It’s been almost a year since rapper Bobby Shmurda has been in jail awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy, drugs and weapons possession. Since then fans of the Brooklyn rapper have been putting pressure on his record label, Epic Records, to put up $2 million for his bail. In a recent interview with Rap Radar podcast, Epic Records CEO, L.A. Reid addressed the criticism and why he hasn’t put up the money for Shmurda yet. Hit the jump for more.
(Video) Suge Knight Flashes Happy Birthday Message To Court Cameras For 6 Year-Old Son
Tuesday (Oct 13th) Suge Knight used his time in the courtroom to wish his son a happy birthday. According to reports by TMZ, Suge has not been able to see his 6 year-old son too often since being put behind bars in January. His legal team has been working on getting him more visitation however, their efforts did not work out in time for the boy’s birthday so Suge resorted to plan B. While the judge and lawyers took care of business, Suge Knight flashed a a piece of paper to the court cameras with the message “HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEGEND” Check out the clip below.
Flavor Flav Isn’t Going To Jail For Racing To His Mom’s Funeral With Weed In The Car
Luckily for former Public Enemy emcee, Flavor Flav will NOT be going to jail any time soon (at least for this case). Flavor Flav was busted back in January of 2014 while he was speeding in his car at 79 MPH to get to his mother’s funeral. When he was pulled over, the cops found marijuana in his car. He also had sixteen driving suspensions at the time. Yesterday, October 13th, Flav took a plea deal from prosecutors and got a “get out of jail free card” for what would have been four years behind bars if he was found guilty. “I just want to thank that lieutenant over at the state trooper police station in Valley Stream for getting me to my mother’s grave site in his own personal family car,” Flavor Flav said. “He was the greatest.” However, he still has a cocaine DUI case pending from 2015.
Migos Rapper, Offset Demands To Be Released From Jail
Offset, from the rap group Migos has been locked up since April 2015. He’s claiming he has been falsely accused of being a gang member and wants to be let go immediately. Read more inside
(Photo) A Tupac Letter Written From Jail Set To Sell At Auction For $225,000
Just a few weeks ago it was announced that handwritten lyrics from the late West coast rapper Tupac Shakur were headed to auction. In addition to the lyrics the public will have the chance to bid on yet another Tupac keepsake. Monday (Oct 5th) it was announced that a letter penned by Tupac to a Death Row employee from jail, will also be up for auction. Read more below.
Ummmm, WHAT? British Man Arrested For Pretending To Be Nicki Minaj
..The lie detector results are in and you are NOT Nicki Minaj. A 24-year-old British man by the name of Stephen Brown made a call to emergency services last year on Christmas saying that he was getting death treats by two men, but he was “too drunk” to give real details. He then changed up his entire story and claimed he was NICKI MINAJ. Yes folks – THE Nicki Minaj.
