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"Real Power Is People" is a classic song off of the late, great Prodigy of Mobb Deep's 2008 "H.N.I.C. 2" album.
As with many of his songs, P was way ahead of his time with this track in which he talks about secret societies, the Illuminati, 9/11 conspiracy theories and more.
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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Two people were killed and another was wounded as shots were fired late Tuesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the third night of unrest following the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.
The shootings were reported at about 11:45 p.m. in an area where protests have taken place, Kenosha police Lt. Joseph Nosalik said in a news release. They happened after police drove away protesters from in front of a courthouse that had been the site of the main clashes between protesters and authorities.
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said one victim was shot in the head and another was shot in the chest, the Milwaukee Journal Sentine l reported. Beth didn’t know where the other person was shot, but that person’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Beth told the Journal Sentinel that armed people had been patrolling the city’s streets in recent nights, but he did not know if the shooter was among them.
“They’re a militia,” Beth said. “They’re like a vigilante group.”
He said authorities didn’t detain anyone over the shootings, but that investigators had reviewed video of what happened and that he was confident a man would be arrested soon.
Cellphone video of at least two of the shootings that was posted online shows what appears to be a white man with a semi-automatic rifle jogging down the middle of a street as a crowd and some police officers follow him. Someone in the crowd can be heard asking “What did he do?” and another person responds that the man had shot someone.
The man with the gun stumbles and falls, and as he’s approached by people in the crowd, he fires three or four shots from the seated position, hitting at least two people, including one who falls over and another who stumbles away to frantic shouts of “Medic! Medic!”
With the crowd scattering, the shooter stands up and continues walking down the street as police cars arrive. The man puts up his hands and walks toward the squad cars, with someone in the crowd yelling at police that the man had just shot someone, but several of the cars drive past him toward the people who had been shot.
Another angle of the shooting and moments after. Can see @RichieMcGinniss and others on scene giving aid. He was right next to the victim when the shooting happened.pic.twitter.com/CVfdc1DIQx
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 26, 2020
People are claiming this guy shot the first victim. He’s seen here running away. Absolutely chaos right now. pic.twitter.com/9LXk5hX7gl
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 26, 2020
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In this @fcc_tv1 interview with Russell Simmons son Jinx da Juvy he speaks on firing his paid attorney to have a jail house lawyer " Chad Marks" (who is free now) file it and ultimately get his appeal granted. Jinx speaks on his love for 50 cent new show For Life and how it relates to prison and his situation, lastly he speaks on his first appeal being denied and getting the news on his bday and crying back in his cell. Follow @Free_Jinx @fcc_tv1 @cclassave
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Police in Texas slammed a man's forehead into a curb during a bloody arrest ... and cops also had an elbow and knee pinned on his head.
The violent altercation with cops in Beaumont, Texas was caught on camera, with bystanders screaming in horror as multiple police officers flip the man off his stomach, causing his head to smash into the concrete curb in the middle of a parking lot.
The man, whose name is Omar, claims he suffered a gruesome injury during the arrest -- a bloody gash above his right eye from the violent impact, a cut that required at least six staples.
The head slamming into the curb is alarming, and so are the elbow and knee pinning his face to the ground. It's only been 3 months since George Floyd's neck met a knee that ended his life.
Beaumont Police sergeant Cody Guedry tells TMZ ... the incident is under investigation and the officer remains on active duty.
Source: TMZ
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A highly anticipated battle of the unbeaten headlines UFC 253 on September 26 as middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0) faces Paulo Costa (13-0).
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Check out Big Sean's new single titled "Deep Reverence" featuring the late, great Nipsey Hussle.
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MMA News Today:
STIPE MIOCIC doesn't agree with Francis Ngannou's assessment that fighting at heavyweight "might be even easier" for Jon Jones
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ISRAEL ADESANYA warns Paulo Costa not to try anything during UFC 253 fight week
TONY FERGUSON reacts following news of potential October showdown with Dustin Poirier
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COREY ANDERSON fires back after jab from Dana White
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MICHAEL BISPING reacts to Frankie Edgar's win over Pedro Munhoz at UFC Vegas 7
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BRENDAN SCHAUB on Frankie Edgar vs Pedro Munhoz: I don't think Pedro was robbed
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PAULO COSTA trashes Israel Adesanya: 'You're not a real champion'
MEGAN ANDERSON on her upcoming fight against Amanda Nunes
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Ced Gee stops by Unique Access Ent to discuss why he believes Scott La Rock was assassinated. The Ultramagnetic MC's rapper also tells Soren Baker about it being his fault he didn't get production credit on Boogie Down Productions' "Criminal Minded" album. Let us know what you think.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rivals in life, the rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house.
Bidders will be able to vie for the crown worn and signed by the Notorious B.I.G. during a 1997 photo shoot held three days before he was killed in Los Angeles. They’ll also get to bid on an archive of 22 autographed love letters written by Shakur at the age of 15-17 to a high school sweetheart.
The auction will be held Sept. 15 and features over 120 hip-hop-related lots. The items can be viewed in person — reservations are required during the pandemic — at Sotheby’s in New York City and the exhibition will also be available to the public online via its digital gallery.
“The impact of hip-hop is everywhere — sneakers, clothing, jewelry, art, music. I wanted to have a sale that really recognized how massive that impact really is,” said Cassandra Hatton, the Sotheby’s senior specialist who organized the sale.
The estimates for the headlining lots — $200,000 to $300,000 for the crown and $60,000 to $80,000 for the letters — are low, with the hope that the auction house can attract first-time bidders and show it is not just a stuffy place for multi-million-dollar watches and paintings.
Onetime friends who became rivals in a hype-fueled war between the East and West Coast rap scenes, Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. — also known as Biggie Smalls — were gunned down within months of each other. Both crimes remain unsolved.
The crown has been in photographer Barron Claiborne’s possession since he captured Biggie for the cover of Rap Pages magazine. Claiborne had provided the prop, hoping to portray Biggie as the king of New York. Sean “Diddy” Combs, owner of Biggie’s label Bad Boy Entertainment, was with the rapper on the photo shoot.
“I’ve seen the crown. Everybody’s seen the crown. It’s so famous. It’s so iconic. When I was first thinking of doing this sale, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to track that crown down?’” Hatton said. “I’ve sold all sorts of wild things. But this is a little different.”
Shakur’s letters — many on lined stationary pages with neat hand-lettered script — were written in 1987 and 1988 to Kathy Loy, a fellow student at the Baltimore School for the Arts. The 42 pages chronicle their approximately two-month long romance, including a letter of regret for breaking up sent a year later. Loy provided the letters for auction.
“I’ll always be there for you,” Shakur wrote to her in one. In a poem, we writes: “Everything is so beautiful/since I fell in love.” The trove also reveal his friendship with fellow student Jada Pinkett Smith, who he mentions in one letter: “Jada told me she can see how much I love you.”
What interested Hatton most is the tone of the letters. Unlike Shakur’s tough public persona, the letters reveal a “sweet, poetic, sensitive young man.”
“There are definitely moments that made me blush reading the letters — he is a 16-year-old boy after all,” she added. “But he is very respectful. He advocates for clear communication and boundaries and wants to define relationships.”
The auction continues Sotheby’s recent trend toward embracing items prized by popular culture, including hosting the first dedicated sneaker auction at one of the big auction houses in July 2019. A pair of Michael Jordan’s signed, game-worn Nikes was recently auctioned by Christie’s for a record $615,000.
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Charlamagne Tha God gives Nikki Haley the Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, August 25, for her speech at the republican national convention.
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Check out the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN and WizKiD.
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On the heels of his stellar "Abstract" album, lyrical genius Eminencee is back with his 2nd project of 2020, in the form of the eight-track deep gem titled "Perception."
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Tracklist:
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2. Funeral Visits
3. Talladega Nights
4. Nipsey
5. Dream Big
6. SMH
7. Drunk Love
8. Heavyweight Belt
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When Jacob Blake’s father talked with his son Sunday morning, the younger Blake was gearing up for a day of celebrating his son’s eighth birthday.
That evening, the father got word that his son had been shot eight times by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Eighteen minutes later, he saw the now-viral video, he said.
“What justified all those shots?” his father said. “What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?”
Some witnesses say Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who attended middle and high school in Evanston, was simply trying to break up a fight Sunday evening. The cellphone video of the incident shows Blake walking around and opening up his car door before appearing to be shot in the back by police.
His father said there are now “eight holes” in his son’s body, and he’s paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors don’t yet know if the injury is permanent.
The elder Blake is now making the drive from Charlotte, North Carolina, to be with his son in the hospital Tuesday.
“I want to put my hand on my son’s cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I’ll be OK,” his father said. “I’ll kiss him with my mask. The first thing I want to do is touch my son.”
He’s been living in Kenosha for about three years, his father said, and is the father of six children between ages three and 13. Family is “definitely” important to the younger Blake, who has seven brothers and five sisters, according to his father.
“If you were in need of something and my son had it, he would not hesitate to give it to you,” his father said. “He’s a very giving individual.”
Source: Chicago Sun Times
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Nas was the latest guest on The Breakfast Club. He talked about reuniting The Firm on his "King's Disease" album, working with Hit-Boy, Kanye West, an upcoming secret project and more.
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New Jersey spitter G.ame O.ver connects with Styles P for his new Speed Perez-produced single titled "Body Bags." Off of his forthcoming album, "Check Mate," dropping October 18th.
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D.M.I. Presents BigShot - "Big Mood" (Official Video)
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LeBron James is furious over the Jacob Blake shooting -- going off about the situation, which he describes as "another black man being targeted."
"And y’all wonder why we say what we say about the Police!! Someone please tell me WTF is this???!!!"
LeBron continues ... "This sh*t is so wrong and so sad!!"
"Feel so sorry for him, his family and OUR PEOPLE!! We want JUSTICE"
Utah Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell also chimed in ... saying this is exactly why players have been speaking out about social injustice.
"F THE GAMES AND PLAYOFFS!!! THIS IS SICK AND IS A REAL PROBLEM WE DEMAND JUSTICE!"
Blake was reportedly walking back to his vehicle after breaking up a fight between two women ... when a white officer followed him and shot him in the back 7 times as Blake's children watched from inside the car.
Blake was reportedly walking back to his vehicle after breaking up a fight between two women ... when a white officer followed him and shot him in the back 7 times as Blake's children watched from inside the car.
Blake was flown to a nearby hospital where he remains in serious condition.
A Wisconsin police officer yesterday shot Jacob Blake 7 times in the back. His 3 children were in the car, watching their father being shot.
— Martin Luther King III (@OfficialMLK3) August 24, 2020
This is America.
On August 28th, we will be marching against police brutality in Washington, DC, demanding justice. pic.twitter.com/ibrPD66Y1t
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In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh sit down with comedian, DJ, radio & tv personality, as well as close friend of Kweli -- Cipha Sounds. The interview spans Cipha making a name for himself DJing for some of the biggest names in hip-hop to later finding a new calling and success in the world of comedy.
Topics include Cipha cutting his teeth in broadcasting as a mix show DJ on Funkmaster Flex's evening show with Hot 97 in New York. He talks about how he found his love of Reggae music, where his surname originated from, Funkmaster Flex's under-appreciated role in underground hip-hop, and why Cipha wanted to become a DJ in the first place. He goes on to speak about his time as an A&R for Rawkus and Tommy Boy and outlines why he feels he wasn't a success in that role. He then reflects on what it was like being on tour with Lil' Kim and tells the story about one of the several times he was shot at while being her road with her. Cipha also shares his perspective of the N-word, speaks on his friendship with Peter Rosenberg with whom he hosted the 'Juan Epstein Podcast,' and he's asked if he felt like he was done dirty at the time he departed from Hot 97.
Later Cipha speaks on what it means to be signed to Roc Nation, and what his relationship with Jay Z has been like over the years of working together. Cipha tells about the two of them never missing the chance to take sarcasm shots at each other and goes on to tell how he met HOV when he was just getting his career off the ground with two singles under his belt at the time. He notes how much working with Jay and Roc Nation really helped him understand the music business. Cipha also touches on his taking a hiatus from radio and tv to pursue a career as a comedian, and talks about the hard road he faced like many others in that industry. He tells how he met Dave Chappelle, how that friendship inspired him, his love for improv, and his contributions to TruTV's 'Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks' comedy show. Finally Cipha goes into his outspokenness on the dangers of food addiction, which he's struggled with over recent years.
TIMESTAMPS:
4:33 -- Cipha is asked about his strong connection to Reggae music, and how that came about. He explains how he gained his affirmation for the genre when he got started on Hot 97, being asked to do the Reggae sets, then later getting deeper into the culture when he visited Miami and experienced the dancehall scene down there. Cipha also gets into how he got his surname through his immersion into the Five Percent Nation philosophy, details all the important things he learned under the tutelage of Funkmaster Flex while working at Hot 97, and they discuss how much Flex is underappreciated for his role in underground getting it's fair share of radio play during the 90's.
11:34 -- Cipha gets asked how he was able to stay relevant within the mainstream and underground worlds simultaneously. Cipha gets into how his interest in DJing had nothing to do with girls and free booze, with only a mindset of pushing the culture forward. Talib goes on to ask Cipha about his time being an A&R for Rawkus and Tommy Boy, asks what he feels makes a good A&R, and why they are considered the boogeyman of the industry. Cipha gets into how he viewed the role, how he felt like he was good at it, but why that didn't necessarily translate into being a successful one with a rude awakening he experienced when he assumed others valued loyalty as much as he did with his help of getting Rick Ross signed to a record deal.
19:12 -- Cipha gets into his experiences being on tour with Lil' Kim, recounting a story that involved Kim screaming in the greenroom during a show, and flipping over a table, leading to guns getting drawn, and bullet holes in their van as they peeled off from the scene. Cipha also talks about bringing Jarret Myer, the co-ceo of Rawkus to hardcore hip hop clubs to help him get an ear to the street. They later discuss the N-word and how it's use among hispanics is viewed differently in and outside of New York, Cipha speaks to his own personal rules of using the word, and Talib talks about how he's been finding himself using it less as he matures.
31:10 -- Cipha speaks to his friendship with Peter Rosenberg, with whom he hosted the 'Juan Epstein Podcast' on Hot 97. Cipha notes how many fights they had during the course of them working together, but always coming back through the common bond of their deep love for hip hop, and both having the same vision of the music coming first. Talib goes on to ask Cipha if he feels like he was done dirty when he was 'fired' from Hot 97, not taking his loyalty into full consideration. Cipha responds by outlining how it was a dark time at the station when it all occurred, reflects on what he learned from the experience, and shares his response to people that ask him why Flex didn't save his job.
38:01 -- Talib asks Cipha about his relationship with Jay-Z, and what it means to be signed to Roc Nation. Cipha tells how he got on with HOV when they were both in London while Cipha was DJing for Lil' Kim and Jay was on his first big tour during the release of his debut album 'Reasonable Doubt'. He details his friendship with Jay being similar to that of his mom's, constantly taking sarcasm shots at each other. He then goes on to tell about the notable people that he introduced to Jay, including Damien Marley, Rianna, Tru Life as well as others, and how working with Roc Nation really opened his eyes on how to operate effectively in the music business.
42:30 -- Jasmin asks Cipha about him stating that he left Hot 97 to pursue a career in comedy. He reflects on the long hours he spent in his basement sharpening his skills in comedy like he did DJing, only to realize the real way to stand-up success is on stage with a live audience and experiencing what it's like to bomb. Cipha also goes into how he met Dave Chappelle and became his regular DJ on the Chappelle Show, outlining how nonchalant he seemed when he found out he landed a regular spot on Comedy Central. They also discuss Cipha's love of improv, his hand in getting 'Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks' off the ground, and comedian's funerals.
53:31 -- Cipha gets asked about his straight-edge lifestyle, even though "he always looks high as f*ck", and why he feels the need to speak out about the dangers of food addiction being his number one struggle over so many years. He explains the things he felt that led to his substantial weight gain. He gives the reasons why he feels food addiction is the most dangerous drug. He speaks to how the covid-era has been especially hard for a guy like himself.
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