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[WATCH] Gunna Steps Out Of Jail And Into Maybach, Details Of Plea Agreement Released

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In the latest news of the YSL RICO case, Gunna was released from the Fulton County Jail tonight(December 16) after pleading guilty to a racketeering charge. He walked out of jail today a free man, stepping into a MAybach flanked by his lawyer and security.

Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, entered an Alford plea while pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act. Gunna was orignially sentenced to five years behind bars, but the year he served was commuted to time served while the remaining four years were handed down as suspended time.

As Gunna left the court building and stepped into the truck, he was asked by one of the reporters why he entered the Alford plea, but the question was quickly intercepted by his attorney.

Gunna is also required to complete 500 hours of community service and cannot carry a firearm. Failure to be compliant with the rules of his plea agreement could result in the DA revoking his suspended sentence, which means he would have to serve the remaining four years behind bars.

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Gunna And Goodr Treat 1,000 Atlanta Families To Christmas

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Walmart shoppers in College Park (6149 Old National Hwy, College Park, GA 30349) will have the chance to receive a $100 gift card and a special gift from multi-platinum, GRAMMY-nominated rapper, Gunna, during the 5th  Annual Gunna’s Great Giveaway event on Sunday, December 18th from 1-4 PM. Representatives of the artist will present the gift cards to 1,000 pre-registered families in Gunna’s hometown at an event powered by Goodr.
 
Goodr and Gunna have been frequent philanthropic partners for several years now. The two have provided the Atlanta community with several free Pop-up Grocery Markets, as well as coat giveaways, back-to-school donation events and a free shopping experience for the students and their families of Ronald E. McNair Middle School where the rapper once attended. Gunna’s Drip Closet & Goodr Grocery Store provides students of the Title 1 school with access to free food, clothing and hygiene items during the school
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“Much respect to Gunna who, no matter what, still finds a way to contribute to the community that raised him,” says Goodr Founder and CEO, Jasmine Crowe-Houston. “We know that people will struggle unlike any other year this holiday season and it is our honor to maintain Gunna’s legacy of giving back.”

What better welcome home AND X-Mas gift is this for Gunna, who was just released from Fulton County Jail today after accepting a Alford Plea in the YSL RICO case.

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Saweetie Kicks Off Her Icy Baby Foundation

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Hometown superstar, Saweetie and her Icy Baby Foundation were in Oakland this weekend giving back. She held a financial empowerment kickoff event for the Icy Baby Foundation’s upcoming six-week financial literacy course.  The course is set to begin in January and is open to ages seven 7-17. The Icy Baby Foundation is currently hosting kickoff events on the West Coast before the program launch. Youth in attendance are eligible to receive a funded debit card, educational resources, and information about saving, budgeting, and financial planning.

Saweetie created the foundation with her grandmother, Roxane Harper to specifically financially empower Black and Brown youth through financial literacy and education.  The foundation’s mission is to cultivate entrepreneurial mindsets within underserved communities that enable people to make better life and career decisions despite setbacks or circumstances. 

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“I want to continue using my foundation and resources to financially empower young children and students, especially in Black and Brown communities. The long-term goal for the Icy Baby Foundation is to increase financial literacy amongst kids and propel them to brighter futures. My grandmother and I have worked on this for a few years so it’s exciting to implement this course and program for young people finally,” said Saweetie. 

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[LISTEN] Kanye West Song Titled “DJ Khaled’s Son” Gets Leaked, Contains Various Slurs

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After months of being one of the most hated figures in Hip Hop, Kanye keeps on upping the ante with his controversial views on a new track titled “DJ Khaled’s Son”, where he’s spits seemingly disrespectful bars at the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities among others.

His adoration for Adolf Hitler seems to be further reinforced in his music as well, with a CNN source adding, “He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people.”

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Today In Hip Hop History: Wu Tang Clan’s Third LP ‘The W’ Certified Platinum 22 Years Ago

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On this day in Hip Hop history Wu Tang Clan, their third studio LP The W, was certified platinum by the RIAA. As the follow up to the immensely successful Wu Tang Forever, this album fell a little short of its predecessors success but continued in growing the Wu’s legacy as a whole.

At the time of the album’s production and release, Wu Tang member ODB was facing a legal-saga with seemingly no end. Although that may have stopped Dirt Dog’s ability to grace the album more than once, it did not however derail the Clan’s creative process and ability to execute. Much to the tone of their past work, The W once again proved that Wu-Tang is lyrically the strongest rap collective of all time. As far as production however, RZA toned down the intricate instrumentation used on Forever and went back to the 36 Chambers style of soulful samples coupled with melancholic  drum patterns. This back to basic model allowed the Clan to stand out lyrically as they once did.

Commercially, the album was an international success. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 as well as #1 in the UK and Ireland. The album won numerous Album of the Year awards from esteemed publications and is herald as one of Hip Hop’s greater albums, reaching platinum status within a month o its release.

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Mexico’s Aczino Makes History as Red Bull Batalla’s First Triple World Champion

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Over the weekend, Mexican MC Aczino took home the title at the 2022 Red Bull Batalla World Final in Mexico City Saturday night in front of 17,000+ people at a thrilling showdown for Spanish-language freestyle at a sold-out Palacio de los Deportes. Aczino defeated Spanish MC Gazir in the final round. The final podium from the 2022 Red Bull Batalla World Final was as follows: first to Aczino, second to Gazir and third to Mecha from Argentina.

Aczino also made history with his win as he’s now the first-ever triple world champion of Red Bull Batalla, the world´s largest Spanish-language freestyle rap competition, after his wins in 2017, 2021 and now, 2022.

Also announced onstage was the news that Columbia will be the host country for the 2023 World Final.

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Wendy Williams’ Ex Husband Is Planning A Biopic

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Last month Wendy Williams’ ex-husband Kelvin Hunter didan interview with The Westside Gazette about his life growing up and his life with Wendy. During the interview he share where he made mistakes by not forming his own production company.

Yo, first of all Wendy was working for Kiss Radio. It dissolved into Hot 97 where Wendy and only a few others were retained. But in that agreement, she didn’t make more money, her pay remained the same. I began to tell her how great she really was and how valuable she was in the media market. Since they weren’t trying to pay her more, we set out to get her out of her contract. She had a 2 year non-compete contract. Listen, Hot 97 had all the lawyers in the area on retainer and no Entertainment lawyer would take our case and we decided to hire a criminal lawyer that I knew, to get out of a radio contract. It was fought out in Federal Court and if she didn’t get out of that deal you wouldn’t have heard of her. But he fought and won her freedom from them. Not long after that Wendy filled in at Fox Network Good Morning New York Show and the numbers were crazy. I knew then she could be special at this. This was when I began managing her full-time. After going thru a pilot for a TV show where she would’ve been paired with Comedian Monique and a couple of other set ups, we eventually landed with the Debmar-Mercury Company.

Honestly my biggest mistake was not forming our own Production Company and shopping our own show. You know Yo, I was intimidated by a world that I didn’t know I could dominate. That’s all to it.

Now Kelvin claims he’s working on a biopic about his life.

Kevin breaks the news in a comment on Instagram.

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Janet Jackson Announces ‘Together Again’ Tour With Ludacris

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Janet Jackson is going back on tour for the first time in four years. The infamous legend who’s lead the way for your favorites is back to hit the stage. This time she’s bringing Atlanta’s own Chris “Ludacris” Bridges.

Janet just announced her 2023 Together Again North American Tour on social media and fans are wondering what she has up her sleeves. 

“I’m going back on tour and yes we will be together again very, very soon,” Jackson said in an Instagram video on Monday. “I miss you guys so much and I can’t wait to see you. Our opening show is April 14 in Hollywood, Florida. I’m so excited.”

Janet has broken barriers for over 30 years with grace and we know this show is gonna be fire!

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“Something New” Rapper Granddaddy I.U. Dead At 54

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The Hip Hop community is extremely saddened by confirmed reports that 90s rapper Ayyub Cave aka Granddaddy I.U. passed away this morning. He was 54 years old.

I.U., a Queens-born/Long Island bred emcee, is best known for his 1990 smash single “Something New”, which features James and Bobby Purify’s classic single hit “I’m Your Puppet”. In the 90s, I.U. also appeared on a few classic Hip Hop albums including Positive K’s The Skills That Pays The Bills and the late Big L’s Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous.

I.U continued to do production in the late 90s for groups like  Das EFX, Heltah Skeltah, KRS-One and Ice-T among others. I.U. dropped another song in 2021, “Stay Fly” under Get@Em Recordz after a hiatus from the business.

I.U. died suddenly and no cause of death has been determined.

TheSource.com sends condolences to his family and close friends.

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Jim Jones Presents ‘VL: 12 Days of Xmas’, Signs Comedian Rayy Rayy

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‘Tis the holiday season, and the Harlem holiday enthusiast Jim Jones released his newest holiday album, VL: 12 Days of Xmas. Like his previous holiday albums such as A Dipset Xmas and A Tribute To Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps, it’s a family occasion with some of New York’s finest emcees and personalities. 

The album starts off with a hilarious introduction from comedian Rayy Rayy, the newest signee to Jim Jones VL label. “Comedy and music has always been synonymous for me. One compliments the other,” says Jones, ” I’ve been watching Rayy Rayy grind and make so many people laugh since I’ve first noticed him during the pandemic. He’s help with the decision to start signing comedians not verbally through conversation but through his comedy. So when i decided to make the Christmas album 12 days of Christmas it was only right I have Rayy Rayy host for his debut on vamplife comedy.” 

Rayy Rayy said, “I have never seen anybody do this before in terms of an Instagram comedian who works on a label backing them. This is going to be a lane in the next year and you might see people doing Instagram comedy hoping for a label to sign them.”

VL: 12 Days of Xmas provides a wide variety of sounds that caters to almost any sound. “Xmas Eve” featuring Dyce Payso and Tim Vocals provides a timely holiday piano-based instrumental over cheerful vocals from Cover Cod. “Big Gifts” featuring Ditta, Lord Ju, and Onpoint Like OP gives the album a signature New York Drill sound with a blend of Christmas caroling in the production from WillPower and Erxss. The narration of Rayy Rayy throughout the album and a large number of features make this the perfect album to wrap up the year. 

Check out the album on the presave link HERE

TRACKLIST

  1. Santa Intro – Rayy Rayy 
  2. 12 Days of Xmas – Rayy Rayy produced by Willpower & Destin Beats
  3. Everything – Jim Jones, Dyce Payso, Mr. Chicken, Ditta produced by Cover Cod & 20Cam
  4. Xmas Eve – Jim Jones, Dyce Payso, Tim Vocals produced by Cover Cod
  5. Ring the Cell – Jim Jones, AlleyCat TheRapper, Dyce Payso produced by Tiz808Drumma
  6. Really Cold – Jim Jones, Dilla Illa, 34Zeussy produced by Granyt
  7. Big Gifts – Jim Jones, Ditta, Lord Ju, Onpoint Like OP produced by WillPower & Erxss
  8. White Xmas – Jim Jones, Keen Streetz produced by WillPower & Destin Beats
  9. Wrapping Gifts – Dyce Payso, Lil Crody, YellowTapee, Talk it Trigga, 34Zeussy produced by Cover Cod & 20Cam 
  10. Wish list – Jim Jones, Tommyboyfame produced by Ramos
  11. This Xmas – Dyce Payso, Tim Vocals, and Keen Streetz produced by Cover Cod
  12. BG Xmas – Jim Jones, Dyce Payso,  Rah Swish, Antha Pantha produced by Cover Cod 
  13. Feliz Navidad- Jim Jones, Litty City, Dyce Payso, Mr. Chicken produced by WillPower & DestinBeats
  14. Ooter Bells – 34Zeussy, Ayoflee, Dilla Illa produced by WillPower & Destin Beats
  15. All I Want – Lowkey M30 produced by Outlaw Beats
  16. VL Xmas (The Grinch) – Salah Babyy, NuffSaid, Fat Flee produced by Ramos
  17. Xmas Carol – Jim Jones, The Real Ace HT, Brand HT produced by Letsgopria 
  18. Merry Xmas – Jim Jones, Mr. Chicken, Keen Streetz produced by WillPower & Destin Beats

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