Nick Major & actress Sloane Avery talk about her experience working with Snoop Dogg, Cillian Murphy and more!
Today we have upcoming graphic novel Electric Century, Furnace Fest dates announced, Lupin part 2, and Monsta X’s collab with Snoop Dogg.
Snoop Dogg was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Pasadena on felony gun and drug charges, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. The 35-year-old rap star faces charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana. He was arrested Oct. 26 by Burbank police at Bob Hope Airport on suspicion of transportation of a controlled substance. Burbank police later discovered a gun at his home. If convicted, he faces up to four years in state prison. “These were changes we fully expected,” said Snoop Dogg’s attorney, Donald Etra. “They will be dealt with in court tomorrow. The… Read more »
A man attending a rap concert that featured Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Xzibit, Obie Trice, Lil Jon & The EastSide Boyz, and 213 was stabbed to death during the nine-hour show in Devore, California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Paul Molina, 29, of Huntington Park, California was found with stab wounds to his upper body Saturday night (October 4), in the bathroom of the Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore, California. He was pronounced dead at San Bernardino Community Hospital. Molina’s death did not stop the concert which was sponsored by Los Angeles radio station, KPWR-FM, also… Read more »
Wesley Mitchell, the Inglewood Unified School District police chief, resigned on Wednesday (September 10) after only two months on the job due to the ongoing controversy surrounding his officers moonlighting as members of Snoop Dogg’s security detail, according to Allhiphop.com. Mitchell maintains that he was verbally attacked by members of the School Board and accused of giving misinformation about the officers who were working for the rapper. The school board voted 4-1 to terminate eight part-time school officers earlier this month because they lacked the appropriate background checks. Four of the part-time, terminated police officers moonlighted as security for Snoop… Read more »
The city school board has voted to fire eight part-time school police officers, including four who were moonlighting as bodyguards for rapper Snoop Dogg when an unknown gunman shot at his convoy in April. After a four-hour closed session, the board voted 4-1 to fire reserve officers Leslie Gaulden, Randy Robinson and Kenny Archer, all of whom worked for the rapper. Officer and Snoop Dogg bodyguard Marcus Thompson, arrested on weapons charges after an incident at the BET Awards show in Hollywood, was fired last week. Board members declined to comment on the decision, but interim school police chief Wesley… Read more »
A concert on Friday (June 6) in Charlotte, North Carolina featuring Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers turned into a tragedy for one fan. According to the Charlotte Observer, 26-year-old Ashley Farris, a student at UNC Charlotte, was electrocuted as he walked barefoot on a wet stairway at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Faris was pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center-University, police said. A passer-by who tried to help Faris, 23-year-old Ryan Robards, was treated for electric shock. Police said Faris was electrocuted when he walked barefoot in the rain on a lighted, concrete stairway with metal edges. Robards… Read more »
Snoop Dogg has inked a deal with Vital Toys to manufacture a doll in his likeness. The product release date has not yet been announced. Photographs of the prototype can be viewed at the company’s website, vitaltoys.com. Vital Toys is also working on action figures for Sylvester Stallone’s character “Rocky” from the 1976 boxing film, and Madonna’s role in Desperately Seeking Susan. In related news, Snoop Dogg previewed songs from his album Welcome To Tha House Volume 1 Saturday (July 20) at his recording studio in Diamond Bar, California. Doggy Style acts Daz, Soopafly, Mr. Kane, E. White, and LaToyia… Read more »
Glazed-eyed rapper Snoop Dogg might want to avoid Cleveland when he’s drawing up tour itineraries – he’ll wind up in the slammer next time he’s caught there holding a bag. On Tuesday, Snoop, a.k.a. Calvin Broadus, pleaded no contest in Ohio’s Oberlin Municipal Court to possession of marijuana, a fourth degree misdemeanor, and was fined $250 plus court costs, which totaled $398.30. The crime normally carries a 30-day stay in Lorain County Jail. However, the court suspended the sentence provided Snoop stays out of trouble for the next two years. He will do time if he’s caught with weed in… Read more »
