Lil Boosie To Be Released From Prison On Feb. 13 After Over 4 Years In Jail!

After a little over 4 years in prison popular gansta rapper Lil Boosie is finally coming home. Boosie, real name Torrence Hatch, has been locked up since 2009 after a probation violation. The Judge in the case -- Chip Harris doubled Boosie's original 2 year sentence after the rapper's ankle monitor revealed several violations including drug use and others.

Boosie has been working hard while incarcerated. H reportedly earned his GED while in prison. I hope he can keep his nose clean and get back to the business of making music. He found the record label Bad Azz Entertainment in 2008.

Boosie recently said "I have about 500 songs at the moment. I feel that I'm making the best music I've ever made. The more I go through in life the better my music gets and it's been crazy the last three years. I keep my music heartfelt and stick to making real music. I wouldn't even say it's Hip Hop music. My music is 'reality rap.' Hip Hop music can make you dance and bob your head, but it can't make you cry or touch your heart like reality rap"

His last album was 2010' " Incarcerated" compilation.

I am sure being home in time for Valentines Day will be enjoyable for him.

Check out Lil Boosie Last Dayz Documentary below

Anna Gordy Gaye, Ex-Wife of Marvin Gaye and Sister of Berry Gordy Dies at 92!

Anna Gordy Gaye who was Marvin Gaye's ex-wife and older sister to Motown founder Berry Gordy died early this morning in Los Angeles, California. Anna and Marvin got married in 1964, and she was a huge influence on his career. She co-composed two hits on his classic "What's Going On" album and even founded her own label, Anna Records.

Marvin said his hit song "Pride and Joy" was inspired by his courtship of Anna back in the early 60s. The two had a troubled marriage which Marvin sang about on his 1978 album "Here, My Dear." Anna threatened to sue over the album but never did. At the time of Marvin's Gaye's death they were on good terms and had even talked of remarrying. They had one child together -- Marvin Gaye III -- and eventually divorced in 1977. While estranged, Marvin wrote "Anna's Song" and released it the following year.

 Anna died at home from natural causes. Family members discovered she had died around 3AM. She was 92 years old. Rest in Peace to the businesswoman, composer and songwriter Anna Gordy Gaye.

Macklemore Clean Sweeps The Top Rappers at The 2014 Grammy Awards!

Beyonce and Jay Z opened up the show with a sexy performance of "Drunk In Love". The power couple smiled and hugged as she sang the suggestive lyrics to one of the most popular tunes in the country. Jay Z palmed Mrs. Carter butt before they left the stage, turning the show over to the host - rap legend LL Cool J. There was the usual mix of Pop, Rock, Rap, R&B and Heavy Metal performances. Some of the vets stayed on the stage too long for my taste but the show was entertaining.

Macklemore had a clean sweep as far as Rap goes.He recieved the Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance — as if he were the only rapper that Grammy voters had heard about this year. Do you know who else was nominated in those categories? Kanye West, Jay-Z, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem. Macklemore had a very successful year, sure, but so did a lot of very talented rappers. Go figure!

2014 Grammy Awards Winners

Best R&B song: “Pusher Love Girl,” Justin Timberlake

Best urban contemporary album: “Unapologetic,” Rihanna

Best R&B album: “Girl On Fire,” Alicia Keys

Best rap performance:“Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

Best rap song: “Thrift Shop” Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis

Best rap album: “The Heist,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Producer of the Year, non-classical: Pharrell Williams

Best music video: “Suit and Tie,” Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z

Best music film: “Live Kisses,” Paul McCartney

Best new artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis 

Best rap/sung collaboration: “Holy Grail” Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake

Best comedy album: “Calm Down Gurrl,” Kathy Griffin

Best reggae album: “Ziggy Marley In Concert,” Ziggy Marley

Best dance recording: “Clarity,” Zedd Featuring Foxes

Best dance/electronica album: “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk

See Complete List HERE

Murder and Suicide in Columbia Mall 3 Dead, 5 Injured!

A fatal shooting occurred at the General Growth Properties owned Mall in Columbia, Maryland today at approximately 11:15pm ET which resulted in 3 fatalities and at least 4 others injured. Employees and patrons ran in horror as shots rang out in the second floor of the popular shopping Mall which opened in 1971.

The Howard County police are confident there was a single male shooter but have declined to specify the age or race of the shooter. The gunman is believed to be among the dead and was found near a shotgun and ammunition. The police are concerned about possible explosives or other ammunition and are waiting for Federal assistance to start the moving of his body. 

The shots came from the Zumiez store which is located on the upper level of the mall, near Sears and above the food court. Two employees, Brianna Benlolo, 21 of College Park MD & Tyler Johnson, 25, of Ellicott City MD were killed in and around the popular skate shop.

Brianna Benlolo ( assistant Manager of Zumiez)

Police responded to 911 calls and confirm that none of their officers discharged any weapons. The first responders arrived at the scene within 2 minutes. No motive has been confirmed by the police at this time but the question remains "Did the shooter know the victims"?

Howard County General has confirmed that they are treating a victim from the mall who suffered a gunshot wound to the foot.

Customers were unable to leave the Mall for almost 2 hours as the police and swat teams locked down the building. Columbia Mall and the movie theater will be closed at least through tonight. Details will be released soon as plans are confirmed for the reopening of the 200 store shopping mall.

Feds Arrest 5, Including Bonanno Mobster Vincent Asaro In Connection With $6 Million 1978 Lufthansa Heist Made Famous In 'Goodfellas' Movie

It appears as though the Feds always get their man, no matter how long it takes. More than 30 years after hooded gunmen pulled a $6 million airport heist dramatized in the hit Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas," an elderly reputed mobster was arrested at his New York City home on Thursday and charged in the robbery and a 1969 murder. Flanked by a half a dozem Federal Agents, the grandfatherly alleged criminal appeared feeble and frail.

The New York Associated Press is reporting that Vincent Asaro, 78, was named along with his son, Jerome, and three other defendants in wide-ranging indictment alleging murder, robbery, extortion, arson and other crimes from the late 1960s through last year. The Asaros, both identified as captains in the Bonanno organized crime family, pleaded not guilty through their attorneys and were ordered held without bail at a brief appearance in federal court in Brooklyn.

 The elder Asaro's attorney, Gerald McMahon, told reporters outside court that his client was framed by shady turncoat gangsters, including former Bonanno boss Joseph Massino - the highest-ranking member of the city's five organized crime families to break the mob's vow of silence. According to court papers, an unidentified mob associate who pleaded guilty and became a cooperating witness told investigators that he participated in the robbery at the direction of Asaro. The famous robbery was hatched by James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, a late Lucchese crime family associate who was close to Asaro, who told the bandits that he had a "score" that would make them rich, the papers say. 

The papers say the cooperator wore a wire and recorded a conversation he had with Asaro in 2011 in which the pair discussed being slighted. 

"We never got our right money, what we were supposed to get," Asaro said, according to the court papers. "Jimmy Burke kept everything."

 In addition to the heist, the elder Asaro was charged in the 1969 murder of Paul Katz, whose remains were found last year during an FBI dig at a house once occupied by Burke.

Read the Full Inditment HERE

Dwayne "Diamond K" Williams is a writer, director and media personality. He is the author of, You Are Not The Father - Life and Times Of A Childless Parent (www.YouAreNotTheFatherBook.com).  The book chronicles the heartbreaking DNA test that revealed he was not the biological father of the 7 year old son he was raising. 

Movie Review: Ride Along Smashes Box Office Records!

Ride Along smashed January box office records with it's $48 million dollar, 4 day weekend numbers! It's been a running joke for many years that "urban films" are not expected to open well and are not worth the investment. This however, could not be further from the truth.

In what should be the first of many movies together, comedian Kevin Hart and rapper Ice Cube show great chemistry on the movie Ride Along. The film starts and ends with action scenes, explosions and well done stunts. The story centers around Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) who is trying to earn James Payton's (Ice Cube) approval to marry his sister Angela (Tika Sumpter). Ice Cube plays an undercover Atlanta detective with a chip on his shoulder. He is determined to show his sisters video game playing, police wanna-be boyfriend; that he is not cut out for police work - let alone dating his only sister. 

There are plenty of laughs and even a surprise appearance from Laurence Fishburne in the Tim Story directed action comedy. Ride Along is a hilariously funny movie that will have you laughing so hard you may miss the next dialogue. In the real world, a ride-along is an arrangement for a civilian to spend a shift in the passenger seat of a police car observing the work day of a police officer. In the movie world, the 100 minutes you will spend watching Ride Along is time well spent.

4 out of 5 Stars

Dwayne "Diamond K" Williams is a writer, director and media personality. He is the author of, You Are Not The Father - Life and Times Of A Childless Parent (www.YouAreNotTheFatherBook.com).  The book chronicles the heartbreaking DNA test that revealed he was not the biological father of the 7 year old son he was raising. 

Why Don't Commercial Radio Stations Play More Music From Local Artist?

Generally speaking, radio stations do not support local artist. However, with that being said, all local artist are not necessarily ready for radio play. Be it sound quality, subject matter, production or promotion, many local artist don't do themselves any favors and actually decrease what little chances they have of getting radio support.

Most local artist think that it is a radio stations job to 'break' music, but that is not their goal at all. The main thing radio stations are focused on is selling commercials to companies that want to reach their listeners. Commercials pay the bills - period. The higher the radio stations ratings are; the more they can charge for advertisements. Commercial radio stations are striving to get the most listeners possible in the demographic it is aiming for. It is the job of the Program Director to play the most popular songs by the hottest artist especially during peak periods.This is why you hear the same songs state to state even though each station has different Program Directors. Advertisers that see a positive response to their commercials and an increase in their business will continue to dump money in the radio stations lap. Unless you are investing money into 'radio promotions'... Local artist have little to no chance of getting into rotation....unless you have a plan.

Luckily for indie artist, the Internet has taken a great deal of power away from commercial radio. Most artist need to focus on marketing directly to fans via the Internet and building their campaigns from the grass roots approach. Develop relationships with mixtape, Internet and night club DJs. by making music that will easily fit into their formats. You must also be willing to listen and act on constructive criticism. If you can get a song hot in the local clubs, local radio will be forced to play your record. It is very rare for an independent song to get into regular rotation at a radio station because program directors feel that playing unproven, untested and under promoted songs will cause people to turn the radio dial, thus costing the station money. It is more practical to aim for the mixshow.

In closing, local artist need to have a better understanding of what radio stations want to do. Simply put, they want to make money, and they make their money from commercials - not breaking independent artist. They don't care about your new style or artistic creativity. As for radio stations; Diddy said it best in 1997, "It's all about the Benjamin's baby." In future articles I will talk about an indie artist new best friend; Internet Radio.