Lady (Terri Walker & Nicole Wray) – Get Ready (Video)

As of lately, the transatlantic duo of Nicole Wray and Terri Walker, better know as Lady, have been generating quite a bit of buzz for their brand of unfiltered, honest, and uplifting soul music. The song, Get Ready, taken from their self-titled LP, is one of the best examples of their truly unique sound. It’s driving rhythm, which falls somewhere in-between William DeVaughn’s “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got” and that N.W.A song that samples William Devaughn “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got”, is the perfect backdrop for Nicole and Terri’s raw vocal stylings and positive message.

Newborn Baby Cured Of HIV

In our second HIV/AIDS news story (though this one is much, much better), from Telegraph:

A baby girl who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, US researchers have said, in a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.

The child’s story is the first account of an infant achieving a so-called functional cure, a rare event in which a person achieves remission without the need for drugs and standard blood tests show no signs that the virus is making copies of itself.

More testing needs to be done to see if the treatment would have the same effect on other children, but the results could change the way high-risk babies are treated and possibly lead to a cure for children with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

You can read the full article here.

French Montana Announces UK Tour Dates

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If you happen to be in London this month, you can catch French Montana as he promotes his forthcoming Excuse My French project which is due 21st May (assuming that it hadn’t been pushed back again). Check out the dates below and get your tickets here, here or here.

Friday 29/03/13 – London Indig02
Saturday 30/03/13 – Manchester 02 Apollo
Sunday 31/03/13 – Manchester 02 Academy

GZA – Chess Forum Interview (FADER)

Courtesy of FADER:

For the lastest edition of FADER and Converse’s Brooklyn Bound, we sat down with legendary Wu-Tang MC, the GZA, who chose Greenwich Village’s The Chess Forum to talk about his love for the game of chess and how he got started playing. He also gave us the inside track on his upcoming Dark Matter album, a concept album he researched through meetings with Harvard and MIT physicists. Check out GZA’s chess-playing origins above and stay tuned for video and an exclusive download from his Converse Rubber Tracks performance.

Nick Cannon To Play Freeway Ricky Ross In Biopic

You serious? If this is the case (and why wouldn’t it be — check out the video), Nick Cannon might get an Oscar, no lie:

Nick Cannon is about to play Freeway Rick Ross time to tell the Story of Cocaine, Contras and America. As stated by Freeway Rick Ross This is more than a MOVIE its a movement. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE REAL SCARFACE.

“I’ve been wanting him to play my role since ’96. We got hooked up, I met him I love his personality, know what I’m saying?” said Freeway in a YouTube clip. “We family now, we are going to get this thing right. However long it takes, his story has got to be told,” Cannon added.

Troy Ave Presents BSB (Mixtape)

 

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Troy Ave and his BSB crew drops off their new mixtape for the streets. Tracklisting and link below. Go get that shit now.

01. BSB – Last Rites (Feat. Troy Ave, Avon Blocksdale & King Sevin) [Prod. By Prafit Beats]
02. BSB – The Symphony (Feat. Troy Ave, Avon Blocksdale & King Sevin) [Prod. By Pete Rock]
03. BSB – Drug Game (Feat. Avon Blocksdale) [Prod. By Izzle Beats]
04. BSB – So Ambitious (Feat. Troy Ave & Avon Blocksdale) [Prod. By Tha Bizenss] 05. BSB – I’m Coming Home (Interlude)
06. BSB – Stared From The Bottom (Feat. Troy Ave) (Keymix)
07. BSB – Pain (Feat. Young Lito & Troy Ave) [Prod. By Nate The Hitmaker]
08. BSB – Adorn (Feat. Troy Ave) (Keymix)
09. BSB – Break N Bag (Feat. Avon Blocksdale & Troy Ave)
10. BSB – Four Ring Thing (Feat. King Sevin & Troy Ave) [Prod. By Sunny Dukes]
11. BSB – Major Distribution (Feat. Troy Ave) (Keymix)
12. BSB – Oh Baby (Feat. Troy Ave & Avon Blocksdale) [Prod. By John Scino]
13. BSB – Prize Fighter (Feat. Troy Ave, Avon Blocksdale & King Sevin) [Prod. By Oli Smallz]

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Warning: 31-Year-Old Man Allegedly Wanted for Spreading HIV

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According to a local report, authorities are offering a reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of 31-year-old Isaac Don Burks. Burks is accused of intentionally infecting hundreds of men and women in the Tri-State area with HIV.

On Friday, officials announced eight charges of Criminal Transmission of HIV have been filed against Burks. Police say Burk’s potential victims could date back as far as 2003. Burks is described as an African-American male, six feet two inches tall, weighing 185 pounds. He is 31 years old with medium brown skin. Burks had accounts on Adam4Adam.com, BGCLive.com, Grindr or the popular app Jackd, as he met four of the eight victims on these platforms who have since come forward to authorities.

He’s sick in the head!” the alleged victim, who didn’t want to be identified, told NBC News. “He told me that he was recently tested and was negative, and then I found his AIDS meds hidden in his closet. He confessed everything when I confronted him.” The man, who was diagnosed with HIV in October 2012, said Burks told him there were more than 300 victims including men and women. “He has been in a drug fueled downward spiral since his mother died. He loves to party with cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, or weed,” said the alleged victim. “Once you’re inebriated you let your guard down. He goes after people who are negative. He mostly sleeps with men, and from what I understand, he sometimes prostitutes

Health officials released an alert to residents of New York stating that “possibly hundreds have been exposed to HIV,” and encouraged possible victims to come forward and be tested. According to New York City Health Department spokesperson Kate Caraway, this is the first time they have seen someone deliberately trying to spread HIV to so many people. ”We want to make sure that anyone who may have injected drugs with , who may have had s*x with him, does come forward and get tested,” Caraway told the TV station. “We want to make sure that they’re not spreading the virus to anyone else.”

 

Burks has gone by several alias throughout the years including: Stephawn Burks, Stefan Levine, Isaac Levine, Stefan Burks, and Walter Brooks. He also has numerous outstanding warrants in several states for Fraud, Forgery, Identity Theft, and Financial Identity Fraud.

 

Burks is still at large. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Isaac Burks is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC (888-274-6372). Your call will remain anonymous.