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
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2020 at 11:30am
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.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2020 at 11:12am
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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."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 25, 2020 at 10:51am
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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.
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.
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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).
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.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 24, 2020 at 12:37pm
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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.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 24, 2020 at 11:30am
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.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 24, 2020 at 11:00am
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.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 24, 2020 at 10:43am
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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.
In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with actor, writer, dancer, rapper, comedian, music producer, and friend -- Affion Crockett. This extensive conversation covers a multitude of subjects, including his road to success -- growing up, and frequenting school talent shows, then moving to Hollywood and landing gigs as an extra on "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls," dancing on Soul Train, then soon after his big break getting a stand-up spot on Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam.
They discuss his prominent work on MTV's "Wild 'N Out" and what he learned from watching Nick Cannon's drive and his prolific multi-tasking abilities. He also speaks on more lessons he took away from working with Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, and others. They touch on the common criticism of some that impressionism is not acting, Affion's effective use of social media platforms to get his comedy out to the masses, his upcoming stand-up special, and of course this interview wouldn't be complete without a run through of some of Affion's classic rapper impressions, including J-Cole, Jay-Z, Kanye West, 2 Chainz, and more.
1:57 -- Talib dedicates this episode to his and Affion's close mutual friend Dave New York, who recently passed.
4:33 -- Affion details his inspiration to do impressions coming from watching comedian Kool Bubba Ice, who frequently imitated emcees on Def Comedy Jam. They also discuss the comedy/hip hop overlap, and MTV's Wild 'N Out.
9:11 -- Affion talks about his early years performing at school talent shows, and his parents reactions to his early interest of a career in entertainment.
11:43 -- Talib asks Affion about his appearance on Def Comedy Jam in 1996, fresh out of high school.
13:46 -- Affion tells about his experience working with Jim Carrey as an extra in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls", one of his first gigs in Hollywood.
18:32 -- Talib asks Affion about another one of his first jobs in LA working on the iconic music-dance show "Soul Train". He also speaks on how music and dancing taught him to listen, and how he applies that to all aspects of his career.
22:17 -- Affion does a run though of some of his classic rapper impersonations.
26:17 -- Talib asks Affion how he landed his job on Wild 'N Out, and lessons learned about drive and ambition working with Nick Cannon. Affion also speaks on Jamie Foxx's storytelling abilities, and Will Smith as a visionary.
33:51 -- The trio discusses some people's dismissiveness of impressions, trying to separate that from what they perceive as true acting. Using Jamie Foxx's performance in "Ray" as one example.
36:34 -- Affion talks about his successful use of social media, in the advancement of his career via his rap parodies.
39:32 -- Affion speaks on his satisfaction of making Martin Lawrence break character during the shoot of "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins", as well as lessons learned from Jamie Foxx, watching him pitch ideas to Hollywood executives.
43:12 -- Talib asks Affion to walk him through the making of his classic furniture scene in the comedy "A Haunted House". Jasmin also asks Affion to do the the "single Jay-Z" impression.
46:39 -- Affion talks about some of his voice-over acting, and the trio also discuss the late, great John Witherspoon.
50:14 -- Affion on working with Lebron James and Dr. Dre on a commercial, and being humbled when Dre told him he was a huge fan of his work, and recounts Common's response to Affion's impression of him.
51:31 -- Affion tells about what we can expect next from him, including a new stand-up special due out soon.
Complex's Joe La Puma goes Sneaker Shopping with the host of the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, at Flight Club in New York City to talk about his history in sneakers, getting dissed by Barneys' employees back in the day, and Hasan Minhaj hooking him up with Air Jordan 1s.
Rochester, New York emcee and New Crack Era boss, Eto, is in the lab with partner Jai Black cooking up a collaborative project titled "Thou Shall Kill." As a warm the pair drop off this fire "Bad Publicity" freestyle.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 23, 2020 at 12:30pm
NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna will be memorialized in a televised event that celebrates the life and legacy of the athlete on the morning of Monday, Feb. 24 beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. Held at Los Angeles' Staples Center, aka the "house that Kobe built, "A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant,"will recognize the contributions Bryant made to the sport and and culture at large as fans continue to grieve over his and seven others' tragic death in a helicopter crash in January.
There are multiple ways to watch the service. The Bryants' memorial service will air live on several networks, including BET, CNN, and E! News, and audiences can also stream through ETLive.com and CBS All Access, as well as the ET Live app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV. ABC News, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, Yahoo Sports, and Facebook Watch will also live-stream the event.
Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant were two of the nine people who died in the Calabasas, California, helicopter crash in January. The incident inspired an outpouring of tributes from across the world. John, Keri, and Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah and Payton Chester, Christina Mauser, and the aircraft's pilot Ara Zobayan also died in the incident.
The date of the service has particular significance to the Bryant family, as Vanessa Bryant revealed on Instagram; 2/24/20 represents Gianna's jersey number 2, Kobe's jersey number 24, and the 20 years that Kobe Bryant was a Laker.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 23, 2020 at 11:30am
ST CHARLES, Mo. (WTHR) — A mother was charged after her 11-year-old daughter gave birth in a bathtub last week.
Lesbia Cante pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. In court Wednesday, her cash-only bail was increased to $100,000 from $10,000.
According to court documents, Cante and her husband, Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Lopez, took a newborn to St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles last week. The baby still had the umbilical cord and placenta attached and had a body temperature of 90 degrees.
Gonzalez-Lopez initially told police someone left the infant on his front porch. In an interview with detectives two days later, he told police the father of the child was his son, 17-year-old Norvin Leonidas Lopez-Cante, and the mother was the teen’s 11-year-old relative.
Gonzalez-Lopez said he did not know the girl was pregnant or that Lopez-Cante was raping her until she gave birth to the child in their bathtub.
After police read Lopez-Cante his Miranda rights, he told police he had sex with the girl about 100 times but did not know she was pregnant. He said he did not know when he first had sex with her but said it happened about twice a week.
Lopez-Cante was charged with first-degree statutory rape, statutory sodomy and incest. His bond was set at $25,000, cash-only.
Gonzalez-Lopez was charged with endangering the welfare of a child for his role in the incident. His bail was set at $10,000, cash only. Charging documents said he entered the country illegally and was previously deported.
According to Child Center Inc., the Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri, Inc., 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
They say 90% of the time, it’s by someone the child knows or has a relationship with. They call it the three L’s: it’s either by someone you like, love or live with.
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