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After roughly 23-hours on the run, the teen suspect accused in the Boston Marathon bombings has been caught. Authorities cornered Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev hiding out on a boat Friday (April 19).
To be clear, there’s absolutely nothing funny about the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured over 140, Monday (April 15). But somewhere in between the tragedy and finally the capture of 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the media has been unintentionally fumbling and bumbling.
On any given day there are tons of things swirling around in Chuck Woolery’s head. Those topics include, which Love Connection episode of himself he loves best, which is the best suit to have steamed and waiting in case Love Connection asks him back, and how to express his undying hatred for Muslims…because they’re all terrorists!
Well this doesn’t sound like too much fun at all. Soulja Boy and Chief Keef, who have previously collaborated a few times on tracks like “Foreign Cars” and “Say She Luv Me” are now tangled in some social networking war. It’s getting pretty ugly, and death threats are being thrown around.
That didn’t take too long, did it?. The Brooklyn Nets player Kris Humphries has finally granted ex-wife Kim Kardashian her divorce. He allegedly chose to head to the playoffs instead of continuing to fight Kim K. He’s lucky Jay didn’t drop him from the team.
Re-Up Gang’s infamous We Got It 4 Cheap mixtape series always contained a solo track from Philly MC Ab-Liva. Pusha T let the 6”9′ don do his thing once again on Wrath of Caine track “Re-Up Gang Motivation,” for which we receive a visual treatment today.
Nobody can question Kanye West’s acumen as a producer. Yeezy has crafted smash hits for Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Freeway, Nas, Lil Wayne and G.O.O.D. Music signee John Legend. Speaking of Legend, the smooth R&B crooner stopped by Power 105’s The Breakfast Club morning program and chatted up the crew about working with Sade and other news.
Three years ago, Hip-Hop lost Keith “Guru” Elam of Gang Starr fame. The Boston bred, Brooklyn representing MC’s legacy will be cherished and today we get a look at the electronic press kit from Gang Starr’s 1991 album Step In The Arena, and it’s loaded with jewels.
Anzor Tsarnaev, the father of the two suspects invovled in the Boston Marathon bombings is feverishly defending his sons. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout this morning and his father called police “cowards,” for taking him down.
Now that Student of the Game is officially out and being met to positive reviews, N.O.R.E. continues his press run with accomplished journalist Shaheem Reid on the latest installment of Life + Times series The Roundup. The “Superthug” MC was extremely candid in the sit down, discussing everything from making legendary hits with Pharrell to how hip-hop saved his life.
Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y overcame their sample clearance issues, and finally have a concrete date in mind for their collaborative album Live In Concert. So you know it’s real, the dynamic duo have released the project’s first leak “Cabana.”
Monica Dixon just had to get out of her clothes–and she didn’t care that there was a news conference going on at the time. The South Carolina woman was arrested for stripping as organizers of an anti-litter campaign addressed the media Tuesday (April 16).