Report via TMZ - Rapper Jim Jones was able to duck jail time in his gun and drug case out in Georgia -- in fact, he was almost able to skate entirely by copping a plea.
According to court docs out of Coweta County, GA -- where Jim was facing 5 felony counts and a misdemeanor from his June 2018 arrest -- Jim was sentenced to 2 years probation and a $1,500 fine, plus minor court costs.
We're told 3 of the 6 charges were dropped, including a felony drug charge and 2 felony counts of possession of a firearm. The other 3 charges will go away if he stays out of trouble while on probation -- all part of a plea deal.
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Jim has to stay off booze and drugs for the next couple years and report to his probation officer in GA to get the remaining 3 charges dropped from his record. All things considered, he should count himself lucky.
TMZ broke the story ... Jim and 3 other guys he was riding in a car with werearrested in June after their vehicle led cops on a police chase. Officers say they found weed, oxycodone, Percocet, vape cartridges and 2 loaded pistols inside.
When no one copped to possessing any of the items, cops arrested everyone. Jim was officially charged a few months later ... and was facing decades behind bars.
This is foul af ... Report via TMZ -- One of the victims shot in the Nipsey Hussle murder has been arrested ... for associating with Nipsey -- TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, Kerry Lathan, a 56-year-old man who was shot in the back outside Nipsey's Marathon Clothing store, was taken to the hospital, a week ago Sunday, treated and released.
Five days after the shooting, Lathan, who is out on parole after serving 20 years for murder, was arrested at his halfway house for associating with a known gang member -- namely, Nipsey.
One of the standard conditions of parole is not associating with known gang members, and police claim Nipsey was a member of the Rollin 60's Crips.
Lathan is now in Men's Central Jail in downtown L.A. where he waits as authorities try to revoke his parole. Lathan is in a wheelchair -- the result of the shooting -- unable to walk.
It's ironic ... as Nipsey was being celebrated for his contributions to L.A., authorities were arresting one of the victims of the shooting for being around him. And there's this ... Lathan had just gotten out of prison, and Nipsey went to Marathon to give the ex-con some clothes so he could look fresh when he reunited with friends and family.
The 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has arrived and is being streamed live on YouTube. Check below for the artists performing, start times and channels.
WEBCAST CHANNEL 1 SCHEDULE* *schedule is subject to changes
4:15 PM - A R I Z O N A 5:00 PM - Guava Island, A Childish Gambino Film 6:10 PM - Sabrina Claudio 7:05 PM - Bazzi 7:50 PM - J Balvin 8:45 PM - Weezer 9:50 PM - Billie Eilish 11:00 PM - Tame Impala 12:30 AM - Bassnectar ---- WEBCAST REBROADCAST ----
WEBCAST CHANNEL 3 SCHEDULE* *schedule is subject to changes
Friday, April 12th *all times PDT
4:15 PM - Los Tucanes de Tijuana 4:50 PM - Jauz 5:45 PM - SG Lewis 6:30 PM - Calypso Rose 7:20 PM - dvsn 8:05 PM - Polo & Pan 8:55 PM - Ella Mai 9:35 PM - Khruangbin 10:30 PM - Nina Kraviz AV Show 11:30 PM - Nora En Pure 12:05 AM - Kayzo ---- WEBCAST REBROADCAST ----
Saturday, April 13th *all times PDT
4:15 PM - Jambinai 4:35 PM - FKJ 5:00 PM - Guava Island, A Childish Gambino Film 6:00 PM - Steady Holiday 6:30 PM - The Interrupters 7:15 PM - CloZee 8:00 PM - Bob Moses 8:50 PM - Gryffin 9:30 PM - Four Tet 10:30 PM - Parcels 11:15 PM - Smino 12:00 AM - Little Simz ---- WEBCAST REBROADCAST ----
From Hell’s Roof to the Rhine Valley, Rochester, NY emcee Eto (formerly known as Lil’ Eto) and German-Spanish producer Superior have joined forces! The resulting full-length collaboration, “Long Story Short” is set to drop via Below System Records (Digital & CD) on April 12th (with vinyl coming courtesy of Tuff Kong Records).
As evidenced by first single “Fortune” and accompanying video, Eto’s penchant for balancing the pain of the street and the progression of the hustle is a perfect foil for Superior’s cinematic and somber beat-scapes.
Speaking on the collaboration, Superior said “My previous releases were rooted in my love of boom-bap. However, when I linked up with Eto, I started producing specifically with him in mind and keeping it more atmospheric in keeping with the coldness of his environment and narratives.” With a gripping chemistry throughout the only guest spots on the project is from Skyzoo and Toronto rhyme-counterpart, Daniel Son.
Of course Eto has been releasing audio masterpieces at a dizzying rate in the past several months. These include his new full-length collaboration with DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) entitled “Hell’s Roof” (which is a nickname for his hometown which has one of the highest crime rates in the country) and recent surprise EP, “Heather Grey” with long-time production collaborator VDon (Dark Lo, Conway The Machine) and emcee Willie The Kid. Eto also was featured on one of the most celebrated albums for 2018 Westside Gunn’s, “Hitler Wears Hermes 6” (“John Bena” produced by DJ Muggs) As a producer, Eto also recently laced tracks for Benny The Butcher, 38 Spesh and Jamal Gasol.
Constantly adapting his work as a producer, Superior's catalogue for Below System Records includes his 2017 production album, “The Journey”, which included appearances from Blu, Edo. G, Reks, Termanology and Lil Fame among others.
His full-length album with Chicago emcee, Verbal Kent, “Half My Life” was released in 2018 and had appearances from Vic Spencer, Sonnyjim and Recognize Ali.
Tracklist: [01:56] 01. Intro [03:11] 02. Another Day [03:23] 03. On The Run [03:02] 04. Take Y’all Back feat. Skyzoo [02:36] 05. Fortune [02:45] 06. Wolves [02:56] 07. It’s Only Right [04:04] 08. The Casket [02:48] 09. The Count feat. Daniel Son [02:34] 10. Outro
Report via - ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that famous rapper Waka Flocka Flame was at an Atlanta recording studio earlier this month when three men opened fire.
According to the police report obtained by Channel 2’s Michael Seiden, Waka -- whose real name is Jauquin Malphurs -- was one of about a dozen people at ZAC Recording on April 4.
Police said when officers arrived at the studio, witnesses told them at least three men fired several shots into the building. The police report said one person was shot in the arm.
Waka wasn’t injured in the shooting, and investigators haven’t said if they believe he was the intended target.
Channel 2 Action News stopped by the studio on Friday and we were told “no comment” by an unidentified man.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- New video shows Chicago police officers dragging a 16-year-old Marshall High School student down a flight of stairs, punching her, and using a stun gun on her.
What the video shows does not appear to match the story the officers initially told when the incident happened in January.
Video from security cameras inside Marshall High School in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood shows Dnigma Howard talking with a classmate while two Chicago police officers stand by.
As the person in the yellow shirt walks away, video shows one of the officers immediately grab Howard and throw her to the ground.
The three of them eventually disappear from the shot, going down the staircase. The video shows other students immediately rush toward the stairs.
Video from another angle shows the officers dragging Howard down the stairs, and at the bottom one officer is holding her arm while the other is holding her leg.
"In the video you can see they pull her by the leg down the stairs, the whole flight of stairs," said Laurentio Howard, father.
One officer appears to kick and punch Howard as he's holding her on the ground. Video shows her thrashing on the floor, appearing to fight back before the officer ultimately deploys his stun gun.
"I thought maybe they were going to try to choke her out or she would lose consciousness or something like that. they had their foot on her chest. She has asthma, she's telling me she can't breathe. She's turning red, I see a vein sticking out her head," Laurentio said.
At the time of the incident, police said they were told to escort Howard out of the school after she was removed from class for having her phone out, then got agitated and lashed out at a security guard. Howard previously said she grabbed one of the officer's vests.
Laurentio had been called to pick his daughter up after she was removed from the classroom, he said.
"I'm standing downstairs by the front door and she said, 'I'm going to get her to come downstairs. She's going home right now,'" he said.
"I couldn't believe I seen two sworn police officers of Chicago abusing my daughter like this and I'm standing right there watching them do this and can't do anything about it," he recalled of the incident.
Officers tased Howard three times.
"Thank god for that video," said the family's attorney. "When this instance first happened the state's attorney charged a 16-year-old unarmed girl with two felonies for aggravated assault against a peace officer."
Howard was initially charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery against a peace officer, but the State's Attorney's office dropped the charges. The two officers were removed from the school and reassigned to different duties as COPA and the CPD Force Review Unit completed an independent investigation of the incident.
The City of Chicago Law Department said they "do not comment on pending litigation."
Report via New York Post -- The Bronx man who walked into a local police precinct station house and confessed to killing his girlfriend was angry because she had stayed out overnight, police sources told The Post Thursday.
Angel Esteban Felix Rodriguez, 24, strolled into the 48th Precinct station house with an interpreter around 6 p.m. Wednesday and admitted to officers that he killed Indira Ramirez-Rivera, 21, two days prior, police and sources said.
Rodriguez gave his apartment keys to cops, who went to the couple’s Nelson Avenue basement apartment and found her lifeless body in a bedroom, sources said.
Rivera was discovered strangled to death face-up on a bed, the sources said.
Rodriquez was later charged with murder and manslaughter for the slaying. Police have not released a motive.
Shocked neighbors told The Post on Thursday the couple had a hot-and-cold relationship, and that Rivera had moved out of the apartment in the past before moving back in.
“They seemed lovable but then they argued and it was heated,” neighbor Smily Rodriguez, who has no relation to the suspect, told the Post.
Rodriguez, 35, was home when police flooded the scene Wednesday night, and said she knew things were bad when she saw police head downstairs with their rubber gloves on.
“I heard one EMT say: ‘It looked like the devil was in there,'” she said.
Neighbors said Rivera had just returned from the Dominican Republic, where she had plastic surgery.
“She wasn’t able to move around that well,” said 18-year-old Andy Ramirez.
Comedian Chelsea Handler stops by to talk her dating and sex life and whether or not she wants to be in a relationship. Handler also chats her experience with drugs and how they let her think in different ways.
On Episode 4 of UFC 236 Embedded, opponents Eryk Anders and Khalil Rountree train for what they predict will be a light heavyweight slugfest. Middleweight title contender Israel Adesanya and lightweight title contender Dustin Poirier show some skin for the camera. Featherweight champion Max Holloway introduces the man who calls the shots during his fights. And the stars of the main and comain, including middleweight title contender Kelvin Gastelum, hype up the crowd at open workouts. UFC 236 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the two title fights taking place Saturday, April 13th on Pay-Per-View, available on ESPN Plus.
T.I. recently stopped by Nipsey Hussle's The Marathon store and put his money where his mouth is. The Grand Hustle boss spread love by buying up everything is sight. Peep the video.
Today, Nipsey Hussle's memorial service is being held at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Early on during the service, Karen Civil, took the stage to read a tribute to the late rapper from Barack Obama. Please check that out below.
Dear Friends and Family of Nipsey:
I’d never met Nipsey Hussle, but I’d heard some of his music through my daughters, and after his passing, I had the chance to learn more about his transformation and his community work.
While most folks look at the Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up and see only gangs, bullets and despair, Nipsey saw potential. He saw hope. He saw a community that, even though its flaws, taught him to always keep going. His voice to invest int hat community rather than ignore it — to build a skills-training center and a coworking space in Crenshaw; to lift up the Eritrean-American community; to set an example for young people to follow — is a legacy worthy of celebration. I hope his memory inspires more work in Crenshaw and communities like it.
Michelle and I send our sympathies to Lauren, Emani, Kross and the entire Asghedom family and to all those who loved Nipsey.
Nipsey Hussle's family will be honoring the late rapper by hosting a "Celebration of Life" memorial service at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.
The two-hour celebration is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time, and doors to the arena will open at 8 a.m. There will be metal detectors screenings and bag checks to ensure public safety.
On Thursday’s (April 9) episode of #EverydayStruggle, Nadeska, Wayno and DJ Akademiks open the show recapping their top 3 stories of the year of far, which include Jussie Smollett’s case, 21 Savage’s ICE arrest, Tory Lanez vs. Everyone and the release of the Fyre Festival docs. Halfway through the episode, the EDS crew answers fan questions regarding rappers using social media for good, best season to release an album, and more. To conclude today’s episode before the season break, the squad has some fun with their Over/Under segment as they try to predict the album release dates of a few artists who are scheduled to drop this year, Lil Nas X’s dominance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and more.
Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, and you can catch her as Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame, hitting theaters everywhere on April 26. But how is she with spicy food? Find out as the actress joins Sean Evans for the season 8 finale of Hot Ones. As she attempts to jump kick the wings of death, Johansson learns about memes, talks about the best movie-set food, and tries to avoid spoiling Avengers: Endgame. Thanks for another great season, spice lords!
Report via ABC 15 -- PRESCOTT, AZ — Authorities have arrested a Prescott mother and her daughter for a murder that happened nearly two years ago.
Police received a report on Tuesday morning by someone who said he hadn't seen 77-year-old Sandra Aven in a long time. Police found the woman's granddaughter, 24-year-old Briar Aven, who told officers her grandmother was out of town and unavailable.
Police say Briar Aven lives with her mother, 46-year-old Tara Aven, next door to where Sandra Aven lives. Investigators say both Briar and Tara provided inconsistent information that prompted them to enter Sandra's home to check on her.
Inside, police found the body of someone who was deceased. Interviews with Briar and Tara Aven led to them confessing to killing Sandra Aven in late 2017, according to a news release.
Police say the mother and daughter continued to cash "numerous monthly payment checks" written for Sandra.
Both Briar and Tara Aven were arrested and taken to the Yavapai County Jail. They face charges of first-degree murder, fraud and tampering with evidence.
On Episode 3 of UFC 236 Embedded, lightweight title contender Dustin Poirier has his hair cut by supporters in his adopted Florida home. Featherweight champion Max Holloway signs autographs and gets a tutorial in fight night tech. Middleweight title opponents Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum arrive in Atlanta after unexpectedly circuitous air journeys. UFC 236 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the two title fights taking place Saturday, April 13th on Pay-Per-View, available on ESPN Plus.
Report via 10News WTSP -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A crowded Gainesville Waffle House turned into a murder scene early Sunday morning.
A 41-year-old man was allegedly handing out $20 bills and paying for meals at the restaurant when he was shot to death. Deputies say it began with an argument over generosity.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office said 41-year-old Craig Brewer was inside the Gainesville restaurant around 3 a.m. when an argument broke out between him and Ezekiel Hicks, 25.
According to an arrest affidavit, witnesses saw Brewer paying for customers' meals and "passing out" $20 bills. One customer, a friend of Hicks, began arguing with Brewer because he didn't pay for her meal, the affidavit says.
Then, Hicks got involved and began arguing with Brewer as well.
Deputies say Hicks left the restaurant, grabbed a handgun and went back inside the Waffle House. A bystander tried to intervene, but deputies say Hicks and Brewer then got into a physical fight.
Hicks then shot Brewer in the head, deputies say. The sheriff's office said the entire incident was also captured on restaurant surveillance video.
Hicks is now facing a first-degree, premeditated murder charge.
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