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Guard Accused Of Favoring Lil Wayne

Written by junior dawkins Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

 

A New York prison guard has been accused of giving Lil Wayne preferential treatment during his stay at Rikers.

The prison’s Correction Department is investigating Jail Captain Latanya Brown over reports that she allegedly spent more time with the rapper than necessary and allowed him to stay inside his cell while the other inmates were locked out of their cells and forced into the recreation yard.

The department has a zero-tolerance policy for officers who give special treatment to inmates, said a spokesperson.

In related news, Amelia Negron, the first Rikers guard accused of going out of her way for the Cash Money rapper, is reportedly preparing to file a federal lawsuit against New York City because she claims that despite no wrongdoing she was pressured into confessing to trying to catch a glimpse of the New Orleans MC. She was fired on April 19th.

“I don’t even like rap,” said Negron to the New York Daily News. “I like Rock and Alternative music and didn’t know much about him when they said I tried to see him. None of it’s true.”

Wayne is expected to be released from jail on November 5th and will commemorate the date with the release of Tha Carter IV. He will also release an EP titled I’m Not A Human Being to be sold exclusively on iTunes on September 27th, his birthday. His single, Right Above It featuring Drake, was released last month.

 

Source: YoRaps.com

'Flossin' neva stops' - Flippa says on new YouTube video

Written by junior dawkins Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:22

After being released from prison for about a week, a video has surfaced on the Internet with Flippa Mafia in which he claims 'nutten nuh change'.

The 3:22-minute long video appeared on YouTube, on Saturday, under the title, 'Flippa Mafia Speaks and Is Out On Bail In The United States'.

It starts off with the artiste, whose real name is Andrew Davis, in a recording booth stating that he is back to take what is rightfully his. Then, he goes on to talk to a group of people in the studio.

"It's good to be here. I am proud to be out and about, again. Nutten nuh change, Skilly. How mi look?," he says, while someone responds by shouting ,'clean'.

"Yuh nuh see seh a Louis Vuitton still deh pon mi foot. LV, a nuh no normal LV. Mi pants a LV same way. Nutten nuh change, a still brand. Flossing neva stop, it continue. We neva drop di ting. Flippa neva gone no weh. Mi just tek a small vacation, fi hear weh people haffi seh. But hear weh mi haffi tell dem seh, when yuh a dig hole, dig more than one."

But this is the first time there is any real evidence of Flippa's release from jail since his incarceration in March. From as early as last Tuesday, there were reports from his close friends that he had been released from lock-up.

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Flippa was arrested earlier this year, after he was allegedly caught trying to enter the United States illegally from the Bahamas, via a boat. After being arrested, Flippa was being held as a prosecution witness against Julio Santiesteban and Armando Amat, who were charged with encouraging and inducing an alien to enter or reside in the United States. Afterwards, Flippa was in Federal custody, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and then at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, in the video, Flippa also deejays lyrics from what seems like a new song.

In it he sings, "Flippa deh back pon road again/ So tell di whole a dem seh wi nah beg no fren/ Di Mafia deh back road again/ Dem a gwaan like dem wid mi but a pretend dem a pretend/ Mi get lock up and dem a gwaan like mi dead/ Di amount a remarks dem pass over mi head/ But from mi likkle and a grow, mi grandmother always tell mi seh nuh dash weh nutten if it nuh dead."

He continues, seemingly throws words at other entertainers who have tax and visa woes:

"All nuff a dem a talk mi still richer than dem/ IRS sort out mi nuh have no tax problem/ Nobody caan tek weh my vehicle like fi dem/ Dem a worry bout mi green card when dem have visa problem/ Tell dem mi come fi run things again," he says.

In ending the video, he says, "mi a straighten out everything and mek dem know wi neva ever drop di ting. Anyweh mi go, mi a di flossing king. Mi jewellery dem don't sell, nutten no sell."

Source: Jamaica Star

Mob attacks men for 'funny' dressing

Written by junior dawkins Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:20

Police yesterday had to save a group of men from an angry mob following a motor vehicle collision which resulted in the death of a senior citizen and the injury of another man on the Old Harbour main road in St Catherine.

The men, who exited their vehicle after the collision, were attacked after they began argument with residents who accused them of being homosexuals because of their attire and effeminate behaviour.

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The face-off forced the police, who were quickly on the scene, to rush the men to the Old Harbour Police Station, where a crowd later converged asking for them to be released. "Di bwoy den inna some tight pants like gloves and a fresh demself, and a trace off the people dem who attacked dem," a woman told The Star.

Police told THE STAR that about 1 p.m. the men were travelling in a Honda Accord towards Spanish Town when, upon reaching an area called Grove Farm, their vehicle collided with a Toyota motor car. The Honda then hit a man selling coconuts along the roadway and also hit a senior citizen from his bicycle.

Both men were taken to hospital, where the senior citizen James 'Jimbo' Baker, 70, died and the other man was admitted with broken legs.

After the men emerged from their car, they were chastised by residents with whom they began arguing. Just as the residents were moving towards the men the police arrived and took them away.

A senior officer at the police station said the five "strangely dressed males" had to be rushed inside.

When The Star visited, the bleached-out face group of men were sitting cosily in an area of the station leading to the superintendent's office. "Mi nu care who want to look, a leave mi want leave now mi child," one of the men said.

The accident occurred at the very spot where motorcyclist Derron Nicholson met his death two weeks ago, after his bike collided with a motor vehicle being driven by former Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke.

Source: Jamaican Star

Spragga goes deep in 'Shotta Culture'

Written by junior dawkins Monday, 06 September 2010 13:19

With his new album Shotta Culture, Spragga Benz says his aim is to help rebuild dancehall music.

"Mi waan represent my music and my industry. Mi waan represent it to the fullest. Mi waan present it the best way possible," said Spragga, in reference to the album that was released on iTunes on Tuesday.

"When my album deh beside other genres, it nuh supposed to look any less. Mi a try build back our thing, our culture," he added.

The artiste said he started the 17-track album in 2001 but he was in no rush to complete it.

"The third song do from bout 2001. Over the years we never too rush it. When the ideas come over the years, we just document them. We just want a quality product. We a try go back to the foundation," Spragga told THE STAR, noting that the album has music videos and a documentary.

In trying to get back to the roots, the artiste said he consulted some veteran producers. However, American producer Salaam Remi did the majority of the production work, while ZJ Bambino and PJ Butta produced one song each. The album also features collaborations with artistes like Stephen Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Swizz Beats, Jazmine Sullivan, Nas, Wayne Wonder, Sizzla Kalonji and Queen Ifrica.

Speaking about his latest project, Spragga Benz says the album is definitely something different.

"The sounds are different as well as the topics. We never go inna di rat race. We never go for the hardcore fast-paced thing, we go for the easy listening," he said.

And, it seems his method worked as he says the response to Shotta Culture has been good so far.

"Bwoy, it a get good feedback. Like nine out of 10 people love it and a seh dem have it on constant replay. It's like a breath of fresh air to them," Spragga told THE STAR, noting that he is currently in the United States doing promotion for the album.

Although the album has been released on iTunes, the artiste says he is in the process of completing some of the videos. The progress of the documentary

, however, is dependent on how the court case involving the death of his son, Carlton 'Carlyle' Grant, plays out.

Source: Jamaican-Star