On Episode 3 of UFC 246 Embedded, bantamweight Raquel Pennington and fiancée Tecia Torres do meal prep at home and compare weight-cutting moods. Headliner Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone trades pre-fight hijinks for family-friendly Las Vegas sightseeing. His opponent Conor McGregor joins forces with bantamweight Holly Holm at athlete check-in. And fight week obligations are underway for stars of the card including lightweight opponents Diego Ferreira and Anthony Pettis, plus strawweights Claudia Gadelha and Alexa Grasso. UFC 246 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the return of Conor McGregor on Saturday, January 18th. Order the Pay-Per-View at ESPNPlus.com/PPV
Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class, the institution announced Wednesday. They are joined by the Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, and T. Rex.
The Hall of Fame also named the two non-performing winners of the Ahmet Ertegun Award as veteran music journalist, producer and manager Jon Landau, and famed music manager Irving Azoff. The award honors "songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record executives, journalists and other industry professionals who have had a major influence on rock n roll."
Houston died in 2012 at the age of 48. Her cause of death was ruled as accidental drowning, but heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors, according to coroner's officials.
The Notorious B.I.G. — otherwise known as Biggie Smalls, or Christopher George Latore Wallace — defined the East Coast school of rap during in the 90s. With massive hits like "Juicy" and "Big Poppa," his work catapulted rap into an influential art form.
Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. The 35th annual ceremony will be broadcast live for the first time on HBO on May 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
Check out the 2nd official trailer for Marvel's "Black Widow" starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh and Robert Downey Jr. In theaters May 1, 2020.
Griselda recording artist ElCamino links up with producer Camoflauge Monk to bring you the official video for “Psycho” off of his acclaimed ElCamino 2 EP! The new 7-track project features Benny The Butcher, 38 Spesh & Rich Hyde over production by Camoflauge Monk, Boodeini, JR Swiftz and more! Tune in to the latest visual today and catch the EP everywhere music is streamed and sold!
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (CBS 42) – A Cleveland Heights teenager and a group of his friends are in hot water after staging an armed robbery of the teen’s mother.
Police say the 17-year-old’s idea of playing a prank on his mother was to conspire with three of his friends, put on ski masks and confront the 40-year-old woman in her driveway.
Investigators say the suspects ordered the woman into her house, where they pointed a gun at her head, told her to get on the floor and demanded her money.
The so-called prank ended badly for the teen and his friends when the 17-year-old staged a fight with the intruders, and his terrified mother ran out of the house.
In a 911 call, the teen told a dispatcher, “I just did a fake robbery prank on my mom and she ran. I know she called the police. She’s nowhere to be found.”
The 17-year-old then explained why he called 911, telling the dispatcher, “I just don’t want the police to come here aggressive, if you get what I’m saying.”
The dispatcher then asked, “you did a fake robbery prank on your mother?”
The teen responded, “Yeah, but she thought it was for real. Like when I got to wrestling my friends for fake, she ran out of the house.”
At the same time, a homeowner on a neighboring street called 911 to report that a woman in distress was hiding on his porch and asking for help.
“I’ve got a lady that knocked on my door and she’s hiding on my porch like someone was chasing her or something, and she said ‘hurry, hurry’, she’s kind of mouthing out the word ‘hurry’. I didn’t open the door and let her in because I don’t know what’s going on, but she sees me on the phone right now calling you guys and I think she was in danger out here,” the concerned resident told the dispatcher.
The teenager told investigators that he actually videotaped his mom being terrorized, as entertainment for his YouTube channel.
When the dispatcher asked, “Can you explain to me what happened and why you did that to your mother?”
The teen responded, “I do YouTube. It was on YouTube, so I did a YouTube prank.”
When the dispatcher then asked, “Is it like a live YouTube thing?”
The 17-year-old responded, “Yeah, it’s still live right now.”
The 17-year-old and one of his friends are facing juvenile charges.
The two adults who took part in the stunt, 19-year-old Isaiah Welch and 18-year-old Jeramy Perry, are facing charges that include inducing panic.
Police seized the cell phone that the boy used to record the staged robbery.
Investigators say the only weapon found at the scene, was an airsoft pistol.
Erick Sermon gives us a run down on some of the things he wish he DIDN'T do in the industry. One of them was telling Biggie he didn't want to do a song with him. And the other is the CRAZY reason he didn't get a track on Nas Illmatic album.
Yo Gotti is a man of his word, following through with a lawsuit on behalf of nearly 30 Mississippi state prisoners enduring nightmarish, sometimes deadly conditions.
TMZ broke the story, Gotti enlisted Team Roc -- the philanthropic arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation -- and its high-powered attorney, Alex Spiro, to rep the prisoners after a spike in deadly violence at several MS state prisons.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, says the max-security prison, Parchman, is a powder keg after 3 deaths in the first week of 2020. All 3 inmates were stabbed to death.
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, the MS prison system is "chronically understaffed" and also dramatically underfunded ... as in reduced by tens of millions each year. Those numbers -- combined with allegedly deplorable conditions -- have brought the prison to a boiling point.
To make matters worse, Parchman doesn't have enough mattresses for the inmates, cells are covered in black mold and raw sewage is spilling out on the floors ... according to the suit.
The prison allegedly has a serious water problem too, similar to Flint. In the suit, Team Roc claims the drinking water for inmates repeatedly fails to meet federal safety standards.
According to the suit, inmates are exposed to serious harm and left unprotected because there just aren't enough prison guards.
As we first reported, Gotti, who's from nearby Memphis, was outraged by what's happening inside the walls of Parchman -- and asked Team Roc to fight for the prisoners' civil rights. They demanded MS Gov. Phil Bryant make changes or face a lawsuit, so ... here it is.
The suit seeks damages for the inmates, and an order forcing Mississippi's Dept. of Corrections to lay out a plan to address all the issues ... especially increasing staff and cleaning up the sewage.
Gotti tells TMZ, "The Lives of countless individuals in Mississippi prisons are at stake and we will not stop until this is fixed."
The Power spinoff on Starz is adding some more muscle: Method Man is joining the cast of Power Book II: Ghost.
The Grammy-winning rap star and member of Wu-Tang Clan will play lawyer David MacClean, described by Starz as “brilliant, ethically challenged, and with a few secrets of his own Davis is drawn into our world on multiple axes, a world riddled with murder and drugs, where the only thing he’s really addicted to is winning.”
Method Man, or Cliff Smith, joins Mary J. Blige in the spinoff that’s expected to premiere in the summer. Power Book II is expected to live in a similar world depicted in Power, which wraps for good Feb. 9.
Method Man has appeared on HBO’s Oz and The Wire. His other TV credits include CSI, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, and Burn Notice. He will next co-star on Netflix’s upcoming Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters from Jenji Kohan.
When a Florida teenager could not convince others of her father’s alleged child and animal abuse, the 14-year-old installed security cameras. The result was the arrest of a Panhandle businessman earlier this month, authorities said.
Damon Richard Becnel, 47, of Destin, was arrested Jan. 2, according to Okaloosa County court records. He was charged with one count of child abuse and one count of animal abuse, according to court records.
Becnel posted a $4,000 bond and will appear in court Feb. 4, WEAR-TV reported.
The alleged incidents occurred Dec. 24 at a Destin home, WJHG reported. According to a police report, the victim gave the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office video of the incidents, the television station reported.
In the six-minute video, a man identified by the Sheriff’s Office as Becnel is seen screaming, pointing and headbutting the teen, WEAR reported.
According to the arrest report, the video shows Becnel pulling out a knife and threatening a dog on a bed, yelling, “I will cut this (expletives deleted) dog’s eyeballs out, I’ll (expletive deleted) do it,” the Walton Sun reported.
The video also shows Becnel hitting the dog, grabbing it by the throat and throwing it to the floor, the newspaper reported. When the teen objected, Becnel allegedly grabbed her by the hair and pushed her head toward the bed, where it struck the bed frame, the Sun reported.
The video went viral on social media, but has since been taken down.
The teen’s mother, who does not have custody of the child, said the girl and dogs are now living with Becnel’s best friend, WEAR reported. The woman is trying to have that arrangement changed, the television station reported.
According to Chief Assistant State Attorney William Bishop, Becnel is not allowed to have contact with the victim, WJHG reported.
On Episode 2 of UFC 246 Embedded, headliner Cowboy Cerrone enjoys the blue collar side of Sin City. Bantamweight Raquel Pennington and fiance Tecia Torres unwind with a dog park visit and pedicures. Lightweight Diego Ferreira arrives in town with his wife and son for their first fight week in Las Vegas. Irish star Conor McGregor fakes his way through an interview about college (American) football and gets in another training session at UFC Performance Institute. UFC 246 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the return of Conor McGregor on Saturday, January 18th. Order the Pay-Per-View at ESPNPlus.com/PPV
With just three days remaining until the January 17th release of his "Drug Dealers Pt. 2" album, South Bronx, New York native Yung JB, drops off in-studio visuals for a banger off of it titled "Gangsta" featuring Take Money KO and acclaimed battle rapper, Goodz.
Cardi B's potential political career is getting a boost from Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who says she has the perfect background -- and no, he's not referring to "Bodak Yellow."
As you know, Cardi and Bernie have gotten pretty tight. She's obviously fond of him, but it's a two-way street ... because Sen. Sanders told us he's all for getting into politics, as she's recently hinted.
Sanders tells TMZ ... "Cardi B is deeply concerned about what's happening in the country. She knows what it's like to live in poverty and struggle, and it would be great for her to bring that experience to politics."
Cardi's shown an interest in politics for a while now, but as we reported ... she's now saying she's more serious about a run, and soon.
As for her relationship with Bernie, she's been a big supporter of his campaign ever since she interviewed him in a sit-down special last summer. Sanders has said he's a fan of how interested and concerned she is, and now he's going one step further.
So, it begs the question -- is Cardi a potential running mate?
The death of ascending Twin Cities rap performer Lexii Alijai occurred in a downtown Minneapolis hotel room from a suspected drug overdose, according to authorities.
Medical personnel from the fire department were sent to the Loews Hotel late in the morning on New Year's Day on a report that the 21-year-old, whose given name is Alexis Alijai Lynch, was unconscious and possibly suffering cardiac arrest.
The dispatch audio revealed that fire personnel arrived at a seventh-floor room in the hotel across from Target Center and were told moments later that Lynch had overdosed the night before from ingesting Percocet, a powerful painkiller made up of oxycodone and acetaminophen.
Lynch was on the floor and "cold to the touch" as someone in the room was attempting to revive her, according to the incident report. Emergency personnel took over lifesaving procedures, but they soon declared her dead at the scene, the report noted.
"Bystanders stated they had been sleeping, and when they woke up, the patient wouldn't wake up," the report read. "Bystanders stated they weren't sure if [Lynch] had taken anything."
Police spokesman John Elder said Monday that authorities are awaiting toxicology test results from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as the investigation continues.
However, the Medical Examiner's Office said Monday that it does not intend to issue a news release once the cause and manner of death are determined.
The death spurred an outpouring of grief among Lynch's peers and among some of the bigger names in hip-hop and rap.
"I'm heartbroken, I'm angry, I'm confused, I love you Lexii," one of her best-known musical friends, California R&B singer Kehlani, said in a tweet.
Lynch's mother, Jessica Owen, said her daughter had new releases pending at the time of her death, including one with Wale. Owen said a new album will be come out next month, "tentatively on her birthday."
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