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Bay Area Producer of the Legendary Hit “I Got 5 On It” Passes Away at Age 59

Tone Capone, the legendary Bay Area producer —best known for crafting the smash 1995 Luniz hit “I Got 5 On It”—died on September 12, 2026, at the age of 59.

Now, if you’re an ’80s baby like me, then this song hit you right in the middle of your teenage years. I didn’t even smoke weed, but somehow this song had me feeling like I needed to go grab a sack!

That beat was LEGENDARY—knocking through the trunk of every D-boy on the block, windows down, bass rattling.

Black Women Ran Numbers Rackets Game During the Prohibition Era

Before the world made room for women, women like Alberta Green and Madam St. Clair made their own damn room.

In the brutal streets of the early 1930s, during Prohibition, these women stepped into the gambling underworld and built fortunes in a game controlled largely by men.

And for Black women—living under racism, sexism, and relentless social suppression—the odds were stacked even higher.

But they didn’t ask for a seat at the table.

They took the table.

Egyptian Crime Show Host Sentenced to Death By Hanging for Drug Crimes

NY Post — A popular Egyptian TV presenter has been sentenced to death by hanging after she was convicted for her role in a massive drug trafficking ring.

Sarah Khalifa, a 39-year-old former host of Egyptian crime show “Mission Impossible” sobbed in court as she was ordered to be executed in Cairo, Al-Jazeera reported.

“Please listen to me, sir. My parents raised me well; they are people who pray, and I don’t need drug money,” Khalifa, who has more than 2 million followers on social media, pleaded to officials.

Khalifa and 11 others were sentenced to death after they were convicted of operating an organized gang that imported raw materials to make drugs, Egyptian state media reported.