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The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina has released footage from the death of Jamal Sutherland, who died on January 5, 2021, while in custody at a detention center in North Charleston. The video shows officers pepper-spraying and tasing Sutherland numerous times while forcibly removing him from a jail cell.

Sutherland family attorney Mark A. Peper released a statement, Friday, saying that “people with mental health issues are entitled to the same exact civil rights as you and me and every other healthy, wealthy person in this world.”

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Jamal’s mother, Amy Sutherland, said that she doesn’t want violence to erupt in the city, but hopes people learn from the incident: “I don’t want any violence in my city. I want us to view this tape and I want us to learn what we don’t want to have happen again. I ask no violence,” she said. “We have black men being killed every day.”

The officers were sent in to bring Sutherland to his bond hearing for a misdemeanor assault charge.

Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano admitted that the killing was a “tragedy” in a statement, Thursday night.

“Our officers removed Mr. Sutherland from his cell that morning in order to ensure that he received a timely bond hearing, as required by law,” Graziano said. “Their efforts were complicated by the increasing effects that Mr. Sutherland was suffering as a result of mental illness.”

She continued: “Since this tragedy occurred, we have assessed our resources and are evaluating options for global improvement, including a focus on mental health awareness.”

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Nicki Minaj is back. Within a matter of 24 hours, the iconic femcee has hosted an Instagram live session with nearly one million viewers, brought her game-changing mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty to DSPs, and teased that the next chapter in her career will be one for the books.

Unfortunately, it appears that there may be trouble in paradise for the Queen artist, despite the celebratory occasion. Early Friday afternoon, Nicki hit Twitter to let off a seemingly serious threat at an unnamed individual.

Rather than really getting deep into what has recently perturbed her, the “Seeing Green” rapper opted to warn her opposition and let them know that she can be petty too. In a simple yet menacing tweet, Mrs. Petty set the record straight, writing, “Trust, it’s all fun & games until I wanna play too.”

While Nicki’s tweet does not directly name her adversary, anyone keeping up with Nicki Minaj news today would probably point the finger in Azealia Banks’ direction. Following Nicki’s highly anticipated Instagram live stream on Thursday, Azealia Banks took to her Instagram story to body shame the Young Money rapper, insinuate substance abuse, and suggest that child protective services take Nicki’s son away from her.

Thus, if Nicki did in fact catch wind of the “Anna Wintour” artist’s Instagram story rant, it would make sense if Banks was the target of Nicki’s Twitter sub.

Do you think Nicki Minaj’s warning was aimed in Azealia Banks’ direction or someone else?

Chris Weidman is well-respected in the MMA world and when he suffered a gruesome injury against Uriah Hall just a few weeks ago, many were worried about his well-being. At 36 years old, it’s hard to return from injuries, and it’s even harder to return from snapping your leg in half. The image of Weidman falling on his own broken leg has been stuck in people’s minds for weeks now, and it was hard for many to imagine what it would take for him to walk again. 

Well, just three weeks later, Weidman is already back on his feet, with some assistance of course. In a new video obtained by TMZ, Weidman can be seen walking around a fitness area while on crutches. You can hardly tell his leg had been snapped just weeks earlier and in all honesty, this progress is pretty miraculous.

On Instagram, Weidman noted that he is slowly but surely getting the circulation back into his leg and that every day, he is working on new routines that are helping him get back his strength. It’s going to be a long road back but Weidman seems determined and his family is definitely giving him a ton of support right now.

Hopefully, he’s able to keep up this pace and get back to normal life sooner rather than later.

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Former NBA star Lamar Odom has two children with his former partner Liza Morales and since 2015, he has steadily been paying child support. In fact, Odom was supposed to pay Morales upwards of $6,000 per month and was even supposed to maintain a $9 million life insurance policy. However, in a new lawsuit, Morales is suing Odom for skipping out on the child support payments. In fact, according to Page Six, Odom hasn’t paid up since last June.

As a direct result of Odom’s actions, Morales claims she is being evicted from her apartment in Manhattan which costs over $5,000 per month. This has effectively put her and her children in a very tight spot, and that’s exactly why she is seeking damages against the former star.

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“In June 2020, Lamar stopped providing any support save for sporadic amounts sent directly to LJ, placing their son in a very difficult situation,” documents from the lawsuit said. Morales currently owes $78,000 in unpaid rent, and as Page Six reports, their son ended up going to community college as Morales could not afford the tuition for a four-year institution.

Odom has yet to comment on the situation, so stay tuned for any updates as this is a developing story.

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J. Cole’s longtime manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad says that he and Cole were blown away by Lil Baby’s recording process when they worked together onThe Off-Season.

“Me and Cole pulled up on Baby to get that song done and watching his process of recording is like nothing I ever seen. Bro really different,” Hamad wrote on Twitter, Friday.

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Baby is featured on Cole’s track, “Pride Is The Devil,” where he jumps in for the final verse of the song. The collaboration is proving to be one of the most popular on the album thus far. “Break it down, weigh it up, now bag it up/Making five a month, that’s regular/N***a playing with us, that’s a negative,” Baby raps rapid fire on the song.

Cole also brought in 21 Savage to contribute a verse elsewhere on The Off-Season. Their performance together has become so popular that many fans finished the album wanting a full-length collaborative project between the two.

Baby has his own, much more tangible, collaborative project in the works with Lil Durk that is expected to release soon. Baby recently teased the exact release date on his Instagram but quickly deleted the caption.

On Friday, Kodak Black returned with his first project since his 2020 album Bill Israel. Titled Haitian Boy Kodak, the eight-track project features songs like “Z Look Jamaican” and “Don’t Leave Me.” One of the album cuts that has really been making noise is “Dirty K,” a song that finds the Florida artist waxing poetic about his strained relationships with artists throughout the music industry. At one point, he discusses how his friendship with NBA YoungBoy soured out of the blue, and he also taunts Meek Mill for criticizing his cash flow without helping him secure more.

However, “Dirty K” has also been making waves across the internet because fans believe that the “ZEZE” rapper is name-dropping two of the most popular women in the Hip-Hop community: City Girls’ Yung Miami and Lil Baby’s baby mother Jayda Cheaves. Some fans have chalked up Kodak’s name-drops as harmelss references to women that he knows, but others find the Flordia artist’s mentions to be somewhat disrespectful.

Thanks to the mix on “Dirty K,” the lyrics in question are a bit muddled, as even Genius’ transcription is incomplete. For the lines that fans think refer to Caresha (a.k.a. Yung Miami), Genius shows the lyrics as, “I could’ve played relations better with [?]/I’m thinking back ’cause it’s a whole lotta things I should’ve did.”

Furthermore, fans have been debating whether a subsequent line also mentions Jayda Cheaves. That line has caused far more contention as Genius has transcribed Kodak’s bars as “I’m having problems showing people that I really care/I don’t know but I been thanking my jailor too much.”

Check out Kodak Black’s new Haitian Boy Kodak standout “Dirty K” below to listen for yourself. The lyrics in question start around the 1:00-mark.

What do you think — is Kodak Black shooting his shot at Yung Miami and Jayda Cheaves or are fans mishearing his lyrics?

In just a couple of months from now, Space Jam: A New Legacy will finally be available to the masses. The follow-up to the original Space Jam will star LeBron James and there are going to be a ton of celebrity cast members, including Don Cheadle. Cheadle is an acclaimed actor and he is certainly suited to a big Hollywood number like this one. Meanwhile, LeBron will get to be the main star of a film for the first time in his career, and many are eager to see how well he does.

During a recent interview with Access Hollywood, Cheadle got to talk about the new movie and whether or not it references the original. As he explains, Michael Jordan will actually be in this movie although his role won’t be what fans are expecting.

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“Michael Jordan is in the movie,” the actor said. “But not in the way you’d expect it.” This seems to indicate that his cameo will be quite unique, and we’re really not quite sure what to make of it. The concept of the new Space Jam is convoluted enough as is, so it only makes sense that they would reinvent the wheel for a simple cameo.

Either way, this movie is generating some excitement, and it will be fun to see whether or not it was worth the wait.