Month: June 2022

A person that the state claims is a co-founder of Young Slime Life has turned himself in on RICO charges, WSB-TV Atlanta reports. Walter Murphy was among the 28 individuals named in the RICO indictment against YSL, alongside both Thug and Gunna. However, Walter is reportedly not in contact with any one of the members.

 
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He denied that YSL was a is a street gang, describing it as “a record label or a family.” He added that he was a tour manager for the label in its early stages. The past connection to the label ultimately led to his inclusion in the indictment. He already pled guilty to the crimes he’s accused of committing. Murphy was charged with one count of RICO conspiracy but he’s accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and an attempted murder involving four different people over the course of three years.

However, Murphy’s attorney Jacoby Hudson said that his client took an Alfred Plea, meaning that he pled guilty for reduced charges. Murphy explained that he already paid his debt to society. 

“I spent seven years in prison,” Murphy said. “While I was in prison, you know, I stayed out of they way and I just got my GED, completed all my classes, completed the transitional center. I transitioned back into… the world. I got me a job at the transitional center.”

Hudson revealed that prosecutors tried to convince Murphy to cooperate against alleged YSL members, which he declined. He was released on parole earlier this year. 

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Russell Westbrook’s first season with the Los Angeles Lakers was one to forget. From a shooting standpoint, he had one of the worst seasons of his career, and his statistics weren’t all that great either. He could not seem to get things going no matter how hard he tried, and when it was all over, he had Lakers fans wanting to trade him for a bag of fresh Spaldings.

Westbrook blamed Frank Vogel for his struggles, noting that the former Lakers head coach didn’t know how to utilize him. Recently, the Lakers hired a new head coach in Darvin Ham, and now, there is this real belief that Ham can help turn Westbrook’s time in L.A. around. 

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As reporter Anthony Irwin noted on Twitter, Westbrook still doesn’t seem all that enthusiastic about his new head coach. Instead of welcoming him on board with some nice words through social media, Westbrook simply reported the Lakers who announced the move. Westbrook offered nothing in the way of extra words, which seemed indicative of someone who was rather indifferent to the news.

The Lakers are reportedly leaning towards keeping Westbrook, and they will need him fully on board if they want success this year. Hopefully, Ham can make Westbrook into a better player, especially at this point in his career.

The Cleveland Browns new quarterback, Deshaun Watson, has had one of the most controversial years of any NFL quarterback. Even after Watson was cleared of criminal charges by a grand jury back in March, he still faces 23 civil suits and a potential suspension from the NFL due to accusations of sexual assualt from workers in massage parlors. 

Now, with his civil trial looming and his future in the NFL unclear, Watson’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, made comments on the Payne and Pendergast radio program that have added another layer of  controversy to the situation.

“I don’t know how many men are out there now that have had a massage, that perhaps, occasionally there was a happy ending,” Hardin said. “I do want to point out, if it has happened, it’s not a crime.”

Hardin continued with his tirade, saying “Unless you are paying somebody extra, to give you some type of sexual activity, it’s not a crime. At the end of the day, doing something or saying something or being in a way that makes you uncomfortable is not a crime.” 

While Hardin’s comments are correct in that Watson has been cleared of criminal charges, his status for the 2022-2023 season is still up in the air. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell does not need criminal charges to be filed to take action against Watson. Due to recent agreements in the new CBA, an objective party will make a ruling and recommendation to the league regarding the former Houston Texans’ status.

Thus, there remains a chance that Watson may miss parts of or all of next season. This could explain why the Browns have not yet traded Baker Mayfield. Regardless, the quarterback situation in Cleveland will continue to develop in the next few months before the season begins.

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Roddy Ricch released Live Life Fast in late 2021 which many listeners generally deemed a letdown. Roddy addressed the reaction to LLF by swiftly announcing the third rendition of his fan-favorite Feed Tha Streetz mixtapes was set to release in 2022. He tweeted, “FTS 3 comin 2022, u n***as playin wit my top.”

Since then, Roddy has previewed tracks that are assumed to be on the upcoming mixtape but even some of those have received negative reactions from listeners, so we’ll have to see where things go from here. Nonetheless, Roddy is not letting any of this set him back, as he took to his Instagram to hype up the third instalment of the project once again.

“This shit sound beautiful. Feed Tha Streets 3,” he wrote.

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While we wait for new music from FTS 3, we’ve been treated to Roddy’s feature on Post Malone’s new album, Twelve Carat Toothache. Malone recently spoke about his collaboration with Roddy saying, “He’s just such an incredible man and just a natural performer and vocalist and lyricist, and he just gets after it, and it’s so cool. Dude, and just to watch him grow. And he’s such a beautiful, beautiful man. And so talented, man. I’m so pumped.” 

Are you excited to hear what Roddy is working on? Let us know in the comments.