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*“It’s not your average cop show, first of all,” says rapper-turned-actor RZA, the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder who is currently shooting his first regular TV role in Fox’s upcoming drama “Gang Related.” “There’s a twist in the sense you have all these different agencies coming together – DEA, FBI, NSA, LAPD – and they form this [...]
*The cover art for Rick Ross’ latest mixtape “Black Bar Mitzvah” has run afoul of a gang in North Carolina, prompting the rapper to cancel two shows there over rumors the gang would crash the concert and wreak havoc. Ross has reportedly riled up a North Carolina chapter of the Gangster Disciples, a gang whose [...]
*Ice-T was recently named in a lawsuit for supposedly stealing someone’s idea for a show. Roy Colbert of Los Angeles claims the rapper/actor/gang-specialist and A&E Networks robbed him of an idea for a new docu-series about ending gang violence in Los Angeles. Deadline.com reports that in the suit Colbert says, “Banging Peace” was the working title [...]
*(Via theGrio) – There are many theories about what has caused a recent spike in Chicago’s homicide rate, including a splintering of established drug gangs, the warm winter and high unemployment in some neighborhoods that seem a world away from the city’s beaches, lush parks and skyscrapers. The numbers clearly show there is a problem, [...]
*As I was driving through the South Side of Chicago last week, I was simply amazed at the staggering number of Black gang members I saw posted up on street corners, porches and in front of businesses. These young Black men and women are hardened “front line gang members” who would take your life in [...]
*TMZ is reporting that Shaquille O’Neal is caught in the middle of a criminal case in which seven gang members allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and robbed a man who claimed to have a tape showing Shaq having sex with other women while he was married to Shaunie. Law enforcement sources tell the website that Ladell Rowles, [...]
*Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing mounting criticism for holding a so-called “gang summit” last month, even though several police departments across the country have used this method for decades in an attempt to curb crime. The three biggest complaints are that Weis himself was at the meeting, the department should instead be [...]
*The old friends were in their best suits, Ronald “Looney” Barron’s the color of caramel and Tommie “T-Top” Rivers’ ribbed with pinstripes, a paisley pocket square peeking out just so. It was uncanny how their lives had mirrored each other’s. They were born months apart, raised in the West Adams area. Both were good athletes, [...]
*(Via TheDailyBeast.com) Twenty years ago, American authorities had Jamaica’s most feared drug lord in their hands. In 1988, the aptly named Christopher Coke, aka “Dudus,” was convicted of possession of stolen property in North Carolina. But instead of being sent to an American prison, he was deported to Jamaica. Since his return to the island, [...]
Oh Lord. Now gangs have found found a new way to spread their message of terror: the internet. It’s called cyberbanging. Watch this report out of Chicago:
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