by Ezra Marcus 1 min ago

An Indiana teen experienced a shock when he showed up to play a soccer game last week. On Wednesday (September 3) Alex Rittenhouse came to play against his former team at Marion High School and saw several of his old classmates were wearing t-shirts with his mug shot printed on the front.

Last year, Alex’s father Kevin Rittenhouse caught him smoking marijuana and turned the teen into the police. After his arrest, Alex faced what his family has referred to as “extreme bullying” and had to transfer to a rival school, but Rittenhouse said the t-shirts are taking things way too far.

“I was shocked, first, and then I thought, ‘How did they get this picture?’ Because I had never even seen the picture,” said Alex’s father Kevin Rittenhouse in a statement to Fox59. And it wasn’t just high schoolers wearing the shirt either, according to Kevin, he saw an adult with the shirt as well. “I know kids will be kids, I know they make mistakes, but to see an adult wearing this T-shirt—that was unbelievable to me,” Mr. Rittenhouse said.

In a statement to Fox, the school claims they did their best to prevent the shirts from appearing at the game after they were spotted in the halls and called it a “disappointing situation.”

“Anyone found wearing one of the shirts at school throughout the day was required to remove it, per dress code policy,” the statement said. “In addition, school administrators took a proactive stance at the ...

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by Ezra Marcus 1 hour ago

There’s nothing like watching G-Unit finally back together and enjoying each other’s company: they totally missed each other and seem visibly happy to reunited again.

“I always felt like we would be back together and doing music. That was the most important part to me,” Lloyd Banks told MTV last week.

Yesterday (September 5), the crew released the visual for “Watch Me,” which features 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and new member Kidd Kidd bouncing around a sterile white hallway and an empty warehouse, all smiles and gun fingers.

The video is full of things you’d expect G-Unit to want: a drummer, Ciroc, a big leather chair. Obviously, there’s an all-over print dollar bill shirt, obviously there’s plenty of booty. But there’s also a weird sword that 50 is holding for no discernible reason. And there’s there’s guitar-smashing!

What there is the most of, though, is friendship. The dudes have their arms around each other’s shoulders in every group shot.

“Watch Me” is the kind of song that G-Unit have always made and will continue to make. It’s a grimy ode to pleasure and pain, by dudes who know their crew always has their. Beef may come and go, but crew love is forever.

by Ezra Marcus 29 mins ago

Meek Mill ft. Mac Miller: try saying that ten times fast. Or better yet, listen to their latest collaboration “I Like It” and stunt around your block ten times while shouting along.

Last week Meek released four leftover tracks from the sessions from his upcoming “Dreams Worth More Than Money” project, and “I Like It” is more of the same. Meek never fails to get the blood flowing with his famously energetic voice, and this is no exception. The #MeekMillRapLike effect is in full effect: he sounds like he’s opening Christmas presents.

Related: Drake And Lil Wayne Show Support For Meek Mill During Philly Tour Stop

Mac Miller takes over halfway through, and does his best to match Meek’s energy with a colorful string of boasts about sheikhs, Animal Crackers and Child Protective Services.

This is Mac in full free-associative rapping-about-rapping mode: “I might rip your hands off, slap you in the face with ‘em/Spit straight venom, give you bars like it’s a state prison.” He sounds like a goofy stoned kid making larger-than-life threats, because that’s what he is.

Meek Mill is currently incarcerated after violating his probation, which will probably delay the planned September release schedule for “Dreams Worth More Than Money.”

If he can leak music this good while he’s behind bars we can’t wait to see what he comes up with when he’s out. Until then, #FreeMeekMill.

by Ezra Marcus 17 mins ago

This past May, 20-year-old Abby Sletten’s life was turned upside down. She she rear-ended another car while going 85 miles an hour on a North Dakota highway in her Ford Escape, killing one passenger and injuring the two others.

89-year-old Phyllis Gordon died at the scene, while Gordon’s granddaughter Jennifer Meyers and great granddaughter Paige were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries incurred in the crash.

What was the cause of this accident? Abby was using her phone at the time.

Court documents obtained by CNN note that Sletten didn’t leave any skid marks, implying that she didn’t see the car in front of her.

After police obtained a warrant to check her mobile activity, she’s now facing a count of negligent homicide, and stands accused of using Facebook on her cellphone while driving. She was using her mobile Facebook app to look at photos at the time of the collision. There were also records of her sending text messages while driving.

The accident occurred back in May, but after police discovered that Sletten was using her phone at the time of the accident, they arrested her last week, on August 27, and set bail at $5,000. She will appear in court on October 8th.

A 2011 North Dakota law forbids texting and driving with a $100 fine, but Traill County Sheriff Mike Crocker told CNN that there needs to be a stronger consequence.

“Texting and driving to me.. is becoming a very serious problem,” he said. “We gotta have a reason for them ...

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by Ezra Marcus 13 mins ago

On Friday (August 29) Cee Lo Green entered a plea of no contest for the felony count of furnishing a controlled substance of MDMA/ecstasy to a woman without her awareness during a dinner in 2012.

In a brief court hearing, the singer, who was born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, changed his plea from not guilty to no contest before a preliminary hearing that would have disclosed the evidence that was brought against him.

In October 2013, “The Voice” judge originally plead not guilty to the charges. Despite entering a no contest plea, Billboard reports that Green entered a special plea maintaining his innocence.

According to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, Green slipped the drug to a 33-year-old woman while the two were at a restaurant between July 13 and July 14, 2012. When the charges were originally filed, the woman, who hasn’t been named, alleged that she woke up to find herself naked in bed with Green in her hotel room. But the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division did not file charges against Green for sex-related crimes due to lack of evidence.

Blair Berk, Green’s attorney, asserted that the sexual relations between the pair were consensual.

Superior Court Judge Mark Young sentenced the 39-year-old singer to 360 hours of community service, along with three years of probation. He must also register as a controlled-substance offender and attend 52 AA meetings with a private therapist. He won’t be prevented from traveling for work-related trips.

Green’s community service will take place ...

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by Ezra Marcus 6 mins ago

Iggy Azalea has become a lightning rod for conversation in 2014. Aside from tearing up the charts with her No. 1 hit “Fancy” and an equally high-profile guest verse on Ariana Grande’s “Problem,” she’s also dealt with allegations of ghostwriting. Specifically, many assumed that her mentor T.I. was ghostwriting her music, others, simply dismiss her as a white female rapper from Australia. But he’s had it up to here with the criticism.

And he candidly sounded off in a recent interview on Complex TV, with some choice words for Iggy’s critics.

“That pisses me off, simply because they don’t have any real substantial grounds,” T.I. said. “‘I don’t like them.’ Why? ‘Just ‘cause.’ What do you mean just ‘cause? Since when do you get the right to judge people? Who died and made you the emperor of Egypt? That kind of sh-t and then the things that they accuse her of, like the racist stuff. That’s not even her. That’s not even in her. Me knowing her, knowing where she comes from—for real, the whole racist thing, that’s American—we forget, she’s not American.”

Many also saw Nicki’s remarks about writing her own raps as veiled critcism of Iggy, but Nicki insists she genuinely meant no shade. And Nicki and Iggy looked pretty friendly at the VMAs on Sunday.

Still, T.I. is pretty upset about the backlash and accusations about racism that the white rapper is fielding.

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by Ezra Marcus 15 hours ago

When Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers dropped $2.4 million to buy Drake‘s condo in Biscayne Bay, Miami he must have figured he had it made in the shade. 5,475 square feet with a perfect view; what could go wrong? Here’s a glimpse at the perfect bachelor pad:

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Of course, it also infamously appeared in Drake’s “I’m The One” video.

But The Wall Street Journal reports that Chalmers has listed the house on the market for a cool $4 million. Considering that Drake was previous owner, we’re really not that surprised. A guy as emotionally expressive as Drizzy doesn’t inhabit a house without leaving a lifetime full of ghosts hanging about. Here’s our best guess as to which spectral figures from the rapper’s past drove poor Chalmers out.

Courtney From Hooters On Peachtree

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Drake did Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree dirty by airing her out on “From Time.” She probably took her revenge by leaving phantom Hooters chicken wings and dip around the house. Hell hath no fury, you know? And what’s scary than a pile of old chicken bones in the hallway. Shudder.

Drake’s Dad

Drake’s dad has become a minor celebrity in his own right, his Instagram full of him posing with substantially younger women. Picture Chalmers waking up in the morning next to a cute babe, only to find Dennis Graham leering at her from the other side of the bed muttering the chorus to “Best I ...

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by Ezra Marcus 1 min ago

When Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers dropped $2.4 million to buy Drake‘s condo in Biscayne Bay, Miami he must have figured he had it made in the shade. 5,475 square feet with a perfect view; what could go wrong? Here’s a glimpse at the perfect bachelor pad:

Realty Today

Of course, it also infamously appeared in Drake’s “I’m The One” video.

But The Wall Street Journal reports that Chalmers has listed the house on the market for a cool $4 million. Considering that Drake was previous owner, we’re really not that surprised. A guy as emotionally expressive as Drizzy doesn’t inhabit a house without leaving a lifetime full of ghosts hanging about. Here’s our best guess as to which spectral figures from the rapper’s past drove poor Chalmers out.

Courtney From Hooters On Peachtree

Miss Info/Twitter

Drake did Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree dirty by airing her out on “From Time.” She probably took her revenge by leaving phantom Hooters chicken wings and dip around the house. Hell hath no fury, you know? And what’s scary than a pile of old chicken bones in the hallway. Shudder.

Drake’s Dad

Drake’s dad has become a minor celebrity in his own right, his Instagram full of him posing with substantially younger women. Picture Chalmers waking up in the morning next to a cute babe, only to find Dennis Graham leering at her from the other side of the bed muttering the chorus to “Best I ...

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