Friday 24 June 2011

Ex-RWANDA MINISTER FINALLY GETS LIFE IN JAIL FOR RAPE+GENOCIDE

..its been a long time comin. People need to stop using women as a weapon in war, stop WarRape+Genocide


A former Rwandan minister has been jailed for life for genocide and incitement to rape at the United Nations-backed court for Rwanda in Tanzania. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, who is the only women to be convicted by the court, was minister for family and women’s affairs in the Rwandan government when some 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, were killed in 1994.
She was accused of direct and public incitement to commit genocide and of being responsible for rape “as part of a widespread and systematic attack against a civilian population on political, ethnic and racial grounds,” the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said. Her son, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali, a militia leader who was jointly charged in the case, was also convicted Friday of genocide, crimes against humanity including rape and persecution and war crimes, and sentenced to life in prison.
Four local officials who were accused alongside Nyiramasuhuko and her son were all found guilty on genocide and other charges. They were handed prison terms ranging from 25 years to life. Nyiramasuhuko, who was arrested in 1997 in Kenya, and taken to the U.N. court in Tanzania to await trial, was found guilty on seven of the counts she faced, ICTR spokesman Roland Amoussouga told CNN.
They included charges of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity including rape and persecution. The court found that Nyiramasuhuko was a member of the Interim Government that issued directives whose intention “was to encourage the population to hunt down and take action against the ‘enemy’ and its ‘accomplices’; terms which referred to Tutsis in general.”
Nyiramasuhuko also participated in many Cabinet meetings at which the massacre of Tutsis was discussed “and she took part in the decisions that triggered the onslaught of massacres in Butare prefecture.” While Nyiramasuhuko is the only woman to have been convicted by the ICTR, other women have been jailed for their roles in the genocide by courts elsewhere.
*VIA CNN**

Thursday 16 June 2011

Man admits to shooting Tupac in 1994 Shooting

Smh i always knew Jimmy Henchman was not as innocent as he made himself out to be..


A man has admitted to the non-fatal 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur, claiming he was paid $2,500 to rob the rapper at Manhattan's Quad studio. Dexter Isaac, currently serving a life sentence on unrelated charges, said he was hired by hip-hop manager Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond to ambush and mug Shakur, setting off three years of reprisals that left Shakur and Notorious BIG dead.
"Jimmy, I say to you: I have kept your secrets for years," Isaac told AllHiphop. "I have stayed silent in prison for the past 13 years, doing a life sentence like a real soldier should, when you and everybody have turned your backs on me ... Now I would like to clear up a few things, because the statute of limitations is over, and no one can be charged, and I'm just plain tired of listening to your lies. In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Quad studio. He gave me $2,500, plus all the jewellery I took, except for one ring, which he wanted for himself."
Isaac has spent the past decade behind bars, serving time on a 1998 indictment for murder, robbery, fraud and witness intimidation. He and Rosemond have long been linked with Shakur's robbery, though neither man was ever charged. In 2008, the LA Times published – and later retracted – an article contending that Rosemond and other associates of Sean Combs (AKA Diddy) arranged the attack as payback for Shakur's rejection of Combs's record label. The LA Times ultimately admitted their allegations were based on fabricated FBI reports. But Shakur himself had made these claims before his death. "Promised [to] pay back Jimmy Henchman in due time," he rapped on Against All Odds. "Heard the guns bust, but your tricks never shut me up ... All out warfare, eye for eye."
Now a manager for stars including Sean Kingston and the Game, Rosemond is allegedly on the run. He disappeared in May, amid federal drugs charges, complaining that events had "caught [him] off guard" in a letter to XXL magazine. "I came up from nothing and made some mistakes early in my life, of which I have already served time," he wrote. "Since then I have worked hard to establish my career in the music industry only to be targeted by these opportunistic prosecutors with a personal vendetta against me." Rosemond asserted he was being smeared by scurrilous informants, including Isaac.
Isaac now says it was this allegation that prompted him to come forward about the events of 30 November 1994. "I have never been a rat for anybody," Isaac replied. Instead he alleges that Rosemond himself is a "turncoat rat". "If I was an informant like you, I would've been home years ago with my family," Isaac wrote.
Isaac did not admit to the September 1996 murder of Shakur, and also refused to comment on the March 1997 slaying of his "friend" Notorious BIG. Both these crimes remain unsolved. "But I would like to give their mothers some closure," he wrote. "It's about time that someone did, and I will do so at a different time. Jimmy, you and Puffy like to come off all innocent-like, but as the saying goes: you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
Had he lived, Tupac Shakur would have celebrated his 40th birthday today. - The Guardian

Heres a Vid of Henchman talking about the shooting (SMH):

Tuesday 14 June 2011

**Video/Talent of the Week**

Youtube is a helluva thing :)

Discovered this vid whilst randomly browsing through  youtube.
Although I usually dislike diss vids ..cant lie Killa Kelz KILLLLL'T Soulja on his own ish :)
check him out on his Youtube: KillaKelzproductions
enjoy :)

Monday 13 June 2011

*Watch out for** Introducing Joy Valencia 'Dont make a sound..don't Wake the Lion'

..dont wake him up..dont wake the lion..
First things first...
I absolutely STAN for this song lol.
I recently found out about Joy Valencia on Twitter (once again..twitter is an amazing thing) I became intrigued when I read in her bio that she's a singer/song-writer so thought me being someone who loves hearing something new and fresh, decided to look her up on YouTube...AND THATS WHERE I HEARD THE SONG...Dont wake the Lion. The different 60's/80's/blondie/vintage/futuristic/enticing /hypnotising feelings this song had to it automatically caught my attention then the lyrics caught my heart, with the catchy verses ''theres a lion in my bed he's looking comfy in my room'' (girl... lol). The song has a sort of beyond musical feel to it.. its almost an artistic fantasy (which can also apply for the playful golden music video)
I honestly am a SUPER fan right now (listened to the other songs), and sincerely wish her all the success in the coming future. You are going to BLOW..and when you do Joy i better have my ticket when you perform here in the UK.
UK fans and (future fans) can be sure to check her out on twitter @JoyValencia
check out her official YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/JoyValenciaMusic
& Heres my song of the freakin summer!..