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Brooklyn Drill Rapper Dusty Locane in Jail for Gun Charges
Buzzing Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from 2019 and 2020 offenses. On Nov. 24, the drill artist posted to Instagram that he would be turning himself in on Nov. 30 to serve his sentence, which includes a mandatory minimum of one year with a maximum sentence of three years. “Been fightin [these] cases for damn near 4 [years],” the 23-year-old wrote in an Instagram caption. “Now I gotta go handle up ima take care of dis short bid n ima be bacc nine five times stronger ‼️” Dusty Locane hasn’t let the time behind bars detract from his release cycle. The rapper dropped an EP, CATCH DA FLU, on Dec. 5 and shared a music video for album cut “WAY BACC,” re-released on his Halloween project, NIGHTMARE ON DA FIFTH. ...
Meta Board Feels Instagram Shouldn’t Have Banned Hip-Hop Drill Song
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty A report from an oversight board at Instagram’s parent company, Meta, feels it erred in banning a drill song in response to a police request. According to reports, the Meta Oversight Board expressed their views that Instagram should not have gone ahead and banned a drill song from its platform after a request to do so from the London Metropolitan Police. The decision, posted on their website on Tuesday (November 22nd), also recommended that Meta reverse their decision and respond to their policy recommendations within 60 days. They also requested that the company provide more transparency about their relationship with law enforcement going forward. The review relates to an incident in January involving the song “Secrets Not Safe” by...
NYPD Gets 3 Drill Rappers Dropped From ‘Rolling Loud’ New York Lineup
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Once again the NYPD has intervened in a Rolling Loud concert and gotten rappers taken off the lineup. Drill Rappers have been targeted this time around and removed from the bill. A few years after the NYPD had acts like Casanova, Pop Smoke, Don Q and others dropped from Rolling Loud, Variety is reporting that the boys in blue are once again dictating who gets to perform at the annual concert. Drill Rappers Sha EK, 22Gz and Ron Suno have been removed from this weekend’s festivities at Citi Field in Queens, New York. Related Stories Interestingly enough the request is said to have come from controversial Mayor, Eric Adams, who loves rubbing elbows with Hip-Hop superstars but doesn’t seem to take too kind to the latest iteration of the ...
London Drill Rapper M Lo Dead At 29
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Twitter Screenshot / Twitter M Lo, a London rapper who performed music within the Drill scene, was shot over the weekend and succumbed to his wounds. According to reports, M Lo leaves behind a pair of young daughters. According to the Evening Standard, M Lo, whose real name is Maximillian Kusi-Owusu, was found early Sunday (September 4) morning suffering from gunshot wounds. Upon being sent to a nearby hospital, the man died three hours later after being found by the authorities. A 29-year-old suspect was arrested and later released according to accounts from Scotland Yard. More from The Evening Standard: A family friend told The Standard: “Fame never changed Max. He’s a very straightforward, energetic and down-to-earth human being. “He was extremely tale...
Brooklyn Drill Rapper 22Gz Arrested For Attempted Murder
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Say what you will about the Drill rap scene in New York, one thing you can’t say is it’s a soft one. Brooklyn’s 22Gz has become the latest Drill rapper arrested. The New York Post is reporting that rapper 22Gz a.k.a Jeffrey Mark Alexander was taken into custody by authorities at JFK International Airport as soon as his plane landed this past Sunday (June 12). Police put the cuffs on him and ultimately charged Gz with attempted murder in connection to a March shooting which left a 31-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his left foot after getting into it with him at a Marine Park, Brooklyn party hall. The victim was treated for his wounds at Brookdale University Hospital after he gave a description of the suspect to police ...
Drill Rapper Dougie B Arrested After Shots Fired By Bronx Courthouse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DON EMMERT / Getty Drill rapper Dougie B is now in custody due to being arrested after an altercation that led to gunshots being fired across from the Bronx courthouse he was scheduled to appear at. On Thursday afternoon (March 31st), the arrest of the drill rapper took place on East 161st Street, only steps away from the Bronx County Hall of Justice. According to reports, court officers had rushed over after hearing gunshots. Four people were detained and led away in handcuffs, including the “Kill Em With Kindness” rapper. “Y’all keep doing this to me, bro,” Dougie B exclaimed as he sat down in the street in handcuffs, surrounded by a dozen officers next to a gray automobile parked in the street with its doors open. Onlookers told reporters that the alte...
Bronx Drill Rapper Kay Flock Arrested For Barbershop Murder
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NYPD / NYPD Kay Flock, a rising teen rapper in the New York drill scene, was arrested on Christmas Eve for the Dec. 16 murder of a 24-year-old man outside of a Harlem barbershop. Flock, real name Kevin Perez, allegedly shot Oscar Hernandez after arguing with him in the neck and back and authorities believe the shooting is connected to gang activity. The New York Daily News reports that the 18-year-old Flock was walking by a barbershop on Amsterdam Ave. at W. 151st St. around 10 AM local time when he entered the shop and confronted Hernandez. The man followed Perez outside the store and the pair argued. Perez reportedly walked away and but turned around to open fire, fatally wounding Hernandez. According to sources speaking with police, Hernandez was...
Bronx Drill Rapper Kay Flock Arrested For Barbershop Murder
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NYPD / NYPD Kay Flock, a rising teen rapper in the New York drill scene, was arrested on Christmas Eve for the Dec. 16 murder of a 24-year-old man outside of a Harlem barbershop. Flock, real name Kevin Perez, allegedly shot Oscar Hernandez after arguing with him in the neck and back and authorities believe the shooting is connected to gang activity. The New York Daily News reports that the 18-year-old Flock was walking by a barbershop on Amsterdam Ave. at W. 151st St. around 10 AM local time when he entered the shop and confronted Hernandez. The man followed Perez outside the store and the pair argued. Perez reportedly walked away and but turned around to open fire, fatally wounding Hernandez. According to sources speaking with police, Hernandez was...
NAF chief: Armed forces committed to end insecurity
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, yesterday declared that the Armed Forces remained committed to ending the crisis of insecurity ravaging the nation. He said the expected delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets by the United States in July and two drones from China, would be a “game changer” in the war against insurgency. The position of the air force chief is coming on a day the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, sought the assistance of the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to provide security for train stations and railway construction sites across the country. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 1,031 recruits of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Basic Military Training Course 41/2020, Amao affirmed that “the NAF in consonance w...
Kwara governor: Let’s fight terrorism, poverty, not ourselves
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has called on Nigerians to unite in the fight against terrorism, banditry and mass poverty. AbdulRazaq made the appeal at the closing ceremony of 2 Division Inter-Brigade Corporals and Below Competition 2021, at the Sobi Barack Ilorin on Friday. The governor described these challenges as “our common enemies” and urged citizens to stop seeing one another as enemies. According to him, these are elements bent on terrorising the people and tearing the nation apart. He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his patience and support for the security agencies to discharge their duties as well as commitment to national peace and security. “The security agencies, particularly the military will continue to symbolise the unity of the people and the strength of t...
Iran test-fires ballistic missiles on targets at sea
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day exercise, their official website reported Saturday. The missiles of “various classes” targeted “the enemy’s battleships and destroyed them from 1,800 kilometres (1,125 miles) away,” according to the Sepahnews website. The missiles were fired from central Iran at targets located in the northern Indian Ocean, the Guards said. A video released by state television showed two missiles being launched and targets being hit at sea. Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri was present on the second day of the drill, alongside Guards chief Major General Hossein Salami and aerospace commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh. “One of our major goals in...
Nigeria: 1,375 irregular migrants arrested during border closure
The Federal Government said on Monday that no fewer than 1,375 irregular migrants were arrested while the border drill code-named, ”Exercise Swift Response,” lasted. Newsmen report that the border drill held between Aug. 20, 2019 and Dec. 17, 2020. Speaking at a new year media briefing in Lagos on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the border drill was a huge success. The minister said the seizures so far during the period included 157,511 – 50kg bags of parboiled foreign rice, 10,447 bags of NPK fertiliser used for making explosives and 18,630 jerry cans of vegetable oil. The total monetary value of the seized items, according to him, is about ₦12.362 billion. Newsmen recall that ”Exercise Swift Response” was launched as part of efforts to secure th...
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