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Opening Remarks of the Tory Lanez Assault Trial

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Monday, Dec. 12, served as the first day of opening remarks in the Tory Lanez shooting trial in which he is being accused of shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

The incident occurred last year on July 12th after the two artists left a pool party at Kylie Jenner’s house in Hollywood Hills. Tory Lanez is accused of shooting Megan in the foot while riding in an SUV and allegedly told her to “dance b*tch,” according to testimony by Los Angeles Police Det. Ryan Stogner.

During opening remarks in the Los Angeles court room, prosecutors claim an argument took place in the SUV where Megan Thee Stallion was reportedly criticizing Lanez’ music. Meg then allegedly got out of the car and Tory fired five gunshots, striking Megan in both feet, while yelling “dance bitch.”

Prosecutors revealed that both Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion’s former best friend, Kelsey Nicole, both tested positive for gun shot residue. Prosecutors also revealed that Lanez assaulted Nicole after shooting Megan and that’s how the GSR ended on her.

Prosecutors entered into evidence a voicemail Lanez left for Nicole where he apologized profusely as well as the text messages Lanez sent to Megan following the shooting. “I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart … shit should have never happened and I can’t change what I did,” Lanez texted Megan, according to prosecutors. “Cuz I genuinely just got too drunk.”

During the opening statement for the defense, attorneys stated that Tory never admitted to shooting a gun but was apologizing for “having a sexual relationship” with both Megan and Nicole, which reportedly caused the fight.

The defense claims that Megan was motivated by jealously to lie and that it was Nicole who pulled the trigger; Lanez was only trying to take the gun away from her and that how the gunshot residue got on him.

Back in 2020, Megan Thee Stallion outed Tory as the one who shot her.

“You shot me, and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs, lying and shit,” Megan said on Instagram Live. “Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand. I tried to keep the situation off the internet, but you’re dragging it.”

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Lloyd Banks Announces ‘All Or Nothing Vol. 3: Despite My Mistakes’

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After releasing Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hour last October, Lloyd Banks is back on social media to announce his upcoming project, All Or Nothing Vol. 3: Despite My Mistakes. This will be the third installment in the All Or Nothing series, following Failure’s No Option (F.N.O.) in 2013 and Live It Up in 2016. As of now, Banks has yet to reveal an official release date.

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Kanye West Announces New Solo Album ‘Bully’

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After collaborating with Ty Dolla $ign on Vulture 1 & 2, Kanye West surprised fans by announcing his forthcoming solo album titled Bully during a live performance at the Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China.

“I got a new album coming out,” he revealed to the audience. “The album’s called ‘Bully,’ and this song is called ‘Beauty and the Beast.’” He then debuted the song, which features his signature vocal style over an instrumental. The lyrics include, “I still think about it every night and day to try to stay away, to keep my audience / Don’t take this disrespect, I’m sitting here trying to redirect.”

Watch Kanye in the clip below.

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Young Dolph Murder Suspect Claims Yo Gotti’s Brother Big Jook Placed $100K Bounty on Rapper

Smith revealed that he had only received $800 of the promised $100,000 payment before his arrest, with Big Jook later adding $50,000 to his lawyer’s retainer.

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The murder trial of Young Dolph began on Monday, September 23.

During the trial of his co-defendant Justin Johnson, murder suspect Cornelius Smith took the stand and admitted to shooting the rapper, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., outside Makeda’s Butter Cookies in Memphis on November 17, 2021. The shooting, which occurred in broad daylight, was reportedly part of a $100,000 bounty placed by Yo Gotti’s brother, Big Jook.

Yo Gotti and Young Dolph had a well-known feud dating back to 2016. In September 2017, an associate of Yo Gotti was arrested for attempted murder after a shooting targeting Dolph, but the charges were later dropped.

Smith testified that he was the one seen firing the semi-automatic weapon in the CCTV footage of Dolph’s murder. While Johnson is the only one of the three suspects currently on trial, Smith’s testimony was pivotal in building the case against him.

Smith also revealed that he had only received $800 of the promised $100,000 payment before his arrest, with Big Jook later adding $50,000 to his lawyer’s retainer. “I wasn’t feeling anything at the time,” Smith stated. “I’m not gonna lie. I was just trying to get some money.”

Big Jook, born Anthony Mims, lost his life earlier this year on January 13 following a shooting incident at a Memphis restaurant after a funeral service. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries, according to Fox 13 Memphis.

Yo Gotti has yet to comment on the allegations that his brother was involved in Dolph’s death.

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