Drake clowned on rival Meek Mill in his own hometown. And of course, Meek Mill and his goon squad tried to run up on him. But they got shut down.
Drake brought out his mentor Lil' Wayne to perform at the Wells Fargo Arena. Drake had the fans singing with him and as he peformed his hits. He also had Philadelphia boo Meek Mill. That's embarrassing.
Drake dissed Meek Mill in his own hometown.
You may remember that Drake was being accused of having a ghostwriter by Meek Mill. The rapper was pissed that Drake didn't promote his album and he got on Twitter and used his fingers to slam him for being fake.
Drake went into the studio and let him have it. He hit him with "Charged Up" and "Back to Back".
Drake destroyed Meek Mill's credibility as a rapper.
"You're not from Philly, Nigga!" - Drake.
Meek Mill was clowned online.
This ongoing feud has gotten so much attention. Fans of Meek Mill were disappointed in his response. The song "Wanna Know" was panned for being weak.
Since that, Meek Mill is now being referred as "Nicki Minaj's boy toy".
It's also shocking that Meek is about to move into Nicki Minaj's luxury home. So now he's in his girl home too.
Champagne Papi confirms that his collaboration album with Guwop is a go. The album is coming out in September.
Fresh out the feds, Radric Davis known as the Gucci Mane is hungry for music. He released Everybody's Looking on Atlantic and it was a success.
The Gucci Mane and Drake project will be titled The 6'ers. It will be released through APPLE Music and it will feature production from Mike Will Made It, Zaytoven, and Noah "40" Shebib.
It's sort of a sequel to the platinum album What A Time To Be Alive. That was Drake first collaboration album with Atlanta's codeine obsessed rapper Future.
Drake is riding high as the king of hip-hop. He dethroned Eminem. His album Views surpassed The Marshall Mathers LP in weeks on the Billboard top selling albums.
Drake is engaged in a feud now with Slaughterhouse rapper Joe Budden. He will address Budden on this album.
This will come as no surprise that Drake said it best, "Gucci gets out, you know it's a problem".
Shad Moss, formerly known as Bow Wow is announcing he is putting the mic up for good. The 29 year old rapper has decided that the music isn't popping anymore and he felt its time to move on.
When we first heard of Shad Moss, we knew him as Lil' Bow Wow. The name was given to him by the legendary Snoop Dogg. He was then signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. His debut single "Bounce with Me" from Big Mama's House sparked a memorable career in pop music.
Moss would become a huge pop celebrity. His debut album Beware of Dog became a hit. He would achieve a platinum album at the age of 12. The album had features from Snoop Dogg, Xscape, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupri and Jagged Edge.
Then his follow up album Doggy Bag came out and it reached platinum. Around that time, Durpi was having issues with Columbia Records and So So Def left leaving Moss and Jagged Edge behind.
Moss would get acting gigs and a modeling career. He wss at the top of his game.
Around that time, Moss decides to drop the Lil' off Bow Wow. He would release three more albums and a collaboration album with former B2K singer Omarion.
About the time his contract with Columbia, he was looking for a label to release his music. He would find a home with Cash Money and Young Money.
For at least five years, Moss was gearing up for a return to the music with the album Underrated. It was supposed to be released around 2011, but it was shelved for the newer and popular acts. Lil' Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj were dominating the charts and it was squeezing time away from acts like Moss,Tyga and Busta Rhymes.
Around 2012, Moss held a spot on the couch on BET. He was one of the final host to 106 & Park, a music video show. He would soon announce he would leave Cash Money Records around the end of 106 & Park.
Now he signed to Sean "Puffy" Comb's Bad Boy Records. He is hoping that this album will be a masterpiece before he ends his career as a rapper.
We can only hope.
Anyway, the CSI: Cyber franchise was a flop. CBS canceled the series within its second season.
Here's a throwback to Bow Wow's career. The song "Bounce with Me".
The Hive still buzzing about the ongoing feud between Future and Ciara. The pop singer claims that Future is plotting to murder her and her husband Russell Wilson.
Ciara Princess Wilson (formerly Harris) married her boyfriend NFL superstar Russell Wilson this month. I want to congratulate the two on a successful marriage.
Ciara gave Russell her goodies after their honeymoon and now she's feeling good about the relationship now that she's a married woman.
Anyway, the pop singer isn't letting off the ongoing feud with her former boyfriend and father of her son, rapper Future (Nayvadius Wilburn). She is telling the junk food media, that Future's success is ruining her.
She claims that the rapper subliminally threatened her and her husband on his DJ Esco assisted mixtape E.T..
Ciara is still hoping that slander lawsuit and child support order will "f**k up some commas"!
Future is well on his way to GOD status. He collaborated with DJ Khaled and Jay-Z for a mega hit.
Future is on tour with his rhyming buddies Drake and Gucci Mane. He's making another album slated for release in December. He's signed a mega deal with Apple Music and is a sought after rapper.
Also disclosure, Future has five children. One of the children comes from one of my closets cousins.
Future's feuding with no only Ciara, but "fake Future" Desiigner and former collaborator Rocko.
According to Future, Ciara is allowing his son Future, Jr. (Nayvadius) quality time with Russell and making their son call him "daddy!"
Here's the Ciara and Russell Wilson diss from Future.
Clifford "T.I." Harris gives insight on his reality show, his album and Donald Trump.
Clifford Harris rolls out his new moniker. Instead of calling him T.I., you may now refer him as TIP.
T.I. appears on The View today to announce his reality television show T.I. & Tiny The Family Hustle Continues is on for another season. He talks about his album, his daughter and politics.
T.I. has signed on to Roc Nation for the release of his next album The Dime Trap.
His single "Dope" with production from Dr. Dre is a smash.
T.I. gets an opportunity to address the RNC Convention, Donald Trump, and Black Lives Matter.
Turk is desperate. He resigns to Cash Money Records after years of beef.
While Tunechi is feuding with the label, Tab Virgil, Jr. known in the hip-hop world as Turk went back to Cash Money Records. This was a surprise move given the situation with Lil' Wayne and his former mentor Bryan "Baby" Williams. Williams known as Birdman put a block on Wayne's album. Any album Lil' Wayne releases outside of his contract will net him a lawsuit from Cash Money.
He just settled at $1.3 million lawsuit with the label last year.
Turk went to social media to post his gratitude to the label.
"The heart of a man, it could spark change; sometimes it gets hard, sometimes it gets soft. And, when you dealing with a lot of money and you dealing with a lot of talent, you dealing with a lot of ego and pride. With that being said, I don't know what God got in store for the old Cash Money clique...would there ever be a Hot Boys reunion. But, it's al love. And right now, my situation, it's just friendly competition."
WTF?
The good old days. The Hot Boys and Big Tymers.
Turk who completed a 14 year bid in federal time out for a gun charge is looking to save his failing career as a rapper. He was convicted of being a felon with a firearm. He was also a fugitive on the run for attempted murder.
He also was playing in the snow. He was busted with a 20 grams on the table.
Since his release from the iron college, he became a broke rapper. He owes debts from child support to unpaid bills and the criminal fine.
He was on social media begging his fans for $5 million to pay off his debts.
Seeing him and Juvie (formerly known as Juvenile) resign to Cash Money shows ignorance.
I don't want to assume but I am guessing they failed high school. They wanted to focus on entertainment and they thought they could be rock stars. When they got the bug in the ear, they got mad and pouted.
When you break a contract, you pretty much broke your wallet. Cash Money went on to sign Drake and Nicki Minaj and they proved to be successful and the old acts aren't.
Returning to Cash Money shows that loyalty overcomes money. But in reality, Juvie and Turk are broke and it's no joke!
Now I'm pretty surprised. I didn't know this but it's confirmed that Cash Money CEO Bryan "Baby" Williams known as rapper Birdman is dating R&B singer/celebrity agitator Toni Braxton.
The Number One Stunna found a woman who keeps him high!
Love is blind.
Earlier this year, Toni Braxton performed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. She took an opportunity to thank the love of her life. That's when Birdman came out and gave her a personal shout out.
The pair have appeared at the BET Awards on Sunday confirming speculation of the two being an item.
The pair been together for nearly a year. They kept their relationship on wraps. It was said that Birdman would order his body crew to block access to areas where his beau would secretly enter though and then they would cozy up.
Some people aren't impressed about the relationship. Celebrity agitator Wendy Williams was not happy about this. She believes that Toni lowered the bar.
Braxton 48 and Birdman 47 are an item. Well wishes to them both. Birdman as a media mogul makes over $200 million in sales and profit off his Cash Money Records label he co-founded with brother Ronald "Slim" Williams.
Birdman is under federal watch for the alleged hit on his "son" Dwayne Carter known as Lil' Wayne.
The media mogul and rapper are engaged in some serious beef over contractual royalties. Tha Carter V is indefinitely scrapped.
Future warns rivals not to go after him. He's turned up!
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper once again throws down with another banger. Future and DJ Esco released the mixtape Project E.T. on Friday. He took aim a bunch of individuals who took shots at him.
Get in line.
Future is about to spaz on 'em.
Future the hottest act in the game. He released three albums that went platinum and number 1 on the Billboard charts. He's going on tour with Drake and is planning on releasing his fifth album on Epic Records this year.
Future is going after Rocko, Desiigner, Ciara and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
Future made a threat on Russell Wilson. Future refers to O.J. Simpson and double murders ... and includes a line threatening an unnamed dude who's trying to "f*** my baby mama."
Project E.T. from Future and DJ Esco. Streamed over 1.4 million times.
The track from DJ Esco's mixtape is called "Juice" -- and includes the lines: "Murder trial, O.J. Simpson. White on white, O.J. Simpson. Double murder, O.J. Simpson."
But then he spits this line ... "Tryin' to f*** my baby mama, dog what's up with you? You gon' make me get a heat, I'm pullin' up on you."
Future released EVOL in February and it went platinum. It was released on APPLE Music. This mixtape is released through APPLE Music, LiveMixtapes.com and DatPiff.com.
Gawker feuds with Hulk Hogan and libertarian billionaire.
Gawker vows to continue on.
Gawker is in an all-out war with Hulk Hogan, the former wrestler who was fired out the cannon last year after he made inflammatory comments about Black people. With no money, he decides to team up with the co-founder of PayPal to take Gawker to court.
The Florida court found Gawker guilty of privacy violations and was ordered to pay up.
Gawker doesn't make that much money. So Gawker goes belly up. Gawker CEO Nick Denton said the company would appeal the verdict. Three months after the verdict, Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and put itself up for sale
The wrestler successfully sued the media titian for $207 million after his sex tape of him was released to the public.
Hulkster fixing to body slam Gawker.
The wrestler was also going after Gawker when his racist rants were released to the public.
Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, has spent about $10 million to help the wrestler Hulk Hogan sue Gawker. Thiel was publicly outed by Gawker after they did an expose about leaders in the anti-gay movement being secretly gay.
Gawker is going to fight against Thiel. The billionaire is being called-out for being a hypocrite.
Thiel is a Libertarian and supports the Republican Party. He does support the freedom of the press but just not Gawker. Since Gawker put his business out there, he decides to make it a personal mission to take them down.
Rocko is mocking Future by calling him "Meathead". Future previously known as Meathead the Future. The Dungeon Family signed Future as a member of the group Da Connect. Rocko (right) stands with LA Reid (center) and Future (left).
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper is feuding with his old rhyming partna, Rocko da Don.
Rocko is suing Future and Epic Records over missed royalties and breach of contract. Rocko is asking for $13 million in damages. Future recorded four albums under Epic Records and one through Cash Money Records/Universal Republic with Drake.
Future is a signed act on A1 Records, the label that Rocko created. Future is signed under contract to make six albums. He is working on his fifth album slated for Winter release.
Future is laughing off the lawsuit. He believe that Rocko's light dims every time he opens his mouth.
Rocko decides embarrass Future by recapping his old rap name. Back in the day, Future was known as Meathead the Future and was rocking with the Dungeon Family. He was rhyming with Da Connect, a group that often worked with OutKast and the Goodie Mob. Future wasn't as big back in the 2000s. When he met Rocko, he learned the game and used it well.
When Rocko signed a deal with LA Reid and Jermaine Dupri during their reign on Def Jam, Future was there with him. Rocko left Def Jam and signed on to Epic Records to disturb his label A1 Entertainment. Rocko signed Future to the label.
Future denies ever getting help and said that ankle biting from Rocko hasn't helped much in sales.
Rocko is giving ammunition to Future's rival Desiigner. Future is engaged in a serious feud with New York rapper Desiigner after the single Panda took off. The rapper sounds very similar to Future and it's gotten some junk food media coverage.
Rocko said that he helped "Meathead" since 2006. He said that if it wasn't for him, "Meathead" wouldn't have the deals, the collaborations with Drake, Gucci Mane, and the hookup with Ciara.
A video posted by DON ROCKO C.E.O. 🅰1️⃣ (@rocko2real) on
Future is getting his Freebandz Records together. He teamed up with Black Migo Gang leader Young Scooter to make the label. The label is starting to sign acts and Rocko is not a part of that.
Rocko had gave Future his break and I guess the rapper gave him the finger.
Future is the hottest act in hip-hop. He's turned up and blasting off. But that "Meathead" label might stick around a bit. Assured that rappers who feud with Future will now refer to him as that god awful name.
Note: Future is the father of five children. One of the children comes from my second cousin who met him when he wasn't famous.
DeWayne Michael Carter, Jr. (known as Lil' Wayne) may have suffered a seizure while on flight to California.
According to TMZ, the 33-year old rapper suffered a seizure, forcing his private jet to make an emergency landing at Omaha's Eppley Field.
The rapper in the beginning didn't want treatment but later suffered from another seizure and reportedly lost consciousness. KETV NewsWatch 7 reports that rapper was taken to Creighton University Medical Center CHI Health.
The rapper makes it no secret he's addicted to the lean and molly. He is reportedly under the influence of cocaine.
According to the junk food media, Tunechi said that he's epileptic. It may have had something to do with his obsession with the lean.
Lil' Wayne is currently feuding with his label Cash Money Records.
The 2 Chainz album Collegrove was supposed to be a collaboration album with Lil' Wayne. Cash Money Records blocked the project because it's not a contractual album release. It would become 2 Chainz's album with guest vocals from Lil' Wayne. It was released by Def Jam.
World News Today send our prayers to Lil' Wayne and his family.
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper is on fire. Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn (aka Future) got him three back to back number one albums. The DS2, What A Time To Be Alive and EVOL hit the charts and scored him a platinum deal.
Future is working with some of the biggest names in hip-hop.
We just reported that DJ Khaled is getting Jay-Z off the Lemonade to record a single with Future.
The rapper is working on his fifth album and it's going to be released in the Winter.
Future is currently signed to Epic Records. He credits L.A. Reid for giving him the opportunity to grow and vows to continue to make hits. One person he forgot to mention on his quest to greatness is the guy who gave him his start.
Future's humble beginnings started from the basement of Rodney Hill (aka Rocko). Future signed on to Rocko's label to make his debut mixtape 1000 and the follow up Dirty Sprite. The mixtapes were extremely successful and gave him name recognition. When he broke into the mainstream with his mixtapes, he was quickly signed to Epic to record his debut album Pluto.
Then after Pluto came Honest, then DS2, What A Time To Be Alive and EVOL.
Each of those album were recorded by Future through his A1 contract. But now that Future is trying to build his Freebandz label, it looks like Rocko is going to take him to court over this.
Rocko Dinero is feuding with Future Hendrix over the royalties.
According to TMZ, Rocko just sued Future citing a 2011 contract he believes he breached. He said that Future was to make his first six albums with A1 Records.
Rocko says Epic Records signed on to distribute the albums, but things got complicated. In the lawsuit, Future cut a side deal with Epic and it scored him multi-million dollar advances.
Rocko said that Future stiffed him out of the cut. The commission owed by Epic. Future is also facing a lawsuit over the touring, endorsements and album sales.
Did you expect this rap feud to happen? U.O.E.N.O....!
Note: Future is feuding with Desiigner. The rapper is proudly declaring that he's using Future's trademark flow. Desiigner's smash single Panda is gotten mainstream attention and it drove Future into addressing the rapper.
Future is feuding with the mother of his son Future Zahir. Pop singer Ciara was upset over allegations of the rapper cheating on her. They quickly called off an engagement and are fighting over child support. Future is asking for partial custody and lower support payments. Ciara is fighting for full custody and full payments. Ciara is dating Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks. They are planning on getting married in the late Fall.
Future is the father of five children. One of the children is from one of my closest cousins.
The Future HIVE is buzzing about the feud.
Real street nigga went to the court house,how did it feel when u signed the papers????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As we mourn the loss of Muhammad Ali, World News Today announces the death of Kimbo Slice, the famed boxer and mixed martial artist passed away at the age of 42.
At first report by TMZ, Kimbo was being held on undisclosed conditions. They said that he was in a dire situation.
Born Kevin Ferguson, he was a Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist, boxer and occasional actor. He became famous for mutual combat street fights which were spread across the Internet, leading Rolling Stone to call him "The King of the Web Brawlers".
Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. Slice competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to series winner Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in the The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale. From January 2015 until his death in June 2016, Slice was under contract to Bellator MMA.
Slice's death was confirmed by Mike Imber, his longtime manager.
"We lost our brother today," Imber said in a text message to The Associated Press.
The cause of death was still unclear. Kmiotek said there is no active police investigation, and no foul play is suspected.
Slice was a Bahamian-born ex-football player and strip club bouncer who began competing in unsanctioned street fights in 2003. Videos of his violent knockout victories in those bouts became wildly popular online, both for his punching power and his distinctive, intimidating appearance.
He studied MMA and eventually competed in several promotions, including the UFC and Bellator, which staged his two most recent fights.
Slice's death also was confirmed by Scott Coker, the CEO of Bellator, which promoted his return to MMA last year after a five-year absence. Slice beat Dhaffir "Dada 5000" Harris with a third-round knockout at Bellator 149 in February in Houston, but the result was overturned after Slice tested positive for steroid use.
"We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice," Coker said. "One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport. Outside of the cage he was a friendly, gentle giant and a devoted family man. His loss leaves us all with extremely heavy hearts."
Slice was scheduled to headline the Bellator 158 show in London next month in a bout against James Thompson.
American Top Team, the prominent South Florida gym where Slice trained for many years, also mourned his passing.
"The ATT Family and South Florida community lost a legend today," the team said in a post on its Twitter account.
Slice was the star of the first MMA show broadcast on network television, beating Thompson by third-round knockout in May 2008 on CBS with the defunct EliteXC promotion. With Slice and pioneering featherweight Gina Carano as the top attractions, EliteXC's two CBS shows drew big television ratings and introduced millions of viewers to MMA.
While he went 5-2 and never won a championship belt, Slice became one of MMA's best-known figures, attracting large television audiences and crowds to his growing sport. He also had a pro boxing career between stints in the cage, going 7-0 with six knockouts from 2011-13.
For all of his glowering in-cage swagger and viral fame, Slice was extraordinarily honest about his fighting abilities. He acknowledged being an MMA newcomer with much to learn about his new sport, never claiming to be anything but a big puncher providing for his family while constantly trying to learn the sport's other disciplines.
"The guys who are holding the titles, heavyweight and light heavyweight, these guys are awesome," Slice told the AP in a 2010 interview before his second UFC fight. "I'm really just having happy days in the midst — being among them, fighting on the undercards, just contributing to the UFC and the sport. That's really what I want to do. I'm not looking ahead to winning a title or anything like that. I'm just enjoying each fight as it comes."
Slice had six children, three boys and three girls. World News Today send our condolences to the family of Kimbo Slice. He will definitely be missed.
The family confirms that legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali is at a Phoenix hospital being treated for respiratory failure. The family confirms that it's not looking good.
At first check, many thought it's a mild illness. Turns out to be worst than expected.
The Evening Standard reports that being placed on life support as the family prepares for the wake.
He is said to be suffering respiratory issues that are reportedly complicated by the Parkinson’s disease that was diagnosed in the 1980s.
But two people close to the former heavyweight champion have said that Ali’s condition is concerning to his family members.
A source told the Mirror: “Like in the ring, Ali is a fighter on the ward. Doctors are working to regulate his breathing put it is being hampered by his Parkinson’s.
“His children are all extremely concerned and dropped everything to be with him. They fear the worst.
“Ali is everything to them and there are worried his problems are worse than first feared.”
The sources have reportedly declined to be identified because they were not speaking on behalf of Ali’s family.
Bob Gunnell, Ali’s spokesman, said in a statement on Thursday that the former heavyweight champion was in a “fair” condition and a brief hospital stay was expected.
Mr Gunnell said in an email Friday there was no update on Ali's condition.
Dr Abraham Lieberman, the boxer’s long term Parkinson’s doctor, declined to comment any further on Ali’s condition when contacted by the Associated Press.
He said: “I can’t really say much more than what’s in the papers.”
While in federal time out in Indiana, the Gucci Mane decided that he had to straighten up.
He managed to lose 50 lbs while being in time out. The 36-year old rapper was getting some mad props from his girlfriend Keyshia Ka'ior.
The rapper escaped a 20 year bid for having weapons while under disability and binging out on the snow and booze. He managed to get a four year bid with 10 years in house.
He decided to cut out the drugs and booze. He also said that the burgers, fries and shakes are out of his squad.
The rapper released First Day Out Tha Feds on Thursday and the single was streamed over 2.5 million times.
Gucci promising that he'll release a mixtape soon.
It's noted that Gucci Mane (Radric Davis) did kill a person in 2005. Guwop escaped a murder charge after he was attacked at his home and claimed self-defense when he shot a man. His violation for having a weapon while under disability was a condition of that charge being dropped.
Snoop Dogg isn't going to sell his soul to the money! Remember he's a lion and not a pawn.
Well he did participate in Girls Gone Wild (Doggystyle). He did also participate on MTV with Doggy Dizzle Televizzle. And how can't you not foget Soul Plane. And that great comedy with Wiz Khalifa called Mac and Devin Go To High School. That's just entertainment. It's not selling out!
His "nephew" T.I. will be in the series. He will be known as Cyrus.
The remake of Roots is becoming a trending topic. The remake of the groundbreaking television series is set for a return this summer. The History Channel revival is a four part and eight hour series.
Snoop Dogg said that he's not down with the series.
Snoop Dogg isn't watching Roots.
"I'm sick of this shit. How the fuck are they going to put Roots on Memorial Day? They going to just keep beating this shit into our heads about how they did us, huh?"
Big Snoop said that he's not watching this shit because it rekindles the notion that Black people deserved to be enslaved. He said that the rise of Donald Trump could bring racism out in the open again.
"I ain't watching that shit, and I advise you motherfuckers as real niggas like myself; fuck them television shows. Let's create our own shit based on today, how we live and how we inspire people today. Black is what's real.Fuck that old shit."
Alex Haley got awarded praise for his groundbreaking novel. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
Marshall "Rock" Jones passed away. He was one of the original members of the legendary Ohio Players.
The bassist of the legendary funk band The Ohio Players passed away. Marshall Jones died in his home in Houston, Texas, according to the Associated Press.
Marshall "Rock" Jones was an original member of the Dayton-based funk/rock group. His daughters Donna Williams and Charlotte Phillips had said that their father peacefully in his sleep.
He was one of the original members of The Ohio Players. The band formed in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables and it included Robert Ward, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, Cornelius Johnson, and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrook. Ward would eventually leave the group and they added LeRoy "Sugarfoot" Bonner to the group and then they would become the legendary Ohio Players.
"We appreciate all of the support and prayers,” Donna Williams said. “We lost not only a father, a grandfather and an uncle, we lost an icon to the community and an icon to his family.”
The family is planning a memorial in Dayton. Details will be announced later.
James "Diamond" Williams, the Ohio Players' leader said Jones will be missed.
“He was inventive, and he was creative. He was a great musician,” said Williams. “Marshall Jones contributed greatly, and we will miss him.”
The Dayton native was 75.
Jones was with the Ohio Players during the height of the legendary band’s success.
He was a member when the group started in Dayton in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables.
Williams said Jones had battled cancer and had suffered a recent stroke.
He is pushing for a Dayton street to be named for the Ohio Players while some members are still living.
From their beginnings in Dayton, The Ohio Players gained international acclaim with a long list of hits that include "Fire," "Love Rollercoaster," "I Wanna be Free," "Pain," "Funky Worm," "Skin Tight," "Honey" and "Sweet Sticky Thing."
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Marshall "Rock" Jones.
Troy Ave in some real Doo Doo. The rapper caught up in a murder.
There was an arrest in the fatal shooting of a concert goer at a T.I. concert. It's a surprise that the suspect is a fellow rapper. The rapper Troy Ave (known as Roland Collins) was placed in the county lockup after being spotted on cameras popping his piece.
Troy Ave best known for the single "Your Style". Now the rapper will be facing a murder charge that could land him in the iron college for LIFE. Of course, the suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
This incident happened at the Irving Place auditorium.
T.I. (Clifford Harris) was about to perform but there was a dispute in the VIP room where Troy Ave was in the room and he started popping. He was clearly identified.
He accidently shot himself in the leg and was being treated for his injuries. The NYPD quickly arrested him without incident. He is still at the hospital under heavy guard.
The victim was identified as 33-year old Ronald McPhatter. He was shot in the stomach after trying to protect the girlfriend of rapper Maino.
The rapper released two albums "New York City: The Album and Major Without a Deal
The definition of irony is Troy Ave. A man who clearly wanted to be a "street rapper". He is the definition of an ignorant rapper.
Gucci Mane out of federal time out. Plans on releasing a mixtape.
The Atlanta rapper was released from federal time out yesterday. Radric Davis, known to the world as the Gucci Mane was granted freedom from the Terre Haute federal time out.
On top of that, he wants to release a mixtape. Tonight he will release a mixtape at 10:17pm.
A nod to his label 1017 Records.
Big Guwop escaped a 20 year sentence after being hit up with federal charges. Back in 2013, the rapper spazzed out. He was caught in the Atlanta streets with a semi-automatic after binging on the snow. He was quickly arrested and treated for injuries inflicted on himself.
After being sent to detox, he was given the choice, straighten up or face 20 in federal time out.
His lawyers worked out a reasonable sentence. He got three years in federal time out and 10 years of supervised in-house.
Gucci Mane is free man. Well wishes to the King of East Atlanta.
Gucci Mane released over 12 albums and 54 mixtapes.
The NYPD is investigating a deadly shooting at a concert featuring rapper Clifford "T.I." Harris.
T.I. was scheduled to performed onstage. During the show, someone popped off and it hit three. One of the victims was killed and two were critically injured.
A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach.
Two people were shot in the leg -- a woman, 26, and a 30-year-old man who walked himself to a nearby hospital.
CNN has reached out to T.I.'s representatives for comment. He's is no longer at the venue, authorities said.
T.I. was also set to perform at a separate venue, the 1 OAK nightclub, later in the evening, but authorities have shut it down, according to law enforcement sources.
World News Today Send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.
