photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock Over Easter weekend, T.I. helped bail out 23 nonviolent and mostly first-time prisoners. T.I. linked with “Love and Hip Hop” Scrapp Deleon and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to complete the good deed. Together, the program raised $120,000 in donations that went towards freeing the 7 men and 16 women.…… read more »
photo credit: The State of Florida is going for the death penalty for rapper YNW Melly who has been charged with the death of his two friends back in October. Cops say Melly and his friend, Cortlen Henry, shot the two victims in the head, back and torso and then staged it to look like…… read more »
photo credit: Linda Parton // Shutterstock For years, Flint, Michigan has not seen clean water. The water running through their city has been contaminated with lead since 2014, and the residents have now been given the green light to take legal action against the federal government over the issue. Judge Linda V. Parker has ruled that Flint…… read more »
photo credit: Marta Design // Shutterstock A public resource and job fair for formerly incarcerated people, featuring 24 employers and resource providers, will be held Tuesday in Greenville. The 2019 Pitt County Reentry Resource & Job Fair is free and open to anyone who was formerly incarcerated or involved in the criminal justice system. Representatives from 24 different local businesses…… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock Many celebs and fan have been donating money to the children of Nipsey Hussle since his passing, and his family is now politely shutting those accounts down. Nipsey, real name Ermias Joseph Asghedom, made sure his two kids, Emani and Kross, would be financially secure, never having to rely on money from…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock Last month, Kelly was put in jail after letting his child support payments stack up to $161K. He ended up paying it & being released. He attempted to get his payments lowered, claiming he could no longer afford $20K a month. The judge set that hearing date to May…… read more »
photo credit: EQRoy // Shutterstock Zion Williamson is projected to be the #1 pick in the NBA draft on June 20th. When he officially declares for the draft in June, he will announce which major shoe company he plans to sign with. Recently he has been mentioned in Michael Avenatti’s extortion deal against Nike. Avenatti tweeted last…… read more »
photo credit: Featureflash Photo Agency // Shutterstock Russell Wilson is now the highest paid player in the NFL! On Tuesday, the quarterback signed a 4-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks for $140 million. Wilson has been a quarterback for the Seahawks since 2012. The 30-year-old Super Bowl champ made the announcement on Instagram, in a video of…… read more »
photo credit: Shutterstock East Carolina is LIT this week! Sup Dogs in Downtown Greenville has just been named America’s Best College Bar in the “Barstool Best Bar” competition. Sup Dogs beat out 64 other bars around the country in the Twitter competition that was all fan voting. Bret Oliverio, the owner of Sup Dogs, said Sup…… read more »
photo credit: Shutterstock Two East Carolina University students died in a crash in South Carolina on Friday afternoon, the university said Saturday. Two other ECU students were injured. The S.C. Highway Patrol said a 2016 Honda coupe was traveling south and a 1999 Acura sedan was traveling north when the two collided. Two people in…… read more »