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  • Nelly: Rapper Arrested on Drug Charges in Tennessee

    Nelly was arrested in Tennessee on Saturday on meth and marijuana related charges. The rap star, along with six others, were driving through Tennessee en route to St. Louis when the arrest took place. State troopers pulled over the bus in which the ‘Hot in Herre’ and ‘Country Grammar’ artist was a passenger, and smelled weed. That gave them the probable cause they needed to search the bus. The bus was stopped for not displaying a sticker from the Tansportation Department and the International Fuel Tax Association, which is a requirement for tour buses.

    In addition to the marijuana found inside the bus, state troopers also found five rocks that tested positive for methamphetamine. They also discovered drug paraphernalia and guns including a gold-plated Desert Eagle pistol, a 45-caliber Taurus pistol, and a .500-magnum Smith & Wesson.

    According to a report from the Washington Post, Nelly was arrested and charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

    Brian Jones, a passenger on the tour bus, was arrested and charged as a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.

    Both men were taken to Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tennessee. Nelly was released on $10,000 bond a short time later, according to the Associated Press.

    Nelly is scheduled to appear in court on June 19, which also happens to be the day he is scheduled to be in Philadelphia for his tour with New Kids on the Block and TLC.

    Nelly hasn’t made an official announcement about his arrest.

    Do you think the rapper will get out of court in time to make his concert date with NKOTB and TLC? There will no doubt be some very disappointed fans if he doesn’t.

    Do you expect there will be fans who opts not to attend the show because of Nelly’s drug charges?

  • Lauryn Hill Speaks Out Against Ferguson By Dedicating ‘Sketch’ Version of ‘Black Rage’

    Lauryn Hill is using her music to voice her outrage over the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, through a new “sketch” version of her song Black Rage.

    Since its release, the song has been played more than 85,000 times.

    A take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein song My Favorite Things from the musical The Sound of Music, the remix was dedicated to the protests in Missouri following the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

    The song describes “all these kinds of things” that lead to unrest similar to that which is erupting in Ferguson in the past few weeks over police brutality.

    “Black rage is founded on draining and draining, threatening your freedom to stop your complaining,” Hill sings. “Poisoning your water while they say it’s raining, then call you mad for complaining, complaining.”

    Hill joins other hip-hop artists who are supporting protesters in Ferguson.

    Rapper Nelly, who hails from St. Louis, joined protesters as they marched, and hip-hop star J. Cole, visited the city and released the song, Be Free, in memory of Brown.

    “As an artist I wanted to put my money where my mouth is,” rapper and activist Talib Kweli told CNN‘s Don Lemon. “I’m supported by the community that’s been brutalized. I have a son that’s Mike Brown’s age.”

  • Amanda Berry Surprises Nelly Fans At Cleveland Show

    Amanda Berry, one of three women who were kidnapped, tortured, and held captive for ten years by Ariel Castro, made a surprise visit to a Nelly concert in Cleveland on Saturday night and even walked up onstage.

    Berry was invited to the show by radio host Shane French, but he says he was shocked when she actually showed up. Apparently, she and her family are longtime listeners of his show.

    “I just said that she had 10 years of partying to make up for and she should come…I figured that when she wants to tell her story, she’ll make the arrangements, and it would have been pointless to even ask,” French said.

    Berry was accompanied by two other women onstage, who broke down crying at the outpouring of support and love she received from the crowd. The concert was held on a day charged with emotion for Berry–and for Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were held with her for a decade inside Castro’s Cleveland home–as it came just a day after Castro’s guilty plea. Castro will do life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 1,000 years for the kidnapping, repeated rape, and abuse of the women. His indictment included two counts of aggravated murder for the forced miscarriages that Michelle Knight suffered after he punched her in the stomach and starved her while she was pregnant.

    The women haven’t made many public appearances since their dramatic rescue in May, after Berry kicked out a door panel at the front of the home and ran for help. However, they did post thank-you videos online for the support and financial donations the public has given them since they were released from the hospital.

  • Nelly Tweets About Tour Bus Raid

    Rapper Nelly had his tour bus raided on Wednesday night, when police found a whopping 36 baggies of heroin, 10 pounds of marijuana, and a loaded gun.

    “It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning,” Nelly said. “Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials did not press charges against anyone other than that individual.”

    His bodyguard was arrested after claiming the items were his, and Nelly had a few choice words for him on Twitter.