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[Link] Wu-Tang Clan Producer Suing NYPD After Wrongfully Spending 4 Years in Rikers

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

Former Wu-Tang Clan producer “True Master” spent four years at Rikers Island after being falsely accused of a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. Now, he wants justice—with the help of star civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

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[Link] Drake withdraws his two 2022 Grammy nominations

Read: 8/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Drake has decided to withdraw his two Grammy nominations.

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[Link] Rapper Young Dolph shot dead while buying cookies

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Rapper Young Dolph, who was widely admired in the hip-hop community for his authenticity and fierce independence, has been shot dead at a cookie shop in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee.

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[Link] Cardi B Is the Queen of Features That Break The Internet

Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com

Cardi B is no stranger to breaking the internet. She’s more than capable of dominating the conversation herself, as she did when she stood atop two exotic dancers on a stripper pole in 2018’s “Money,” or when she shared that questionable three-way kiss in “Up” at the height of COVID-19.

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