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Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men

Sheila Phipps art — Sheila Phipps with some of her work from the exhibit, “A mother’s art: Every portrait tells a story.”

For those unfamiliar with the back story, former No Limit Records rapper “Mac,” is serving 30 years for manslaughter.

Recently witnesses have recanted their stories which has raised questions of whether Mac is jailed on false testimony by those witnesses.

As of today, it has been 15 years since Mac was convicted but he is hoping for a new trial in wake of the new evidence presented in his favor.

His mother Shelia is a self taught artist based in New Orleans, her art proclaims her son’s innocence.

The article below was originally published back in 2011. It was written as the date approaches for the 10th anniversary of her son’s conviction: Continue reading “Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men”

Deaf Immigrant Jailed For 6 Weeks For A Crime He Didn’t Commit

He knew he was in jail, but he didn’t know why.

Eventually, Abreham Zemedagegehu learned that he’d been accused of stealing an iPad – an iPad whose owner later found it. He spent the next six weeks in jail, unable to communicate with his jailers because he is deaf. He described a frightening, isolated experience in which medical procedures were performed without his consent and he feared for his safety. Continue reading “Deaf Immigrant Jailed For 6 Weeks For A Crime He Didn’t Commit”

Al Capone’s Former Miami Beach Mansion Restored For Video And Photo Shoots

The waterfront South Florida mansion gangster Al Capone bought as a family retreat in 1928 is being restored to its Prohibition-era opulence and beginning what the property’s new managers said is a new chapter as a sun-splashed site for video and photo shoots.

alcaponemiami — Photo Credit: Huffington Post

The site is actually a collection of three houses: a gate house, a main villa and a cabana overlooking a large pool on one side and Biscayne Bay on the other. Marco Bruzzi, co-founder and chief executive officer of the MB America property investment company, said the purchase price was more than $8 million, with an additional $1.75 million in renovations ongoing.

As many 1920s touches as possible are being kept, including some original light fixtures and a red coral bridge over an outdoor pond. It will have a new name: 93 Palm. Continue reading “Al Capone’s Former Miami Beach Mansion Restored For Video And Photo Shoots”