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Brooklyn star with huge social media following says he helped others try to kill a rival in the gang
The Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is cooperating with federal prosecutors after pleading guilty to nine crimes and saying he joined a violent New York City gang and helped others try to kill a rival gang member.
The plea was entered last week by the 22-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez. Information about it was unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal court.
Standing in the doorway of a Boeing 747, former president Barack Obama has one arm wrapped around Michelle Obama. The pair are waving, smiles plastered across their faces.
The City Council narrowly voted late Thursday to withhold a $44 million reimbursement for the developer of the Toyota Music Factory. Although the $180-million entertainment venue, which opened in late 2017, has brought the likes of Kirk Franklin, Reba McEntire and ZZ Top to Las Colinas, the council was unhappy with an unfinished storefront on the property.
AFP / Angela Weiss Fast-rising US rapper Cardi B performed at the Global Citizen festival and urged young voters to turn out for November midterm elections The music and political worlds joined together Saturday to press for development aid, gender equality and voter participation, with a festival in New York's Central Park marred by a security scare. An unofficial closing event following a week of hectic diplomacy at the UN General Assembly, the Global Citizen festival hands out free tickets to fans who pledge to take actions such as petitioning their governments to support efforts to end the most extreme global poverty.
"I'm always open to talking to the president to make change. Everybody I was in prison with always encouraged me to go, take the sacrifice, even if you get crucified in the media - go, try to make change," the rapper told ABC News on Friday, after participating in a panel discussion during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference , which was held in Washington D.C. and hosted by Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
MTV announced Monday, July 16, that the rapper received ten nominations at this year's MTV Video M... . FILE - This undated file photo shows a photo of Dr. Richard Strauss.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks at the 2018 Essence Festival at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in New Orleans. Tameka "Tiny" Harris of Xscape performs at the 2018 Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in New Orleans.
The marriage rate remains low , but Jay-Z and BeyoncA are doing their best to keep wedlock fashionable. On Everything Is Love , the joint album the couple surprise-released on Saturday, their union again glitters as a luxury item as covetable as their AlaA a boots and Aruba vacations.
In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. Jay-Z and Beyonce have released a joint album that touches on the rapper's disgust at this year's Grammy Awards and features a shout out from their daughter Blue Ivy to her siblings.
This is one of those blogging equivalents to Hannibal Smith on the "A-Team," who liked to sign off with, "I love it when a plan comes together!" In this case, I get to day, "I love it when a 'Civil War on the Left' entry writes itself." This, from Robert Kuttner at the left-leaning American Prospect : Race, Class, and Loyalty.
They have to pay fair wages, too, and get called out publicly when they don't. A New York federal court has firmly rejected a request by hip hop recording singer and producer Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr. - better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes - and other parties that a "celebrity exception" be created in relation to the publicity requirements for wage and hour workplace dispute settlements.
Last week, Spotify announced it was implementing a new policy in which it would stop promoting "hate content" and artists who engage in "hateful conduct" within its very powerful playlists and through its equally powerful suggestion algorithm. In the week since, the move has been greeted with celebration, derision and skepticism.
According to recent reports, Yeezy has come up with an organization that is tasked with helping those in neighborhoods dealing with housing problems, gun violence, poor education, etc. The new foundation, named Donda Social , has been West's brainchild for a while - but has recently garnered steam this week.
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Florida judge, 59, resigns after she was recorded furiously berating asthmatic, wheelchair-bound defendant in court who DIED three days later after struggling to get her medication while in custody 'You are delicious': The Sixth Sense actress reveals how Smallville star Allison Mack 'tried to recruit her into cult which forced women to have sex with its leader and branded them with his initials' Embarrassment for Mitt Romney as he fails to secure Utah GOP nomination and will now head to a primary in June The diet that helped millions lose weight easily AND quickly: Dr Michael Mosley makes his 5:2 plan even better so you shape up for summer Florida county commissioner 'kept a stripper as a sex slave and paid her and her husband $300-a-week to sleep with him whenever he demanded' 'He broke the law!' Trump insists that James Comey leaked classified information in memos about their meetings ... (more)
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and media personality Cardi B arrives for the traditionnal Clive Davis party on the eve of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, in New York. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD Everyone has an opinion on Cardi B's decision to have a baby, and now so do the anti-choicers.
Fox News star Sean Hannity admits he was Michael Cohen's secret client and 'may have given him ten bucks' for talking about 'real estate' - but DENIES the lawyer who paid Stormy Daniels for her silence did ANYTHING similar for him White woman, 72, is arrested for attacking a PREGNANT soldier in a restaurant during a row over a parking spot and calling her a 'gay black b***h' U.S. and UK warn Russia is hacking Internet routers and could launch cyber attacks against millions of laptops and phones - and even 'critical infrastructure' like POWER GRIDS California BANS National Guard from following Trump's orders at the Mexican border telling troops not to fly drones or even fix Border Patrol vehicles EXCLUSIVE: 'We went at it like she just didn't exist.'
In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Beyonce, center, and Jay-Z perform during a Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaign rally in Cleveland. Beyonce performed a 2-hour set at Coachella, Saturday, April 14, 2018, paying tribute to the marching bands, the dance troupes and step teams at historically black colleges and universities.