By Victor Trammell Photo credits: U.S. Marshals Service/mpi04/MediaPunch /IPX Justin Johnson, also known as wannabe rapper Straight Drop, was arrested as one of three murder suspects in the killing of Adolph “Young Dolph” Thornton and was reportedly sentenced to two years in jail for a past federal offense. Johnson, 23, pleaded guilty to breaking the […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: FOX32 Chicago WFLD After being convicted of committing the fatal shooting that killed 14-year-old Takaylah Tribitt, a Chicago man was sentenced to 105 years in prison. Deonlashawn Simmons, 36, was convicted of murder in March and sentenced by a Lake County court on April 14, according to the Associated Press. Tribitt’s corpse […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: VLAD TV In recent news, Afrika Bambaataa was losing his legal battle against his accuser, who was unable to find and serve Bambaataa, according to the most recent information obtained in the case. Bambaataa (pictured) received a legal loss as a result of his failure to respond to court process servers. […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Official Hi-Five website Roderick “Pooh” Clark, a founding member of Hi-Five, passed away recently. Roderick died on April 17 in a hospital in Waco, TX, after complications from an infection and pneumonia, according to Marcus Sanders, a fellow Hi-Five member. Sanders said Roderick was paralyzed from the neck down and unable […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Dustin Chambers for The New York Times Morehouse College is committed to expanding opportunity and prosperity for underrepresented communities. Faculty from the HBCU’s Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership (AYCGL) program has been teaching humanities courses to men and women in Georgia prisons and rehabilitation programs since 2020. The goal […]