Yo Gotti stopped by the Complex studio to talk with Speedy about losing $500K in a single hand of blackjack, having multiple cars before graduating high school, business moves, and how to be a hustler.
Young MA stopped by the Sway In The Morning show for a question and answer session with fans and to perform tracks off her new album titled “Herstory In The Making.”
On this episode of Cold As Balls, Olympian Lolo Jones opens up to Kevin Hart about growing up mixed-race, competing with an injury, ignoring haters and remaining a virgin. Yes, a virgin.
Philadelphia native and OBH Records artist, Razor, is proof that consistency and quality music is key in this game. Check out his latest gem titled "LIL TJAY FS."
Police on Tuesday surrounded Brown’s mansion in Hollywood, Fla., to investigate the former NFL star for possible battery and burglary, according to multiple reports.
The latest police presence involving the 31-year-old Brown stems from an alleged altercation with a driver from a moving company, TMZ reported, and the free-agent wide receiver is being accused of felony battery and burglary.
Multiple cops reportedly are working to secure a warrant for Brown’s arrest while trying to convince him to “surrender peacefully.”
As of 4:16 p.m ET., there was still an “active scene” at Brown’s house, according to ESPN.
It was just last week that police were at Brown’s home for a domestic dispute. After Brown claimed his ex-girlfriend Chelsie Kyriss tried to steal his car, he threw a bag of gummy penises in the direction of Kyriss and police outside his house.
But ESPN reported that Tuesday’s incident was not believed to be a domestic situation.
Since he last played in an NFL game for the Patriots on Sept. 15, Brown has been embroiled in controversy. The Patriots cut him after he was accused of sexually assaulting his former trainer, Britney Taylor, on three occasions.
Last week, Brown’s longtime agent, Drew Rosenhaus, split ties with him, asking the former Steeler to get help.
Brown paid $6.6 million for the 12-bedroom mansion police surrounded, according to the Sun Sentinel, and it also includes a built-in synagogue. It is located in a gated community, and multiple neighbors told ESPN they’ve been fed up with the constant fuss coming from Brown’s home.
Baltimore police say they’ve arrested two adults and a teenager in connection with an assault on a city police officer that was captured on video, showing citizens kicking the officer while he was detaining another man.
Donnell Burgess, 20, was arrested Sunday and charged with assault on police and resisting arrest in relation to the Jan. 17 incident. Zayne Abdullah, 23, of Dundalk, was arrested Monday and charged with assault and resisting arrest. An unnamed 17-year-old was also arrested and charged as a juvenile.
A video widely circulated on social media showed a Baltimore police sergeant being kicked by onlookers while he tried to restrain a man on the ground Friday night.
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the officer was doing a business check in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Ave. around midnight when a person became argumentative and spat in the officer’s face.
The video showed the apparent aftermath of the attempted arrest, as several onlookers kick at the officer and at least one person attempts to drag the man away from the sergeant as he’s trying to detain him.
Harrison said Saturday police had already arrested one individual in connection with the incident and were still trying to identify others who were involved.
It is not clear whether Burgess has obtained an attorney as the charges have not yet been filed in Maryland’s online court system.
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V Don brings you the official audio for the title track off of his upcoming album “Black Mass”. The new 12-track album is fully produced by V Don and features Dave East, Smoke DZA, 38 Spesh, ElCamino, Dark Lo, Willie The Kid, Eto, Sauce Heist, Da$H, Rigz, and more! Preorder the album today and enjoy on all music streaming platforms 2/7/20!
(NEWSER) – Rapper Akon is of Senegalese descent and spent much of his childhood in the West African country, and now he owns a city there. "Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal. Looking forward to hosting you there in the future," he posted last week on Twitter. Yes, that's right, he named the city after himself. As the Independent reports, its official name is actually Akon Crypto City, and its economy is based on Akon's cryptocurrency, AKoin. The Missouri-born rapper is also an entrepreneur, and this is not his first high-tech venture in Africa; he also co-founded a lighting nonprofit that says it has brought solar power to 18 African countries.
Akon has described the city as a "real-life Wakanda," referring to the fictional country ruled over by King T’Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, promising it will be "futuristic." Residents will be able to use their smartphones to buy, hold, and spend AKoin. "It brings the power back to the people and brings the security back into the currency system," Akon explained in 2018, per the BBC. "It also allows the people to utilize it in ways where they can advance themselves and not allow government to do those things that are keeping them down." Akon built his namesake city on 2,000 acres near the capital city of Dakar that Senegal's president gave him.
The new Aaron Hernandez documentary is making it near impossible for the family of Odin Lloyd -- the ex-NFL star's murder victim -- to recover because they were blindsided by the film.
Sources close to Lloyd's immediate fam tell TMZ ... they feel like old wounds were reopened this past week when Netflix dropped "Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez" ... which chronicled Aaron's life and murder case, starting in 2013.
We're told they largely tried to move on after Aaron was convicted, but now they feel the doc is dragging them back into a dark place and forcing them to relive painful memories.
Our sources say they didn't sign off on 'Killer Inside' ... nor did they want to be involved in the production. We're told the family gets approached with offers to participate in Hernandez specials all the time -- but they always decline.
That being said, the Netflix doc uses enough old video of Odin's family talking, they think it looks like they actively participated. We're told the popularity of the film has sparked a new round of interest -- meaning, they're constantly getting unwanted attention again.
Even worse, we're told some people have gone to horrific lengths to voice their opinion about Odin's death -- with many messaging the family to defend Aaron, and insult their deceased relative.
One other thing ... our sources say the family was disheartened the doc used personal photos of Odin without their permission -- but they'd rather avoid a whole new legal battle. So, they're letting it slide.
Edward Norton was deeply affected by the experience of making American History X, partly due to the film's dark subject matter, and partly because the production was a very troubled one. Here's why the actor was never quite the same after making this film.
In 1996, Norton's performance in Primal Fear established him as a formidable talent, but it was his starring role in the 1998's American History X that truly showcased his talents.
In the film, Norton plays Derek Vinyard, a neo-Nazi who abandons his ideology after spending some time in prison. He then tries to prevent his younger brother, Danny, played by Edward Furlong, from following in his footsteps. As Norton told GQ in 2019:
"The film was, like, even the poster was iconic. It was a Shakespearean type of a story by design."
It's rare that an actor has to step in and edit the film they're starring in, but that's exactly what Edward Norton ended up doing. That's because the making of American History X proved to be almost as controversial as the film itself…and the film was plenty controversial.
In the middle of the editing process, director Tony Kaye had some serious creative differences with the production company New Line Cinema. Kaye had previously worked as an advertising director, and his experience in that industry reportedly affected his editing decisions. In fact, David McKenna, the film's screenwriter, told The Telegraph that:
"[Kaye] literally destroyed the movie. It was a commercial."
In the hopes of salvaging the film, Norton stepped in and began working with Kaye, but they were constantly at odds with one another. However, many of Norton's edits did wind up in the final cut of the film. It was a new experience for Norton, but the skill came in handy later: He ended up co-editing the 2005 neo-Western Down in the Valley, a film he also starred in.
After filming wrapped on American History X, director Tony Kaye was very bitter towards Edward Norton, and he wasn't shy about letting the media know his thoughts. The Telegraph quotes him saying that,
"[Norton is] a narcissistic dilettante, obsessed with his image, obsessed with screen time...I was going to take Hollywood by storm, and I would have but for that buffoon."
Keep in mind, Kaye doesn't seem particularly modest himself. Keep watching the video to see that
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Behind-the-scenes drama | 0:15 Bad reputation | 1:55 A transformative role | 2:55 Making an impact | 3:55 Sympathy for the Devil | 4:57
All Screwed Up is a compelling new series centered around the legendary DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis Jr.. Not only was Screw a groundbreaking DJ, he invented a signature style that has transcended more than 2 decades of pop culture and spring-boarded the career of dozens.
His slow pitched “Chopped & Screwed” technique has been featured in Academy Award & Golden Globe Award-winning films and on dozens of multi-platinum, Billboard topping songs. After discovering his signature sound in the early 90s, Robert’s popularity landed him in the middle of police harassment and a violent local beef. This dispute between two sides of America’s 4th largest city would go on to cause on of the most infamous divides in the South’s urban culture.
Produced by: IYO Visuals Cinematography By: Isaac Yowman Cam-Op & Gaffer: Freddy Dang Production Manager: Tannya Williams Production Assistant: Tiarra Wilson, Kelsi Sadler
Check out Boldy James' "Speed Demon Freestyle." Produced by The Alchemist.
Director: Avocado Artist: Boldy James Producer: The Alchemist Album: The Price Of Tea In China Release Date: 2/7/20 Label: ALC Records Mix: Eddie Sancho Master: Joe Laporta
Two former mainstays from St. Joseph’s basketball team are speaking out after a video went viral on social media appearing to show former St. Joe’s and NBA player Delonte West being beaten up and placed in handcuffs on the street.
Former St. Joe’s standout Jameer Nelson, who played alongside West for three seasons, took to social media Monday night to urge restraint in sharing videos of West, which show the former NBA player disheveled and rambling incoherently about being approached by someone with a gun.
It’s unclear where the incident took place, but a street sign in one of the videos indicates it was near Washington, D.C., where West was born.
“Mental illness is something that a lot of people deal with and don’t even know it, until sometimes it’s too late,” Nelson wrote in a lengthy statement on Twitter, adding he has spoken to West several times over the past few months and hopes his former teammate can get the help he needs.
Nelson’s comments were amplified by former St. Joe’s coach Phil Martelli, who called the video of his former student “so very painful.”
West and Nelson played together at St. Joe’s during back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2003 and 2004, one of the greatest runs in Philadelphia college basketball history. West ultimately played eight seasons in the NBA on four different teams, most notably alongside LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
But West has also openly struggled with mental illness, and was suspended for 10 games in 2010 after pleading guilty to gun charges.
“My family are trying to get him the best professional help that’s out there, the best that they can afford,” Dmitri West, Delonte’s older brother, told the Daily Mail in 2016. “You can’t put this down to the basketball or money. He is in a great place, he has a beautiful son, a beautiful daughter and a wife that loves him and gives him tremendous support. But sometimes he has this illness that just comes upon him. This condition is like a cancer - it can affect anyone, rich or poor, regardless of whether you are an NBA player or a football player.”
Apparently Delonte West was seen getting beat up in the street this Morning. I went to school with him and it’s crazy to see just how his life has gone downhill since the NBA. pic.twitter.com/chm6Sbu9h6
I see a lot dumb comments where folks making fun of Delonte west... this is not a joking matter .... I’m going to figure out how I can help him.... he need to be in rehab or something...
A Mexican bride’s happiest day turned into her last, after the gang rivals of her brother burst into her wedding and shot her dead. Her husband-to-be was then kidnapped by cartel hitmen who sped away in vans.
The grim scene, shocking even by recent standards in the crime-battered country, played out at Our Lady of San Juan church in Celaya in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the Sun and Daily Mail report.
The assassins who undertook the savagery are believed to have come from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) led by feared boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, a former policeman known as El Mencho, who has overtaken the jailed Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as Mexico’s main criminal bogeyman.
The bride, Karem Lizbeth Yépez Ortiz, was at the altar with her beau, himself an alleged narco named “El Calamardo,” when the shooting started at around 2.30 on Saturday. The bride was also the sister of José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias “El Marro,” who leads the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which is embroiled in a long-running feud with El Mencho’s CJNG.
During the attack, which came right as the wedding ceremony was about to wrap up, Mexican site La Silla Rota reported that armed men arrived in vans at the church door, unleashing a hail of bullets. When the congregation had finished scattering, the bride was dead and the groom was nowhere to be seen. He was, it was reported, among two hostages taken by the CJNG, whose hitmen sped away in a number of vehicles, taking shots at anyone who dared to even look in their direction.
A completely innocent civilian who just happened to be near the church at the wrong moment was also killed, hit by a bullet as he rode on his motorcycle. Local media reports that the attorney general of Guanajuato state is investigating the matter, but none of the victims have yet been officially named. La Silla Rota, citing a law enforcement official, reported that the bride had in fact been killed.
The assassins are said to have been wearing bullet-proof vests emblazoned with the logo of the CJNG — vests which have shown up at a number of cartel massacres in Mexico in recent times. Mexico’s popular Blog del Narco now reports that the CJNG has posted videos goading El Marro himself for running away from the wedding scene to avoid being killed.