The Indiana mayor who shut down Chief Keef's concert over the weekend went and mugged for the camera with rapper 2 Chainz ... because he says Chainz is all about having a good time while Keef attracts a bad element. Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott tells us he pulled the plug on Keef's non-live, hologram performance Saturday night because of Keef's "anti-cop, pro-gang" lyrics. As for why McDermott took a pic 2 days later with 2 Chainz ... he says the...
- 7/28/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Popular rapper Chief Keef has had his benefit concert shut down by Chicago police. The police cited unspecific threats to public safety, according to Rolling Stone. The police’s decision to end the concert has made some wonder if the rapper’s First Amendment rights were violated. Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the mayor of the community of Hammond, Il, Thomas McDermott, have described Chief Keef in unkind tones, with Emmanuel calling the rapper “an unacceptable role model” due to his music and even said the rapper “posed a significant safety risk” to the public, even as a hologram. Chief Keef was set to appear via hologram July 10 at the Redroom [ Read More ]
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- 7/27/2015
- by monique
- ShockYa
By Ben Collins
The fourth episode of David Simon's "Treme," titled "At the Foot of Canal Street," plays a game of entrapment with its characters: We know you love this city, and we know you love the lifestyle we advertise it can provide, but at what cost? And what if what New Orleans advertises isn't, for the moment, what New Orleans is at all? The episode's music asks those same questions, but with a bluesy hook.
Wendell Pierce, "Antoine's Improv"
The show opens with Antoine, who is sitting in one of New Orleans' two functioning emergency rooms waiting for someone to tend to his busted lip, coiling back into a stiff chair after a nurse tells him his turn isn't coming any time soon. After a brief, resigned silence, Antoine quietly begins to croon. Outside of the constant chimes of hospital phones and shuffling equipment, Antoine sings sans an instrument for the first time.
The fourth episode of David Simon's "Treme," titled "At the Foot of Canal Street," plays a game of entrapment with its characters: We know you love this city, and we know you love the lifestyle we advertise it can provide, but at what cost? And what if what New Orleans advertises isn't, for the moment, what New Orleans is at all? The episode's music asks those same questions, but with a bluesy hook.
Wendell Pierce, "Antoine's Improv"
The show opens with Antoine, who is sitting in one of New Orleans' two functioning emergency rooms waiting for someone to tend to his busted lip, coiling back into a stiff chair after a nurse tells him his turn isn't coming any time soon. After a brief, resigned silence, Antoine quietly begins to croon. Outside of the constant chimes of hospital phones and shuffling equipment, Antoine sings sans an instrument for the first time.
- 5/3/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
By Ben Collins
The third episode of "Treme" — titled "Right Place, Wrong Time" — began to zero-in on the deception and empty promises offered up by a rebuilding city. All of the characters attempted to accept New Orleans for exactly what it was before Hurricane Katrina hit: Antoine Batiste assumes that gigs will forever be plentiful and that no place will be home for jazz but New Orleans; Davis assumes that the Treme would be culturally uprooted if it began to gentrify; Albert Lambreaux assumes the Indian tradition can live on in peace, uninterrupted by outside influence.
But all of these things have changed. Antoine learns the money for jazz has flowed out with the flood. Gentrification might help Davis curate and create jazz better than ever before. And Albert is deceived in the most personal way possible — his way to mourn has now been perverted and marginalized to a tourist attraction.
The third episode of "Treme" — titled "Right Place, Wrong Time" — began to zero-in on the deception and empty promises offered up by a rebuilding city. All of the characters attempted to accept New Orleans for exactly what it was before Hurricane Katrina hit: Antoine Batiste assumes that gigs will forever be plentiful and that no place will be home for jazz but New Orleans; Davis assumes that the Treme would be culturally uprooted if it began to gentrify; Albert Lambreaux assumes the Indian tradition can live on in peace, uninterrupted by outside influence.
But all of these things have changed. Antoine learns the money for jazz has flowed out with the flood. Gentrification might help Davis curate and create jazz better than ever before. And Albert is deceived in the most personal way possible — his way to mourn has now been perverted and marginalized to a tourist attraction.
- 4/26/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
As we posted earlier today, Treme is slated to premiere on HBO on April 11. HBO, in their infinite generosity, supplied us with the first three episode synopses. Since they most likely would be viewed as spoilers, I took it upon myself to post them here in the spoilers section. So without further ado, here they are, summaries of the first three episodes of Treme:
#01: “Do You Know What It Means," airing April 11, 2010: Down-but-not-out trombonist Antoine Batiste performs in the first brass-band parade, or “second line,” in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. The gig brings him face-to-face with his ex, Ladonna, who runs a local bar when she's not in Baton Rouge with her kids and new husband. After attending the parade, radio deejay Davis McAlary blows a gasket at his station and at a record store, then gets thrown out of the restaurant run by his sometimes-squeeze,...
#01: “Do You Know What It Means," airing April 11, 2010: Down-but-not-out trombonist Antoine Batiste performs in the first brass-band parade, or “second line,” in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. The gig brings him face-to-face with his ex, Ladonna, who runs a local bar when she's not in Baton Rouge with her kids and new husband. After attending the parade, radio deejay Davis McAlary blows a gasket at his station and at a record store, then gets thrown out of the restaurant run by his sometimes-squeeze,...
- 3/7/2010
- by SpoilerGuy
- TVovermind.com
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