So … while her son, Jack Harlow, is a huge rap star, Mama Maggie Harlow is making headlines as a wrap star and is encouraging others to celebrate the holidays doing something to help the underserved.
On Tuesday, November 29th, the “First Class” mom and Kosair Charities tapped a few young people and taught them how to decorate presents for the underserved at Kosair Charities Sam Swope Center according to WHAS 11.
Mama Harlow and her volunteers wrapped 2,000 gifts on Giving Tuesday, all of which will be given out at the Kosair Holiday party on Sunday, December 4th.
Her Grammy-nominated rap star son Jack did not make a special appearance at the community service project, but those lending a hand don’t care.
It’s probably best he wasn’t. His mother said he used to be horrible at wrapping gifts.
“The child simply could not wrap,” she said before adding, “it may have been my hardest job as a mom, but I love my son, and I refused to give up. He eventually got pretty good at wrapping,” WDRB reported.
Some of the helpers have been wrapping the gift for years, consistently volunteering with the charity and working to bring joy to the faces of the children the organization serves.
Two inmates are in deep trouble after they recorded a rap video from inside their Michigan prison cell and posted it on YouTube.
The music video was released on the Family Fed Entertainment YouTube page and is called “In Dis Cell” by 24 SuperBadd37 featuring 82 Treezy Banger.
The men boldly showed their faces as they rapped their song and even showed officers beating down another prisoner in one clip.
Outside of the audacity of the artists, the video also showed the horrific conditions within prisons, including their liquid substance (possibly urine) appearing on the floor in front of the cell’s commode.
According to the Detroit Free Press, on Tuesday, November 29th, Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz said the two men have been identified and placed in segregation at the Macomb prison outside of Detroit.
The issue is that the men had two phones in the cell, items considered contraband.
Gautz said, “It’s incredibly dangerous” to have cell phones inside prisons, “especially with capability of getting onto the internet.”
Gautz continued by saying these forms of technology can be used to do all kinds of things outside of providing entertainment and a creative outlet.
He said the devices could be used to arrange to harass witnesses, place “hits” on people inside or outside the prison, and map out a plan to escape.
The investigation around how they got the phones and determining if the men will face criminal charges is still in motion.
The Cook County Medical Examiner concluded that fatal oxycodone and codeine caused Juice WRLD’s death, but his girlfriend Ally Lotti isn’t buying it.
She hopped on social media to stir the conspiracy theory pot. She claims people are wrong if they think the “Lean Wit Me” rapper died from an accidental overdose.
“Y’all mad ’cause literally I’m like, ‘Oh, blah blah blah you guys think he died from an overdose.’ You’re wrong! you’re wrong!” she said. “Literally, you’re wrong so suck a dick. Okay? Suck a dick.”
Interestingly, before making this statement, she drunkenly attempted to spit a few rhymes. I guess the heat of her freestyle keeps this conspiracy pot bubbling.
“There’s a lot of s**t y’all don’t know that I f**king grieved through myself while I let y’all grieve and talk mad s**t on me. I don’t care.”
Despite claims of knowing more than medical experts and the general public, she didn’t provide any substantial evidence as to what really happened to the Chicago native. This isn’t the first time she’s denied medical conclusions.
Back in June, she posted a similar clip on social media addressing what happened to Juice WRLD the day before he died. She claimed she would speak more in detail when it was “safe.”
I wonder why she felt safe enough to freestyle and strong enough to start throwing franks but the medical examiner’s report remains final. Her conspiracy pot might not be finished cooking but I can smell the clout-chase seasonings.
In case you didn’t know, her current boyfriend Carter Jamison was spotted flexing on TikTok with a diamond-encrusted blue-face Rolex. Juice gave her the watch as a gift.
Kanye West may have ruined Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidency in 2024.
Despite his fingerprints being all over the coup to take over the country or the wacky job he did as a president, having dinner with now one of America’s most vocal antisemites and his friend Nicholas Fuentes, a known white supremacist, might have plummeted his chances of returning to the White House.
At least, that is what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday, November 29th.
According to the Kentucky republican, who was raised under Kentucky’s Day Laws, a state-mandated law that prohibited Blacks and whites from going to school together, McConnell said, “First, let me just say that there is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy.”
McConnell continued, “Anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States, and that would apply to all of the leaders in the party who will be seeking offices.”
Trump took to social media to explain the meeting, saying, “This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about.”
Trump explained, “We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport.”
In October, some of Trump’s advisors suggested he should stay away from Kanye after he made antisemitic comments on social media and in the press.
However, until the disastrous dinner, he appeared to maintain his friendship with the vocal multi-hyphenate.
In a second statement, Trump said he was trying to help “a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be Black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed ‘advice,'” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years. I told him don’t run for office, a total waste of time, can’t win. Fake News went CRAZY!”
Fans of Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio have a legitimate claim that the Puerto Rican rapper is the most popular music artist in the world. New stats from Spotify back up that argument.
Bad Bunny’s Latest Album Accumulated Over 18 Billion Streams
Spotify unveiled its 2022 Wrapped campaign which lists the top artists, songs, albums, and podcasts on the streaming platform. Bad Bunny became the first artist to top Spotify’s most-streamed artist list three years in a row.
The Un Verano Sin Ti album creator amassed more than 18.5 billion streams on Spotify in 2022. Country-Pop singer Taylor Swift came in second place. The rest of the Top 5 includes Drake (#3), The Weeknd (#4), and BTS (#5).
Spotify announced Harry Styles’s “As It Was” as the most-stream song of the year. The lead single from the Harry’s House studio LP collected over 1.6 billion global streams since the single’s release in April.
Bad Bunny’s “Me Porto Bonito” (#4) and “T##í Me Preguntó” (#5) also made the Top 5 of the Most-Streamed Global Songs rankings. Plus, Un Verano Sin Ti topped Spotify’s Most-Streamed Global Albums list.
Drake & Ye Join Bad Bunny On Spotify’s List Of Most-Streamed Artists In The U.S.
Taylor Swift took the #1 position of Spotify’s Most Viral Artist. R&B/Pop sensation The Weeknd came in at #2, followed by Bad Bunny (#3). The 4th most viral artist is the K-Pop group BTS. Alternative Pop performer Lana Del Rey rounds out the Top 5.
When it comes to the America-based stats, Drake reigns as Spotify’s Most-Streamed Artist in the United States for 2022. Taylor Swift (#2), Bad Bunny (#3), Kanye “Ye” West (#4), and The Weeknd (#5) also collected a substantial number of U.S. streams.
“As It Was” by Harry Styles was the #1 Most-Streamed Song in the American Spotify market. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals, “Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy, “Me Porto Bonito” by Bad Bunny featuring Chencho Corleone, and “First Class” by Jack Harlow landed in the Top 5 as well.
In addition to dominating Spotify, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti ruled over the Billboard 200 chart for 13 weeks. Un Verano Sin Ti became the first Spanish-language album nominated for Album Of The Year at the Grammy Awards. Apple Music also recognized Bunny as Artist Of The Year for 2022.
According to TMZ, Pastor Ronald Nagin met with Kanye West three times about the rapper using space in the Cornerstone Christian Church for his Donda Academy. Cornerstone’s lawyers have reportedly already drafted a lease for the Northridge, California location.
Donda Academy shut down in October following overwhelming backlash for Kanye West’s remarks about the Jewish community. Many parents, including R&B singer Keyshia Cole, supposedly withdrew their children from the unaccredited Christian private school.
Then Donda Academy reopened just hours after the administration sent an email to parents informing them that the 2022-2023 school year would abruptly end. However, TMZ reports that students and teachers have already left the Academy in droves.
Meanwhile, Kanye West continues to espouse antisemitism which already cost him public support, business relationships, and his billionaire status. In fact, Ye recently aligned himself with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
West also hired pedophilia defender Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager for the 2024 presidential election. Yiannopoulos made a name for himself as an alt-right political commentator who got banned from Twitter and Facebook for harassment and hate speech.
The trajectory of DaBaby’s career has changed since “Suge” peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2019. Three years later, reports that DaBaby struggles to sell concert tickets have dominated news stories about the rapper.
VladTV caught up with Yung Joc to get his thoughts on DaBaby’s apparent fall from grace. The “It’s Goin’ Down” hitmaker offered a theory that centers around women possibly turning on the 30-year-old Charlotte rhymer.
“Let’s keep it a hundred. Homie gonna give your ass a show, and homie can rap. The man can rap. He makes good music,” said Yung Joc. “There’s some things that went against him.”
Joc continued, “You always gotta remember, man, that like being in a position of being an entertainer, if you’re fan base is more women, when it starts looking like you’re a womanizer and you don’t care about women or you’ll go against them women… that s###’s gonna stick with them.”
“One of the last things that [DaBaby] did that possibly ticked off his fanbase – the women in this culture – is out the blue saying he f##### Meg Thee Stallion,” stated Yung Joc. “It was like, ‘Huh?’ Even dudes was like, ‘Damn, why’d you do that? What made that boy say that?'”
Yung Joc went on to say that DaBaby’s music is still “hard” and that his career is not necessarily over. The Streetz Morning Takeover radio host added, “This just gonna be a case of perseverance. He’s gotta persevere through this storm.”
For a moment, it looked as if Nas and 21 Savage could be the latest Hip Hop beef. However, the two rap stars joined forces instead, and Coi Leray took the time to shout out Nas for collaborating with Savage.
The possible brewing strife between Nas and 21 Savage began with a conversation on the Clubhouse app. Savage’s comments about the Hip Hop legend led to some backlash from social media users.
“I don’t feel like he’s relevant,” said 30-year-old 21 Savage about 49-year-old Nas. “He’s not relevant. He just has a loyal ass fanbase. He just has a loyal fanbase, and he still makes good-ass music.”
Instead of 21 Savage and Nas going to war over the situation, they actually teamed up for a song titled “One Mic, One Gun.” On the track, 21 raps, “When you turn to legend, no such thing as relevance.”
Nicki Minaj’s Barbz Blast Coi Leray After She Shouts Out Nas
Trendsetter album creator Coi Leray reacted to the new Nas/21 Savage collab. The Republic recording artist took to Twitter to praise Nas for working with a younger artist like 21 Savage.
“Y’all see what Nas did? Now that’s how the f### you do it!!! Love always wins!!!! Why downplay the next artist when you can uplift them and come together… solid!!! 🚀🚀🚀 ,” tweeted Leray on Tuesday.
She also added, “Hate for no reason!!!!! It be weird!!!! Cause people don’t even be from the same cities and be having beef cause of internet trolls and fans. Corny. Don’t worry. Love is in the air. I feel it.”
Nicki Minaj’s fans clearly have not forgotten the supposed feud. The replies to Coi Leray’s tweet about Nas are filled with Barbz slamming Leray for purportedly turning her back on their favorite artist. One person wrote, “Wasn’t you mad Nicki dropped her song with Fivio [Foreign]? Why you tried stopping the next artist shine?”
Y’all see what Nas did? Now that’s how the f### you do it !!!! Love always wins !!!! Why down play the next artist when you can uplift them and come together … solid !!!! 🚀🚀🚀
Hate for no reason !!!!! It be weird!!!! Cause people don’t even be from the same cities and be having beef cause of internet trolls and fans. Corny. Don’t worry. Love is in the air. I feel it. https://t.co/DoO63DuhAH
nicki was literally one of the only people who PUBLICLY uplifted/encouraged you while everyone else was clowning you on social media💀…but I guess people like to forget when nicki shows support to other female rappers-
I’m rarely in a Celebrity’s comment section,but it seems like you lot want to disrespect said icons and still have these icons embrace you, what sense does that make? I’m talking. You specifically because we all saw how Nicki was going hard for you..
Rising Hip Hop stars Latto and GloRilla had breakout years in 2022. The two southerners landed respective singles in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10 region over the last eleven months.
It appears the Atlanta-bred rapper and the Memphis-bred rapper will link up again for another collaboration. They previously connected on GloRilla and Hitkidd’s “F.N.F. (Let’s Go) [Remix)]” which also featured JT.
On Tuesday night, Latto teased that a new song with GloRilla will arrive this Friday, December 1. The RCA recording artist also shared what seemed to be the official cover art for the forthcoming single.
GloRilla is coming off the success of “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B. That track peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The original “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” also made it onto the Hot 100 in June. Glo recently dropped the Anyways, Life’s Great… EP.
“Big Energy” became a huge hit for Latto. The Dr. Luke-produced single rose all the way to #3 on the Hot 100. “Big Energy” broke the Hot 100’s record for the longest-charting solo female rap song (51 weeks). Her 777 album arrived in March.
Both Latto and GloRilla picked up BET Hip Hop Awards this year. Latto’s “Big Energy” won Song Of The Year. GloRilla won Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist. Additionally, Big Latto and Big Glo earned separate Grammy Award nominations for the 65th annual ceremony.
Stormzy is climbing up the charts with This Is What I Mean and is on pace to score his third consecutive No.1 album.
The South London rapper is competing with another of Britain’s most successful artists, albeit from a different generation. 82-year-old crooner Cliff Richard is in hot pursuit of Stormzy with his first new Christmas album in 19 years, Christmas With Cliff just being the rapper in the midweek charts.
Stormzy first topped the U.K. chart with his 2017 debut Gang Signs & Prayer. He doubled back two years later to score his second No.1 album with 2019’s Heavy Is The Head.
Fans will have to wait a couple more days to discover who will take the No.1 spot. The Official U.K. Albums Chart will be published late Friday.
Meanwhile, the massive soccer fan was on hand to rally the England team and to ensure its fans behave with respect ahead of their World Cup match against Wales on Tuesday (Nov. 29).
Stormzy dished out a pep talk for BBC Sport, alluding to the racist abuse Black England players suffered following their Euro 2020 defeat.
“This England team represents all of us,” Stormzy said in the video before adding, ”and we represent them.”
Attempting to pre-empt any attacks on the players following a potential defeat, Stormzy issued a warning to fans. “If the pressure is on, someone misses their mark, don’t you dare tear those boys down. They do this for their country, respect that,” the “Mel Made Me Do It,” rapper added.
Calling the squad “a new breed of lions,” Stormzy pointed out that both fans and players alike collectively share the team’s “triumph,” “adversity,” and “glory.”
“Rise up, fear nothing, fear no one,’ he commanded the team. “And let’s bring it home.”
Following Stormzy’s team talk, The Three Lions were victorious, taking a 3-0 over Wales. The England team qualified for the knockout stages, topping their group with seven points. Their first quarter-final match takes place on December 10.
The “Try Me” songstress addressed the haters in a series of tweets on Tuesday (Nov. 29), insisting she will not box herself in to suit fans.
“I don’t know who needs to hear this but I am not your Christian savior,” she said, adding “I didn’t come here to uphold your beliefs about God.“
“I will not fit into this box you try to put me in,” she continued, nor will she “satisfy you in that area please find the person that will. Or ask yourself why you care.”
The talented singer/songwriter continued, noting, “So much growth this year. I’m here for my fans. I have worked so much on myself. It will all make sense when it happens. I started in 2018. Look at what music looks like today. Still Next level coming. I’m just about to start.”
Tems Says “I’m Not Playing The Same Game”
The Nigerian artist said she doesn’t need to brag “because I’m not playing the same game,” adding, “I am whether you know it or not.”
Quoting the parable of the House on Rock (Matthew 7:74-27) Tems continued. “It is the house that is built on the solid rock that will withstand the storm. I’m trying to impress myself not you,” she penned.
Tems concluded with a final word to anyone who doesn’t approve of her expressing herself. “I just a baby!! I’m gonna show off, she wrote, sharing a GIF of Denzel Washington slamming a door. “You don’t like it? F### you from the bottom of my heart🙏🏿”
Check out her tweets at the end of the page.
Meanwhile, Tems revealed her mission to change the image of the African woman to one that is coveted.
“What I’m trying to do,” she said during her Dazed interview, “or what I hope that God does through me, is for the image of the African woman to be [changed] to something luxurious, or desired, or sought after. For the demand of the African woman to go up… Let us not be chasing foreign things, let us be something to be chased.”
However, Tems notes, “And that can’t just happen with me; it’s a together thing. It has to happen with a whole industry of women already doing real and amazing things. That’s the future.”
DDG has been recognized by Forbes in its annual list of young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists, and entertainers making a difference in their chosen field.
The Pontiac, Michigan native was highlighted as a featured honoree for the music section. Forbes noted the 1 billion streams earned since entering the industry among other achievements.
DDG took to Instagram to celebrate the accolade and thank his fans for supporting him on his journey.
“From college dropout to the FORBES LIST‼️ God is good 🙏🏽,” the “Elon Musk” rapper penned in the caption. “I wanna thank everyone who ever took the time to support me rather it’s a stream or a view on a vlog.”
He continued, ”My main purpose in this lifetime is to inspire the youth & especially minorities who feel like the odds are against them. This achievement is for you.. You can legit do anything you put your mind to.”
Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., aka DDG, also thanked Forbes “for the recognition 🙏🏽🖤” before making a revelation. “New song “Forbes List” drops tomorrow. 🤑💰” he teased.
“I just get real insecure, I don’t like to really, like, expose myself like that,” DDG admitted. “I like to stay low-key and just be who I am. … So I be trying to like, talk regular,” he said, switching to his stage voice. “I feel like when I talk regular, it’s like I’m more relatable to y’all. … It’s just easier for me to grow as a musical artist, creator and s###.”
DDG then seamlessly transitioned back to his natural tone. “I just feel like if I use my deep voice, a lot of y’all wouldn’t take me seriously, and it’d be like, funny. I see a lot of people laughing about it and s###, and that’s just like, that’s why I don’t like really using it like that. A lot of m############ take that s### like it’s a m###########’ joke, but it’s just me like, opening up.”
He concluded: “A lot of y’all wanna know why I don’t use my real voice, and it’s simply because I get insecure about it. I don’t really like to use it too much, a lot of m############ think that it’s a joke, basically. … Day ones, they know about my voice, they know what it is.” Watch the video below.
While Doja Cat may be feeling her most beautiful after shaving off her hair and eyebrows, she is so unhappy with another part of her body that she is considering surgery.
The “Say So” hitmaker graced the cover of Dazed magazine’s Winter 2022 The Beautiful Issue earlier this week. Doja Cat also gave an in-depth interview, revealing, “I have never felt more beautiful in my entire life.”
However, The Los Angeles native admitted there are a couple of tweaks she wants to make to her body. A Doja Cat fan page shared a quote from her Dazed interview with the caption, adding “on her decision to not get surgery.”
The quote in question was: “Now, to me, beauty is going against it. I love when you take something that is maybe classically beautiful and twist it and make it your own. I want my fans to learn they don’t have to be like anyone else—”
Doja Cat soon responded to the tweet, replying, “??? Surgery?” before adding she couldn’t remember the context of the quote.
Nonetheless, when a fan responded, “You no have surgery. We know dis,” Doja Cat made a revelation.
“I’m literally about to get surgery this winter lmao,” she stated. “I just want my t###### pulled up cuz some of my tops don’t fit the way i want them to.”
Furthermore, Doja Cat could care less about what her fans think of her decision to enhance her body. After one tweeted that they would no longer be a Doja Cat fan if she goes ahead with the surgery, the star clapped back. “I don’t give a f###,” Doja stated plainly.
The Grammy Award winner flashed her breasts in the Dazed magazine shoot, wearing only a hot pink fishnet body suit.
She also went viral for her topless birthday look last month, breaking the internet with her natural boobs. While some trolled her unenhanced breasts, Doja Cat was unabashed.
“IF ANYBODY GOT NUDES OF ME FROM LAST NIGHT PLEASE SEND CUZ I WANNA POST EM,” she tweeted.
R&B singer T-Royal is back with a new sexy single and visual.
Sexy, with a laid-back tempo, lyrically “Mine” touches on a man telling a woman how he wants to make love to her all while he claims what’s rightfully his!
“Mine” truly chronicles passionate lovemaking, and the track will surely speak to the lover in you.
T-Royal soulfully boasts his confidence in knowing his lady belongs to him all while explaining how he plans to put it down.
“The inspiration behind “Mine” came from a female friend that was involved in a relationship that went wrong. With me knowing her qualities, and with me keeping our relationship strictly friends, it gave me more motivation to own what was mistreated,” said T-Royal.
The Atlanta star, has established himself as a truly talented R&B singer as his vocal ability, range, authenticity, unique sound and technique are on constant display. While winning fans over with classic R&B covers, T-Royal also earned the respect and praise of R&B veterans and legends such as Tevin Campbell, LaTocha Scott, Tamar Braxton, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, and he’s shared the stage with Jagged Edge, Anthony Hamilton, Keith Sweat and more.
He’s also caught the attention of R&B artists Ella Mai and Queen Naija.
The “Your Bed” singer has also amassed millions of views showcasing his vocal talent on Instagram and TikTok through covering classics. With this momentum, T-Royal is certainly the next big R&B superstar.
Check out the video for “Mine” below, and follow T-Royal on Instagram @1troyal.
Also check out this pure R&B moment between T-Royal and Tevin Campbell.
Mr. Officials created the wax figure – the world’s first – and took to Instagram to show exactly how he did it.
“Watch me make the first ever life size Nipsey Hussle wax figure!” he shared in the caption of a video documenting its creation.
The artist detailed the painstaking process involved in creating the Nipsey Hussle wax figure in the video. He shared how the clay base is made, before casting and adding the details. “Each strand of hair is put in one strand at a time,” he revealed, demonstrating the “tedious” process of creating Nip’s beard and braids.
He also re-created Nipsey Hussle’s tattoos, each one an exact hand-painted replica of the original. He also added authentic finishing touches, including “his famous medallion” and Puma sneakers.
“This statue actually took about 9 months to create,” Mr. Official added in the caption. “After 9 long months the birthing of a legend is now revealed! Tag and share with a Nip fan. Let me know what you think.”
The result is a very realistic representation of Nipsey Hussle. Take a look at the video below.
Earlier this year, Nipsey Hussle was awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His family celebrated the tribute at a ceremony on August 15, 2022 – what would’ve been the late, great rapper’s 37th birthday.
Quentin Miller is a good dude. I can feel it in my heart of hearts. Those pesky Drake rumors are now dogging him to the fullest, but Nas is a different animal. Nas is our crowned King of lyricism! We are not going to accept any Nas slander at all. This slander has not come from Quentin or Nas, but more like the haters. Or fans of Jay-Z. Regardless, it has gotten under Miller’s skin! And he went off on IG today (Tuesday). He didn’t exactly go ballistic as reported. But he did let himself be free in his expression!
First of all…he “worked with Nas.” So that does not mean he wrote for Nas or ghostwrote for Nas! Whatever he did, it was enough to earn him a credit on the song. I do not think he got paid, but he probably will benefit from the publishing with such a big name. He basically said he bounced some ideas back and forth.
By the way he alluded to writing for others. But this is a different day and age. The old days of rappers writing ever letter, word and line of every song is about dead. Some are still down with those old rules, but the top tier artists are not.
QM went off, because he does not want to be a “ghost.” Check out the rant below.
It seems like it was just yesterday when 21 Savage appeared to disrespect Nas when he said he was not relevant. Nas did not comment, even though there was a windfall of criticism to fall down on the younger, British born rapper.
Nas, ever the elder statesmen, decides to do the unthinkable. He actually gets on a track with said rapper. The results are amazing, if only due to the look and expeditiousness of the effort. Or was it recorded before the statement in question was ever made? Only time will tell…
Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd, will appeal his conviction at a hearing on January 18.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, Derek Chauvin listed several reasons why he believed his trial was unfair. His lawyers claimed the “pretrial publicity coupled with threats of violence poisoned the jury.”
Attorneys argued the size of the jury pool didn’t mitigate issues regarding prejudice against Derek Chauvin. They suggested there wasn’t a proper “cooling period” and complained about media coverage.
“The overwhelming media coverage had exposed the jurors—literally every day—to news demonizing Chauvin and glorifying Floyd was more than sufficient to presume prejudice in the Hennepin County community,” lawyers wrote. “This was not objective factual coverage. That publicity highlighted the unique pressures by the physical proximity to the events, the responding protests, and property destruction in Hennepin County.”
A jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. His attorneys claimed the jury proved its prejudice by finding him guilty on all three counts.
Derek Chauvin’s legal team took issue with him being charged with third-degree murder. They claimed his conviction should be overturned because “police officers cannot be convicted for felony murder under Minnesota law.”
“In order for a police officer to be convicted of murder, Minnesota statutes require the officer to be using ‘deadly force’—force one knows will cause either death or ‘great bodily harm,’” his lawyers wrote. “Putting your knees on the back of a suspect does not create a ‘substantial risk of causing, death or great bodily harm.’ The State says this is harmless because ‘[t]he jury would not have returned a guilty verdict on third-degree murder and found that Chauvin’s same act did not constitute a special danger to human life.’”
Derek Chauvin’s legal team accused the district court of abusing its power by rejecting a motion to change the venue of the trial. They felt their client was unfairly denied a hearing to investigate jury misconduct as well.
The attorneys also accused the prosecution of misconduct. They argued the trial was “structurally defective.”
Derek Chauvin asked the appeals court to overturn his conviction or remand his case for a new trial. At the very least, he sought a reduced sentence. The ex-cop was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder.
Metro Boomin became a trending topic on Twitter by releasing a short film for his Heroes & Villains album on Tuesday (November 29).
Gibson Hazard directed the short film, which features actors Morgan Freeman and LaKeith Stanfield. Freeman portrays an advisor to Metro Boomin and provides narration for the video. Stanfield plays the film’s villain.
Young Thug and Gunna also make cameo appearances as the hosts of “P News.” The two are currently in jail awaiting trial in the YSL RICO case. The trial is scheduled to begin in January 2023.
Metro Boomin’s short film contains snippets of a few songs from his upcoming album. His Heroes & Villains LP is due out on Friday (December 2).
The album was originally supposed to be released in November, but Metro Boomin pushed it back to December due to sample clearance issues. He denied the delay had anything to do with Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss project, which dropped on November 4.
“I couldn’t get all the samples on my album cleared in time for next week so I’m dropping on Dec 2nd now so I have enough time to make sure you all get this masterpiece as intended,” Metro Boomin wrote on Twitter. “I promise it’s worth the wait!! P.S. I would NEVER move my album date because of anyone else.”
Kanye West agreed to pay $200,000 per month to Kim Kardashian as part of their divorce settlement.
According to TMZ, both sides reached a deal to avoid a trial in the divorce case. The settlement left Kanye West on the hook for $2.4 million per year in child support.
‘Ye must wire $200,000 to Kim Kardashian’s account on the first of every month. The settlement added to his financial burdens as he recently claimed he owes the IRS $50 million.
The former couple divided their assets based on the terms of their prenup. They also waived spousal support.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian agreed to joint custody of their four children. If any issues arise involving their children, the two will participate in mediation to resolve the problem. If one of them doesn’t take part in the mediation, the other party will win by default.
Kim Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021. She married Kanye West in 2014. It was her third marriage.
Earlier this year, a judge declared Kim Kardashian to be legally single amid divorce proceedings. After leaving ‘Ye, she started dating Pete Davidson – much to the chagrin of her ex-husband. Her relationship with the comedian reportedly ended in August.
