Shooting Outside French Montana’s Tour Bus Leaves One Dead

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A driver opened fire on a crowd of people surrounding the tour bus of rapper French Montana after a concert in Philadelphia, killing one person and injuring another, according to police.

The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Thursday as the entourage had arrived at a hotel near Penn’s Landing after the rapper had headlined a sold-out show at the Theatre of Living Arts. Philadelphia police Chief Inspector Scott Small said a crowd formed around the bus, a car pulled up and someone began shooting.

“A large crowd of fans, as well as some of the entourage, were loitering and just hanging out,” Small told reporters. He said one man may have fired back.

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A 27-year-old man was hit in the abdomen and later pronounced dead at a hospital. A 29-year-old man, who was hit in the shoulder, was treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and is in stable condition,their names haven’t been released.

Harlem Shake Miami HEAT Edition

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The Miami Heat joined the recent “Harlem Shake” craze, making a team video that they released Thursday that showcases their dance skills and sense of humor.

Their version features Chris “Birdman” Anderson dancing around the locker room while the other players stretch or sit by their lockers. Then the camera cuts to the whole team dancing in costume.

LeBron James is dressed up like a king, Mario Chalmers is dressed as Super Mario, Chris “Birdman” Andersen dons a bird ensemble, Dwyane Wade is wearing a bear head, and Ray Allen has a “Phantom of the Opera”-style mask

Couple finds, returns over $11,000 found near Golden Gate Bridge

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A couple visiting San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Valentine’s Day discovered an unattended camera bag in a nearby parking lot. Inside the bag: credit cards, some papers and (wait for it) over $11,000.

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The couple, Carlos and Barbara Landeros of Vallejo, Calif., had driven down to San Francisco for a romantic dinner, according to NBCBayArea.com. Setting out on a presupper walk across the bridge, Barbara spotted camera bag. Thinking its owner would soon return, they waited to make sure it wasn’t stolen.

After 45 minutes, their patience ran out, and Barbara opened the bag. Inside was the massive stack of cash. “I got nervous at first, it could be drug money,” she told NBCBayArea.com. “I was scared.”

While the couple could have had one heck of a Valentine’s Day celebration, they turned the bag and its contents over to the police. Detectives were able to locate the owner, a Chinese tourist, Mark, who’d accidentally left the bag in the lot. He was understandably excited to have his bag returned. And the cash, it turned out, wasn’t all his: Mark was holding it for several other families with whom he was traveling.

Mark went out of his way to thank the Landeroses. First he tried to call them, but had the wrong number. He then drove his family across the bridge to the Landeros’ house, only they weren’t home. Finally, they connected over the phone after Mark got the right number. He told them he put a check in the mail as a reward.

NBCBayArea.com notes that the Landeroses never got their nice Valentine’s Day dinner. They wound up in traffic and had a not-so-romantic dinner for two at McDonald’s.

Sony PS4 announcement

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130220153920-sony-playstation-4-620xaSony (SNE) is set to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a New York event at 6 p.m. ET, and rumors about the video game console are flying furiously. Redesigned controllers with touch sensors. Cloud gaming. Stereoscopic 3D gaming in full 1080p HD. 4KTV support. A new IPTV service. Deeper online gaming experiences. Better motion controls. Eye-tracking. It’s all expected to be in there.

But regardless of what actually pans out and what doesn’t, one thing about this upcoming generation of consoles has become clear: It’s not all about graphics anymore.

In the past, each new video game console represented a major leap in graphical performance. Graphics had been such a huge selling point, Nintendo even wrote that right into the name of its Nintendo 64 game console (“64″ represented the console’s 64-bit graphics).

Today, the incremental improvements in graphics processing no longer resonate with the average gamer. Sure, games can now render a ludicrous number of on-screen elements at a rock-solid frame rate, but those are capabilities mostly appreciated by the hardcore audience. It’s not the same awe-inspiring experience that it was 20 years ago.

Nintendo has been downplaying the importance of graphics this since the mid-2000s, emphasizing innovative game play over the quality of the images. The company found great success along the way with the Wii and DS systems.

Luther “Luke” Campbell Calls For Rick Ross To Set Lil Wayne Straight For Disrespecting Miami

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After Lil Wayne has words for the NBA’s Miami Heat, Luther “Luke” Campbell says Weezy is disrespecting his city. He also asks what Rick Ross and DJ Khaled are going to do about this.

Recently, Lil Wayne caused a stir when he asked a crowd of fans to scream obscenities directed at the Miami Heat and the NBA. He went on to say that he had sex with Heat player Chris Bosh’s wife, though in a more derogatory fashion.

Longtime Miami representative Luther “Luke” Campbell was deeply offended by Wayne’s comments and he wrote a blog about how fed up he is with Weezy. In his blog, Luke explains that Lil Wayne “treats Miami like his bitch because people let him.” He also says that this would have never gone down during his era, recalling that Dr. Dre had to cancel concerts in Miami as a result of their feud. Furthermore, he asks what other Miami artists are going to do about it, saying Rick Ross and DJ Khaled need to set Wayne straight. Luke’s entire post against Lil Wayne’s treatment of Miami can be read below, courtesy of his blog at Miami New Times.

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Miamians are mad as hell at rapper Lil Wayne because he said fuck the Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh on Sunday at a nightclub party in Houston. Lil Wayne even claimed he had sex with Bosh’s wife. That was way out of line. However, don’t blame Weezy for talking trash.

He has no respect for the city because people in Miami’s entertainment industry — from local radio DJs to South Beach nightclub promoters to the Heat’s front office — spread their legs for him and every out-of-town celebrity who rolls through town.

Lil Wayne treats Miami like his bitch because people let him.

When Weezy claimed he was thrown out of the Heat home game versus the Lakers, the franchise tried to downplay the incident, saying they only asked him to leave and he left on his own. That was a bitch move.
The Heat should have followed the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lead. Last year, Oklahoma City representatives told Lil Wayne to take a hike when he asked for courtside seats to one of the Thunder’s playoff games against the San Antonio Spurs. The

Miami Heat should be giving court-side seats to the city’s true local hip-hop heroes, like Trick Daddy and Betty Wright.
Stars can call up the Heat and get a free front-row seat or have nightclubs give them free tables and bottles of liquor whenever they want. Lil Wayne gets away with it because venue promoters are desperate to get mentioned in the gossip blogs and magazines. Local record label owners and radio station programming directors are also guilty of brown-nosing these interlopers.

Up-and-coming local artists like Alyric, K Kutta, Blaze, and YD can’t get their songs played on the radio because the stations are too busy playing shit from Cash Money Records. When the radio people get some balls and stop acting like groupies, they will stop playing Lil Wayne and company’s music.

Hell, I want to know what Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, and all these so-called 305 rappers who hang with Lil Wayne have to say about him disrespecting our home team. They need to set Lil Wayne straight. When you disrespect Miami, you can’t be allowed into any arena, restaurant, club, or even McDonald’s to get a burger. And you better not show your face in the hood.

None of this bullshit would have happened under my watch. In 1992, when I had a beef with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, they had to cancel a concert in Miami. For years, they couldn’t set foot in the 305 because it was so hot. Suge Knight had to come down and smoke a peace pipe with me.

We also kept it real at the old Miami Arena, where I had season tickets from the first tip-off on July 13, 1988. I sat in the fourth row behind the basket near former Miami City Manager Joe Arriola. For a game against the New York Knicks, filmmaker Spike Lee was sitting in front of me. It was right after he trashed me on The Arsenio Hall Show.

Joe and I cussed him out during the entire first quarter. Arriola ended up getting thrown out, but Spike didn’t come back for the second half.

I’m gonna have to come out of retirement because Miami’s entertainment industry has gone soft. I’ve got no problem telling Lil Wayne where he can go.

Phillip Phillips – Gone, Gone, Gone

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Following up the biggest-selling ‘American Idol‘ coronation song of all-time is difficult, but Phillip Phillips is up for the challenge. After the success of ‘Home,’ Phillips has released a new music video for ‘Gone, Gone, Gone.’

Clive Davis Responds to Kelly Clarkson’s Claims

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kelly-cliveClive Davis learned this the hard way when the ‘Stronger’ singer wrote a long open letter yesterday refuting the claims of the producer and record exec in his memoir ‘The Soundtrack of My Life.’ But Davis is not letting Kelly get the last word. He wrote,

As anyone who has read ‘The Soundtrack of My Life’ knows, I think Kelly Clarkson is a tremendous vocal talent and performer. In the book, I provide an in-depth look at our years together during which we shared major multi-platinum success, as well as a few creative differences. I am truly very sorry that she has decided to take issue with what I know to be an accurate depiction of our time together. Before the book was published, I had every fact checked with five independent individuals who were present on a daily basis throughout it all. The chapter as it is written was thoroughly verified by each and every one of them. I stand by the chapter as written in my book. At the same time I wish, and will always wish, Kelly’s talent and her career to soar to ever new heights.