It will still take clearing some legitimate hurdles to reach the finish line, but according to ESPN's Ariel Helwani, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have finished negotiations and agreed to terms for a last-minute bout to serve as the main event of Saturday's UFC 251 card in Abu Dhabi.
With the new UFC 251 main event now essentially being cleared on paper, both fighters will undergo COVID-19 testing in Las Vegas and immediately enter quarantine while awaiting the results. Should Usman and Masvidal both test negative, then they will be en route to Abu Dhabi as soon as possible from there.
Shortly after the news of the agreement broke, UFC president Dana White posted a hype video to Twitter which seemingly confirmed that he was able to secure the new blockbuster main event.
(CNN) At least two people were killed and eight others injured in an early Sunday shooting at a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub, police said.
A deputy with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office noticed a disturbance at the club, Lavish Lounge, shortly before 2 a.m. When he pulled into the parking lot, he heard gunshots and called for emergency assistance, Lt. Jimmy Bolt said.
The Greenville Police Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol responded and found four gunshot victims inside, Bolt said. The officers did not fire their weapons, he said.
A dispatcher later learned that other victims were being transported to the hospital in personal vehicles, Bolt said.
The eight surviving victims are listed in "various conditions," he said.
There are no suspects in custody. Investigators remain on the scene.
The nightclub was hosting a "very, very, very, large crowd" for a concert when the shooting erupted, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said, according to CNN affiliate WYFF.
"There's a lot of shell casings inside," Lewis said. "Everything is turned over. There are a few chairs in there, food on the floor, some bottles busted. You can tell somebody left in a hurry. There are some pretty large amounts of blood."
In an interview with CNN, Lewis said investigators were looking into whether members of the music group performing at the club were involved. The club promoted a performance by Greensboro, Georgia, rapper Foogiano beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday night, but it was not clear if other acts also played.
Hours before the concert, Foogiano, who four months ago celebrated signing with Atlanta hip-hop star Gucci Mane's label, posted to Instagram, "Greenville y'all ready!? tonight bout to be a f**king movie."
The sheriff’s office was looking for two suspects, but couldn’t provide names or descriptions.
After the great success of Struggle Mike's "The Great Escape" album, the Buffalo, New York entrepreneur comes through with a follow up project called "Da Wall."
Featuring: Benny the Butcher, Fred The Godson, Hus Kingpin, RJ Payne, Eto, Rick Hyde, Che Noir, Madhattan, Duffel Bag Hottie, Body Bag Ben, Heemer Da Steemer, Vino La Mano, BuKnas de Culiacan, Same Dude, GoToMar$, Smoke Bulga, The Breed Mafia, Boons, Tony Deniro, G MiMs, Spiderdagod, Queen Vee, Kalah Bishop, Loveboat Luciano, KevMac, Permy Lee, 80 Empire, Speedie Da Icon, Stretchdotcom, Moody909, Ace Roc, Ray Swoope, Xtorzionayte, Blaze Merch, Grenzy, Shade Black, Waverly Jones.
Peep this fire joint off of it called "Something Beautiful" with Fred The Godson, Rick Hyde and G Mims.
SEATTLE (AP) — A car drove onto a closed freeway early Saturday and struck two people in a crowd protesting against police brutality, killing one and critically injuring the other, authorities said.
Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said.
Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning, officials said.
Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking I-5 and sped into the crowd about 1:40 a.m., according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol. Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “Car! Car!” before fleeing the roadway.
Love is in serious condition in the intensive care unit, Harborview, Gregg said.
Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5” when the video ended abruptly; with about 15 seconds left, shouts of “Car!” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard.
A graphic video posted on social media showed the white Jaguar racing toward a group of protesters who are standing behind several parked cars, set up for protection. The car swerves around the other vehicles and slams into the two protesters, sending them flying into the air.
The driver, who was alone, fled the scene after hitting the protesters, Trooper Chase Van Cleave told The Associated Press. One of the other protesters got in a car and chased the driver for about a mile. He was able to stop him by pulling his car in front of the Jaguar, Van Cleave said.
Troopers arrived, and the driver was put in custody, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said.
New Crack Era boss, Eto, will release his highly anticipated "Eto Brigante" album on August 7th. There are no features on the project. Just raw, uncut lyrical hollow points from Rochester, New York's finest.
Lil Wayne chopped it up with 50 Cent on the latest episode of Young Money Radio. The two covered a wide range of topics, but you knew Fif wasn't going to leave without stirring up a little bit of controversy.
"I'm not gonna say who I'm talking about, right?" the G-Unit head honcho says during one segment. "I'm just gonna say ... if you represent prison reform, how did you sign to a correctional officer? And you managed by a snitch?"
It's not hard to figure out that 50 was talking about Meek Mill.
He and Jay-Z formed the REFORM Alliance, an organization that aims to reduce the number of people serving unjust parole and probation sentences.
Rick Ross, a former C.O., signed Meek to his Maybach Music Group label, and the Philadelphia rapper is managed by Roc Nation, whose COO, Desiree Perez, who allegedly worked as a government witness helping the DEA build successful cases against major traffickers in Puerto Rico and Colombia in the mid 90's.
50 and Meek engaged in a previous beef several years back and ultimately squashed it. Let's see if this will heat things back up again.
40 Glocc is finally on the path to putting his prostitution ring bust behind him, and the first step is checking into jail to serve his sentence ... nearly 3 years after his arrest.
The rapper turned himself in to Blue Earth County Jail on June 30 in Minnesota where he'll do one year behind bars after pleading guilty to 1 felony count of promoting prostitution of an individual ... according to court docs.
Once he's done his time in jail, 40 Glocc will be on 10 years of supervised release ... and if he messes up during that period, the rapper could get locked up again. As part his supervised release conditions ... he can't use or possess firearms, has to get a GED, and submit to random alcohol and drug testing.
You'll recall the rapper struck a sweet plea deal with prosecutors back in October ... more than 2 years after he was arrested in July 2017. Prosecutors agreed to drop 2 other felony charges -- fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and engaging in the sex trafficking of an individual.
The Aurora police department says it’s “ashamed” of photos showing three officers mocking the death of Elijah McClain. Two officers in the photos were fired, the third resigned and a fourth officer was fired after responding “haha” to the pictures in a group text.
Jaron Jones, in the center of the photos, resigned before he was fired. His record will show that he was going to be terminated and he will not be allowed to be a police officer anywhere in the state of Colorado. He was pictured with Erica Marrero and Kyle Dittrich.
According to APD's internal review, Dittrich shared the photos via text message to two officers. One officer received them and had no response. The other, Jason Rosenblatt responded with "HaHa."
Rosenblatt was also fired Friday. He was involved in the initial encounter with Elijah McClain in August.
"He’s being fired for his lack and utter inability to do the right thing here," Interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said. "To say 'ha ha' when he was engaged in the incident with Elijah McClain is absolutely unacceptable.”
The interim chief says the photos were taken on October 20, 2019 at the site of a memorial for McClain. The 23-year-old was stopped by officers while walking home from a convenience store months before. He was not armed and did not stop when officers told him to. The officers used a chokehold on him and paramedics injected him with a sedative. McClain died several days after the encounter.
Soft White Underbelly video and portraits of The Whitakers, an inbred family from Odd, West Virginia. The individuals in this video are brothers and sisters, except for Timmy who is a cousin. There is no way I would be able to confirm that the Whitaker parents were related, but given that this does happen in this part of the country and the Whitakers are the most extreme case I’ve seen so far, I would bet that inbreeding was at least partly responsible for the mental and physical abnormalities seen in Lorraine, Freddie, Ray and Timmy. To be clear about my interaction with the family, I brought them pizzas and soft drinks and paid them nicely, which goes a long way in southwestern West Virginia where the average yearly income is as low as $12K a year. This was my fourth visit and I’ve given the family a financial gift each time.
Springfield, Massachusetts collective Joe Mack, Donns Day and Bonnie Stone, together known as M.D.S. (Mack.Donn.Stone.), drop off an official music video for their new single titled "MDS Anthem."
Check out the official music video for "Outta Control" from Newburgh, New York native, Big Brick. The Tone Beatz-produced song is off of Big Brick's new EP titled "SE7EN."
1. King Tut Ft Chrissy Mac (Prod. by Myth) 2:43 2. Spanglish (Prod. by JK1, cuts by Jake Case) 2:41 3. Champion (Prod. by Big Brick) 1:59 4. Dead End (Prod. by Jake Case) 2:25 5. Outta Control (Prod. by Tone Beatz, cuts by Jake Case) 2:24 6. On It (Prod. by DJ Shay) 3:06 7. Slide ft Thanos Beats (Prod. by Thanos Beats) 2:52
Ogaudio_Omyth, Sk and KMost present their powerful music video for "Black Man's Doctrine."
Intro: Curtis M Hayes Jr.
English Lessons C-1 # 1-36
1. My name is W. D. Farad. 2. I came to the wilderness of North America by myself. 3. My uncle was brought here by a trader (over) 379 years ago. 4. My uncle does not speak his own language. 5. My uncle does not know he is my uncle. 6. He loves the because the devil gives him nothing. 7. Why does he love the devil? 8. Because the devil planted fear in him when he was a little boy. 9. Why does he fear the devil now that he is a grown man? 10. Because the devil taught him to eat the wrong foods. 11. Does this have anything to do with the above question #10? 12. Yes, it makes him act other than his own self.
These are just 12 of the 36 degrees I drew from when scribing these Barz.. I know some will be offended by what they are about to see.. If you are OFFENDED BY THIS.. GOOD FOR US BECAUSE OUR INTENTION IS FOR YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - The family of Korryn Gaines, the 23-year-old woman killed by Baltimore County police in 2016, and their attorney are calling an appeals court’s opinion released late Wednesday a victory.
The court reinstates a $38 million jury verdict award.
It’s another turn of events for the Gaines family. Rhanda Dormeus, Gaines’ mother, said she’s simply feeling joy.
“There’s joy because finally, there is justice. Finally my daughter, Korryn Gaines, whose name has been smeared and people have misjudged, they had their opinions about her, now they see that she is not a villain,“ said Dormeus.
In an opinion released late Wednesday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled the lower court abused its discretion in throwing out the jury‘s decision to award Gaines’ family the money.
“I’m so glad that the special appeals court saw it for what it was and didn’t make it a political statement by affirming a bad decision,“ said J. Wyndal Gordon, the family’s attorney.
Baltimore County police shot and killed Gaines inside her Randallstown apartment in 2016. Gaines went live on Facebook, she could be seen holding a rifle with her five-year-old son Kodi close by.
Police moved in after a standoff that lasted hours. Cpl. Royce Ruby fired the first shot, killing games and injuring her son. At trial, prosecutors said police shot in self-defense. But a jury called the shooting unreasonable and violated the victims‘ civil rights.
The jury awarded the family $38 million, but the judge overturned the verdict. But now, a higher court reinstates it.
“This means that we won. It’s a big victory for us,“ said Gordon.
“My [blood] pressure is probably through the roof right now, because I’m bursting inside. I really am,“ said Dormeus.
A spokesman for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski says county attorneys are reviewing the opinion.
Gordon says county attorneys could appeal to the state’s highest court, but added that’s unlikely.
STONINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A hotel clerk is looking for justice after she said a couple attacked her and yelled racial slurs at her.
The incident happened on the Stonington side of Mystic. The victim, Chrystal Caldwell, said she suffered a concussion after being attacked by two of the guests.
Caldwell, 59, has been a desk clerk at the inn for seven years. She told News 8 a couple from New York, who was staying at the hotel, beat her not once, but twice.
Video shows Caldwell being attacked for the second time by a couple at the Mystic Quality Inn on Friday. She puts up a fight as the couple punches her in the head, throwing her to the ground.
Caldwell said the couple was looking for her after a prior altercation at the front desk. The man first called to say his hot water wasn’t working. When Caldwell offered to have someone come and fix it or switch their room, she said he got angry and started calling her names, including “monkey” among other things.
“The manager said, ‘I got this; I got it under control,’ so I turned around to go back to my desk because other people were checking out…he just came down before I could…go behind the desk and assaulted me.”
At one point, she said he came down to the reception area and started hitting her, so they called police. But they were able to get ahold of Caldwell a second time.
Her attorney said the couple had it out for her.
“You see these two people looking around for Chrystal like they’re still stalking her…It’s really one of the most vicious assaults you’d ever see.”
Caldwell said hen she closes her eyes at night she sees one thing: “All I could see is his shoe coming…I was fighting for my life.”
Caldwell’s attorney says Stonington officers did not arrest the couple before they took off to New York.
Meanwhile they are working with a detective and are hopeful an arrest will soon be made. Captain Olson with the Stonington police told News 8’s partners at the Hartford Courant that police want an “iron-clad case,” and don’t want a quick investigation that a defense attorney can pick apart. They said they plan to make at least one arrest.
Trae Tha Truth releases a star-studded song addressing the problems going on in urban communities in America.
"Time For Change" features T.I, Styles P, Mysonne, Ink, Anthony Hamilton, Conway, Krayzie Bone, E-40, David Banner, Bun B, Tamika Mallory and Lee Merritt.
Westside Gunn is keeping the streets fed with new music. Less than three months after releasing his "Pray For Paris" album, the Griselda Records is back with "FLYGOD Is An Awesome God 2."
Features on the 14-track project include Benny The Butcher, Boldy James, Rome Streetz, Keisha Plum, AA Rashid, Armani Caesar and Steve God Cooks.
Tracklist:
01. Praise God Intro feat. AA Rashid 02. Michael Irvin 03. Jose Canseco feat. Stove God Cooks 04. One More Hit feat. Stove God Cooks 05. Sadhu Interlude 06. Lil Cease feat. Armani Caesar 07. FCK the Police skit 08. Buffs vs Wires feat. Benny the Butcher & Boldy James 09. MINISTER MAINO SKIT 10. Bubba Chuck feat. Stove God Cooks 11. Sadhu Interlude 2 12. Drive By Love feat. Keisha Plum 13. Rebirth feat. Keisha Plum 14. Steve Behr feat. Rome Streetz