Crime
Man Shot & Killed As He Left Queens Recording Studio
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Busà Photography / Getty The gun violence that’s been plaguing New York anew for the past few years continued today when earlier this morning (June 6) a man was shot and killed as he left a recording studio in Queens, New York. According to amny, the 21-year-old victim was shot and killed around 1:25 a.m. in front of the Rockwall Studios at 1080 Wyckoff Ave. in Ridgewood, Queens. Police officers from the 104th precinct responded to a 911 call of the shooting outside of the recording studio and upon arrival found the body of the victim with a gunshot wound to the head. Not too long after the responding EMS unit pronounced him dead on the scene. Well after sunrise Monday, NYPD Crime Scene Unit members were still canvassing the area of the shooting for evide...
Kanye West Drops New Visuals To “Life of The Party”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP In celebration of Mother’s Day yesterday (May 8), last night FOX premiered Kanye West’s new visuals to Donda‘s “Life of The Party” during Family Guy and not only was it actually pretty cool, he didn’t even threaten Pete Davidson in it. Progress! Though this isn’t the version that saw the legendary André 3000 drop a ridiculously creative verse and Kanye call out Drake in his bars, Kanye did get his bars off on this version too. For the video Kanye uses old pictures of himself during his childhood years while incorporating some CGI to make his younger self rap his verses. Ultimately the visual concludes with a home video of a young Kanye in 1990 rapping at a family gathering while the adults went about their business not knowing they w...
Jaqueline Avant’s Killer Gets Triple-Digit Jail Sentence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gabriel Olsen / Getty The man responsible for killing Jaqueline Avant, wife of iconic entertainment mogul Clarence Avant, has been given a hefty sentence of life in state prison according to authorities. On Tuesday (April 19), a press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office stated that Aariel Maynor was given a sentence of 190 years in prison. Maynor pleaded guilty last month in court to first-degree murder, attempted murder, firearm possession, and residential burglary. The 30-year-old broke into the Avant family’s Beverly Hills residence on December 1, 2021, with the intent to rob the place. Related Stories Maynor e shot Mrs. Avant in the back with a rifle, then he shot the couple’s security guard, according to the given testimony...
‘We Ready’ Rapper Archie Eversole Killed by Brother, Say Police
One week after “We Ready” rapper Archie Eversole (born Arthur Eversole) died of gunshot wounds from a March 25 shooting in the Atlanta area, the MC’s brother has been charged with his murder. According to a statement from the DeKalb Country Police Department, Eversole, 37, was shot last month and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries on April 3. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Investigators say that they were called to a Chevron station last month, where they found a victim with a gunshot wound. Eversole’s brother, Alexander Kraus, was found at the Chevron where the shooting took place and taken into custody without incident, according to police. Kraus was charged with aggravated assault, with the charges upgr...
Who Is Frank James, The Alleged NYC Subway Shooter?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NYPD / NYPD As New York City is still shaking off the effects of the brutal shooting attack on a subway train in Brooklyn yesterday, authorities have zeroed in on one man, naming him as their main suspect. The New York Police Department has named Frank James as their main suspect Wednesday (April 13th) in the heinous shooting on a northbound N train pulling into the 36th Street station during the morning rush hour at 8:24 A.M. on Tuesday (April 12th). The 62-year-old was identified at a press conference held by the department yesterday evening as a “person of interest”, but they have made the change based on information obtained during their current investigation of his social media posts. Related Stories The information includes a series of videos made b...
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith sentenced to prison
Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty the morning before his trial last year – a decision that took many by surprise In addition to a jail sentence, he was fined $100,000 for being in violation of sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) The verdict on the case against Ethereum ex-developer Virgil Griffith was delivered on Tuesday by US District Judge Kevin Castel, who sentenced the programmer to five years and three months in prison. Griffith, known for his work on the smart contracts blockchain Ethereum and the WikiScanner tool, was arrested by the FBI in November 2019, half a dozen months after his speech at a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea. The Department of Justice (DoJ) asserted that Griffith shared information to the Kim Jong Um administration on how to ...
New York DA Dispels Rumors That Donald Trump Investigation Has Stalled
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Donald Trump has spent his entire presidency and post-presidency stacking scandals on top of each other and self-absolving by shouting “fake news” at everything that breathes with hopes that repetition can change a lie into truth. He’s like the Kid Rock of Richard Nixons. He’s a whole clown and, according to a New York district attorney, he’s still the suspect of an ongoing criminal investigation. According to Raw Story, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued a statement on Thursday to reassure people that his office hasn’t ended its investigation of the president who demonstrably tried to steal an election that was never stolen from him by claiming ad nauseam, and without a shred of evidence, that it was. (That’s not w...
New York DA Dispels Rumors That Donald Trump Investigation Has Stalled
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Donald Trump has spent his entire presidency and post-presidency stacking scandals on top of each other and self-absolving by shouting “fake news” at everything that breathes with hopes that repetition can change a lie into truth. He’s like the Kid Rock of Richard Nixons. He’s a whole clown and, according to a New York district attorney, he’s still the suspect of an ongoing criminal investigation. According to Raw Story, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued a statement on Thursday to reassure people that his office hasn’t ended its investigation of the president who demonstrably tried to steal an election that was never stolen from him by claiming ad nauseam, and without a shred of evidence, that it was. (That’s not w...
Op On Op Crime?: Phony DHS Agents Busted By FBI in D.C.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Two men in Washington D.C. were taken into custody by federal authorities for impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents and claiming to investigate the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol among other charges. According to reports, Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were arrested and taken into custody by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents inside their luxury apartment in a neighborhood in Southeast Washington D.C. on Wednesday (April 6th). Federal prosecutors assigned to the case state that the two posed as agents with the Department of Homeland Security as well as members of a special task force that is conducting investigations into gangs and violence related to the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Taherz...
CoinSmart CEO Interview: Fraud in Crypto
There are a lot of odd holidays in the calendar. My personal favourite is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, celebrated annually on April 2nd. It falls the day after April Fool’s Day, which, without sounding too miserable, I was never really entertained by. One holiday that is far from a joke, however, is May 9th – National Lost Sock Memorial Day, a time for us to “honour all the socks that are no longer with us”. The reason I discuss such wacky holidays is that I was surprised to note that March represents Fraud Prevention Month in Canada. Upon originally seeing this, I thought was a little over the top. Then, I thought about the harm fraud can cause and looked into the numbers. Based on the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), $379 million were lost to scams and fraud in 2021 (up 130% f...
Shooter In Jacqueline Avant Murder Pleads Guilty
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty The person who was arrested and charged with the shoring death of Jacqueline Avant, wife of the legendary entertainment mogul Clarence Avant, has pleaded guilty to the crime in court. According to reports, Aariel Maynor pleaded guilty to murdering the 81-year old philanthropist on Thursday (March 3rd) in a Los Angeles courtroom. The incident took place in December 2021 during a late-night home invasion at the Avant’s home in Beverly Hills. Maynor ran into Jacqueline and opened fire with an “assault long barrel pistol”. He also shot at a security guard but missed. Mrs. Avant was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to her injuries shortly after. Maynor was arrested the next day while attempting to rob a home in the Hollywood Hill...
Four Arrested In Connection To Michael K. Williams Overdose Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty The tragic situation of actor Michael K. Williams‘ fatal overdose is inching towards some sort of closure as it was announced that four men were arrested in connection to the case. The Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday (March 2nd) that they and other authorities arrested four men who they allege were connected to the 54-year old actor’s death. Williams, best known for his captivating roles on HBO’s The Wire and Lovecraft Country, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on September 6th, 2021 after overdosing on heroin that was laced with fentanyl. Irvin Cartagena, 39, Hector Robles, 57, Luis Cruz, 56, and Carlos Macci, 70, were allegedly members of the group trafficking in drugs that sold the narcotics to W...
