Grafh links up with West Coast lyricist Hopsin to bring you “Who Shot Ya.” This marks the 2nd official single off of his upcoming album "THE ORACLE III" – available everywhere music is streamed and sold March 6, 2020! The new 15-track project features Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Hopsin, Crooked I, Bun B, Rittz and Dope Gang Porter. Cop it today!
Rochester, New York emcee and New Crack Era boss, Eto, is preparing to release a new album titled "The Beauty of It." It features production from The Alchemist, Statik Selektah, Green Lantern, Large Pro & More!!!!
The 2nd single off of the project is the V Don-produced banger titled "Lawless" featuring $ha Hef.
Champion Zhang Weili's camp is impacted by coronavirus; opponent Joanna Jedrzejczyk plans to recapture the title. Middleweight king Israel Adesanya visualizes a fight night shower. Bantamweight Sean O'Malley readies after two years away from the sport. UFC 248 is Saturday, March 7 in Las Vegas.
50 Cent is a fan of Pop Smoke's music and wants to make sure his debut album is a special one.
The G-Unit head honcho and business mogul announced via his Instagram page that he will be putting the project together himself.
“i’m on the move listening to Pop smoke, i decided i’m gonna executive produce and finish his album for him,” 50 wrote.
Steven Victor, whose Victor Victor Worldwide imprint Pop Smoke was signed to has already given his thumbs up ... writing, "happening" in the comment section on HipHop-N-More's post about the album.
50 is looking to nail down features from several big names, including Roddy Ricch, Trey Songz and Chris Brown.
He also publicly reached out to Drake (“@champagnepapi where you at nigga, don’t start acting light skinned on us,” said 50).
Pop, real name, Bashar Jackson, was on his way to becoming a big name in hip hop at the young age of 20, when he was killed by armed gunmen at a Hollywood Hills, California home he was renting on February 19, 2020.
The Brooklyn, New York native's song "Dior" currently sits at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Pop's "Meet the Woo, Vol. 2" mixtape holds down the number 5 spot on the Top R&B/Hip Hop albums chart.
Stack Bundles, hailing from Far Rockaway, Queens, had his life tragically cut short in 2007. Despite his untimely passing, his legacy lives on through his music. The “Library of a Rockstar” series brings fans 30 chapters of vintage Stack Bundles with both classic and unreleased music. Chapter 21, Features, Pt. 2, is out now and available everywhere music is streamed and sold - tune in and celebrate the life of Stack Bundles!
0:00 What It Iz Ft. Smoke Bulga 4:38 Bundles to Stack Ft. Jay Bezel & Billz 7:30 Left Behind Ft. Big Business 11:20 Keep it Moving Ft. Scarchild 13:58 NB to NY Ft. Phace & Nick Bishop 17:20 Streetsweepers Ft. Vein 20:24 Triple B’s Ft. Bynoe & Belly 24:52 Watchin’ Me Closely Ft. Tone Flowa 28:22 Know What I Move Ft. Gangsta Lou 31:10 Keep Bangin’ Ft. LEO 34:54 On Edge Ft. Mike Lowery
GRANADA HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney is accused of pulling a gun on Black Lives Matter activists in a video captured outside of their Granada Hills home Monday morning, just one day before Tuesday's primary.
A man - who protesters identified as David Lacey, the husband of L.A.'s chief prosecutor Jackie Lacey - wielded what appeared to be a handgun while threatening to shoot the protesters if they did not leave the property.
The disturbing video was tweeted Monday morning by Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter organizer. The footage was also tweeted by Jasmyne Cannick, a candidate for Los Angeles County Central Committee, which is composed of volunteers for the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
Cannick said in a tweet that the group was protesting Lacey in front of her house after she allegedly failed to meet with Black Lives Matter. During the protest, her husband opened the door and threatened to shoot Abdullah, who is heard speaking off-camera.
"I will shoot you. Get off of my porch!" he said.
"Can you tell Jackie Lacey that we're here?" Abdullah said.
"I don't care who you are," the man said while lowering the gun. "Get off of my porch! Right now!"
The man identified as David Lacey then said he was calling the police as he closed the door.
Los Angeles police responded to the home. Authorities say no arrests were made, but an investigation is ongoing.
Two Revere women are facing charges in connection with an incident earlier this month where a mother and her teenage daughter were allegedly attacked in East Boston for speaking Spanish.
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins' office announced Friday that two women -- Jenny Leigh Ennamorati, 25, and Stephanie M. Armstrong, 25 -- have been charged with assault and battery and two counts of violating constitutional rights. Ennamorati is also charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot).
The charges stem from an attack on a 46-year-old mother and her 15-year-old daughter while they were speaking Spanish near the Maverick Square MBTA station on the evening of Feb. 15.
The victims and witnesses allege that the attack occurred without provocation. The entire incident was captured on surveillance video.
“Hate and intolerance have no place in Suffolk County," Rollins said in a statement. "The sense of privilege that the accused felt to express these words of hate and racism and then physically attack a mother and her daughter is outrageous and reprehensible."
The mother, who identified herself only as Ms. Vasquez, held a press conference on Monday to call on police to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
“My daughter and I were attacked, punched, kicked, and bitten by two white women,” she said. “As they beat us, they yelled 'This is America! Speak English!'"
She said they also yelled "go back to your [expletive] country."
"I’m having nightmares," she added. "I’m afraid to take the train to work, and my family is afraid to speak Spanish in public. My daughter is still wearing a neck brace and she’s having trouble sleeping. We are all very shaken.”
The advocacy group Lawyers for Civil Rights said the two required medical attention after the incident.
The police report said Ennamorati and Armstrong told officers they thought Ms. Vasquez was making fun of them. They also admitted they had been drinking and acting belligerent.
"The rise in hate crimes is completely unacceptable. I take these accusations very seriously and will personally keep an eye on this process step-by-step," Rollins said.
Ennamorati and Armstrong are scheduled to appear in East Boston District Court on March 9.
Stack Bundles, hailing from Far Rockaway, Queens, had his life tragically cut short in 2007. Despite his untimely passing, his legacy lives on through his music. The “Library of a Rockstar” series brings fans 30 chapters of vintage Stack Bundles with both classic and unreleased music. Chapter 20, Features, Pt. 1, is out now and available everywhere music is streamed and sold - tune in and celebrate the life of Stack Bundles!
0:00 Dope Boy Fresh Ft. C-Mizel 3:22 NY Giants Ft. Jae Hood 6:16 How We Dooze It Ft. Kayos & Chinx 8:56 I’m That Nigga Ft. Big Car & J Khrist 13:10 Get it Quietly Ft. Robbery & Johnny Hustle 16:48 Flashy Niggas Ft. Sky Balla 19:52 Whatcha Know Ft. Lil Flip 22:36 Know About It Ft. G-Kid 26:00 It’s Easy Ft. Big Skeem 29:26 Fire Man Ft. Walkamil 34:22 Certified Hood Stars Ft. G-Kid 37:50 Up in the Building Ft. Dramills 42:56 You’re a Dead Man Ft. T-Rex & Murda Mook 46:42 Cold Summers Ft. Eto
Hall of Fame Hip hop group Public Enemy announced on Sunday they are "moving forward" without Flavor Flav -- their founding member and hype man of nearly 40 years -- after the rapper sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bernie Sanders on Friday.
“Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav,” the group said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well.”
The move was made in response to a letter sent by Flavor Flav's lawyer Matthew Friedman after member Chuck D planned to perform at the candidates' California rally on Sunday.
Flavor Flav accused the campaign of using his likeness and trademarked oversized clock at the rally even though he "has not endorsed any political candidate in this election cycle."
“While Chuck is certainly free to express his political view as he sees fit -- his voice alone does not speak for Public Enemy,” the letter obtained by Fox News said. “The planned performance will only be Chuck D of Public Enemy, it will not be a performance by Public Enemy. Those who truly know what Public Enemy stands for know what time it is, there is no Public Enemy without Flavor Flav."
The letter added that "Sanders had promised to 'Fight the Power' with hip-hop icons Public Enemy, but this Rap Icon will not be performing at the Sanders rally."
Chuck D clarified on Twitter Sunday afternoon the last straw between the two was long ago, adding that "FLAV" refused to support Sankofa, a social justice organization described to give voices to those in need and promote "peace & equality."
"It's not about BERNIE with Flav... he don’t know the difference between BarrySanders or BernieSanders he don’t know either," he said.
Planet Asia comes through with a new album titled "Trust the Chain," which was entirely produced by 38 Spesh. The project contains lots of gems, including "Resurrected Pharoahs" featuring The Musalini. Peep game.
"Trust the Chain" is available now on all streaming platforms:
Megan Thee Stallion says a simple request to renegotiate her contract turned into a stalemate that's keeping a lid on any new tunes.
The rapper took to IG Live Sunday to call her out her record label, 1501, claiming they're not allowing to drop any new music for the time being -- all because, as she claims, MTS asked them to tweak some fine print in the deal she's signed with them at a young age.
Megan says she signed with 1501 when she was about 20 years old, and there were a lot things in her contract with them she simply wasn't aware of -- that is, until she started getting managed by Jay-Z's Roc Nation, which pointed a lot of stuff out to her.
Long story short, Meg says everything was all good and dandy until one day she approached the label and asked to renegotiate ... at which point, she says things went "left."
Megan claims as a result of her asking ... the label has put her and any new tunes on ice. She likens the move to nothing more than greed in its purest form -- and it's clear, there's beef.
The bad news is for fans, of course -- 'cause if what she's saying is true, it can mean a whole year without some 'Hot Girl' seasons to bless us. Shame ...
Megan Thee Stallion says that 1501 isn’t letting her drop new music due to her requesting to renegotiate her contract. pic.twitter.com/4Uz5vXwmD0
Harlem, New York rapper Smoke Dza is back with a new project titled "A Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed." Features include Westside Gunn, Dave East, Nym Lo, T-Pain, Flipp Dinero, Tish Hyman, Phil Ade, Wale and more.
"A Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed" is available now on all streaming platforms:
Flav then presented a cease and desist letter (obtained by Spin), accusing the Sanders campaign of using the Public Enemy name and “likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials” without his permission.
Chuck D has now responded to the claims, giving his bandmate an ultimatum. “Flavor chooses to dance for his money and not do benevolent work like this,” Chuck said in a statement to HipHopDX. “He has a year to get his act together and get himself straight or he’s out.”
Chuck’s lawyer added: “From a legal standpoint, Chuck could perform as Public Enemy if he ever wanted to; he is the sole owner of the Public Enemy trademark. He originally drew the logo himself in the mid-80’s, is also the creative visionary and the group’s primary songwriter, having written Flavor’s most memorable lines.”
In Flavor Flav’s cease and desist letter, he added that the Sanders campaign created “a false narrative” in stating that Public Enemy would be supporting the senator.
“Sanders has promised to ‘Fight the Power’ with hip hop icons Public Enemy – but this Rap Icon will not be performing at the Sanders Rally,” the letter reads. “To be clear Flav and, by extension, the Hall of Fame hip hop act Public Enemy with which his likeness and name have become synonymous has not endorsed any political candidate in this election cycle and any suggestion to the contrary is plainly untrue. The continued publicizing of this grossly misleading narrative is, at a minimum, careless and irresponsible if not intentionally misleading.”
Only six days after he was stopped by Tyson Fury in seven shockingly one-sided rounds in their WBC/lineal heavyweight title fight, Deontay Wilder has exercised his rematch clause.
He’ll face Fury for a third time later this year, Top Rank president Todd duBoef confirmed to Yahoo Sports. The news of the agreement, which was delivered by Wilder’s team to Top Rank on Friday, was first reported by BT Sport.
Wilder had first told Yahoo Sports on Monday, when he said the weight of his ring walk costume deadened his legs, that he planned to exercise the clause, but his attorney made it official on Friday.
There has been no date set for the bout, though duBoef said it will be held in the summer.
Fury and Wilder first fought on Dec. 1, 2018, in a bout which was scored a split draw. It was a competitive, dramatic fight which Wilder nearly won by knockout in the 12th. He crushed Fury with a right, but Fury managed to get up to continue.
Wilder went off as a -135 favorite in the rematch, but he was never in the fight. Fury knocked him down in the third and again in the fifth and won every round until Wilder trainer Mark Breland threw in the towel in the seventh.
Wilder said he wasn’t sure he’d keep Breland as part of his team because he was upset by the stoppage, but on Friday, he released a statement in which he said he would continue to work with Breland.
The loss was the first of Wilder’s career. He is 42-1-1 with 41 knockouts. Fury is now 30-0-1 with 21 knockouts.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 29, 2020 at 10:56am
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CLAYTON, Mo. -- A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Nathaniel Hendren, 30, had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 on charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. The seven-year sentence was the maximum for involuntary manslaughter.
He was accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, also a St. Louis police officer, at his home in January 2019 while he was supposed to be on duty elsewhere. Hendren’s male partner, also on duty, was at the home, too. Alix, a married military veteran, was off-duty at the time.
“The reckless behavior that took place that early morning has left an unfillable void for her grieving husband, her parents, and a host of loving family and friends,” Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said in a statement.
Hendren’s lawyer, Talmage Newton IV, has called Alix’s death a “tragic accident,” but a lawsuit filed by Alix’s family claimed Hendren forced other girlfriends to play similar games.
A probable cause statement from police, provided by Gardner's office, offered a chilling account of the game that led to Alix’s death.
"The defendant emptied the cylinder of the revolver and then put one cartridge back into the cylinder," the statement said. Hendren allegedly spun the cylinder, pointed the gun away and pulled the trigger.
The gun did not fire. The statement said Alix took the gun, pointed it at Hendren and pulled the trigger. Again, it didn't fire.
Hendren "took the gun back and pointed it at the victim (and) pulled the trigger causing the gun to discharge," the statement said. "The victim was struck in the chest."
The other male officer told investigators he warned Hendren and Alix not to play with guns and reminded them they were police officers. He was about to leave when he heard the fatal shot, the statement said.
The male officers drove Alix to a hospital where she died.
Alix was a patrol officer who graduated from the St. Louis Police Academy in January 2017.
The shooting was among several embarrassing recent incidents involving St. Louis police.
In November 2018, several officers were accused of attacking a black undercover colleague, Luther Hall, when he was mistaken for a protester during a 2017 demonstration. Hall claimed he was beaten “like Rodney King,” and his injuries required several surgeries. Two officers pleaded guilty and two others go to trial in September.
Also in 2018, Gardner placed several dozen city officers on an “exclusion list,” citing what she called credibility concerns, though declining to elaborate. Officers on the list are not permitted as primary witnesses in criminal cases.
Last year, the Philadelphia-based Plain View Project released a study that found thousands of racist and anti-Muslim social media comments from police in St. Louis and seven other jurisdictions. Forty-three of the 3,500 accounts viewed by the group were tied to current or former officers in St. Louis.
Some of the posts supported roughing up protesters or mocked foreign accents. Others displayed the Confederate flag and questioned whether Black History Month was racist.
Hendren left the police department soon after the shooting and his state peace officer license was suspended.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 29, 2020 at 10:30am
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DJ Kay Slay is gearing up to release a new EP titled "Living Legend" on March 6. Check out the second official visual off of it called "Growing Up In These Streets" featuring Ghostface Killah, AZ and Raekwon.
The EP also features Jadakiss, Queen Latifah, Bun B, Juicy J, A$AP Ferg, Dave East, Papoose, Joell Ortiz, Uncle Murda, DJ Paul, French Montana, Gangsta Boo, Project Pat Styles P, Sheek Louch, RJ Payne, Sauce Money, Vado, Nino Man, Jon Connor and more!
Tracklist:
1. Intro 2. Back to the Bars, Pt. 2 (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P, Sauce Money, Nino Man, Vado, RJ Payne & Jon Connor) 3. Living Legend (feat. Jadakiss, Queen Latifah & Bun B) 4. No Permission (feat. Juicy J, A$AP Ferg & Dave East) 5. Give Me My Flowers Now (feat. Papoose, Joel Ortiz & Sammi J) 6. Growing Up In These Streets (feat. Raekwon, AZ & Ghostface Killah) 7. Dope Boyz (feat. Dj Paul, Uncle Murda, French Montana, Gangsta Boo & Project Pat) 8. Forgive Me Mama (feat. EMC Scotty, Billboard Baby, 6Keys & Sammi J)
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