Category: Hollywood

Prominent Atlanta Author Targeted In Robbery Attempt 

Buckhead (Atlanta) tastemaker Danielle Rollins, author of “Soirée: Entertaining with Style”

Buckhead tastemaker Danielle Rollins, author of “Soirée: Entertaining with Style” and recently named one of “The Salonniere’s” 100 best party hosts in America, survived a bold home-invasion attempt this weekend at her Buckhead house. “I’m obviously rather freaked out and tired, but I’m not going to be scared out of my own house,” she told the AJC newspaper.

Rollins was unpacking the night after Christmas, after a holiday break, when someone tried to enter her home.


She shared the following message on her Facebook account:

The private security guard I hired after my last break-in three weeks ago, and probably for the rest of my life now after this, chased at least two men through a neighbor’s yard. They dropped a backpack containing items including but not limited to guns, mace and ties. The (Atlanta) Police Department responded immediately, blocking and securing the area, with helicopter and canine patrol. This is not a way to live.

Read more about this story as well as the robbery of Buckhead high end events planner Toni Moceri in which she was held at gunpoint for 90 minutes. AJC.com

Hip Hop Pioneers Killer Mike, Big Boi, T.I. Back Rap’s Freedom Of Speech

  
Hip-hop’s First Amendment rights got a huge boost before the Supreme Court yesterday when three of Atlanta’s G.O.A.T.s, Killer Mike, Big Boi, and T.I. (among others), filed a brief on behalf of a former high school student in Texas who got punished for making a rap song in defense of female students alleging sexual harassment against teachers at the school.

The court may not decide until February whether or not to try the case. A lower court ruled against the rapper’s freedom of speech defense, arguing in part that the song was profane, vulgar, and had “numerous spelling and grammatical errors.”

Killer Mike’s response in an interview with the New York Times: “I see a kid who saw wrong happening and was outraged about it. He wrote a poem about it over a beat.” And on hip-hop’s First Amendment rights, he said: “Anyone who is learned in law is capable of separating art and lyrics, whether you agree with them or not, and actual human behavior. I think the courts understand it when it’s Johnny Cash. I think they understand it when it’s Robert Nesta Marley.”

Source | Concrete Loop 

Tupac’s ‘Thug Life Is Dead’ Jailhouse Letter On Sale For $225K

  
Tupac Shakur declared “Thug Life” was dead to him in an emotional letter that included a road map for his “homiez” to make it out of the hood — and according to TMZ, that letter is now for sale.

Tupac’s 5 page correspondence to a Death Row employee was written in 1995 while he was in jail for rape. The letter includes some deep thoughts about being ready to let someone else rep the thug life — which he famously tatted on his torso.

He wrote, “U must play the game, not let the game play u. A regular Playa plays women, a Boss Playa plays life. A Boss Playa is a thinker, a leader, a builder, a moneymaker, a souljah, a teacher and most of all, a Man! ” 

Tupac also said, “I want all my homiez to know there is another level.”

The letter is being sold by a memorabilia site called Moments in Time, the $225,000 price is fixed. 

Source | TMZ