Category: Media

From the Desk of Brandy Cavalli: Dear Social Media Crime Bloggers

I’m not here to knock anybody. But let’s be honest—when you’re outspoken, you’re gonna catch your share of trash talk.

The difference is, I’m not just somebody running a crime page from a phone.

I BLOG. I WRITE. I OWN MY OWN SITE.

And after years of networking, building relationships, and learning from some of the REAL crime writers, authors, television producers, and storytellers in this game, I’m proud to officially say I’ve become a featured writer on other crime-based platforms, contributed to book blurbs, and hell—I’ve even consulted on a gangster’s documentary.

So I’ve never knocked the social-media crime bloggers. Never.

But for some reason, some of them seem to have plenty to say about me.

Maybe they’re judging me strictly by what they see on social media. And that’s cool.

But social media ain’t my whole career.

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

Music Producer Tone Capone

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.

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

Sarah Khalifa

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.

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