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Rapper Goonew has been tragically killed after being shot in the back of the head.The rapper died aged 24 and his mum issued a message to his killers after he was killed on Friday.The rapper was publicly identified by police as Markelle Morrow, but he's better known by his musician name of Goonew.The shooting took place in Maryland and his mother Patrice Morrow has since told WUSA 9: "All he wanted to do is try to get his family out the hood." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter She continued: "He had a heart bigger than his body, when they took him, they took me." Goonew's watch was stolen by his killer before he was shot in the back, his family confirmed. “They took his chain.They took his watch.

The Washington Post by his manager, comes nearly two years after he survived another shooting attempt in 2020.Writing on Twitter after that, he posted: “I Ain’t Never Show This Pictures But July 5th Last Year They Told My Mother I Was Dead I Came Back… I’m Blessed & thankful I’m Still Here.”It is not yet known if the two incidents are connected.Goonew first made a name for himself in 2017 after working with Lil Dude, before signing with Hoodrich Pablo Juan. He had released several mixtapes including ‘Hey Auntie’, ‘Big 64’ and ‘Goonwick 2’.He developed his style and fanbase over the next four years, with The Washington Post describing his music as “timeless”.An obituary from the newspaper said: “The 24-year-old Maryland rapper had a gift for smearing time, phrasing his rhymes slightly in front of the beat, making the present moment feel weightless and imprecise.

Things are about to get territorial on NBC. Kelly Clarkson — a Texas girl at heart — and Snoop Dogg — straight out of Long Beach — will play host to the network’s new competition series, “American Song Contest”, where it’ll all boil down to home pride.

Kelly Clarkson -- a Texas girl at heart — and Snoop Dogg -- straight out of Long Beach — will play host to the network's new competition series,, where it'll all boil down to home pride.In a supertease of the new show, the Southern California-bred rapper represents his hometown while the  legend echoes her home state's rallying cry of «go big or go home.» She adds, «And every musician in this country feels the same way about where they come from.»And therein lies the premise of the new series — eight-weeks of live original musical performances from performers representing all 50 states, the five U.S. territories as well as the nation's capital.

Limp Bizkit have announced plans for a North American tour next month – buy your tickets here.The nu-metal icons’ ‘Still Sucks’ jaunt will take in 19 dates kicking off at the Hard Rock Live in Tampa, Florida, before making their way to Atlantic City, New York, Green Bay, Las Vegas and Reno before wrapping things up on May 31 in Ontario, Canada.They will be supported by Wargasm, $not, Scowl, Yung Gravy and Dying Wish on the dates.The new shows come after the band cancelled a series of concerts on their ‘Limited Last Minute Post Pandemic Popup Party Edition’ tour last year “out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and, most of all, the fans.”Tickets are on sale now and you can get tickets here. You can see the band’s full list of tour dates below:APRIL28 – Tampa, Hard Rock Live* 30 – Hollywood, Hard Rock Live* MAY3 – Norfolk, VA @ Chartway Arena*4 – Roanoke, VA @ Berglund Center*6 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Casino* (non-AEG show)7 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza*10 – Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Center*12 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena* (non-AEG show)13 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden*15 – Baltimore, MD @ Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena*18 – Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Centre^19 – Saginaw, MI @ The Dow Event Center^21 – Gary, IN @ Hard Rock Casino^ (non-AEG show)22 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center^24 – Kansas City, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena^26 – Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center28 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas#29 – Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center#31 – Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena#*$not, Wargasm, Scowl ^Yung Gravy, Dying Wish, Wargasm #Dying Wish, WargasmThe US tour comes ahead of their forthcoming UK tour in September.

Deaf representation has taken a major step forward with two Oscar-nominated films this year — one a fictional story, the other entirely real.

Audible” have debuted a PSA in honor of Deaf History Month.“Audible” director Matthew Ogens and producer Geoff McLean have reteamed to produce a new public service announcement promoting Deaf History Month, which runs March 13 to April 15. The PSA features the documentary’s Amaree McKenstry-Hall, and deaf activist and model Nyle DiMarco, communicating through American Sign Language, explaining the documentary and Deaf History Month.“We are tough, we are strong, we are determined,” McKenstry-Hall signs in the PSA.DiMarco, who is a producer on “Audible,” adds, “There isn’t anything we can’t do, we will succeed.” “Audible” focuses on teenagers at Maryland School for the Deaf, specifically following the life of McKenstry-Hall, then a senior at the school.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President“Audible,” an Oscar nominee for documentary short, features a winning combination: great filmmaking and a great subject matter.Director Matt Ogens had been waiting for 12 years to tell the story about the Maryland School for the Deaf and their championship football team. However, he doesn’t consider it a sports documentary: “It’s a coming-of-age story and some of it is unique, some of it is universal.”However, he had trouble getting funding: “We had a lot of doors shut in our faces by people thinking there wasn’t an audience for this.”During that time, Ogens would check in regularly with people at the school when he visited his family in the Maryland-D.C.

On your mark, get set, rock out! The Preakness Stakes isn’t just for watching horses as some top music acts will be part of the race day celebrations.

The 90 Day Fiancé family is growing! Olga Koshimbetova is pregnant, expecting baby No. 2 with husband Steven Frend.

Setting the record straight. Will Smith got honest about the rumors swirling around about his 24-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith.

TMZ, saying: “We have come to a time where we must inform the public that after a year of privately undergoing a series of treatment for esophageal cancer our beloved Traci Braxton has gone on to glory.”A post shared by Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) The singer and reality TV star was born in Maryland in 1971 and began her career with her sisters in the group The Braxtons in 1989. She released on single with them, ‘Good Life’, before embarking on her own solo career many years later in 2014.Under her own name, she released two solo albums – 2014’s ‘Crash & Burn’ and 2018’s ‘On Earth’.

Toni Braxton is morning the loss of her sister Traci. The 50-year-old entertainer died on Saturday (March 12) after a long battle with cancer. Toni and her sisters Towanda, Trina and Tamar and their mother were reportedly by Traci’s side when she passed away at her home.

Traci Braxton died at the age of 50 after a long battle with cancer on Friday (March 11), according to TMZ. The Braxton Family Values star was reportedly surround by her sisters — Toni, Towanda, Trina and Tamar — and mom when she quietly passed. Find out more about the entertainer, below.

EXCLUSIVE: BET Her and Tressa Smallwood of MegaMind Media announce their partnership on four original short films from directors Meagan Good, Naturi Naughton, Tichina Arnold, and LisaRaye McCoy, among others. Smallwood serves as executive producer.

Calling all Pogues! Chase Stokes pleaded with Outer Banks fans to keep season 3’s story line under wraps until the show premieres.

At the Oscar Luncheon earlier this week, a young man sporting a gray suit and a dazzling smile rubbed shoulders with the likes of Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain and Kristen Stewart. Unlike those luminaries, Amaree McKenstry-Hall isn’t an actor, but he is a star — of an Oscar-nominated film. A nonfiction one.

By When Thurgood Marshall founded the Legal Defense and Education Fund under the NAACP umbrella in 1940, America was embroiled in racial discrimination and early fights for civil rights. Eighty years later, the charge against our nation's inequities and injustices is Sherrilyn Ifill, who first joined the organization in 1988 as an assistant counsel in the area of voting rights.Following a 20-year hiatus from the institution in order to teach law at the University of Maryland, where she accomplished groundbreaking centered on civil rights, discrimination, and lynchings in the 21st century, Ifill returned in 2013 to take the reins as the seventh president and director-counsel of LDF. She was the second woman ever to do so, behind .

Selome Hailu Attached to its hit freshman sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” ABC has partnered with Scholastic to become the first entertainment brand to provide underfunded schools with free book fairs.The book fairs take place at seven Title 1 schools between March 14 and 18. Each student will receive two free books and each teacher will receive 10. Participating schools include Philadelphia’s Harrity Elementary, which “Abbott Elementary” is based on, as well as Siehl Elementary in Erie, Pa., Bond Elementary in Chicago, Dayton’s Bluff Elementary in Minneapolis, Freeman Elementary in Flint, Mich.

Rex Orange County has shared a jazzy new collaboration with Tyler, The Creator called ‘Open A Window’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.The British artist and the US rapper previously teamed up on Tyler’s 2017 album ‘Flower Boy’.‘Open A Window’ is the third track to be taken from Rex’s upcoming album ‘Who Cares?’, which arrives on Friday (March 11). “Could I open a window? / Could somebody open the door?” he sings on the track.

Vigil and Gentleman Jack star Suranne Jones is creating a three-part relationship drama for ITV.