August 2008 Blog Posts (318)

Goodie Mob Reunite in Atlanta

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 20, 2008 at 7:30am — 10 Comments

LADY COPS ARRESTED IN BRONX BEAT!!!!!!!

Two female cops were busted for punching, kicking and pistol-whipping a Bronx driver until his head cracked open - just beacuse he refused to close a car doo blocking their path, authorities said yesterday.

Michelle Anglin 37, and Koleen Robinson, 24, were stripped of their shields and service weapons, and slapped with a laundry list of charges topped by gang assault, authorities said.

"I'm not… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 7:46pm — 14 Comments

Pregnant Teen Shot, Teens Arrested In Neighborhood Fight

INDIANAPOLIS -- A neighborhood feud ended Monday evening with a pregnant teenager shot and several juveniles under arrest, police said.

Officers were called to the 2800 block of Draper Street just before 7 p.m., said Indianapolis police Sgt. Matthew Mount.

They found Ashley Johnson, 19 with a gunshot wound to her hand. Johnson -- who is pregnant -- was transported to Methodist Hospital in stable condition. Officers also witnessed a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 7:38pm — 6 Comments

'They just beat us up because of the color of our skin'

LEVI LEE and Bryson Mills arrived on the doorstep of the Daily News last week looking bruised and battered.

Even hard-bitten reporters - their eyes widening - seemed taken aback by the appearance of the two young men.

Their clothes were smudged with blood. Mills gingerly pressed an ice pack to his right eye, which was swollen shut. Lee sported gashes in his lip and head.

But the worst injuries weren't visible.

As… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 7:33pm — 31 Comments

HIV Infected City Pool Employee Charged with Rape of 17 Year-Old Memphis Girl

MEMPHIS, TN – Police say an employee at the Westwood Swimming Pool is charged with Aggravated Rape and Criminal Exposure to HIV of a 17 year-old girl.

According to investigators, the teenage girl told police that Timothy Bernard Payne offered to give her a ride home from the pool. The girl told investigators, instead of taking her home, Payne took her to his house in South Memphis. Payne then made the girl go into a wooded area, where he took out… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 7:30pm — 13 Comments

Bloods trial opens with focus on witnesses

NORFOLK

Defense attorneys Monday challenged the government's case against two accused leaders of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, saying during their opening arguments in federal court that witnesses will be lying and the evidence will be thin.

"This case is based on the credibility of the witnesses," said Virginia Beach attorney Lawrence H. Woodward Jr., who represents Mikal Mustafa Mix, one of the suspected leaders of the Norfolk Bounty Hunter Bloods.

"You've got to… Continue

Added by Brown Sugar on August 19, 2008 at 9:32am — No Comments

Behind “The Recession”: Young Jeezy on Black Presidents, Blue Lamborghinis

Young Jeezy recently checked in with Rolling Stone from Miami, where he’s shooting the video for “Vacation,” the second single from his forthcoming album The Recession, out September 2nd. “I’m having a fuckin’ ball,” he says. “I’m on a jet ski, I’m on the beach — we’re wildin’ out.” He may be having fun now, but on the album, Jeezy (a.k.a. the Snowman) tackles the economy, politics and the struggles of poverty.

On the opening track, “The… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:19am — 19 Comments

2 Charged In Shooting At St. Petersburg Convenience Store

ST. PETERSBURG - Two men are in custody on charges of trying to kill three people during a robbery at a convenience store Sunday.

Spencer Peeples, 27, of St. Petersburg, and Khadafy Mullens, 25, a transient, are charged with, among other things, armed robbery and three counts of attempted homicide, St. Petersburg police said in a prepared statement.

At 6:35 p.m., the pair were robbing the Central Food Mart, 2157 Central Ave., when… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:13am — 2 Comments

Charges filed in murder of woman, off-duty cop

A convicted felon has been charged with last week’s slayings of an off-duty Chicago Police officer and a DCFS social worker who were shot to death inside an SUV.

Jason Austin, 26, of the 500 block of North LeClaire, was ordered held without bail Monday. He has been charged with murder and armed robbery for allegedly shooting Robert Soto, a veteran detective, and Kathryn Romberg, a supervisor for the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:10am — 9 Comments

Man Beats Puppy With Broken Table Leg

DECATUR, Ga. -- A DeKalb County man faces animal cruelty charges after police said he beat a puppy so severely it had to be euthanized.

Lawrence Peterson, 58, was charged with felony animal cruelty after investigators found the pit bull mix puppy unresponsive in the back yard at a home on Camby Lane in Decatur Saturday. The puppy belonged to Peterson’s roommate, investigators said.

The puppy was taken to an emergency clinic, where… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:08am — 5 Comments

Forbes Profiles Prominent Hip Hop Homes For Sale

Snoop Dogg Snoop recently got $2 million for a 6,500-square-foot house in Claremont, Calif., home to the prestigious Claremont Colleges. Thirty miles outside Los Angeles, the eight-bedroom property includes a pool, basketball court and recording studio.

Suge Knight After filing for bankruptcy and losing control of his record company, Death Row Records founder Suge Knight’s $6.2 million… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:00am — 6 Comments

Hoopz on King Mag Cover

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:00am — 10 Comments

Young Jeezy Live In Detroit

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 6:08pm — 10 Comments

Ace Hood (Feat. Trey Songz) - Ride

2nd single from Ace Hood's debut album GUTTA In Stores September 23rd!… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 6:05pm — 3 Comments

These Rappers Fake Is Shit

The Truth About Plies, Lil Wayne, DMX, Nas, Shop Boyz, Rick Ross, Ja-Rule

Added by BIG-B on August 18, 2008 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment

Hip-Hop’s 20 Biggest Earners For 2008

1. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson: $150 million

2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter: $82 million

3. Sean “Diddy” Combs: $35 million

4. Kanye West: $30 million

5. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley: $22 million

6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million

7. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean: $17 million

8. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus: $16 million

9. André “Dr. Dre” Young: $15 million

10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges: $14 million

11. Clifford… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 10:27am — 32 Comments

LOV CHANGES A THUG CHANGES AND BEST FRIENDS BECOME STRANGER'S

JUST WATCH ALL YA HATER'S BUT YOU GOTTA THANK THE HATERS CAUSE WITHOUT THEM WHO WOULD MOTIVATE US! I LOVE IT.

Added by alexandria irving on August 18, 2008 at 10:18am — No Comments

Norfolk gang leaders face dozens of counts in U.S. courtroom

NORFOLK

Last summer, Marlon "Black Marlo" Reed and a group of his Ocean View-based Bounty Hunter Bloods headed to a house in Virginia Beach with the intent to commit another of the gang's signature home-invasion robberies.

The events that followed would turn macabre.

They thought the house contained $20,000 in drug money. The cash belonged to a boyfriend of one of the gang members, and she, according to federal authorities, set him up that day.

Reed… Continue

Added by Brown Sugar on August 18, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Three killed in two afternoon shootings in New Orleans

Three men were shot to death in the span of two hours this afternoon in two separate incidents in New Orleans.

First, two New Orleans men were shot to death in a vehicle Uptown. Travain Jones, 20, died on the scene, and Bryant Langston, 17, died shortly afterward at University Hospital, according to Orleans Parish chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano. Langston was three weeks shy of his 18th birthday.

About an hour and a half… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 8:48am — 15 Comments

Cops nab carjackers - Two arrested in connection with slew of weekend crimes

Two 18-year-old Queens residents were responsible for the cross-community havoc caused in both Marine Park and Canarsie last week, officials alleged.

Police alleged that Lashawn Boyer and Shamiya Brown were responsible for the carjacking that led to a police chase into Canarsie, where the two and an unapprehended other man sparked a hostage drama in a home on East 99th Street.

Boyer and Brown were accused of a slew of crimes, as well… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 8:45am — 9 Comments