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Bronx Drill Rapper Dthang Gz And 33 Others Indicted On 65 Counts Of Attempted Murder
Mary J. Blige Named One Of
Bronx District Attorney Dar- cel Clark and New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell issued a 65- count indictment over several recent shootings around the River Park Towers complex on Tuesday (May 24), leading to the arrest of multiple local drill rap- pers, including DThang Gz.
According to ABC7, 34 al- leged members of the Bloods-af- filiated RPT organization have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted
murder, attempted assault, ani- mal cruelty and criminal posses- sion of a weapon, among others.
Seven of the defendants were hit with attempted murder and other charges for an incident in August 2020, in which they al- legedly fired approximately 11 shots into a building vestibule, narrowly missing the target’s head. Eight mothers later, mem- bers of the RPT organization and their allies allegedly com- mitted a gang assault on a mem- ber of the Crips at Riker’s Island.
Influential People
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Time magazine recognized Mary J. Blige as one of the 100 most influential people of 2022. The nine-time Grammy winner will grace one of the June 6/June 13 double issue covers that will be released Friday, according to All Hip Hop.
Nas penned the profile for the heavily revered Queen of Hip- Hop Soul. He noted how mul- tifaceted Blige has become as her career progresses: The R&B singer has ventured into acting, garnering two Oscar nominations, and has launched her own wine brand.
“She carved out a lane for herself, and now she can feed the people more than just music. She has a lot more to offer, from her incredible act- ing career to her wine brand to the Strength of a Woman fes- tival she just launched in At- lanta. And I feel like she’s just getting started. She’s who we wanted her to be, and even
Time Magazine's 100 Most
Young Thug's Lyrics To Be Used As Evidence In Court
FULTON COUNTY, GA – Young Thug will remain in Fulton County Jail for the fore- seeable future as he was de- nied bond after being arrested earlier in May on charges of conspiracy to violate the Rack- eteer Influenced & Corrupt Or- ganization (RICO) Act alongside 26 other YSL affili- ates including Gunna.
With ABC News digging deeper into the 56-count in- dictment, they found several Thugger songs and their lyrics from between 2016 and 2021 are being cited and used against him as evidence in the case. The Thug tracks include “Anybody,” “Take it to Trial,”
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“Ski” featuring Gunna and Slatty.
The prosecution is defend- ing their use of lyrics in the courtroom as they believe Thug’s words are “preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power, and terri- tory of the enterprise [YSL].”
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more. She became who she’s supposed to be,” he wrote.
Other prominent people in- cluded on Time’s list includes Jon Batiste, President Joe Biden, Quinta Brunson, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Zoë Kravitz, Candace Parker, Jazmine Sullivan, Ahmir “Quest- love” Thompson, Oprah Winfrey and Zendaya.
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