Right before his performance at the 2012 American Music Awards, Swizz Beatz sits down with Justin Credible from the L.A. Leakers to talk about his brand new song “Everyday Birthday,” his friendship with Jay-Z, and even shares a few memories.
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25-year old Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, committed suicide today in front of his coaches and police officers outside the team’s stadium, shortly after he fatally shot his girlfriend, police said.
Belcher, a fourth year player out of Maine reportedly shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins multiple times Saturday morning around 9 a.m. Perkins’ mother called the police.
“The individual that called, the mother of the victim, stated that her daughter’s boyfriend is the one who shot her and he is a Chiefs player,” Kansas City Police spokesman Darin Snapp told ABC News Radio.
Perkins was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Belcher then drove to drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he spoke to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel outside of the practice facility. Belcher thanked them for all they had done for him then shot himself in the head as police arrived.
“When the officers arrived, when they were pulling up, they actually observed a black male who had a gun to his head and he was talking to a couple of coaches out in the parking lot,” Snapp said. “As officers pulled up, and began to park, that’s when they heard the gunshot and it appears the individual took his own life.”
Crennel and Pioli told police they never felt threatened by Belcher.
“They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they’d done for him,” Snapp said. “They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That’s when he walked away and shot himself.”
Perkins and Belcher had a three-month old daughter together.
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Glasgow / Montreal duo TNGHT had a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn last night. During their performance of a high energy remix to ‘Cold’, Kanye appeared on stage briefly, much to the surprise of the crowd present. From the looks of it, this was really random.
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“Hunger For More” is 50 Cent’s motto for life it seems. After music, movies, headphones, energy drink and books, 50 is set to establish his footing in the TV world with a new show titled Power which will air on Starz television.
According to Variety, the story “centers on a Gotham nightclub owner who skirts the line between legitimacy and criminality. 50 Cent will executive produce the show along with 300‘s Mark Canton and End of Watch‘s Randall Emmett. The three previously worked together on Freelancers and the upcoming movie The Tomb.
Writer and producer Courtney Kemp-Agboh, who has previously worked on shows such as “The Good Wife,” “The Bernie Mac Show” and “Eli Stone” will pen the script and also serve as executive producer.
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Going Gold isn’t easy in today’s climate and when a debutant does it, it’s a special feeling indeed. TDE/Aftermath’s Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city has been certified Gold in only 5 weeks of release, as per TDE’s CEO Anthony Tiffit.
Mind you, this means number of copies shipped and not sold. The Compton emcee’s potential Rap album of the year has sold 428k copies till date. Congrats to the team!
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