50 Cent Hosting “Derby Takeover” Event

Rapper to host Derby Eve Party in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY - 50 Cent is set to have a “50 Cent Derby Takeover” party and afterparty at Club Liv;133 West Liberty Street, Louisville, KY 40202 on May 6, according to a flyer posted on Fox 19.

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The Kentucky Derby is set to take place May 7 in Louisville. 

Young Buck; DJ Fresh, Rich Homie Quan’s tour deejay; DJ E-Feezy; and DJ Slikk are also scheduled to be part of the “50 Cent Derby Takeover."

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The event’s flyer, which is below, doesn’t list a start time but says that it will take place until 6 am and that “late night adult entertainment” will be available from 3-6.

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Several rappers, including T.I. and Nelly, have also appeared at the Kentucky Derby and its related festivities throughout the years.

Effen Vodka Presents The 50 Cent Derby Takeover which will happen Friday, May 6, at Club Liv on West Liberty Street. The party will feature several DJs, celebrities and food vendors. Guests will include DJ E-Feezy, The Wolf of South Beach. Young Buck, DJ Fresh, (Rich Homie Quan’s DJ) and DJ Slikk will be a part of what promoters are calling the "Main Event".

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A list of celebrity guest will be released in coming weeks.   

There will be a "Taste Room" with some of Louisville’s top chefs. "The Seafood Lady" will be at the event from 12:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.  Latricia Soul Food will cook breakfast for guests from 4:00 am to 6:00 am.  

The party is expected to last from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

WHEN

Friday, May 6, 2016 at 11:30 PM - Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 6:00 AM (EDT) - Add to Calendar

WHERE

CLUB LIV - 133 West Liberty Street, Louisville, KY 40202 - View Map

New C-Murder Music Sparks Investigation

With the release of his "Dear Supreme Court" song, C-Murder might have broken the rules at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where the rapper is serving a life sentence.

According to The Advocate, Louisiana Department of Corrections is investigating whether C-Murder, born Corey Miller, recorded material from behind bars, which is not allowed at the prison.

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Spokeswoman Pam Laborde says the investigation started in January when news surfaced of C-Murder's forthcoming Penitentiary Chances album, a collaborative project with Boosie Badazz. The project is slated for an April 15 release.

Laborde says that when questioned, the No Limit rapper denied recording while in the facility and said that all material that has been released since he entered the prison was recorded before he began serving his sentence.

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The lyrics for "Dear Supreme Court" might suggest otherwise, as C-Murder raps "Dear Supreme Court, now will you let me go" on the chorus, says "they hit me with an L."

A report by the Huffington Post says that "Miller sang the lyrics himself," but his team would not explain how C-Murder recorded the song.

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C-Murder has a request pending for the Supreme Court to grant him a new trial. In the case, he claims that a member of the jury was coerced into ruling and that his legal team has two new witnesses to support his claims of innocence.

The New Orleans rapper was found guilty of second-degree murder in 2009 for the 2002 shooting death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas.

In 2013, the Supreme Court denied Miller's request to have his murder conviction appealed.

C-Murder recently gave a statement offering a free copy of Penitentiary Chances to President Barack Obama before its commercial release so that the president can hear "hear his plea through his music." He is seeking pardon from the president.

The rapper's brother, Master P, told Tha' Palace that he hopes President Barack Obama makes a decision in favor of C-Murder.

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"We definitely hope that happens for him because he deserves [to be pardoned]," Master P says. "This is not something that he’s done."

Parent company of Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles files for bankruptcy protection

This would be a major loss for anyone.

We swear we aren’t just on a chicken and waffles kick, despite just recently posting about a pair of chicken and waffles Nike SBs. Apparently one of the most well-known chicken and waffle restaurants in the world, Roscoe’s House of Chicken N Waffles, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The west coast food staple has been around since 1975 and has seven locations in Southern California. The company was founded by Harlem native Herbert Hudson. Ideally, the bankruptcy filing will allow the company to restructure its debts rather than close outright. It would be a travesty if they closed.

Roscoe’s  is a Los Angeles culinary institution, dishing up its soul food to the likes of Snoop Dogg and Magic Johnson.

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But now the Long Beach chain is in trouble — its parent company, East Coast Foods Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday.

Lawyers for East Coast Foods did not respond to a request for comment. In court filings, the company did not say whether bankruptcy would affect the day-to-day operations of its seven Southland Roscoe's restaurants.

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As befitting an eatery that started in the Southland, Roscoe’s has also been referenced in numerous films, television and music. The late rapper Notorious B.I.G. name-checks the chain in his song “Going back to Cali.” Samuel L. Jackson’s character tempts an underling with a Roscoe’s meal in Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime drama “Jackie Brown.” Rapper Snoop Dogg took both Larry King and David Beckham to the chicken mecca on his reality TV show. Roscoe's has been dishing up its chicken-and-waffle combos since 1975, along with Southern staples such as grits, biscuits and cornbread. In 2011, President Obama made an unannounced stop at the West Los Angeles spot when he was in town on a fundraising trip.

But Roscoe’s has recently been at the center of less welcoming attention.

In October, a judge in Los Angeles ordered the company to pay $3.2 million to Daniel Beasley, a former employee who claimed that there was systemic racial discrimination at the chain. A jury awarded Beasley close to $1.7 million; he was also awarded $1.5 million in attorney’s fees.

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In the suit, Beasley accused the company of giving Latino employees preferential treatment over black workers, including better schedules and shifts. Beasley said he was fired in retaliation when he tried to change those practices. He became homeless after losing his job, according to media reports.

In court filings, East Coast Foods listed Beasley as one of its largest unsecured creditors.

Bankruptcy experts speculated that the Chapter 11 filing may have been sparked by something beyond the original judgment.

“The judgment, that’s a big number, but I wouldn’t think that was a big number for a large restaurant chain,” said Eric Pezold, a partner specializing in bankruptcy at Snell & Wilmer who is not involved with the bankruptcy or the Beasley case. He said something else may have occurred “between there and now to precipitate this filing.”

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Beasley’s attorney, Scott Cummings, said he had hired a lawyer to start the process of collecting on the judgment, which Roscoe’s is appealing. Cummings said he was worried that the bankruptcy filing was an attempt to get away from paying what is owed to his client.

“It looks strange,” he said. “I’m very concerned that might be what’s going on.”

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Instagram Sued By Photographer Over Copyright Claims

A Wisconsin-based photographer filed a lawsuit in California federal court this week alleging that Instagram infringed on one of her copywritten images and ignored her takedown requests.

As first reported by TorrentFreak, photographer Jennifer Rondinelli Reilly claims that Instagram linked to one of her shots -- a pair of red lips and a microphone -- but the company's takedown procedure failed to remove the image, which she registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2013.

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If rights holders make a takedown request Instagram is expected to act quickly to take down the image, something Reilly says they failed to do in this case despite her sending notices on January 26, 27 and 28 of this year. "Reilly never authorized the Infringing Uses," according to the complaint, which notes that the images are still on the site. "Instagram has not removed or disabled access to the Infringing Uses." Reilly sells the "Red Lips and Microphone" image as a fine art print.

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As a result, the lawsuit is seeking a temporary and permanent injunction against the service hosting the photo and compensation for the damage she claims to have suffered, as well as payment of her attorney's fees. In a statement provided to Billboard, Instagram says the company “is aware of the suit and is looking into the matter.” A request to Reilly for comment wasn’t returned at press time.

While Torrentfreak reported that several of the offending images had been removed so far, appear to still be present.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's "safe harbor" provision protects Internet companies from responsibility for copyright infringement by their users. However, they are protected only if they promptly respond to DMCA takedown requests; if they fail to do so within a reasonable time frame they may be held liable.

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Reilly filed a similar lawsuit against Twitter in January over the same image; that case was reportedly dismissed a short time later, though it's unknown if a settlement was reached. She also reportedly sued BuzzFeed in February over copyright issues reportedly related to her images from Santana's Universal Tone Tour; that status of that lawsuit was unknown at press time.