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[WATCH] Syracuse Mayor Says Officers Knew The 8-Year-Old Detained For Stealing Chips

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A viral video of a little boy being taken into custody and put into a patrol car has launched an internal review at the Syracuse Police Department.
The video, now viral on all social media platforms, shows three officers taking the 8-year-old into custody, for allegedly stealing a bag of chips.

Kenneth Jackson recorded the incident after police stopped the boy at a store on the city’s Northside.

“What is y’all doing?” Kenneth Jackson asks an officer holding the little boy by his arms as he cries.

“Guess. Guess what I’m doing,” the officer responds.

Jackson continues to ask officers to explain why they’re taking the boy into custody.

Another officer tells Jackson the boy “was stealing stuff.”

Jackson cuts off the officer and says “Nah man, so he’s stealing a bag of chips you’re treating him like an old cold ******** killer?”

The four-minute and 19-second video becomes increasingly tense from there, with Jackson swearing at officers and calling them names as they put the crying boy into the police car.

Jackson told reporters he saw terror in the child and decided to intervene.

“There’s a way that the police need to interact with kids and what they did that day was completely unacceptable,” he said.

The attention prompted Syracuse police to release a statement Tuesday saying the video contained “misinformation.”

They said the little boy was never placed into handcuffs, and while he was put into the patrol car, he was taken home where officers spoke to the boy’s father. The boy was not charged with a crime. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said he contacted Chief of Police Kenton Buckner when he learned of the video.

“The officer knew the child from prior interactions,” Mayor Walsh said in a statement, “and explained to him that he was being taken home. The officers returned the child to his family and discussed the incident with his father before leaving without filing any charges. What occurred demonstrates the continuing need for the City to provide support to our children and families and to invest in alternative response options to assist our officers.”

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[WATCH] DJ Envy’s Wife Admits to Faking Orgasms During Shade Room Interview

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During an interview with The Shade Room, Power 105’s DJ Envy and his wife Gia Casey sat down to candidly discuss their “toxic” relationship, including Casey admitting that she’s faked orgasms for a decade during their intimacy.

Casey said, “We would be intimate and he would be putting his best foot forward like, he is in the business of satisfying just all around. He lives to make me happy, and he puts his best foot forward in that role.”  She then added, “So I would see him trying and really going to work, and I’m sure many women can relate, you want to reward that man for that work and the only reward that you have to offer is an orgasm. And even if I didn’t feel it, I would still be performative.” 

The Breakfast Club host responded to Casey’s claims, saying,  “It hurt me because I thought I was pleasing my wife. You hear all these stories about women talking about their girlfriend ‘Oh girl he was so short, oh girl he ain’t doin’ nothin’, and I feel like they laughing, and now I feel like that’s what my wife is doing.”

See the full video below.

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The Museum Of Graffiti To Exhibit ‘GHOST: Bits and Pieces’

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The Museum of Graffiti is pleased to announce Bits and Pieces, a solo exhibition of new works by GHOST, the New York graffiti artist. The exhibition opens on May 19, 2022 and will be on view through mid-July 2022. 

Bits and Pieces is Ghost’s first solo show at the Museum of Graffiti. The new works are an explosion of colors and imagery that melt into his rounded his unique graffiti letterforms. Ghost’s work contains hundreds of elements from his fantastic imagination where viewers are transported into a psychedelic world where letters come to life. “One of the highest compliments I get is that people say they feel like they took acid without taking acid. I like to take people on a trip. The more they look into the art, the more they discover my world,” states Ghost. His paintings are like eye candy to the artist who unlike many of the graffiti artists working in the streets wants his work to be accessible to the public. He adds, “I want people to get drawn in. Layers and depth are important for me to create a situation where people can spend time with my pieces. People want to walk into them and get into the art. To me that’s what makes my painting successful – when people want to walk into it. I don’t intend to do this but it just happens that way. For the most part it has been accidental discoveries during the process of painting and challenging myself.” 

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The new paintings include works that are reminiscent of the 1980s when he was adorning New York City’s subway trains with his original and improvised style of graffiti lettering and characters. Ghost was one of the last kings of the New York City train graffiti era. Today, he approaches his paintings with the same zest and casual grace as he does his train work, with bold explosions of colors and wild cartoons.  

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[WATCH] Former Death Row Security Guard Suggests Keefe D Could Be Arrested for 2Pac’s Murder This Year

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On the Bomb1st podcast, Former Death Row muscle Reggie Wright Jr. added more to the rumor mill about the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, saying that the last man alive in the car which fired the fatal shots that killed Shakur will be charged with the decades old crime this year.

Wright says that the Las Vegas Police Department has been ramping up their investigation into the Shakur murder and that Keefe D, the most talkative witness in the Tupac murder investigation, has had a nervous last coule of weeks.

“Let’s put it this way, I bet Keefe D [has] been having the runs for the last two weeks,” Wright said. “Because yeah, they are knocking on doors and there’s some activity.” Wright even made a challenge out of the rumors and urged viewers to predict the date in which Keefe D will be arrested this year while promising a prize to whoever predicts the correct date.

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Young Chop’s Brother Shot and Killed in Chicago

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According to several reports, Young Chop’s brother, Johnny May Cash, was killed over the weekend after being shot in the thigh and later dying from his injuries. He was 27 years old.

It is believed that May Cash might have been killed in retaliation to a viral video of him shoving a woman against a wall and later hitting her in the head.

Cash was signed to his brother’s label and collaborated with Chicago artist Lil Durk on “I Go” on Durk’s “Signed to the Streets 2” mixtape and on Chop’s 2013 track “Ballin”, which also featured Durk.

So far there are no suspects and no arrests have been made.

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Today in Hip Hop History: Nas Released His Iconic ‘Illmatic’ Album 28 Years Ago

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28 years ago today, Nas dropped his debut LP ‘Illmatic‘. Released by Columbia Records in 94’ Nas recorded the album at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City. Produced by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and Nas himself; the bangers on the album will be embedded in Hip Hop culture as classics merely based upon its production alone.

The album sold 60,000 in the first week and debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart. On January 17, 1996, the album was certified gold by the RIAA in 2001 it earned a platinum certification after shipping 1,000,000 copies in the United States alone.

Lyrically, Nas delivered street certified verses on ‘Illmatic‘ that influenced the majority of the 90’s and is regarded as one of the greatest LP’s of all time by critics and major publications globally.

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[WATCH] White Reporter Slams Anthony Mackie & Monica For Attending CMT Awards, ‘It’s Not Wakanda’

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The CMT Awards features fan-voted country music videos and live performances annually on the CMT Channel in Nashville, Tennessee.
In an effort to be more inclusive of other cultures, the CMT Awards recently began inviting Black performers.

This year the show was co-hosted by actor Anthony Mackie and featured performances by Jimmie Allen and R&B singer Monica.
Last week a white reporter, Patrick Howley, complained about Black artists at the awards show.
“There were so many Black people there,” Howley said. “Sorry to say, but so many Black celebrities who have nothing to do with country music and it’s, like, why?”

He also criticized Mackie for hosting the CMT Awards on Monday.

“I don’t know who this Black guy who’s hosting it. It’s supposed to be country music. No offense. I mean, y’all have hip-hop and basketball… Just fly with your flock, bro.”

Howley played a tape of Mackie hosting the CMT Awards and imitated a Black accent to mock the actor: “The melanated people invented country music! We was making country music in Wakanda before Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard done stole the Black man’s country music!”

After his comments drew backlash on Twitter, Howley claimed he isn’t racist because he listens to Black music.

“No disrespect to the funky brothers,” he continued. “I love Earth Wind and Fire, Run DMC, etc. But country music’s different… It’s not Wakanda.”

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ICYMI: Trick Daddy Said a Failed STD Earwax Test Led to Getting Gonorrhea

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Trick Daddy hit The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, and he is about to trend for the next couple of days. While sitting with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee, Trick got into the topic of the Oscars slap. While discussing Chris Rock’s delayed reaction, Trick revealed, “the only thing I ever had a delayed reaction to was gonorrhea.”

Trick would add more details, “I thought I was personally fine. It turned out she burnt me three days later.”

To make the personal anecdote even wilder, Trick Daddy says he has no idea where he received the STD because he was dating two women at the time, one of which was someone else’s girlfriend.

Trick stated he attempted “a geechie thang” and performed an earwax test. What is that, you ask? According to Trick, “You’ll know if you got something if you stick your finger in your ear and insert it. And if she jumps, she got something.”

You can hear this wild story from Trick Daddy below.

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ICYMI: Transgender Model Shauna Brooks Reveals Relationship with Benzino, Says She is Tired of Hiding Their Relationship

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Transgender model Shauna Brooks has put Benzino on blast, posting recordings online highlighting her relationship with the rapper.

Brooks states that she isn’t attempting to “out” the rapper and his romantic preferences but is choosing to place her relationship in the forefront, as opposed to hiding their love privately. Benzino has resisted her wants in fear of people would “look at him crazy.”

Earlier this month, Benzino was arrested for criminal damage in Georgia.

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[WATCH] Wendy Williams Planning Big Comeback

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Last month, Wendy Williams appeared on Good Morning America by phone and talked about the rumors surrounding her absence. Wendy said she is absolutely of sound mind and in perfect health. Wendy spoke about her case with Wells Fargo and reports that Wendy was ready to come back to TV. 

From Page Six

Wendy Williams was overheard telling pals she’s ready to make a “big comeback on TV” while out in the Big Apple Wednesday night. She’s also planning to access her frozen accounts from Wells Fargo soon, sources who’ve been in touch with the talk show host tell us. Spies spotted Williams, 57, chatting about the situation over dinner with financial expert and TV personality Baruch Shemtov at Fresco by Scotto. “Wendy was talking to Baruch about her situation with Wells Fargo and she confidently said ‘I’m getting my money back very soon,’” the spy told us.“She’s ready to get back to work,” a source told Page Six. “When you hear her talk… anyone who’s known her for years, knows they’re getting a Wendy who’s ready to work. She’s really in good form.”

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