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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is speaking out against drill music. During a press conference on Friday, Adams expressed his concern for the Brooklyn drill scene, linking it to gun violence, and urging social media companies to remove material related to the “alarming” rap subgenre from their platforms. “I had no idea what drill rapping was,” Adams said, […]
TDott Woo, who recently announced the signing of a new record deal, is reported to have been shot and killed in Brooklyn on Tuesday. An initial report from News 12 Bronx, which stated that the identity of the victim had not been released at the time, said a 22-year-old man had been fatally shot in […]
The men accused of murdering Young Dolph have been given one week to find legal representation. According to FOX13 Memphis, Judge Lee Coffee ordered Cornelius Smith, 32, and Justin Johnson, 23, to hire attorneys by 9 a.m. Feb. 4, or they’ll be assigned a public defender. The murder suspects declined court-appointed counsel during their initial hearing earlier this month, insisting they were […]
The gun Kyle Rittenhouse used during a 2020 Kenosha protest will be destroyed later this year. The news was announced by Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger on Friday, less than two years after Rittenhouse fatally shot two people and wounded another during a night of unrest. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, obtained the […]
In a new interview with VladTV, Jay-Z’s mentor Jaz-O opened up about Hov shooting his older brother Eric when he was 12 years old. Hov explored the shooting, which allegedly happened after his brother stole his ring, in “You Must Love Me,” the closing song from his 1997 album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. “Saw the devil in […]
An NYPD officer was fatally shot Friday night while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Harlem. According to WLNY, the shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. at an apartment complex on West 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Authorities arrived at the scene after someone reported a dispute between a man and his mother, who was reportedly a […]
The hip-hop community is mourning the death of Wavy Navy Pooh, a Miami rapper who was shot and killed while driving with his family. According to WSVN, the incident took place late Friday at an intersection in south Miami. Officers say the 28-year-old artist—legal name Shandler Beaubien—was behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry when another […]
A 19-year-old woman was shot and killed during an attempted robbery at a Burger King in East Harlem early Sunday morning, NBC New York reports. The teen, identified by police as Kristal Bayron-Nieves, was working as a cashier inside the restaurant located at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue. Around 12:50 a.m., the suspect entered the establishment, […]
A Mississippi police officer who responded to a shooting call on Sunday learned upon arrival that the victim was her son. As reported by local outlet WLBT, Hazlehurst police arrived at the crime scene around 2 a.m. on Sunday when they discovered the body of Charles Stewart Jr. laying in the road with a gunshot wound to the […]
A member of the jury for the trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter says they believed the cop “made a mistake” when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. In an anonymous interview with with KARE-TV, the juror said that while they ultimately convicted Potter of manslaughter they do not feel as though she’s a racist. […]
