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White Florida Man Who Allegedly Paraded With Nancy Pelosi’s Lectern Arrested
Source: pinellas county sheriff’s office / pinellas county sheriff’s office Arrests have been piling up in connection to the brazen display of mostly-white domestic terrorists who descended upon the U.S. Capitol this past Wednesday (Jan. 6). During the so-called “Stop The Steal” rally, one man who was suspected of parading around with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern has been arrested. Local outlet Tampa Bay Times was one of several Florida outlets who reported on the arrest of Adam Johnson of Parrish, a community of Manatee County in the state. The 36-year-old Johnson was arrested Friday night (Jan.8) and is currently being held on a warrant. Johnson joins two other men who were charged Saturday (Jan. 9) in a Washington, D.C. federal court as a result of their alleged actions in the f...
Agent Provocateur Donald Trump Is Looking To Pardon Family, Lil Wayne & More, Allegedly
Source: @liltunechi / Twitter It seems the President is going out with a proverbial bang during his final days in office. Rumors say he will be giving several of his favorites a get out of jail free card. As spotted on Bloomberg, Donald Trump allegedly has his sights of making the most of his remaining chief executive powers. The report states that he is looking to forgive a long list of people within his immediate circle. Included are some of his family members namely his daughter Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner and Don’s legal eagle Rudolph Giuliani. As with most of his plans there is a polarizing twist. According to the hearsay he will attempt to pardon himself for his offenses during his last four years. While this play could potentially further besmirch his already tanking public pe...
Jadakiss Shares Weed Smoking Memories On ‘High Tales’ via Jay-Z’s Monogram Web Series
Source: Monogram / MONOGRAM Last month Jay-Z introduced his brand new cannabis brand dubbed “Monogram,” and with Jigga once again delving back into the world of hustling them thangs (legally this time though), you knew he was gonna use his connects to help push his latest product. Kicking off a new series on his Monogram Company website dubbed High Tales, the first celebrity guest to speak on his own weed enhanced experience is non other than J-To-The-Muah himself, Jadakiss. In this episode the raspy voiced MC talks about the time he and Snoop Dogg exchanged some east coast/west coast weed (only to find out it was all the same) and the time he found himself in a celebrity cipher at a Prince after party. Expect to see more of your favorite artists speak about their crazy experiences smoking...
Big Griselda, Big BSF: Soundtrack For Griselda & BSF’s ‘Conflicted’ Film Out Now
Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Salute to Griselda x Fashion Rebels, and of course the Black Soprano Family for continuing to push the culture forward. The sprawling collective is set to unleash a new film Conflicted and Friday, fans were blessed with the soundtrack for the feature. Across 15 tracks, Griselda and BSF are heavily represented with the not-retiring Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Armani Caesar, Boldy James, Heem, Jonesy (or Jonezy), and Rick Hyde. They’re joined by the likes of Flee Lord, Eto, Ransom, Elcamino, Chase Fetti, Billy V, Smoke DZA, Dave East, Ranson, YN Billy, and Lloyd Banks. The album is strong work from all the aforementioned, most especially Banks, who has kept away from the spotlight in recent times but hasn’t lost one bit of his ability as a world-class lyr...
Tracy Chapman Wins $450K From Nicki Minaj To Settle Copyright Lawsuit
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Tracy Chapman’s lawyer game is clearly proper. The beloved folk singer is getting a cool $450,000 from Nicki Minaj because of her copyright lawsuit against the Queens rapper. The Hollywood Reporter reports that instead of going to trial, Minaj will fork over the cash for sampling Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You” for a song called “Sorry” without proper permission Reportedly, on Thursday (Jan. 7), docs were made public that revealed Chapman accepted Minaj’s offer to settle. A trial was set for later this year. Interestingly, Minaj’s song never even got a proper release. But Chapman wasn’t having it when the song leaked, initially getting played by Funkmaster Flex on NYC radio station Hot 97. Chapman filed her suit in October 2018. Apparently, Chapman is also f...
Stretch And Bobbito Celebrate MF DOOM’s Legacy On Apple Music
Source: C Brandon / Getty Fans are still waving the Daniel Dumile flag weeks after his untimely death was confirmed. Two radio pioneers celebrated the late great MC’s career with a thoughtful and in-depth program. Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito The Barber reunited on one of the biggest digital streaming platforms to host a memorable MF Doom tribute show. On Thursday, January 7 the legendary on air duo broadcasted for two hours in honor of their comrade. Garcia specifically played a large role in the Super Villain’s early years by signing him in the 1990’s to his now defunct Fondle ‘Em Records. The result was several single releases that help defined Metal Face’s iconic persona. “DOOM’s style, at times, was very basement demo-esque, and that was deliberate, and it was brilliant,” Bobbito exp...
Jim Jones ft. Juelz Santana & Marc Scibilia “Election,” Tyla Yaweh ft. Gunna & Wiz Khalifa “All The Smoke” & More | Daily Visuals 1.8.21
Source: Vamp Life / EMPIRE For every Lil Wayne and Kanye West that supports Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, there’s a Busta Rhymes and Jim Jones that resist and call out the Racist-In-Chief’s white nationalist rhetoric. Continuing to amp up the resistance, Jim Jones links up with Juelz Santana and Marc Scibilia for his visuals to “Election” where they speak out about the times we’re living in and let everyone know they’re ready to get it popping should we go into a Purge era forreal forreal. Elsewhere Tyla Yaweh links up with Gunna and Wiz Khalifa get on some cinematic ish for their clip to “All The Smoke” and rob a bank before getting their Fast & Furious on. Looks like fun till you realize Vin Disel isn’t quarterbacking everything. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work fro...
Beef to Besties: Drake & Meek Mill Reportedly Shooting A Music In The Bahamas
Source: Prince Williams / Getty It appears that Drake and Meek Mill are kicking off 2021 with another collaboration. According to DJ Akademiks, Drizzy and Meek are in the Bahamas filming a music video for an upcoming project. While Akademiks stopped short of revealing further information, he did tweet that the project was “coming soon.” “I heard Drake and Meek in Bahamas shooting a music video…hmmm,” the former Everyday Struggle host tweeted. “Heard that content will soon fwd.” I heard Drake and Meek in Bahamas shooting a music video…hmmm. Heard that content will soon fwd. — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) January 6, 2021 While neither Drake nor Meek have confirmed the report, Drake did fuel speculation when he posted a photo from an undisclosed tropical location. Just days earlier, he was photo...
Renee Montgomery “Definitely Interested” In Buying WNBA Team
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty If the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream were to go on sale, the team wouldn’t have to worry about liking their owners because Renee Montgomery has expressed interest in buying the team. The WNBA star talked about the potential opportunity while co-hosting “TMZ Sports” on FS1. “Listen, I’m interested,” she said. “I think that people talking about it are actually serious. And, I’m actually serious.” The team isn’t up for sale, but team co-owner and Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler may be salty enough to consider it after the entire Dream squad spent the last six months throwing shade at her for her right-wing political views against Black Lives Matter. In a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert written in July, she stated: “I adamantly opp...
DaBaby Taken Into Custody For Carrying Heat In Beverly Hills
Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby might be one of the rap game’s biggest artists today, but that isn’t keeping people and police in Beverly Hills from looking at him and his crew with suspicious eyes. TMZ is reporting that this past Thursday (Jan. 7), DaBaby and his crew were taken into custody while at a shopping spree in Beverly Hills after police frisked him and his crew and discovered a gun in their possession. According to the report the Kirk rapper and three of his friends were surrounded by “Jake” as they exited the Moncler store on Rodeo Drive after someone in the store dropped dime and informed police that they were carrying a weapon. Baby and his friends were detained while officers searched the vehicle, and found one handgun. We’re told the rapper was arrested ...
Celeb Sneaker Plug Benjamin Kickz Arrested For Assaulting & Robbing A Fan, Goons Did It
Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty These days internet celebs are just as popular as actual celebs and sneaker dealer to the stars, Benjamin Kickz just found out that the price of fame sometimes costs peace of mind… and more. TMZ is reporting that the famous sneaker reseller was recently arrested after his crew put hands and feet on a fan in Miami this past New Years Eve. Apparently Benjamin Kickz confronted a fan at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach believing he’d taken a pic of him and proceeded to snatch his phone and walked away as his crew put a universal beatdown on the victim. The beating was so bad that authorities say the fan was taken to the hospital to get treatment for his injuries. Benjamin was booked into Dade County Jail Thursday morning and has been charged with one count ...
Lauryn Hill Opens Up About Why She Didn’t Release A Follow-up After ‘Miseducation’
Source: Christie Goodwin / Getty Lauryn Hill debuted her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill over 20 years ago and never followed up with another studio release. Finally, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the singer reflects on her decision why and offers insight into what she wanted out of the album. Hypebeast highlights the takeaways from the discussion. For starters, Hill places blame on Ruffhouse and Columbia Records, her label at the time, for suffocating her creative process with efforts on a follow-up. “The wild thing is no one from my label has ever called me and asked how can we help you make another album…With The Miseducation, there was no precedent. I was, for the most part, free to explore, experiment and express. After The Miseducation, there were scores...
