Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. I was demonized. My life was shattered. Dari rappers speaking out about how they are treated by the media. Many outlets are set to only focus on the negative or it if you ask about artists, the majority would say yes. Steve is the media partly to blame for perpetuating that . Lisa evers has some answers . Right or wrong, there is a sense that the bat is blown out of proportion in the media and that that is largely ignored. Misunderstanding . We were there, but most Media Outlets were not. This rapper received a prestigious award from Harvard University just days ago. You can read about it online and on his Instagram Page without more than 27,000 whites. But it did not make headlines. That does not surprise this hiphop founder. When we think about how its being covered from its generally unfair. When the tour bus of lil wayne was shot up, it was breaking news on mtv. And commissioner William Bratton announced this crime situation. It. The youtube videos, and viral dance moves. By the name of bobby schmurder. To find out that via social media, that there was no investigation done, it was handled poorly and i was demonized. My likeness was shattered, my character defamed for his new album all love lost job soon and hes always been open about his challenges. That authenticity has learned him a fan base. He has told me that he has learned to ignore the haters but recovering from the media head is tough. Unfortunately its one of those situations where even when the details come out later on, once you are defamed, you are defamed. 4 this producer has worked with he has seen it all. They are out to get hiphop artists, and you know, the people that follow hiphop, they amplify it more than if it was a regular person. Reporter some dont want publicity for good deeds. Fifty cent has performed overseas and keeping it real sometimes means keeping the media away. Steve this video, determining that Excessive Force was used by an nypd cop while tackling james blake is apparently a mistaken identity in midtown. We have reaction to the findings with zachary tour thats right, he is a wellknown guy with a clean record. When james blake was tackled in front of the grand hyatt here just behind me, it drew a lot of attention and some people thought it was an example of a larger issue at play. They have released the findings and the officer used Excessive Force. I can see opportunity in this is an as an opportunity for me to be a catalyst for change tour this is video from the incident, you can see officer James Frascatore comes into the scene. The civilian Complaint Review board found the officer used Excessive Force and abused his authority. Kevin marino, former tennis stars attorney, says that lake once uses to be a voice for those who dont have one. It is a clear example of a kind the kind of misconduct that unfortunately goes on from time to time. By a small segment of the Police Department . Patrick lynch released this statement, saying that it is still most of surprise that this cop hating branch of the new York Civil Liberties Union would do this in such a public matter. Clearly the officer did not strike the individual or seek to harm them in any way. I asked marino, what would make this a win for his client . First of all, i think its a win when the process runs its course that this officer loses his job and has to find another line of work. He does not long carrying the shield of the nypd. And that would be regarded as a success. His lawyer also said that reform would controlling the misuse of Excessive Force. Dari some 6000 prisoners are going to get early releases, they are nonviolent drug offenders. The release was triggered by a federal commission that lowered maximum sentences for drug offenders. Then they will go to home confinement and then they will be under the supervising of the services. Reporter justice Officials Say that the early releases could involve about 40,000 prisoners over the next few years. Steve this is a live look at the new jersey turnpike. The remains closed after a tanker fire this afternoon, the driver of the truck died from an suv was also involved in the crash. The driver was not hurt. A mattress and box springs its unclear if that is what is to blame for this fiery crash. Dari getting right to the point when it comes to contraception. One advertisement reads eastern tonight in brooklyn, but you let your Birth Control in staten island. Maybe the iud is for you. Steve a nurse giving flu shots was caught reusing syringes. The Officials Say it happened a week ago and affects dozens of employees. The nurse is an independent contractor with the Company Total loan is. The company has taken full responsibility and is working with the Health Department to notify patients that may be affected. Dari a show of support for Charter Schools in the city today. Thousands of marchers turned that into manhattan to end what they call education and quality. Sharon crowley shows us that the former American Idol finalist was on hand to lend his star power to the cause. Reporter Jennifer Hudson performed during a Charter School rally in brooklyn. Teachers and parents and students marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and ate up on the steps of city hall. The group wants bill de blasio to be more supportive of expanding Charter Schools here. Every school should be the same across the board. We are here today to write what has been wrong for so many years. Reporter she has two children in the Charter School. Its amazing, i think im really challenged. I want to be a scientist. Reporter this man also joined the cause, saying that Charter Schools need more funding. Charter schools go through the Business World and they raise money. They do that to fill in that gap between the amount of money that they get per capita and the amount that they use to run the system. Reporter this student hopes the mayor is listening today. At the Public School they said im doing great, the school says im in the middle. Im trying to get the highest place. Reporter mayor bill de blasio said the majority of students who live in new york city to attend Public Schools and that is where most of the money will remain. Sharon crowley for fox 5 news. Dari from the beginning latinos have played a role in how pop music. Oh. Steve we are talking about the impact that they have had from attacked. At why a love triangle could be to blame. Steve and empire does not have to end at 10 00 oclock. Steve but first, heres tonights new york minute. Reporter a pretty neat lesson is this art teacher did chainsaw carving. And it does monthly outing chance to experience educational activities. We hope that math is going to engage in excite them and teach them about the wonder of the subway. Then they will have free time with our wonderful exhibit. Steve and a baby party in times square. Square the. Dari many associated with africanamerican culture, jessica shows us that latinas have been influencing hiphop from the very beginning. Reporter what many dont know is that many of the people that were influenced hiphop were latinos. Oh. In 1970s. The cutting and the scratching. Reporter its hiphop. It came from all genres of music. A little bit of rock and pop, a little bit of funk and soul. Reporter hiphop had some right from the start. It had a lot to do with latin soul in latin funk . Thats very true. Reporter this cuban and puerto number one spot on billboards hot rap singles chart with his single, back in 1993, he talked to us about who influenced him and it was a latino. My big brother was the first latino rapper that i had ever seen in my life. And so he would rap. And of course the kid wants to be like his brother. I started emulating him and writing my own raps. Reporter that was in the 80s, but latinos have been involved since the very beginning. From day number one, if you just went up to the boss right now and you go to any corner, you would notice that it is latino and black. Reporter this dj says that hiphop initially was considered black music, but this dj said that many were latinos of. I remember hearing. Oh. When i heard that, i was like, wow, what do you mean. But the truth is, that its really latino and black music that started it. You go back to day number one of rock steady crew breakdancing. Steve then came fat joe, and so many others. Oh. Reporter big pond was con was an american rapper an actor. The first two obtained platinum sales status. Where you think its going . It has no choice but to get bigger. Reporter and they are right, there are many upandcoming artists, including fat joes son and his nephew. I asked fat joe if he would do something with his son and he said no, hes going to let him do his own thing. Let him be his own artist. Steve the next generation, very good. Dari and then when he blows up, and he is going to be one of the acts with him. Steve thank you so much. Dari you just saw jessicas interview and we cant get enough. Because after the news right now, are after empire show is coming on. At. Steve you with us live at 10 30 p. M. And the motherboard is daytoday. A little bit cooler, slightly above average, hitting 73 with the sunshine after those clouds got out of the way. We are talking about them being around for a little bit. Fiftyeight is below, right around that same number tomorrow, 67 to 63. The wind has been. The very week cool front and nothing on the radar. Seventysix the hotspot in newark, also at poughkeepsie, north jersey, low 70s towards long island and 50s away from the city, 53 and poughkeepsie, 61 in bridgeport and then also at montauk in the middle. Fiftyseven at the jersey shore. Calm and light it is out of the northwest at five or 6 miles per hour, something along those lines and then tomorrow after coming up in the forecast with temperatures in the upper 60s to about 70s. There is the next shot of rain moving across minnesota with another cold front. Moving a little bit faster than what i was thinking yesterday, not a huge amount of moisture. Starting friday afternoon and we should be able to save the rest of the holiday weekend. Crowds with that front nearby, going back to sunshine and clouds, 50s are 9 00 a. M. Then they will we will stop at 69 tomorrow afternoon. Here is the future cast is pretty decent weather. Moving back across the area into friday, jumping us back into the 70s. And then not a lot of rain, showers moved through friday afternoon in the clearing is going to come in and the weekend is looking excellent. Closer to 50 for most suburbs, some clouds, pleasant day and again a little bit of clouds coming in and in cooler, breezy, 64 and a nice day, columbus is outstanding, columbus day. It will be another from the cools is down by the time we get into wednesday. Holiday weekend is excellent. Dari Lorin Whitmore got her college id back along with a personal note from tom hanks. He found the idea in central twitter. The note says hold on to this, tom hanks. Steve cool stuff. 287 both directions, construction going on and then the right lane and shoulder is going to be closed from 9 00 a. M. Until 3 00 p. M. Until october 23. Tune into good day new york starting at 4 30 a. M. And i will commute. Dad took a job with the Transit Authority in 62 because he wanted excellent healthcare for his family. 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On what is happening this season and that would be your new york mets flying out to los angeles where they are going to open up their series against the dodgers. Curtis grandison and others are not letting this get too big. A couple of people asked me what is the biggest shock of my playoff experience, the biggest shock is how similar it is to a regularseason. I expect them to feel different or to have this overwhelming feeling going out. You have to find a way to be fun and have fun with it. I think that that is really important to move forward. I think its a big sign of things to come. You stay focused and concentrated on the task at hand russ and you are, get load of this, according to this report, this player involved with the former wife of his former teammate matt barnes. When barnes found out, he drove 95 miles from the Memphis GrizzliesTraining Camp at santa barbara, california, to los angeles, to beat up derek fisher. Derek fisher missed practice due to personal reasons. Stars. Steve thats incredible. Okay, we are not done tonight. Dari oh, yes, that is dj enough. He is here to get the adrenaline pumping for after empire. Announcer tonight on after empire. I dont know what happened you when you are locked up. Oh. But youve got me twisted. Oh my gosh. The reaction to tonights episodes. Meet Damien Escobar the violinist changing the way that you listen to music. And if that is not enough, powerhouse dj enough is taking us for a spin. Lets get started right now. Steve we do have the heavy hitters in the house. Thank you dj enough for helping kick things off. We are getting another after empire show. Its going to be a good one. Dari we have so much to talk about. Boy, empire is on fire. It was another episode tonight. Joining us to talk about the most shocking moments is our own be here than this guy . [applause] [cheers] [applause] we had our own people out over here. Steve the first clip, the most visual moment of the night, family dinner at the lyon house. I do not know what happened to you. Steve just like thanksgiving at your house. This is one of those classic tv moments that i never knew gave it to me. It was perfect. Dari it was. My college tuition. Steve lucious did not spill his drink. And i felt like cookie was really in her groove again. Remember, she had a scene last season at the table where she was like, you remember that . Thats right. Steve now we are fully and of course, all of these episodes had great appear in appearances different. Dari look at that. You cannot have a Party Without pitbull. Metaphorically, cookie is tied up in all of this drama. Steve very fierce indeed. And the third clip, touching on a theme. Making a cameo. [inaudible] dari i really love this week episode. They are getting back to the story corner. They are weaving in all of this. There is homosexuality, and how the family is dealing with many things. And so i really appreciate the fact that they are really sticking to those important plot lines. We are learning more about lucious. If that is his mother, the Mental Illness could run in his blood as well. That is how it works. So i think that hes holding it against andre now. But Kelly Rowland is only in episodes like this. That is what blows my mind. [inaudible] once again, we are going to take it back to cookie. Welcome home, i would not miss this elevation for the world. Welcome home from your loving family and especially from your loving exwife cookie. Dari that is certainly a moment. He really got the last laugh because he played. He brought up the radio station, he took valentino to his side, so you cannot mess with him. That is what we need and that is what we like. Cookie can run Everything Else that she wants. Whatever she wants to do is fine. We really want to see cookie and lucious back together. There is so much tension there. Lots of layers here. And they are all just going to explode. No problem. Excellent, thank you so much for being with us. And the classically trained violinist who has put in a new spin on hiphop. This guy can do anything. Easier to perform live. Notorious im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best friend. Im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best friend. Why are you giving me a gallon of. Because youre my im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best. Get gas rewards for Three Friends and even one for yourself. When you sign up for bp driver rewards. We are the largest and most Diverse School district in america yet we are one one point one Million Students one thousand eight hundred schools sharing one common goal. Help all kids succeed. Were new york city Public School teachers. Taking learning to the next level. And parents and the community are on board all coming together. As one. To celebrate the passion and promise of our Public Schools. Im michael mulgrew, president of the United Federation of this is a story about doers, the artificial heart, electric guitars and rockets to the moon. Its the story of america land of the doers. Doin it. Did it. Done. Doers built this country. The dams and the railroads. John henry was a steel drivin man hmm, catchy. They built the golden gates and the empire states. And all this doin takes energy no matter whos doin. Theres all kinds of doin up in here. Or what theyre doin. What the hecks he doin . Energy got us here. And its our job to make sure theres enough to keep doers doin the stuff doers do. Dari he has made a career of mixing his classical talent with hiphop and pop and jazz, anything. I recently sat down with him to talk about how he came into this unique sound. Dari its so great to have you, damien. How did you get started . I fell in love with the violin when i was about six years old. He was introduced in my home and i took it when i was eight years old when i was in school and i fell in love with it. That was it for me. I have listened to hiphop when i was young. Dari so how did this become the different types of hiphop . You know, it was that my head really hard. I friend would come up to me take my headphones like what are you listening to. And im like, you know, its that new dre, and i would be like, its that new bach. [laughter] and you know, now i love all those artists. When i create music, it is just those influences that come out. He is here with us now. Thank you so much for coming. We are not going to steal any of your time, hes going to play steve my apologies for interrupting that. That is amazing. That is just incredible. Thank you, thank you. Dari tell us about your new album. It is called boundless, its my take on breaking free creatively and spiritually. Dari you have broken free. You didnt even know that you were on television. I did not for like a couple of seconds. Dari when can people see you perform . This friday at resort world music festival. Go to rw. Ny. Com. Dari coming up next, we have dj enough who is in the house. We are going to talk to him. Hot 97 in the house. We are going to talk about what dari welcome back. Thank you very much. We are continuing with our partnership with hot 97. These two guys right here. Dari you can check out dj enough from 4 00 oclock to 6 00 oclock live every day on hot 97 every afternoon. Tune in to me, new york. Dari we love you. Ive learned a lot about to come the peace that we did earlier. Your brother tell us about you. Latinos being in the game. For a very long time, for me personally. And so when i started to realize that there were so many latinos in the game and they were from all different kinds of backgrounds, it was exciting to me and i thought, this is for me, i want in. You were on the road when this happened. Yes. [inaudible] to be able to see different hiphop stories and diaries in each city that we went through. A different kind of artist. Steve this show brings true to you. Absolutely. I think that this seasons music is amazing. So you have been doing this for a long time. I just had surgery on my knee. You know, sometimes we get hurt and we have to recuperate. Travel around the world. But i do a lot of boxing as well to try to stay in shape. And you are one of the original crewmembers, right . [laughter] i started in the bronx on katona avenue and 180th street. It was the first that i had ever seen. I saw writers and rappers and i was just blown away. His 10yearold kid and i was like, wow, this is what i want to do, i came alive or it. We were recognized and we tried our best. Steve we have more, we will be here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, well never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. So we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. So if you want to eat light and not give up rich flavor, do what we do. Make it good morning. What can i get for you . A medium hot coffee, cream and two sugars, please . Medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars sounds good. At dunkin, we make your coffee just the way you like it. If not, well make it again on the spot. See you tomorrow. Thats the dd commitment. Dari that is going to be our show for tonight. But we are ending with the real deal. This is how music is made. This compilation might hear, live. Steve you guys get to it. Dari we have Damien Escobar and it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. Okay. So everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Why fios . 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