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ORLANDO, Fla. – Body camera recorded by an Orlando school resource officer shows a distraught, sobbing 6-year-old girl being restrained with zip ties and pleading with the officer as she’s led to a patrol car outside her school.

The arresting officer, Dennis Turner, was later fired by the Orlando Police Department following the September arrest of the student. The charges against the girl were dropped and her record was expunged.

Orlando Police Department officials previously declined a public records request to release the body camera video showing Kaia Rolle’s arrest at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy on Sept. 19, 2019, citing student privacy issues, however, the family’s attorney was given a copy and shared it with local news outlets.

The 6-year-old was arrested after school staff said she had a temper tantrum at school.

Kaia’s grandmother, Meralyn Kirkland, previously told News 6 her granddaughter was acting out in class, a side effect of a lack of sleep from a medical condition, so she was sent to the office. While Kaia was there, a staff member grabbed her wrists in order to calm her down and that’s when she lashed out and kicked, according to Kirkland.

Turner wrote in Kaia's arrest report that Beverly Stoute, whom he identified as an assistant principal, was the victim in the case and she wanted to press charges because Kaia kicked her on the legs and punched her arms several times.

School officials later said in a statement neither Stoute or anyone else from the school said they wanted to press charges.

Source: ClickOrlando

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Midwest representative/Youngstown Ohio's own G. Huff and Southern spitter/Raleigh North Carolina's own Lena Jackson had a breakout 2019 following the release of Grace and Alchemy. The project received critical love from mainstream music tastemakers including Okayplayer, RESPECT and EARMILK among others. A few months into the new century, the duo recruits Hip Hop legends M.O.P. and Statik Selektah for a remix of the "Grace and Alchemy" EP cut “Another Dead Rapper.”

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G.Huff & Lena Jackson "Grace And Alchemy" EP available now!
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Watch G.Huff & Lena Jackson freestyle on Shade 45 with Statik Selektah
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Detroit supreme lyricist Royce Da 5’9” stopped by Sway In The Morning to talk about his 7th solo studio album titled "The Allegory." Peep game below.

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Snoop Dogg welcomed legendary boxer Iron Mike Tyson to the latest episode of GGN News.

Mike talked about his business ventures while smoking hella weed with The Doggfather.

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The coronavirus outbreak that’s shuttered commerce across China will likely become a global pandemic, a top U.S. health official said Tuesday, adding that it’s just a matter of time before the outbreak starts to spread in the U.S.

“Current global circumstances suggest it’s likely this virus will cause a pandemic,” Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters at a news briefing.

The virus, which has now infected more than 80,200 and killed at least 2,704 people, has spread rapidly over the past week through South Korea, Iran and Italy. The localized outbreaks outside of China have fueled concerns among infectious disease experts and scientists that the virus is spreading too quickly and may be past the point of containment.

“It’s not so much a question of if this will happen any more, but rather more a question of when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected and how many of those will develop severe or more complicated disease,” she added.

There are now 57 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S., Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday. A majority of those cases came from passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan. CDC data shows that 40 of the cases are attributed to the cruise ship, four of which were announced Tuesday. Three patients were infected in Wuhan and later evacuated to the U.S., and the rest were largely infected while traveling overseas.

“We can’t hermetically seal off the United States,” Azar said.

There is a “defined playbook” for how the government would respond to any potential community spread in the U.S., Azar said, adding that Americans “shouldn’t panic when they see new cases.”

“It is very dangerous to make predictions with a virus, especially a novel virus,” Azar said. “But we have tools to deal with it that are reasonable, titrated and don’t excessively interfere either with the economy or individuals lives, necessarily.”

While COVID-19 is contained in the U.S. so far, CDC officials said earlier Tuesday that the public needs to prepare for an eventual outbreak here. Schuchat echoed those comments.

“We must use this time to continue to prepare for the event of community transmission in the United States,” Schuchat said. “Part of that preparation is educating the public and our state, local and private sector partners about what transition from aggressive containment measures to community measures or community mitigation would look like should we end up there.”

Source: CNBC

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Take Money Inc. boss, Yung JB, is juggling promotion for his latest albums "Drug Dealers Pt. 2" and "Drug Dealers 3" simultaneously.

Today, the South Bronx, New York native drops off an official music video for "Big Steppa" off of "Drug Dealers Pt. 2.

Directed by Geohvision @geohvision
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Produced by NY Bangers @nybangers_udub
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"Drug Dealers Pt. 2" available now:

https://tidal.com/browse/album/128579660

https://open.spotify.com/album/6dptV9DdDp2o9ypo71H0TV

Tracklist:

1. Pablo & El Chapo
2. Take Money Use to Say Ft. Fred the Godson
3. Yeah I Am
4. Sex, Money, Murder
5. Blazers Ft. Cory Gunz
6. Gangsta Ft. Goodz & Take Money KO
7. Big Steppa
8. Bag Talk
9. Risk Taker Ft. Take Money KO
10. Bx to Philly Ft. RJ Payne
11. The Vibes

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Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd​’s Black Panther soundtrack collaboration “Pray for Me” gave both artists another chart success in February 2018, when the hard-charging track peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Unfortunately for them, the song is now also hitting the courts.

Indie rock band Yeasayer and their record label We Are Free are suing Lamar, The Weeknd (a.k.a. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) and various other defendants for copyright infringement, accusing them of lifting a “distinctive choral performance” from the song “Sunrise” off the group’s 2007 debut studio album All Hour Cymbals. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Monday (Feb. 24) by the plaintiffs' attorneys Scott Alan Burroughs and Laura M. Zaharia of Doniger/Burroughs.

In the complaint, Yeasayer -- which consisted of Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder -- allege the defendants “extracted” the choral performance in question and inserted it into “Pray for Me” only after “slightly” modifying it and altering its pitch in post-production.

“This material was specifically created for use in ‘Sunrise’ and is unique, comprised of male voices singing in their highest registers, with animated, pulsing vibrato, and developed via distinctive audio post-processing,” the complaint reads.

The suit goes on to allege that the defendants purposely altered the performance in order to conceal their infringement, and that they also intentionally scrubbed and/or altered the Content Management Information (CMI) attached to “Sunrise” to further hide the alleged theft.

Yeasayer and We Are Free are asking the court to enjoin the defendants from further acts of infringement; to transfer all recordings, videos and other material connected with “Pray for Me” into a constructive trust; and to award the defendants actual and statutory damages, lost profits, pre-judgment interest, attorneys’ fees and all other costs of the suit.

Other defendants named in the complaint include “Pray for Me” songwriter/producer Doc McKinney, songwriter Adam King Feeney, Top Dawg Entertainment and Universal Music Group and its subsidiaries Interscope Records and Aftermath Records.

Source: Billboard

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Check out the official music video for "Surf & Turf" from Boldy James and The Alchemist featuring Vince Staples. From the album titled "The Price Of Tea In China."

Video directed by Lonewolf

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Royce Da 5'9" stops by the Liftoff show with the L.A. Leakers Justin Credible & DJ Sourmilk and drops fiery bars for Freestyle 100. Check it out below.

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Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, serving nearly seven years in prison for the murder of a black teen, was assaulted by fellow inmates soon after he was transferred to a prison in Connecticut this month, according to his wife and attorneys.

Van Dyke, who is white, was convicted in October of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The killing sparked protests in Chicago and outrage across the country.

The ex-cop was sentenced last month to an 81 months in prison. Records show he is being held at a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut.

His attorneys said he was attacked in his cell on Feb. 7, two days after he arrived at the prison.They said he suffered facial injuries in the attack.

The shooting of Laquan McDonald was one in a series of deadly encounters that fueled a national conversation on policing in black communities.

Police were called to a parking lot on the Southwest Side of Chicago on the evening of Oct. 20, 2014, on reports of a person breaking into trucks and stealing radios.

Officers arrived to find McDonald walking erratically in the street with a small knife.

Van Dyke pulled up to the scene, got out of his squad car and within seconds opened fire.

He shot the teen 16 times. Police dashcam video appears to show McDonald moving away from Van Dyke when he opened fire.

Source: USA Today

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SmoothGroove Recordings presents the official music video for "I'm the Shit" by Lo Smooth. 

Produced by Tito Beat$

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"I’m the Shit" lyrics

I'm the shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block you can catch me on the strip mane/ I'm shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with ur jewels you get stick mane/

I'm a Brooklyn nigga niggez talk shit I got brooklyn killers/ We outside looking real deep im from Carlton ave nigga where too streets/ I got 10stacks in my jeans 400 for the belt another 60 in the stash that's street money two hammers on the shelf/ this is for my back block niggez stash box niggez crack spot niggez who be flipping like Frank Mathews niggez in the hood call me Frank Mathews/ bitches call me gold mouth full gold nigga I'm cold I be pimping nigga ask around I'm getting money if the bitch throw her ass around/ I'm a bout to catch a lick man this nigga getting money on my strip (ehhhh) I'm a bout to catch a lick man this nigga rocking jewels on my strip must be wilding out.

I'm the shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block you can catch me on the strip mane/ I'm shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with ur jewels you get stick mane/

I'm chopping work nigga where that money when you get money niggez act funny/ I'm SmoothGroove nigga self made I ain't got a boss plus a nigga well paid/ fuck you niggez talking bout I'm from bklyn we don't talk it out east coast niggez we will spark it out clap at your feet watch em walk it out / niggez know my name mane young goldie I bang bang gotta do my thang mane SmoothGroove grip tools nigga same gang/ I'm a always get loop I'm a young fly nigga that's the truth (ehhhh) I'm a always get loop I'm a young fly nigga see the coupe I ain't bugging out/ I'm the shit mane bricks looking sick mane yea I fuck with Papi for really I triple flip mane I'm the shit mane bricks looking sick mane try to run up on me for that lick mane blaaaaa

I'm the shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block you can catch me on the strip mane/ I'm shit mane I'm the shit mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with your jewels you get stick mane you get stick mane you get stick mane come to my block with ur jewels you get stick mane/

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Check out the official music video for "IDK Nothing" from Paterson, New Jersey emcee Bad Lungz.

Produced by 84Music1 @84music1
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Visuals directed by Tukes Productions @tukesproductions
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This is off of the "Luminary Aura" album by Bad Lungz. Available now on all major streaming platforms:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0moS2bJjCLYFLpzKKXd24K?autoplay=true&v=L

https://music.apple.com/us/album/luminary-aura/1490185685

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0829JBM3K/

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On the 12th episode of Season 2, Joe Budden and co-hosts Remy Ma, Jinx & Eboni K. Williams sound off on the following topics: Jadakiss's new album 'Ignatius' (3:00), Black History Month Community Heroes (24:36), RIP Pop Smoke (25:59), Boosie on Dwyane Wade & his daughter Zaya (46:00), Future's lyric about Steve Harvey (1:01:50), Michael Bloomberg (1:18:00), James Brown death being investigated (1:12:42).

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PLANO, Texas — Sunday, a Plano church honored a girl whose story of being bullied for losing her hair during cancer treatments has gone viral.

11-year-old A’myah Moon had her wigged pulled off her head by a bully in a Plano middle school. Since then, she’s received an international show of support.

“People have been telling me I’m beautiful and stuff and they walk me to class,” Moon said.

Sunday at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Plano, church leaders crowned A’myah with a tiara and gave her a custom backpack, coupons for manicures and pedicures and much more.

“It made me actually feel good,” Moon said.

“So many people have reached out to us and so many people are making her happy,” Moon’s mother Syreeta Smith said.

Some in the congregation wore custom shirts reading ‘A’myah’s Army’ as the pastor preached that bullying had to end and parents needed to set an example.

“We are here to stop out bullying and we will not tolerate bullying from anyone,” Reverend Isiah Joshua Jr. said.

Moon’s family said they plan to meet with school leaders soon to discuss what can be done to be more proactive in stopping bullying.

“We don’t want this to happen to any child, sick or not sick. No one should have to go through no wanting to do to school,” Shelia Walker, Amyah’s grandmother said.

Right now, Six Flags is working to host A’myah and her family. Myles Turner, a star basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Bedford native, is planning to invite A’myah and her family to see the team play the Mavericks.

The support and the effort to end bullying only continues to grow.

“It’s been very overwhelming,” Walker said.

Source: WFAA

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A memorial service for Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna is held at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The date -- February 24 -- reflects the basketball jersey numbers worn by Gianna (No. 2) and Kobe (No. 24). Included will be the Houston Rockets' James Harden and Russell Westbrook and Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu, who is scheduled to address the crowd.

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Vanessa Bryant has just sued the company that owned the doomed helicopter that crashed, killing Kobe, Gigi and 7 others ... claiming the aircraft should never have been placed in the peril it was in before the accident.

The lawsuit alleges Island Express was only allowed to fly under visual flight rules, and the conditions the day of the crash were not conducive for such flying. As we reported, the fog was extremely low and the pilot was in blinding conditions before the mishap.

The lawsuit also says the pilot was going 180 miles per hour in the heavy fog in a steep decline.

The lawsuit claims the pilot failed to properly monitor and assess the weather prior to takeoff, failed to obtain proper weather data prior to the flight, failed to abort the flight when he knew of the cloudy condition, failed to maintain control of the helicopter and failed to avoid "natural obstacles" in the flight path.

The suit says Island Express engaged in unnecessary and needlessly risky means of transportation under the circumstances.

The suit also asks for damages for "pre-impact" terror -- damages for the emotional trauma Kobe and Gigi suffered as the pilot struggled to get out of the clouds before the crash.

The lawsuit also says the pilot, Ara George Zobayan, was disciplined in 2015 for violating the visual flight rule minimums by flying into an airspace of reduced visibility.

The lawsuit also claims the helicopter was not safe, although it doesn't say what was unsafe. It could be the basis for the claim is that the helicopter was not certified to fly in bad weather.

The lawsuit does not list an amount of damages sought, but Vanessa is asking for punitive damages, claiming the pilot and Island Express were reckless, and the damages could be untold millions.

Source: TMZ

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NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.

He was found guilty of criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape of a woman in 2013. The jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, that could have resulted in a life sentence.

The verdict followed weeks of often harrowing and excruciatingly graphic testimony from a string of accusers who told of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, lewd propositions and that’s-Hollywood excuses from Weinstein about how the casting couch works.

The conviction was seen as a long-overdue reckoning for Weinstein after years of whispers about his behavior turned into a torrent of accusations in 2017 that destroyed his career and gave rise to #MeToo, the global movement to encourage women to come forward and hold powerful men accountable for their sexual misconduct.

The jury of seven men and five women took five days to find him guilty.

The case against the once-feared producer was essentially built on three allegations: that he raped an aspiring actress in a New York City hotel room in 2013, that he forcibly performed oral sex on Haleyi and that he raped and forcibly performed oral sex on “Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra in her apartment in the mid-1990s.

He's facing five to 25 years for the criminal sexual assault conviction and 18 months to four years for the third-degree rape conviction

Weinstein now faces charges in Los Angeles. In that case, announced just as the New York trial was getting under way on Jan. 6, authorities allege Weinstein raped one woman and sexually assaulted another on back-to-back nights during Oscars week in 2013. One of those women testified as a supporting witness at the New York trial.

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Actress Nia Long was the latest guest on The Breakfast Club.

She talked about the loss of her father, motherhood, producing, new movie "The Banker" and more.

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In the aftermath of Deontay Wilder's first career loss at the hands of Tyson Fury, a look ahead to whether a third match with Fury will be his next bout and what went wrong in the former champ's seventh-round TKO loss.

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