Shawn Corey Carter, known as Jay-Z responds to Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ye, Jaguar Wright, 50 Cent and Dame Dash.
Last week, hip-hop was talking about the media artists doing a freestyle.
In May, Drake released three albums and each of them broke records. He may be the first solo artist in music history to release three album each charting high on Billboard's Top 200 albums.
He respectfully took No.1, No. 2 and No. 3. Of the singles, 19 are charting on the top music plays.
Drake aimed his frustrations at Kendrick Lamar but also added J. Cole, A$AP Rocky, Ye, Pusha T, Pharrell Williams, LeBron James, Dr. Dre, Sauce Walka, DJ Mustard, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled and Universal Music Group.
Folks are still deciphering who caught a stray from the Iceman album.
The Roots held the picnic and brought the Hova out and he got to swinging.
Jay clapped back: "The jig is up / N—a, I'm up 10 / Wrong chart, champ, you gotta look up again / N—as look up to Hov, I never looked up to them." - aimed Drake.
"That lady back on the stuff, she sound like she in love with him / Her Ken can't even take they kids, enough of them." - aimed at Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty.
"My children is some of them, have you n—as no shame? / Y'all tryin' to get under skin, I really get under skin." - aimed at Ye.
"That Chatty Patty down on his luck again," - aimed at Damon Dash.
"1-800 ambulance chaser." - aimed at Tony Buzzbee, the attorney who represented a woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean "Puffy" Combs of sexual assault but recanted.
[Verse]
Hattie's turnin' a hundred
If she would've transitioned 'fore I cleared my name, I would've hunted them
Every one of them playin' these silly games
That 1-800 ambulance chaser would've wish one came
But 911 is a joke, public enemy number one I've been ranked
The rock's not crumblin', the leprechauns have magically run out of pranks
Your son on a federal jail line mumblin' somethin' about havin' too much in his drink
You know how dumb that is?
Another one fumbled his, wonder how I get the blame?
Niggas' teeth is tumblin' out their mouth and somehow I'm the one who done it, there's a murder mystery game
You had the cash cow and thunk it
What, you will pump test?
I'm the one who strum the pain
That hill you can die on, is way too much flack that comes from those plains
I'm killin' them softly, what's understood don't need to be explained
You want it one way, it's the other
I still own you suckers, I'll Marlo you niggas, gang
I ain't much for meetings, no how
Cancel the brunches, I remember the hunger pain
The price of the bricks goin' up
It's gon' cost you a B to even say my name
You ever heard of a wunderkind?
My children is some of them, have you niggas no shame?
Y'all tryin' to get under skin
I really get under skin, ask Un how I'm playin'
Y'all thugs with y'all thumbs again
Everybody think they're the ones insane
You're no maniac, watch how sane he act in my presence, niggas shrink
I need a new therapist
This shit is not workin', I'm truly on the brink
Y'all better not encourage 'em, y'all don't want me to think these thoughts that I think
That nut-ass nigga still stutterin'
That Chatty Patty down on his luck again
Quest introduced me to Jaguar, I don't know why I still fuck with him
You was wonderin' why I ain't do the freestyle rehearsal?
That lady back on the stuff, she sound like she in love with him
Her Ken can't even p— take they kids, enough of them
A rapper can't be my opp, I got MAGA republicans
Them shots came from the very top of the government, good luck with them
I'm governed by God, you tried to break the covenant
I reigned for forty days, my neck get flooded again
Wrist get flooded again
My net worth went up again
My next update, the jig is up
Nigga, I'm up ten
Wrong chart, champ, you gotta look up again
Niggas look up to Hov, I never looked up to them
Them crackers got your publishin', gangster, go talk tough to them
Don't talk success to me, you niggas is workers
In perpetuities, how your contracts is worded
Don't make me go f— man
The Roots remember, even when the trees pretend
Not too much on my name
Don't forget who I am
Hattie loves her shawnies, S-H-A-W-N
I find it adorable she put the S at the end
You don't know the show ain't even begin
I said you don't know the show ain't even begin
Jay-Z recently addressed his longstanding friction with Drake during a freestyle at the 2026 Roots Picnic. He delivered pointed bars regarding Drake’s commercial status and contract structure in response to Drake's earlier track "Janice STFU."
Drake skipped on signing husband publishing to RocNation and streaming through Tidal.
Those were some of the brewing tensions between the media moguls.
The guy who does those Pred Poachers videos is trying to get Dalton Eatherly out.
Black people unsubscribe to Alex Rosen. Do not promote MAGA. If you do, that's your choice but avoid the noise.
Rosen has a notorious history of harassment, kidnapping, intimidation and racial angst against people of color. Rosen is often filming around the United States trying to bait people into confrontations over arranged sexual tryst with underage children.
Rosen is allegedly a pedophile himself.
Many law enforcement agencies despise him because he puts himself in danger, he does it for clicks and he is getting profit off of this. He is tainting the work of real detectives and investigators.
Most agencies despise these vigilante groups trying to stop sexual trafficking. They are at risk of the subject to violently react and possibly harm those involved.
Rosen who is armed tried to physically assault those in his stings.
He has been arrested and the subjects are often freed because it turns out that the stings are kidnappings.
Many of these so called free speech absolutists (aka white supremacists) are desperately to free Chud.
God damn these idiots.
The Montgomery County, Tennessee prosecutors are telling the judge that some foul stuff going on at his bail hearing. They believe that outside forces are trying to interfere in his arrangements. The judge said that Eatherly alone is to post bail no one else.
With the victim now recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, a judge on Wednesday kept Dalton Levi Eatherly’s bond at $1 million after hearing sharply different accounts of whether the shooting outside the Montgomery County Courts Center was provoked or an act of self-defense.
Eatherly, 28, is charged with attempted murder, employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
This hearing follows Friday’s proceedings, where the prosecution moved to revoke bond and the defense sought approval to post it.
Prosecution, defense clash on what led to gunfire
Judge William Goodman III ruled on motions Wednesday from the state and defense regarding Eatherly’s bond.
District Attorney General Robert Nash argued that Eatherly provoked the confrontation, which would negate a self-defense claim. “He goes out to intentionally incite and provoke Black people for a response,” Nash said.
Nash said Eatherly had no reason to be at the courthouse that afternoon. According to previous reports, Eatherly had a civil case hearing in General Sessions Court that morning. Nash said he missed the hearing which was at 9 a.m., resulting in a default judgment and that he arrived shortly before the 1:15 p.m. shooting.
He said Eatherly livestreamed the interaction between himself and Joshua Fox, similar to prior incidents in which he filmed confrontations. “Mr. Fox strikes him as his gun comes out,” Nash said. “Seven shots were fired within seconds. Five, I believe, struck Mr. Fox.”
Defense attorney Jake Fendley argued that Eatherly acted in self-defense and has strong community ties. He said the outstanding cases against Eatherly – one in Davidson County and a harassment charge in Montgomery County – were “pretty weak.”
The harassment case was bound over to the grand jury in April, according to court records.
Fendley told the court that Eatherly was scheduled to appear in Nashville on Wednesday morning but did not show, resulting in a capias bench warrant being issued for him. Eatherly was to be escorted to Metro by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. No reason was given Wednesday on why that did not happen. Fendley said he plans to file a motion to dismiss the Davidson County charges, which include disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and theft of $1,000 or less, according to court records.
“He said some language that we would probably find offensive,” Fendley said about the disorderly conduct charge. “But they’re protected speech.” He added that Eatherly has no prior convictions.
Fendley pointed to the row of people seated in the gallery. “That shows he has ties to the community,” he said.
Bond source testimony and judge’s ruling
Alex Rosen, with Predators and Poachers, testified and presented bank statements for verification of funds. Rosen said he streams content for income and hopes to bond Eatherly out, calling himself a “free speech absolutist.”
Goodman ruled the bond would remain at $1 million, with all previous conditions still in place and an added curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. He noted that courthouse doors state that firearms are prohibited inside the building, and the shooting occurred just outside.
Goodman denied a motion for LA Bonding to post bail in excess. He said Eatherly would need 10 bonding companies to post the full amount – one for every $100,000. When asked whether Rosen would qualify as an appropriate source, Goodman said he was unsure whether Rosen would be willing to clear his entire savings to help bond Eatherly out. He said that decision would be left to Rosen.
Fendley asked Goodman to reconsider. “There might be 20 bonding companies in this county, and it’s my understanding that maybe (only) one or two are willing to do business with Mr. Eatherly,” he said.
Goodman did not change his ruling. He also ordered Eatherly’s truck be returned once investigators are done processing his Event Data Recorder (EDR).
Victim’s mother: ‘One of the worst nightmares anyone can endure’
Carolyn Smith, Fox’s mother, told Clarksville Now her son is out of the hospital and is slowly recovering.
She said the bullets fractured some of his ribs, which “comes with some breathing problems.” She said he is improving physically, but is still struggling with the mental fallout of the shooting.
“This has been one of the worst nightmares anyone can endure,” Smith said. “Getting a call and saying my son was shot at the courthouse and then finding out it was by someone that had been antagonizing the community for years – and it took my son being shot for action to be taken. It’s a devastating blow to all of us.”
Smith said Fox is staying in a safe location and that she has been caring for two of his children while he searches for a new residence. “I think we’re blessed,” she said. “The nurses and doctors said they didn’t expect Joshua to survive.”
Smith urged the community to de-escalate tensions. “Stop the death threats to the judges, both attorneys, to Josh, to my family,” she said. “It’s a judicial system that we all have to go through and we have to put trust in.”
“There’s no need to put threats on Chud (Eatherly) and his family’s lives. Support and keep harmony among all of us,” she said. “And this wasn’t about protecting freedom of speech. This is about letting you know that you don’t have the freedom to be violent.”
Courthouse shooting and prior bond rulings
Eatherly, known online as “Chud the Builder,” is charged in the shooting of Fox outside the Montgomery County Courts Center on on May 13. As previously reported by Clarksville Now, investigators said the confrontation began as a verbal dispute at Millennium Plaza. They said Eatherly “turned his body in a bladed stance” and reached for a firearm in his jacket pocket before a physical fight began. During the struggle, Eatherly fired multiple shots, hitting Fox several times and also shooting himself in the arm. Seven shell casings were recovered, all from the same gun.
Surveillance footage with no audio captured the encounter, and investigators previously testified the video shows Eatherly drawing a firearm – not Mace, as he later claimed.
At a May 15 arraignment, Judge H. Reid Poland III set Eatherly’s initial bond at $1.25 million, citing the number of bystanders in the plaza and the seriousness of the incident. At a May 21 hearing, investigators testified that they found a bulletproof vest and an airline ticket to Istanbul dated May 22 in Eatherly’s truck, along with firearms, ammunition, a suspected bag of marijuana and electronic devices at his home.
Poland later reset bond at $1 million, noting that state law requires it to be at least double the customary amount because Eatherly was already out on bond in two other cases, according to previous reports. Poland also ordered no weapons, a GPS monitor, no passport and a gag order.
The case has been bound over to the grand jury.
Dalton Levi Eatherly, known as Chud The Builder is the Romeo Rose of Clarksville, Tennessee.
Up until his arrest on attempted murder, Eatherly was spotted around metro Nashville harassing Black people for click bait. Still saying racial slurs. Promoting Islamophobia and antisemitism. Still promoting his failed projects.
Not allowed to own firearms but used one despite his previous warnings to abstain from using them while awaiting trial for previous encounters.
Required parental supervision when seeing his child.
Embarrassing his family.
All for free speech.
Wanting a Black person to harm him so he can collect a coin. His devotion to Karenism is a money making strategy. Not the smartest, but I get it. He desperately trying to point out double standards. He wants to be free to say racial slurs and intimidate people.
While he is free to speak once he is released, he is forbidden to talk about the case, cannot talk to the victim and must adhere to a curfew. He cannot be seen in public. If he or anyone associated with him are harassing and making threats of violence will pay a price.
Paying over $5.47⁹ for diesel in his huge truck which he will have to put down as collateral for bail release. He also is struggling to pay his bills thanks to lawsuits and this trial. Cause nothing screams struggle than asking for GiveSendGo requests which are denied through the court. He cannot obtain any bail through social media or outside agitators.
Back story.
In 2022, he was filmed in a road rage incident between a Black woman and a teenager.
He was screaming racial slurs and threatening to shoot the woman driving. They filmed it and the Clarksville Police would arrest him. He ended up going to county lock up and losing his job.
He tried to become an independent contractor but they said uncertified. He could not do his job without certification. He blames the viral video for his demise.
Kept in solitary confinement. Dalton Eatherly is a broken idiot.
So he develops this anger towards the Black community for stopping free speech. Now he develops the Chud The Builder persona. His rise to infamy was his interaction with a Kroger employee and his friend over a parking space.
Now he has been banned from numerous facilities in Clarksville. The police warned him that if continues to harass residents, he will get a longer stay in county lockup.
I am going to say this to those who are trying to deal with a second chaotic Trump presidency. Let these motherfuckers cook in their own filth. Don't shed tears or send sympathy towards them if divine intervention happens.
As long as these people never put their hands on me, I am going to continue to go about my day while they are burning themselves out. Because he may even have a few supporters riding his bullshit, but at the end of the day, he will struggle like the rest of us.
He will have a medical emergency or a catastrophic event that impacts him or his family.
Dalton Eatherly, for all the racial slurs, the MAGAland, the gaslighting and signs of autistic behavior, you are perfectly entitled to speaking your opinions. I am not a doctor but you show signs of asperger's syndrome.
You can freely walk around Tennessee with your firearm trying to be the tough guy.
You can film yourself instigating or sharing a video of Black people showing grievances.
You can make Sora videos to depict Blacks as whatever you want.
At the end of the day, you're a nobody. Just a worthless penny in a bank of coins.
They can be assholes all the want. They are obsessed with Black people.
Trump feud with Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie runs deep.
The House of Representatives officially passed a resolution to end the aggression in Iran.
The Rust Belt House Republican members came across the aisle with Democrats to vote to end the war in Iran.
President Donald J. Trump will call for primary challengers. Unfortunately, he got one but the other one got away.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) voted with the Democrats to end the war.
I am sure Trump, AIPAC, Israel and the neocons will be demanding them to be ousted.
It will head to the Senate where Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Susan Collins (R-ME) could bypass Sens. John Fetterman (I-PA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in voting for this.
Trump confirms he will veto this if it passes.
The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show the mounting opposition to the war, abruptly shutting down floor action two weeks ago when the resolution was on the verge of approval. But displeasure has only grown as the conflict drags on and as Trump struggles to negotiate a plan for peace.
“Enough is enough,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who led the effort.
“It is time for the president to do the right thing,” he said. “The people are tired of suffering because of his war of choice — suffering at the gas pump, suffering at the supermarkets.”
"The short term pain for a long term gain excuse" is cap.
That disaster we called a UFC fight ring around the White House proved that.
The roll call Wednesday was 215-208, but next steps are uncertain. Trump would likely reject any measure from Congress to limit his commander-in-chief authority. Still, the tally, with four Republicans joining Democrats, was a rebuke of the president’s war strategy, and cheers erupted in the House chamber.
Opposition to war grows
It’s the fourth time the House has tried to curb the U.S. war against Iran. The Senate advanced its own war powers resolution last month when a handful of GOP senators broke ranks with the Republican president in a rare show of political pushback from his party.
Each time Democrats have pushed forward the war powers resolution, the vote tallies have inched higher as political unease with the U.S. war swells. Trump had campaigned for the White House on a promise to end U.S. entanglements abroad and focus more on domestic issues, but the war has shifted attention back to the Middle East.
Johnson insisted Trump is “laser focused” on the domestic front, particularly ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
The speaker said he spent three hours at the White House with the president this week and Trump is calling on allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume the flow of commerce.
Since the U.S. joined Israel in launching the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran, Americans have seen gas prices spike at the pumps, adding to inflationary pressure on consumer spending.
Iran has been able to interrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for a large segment of the world’s oil, natural gas and related products such as fertilizer.
“We’re working on that final piece,” said Johnson (R-LA). “The entire world has an interest in the Strait of Hormuz being reopen for commerce. That what he’s working on.”
While a ceasefire in the conflict was declared in April, it remains uneasy and uncertain. Talks for a more durable end to the fighting have dragged, increasingly complicated by Israel’s broadening war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Meanwhile, military strikes between the U.S and Iran continue to flare.
Congress exerts its war powers authority
The war powers resolution from the House would not immediately stop the war, but it would provide a symbolic — if not legal — step against further military action.
The resolution next goes to the Senate, where four Republican senators last month joined Democrats in advancing a similar measure to curtail the U.S. campaign against Iran. The Senate has yet to take a final vote to approve or reject its own war powers resolution.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Wednesday at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that the Iranians would think that the administration’s “hands are going to be tied” if Congress approved a war powers resolution. He said they would think ”we won’t be able to do anything to them, so why make a deal?”
It’s not the only action Congress is taking in the national security arena as Democrats, in the minority, work to peel off Republican support for measures beyond the war against Iran.
The House also voted Wednesday on another Democratic-led effort, a procedural step toward a measure that would authorize U.S. support for Ukraine’s military operations as it battles Russia and would help reconstruct the war-torn country. That vote is expected later this week. The House also expected to consider a war powers resolution to block U.S. action in Lebanon.
While Congress has the authority under the Constitution to declare war, the president also has power as the commander in chief to engage in military action, creating a legal dispute over which branch of government has ultimate say in matters of war and peace. If Senate joins the House to approve the resolution, it could set the stage for a fresh legal test of war powers.
Under the war powers act, the White House has a 60-day window to seek approval from Congress for military action. The administration, however, has indicated that because a ceasefire has been declared in the current conflict in Iran, the hostilities have ceased.
Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton appear to be the two top candidates to advance in the state's blanket primary. I have the prediction as Likely Democrat.
The former Health and Human Services Secretary under former president Joe Biden and the former Fox agitator will be fighting for governor's seat in the country's most populated state.
Tom Steyer and Katie Porter did not advance. The billionaire was hoping to paint himself as an outsider didn't meet up to the concerns of progressives. Porter was faced with the allegations of abusive behavior and not taking her job as a U.S. House member seriously.
Zionists throw it to Hilton and Becerra.
Los Angeles mayor race.
Whomever wins will secure the mayor's home.
The embattled mayor Karen Bass advances but she has to face off against the run off winner. The former reality television agitator Spencer Pratt and progressive Nithya Raman for a runoff. Pratt, a Republican who is running on blaming Bass for the Palsades fire which destroyed his home is being touted as the reformer. He is going to play every card out of the deck.
The Zionists win race in California district held by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed California assemblyman Scott Weiner and he advances with Connie Chan for the seat held by the longtime House member.
Progressives were hoping Saikat Chakrabarti, who once served as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff won. But the San Francisco voters stuck with the status quo.
Chakrabarti will now be a perennial candidate since he ran more than once.
Term limited governor Gavin Newsom and former vice president Kamala Harris are hinting a run for president. Both must denounce and unequivocally avoid support from Israel, period.
Steve Hilton has painted California as a state bursting with potential that has lost its way under Democratic leadership in his bid to be the state’s first Republican governor in more than 15 years.
“We have a responsibility to revive California so it is once again that symbol of everything that is great about our nation: energy and optimism and ambition,” he said Tuesday in an election night speech in Southern California.
On Wednesday, he remained optimistic he would have the chance to take that message to the general election as vote counting continued. California puts all candidates on the same ballot regardless of party and two advance to the November election.
The Associated Press had not called the primary for any candidate as of Wednesday evening. Hilton held a 2 percentage-point lead over Democrat Xavier Becerra and nearly an 8-point lead over Democrat Tom Steyer as of Wednesday evening, though both Democrats gained a few thousand votes on Hilton after more than a dozen counties released additional results.
Counties are expected to continue to release results over the next several weeks. The state has a history of substantial vote updates after Election Day that can sometimes shift the outcome of elections as late-arriving mail and drop-off votes are counted.
Hilton, who has never held elected office, has promised to be a disruptor to the state’s political order, which he said has failed Californians struggling to afford life in the notoriously expensive state. He is a relative newcomer not just to the state’s political scene, but to California itself. He migrated to the state in 2012 from the United Kingdom, where he was an adviser to Conservative Party officials including former Prime Minister David Cameron. He had a show on Fox News from 2017 to 2023 and became a U.S. citizen in 2021.
A long way to go.
If he advances to November, Hilton faces an uphill battle in a state that hasn’t had a Republican governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger left office in 2011, and where Democrats make up 45% of registered voters compared to Republicans’ 25%. He said he is confident he can beat those odds.
“When people say, ‘How are you going to win in California as a Republican?’ My question is, how will a Democrat win based on the record that they are putting before the people?” he told reporters outside the state Capitol on Wednesday.
He is pledging to lower prices on everything from gas to housing, reduce income taxes, create a loan program for first-time homebuyers, and freeze in-state tuition at public colleges.
He faces another obstacle to winning over voters who don’t typically vote Republican: President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
“I know Steve — He is a hard driving WINNER, and he will turn California around, quickly — and the Federal Government will be there, with him, to help!” Trump said in a social media post.
Reality bites. Spencer Pratt and his wife Heidi Montag. Pratt will advance to face off against Karen Bass, the embattled Los Angeles mayor.
Hilton thanked Trump for his words, saying Wednesday on X that “change is coming.”
While that endorsement likely helped him consolidate support among Republicans in the primary, it could be a liability in November given the president’s deep unpopularity in a state that he has routinely made a punching bag. On debate stages and in speeches throughout the primary, Hilton hasn’t emphasized Trump’s support since he won it in April. But he said he looks forward to having a friendly partner in Washington should he win.
“It’s about, what does that endorsement mean for the practical things we can get?” Hilton said Wednesday, adding that he would work with the federal government to try to lower gas prices and cut wasteful spending in government so the state can reduce taxes.
The candidate’s promise to return the state to an unspecified golden age when most people were better off is not dissimilar to Trump’s ubiquitous pledge to “Make America Great Again.”
In the primary, Hilton fought for Republican votes against GOP hopeful Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff.
In the race’s final days, Hilton warned of the possibility that Becerra and Steyer could advance to the general election, shutting out Republicans. Becerra throughout his campaign touted his decades of political experience as proof he could lead, while Steyer leaned on his history of progressive advocacy to demonstrate how he would deliver for families trying to make ends meet.
But neither candidate would disrupt the status quo after years of Democratic rule, Hilton said.
“The progressive experiment in governance — we can see the results. It’s a disappointment all around,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer we have to wait for this experiment to actually work.”
Minding your business would have been a smart decision. Unfortunately, Ohio man loses his football and college scholarships because he pulled a person's panties down.
MAGA and Black transphobia.
In the latest edition of minding your own goddamn business, Marquez Williams, 18 is gonna learn that actions will have consequences.
The asshole decided to show out in front of his friends. He decided to sexually battery a patron at Cedar Point.
According to the Erie County, Ohio prosecutor, Williams and a group of people noticed a woman who identified as transgender leaving the park. The suspect would approach the victim and pull down her panties, exposing her buttocks and genitals.
Shocked, the victim and her friend were embarrassed. The suspect would try to flee but Cedar Point Police would arrest him. He was tased and tackled.
The report states there were several individuals around at the time, including young children.
The victim was reportedly distraught and said Williams also had taken a video of the incident and was laughing. The incident was also captured on park security cameras.
Per WJW, the suspect ran and was chased by the victim's friend until police arrived. The suspect, identified as Marquez Williams, ignored orders from police to stop, and an officer deployed their Taser, hitting him.
According to the police report, after Williams had been hit with the Taser, a large crowd began forming around the officers, with some people becoming aggressive, forcing officers to call in more units. Williams then stood up, despite being ordered to stay on the ground, and tried to pull away. Police said reasonable force was used to push him back to the ground until an ambulance could arrive.
This is one of many since the park opened in April.
He is from Fremont, Ohio and was expected to attend college on a football scholarship.
The charges are public indency, sexual battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
He is likely banned from all Six Flags properties. He will face a potential lawsuit from the victim. He will get a sexual offender label. He will lose all his football and college scholarships.
Eventually, he will come out and admit he is attracted to transwomen.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
So who really deserves the blame?
I mean 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, Chaya Raichik, Riley Gaines, Raymond "Benzino" Scott, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Republicans running their mouths like it ain't no consequences.
They are running around inspiring Marquez and others to do things harmful.
The longtime host of 60 Minutes was fired after he went off at the new boss.
Scott Palley is out and he is planning on telling his story as soon as possible. The whole situation with CBS being owned by Larry and David Ellison is a major clusterfuck.
CBS News fired Scott Pelley on Tuesday, jettisoning one of the network’s best-known journalists in a clash over the future of “60 Minutes,” the country’s top-rated news program.
Pelley, 68, a “60 Minutes” correspondent and a former anchor of “CBS Evening News,” joined the network in 1989. At a staff meeting on Monday, he accused the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss, of “murdering ‘60 Minutes,’” citing the ouster last week of the program’s leadership team and two on-air correspondents.
“We have parted ways with Scott Pelley,” Nick Bilton, the tech journalist who was hired last week as the new “60 Minutes” executive producer, wrote in a memo to the show’s staff on Tuesday night.
CBS News declined to comment. In a formal letter to Pelley, which was obtained by The New York Times, Bilton wrote that the correspondent had been “terminated for cause effective immediately.”
Pelley, in a telephone interview on Tuesday evening shortly after he was fired, said he had devoted decades of his life to “60 Minutes,” which he said he still cared about deeply.
“I have been in combat in Afghanistan,” Pelley said. “I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.”
Nick Bilton is a moron just like Bari Weiss.
The firing of Pelley is among the most consequential moves of Weiss’s rocky tenure at CBS. And it is almost certain to spike tensions that have coursed through the network for months.
It also raises the stakes of Weiss’s surprising decision to replace the entire leadership team at “60 Minutes,” CBS News’s most successful franchise, and hire Bilton, who has no experience in broadcast TV, to oversee the show. The program’s viewership was up 9 percent this past season from a year prior, and the show is routinely among the nation’s highest-rated weekly broadcasts, according to Nielsen.
Those viewers are accustomed to familiar faces like Pelley, who has contributed to the program since 2004. The “60 Minutes” staff prides itself on autonomy, and it is not clear how the show’s production team may react to the firing of Pelley.
At the staff meeting on Monday, which Weiss did not attend, Pelley repeatedly pressed Bilton about the network’s decision to fire Tanya Simon, the show’s previous executive producer. He also told Bilton that he had “slender” qualifications to oversee the show and that he would “never be welcome” at “60 Minutes.”
In his letter to Pelley on Tuesday, Bilton expressed his deep frustration with those remarks.
“You hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” Bilton wrote. He called it a “performative display of hostility” that “demonstrated that you have no interest in contributing to the future success of the show.”
Pelley, asked about the letter in the interview on Tuesday evening, said Bilton’s missive “betrays a complete misunderstanding of what we work for and what we live for at ‘60 Minutes.’”
It's a shitshow.
Earlier on Tuesday, Pelley sent a statement to The Times that assailed the new leadership of CBS News, writing that “incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc” at the network.” He added, “The collapse of values at the top has become untenable.”
Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments.
Bilton must now take charge of a weekly program that has lost four of its on-air correspondents in the past month. Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega were fired last week, and Anderson Cooper voluntarily left the show at the end of the season in May.
Weiss was appointed last year by CBS’s owner, the tech scion David Ellison, with a mandate to revamp the news division for the digital era. An opinion journalist with little experience in broadcast television, Weiss was also a longtime critic of the legacy media.
Her early interactions with the “60 Minutes” staff led to some awkwardness. In a meeting in October, Weiss bluntly asked the show’s journalists why the country believed they were biased. In December, she pulled a segment about a Salvadoran prison shortly before it aired, saying it needed more reporting. Alfonsi, the correspondent, accused Weiss of a “political” move. (The segment later aired in full, with additional comments from the Trump administration.)
Pelley’s future had seemed up in the air since his standoff with Bilton on Monday.
Leaders at CBS News set a meeting with Pelley on Tuesday intending to find a path forward after Monday’s fireworks. But the meeting turned contentious and ended with no clear resolution, according to three people with knowledge of the private gathering. In attendance were Pelley, Weiss, Bilton and Tom Cibrowski, the president of CBS News.
Pelley said in the interview that Weiss would not answer his questions about why the network had decided to fire Simon, Alfonsi and Vega.
Weiss’s behavior, he said, “was cold and callous and beneath the dignity of CBS News.”
After his meeting on Tuesday, Pelley said, he returned to the “60 Minutes” offices. Staff members had gathered, awaiting word of his fate, but hours passed with no answer. He eventually urged the staff to return home, then left the building himself.
The doctor's in. Adam Hamawy is the Democratic U.S. House nominee for a New Jersey seat.
This is a warning to New Jersey Democrats. Abandon Israel or we abandon you.
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Dr. Adam Hamawy, a U.S. Army surgeon who treated victims in Gaza has won the Democratic U.S. House primary to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
Hamawy will face Republican Greg Mele, who ran unopposed in the primary, in November’s general election.
The Associated Press declared Hamawy the winner at 9:36 p.m., with Hamawy leading the other Democratic candidates with 27.4 % of the vote. He defeated Matt Adams, Sue Altman, Brad Cohen, Elijah Dixon, Kyle Little, Adrian Mapp, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Shanel Robinson, Squire Servance, Sujit Singh, Jay Vaingankar and Sam Wang.
At the Princeton Marriott, a large crowd of Hamawy supporters cheered as the results came in. Sireen Sawalha moved to New Jersey 26 years ago and now lives in Princeton. She said Hamawy will work for every New Jersey resident.
“He is thinking of the people of New Jersey, he has an affordable health plan,” she said. “As a Palestinian and a Muslim I wanted to see some representation in our government. He has served his country, America, and at the same time he stands for justice and what is right. He will make a great Congressman.”
Hamawy is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who served as a combat trauma surgeon and became a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He worked with medical teams in combat and disaster zones, including in Iraq and Haiti. He is credited with helping to save the life of Illinois Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth in Iraq.
Kingmaker.
His campaign has focused on economic issues affecting working-class families in New Jersey. He called for Medicare for All, empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug pricing, strengthening public education, abolishing and holding immigration officials accountable for misconduct, and dismantling the Department of Homeland Security, while also advocating for economic justice, environmental protection, human rights and veterans’ services.
On his website, Hamawy says he is running to make a difference.
“This is not about Republicans or Democrats. Both parties have failed to address the problems facing our families – affordability, health care, education, and so much more,” he said.
Gregg Mele is an attorney practicing corporate law, contracts, securities, real estate and estate planning. He previously worked on Wall Street and has taught graduate-level courses in law and economics.
His campaign has focused on lowering taxes, ensuring personal and medical freedom over mandates, supporting small businesses, expanding school choice and working to make legal gun ownership easier. He has also publicly supported calls to strengthen border security.
He said his campaign aims to encourage self-sufficiency.
“I want people to stop depending on the government for survival and be able to survive on their own. It is essential to any free society,” he said on his website.
Mele has run unsuccessfully for public office seven times, in different districts, as an independent, a libertarian and now as a Republican.
The 12th Congressional District covers parts of Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties.
According to the most recent New Jersey Division of Elections data, there are 230,363 registered Democrats, 97,594 registered Republicans and 214,614 independent and other voters in the 12th District. In the 2024 general election, Coleman received 61% of the vote, defeating Republican Darius Mayfiend, who received 36% of the vote.
Last November, Coleman, who is 80 years old and has served six terms in the House of Representatives, announced that she would not run for reelection when her current term ends in January 2027.
Latasha Harlins 2.0. The spark is lit. A South Carolina man walks after he was acquitted of murdering a teen after chasing over an alleged theft of bottle water.
Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, Timothy Thomas, Jacob Blake and George Floyd....
They gonna pay.
We failed Cyrus Carmack-Belton.
America is gonna pay. We are not going to allow this to continue.
We tried it through peaceful protests. We tried it with souls to the polls. We tried with confrontation. Now the next phase is.....
I do not condone violence but I am condemn it any longer. The catalyst of unrest is society not listening and the status quo continuing on. When they keep pushing, we gonna push back.
Black America allowed so much and we tolerate too much.
The focus was on a Black teen with a firearm. White juries see that as a justification for vigilante justice. Let's hope these folks don't try it in a Black owned business.
When you see these white kids posing with firearms (i.e. Lauren Boebert and Thomas Massie with their families holding firearms or images of Israelis with firarms) they praise it as patriotism.
White anger, whitw fear, white women tears and Asian fears sway juries.
Blacks are often looked as violent, thieves, abusers of the safety net, never satisfied with the system and always screaming about race.
When we are trying to mind our business or start our own support system, the federal government shuts it down, white people want to screams racial slurs, white people push for the gentrification of our support systems.
Maybe it's time to put focus on our own.
A South Carolina jury found a store owner not guilty of murder Monday in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old.
The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia. He maintained he acted to defend his son.
The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.
After the verdict was read, sobs and cries of distress could be heard coming from Carmack-Belton’s family seated in the gallery. Chow sat silently frozen before slowly bowing his head onto his interlocked hands.
Defense lawyer Jack Swerling said they’re very pleased with the verdict but also feel for Carmack-Belton’s family.
It looks like we haven't learned a damn thing from the unrest of past events. They letting criminals walk when they kill people in vigilante justice. Cyrus Carmack-Belton, the system failed you. They keep it and people are going to burn the system down.
“My heart goes out to them, but 14-year-old kid should not be roaming the streets of Columbia or South Carolina with semiautomatic pistol loaded and ready to fire,” he said.
Carmack-Belton’s family did not speak to reporters outside court. Solicitor Byron E. Gipson did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
Prosecutors and a defense lawyer in closing arguments painted different pictures of the 2023 shooting. Prosecutors said Chow acted in anger because he wrongly thought the teen had stolen four bottles of water from the store. A defense lawyer said Chow fired to defend his son only after the teen pointed a gun at him.
“This case is not about a shoplifter. This case is about a father who sees a gun pointed at his son and had to make a decision,” defense attorney Shaun Kent told jurors during closing arguments. The defense attorney said Andy Chow testified that Carmack-Belton pointed a gun at him.
Prosecutors acknowledged Carmack-Belton had a semiautomatic pistol, but they say it fell on the ground during the chase and he never threatened anyone with it. Prosecutors said Chow chased the teen more than 130 yards from the store.
Gipson told jurors that Chow “chased a kid down, shot him in the back.”
During closing arguments, Gipson placed a bottle of water before jurors. Gipson said that Chow “at the end of the day, believed that a human is not more than that.”
Gipson said multiple witnesses testified that they didn’t see anything in Carmack-Belton’s hands and didn’t see him point a gun as he ran from the store.
“Nobody testified that happened that doesn’t have the last name Chow,” Gipson said.
The fatal shooting prompted vigils and protests outside the store. Empty water bottles were arranged to spell out “Cyrus” at one 2023 vigil.
R&B legend Peabo Bryson succumbed to the massive stroke.
The legendary soul singer and songwriter Peabo Bryson has passed away from a massive stroke.
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Robert Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin,” has died. He was 75.
His family said in a statement that Bryson died Tuesday evening, days after having a stroke.
“While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit,” the family’s statement said. “His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”
Internationally celebrated for his Disney classics, Bryson also built a career over five decades as one of R&B’s premier balladeers, recording hits including “Feel the Fire,” “I’m So Into You” and “Can You Stop the Rain.”
“For more than five decades, Peabo’s extraordinary voice served as the soundtrack to some of life’s most cherished moments,” the family’s statement said. “His music carried generations through joyful celebrations, great love stories and enduring moments of comfort and inspiration.”
Born and raised in South Carolina, the singer, songwriter and balladeer launched his career with the group Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display in the 1970s. Shortly afterward, Atlanta label Bang Records signed him as a solo artist.
He recorded for Capitol, Elektra and Columbia Records and became one of music’s most sought-after duet partners. Aside from Belle and Dion, he also collaborated with artists including Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole.
His duet with Flack, “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” became one of the defining love songs of the 1980s, while “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” helped expand his audience beyond R&B radio. He later scored No. 1 R&B hits with “Show & Tell” and “Can You Stop the Rain.”
Beyond music, Bryson appeared in stage productions including “Raisin,” “The Wiz” and “Porgy and Bess.” In 2018, he returned with “Stand for Love,” his 21st studio album, produced by hitmaking duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Bryson had a stroke in late May and was placed under medical care.
“At this time, the family requests privacy as they navigate this deeply personal moment together,” a statement from his representative read at the time. “The thoughts, prayers and love of friends and fans are welcomed and deeply appreciated.”
In 2019, Bryson made a full recovery after having a heart attack.
Comedian and television host Loni Love said she worked with Bryson on a cruise ship last year and spoke with him for hours on the deck one night after she noticed him sitting alone.
“He shared incredible stories, spoke passionately about his music, and had such a deep love for his craft,” she wrote in a social media post Tuesday. “I am so grateful to have had that special moment with him.”
Bryson’s family said memorial and celebration-of-life arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Peabo Bryson had a stroke. The family confirms he is being treated.
A legendary soul singer had a stroke and had to cancel tours.
Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-award-winning singer has suffered a stroke.
Over the weekend, the R&B singer’s team issued a statement, which was obtained by Variety:
“Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and balladeer, Peabo Bryson — the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World’ — has suffered a stroke and is currently under medical care.
At this time, the family requests privacy as they navigate this deeply personal moment together. The thoughts, prayers and love of friends and fans are welcomed and deeply appreciated.”
The South Carolina native started singing in his early teens as a backup singer for the local group Al Freeman and the Upsetters. While his real name is Robert Peapo Bryson, he received the name Peabo from Freeman, who had trouble pronouncing his middle name.
After his big break, his recording career launched in 1976 with “Underground Music” on Atlanta’s Bang Records. He then released his first album, “Peabo,” and later signed with Capitol Records in 1977.
Some of his solo hits include “Feel the Fire,” “Reaching for the Sky,” “I’m So into You,” “Crosswinds,” “Show and Tell,” “Can You Stop the Rain,” and “Let the Feeling Flow.” His 1984 song “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” scored him his first Top 10 pop song.
He is also best known for his ballads and soulful duets with female singers like Roberta Flack, with whom he sang on “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” “You’re Looking Like Love to Me” and “As Long as There’s Christmas.” He famously sang the “Aladdin” song “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle and “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion.
The legendary vocalist Ron LePread died in New Zealand.
The Commadores confirm that co-founder Ronald LePread has passed away.
The Commodores' co-founder and former bassist Ronald LaPread has died. He was 75.
On Saturday, LaPread's daughter, music producer Soraya LaPread, confirmed her father's death on social media.
"It is with very heavy heart that I must announce that my Father Ronald LaPread has passed," Soraya wrote on a post shared to her Instagram Story. Soraya also uploaded a photo of herself embracing LaPread.
No cause of death was immediately provided. However, the NZHerald reported on Saturday that LaPread died following a "sudden medical event" in Auckland, New Zealand. According to the outlet, LaPread had lived in Auckland for 40 years prior to his death.
LaPread co-founded the Commodores with Lionel Richie, Walter "Clyde" Orange, Thomas McClary, William King, Milan Williams after they met as students at the Tuskegee Institute, which later became known as Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee, Alabama.
In 1971, the Commodores were selected to open for the Jackson 5, a major break that helped them gain national exposure. The funk, soul and R&B band signed with Motown in 1972 and released their debut studio album "Machine Gun" in 1974.
LaPread was a member of the Commodores for 16 years from 1970 to 1986 and played on 11 of their albums. His bass work can be heard on some of the legendary group's biggest hits including "Machine Gun," "Brick House," "Easy," "Three Times a Lady," "Sail On," "Still" and "Nightshift."
After leaving the Commodores, LaPread moved to New Zealand but remained closely associated with the band's legacy and occasionally reunited with the group for special appearances.
During a 2022 appearance on the "TRUTH IN RHYTHM" YouTube series, LaPread shared that he continued to play music at his home studio every day.
"I play some bass and some keyboard and some singing. I do it every day because that's my joy," he said. "I love it. I believe that God gave me that gift, but I will use it until I can't do it anymore."
In October 2025, LaPread joined the Commodores' current lineup which includes original member William King along with Brent Carter and original member Walter "Clyde" Orange's sons Cody Orange, and Colin Orange for their show in Auckland.
The Commodores later celebrated LaPread's appearance in a post on the band's official Instagram page. Along with a slideshow of photos, they wrote, "We had an amazing show in Auckland, New Zealand, the first of our 8-show Australia / New Zealand tour. So much love in the theater! Our highlight? We were joined on stage by original Commodores bass player Ronald LaPread!"
The Commadores.
On Saturday, Tuskegee Mayor Chris Lee paid tribute to LaPread in a Facebook post, writing, "The City of Tuskegee mourns the passing of Ronald LaPread, legendary bassist of Tuskegee's very own Commodores and one of our community's most distinguished native sons."
"Ron received his musical start while attending Tuskegee Institute High School and later Tuskegee University, where he helped build the foundation for a remarkable career that would impact music fans around the world," Lee continued.
"His talent, dedication, and success brought pride to Tuskegee and served as an inspiration to generations of young people who followed in his footsteps," he added. "On behalf of the City Council and the citizens of Tuskegee, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the LaPread family, his friends, former bandmates, and fans across the globe."
"Ronald LaPread's music and legacy will continue to live on for generations to come."
The Commodores recently made headlines when they announced that they had pulled out of their scheduled performance during the Great American State Fair, 16-day festival in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
"The Commodores will not be performing at the Great American State Fair," the band wrote on Instagram. "Our music has always been our voice and we choose not to publicly affiliate with any single political party. We support the betterment of all Americans."
Foster Sylvers passed away from terminal prostate cancer.
Throwback to American R&B.
Foster Sylvers, a member of the Sylvers, a group of Memphis R&B stars. He had an infamous legacy. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 64.
Leon Sylvers III told TMZ that his brother died in hospice care following a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Further details are expected to be released by their sister, Pat Sylvers.
According to TMZ, The Sylvers rose to prominence in the 1970s with a string of hits, including "Fool's Paradise," "Boogie Fever," and "Hot Line." The family R&B group went through several lineup changes during its years in the spotlight. The photo above features siblings James, Foster, Edmund, Ricky, and Angie Sylvers.
In addition to his work with The Sylvers, Foster was an accomplished bassist who lent his talents to artists such as Dynasty and Evelyn "Champagne" King. He also pursued a solo career, releasing music of his own.
Foster was preceded in death by two of his brothers. Edmund Sylvers died of lung cancer in 2004, while the family's youngest sibling, Christopher Sylvers, died in 1985 at just 18 years old.
Foster Emerson Sylvers was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 25, 1962.
He released his first album, Foster Sylvers, in June 1973. His first single, "Misdemeanor", written by his brother Leon Sylvers III, became a hit that summer, reaching number 7 on the Billboard R&B chart. "Misdemeanor"'s follow-up was a cover of Dee Clark's 1959 hit "Hey Little Girl", and charted at number 63 R&B in fall 1973. The popularity of these records led Foster to appear on such TV shows as American Bandstand and Soul Train.
At one time, he was a heartthrob to young girls.
In 1974 he released his second album, Foster Sylvers Featuring Pat & Angie Sylvers. By 1975 he joined his brothers and sisters in The Sylvers just in time for the Showcase album. He sang co-lead with his brother Edmund on the number one 1976 Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles song "Boogie Fever". While with Capitol, Foster released another self-titled album called Foster Sylvers in early 1978, primarily produced by his family The Sylvers and their managers Al Ross and Bob Cullen. Foster then branched out into studio work just like his big brother Leon collaborating on many projects such as with Dynasty ("Your Piece of the Rock", "When You Feel Like Giving Love", "Satisfied") and Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Shake Down", number 12 R&B, spring 1984). By the late 1980s, Foster recorded two albums as Foster Sylvers & Hy-Tech: 1987's Plain & Simple for EMI America and 1990's Prime Time for A&M.
In 1994, he was convicted of a sex offense and incarcerated. His charge: Oral copulation - victim unconscious of the nature of the act. He remained on the list of sex offenders on the State of California Department of Justice Sex Offenders Profile.
