Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Shooting at DaBaby’s North Carolina home leaves one injured
nme.comDaBaby’s home in North Carolina, leaving one person injured.Officials were called to the rapper’s home on April 13 at 7:45pm amid reports of a shooting.
According to WSCO-TV, DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, was at the property at the time of the incident.While the shooter and the victim have not been named, a spokesperson from the Troutman Police Department said it was an “isolated incident” and that there was no further threat to the community.The statement said: “Officers with the Troutman Police Department responded to a report of a shooting…Officers arrived on scene where they found one subject suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound.“The subject was transported by Iredell County EMS to a medical facility for treatment.
Due to the ongoing and continuing nature of this investigation, no information as to the names of those involved or the circumstances can be released at this time.
This is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community at large.”DaBaby himself referenced the incident on Instagram Stories, sharing a news report about the shooting.NME has reached out to representatives of DaBaby for comment.DaBaby is currently facing a lawsuit for an assault in California after an alleged altercation at a bowling alley with Brandon Bills, the brother of his ex-girlfriend DaniLeigh, in February this year.Bills claims that DaBaby (real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk) is legally liable for physically assaulting him “suddenly and without warning” as he walked past the rapper on February 9 at Corbin Bowl.He also claimed that the incident caused him to endure “severe injury and pain” and left him “psychologically damaged”.DaBaby has publicly claimed that he acted in self-defence.
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