Rapper Vic Mensa joins Toni Preckwinkle to deal with looting,

Rapper Vic Mensa joined Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle at a Thursday information convention concerned with encouraging other folks to lend a hand restore small companies that have been looted or vandalized, however the singer and activist stated that if other folks truly need to blank up the group, “don’t wait until it burns down.” The Chicago rapper stated the “real looting” is the universities closed at the South and West Sides, whilst a brand new police academy is being deliberate and the black our bodies “stolen by police officers in our city and across our nation.” Mensa and Preckwinkle spoke on the East 47th Street headquarters of Mensa’s SaveMoneySaveLife Foundation, which guarantees to make use of artwork

Rapper Pop Smoke killed in Hollywood Hills taking pictures

LOS ANGELES — An up-and-coming rapper referred to as Pop Smoke was fatally shot throughout a break-in early Wednesday at a Hollywood Hills residence, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an unidentified legislation enforcement supply. The Associated Press was not instantly capable of affirm the identification, which was first reported by TMZ. Police officers discovered the sufferer shortly earlier than 5 a.m. after responding to a 911 name from somebody who reported intruders, together with one armed with a handgun, had been breaking in, based on police. The name got here from “back East” and reported the break-in was occurring at a pal’s residence, police mentioned. The sufferer was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and pronounced

Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with assault over struggle in Sweden

STOCKHOLM — A Swedish prosecutor has charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a struggle in Stockholm final month. Prosecutor Daniel Suneson mentioned in a press release Thursday that he filed expenses towards the artist and two others, “having come to the conclusion that the events in question constitute a crime and despite claims of self-defense and provocation.” The case has drawn the eye of fellow recording artists and U.S. President Donald Trump. Rocky, a platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist whose actual identify is Rakim Mayers, has been in custody since July three as authorities examine a struggle he was allegedly concerned in on June 30 earlier than showing at a music competition. The three suspects will stay