INTENSE VIDEO of INSANE shootout with #Dallas Police @ #BLM #BlackLivesMatter rally. Two officers shot. #truepundit pic.twitter.com/VF2xd35i07
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) July 8, 2016
The shooting happened as otherwise largely peaceful protests unfolded around the United States after the shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by police near St. Paul, Minnesota, late on Wednesday. His girlfriend posted live video on the internet of the bloody scene minutes afterward, which was widely viewed.
Only non-police victim. Got shot, then shielded her boy from bullets. Recovering at Baylor. pic.twitter.com/IzUdOGQI5g
— Dan Haggerty (@HaggertyCBS11) July 8, 2016
Dallas transit agency release image of Brent Thompson, 43, DART officer killed in Thursday’s ambush. pic.twitter.com/EfZEtOAM4P
— The Feed (@FeedNewsLive) July 8, 2016
The suspect in the standoff told police "the end is coming" and that more police were going to be hurt and killed. Brown said the suspect also told police "there are bombs all over the place in this garage and downtown."
"This suspect we are negotiating with for the last 45 minutes has been exchanging with us and has not been very cooperative with the negotiations," Brown said.
Police said they were questioning two occupants of a Mercedes they had pulled over after the vehicle sped off on a downtown street with a man who threw a camouflaged bag inside the back of the car. A woman was also taken into custody near the garage where the standoff was taking place.
“We are being very careful in our tactics so that we do not injure any of our officers or put them in harm’s way. We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects,” Brown said.
"We are leaving every motive on the table on why this happened and how this happened," Brown said.
A large area of downtown Dallas was an active crime scene, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said.
"Our worst nightmare has happened, he said. "It is a heartbreaking moment for the city of Dallas." The Texan city is home to more than 7 million people.
Rawlings later visited the wounded at Parkland hospital, the same hospital where President John F. Kennedy was taken after he was shot in Dallas in November 1963.
Television footage showed a heavy police presence, with officers taking cover behind vehicles on the street.
The use of force by police against African-Americans in cities from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore and New York has sparked periodic and sometimes violent protests in the past two years and has spawned the Black Lives Matter movement.
Anger has intensified when the officers involved in such incidents have been acquitted in trials or not charged at all.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, Eric Johnson in Seattle and Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Writing by Brendan O'Brien and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Paul Tait)
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50 Cent recently sat down with Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast to chop it up about several topics.
The music icon talks about how his hit show "Power" has rejuvenated him musically, Bobby Shmurda's legal case and the public never really getting the chance to see how much of a genius Tupac Shakur was.
On the correlation between "Power" and his new music
It’s restarting the creative energy. After a while, with music, you get conditioned for it. So it’s like, with the same production we’d have a different hit record with similar tones. With that production, you might write a different concept, but it’ll be the same hit. You’ll hear artists who’ve been around for a while go, ‘You got one.’ That’s the way I felt about the ‘All the Way Up’ record with Fat Joe—that’s a hit, he got one. Once you know how to make ’em, you can make ’em.
On Bobby Smurda's conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree
You know what the crazy thing is? When you get charged with some real serious shit, the craziest thing is when you can’t see how serious the situation is. Because that is… give me a body, give me a homicide before you hand me a conspiracy charge. You can’t beat conspiracy. John Gotti, The Teflon Don, took out bodies and it wasn’t a problem. He was walking around in nice $2,000 suits and shoes and shit like that. But when you put him in a conspiracy case, he washed up.
On 2Pac using his Bishop character from the movie "Juice" as an alter-ego. And fans never really getting the chance to see his true brilliance.
He almost never stopped playing Bishop after Juice, you know what I’m saying? It’s when that ‘thug life’ energy came out and started to evolve into a persona. He’s way better than people saw him as. He’s way better. That’s an art student right there and thuggin’ is his theme. He was so much more advanced than anyone will ever know.
To read the full interview head over to The Daily Beast
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Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J and TM88 are TGOD Mafia. The trio drop off an official music video for "All Night" off of their debut album titled "Rude Awakening."
"TGOD Mafia Presents: Rude Awakening".
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/RudeAwakening
YouTube Stream: http://goo.gl/JAhhv5
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tdV8I...
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/a...
Directed by Gabriel Hart
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Jamila Woods is preparing to release her debut album titled "Heaven" on July 11th. Today she blesses fans with some ear candy off of the project called "LSD" featuring Chance the Rapper and produced by oddCouple.
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Lil Wayne may be down, but he is never out. Wayne returns with his new artist Charlotte, North Carolina's own Banknote Mitch. Wayne will be releasing Banknote's 5th release since parting ways with G-Unit entitled "12 Sign" dropping August 30th on datpiff.com. Some may think Mitch rose from the underground scene overnight.
The true story is much deeper; he has been through a maze of trials & tribulations including fighting the justice system, being black balled out the music industry, & worst of all fighting for his life. Police say Mitch's affiliation with street gangs are what lead to his near death experience in 2008. The birth of his first child & marriage were both huge factors in him changing his lifestyle. That change gave Banknote the push that he once lost, no longer discouraged.
He set out on a journey to conquer the mainstream music scene, spending consecutive hours in the studio deprived of sleep. Traveling state to state performing for pennies, until one day Mitch's luck started to look up. The day was no different from any other, he was gearing up to perform at a small club in New Orleans. The club couldn't have fit more than a hundred people, but just so happen one of those people was Grammy Award - winning rapper Lil Wayne.
Wayne signed Mitch on the spot, and as they say, the rest is history. Since then, Mitch has only received love & support from his peers, colleagues, & the industry that once shun him. This is a story of great triumph & a perfect example that sometimes change is for the better.
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Youtube: www.YouTube.com/banknotemitch
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Desiigner releases an official music video for "Caliber." This is taken from his "New English" mixtape, available now on Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Desiigner-New-English-mixtape.792911.html.
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Drake doesn't speak publicly about many social issues, but he felt compelled Wednesday, July 6, to respond to the shooting death of 37-year old Alton Sterling by a Baton Rouge, Louisiana police officer.
The "One Dance" hit maker penned an open letter and posted it on his Instagram page.
I am grateful to be able to call America my second home. Last night when I saw the video of Alton Sterling being killed, it left me feeling disheartened, emotional and truly scared. I woke up this morning with a strong need to say something. It's impossible to ignore that the relationship between Black and brown communities and law enforcement remains as strained as it was decades ago. No one begins their life as a hashtag. Yet the trend of being reduced to one continues.
This is real and I'm concerned. Concerned for the safety of my family, my friends, and any human being that could fall victim to this pattern. I do not know the answer. But I believe things can change for the better. Open and honest dialogue is the first step. My thoughts and prayers are with the Sterling family and anyone that has lost someone to this cycle of violence.
Be safe out there. More life.
As we previously reported, Sterling was shot 6-7 times in the neck and back on Tuesday, July 5, by one of two police officers who were responding to a call of a black male wearing a red shirt threatening someone with a gun, in front of a convenience store.
Things quickly spiraled out of control when Sterling was confronted. One of the officers tackled him to the ground. While both cops held him down, he was tasered.
After yelling that the downed man had a gun, one of the cops pulled out his own weapon before firing the fatal shots.
Sterling did have a gun in his pocket, but the store owner, Abdul Muflahi, who witnessed the shooting told various news outlets that he didn't reach for it.
He added that he saw cops remove the weapon from the dead man's pocket after shooting him.
The U.S. Justice Department is leading a civil rights investigation into the case.
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Ashley Nicole who is known for her role on Love & Hiphop Atlanta is back on the scene with a brand new single entitled "See You". It features a slow tempo heavy bass R&B style with a smooth vocal delivery. The song is now available everywhere for your enjoyment.
Listen To See You
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Taylor Gang recording artists Ty Dolla $ign and Tuki Carter combine their talents on a new song titled "PWG." The track was produced by Ricky P and DP Beats.
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Chris Brown reaches into his very deep vault of music to release a new ballad titled "My Friend."
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Chicago and Harlem connect as G Herbo a.k.a. Lil Herb and Dave East step in for the third 2016 XXL Freshman cypher. Check it out below and let us know what you think.
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Termanology links up with Saigon for a new collaboration titled "We're Both Wrong." It was produced by Q-Tip. This is off of Term's forthcoming "More Politics" album.
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FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities are looking into whether the aftermath was livestreamed in a widely shared Facebook video, which shows a woman in a vehicle with a man whose shirt appears to be soaked in blood telling the camera "police just shot my boyfriend for no apparent reason."
St. Anthony Police interim police chief Jon Mangseth said the incident began when an officer pulled over a vehicle around 9 p.m. Wednesday in Falcon Heights, a St. Paul suburb that Mangseth's department serves. Mangseth said he did not have details about the reason for the traffic stop, but that at some point shots were fired. The man was struck but no one else was injured, he said.
Philando Castile
As word of the shooting and video spread, relatives of the man joined scores of people who gathered at the scene of the shooting and outside the hospital where the man died and identified him as Philando Castile of St. Paul, a 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor at a Montessori school.
Speaking to CNN early Thursday, Castile's mother said she suspected she would never learn the whole truth about her son's death.
"I think he was just black in the wrong place," Valerie Castile said, adding that she had underlined to her children to that they must do what authorities tell them to do to survive. Police have not released details on the ethnicity or service record of the police officer involved but to say he has been placed on paid administrative leave.
"I know my son ... we know black people have been killed ... I always told them, whatever you do when you get stopped by police, comply, comply, comply."
Police use of force, particularly against minorities, has returned to the national spotlight since the video-recorded fatal shooting earlier this week of 37-year-old Alton Sterling by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting, which took place after Sterling, who was black, scuffled with two white police officers outside a convenience store.
Castile's cousin, Antonio Johnson, told the Star Tribune that he believed that because Philando Castile was a black man driving in Falcon Heights, a largely middle-class suburb, he "was immediately criminally profiled and he lost his life over it tonight."
The site of the shooting in Falcon Heights is close to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and not far from a clutch of fields associated with the University of Minnesota's agricultural campus.
Late Wednesday, protesters moved to the governor's mansion in nearby St. Paul, where around 200 people chanted and demanded action from Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton. By daybreak Thursday, around 50 protesters remained outside the mansion despite a light rain.
Dayton's spokesman didn't immediately respond to an inquiry from The Associated Press.
The video posted Wednesday night on Facebook Live appears to show the aftermath of a shooting like the one described by Mangseth. It shows the woman in a car next to a bloodied man quietly slumped in a seat. The woman describes being pulled over for a "busted tail light" and her boyfriend being shot as he told the officer that he was carrying a pistol and was licensed. A clearly distraught person who appears to be an armed police officer stands at the car's window, telling the woman to keep her hands where they are and intermittently swearing.
The Associated Press couldn't immediately verify the authenticity of the video. Mangseth said he was "made aware there was a livestream on Facebook" but that he had not yet seen the video and didn't know anything about its contents.
The woman in the video says the man she identified as her boyfriend was reaching for his ID and wallet when the officer shot him. Police said in a statement that a handgun was recovered from the scene.
Lavish Reynolds live-streamed the aftermath of her boyfriend's shooting by police
The officer tells her to keep her hands up and says: "I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand out."
"You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his license and registration, sir," the woman responds.
The video goes on to show the woman exiting the car and being handcuffed. A young girl can be seen and is heard saying at one point, "I'm scared, Mommy."
The woman describes being put in the back seat of the police car and says, "The police just shot my boyfriend for no apparent reason."
Clarence Castile spoke to the Star Tribune from the Hennepin County Medical Center, where he said his nephew died minutes after arriving.
He said Philando Castile had worked in the J.J. Hill school cafeteria for 12 to 15 years, "cooking for the little kids." He said his nephew was "a good kid" who grew up in St. Paul.
Minnesota court records online show Castile had some misdemeanor violations, mainly related to driving.
Mangseth said the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has taken over the investigation. A spokesman for that agency couldn't immediately be reached.
The president of the Minneapolis NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds, told the crowd she has no faith in the system in the wake of this and other police shootings of black men, including last year's killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis. Levy-Pounds was a leading voice during the protests outside a police station that followed Clark's death, as well as during a renewed wave of protests after prosecutors decided not to charge the officers involved.
"I'm tired of the laws and policies on the books being used to justify murder," Levy-Pounds, a civil rights attorney, told the crowd as rain began to fall. "This is completely unacceptable. Somebody say, 'Enough is Enough.'"
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Associated Press writer Sarah Rankin in Chicago contributed to this report.
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Interim UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is out of UFC 200. His fight against champion Daniel Cormier has been scrapped.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed Jones yesterday that a June 16, 2016, out-of-competition sample came back positive for a possible banned substance.
The Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt three-round heavyweight fight is now the main event on the card, which will be held on Saturday, July 9, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Cormier was devastated upon hearing the news. He desperately wanted to avenge his previous loss to Jones.
After learning that Jon Jones was pulled from UFC 200, a devastated Daniel Cormier spoke with media in Las Vegas.https://t.co/n18o1YWfBP
— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) July 7, 2016
"I'm very disappointed. I worked really hard to prepare for this," Cormier said at a Wednesday press conference. "I put myself in a position where I felt like I could win this fight. To hear something like this, it's very sad. From a competitive standpoint, from a financial standpoint ... there are a number of ways in which this is disappointing."
Other UFC fighters weighed in on Twitter and Instagram.
Dan Henderson: @dc_mma @ufc, I feel for ya. I know it feels to have your opponent get pulled 3 days before the fight due to being dishonorable. #norespect
Antonio "Big Foot" Silva: It's extremely shameful and direspectful, to his fans, to the public, to the UFC, and to his opponent who trained hard for months to face him, for Jon Jones to have been caught again!! This man should be banned from the sport, he is a shame to all of us!
Chris Weidman: Gotta feel real bad for DC right now. He had a lot to prove with Jones. Needs to get a fight and that PPV cut to make him feel better.
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson: Flying to Vegas and my jaw dropped once I got WiFi... Speechless is all I can say!
Jeremy Stephens: @JonnyBones doesn't wanna be saved don't save em he don't wanna be saved don't save em.
Michael Chiesa: As a fan I'm disappointed in Jon's recklessness, again. As a fighter, I feel bad for DC not getting to unify his belt & get that big payday.
Colby Covington: Can't say I'm surprised.
Sergio Pettis: Shit was looking forward to that war!
Check out more reactions below.
Sad day for MMA
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) July 7, 2016
Feels kinda good knowing I could shit my pants in the cage, or trip walkin up the octagon steps & still not fuck up as bad as Jon Jones has
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) July 7, 2016
All the eyes are on you @JonnyBones WTF Dude
— Sean Spencer (@seanspencer170) July 7, 2016
Fucking cheaters u guys need drugs to fight? Fuck you all. #FuckTheCheaters NO RESPECT
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) July 7, 2016
"USADA is all smoke and mirrors. Just lip service. Brock Lesnar exemption blah blah blah." Lol. #UFC200
— Josh Samman (@JoshSamman) July 7, 2016
I'm sorry @dc_mma. You are a true champ for handling this like a man. Much respect to you brother.
— Michael McDonald (@MaydayMcDonald) July 7, 2016
Great day of training.. Looking forward to UFC 200.. Giving Twitter a looksies before bed one more ti.. OMFG
— Josh Samman (@JoshSamman) July 7, 2016
I guess he didn't take DC's "get your shit together" advice to heart. :( #ufc200 https://t.co/6gWI79tAof
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) July 7, 2016
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