Jeffery “Young Thug” Williams and Sergio “Gunna” Kitchens are among over two dozen people indicted on RICO charges in Georgia. Prosecutors believe the Young Stoner Life Records representatives are members of the Blood street gang.
“As the District Attorney of Fulton County my number one focus is targeting gangs, and there’s a reason for that, they are committing conservatively 75% to 80% of all of the violent crime that we are seeing within our community and so they have to be rooted out of our community,” said Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
Attorneys for both Yung Thug and Gunna have insisted their respective clients are innocent. Another YSL rapper expressed support for his comrades and crew as well. Lil Keed took to Instagram to share a message about the situation.
“YSL is a family. YSL is a label. YSL is a way of life. YSL is a lifestyle. YSL is not a gang. YSL is not a criminal [organization]. YSL is not a street gang. YSL is not a mob,” posted Lil Keed.
The 24-year-old Atlanta native released several projects, such as 2019’s Long Live Mexico and 2020’s Trapped on Cleveland 3, via the YSL label. Lil Keed earned a Gold plaque for his “Nameless” single.
Authorities charged Young Thug with nine counts, including Conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act as well as Participation in Criminal Street Gang Activity. Gunna is also facing a RICO charge.
Richard “Wiley” Cowie is accused of breaking into an East London flat in November before smashing plates and attacking ex-kickboxer Ali Jacko.
Wiley was due at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 11 but failed to appear. He is facing charges of burglary with intent to cause damage and assault by beating.
The Metropolitan Police issued a statement:
“A court warrant has been issued for the arrest of Richard Cowie, 43, of Tower Hamlets, who failed to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 11 2021. Cowie had been due to appear having been bailed at an earlier hearing. He is charged with one count of assault and a further count of burglary with intent to cause damage. The charges relate to an incident in Romford Road, Forest Gate on Saturday, 28 August.”
After cops launched the wanted appeal, Wiley began trolling on Twitter as cops attempted to track him down.
British tabloid The Sun reports he posted a series of mocking tweets from the “Wiley Recordings,” account before being suspended. “I’ve got a warrant but I’ve also got a new freestyle,” he wrote in the final tweet. The account was then deactivated. “Let’s get this work.”
Shortly after posting, Wiley dropped “Igloo Freestyle,” featuring a nod to Kendrick Lamar’s recent single. The cover art depicted Wiley as one of the deepfakes the Compton rapper transforms into during the video for “The Heart Part 5.” Check it out below.
“The system is crazy they had me in the box for four months for no reason,” the rapper wrote on his Instagram Stories. “Probably so I can take this plea. As soon as I copped out they moved me straight from court to Essex County without my knowledge and without any of my property, legal work or nothing SMH this is crazy.”
Caswell “Casanova” Senior is one of 18 Untouchable Gorilla Stone members accused by the Feds of dealing drugs, attacking rivals, and killing a 15-year-old boy in Upstate New York. They were charged in a sweeping RICO case in December of 2020. The Roc Nation artist is the thirteenth defendant to plead guilty.
Casanova Says “Everything Will Work Out Eventually”
In addition to the message on his IG Stories, Casanova shared some words of encouragement with his fans. “No matter what it is you are going through right now, what obstacles are in front of you, you have to trust that everything will work out eventually,” he penned. “Solutions will present itself when the time is right. There is perfect timing for everything and everyone. Move in faith, not in fear. ✌🏽❌”
He also shared a post from his wife Jasmere “Swaggy Jazzy” Corbett who wrote, “Hope for the best… Prepared for the worst…. However it come just know that we ready! …..Back to the basics, me and you in the courtroom….. I love you baby❤️It’s free @bigcasanova_2x til he free 🔓❤️🩹”
“Like twelve of his co-defendants, Caswell Senior, an accomplished recording artist, and performer, now stands convicted of playing a leadership role in Gorilla Stone, a particularly violent Bloods gang that operates throughout New York and across the country,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
Sentencing in the case is scheduled for December 6, 2022. Casanova is facing a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 60 years in prison.
Die-hard Cole fan Cierra Bosarge first reached out to the rapper in 2013 when she wanted him to wish her a happy birthday. She finally received a response months after Q Deezy of Hot 107.9 in Philly passed the message on to him. J. Cole called to pass on belated birthday greetings and invited her to meet him in person.
“He was like, ‘I know it’s like three months late, but happy birthday.’” Cierra told Complex in 2015. “He laughed at me when I was crying but he said when he comes to Philly he wanted to meet me.”
She asked the rapper if he would attend her high-school graduation in a letter. She had kept in her pocket for years in case of a chance meeting. “In the letter it says all I went through,” Bosarge explained. “With being adopted, my parents being hooked on drugs, in and out of prison. At the time both parents were in prison so I asked him could he come to my graduation since they can’t.”
J. Cole was so touched that he promised to attend her graduation but on one condition. Cierra was to keep her grades up and get accepted into college. Two years later, having done just that, he kept to his word and watched her graduate.
J. Cole & Cierra In 2022
Fast forward to 2022, and a beaming Cierra posed with J. Cole at the graduation ceremony for Rowan University’s class of 2022.
this is for all the fans that waited, the b#### n##### that hated, old hoes we dated, look mama, we made it 🥹💙 pic.twitter.com/RjH1gDzXgQ
“Keeping your word means everything to me,” Cierra shared on Twitter. “Not a lot of people do so i’m forever grateful to the ones that always show up for me. no excuses.”
Joey Bada$$ just announced his new album 2000 drops on June 17, five years after his last full-length project and 10 years to the day after his classic debut mixtape 1999.
The Badmon took to social media to inform his fans the long wait for a new project is over. “Back on the set like I never left… #2000 #newalbum #june17th,” Joey Bada$$ wrote. He also shared an accompanying visualizer featuring what could be a snippet of a new song from the project.
Not only that, but Joey Bada$$ also announced he’s celebrating the new album and the 10th anniversary of 1999 with a summer tour. The 1999-2000 Tour kicks off in Boston on Jul. 1, with a finale in Los Angeles on Jul. 28, joined by opener Capella Grey. The trek also includes a hometown NYC show on Jul. 7 at Terminal 5.
Joey Bada$$ dropped the “Head High,” single in March and “dubbed it one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever recorded.” He said it felt “weird” to be asked about coming back after a hiatus “because I never actually stepped away from it. That’s just kind of what it looks like out in the open because it’s been so long since I’ve actually put music out.”
The rapper turned actor has been flexing his acting chops in roles including 50 Cent’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan, as the character Unique.
“But the whole time, I can’t remember a month that’s gone by where I wasn’t in the studio working on music,” Joey Bada$$ told XXL earlier this month. “January was probably the first month in five years where I did not record any music.”
The latest is that Rod Wave choked his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two kids when she slept. This new revelation comes as the rapper was booked on felony charges of battery by strangulation. This alleged act of domestic violence is particularly distressing because the 2 kids were in the ROOM.
The Tampa Bay Times says Rodarius Marcell Green aka Mr. Wave stands accused of choking her and leaving a scar on her neck. The way strangling is typically described, there’s going to be fingerprints around the neck.
She apparently had a scratch “near the left center of her neck” and that Rod Waved choked her until she could no longer breathe. YIKES. She dated Wave for four years according to the report, but they were no longer together.
Oddly, she says he choked her for talking to other men. All of the happened with the kids in the same room of the alleged infraction. There’s no word if the kids witnessed this.
Rod Waved looks at maximum sentence of five years in the bing and fines to go with it.
Fulton County jail records show Gunna is charged with one count of Conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The charge relates to an incident that occurred in 2013. He appeared in court on Wednesday and is held without bond.
“Mr. Sergio Kitchens, known as Gunna, is innocent,” his lawyers said, in a statement to TMZ. “The indictment falsely portrays his music as part of a criminal conspiracy.”
Further, they state that Gunna is an asset to his local community and listed some of his contributions. They include the first-ever local free in-school grocery and clothing store feeding over 400 children weekly. Gunna also is responsible for nationally sponsored giveaways for disaster victims and those suffering food shortages.
“Mr. Kitchens has been an advocate for his community,” his legal team continued. “It is our privilege to advocate for him.”
“I killed his man in front of his momma, like f*** lil bruh, sister and his cousin,” and “my trigger start itching” from Young Thug are among the lyrics in the indictment.
Can we finally get to the trial already!? The latest in a series of “things,” social media was crazy over the recent report that Megan Thee Stallion sustained injuries from a stepping on glass. As you know, Megan is clear: she was shot by Tory Lanez.
I am not sure what the deal is, but there’s no official reports that verify this information. There was a report that that came through Yahoo News by way of VIBE magazine. But the VIBE report was deleted, with a partial article still on Yahoo.
So, is this report bogus? There’s a whole NAME attached! At first, I googled and got “Anthony Loffredo is a famous tattoo man, Internet personality and social media star. He transformed his body into an Alien.” But when I fixed it to add “Anthony J. Loffredo,” I did get some results on the doctor that reportedly treated Megan. That’s about it.
So, is this BS?
I am not a journalist or a doctor, but I do find it interesting that nobody has reported on this – even to shoot it down. And then VIBE deletes their report. What do you guys think?
Dr. Dre has evolved from a young musician raised in Compton into one of the most influential and prosperous men in entertainment. Now, years after setting up a multi-million-dollar program at USC, the mogul has broken ground on a new school in his hometown.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the producer-turn-executive has donated $10 million out of the $200 million it will take to build the performing arts center on a new Compton High School campus.
Reflecting on his life as a Compton youth, Dre said at the groundbreaking ceremony, “I was an artistic kid in school with no outlet for it. I knew I had something special to offer to the world, but with nothing to support my gift, schools left me feeling unseen.”
Dr. Dre attended Centennial High, another Compton staple not far from the new business, but transferred to Fremont High in South L.A., before dropping out of school altogether to pursue his career in music.
The space on the Compton campus will be extraordinary, seating more than 900 people and be named the “Andre ‘Dr. Dre’ Young Performing Arts Center.”
Prosecutors claim YSL is affiliated with the Bloods gang, which was founded in Los Angeles. The 30-year-old was named as a gang “founder” by prosecutors.
Young Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, is being held at Fulton County Jail on charges including conspiracy to violate the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and participation in criminal street gang activity.
He was also charged with 7 new felonies after cops found a cache of guns and a large number of drugs at his mansion when he was arrested. Sadly, Young Thug’s 14-year-old son was at home when the rapper was arrested.
Young Thug’s lawyer cited his strong ties to the community in Atlanta, fame as a rapper, and his willingness to surrender his passport and wear an ankle monitor if he was released, but the judge did not go for it.
In addition, fellow rapper Gunna – also known as Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, was arrested and charged with one count of attempting to violate RICO. Several artists on the YSL label, including Unfoonk and Lil Duke, are also facing RICO charges.
Ghostface Killah added to his legendary status with a day named in his honor.
Mayor Eric Adams declared May 9, 2022, to be Ghostface Killah Day in New York City. The Wu-Tang Clan member celebrated the accolade in an Instagram post.
“May 9th is Officially #ghostfacekillahday In NYC,” he wrote. “Thank you @ericadamsfornyc @nycmayor @nmalliotakis @nypd.”
Mayor Adams praised Ghostface Killah for opening up the Killah Koffee Shop in Staten Island. The mayor attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the coffee spot on Monday (May 9).
“There’s so many people coming out here seeing a performer, a young person who grew up here who lived in public housing and went to public school, and now is able to have a business out here,” Mayor Adams said. “Just coming back to the community, that’s what it’s all about. So, we just want to say, ‘Thank you.’ Thank you for reinvesting.”
Ghostface Killah co-owns the Killah Koffee Shop with Wu-Tang affiliates Remedy and Shawn Wigs. Fans outside of Staten Island can purchase Killah Koffee flavors and merchandise on the shop’s official website.
Later this year, Ghostface Killah will join his fellow Wu-Tang Clan members and Nas for the NY State of Mind Tour. The run of shows begins in St. Louis on August 30 and concludes in Los Angeles on October 4.
S-X is back with his newest single and visual titled “Locked Out,” this time tapping top-selling UK artist KSI. Within just a couple of days, the official music video is already at 1.2 million views and counting.
Hailing from Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, S-X went from producing for all the greats in the music industry — from Lil Wayne and Rick Ross to Childish Gambino and J. Cole — to now shifting his focus to his own artistry.
Since childhood, the multihyphenate was sighted beatboxing during class, creating the soundtrack for rap battles, DJing, and even making his own records as a teenager. After traveling to London and standing outside Radio 1 studio with his mixes… the rest was history.
With Phil Collins and Pharrell Williams being his greatest influences, S-X came out of the pandemic with a new record deal, making his best music to date. While his accolades include GRAMMY nominations, Gold plaques, and international tours, S-X is now focused more than ever to get it on his own as a recording artist.
AllHipHop caught up with S-X to discuss his sound, his roots, biggest influences, the turning point in music, his friendship with KSI, linking with Trippie Redd, his forthcoming album, studio essentials, goals, and more!
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?
S-X: Honest, intimate, spacey, relaxing, energetic but all mixed into one sound. It’s always been like that, even when I was just producing for people. It’s S-X music.
AllHipHop: You’re from Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. How does that play into your life and career?
S-X: It keeps me humble and grounded, I’m still around the same people I’ve been around from when I was a kid so they never let me get too ahead of myself. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Who are some of your biggest influences?
S-X: I’d say Pharrell and Kanye as they were producers first too and that’s always been my dream is to become an artist, I just didn’t have the confidence for a long time. I love the writing style from Phil Collins, he’s one of my biggest influences.
AllHipHop: At what point did you realize this music thing was forreal?
S-X: When I was 17, I made this beat that blew up in the grime scene: “Woooo Riddim.” That literally changed my life, it enabled me to work with almost everything in the UK. That gave me my first big break. That’s when I knew.
AllHipHop: What was the inspiration behind your name?
S-X: It just means Sam. The S means Sam, the X means absolutely anything you want. Like X Factor, X Files, etc. The dash separates the two letters.
AllHipHop: How did this new collaboration with KSI come about?
S-X: I wrote the song with ivory scott and digital farm animals. It’s produced by Diego Ave and Nana Rogues. JJ loved the song as soon as I played it to him and he wanted to jump on it. The rest is history.
AllHipHop: What’s the bond/friendship you and KSI share?
S-X: I really think it’s a solid friendship. He’s one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. That’s my brother for life.
AllHipHop: What inspired the visual/music video?
S-X: Troy Roscoe came up with the video concept, he wanted to show the “Locked Out” vibe by us chasing the girl through the infinite corridor. With the smashed mirror scene to reflect how many pieces of hurt there are. I love the video. He’ll be a huge director one day.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
S-X: That I come from a genuine place. An honest insight to my life through relationships and breakups. I’m actually a happy person, although a lot of my music is sad. Kinda. [laughs]
AllHipHop: You linked with Trippie Redd on “All Night,” how’d that happen?
S-X: I had the song for about 2 years and forgot about it. Then I came back to it and my manager M### suggested Trippie as he knew his manager. Next thing you know, we had the verse.
AllHipHop: What can we expect from your debut album?
S-X: I’ve been experimenting with a new sound for me. You can tell by the sound of my last mixtape, “a repeat wouldn’t go a miss.” So I’d say more pop/up tempo music, but I still have the classic S-X stuff on there too. It’s been a wild journey making this album to say the least, so you can expect a lot of emotions from this album.
AllHipHop: 3 things you absolutely must have in the studio?
S-X: Firstly my PS5, because sometimes I can’t just sit there and fully finish a song. I can do that but that’s only if the vibes are flowing hard. Mostly I like to stop and do something else for a little bit, then come back with fresh ears. So playing Call Of Duty helps me switch off. I’d say secondly a great loud bassy set of speakers. Thirdly, I’ll go with a good scent in the room. Some good candles to set the vibe properly.
AllHipHop: What’s been the biggest challenge about transitioning from being a producer to a musician?
S-X: As a producer, you get to work when you want. You make beats and send them out, or pull up to sessions then go home. With being an artist there are so many more pressures and things to do. It’s very time and energy-consuming, but I’m not complaining at all. I love being busy with my passion. It’s a blessing to make a living from music and meet some incredible people along the way.
AllHipHop: Goals for yourself as an artist at this point in your career?
S-X: Honestly, I’ve already hit them. I didn’t really think I’d even get to this point. So with that being said, I’d love to see how much further I can take this. I love performing so I’d love to sell out arenas one day. That would be insane.
A new court filing claims nearly 2,400 people needed medical treatment after suffering injuries at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld Festival.
According to ABC News, attorneys say 732 claimants suffered an injury requiring “extensive medical treatment” following the deadly concert. An additional 1,649 claimants had an injury requiring “less extensive medical treatment.”
Lawyers for the Astroworld victims disclosed their clients’ medical needs in a lawsuit against Travis Scott, Live Nation and others involved in the tragedy. Attorneys also informed the court about 2,540 more claimants whose alleged injuries are under review.
“Plaintiffs will continue to evaluate and update this for the Court as additional information and details are received and reviewed,” the filing notes.
Hundreds were injured in a crowd crush at Travis Scott’s annual Astroworld Festival in November 2021. A total of 10 people died from injuries sustained at the event.
A myriad of victims sued Travis Scott and festival organizer Live Nation, among others, in wake of the tragedy. The various lawsuits eventually became one combined lawsuit handled by a single judge.
Travis Scott launched a philanthropic initiative called Project HEAL a few months after the fatal concert. Tericia Blount, the grandmother of 9-year-old Astroworld victim Ezra Blount, called it a “PR stunt.”
“He’s pretty much trying to sway the jurors before they’re even assembled,” she told Rolling Stone in March. “He’s trying to make himself look good, but it doesn’t look that way to someone with our eyes. What we’re seeing is that he’s done wrong, and now he’s trying to be the good guy and trying to give his own verdict on safety.”
Kendrick Lamar unveiled the cover art for his highly anticipated albumMr. Morale & the Big Steppers on Wednesday (May 11).
The cover photo, which was shot by photographer Renell Medrano, gives fans a look at the notably private rapper’s family. The picture features Kendrick Lamar’s children and his longtime partner Whitney Alford.
Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is scheduled to drop on Friday (May 13). The LP will be his final release for Top Dawg Entertainment.
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Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers serves as the follow-up to 2017’s DAMN. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. album became the first non-jazz or classical work to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Last week, K. Dot dropped a newsong called “The Heart Part 5” ahead of his Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers LP. The track continued “The Heart” series, which began in 2010.
The music video for “The Heart Part 5” used deep fake technology to morph Kendrick Lamar’s face into a variety of celebrities. The visuals included depictions of Kanye West, Will Smith, O.J. Simpson and the late Nipsey Hussle, among others.
Watch “The Heart Part 5” video below and view the Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers cover art above.
Quavo knows a thing or two about having an expensive girlfriend. Huncho also knows that guys can cop better things with their money instead of handbags. Like weed. The Migos member had a very public split in 2021 with Saweetie, who told her female fans on “Back To The Streets” to drop their beaus if they weren’t copping them the ultra-expensive Hermés-created bags.
Maybe that was the inspiration for the new marijuana strain entitled “Birkins”, which is slated to be just as overly priced as the sought-after pocketbooks. Even when asked by TMZ why he decided on this new cannaventure and he simply said, “We got tired of buying the girls Birkins, so we started smoking it, that’s all.”
Huncho also joined forces with Awful Lot from Cough Syrup to have streetwear join the drop with the new flower. Quavo isn’t looking to be endorsed by the high-end bag brand, but he’ certainly plans on charging 420 smokers prices that rival the handbags. Is it affordable? “No, sir. No broke smoke. This will be the highest weed you ever smoked.”
Emerging from Georgetown, Guyana, Shawn2hot was just like any other teenager when he came to the USA at 16, dreaming of making a big name for himself. Music was not only a hobby for him. It was a pillar that kept him standing and going about in life. Coming from a destitute background and having been a subject to violence at an earlier age, Shawn2hot had a challenging childhood. Instead of allowing these obstacles to get to him, he channeled his blood, sweat, and tears into music.
Shawn2hot started writing poems, but when his understanding and passion for hip hop grew, those poems gradually developed into song lyrics. His singles particularly stand out due to their novel tones and themes, which Shawn2hot describes as a style labeled as thinking out of the box.
The hurdles in his path were numerous but not alarming enough to lead him to give up. Although he had no money and no formal training, his knack for music and creating beats helped him earn a fortune. The trouble, however, arose when no music label considered him worthy enough to launch his music under their name. Not having a music background or any proper qualifications in music, most labels began to overlook him and his skills. While this may have motivated numerous others, Shawn2hot was not the one who quickly lost heart. The constant rejections had no hold over him. His escape from this overbearing situation was making more and more music.
Shawn2hot classifies his music as being therapeutic for himself. Music has been his paradise when the world around him seemed like hell. Falling in love with this art helped him come out of the quicksand he would otherwise have been pulled in. With time he realized that waiting for a music label to pick up his music would be futile. Thus he decided to open his own record label named Volcano Music Group. Promoting his music was still a challenge for him. Still, because he was doing something he loved, any challenge only excited him and fueled his burning passion.
Shortly after creating his own record label, Shawn2hot started releasing his singles which soon caught fire and became tunes analogous to hip hop. After the massive success of his singles, Shawn2hot saw his music being aired on station 105.1, a notable station in the world of hip hop. Motivated by his hard-earned success, Shawn2hot decided that it was time to release his first solo album under his music label.
His album, Volcano Music Vol. 1, is currently the hot topic in the hip-hop world and is awaited by many. It is also predicted that this album will transform the whole panorama of hip hop. It is also likely to establish Volcano Music Group as a household name for music and other business ventures.
Reaching a status like this was not a piece of cake. But Shawn2hot has proven that once you know what you want to achieve, the next step is to get onto it with all your might and strength until your success is in your hands.
Blac Chyna has lost a motion to disqualify the judge presiding over her defamation case against the Kardashian-Jenner family after claiming he was “extremely biased.”
According to documents obtained by People, the model filed a motion on Monday in which she indicated plans to appeal the verdict in her $100 million defamation case against the reality TV stars.
Chyna, real name Angela White, originally sued members of the socialite family for allegedly interfering with the E! television network to cancel her show, “Rob & Chyna.” After the trial concluded earlier this month, a jury decided Chyna would not be awarded damages.
In response, the mother-of-two filed a peremptory challenge against original trial judge Gregory W. Alarcon of the Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming he was “undeniably hostile and extremely biased” against her and her attorney Lynne Ciani during the case.
Chyna’s legal teamed also claimed Alarcon’s alleged bias affected multiple aspects of the hearing, including “the jury making key liability verdicts in her favor” and being “denied due process with regard to the jury instructions and special verdict form.”
The Kardashians’ attorney, Michael G. Rhodes, responded to the challenge with a 20-page opposition, recounting that despite Chyna’s supposed issues with the trial’s process, she “nonetheless proceeded without complaint as Judge Alarcon presided over a 10-day trial.”
He continued, “In the days and weeks that followed, (Chyna) and her counsel had ample time to raise her completely misguided allegations about Judge Alarcon’s impartiality and numerous opportunities to brief evidentiary issues, jury instructions, and the special verdict form.”
But Judge Alarcon has once again sided with The Kardashians lawyer. According to the judge, Blac Chyna presented no evidence that he was biased against her during the trial. Furthermore, the trial is over, and if she wanted him off the case, she should have asked for him to recuse himself.
Judge Alarcon suggested Blac Chyna file documents to appeal his decision for him to review.
The Brooklyn rapper, born Caswell Senior, was charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance (crack cocaine, cocaine, and marijuana), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Casanova initially pleaded guilty, maintained his innocence, and proclaimed he was being unfairly targeted because of his association with specific individuals and his stature as a famous rapper.
But today, Casanova admitted that he was the triggerman in a July 5th, 2020, shooting at a party in Florida with other gang members. The rapper shot a man over a gambling dispute.
The rap star also admitted to an August 5th, 2018, robbery in Manhattan that caused a woman serious bodily injury while she was being restrained.
According to Rucker, Casanova’s associates beat her, choked her out, cut her, and ultimately broke her jaw as the rapper tried to take her phone to erase the footage.
Casanova also confessed that he conspired to traffic at least 100 kilograms of marijuana while admitting he was a leader in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation.
Cas pled guilty to one count of conspiring to conduct and participate in the conduct of the affairs of a criminal enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity and one count of conspiring to distribute over 100 kilograms of marijuana.
Casanova is the thirteenth defendant to plead guilty.
“Like twelve of his co-defendants, Caswell Senior, an accomplished recording artist, and performer, now stands convicted of playing a leadership role in Gorilla Stone, a particularly violent Bloods gang that operates throughout New York and across the country. In addition to his supervisory role, Senior was an active, hands-on participant in the gang’s senseless violence, including a shooting in Miami and contributing to a robbery at a Manhattan diner. Dismantling violent gangs and stopping gun violence continues to be one of my highest priorities. Thanks to the dedication of our partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Senior now awaits sentencing for his dangerous conduct,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
Casanova is facing a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 60 years in prison when he is sentenced on December 6th, 2022.
Young Thug faces additional charges following his arrest for racketeering.
According to WSB-TV in Atlanta, Young Thug was hit with multiple drug and gun charges. Authorities found drugs and firearms while raiding his home.
The new charges include possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a schedule III, IV or V controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a sawed-off shotgun and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was arrested as part of a sweeping RICO indictment on Monday (May 9). He was initially charged with conspiring to violate Georgia’s racketeering law and participating in criminal street gang activity.
The YSL Records founder was one of 28 alleged gang members named in a 56-count indictment. Prosecutors accuse Young Thug and YSL members of engaging in criminal gang activity.
Earlier this week, Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel denied the allegations against his client. He proclaimed Young Thug will be cleared of the charges.
“Mr. Williams has committed no violation of law, whatsoever,” Steel said in a statement. “We will fight this case ethically, legally and zealously.”
Multi-platinum selling rapper Gunna was the other notable name indicted in the RICO case. The YSL artist surrendered to authorities on Wednesday (May 11). He was charged with a single count of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act.
Although very new to the music scene, Tian Boothe has accomplished so much in a brief period of time than most people do in a lifetime. In 2016 she switched from her Master of Science in Software Engineering to study Cinema Production in Los Angeles. She’s worked with sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, architect Gino Ferrari, fashion designer Inga Nataya, composer Ko-Wei Chen, actors Malcolm David Kelly, Third World Don, Cate Kessler, Amira Harvey, Erika Stasiuleviciute, Journey Christine, Mair Mulroney, Nika Balina and many more.
Tian has been writing the lyrics and script and has just finished her album E. R. Emotional Release which will also be a feature film.
If that’s not enough, Tian lends her own vocals, writing her own songs, which she produces, along with producing her own music videos. In addition, Tian demonstrates her kindness and compassion for others through her actions, volunteering for community service organizations, and assisting in raising funds for various causes.
Tian’s previous release Shattered Dream was definitely one to talk about and never ceases to amaze viewers. Her sound blends pop, indie style R&B, and hints of classical tones.
“CP Original” opens on gleaming synth colors, glowing and radiant, flowing into a delicious R&B melody flavored with the essence of trap/hip-hop. A huge throbbing bassline and tight, crisp instruments drive the contagiously smooth rhythm.
A sparkling beat infuses the tune with delicious textures, as Tian’s silky tones glide overhead, imbuing the lyrics with tantalizing surface colors. The combination of melodic sonority and rap-lite flow gives the tune vibrancy and nuanced sonic shifts.
“It’s my fantasy/ Every kiss / Between you and me”
“CP Original” delivers cool savors of pop, an infectious rhythmic pulse, and alluring breakdowns, all capped by the glossy tones of Tian Boothe.
