Dr. Dre Hospitalized Following Brain Aneurysm, Updates Fans: “I’m Doing Great”
Dr. Dre has been hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm, TMZ reports and Pitchfork has learned. Dre posted to his official Instagram account after the news was first reported, writing that he is “doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team.” He added that he will be out of the hospital soon. Find his post below.
According to TMZ, Dre is currently at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He reportedly suffered the aneurysm on Monday (January 4) and was driven to the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai immediately by ambulance. Dr. Dre is reportedly stable and lucid, but he remains in ICU. TMZ also reports that doctors are uncertain what caused the aneurysm.
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Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda to be eligible for release from prison in February
DANNEMORA, N.Y. — Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda will be eligible for release from prison next month, the New York State Department of Corrections said on Monday.
Shmurda, whose legal name is Ackquille Pollard, was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to conspiracy and weapons possession charges in connection to what prosecutors said was a leading role in the GS9 gang, The New York Times reported. GS9 is an offshoot of the Crips in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Authorities arrested Shmurda in late 2014 after he left a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall, only days after he performed “Hot Boy” for a national television audience on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Investigators found two handguns and a small amount of crack cocaine in a car in which he was riding, authorities said.
Shmurda was denied parole in September, in part for disciplinary actions taken against him while incarcerated, and subsequently ordered to his maximum sentence until Dec. 21, 2021. He is currently incarcerated at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, according to the Department of Corrections inmate database.
A review by the Department of Corrections later restored his credit for good behavior.
Shmurda is eligible for conditional release as of Feb. 23, with the remainder of his sentence to be served on parole.
“I’m glad he’s coming home,” said Alex Spiro, a lawyer who represented Shmurda in the criminal case.
In the years since his arrest, Shmurda has become something akin to a folk hero in hip-hop; his release has been highly anticipated by fans and other artists.
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Lawmakers consider plan that would allow dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccine
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOV.com) – Missouri state lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Under the plan, dentists would be able to volunteer as vaccinators during emergencies.
Illinois is also considering a similar idea to help ramp up the state’s vaccination effort.
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Tennessee mom leaps from overpass with baby, killing both – suffered depression after losing job at a COVID testing site
A depressed Tennessee mom who had just lost her job at a COVID-19 testing center leaped off a highway overpass cradling her baby boy, killing them both, authorities say.
“It’s heartbreaking,’’ Madison County Sheriff John Mehr told local ABC-TV affiliate WBBJ of the early Monday tragedy.
Distraught mom Tonisha Lashay Barker, 26, appeared hellbent on killing herself and her 21-month-old son, Johnathan Jones — first trying to ram their car into a pump at a gas station outside of Jackson, authorities told the outlet.
When that initial suicide bid proved unsuccessful, the mom got out of the car with her boy and walked away, officials said, quoting witnesses.
Minutes later, a trucker reported a “large object’’ had fallen from a nearby overpass and hit his rig — and authorities soon found the pair’s dead bodies on the roadway, CBS-TV affiliate WREG said.
Barker’s grandmother told the outlet that the tragic young mom suffered from depression and had lost her job at a coronavirus test site last month.
via: https://nypost.com/2021/01/05/tennessee-mom-leaps-from-overpass-with-baby-killing-both/
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New Jersey ‘Karen’ caught on video calling black woman the N-word
New Jersey officials are calling for an investigation after a woman was caught on video spewing racist comments at a black woman in New Jersey on Monday.
Bayonne resident Tameka Bordeaux says she was on her way to a store when a woman started following her and calling her the “n-word,” videos posted to Facebook by Bordeaux shows.
“Call the cops, n—-r!” the woman yells as she’s walking toward Bordeaux. “Call the cops you black bitch!”
“This is sad,” Bordeaux says behind the camera.
“The racism I had to endure walking to the store,” Bordeaux later wrote in the video captions. “2021 started with a bang.”
In another video, Bordeaux said the incident began when she offered her opinion about where people could go to complain about the mail they didn’t receive.
Assemblywoman Angela McKnight says Bayonne has a history of racist behavior and that the recent incident is intolerable.
“We can no longer sit by and make excuses for residents in any New Jersey town to ever be allowed to call someone the N word,” McKnight said in a statement. “This “Karen” went on a rant for more than 4 minutes repeatedly yelling this word and other discouraging names while following a Black woman.”
The Bayonne Police Department told NJ.com it’s investigating the incident.
The encounter comes after 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. was allegedly attacked by California resident Miya Ponsetto, who claimed the teen stole her iPhone at the Arlo Hotel in Soho.
The 22-year-old faces assault and attempted robbery charges. The NYPD has issued a warrant for her arrest.
via: https://nypost.com/2021/01/05/new-jersey-karen-caught-on-video-calling-black-woman-the-n-word/
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The Weeknd’s plastic surgery look shocks fans
The 30-year-old singer sports some disturbing alterations to his face — akin to extreme plastic surgery — in the video for his new song, “Save Your Tears,” which premiered Tuesday and is from his “After Hours” album.
“But then you saw me, caught you by surprise,” he aptly sings in the video, in which he displays a thinned (and crooked) nose, bloated cheeks, puffed-up lips, surgery scars and other horrific new features.
His grotesquely exaggerated new look definitely left viewers shook.
“Why does The Weeknd look like that in the Save Your Tears music video!?! I don’t like it,” said one horrified fan, while another borrowed lyrics from his 2018 hit “Can’t Feel My Face” to pinpoint a downside to the prosthetics, saying, “i bet he really cant feel his face now.”
One fan speculated that it was “shade” and a response to getting snubbed by the now-postponed 2021 Grammy Awards, a move that apparently left him emotionally bruised — if not physically — and he has continued to vent about.
Other tweeters suggested a new line of work: playing the Batman villain The Joker. Some, meanwhile, drew comparisons to — and called him a “modern version” of — late, surgery-obsessed singer Michael Jackson.
Reps for The Weeknd did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment about whether his disturbing new look was achieved through prosthetics or CGI. He has previously worked with Prosthetic Renaissance, a makeup effects studio that is taking credit for the transformation on social media.
Of course, donning heavy makeup is nothing new for The Weeknd, who will perform at the 2021 Super Bowl on Feb. 7.
The music video for his single “Blinding Lights” featured his post-bender bloodied and bruised visage — a look he re-created for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards last August.
And in November, he covered his again-battered face with surgical dressing to accept an award onstage at the American Music Awards.
via: https://nypost.com/2021/01/05/the-weeknd-shocks-with-plastic-surgery-in-save-your-tears-video/
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Colorado man allegedly kills wife after being released from jail
A Colorado man allegedly killed his wife on New Year’s Eve shortly after being released from jail on a domestic violence charge, authorities said.
Damon Mathews, 44, was arrested on Saturday and charged with the murder of his wife, 47-year-old Rachel Matthews, The Durango Herald reported.
The couple had been celebrating New Year’s Eve together in their Ignacio home when they started to argue. Mathews then strangled his wife, took her car keys and a gun before shooting her in the head, the outlet reported.
He had been previously arrested twice for allegedly beating Rachel Mathews.
Mathews was arrested Nov. 24 for third-degree assault in an incident that sent his wife to the hospital with a gash above her left eye, according to The Durango Herald.
Cops then arrested him and put him in jail for the domestic violence incident in November.
Mathews is being held at Jefferson County Detention Facility without bond.
via: https://nypost.com/2021/01/05/colorado-man-allegedly-kills-wife-after-being-released-from-jail/
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Dr. Dre hospitalized after suffering brain aneurysm
Dr. Dre was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Monday after suffering a brain aneurysm.
The music mogul, as of Tuesday, was in stable condition at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Dre underwent several tests Tuesday as it was not immediately known what caused the condition, the source said.
Reps for Dre did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The 55-year-old’s hospitalization, which was first reported by TMZ, comes as he is in the midst of a bitter divorce with estranged wife Nicole Young.
Young is seeking nearly $2 million per month in spousal support, along with $5 million in legal fees, according to a September court filing.
The former couple married in an intimate ceremony in Hawaii in May 1996 and split last March, according to Dre.
They have two adult children together.
Young alleges that Dre forced her out of their home “on or about” April 2″ and “quickly plotted to secretly transfer their assets, to deny Nicole her equal share,” according to court papers.
She also filed a separate lawsuit claiming that she co-owns the trademark to Dre’s name, along with that of his iconic 1992 record, “The Chronic.”
But in 2016, Snoop Dogg told Seth Rogen that the slang term for high-potency marijuana came from a malapropism of “hydroponic.”
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