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Davey D's FNV Newsletter
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The other big complication that has popped up involves Shyne, who last weekend was involved in an accident which left two people critically injured. He was publicly accused of driving with a suspended license and running a red light. There was a lot of hoopla made about this until further investigations were made. It was later discovered that Shyne had a valid Florida license and that it was the people who were injured who ran the red light and not Shyne. The prosecutors were forced to retract some of their statements and the issuance of an arrest warrant. The whole mess seemed to be an attempt to try the case in the press by showing homeboy in a bad light. In any case, despite the gag order, all eyes will be on Puff’s famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran to see if he can work miracles as he did for other notable clients like OJ Simpson, and get the pair off and free from jail… Cats are looking at 15 years or more if convicted… Jay-Z will be featured in this weekend’s USA Today Cover story…. If you’re in LA be sure to check out The Art Speak Stolen Lives Project Concert this Sunday and Monday…Its all going down at the El Ray Theater and it’s a benefit for those who were victims to police brutality… All sorts of artists ranging from Freestyle Fellowship to Blackalicious to The Coup to Mystic will be on hand Rappers who sound like idiots in interviews whether on tv or in a magazine. It's cool to use slang but c'mon, every word. And must they always use "be" incorrectly. If they're not totally destroying the English language then FNV January 21 2001 FNV January 16 2001 FNV January 12 2001 FNV January 9 2001 FNV January 5 2001 FNV January 2 2001 FNV December 19 2000 FNV December 15 2000 FNV December 13 2000 FNV December 11 2000 FNV December 4 2000 FNV November 30 2000 FNV November 22 2000 FNV November 17th 2000 FNV November 6th 2000 FNV October 26 2000 FNV October 24 2000 FNV October 18 2000 FNV October 16 2000 FNV October 2 2000
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Bad news for DMX as he will have to spend 15 days in jail for skipiing a court date last March. For those who don't recall, DMX was stopped for erractic driving after leaving a concert in upstate New York. Police officers later discovered that he had a suspended license and some weed on him.. He was arrested and told to return to court a couple of weeks later, however since DMX was on tour.. [Ruff Ryders/Cash Money Tour] he skipped out on his court date..He turned himself in a week later, but not before a new warrant for his arrest was written. DMX was ordered to spend 15 days in jail. He appealefd the sentence , but the word finally came back that his appeal was denied.. A new warrant was issued for his arrest. The irony to this whole ordeal is that DMX is up for a Grammy.. The ceramonies take place February 21st which means DMX would have to go to jail as soon as next week.. 
First things First… It looks like the first of Hip Hop’s 3 major trials this year is ready to get under way. 12 jurors have been picked and are ready to hear the case that involves Mr. Sean Puffy Combs and his partner Shyne. There was a bit of controversy leading up to the selection of five men and seven women who are split evenly along racial lines of Black and white. Puff’s defense lawyers accused prosecutor Mathew Bogdanos of racism when it appeared that he was on a mission to dismiss potential jurors because they were Black or Latino. Prosecutors countered that Puff’s lawyers were prejudice against potential white jurors. The prevailing logic seems to be that a juror of color may be a bit more sympathetic to Puff’s plight… Adding to all this drama are widespread reports that Puff woman, actress Jennifer Lopez may have left him for greener pastures, most notably a back up dancer in her latest video named Chris. There was disturbing ful
l page story that came out in Thursday’s New York Post newspaper that stated that J-Lo had been wanting to drop Puff for a long time, but was afraid of his explosive temper. The story goes on to note that she finally broke things off six months ago, but the pair agreed to put on a public façade of togetherness so as to leave a good impression during Puff’s trial. The Post’s allegations about Puff’s temper toward J-Lo may not sit to well with jurors especially those of color… Hopefully the sensationalism dies down and Puff gets a fair trial… 
Another cat making noise not so much for his rapping skills but because of the controversy surrounding it is 76er basketball player Allen Iverson. If you recall he caused an uproar not long ago because of his grimy and explicit lyrics on his debut single 40 Bars. The NBA heads came down on him as well as anti-rap crusader C Delores Tucker and pressured him to remove the offending material... Iverson claimed he was merely reflecting how he had come up, but cats eventually he agreed to back off... Well it seems like Iverson has had a change of heart... He isn’t going to remove offensive lyrics from his album ‘Non Fiction’. He’s gonna come with the hardcore raw stuff… The only major change in plans is that he’s not gonna release his album during the NBA All-star weekend as was initially planned. 
In a recent interview with BET.. Talib Kweli had this to say.. what are your thoughts on this…?