Ice T Speaks On The State Of Hip Hop, Old School And More!!

Ice T sat with RollingStone to discuss the current state of Hip Hop which to him includes materialistic filled values, rappers hiring stylists and much more! The OG rapper makes a great point about aging in Hip Hop and the effects of success, hit the jump to gain some knowledge from the Hip Hop vet!

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As Ice T sat down with RollingStone, he made some very valid points when it came to explaining the state of today’s Hip Hop. When asked, if Music still excited him, he responded by naming some of the top lyricists out right now:
“I’m just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It’s too materialistic. You know, I’m the kind of guy . . . I can’t do that. If you track my movement, you’ll never see a picture of me with any girl that wasn’t mine, or my own car. My jewelry, my clothes. What kind of gangsta rapper has a stylist? A stylist?! So now that game? I gracefully bow out, but then you got beasts. You got Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick [Lamar], all these cats that can really spit. I don’t know. I’m just different, and I’m cool with it. The key to the game is “do you.”
Ice T also went into explaining that he feels as though rappers who’ve been in the game for a while do not know how to age gracefully, stating:
“I’m going to say this: you can rap forever, but you have to have broken by 30 [years old]. If you broke by 30, you can tour forever. Big Daddy Kane is out touring. Raekwon, me, Ultramagnetic [MCs]. You have a fan base, like Frank Sinatra. Tonight, nobody wants to hear my new music. They want to hear something I did. They want me to take them back and transform them back to that moment. I don’t have any desire to put out the hottest record, because my mind is really on film and television. Music is something I do, but my Body Count album is gonna kill, because I’m passionate about that”
Read more of the interesting interview on RollingStone

Escaped Killers Joseph Jenkins And Charles Walker Captured In Panama City Beach

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — With two convicted killers back in police custody, authorities have shifted attention to finding out who made the phony court documents that led to the mistaken inmate releases that rocked Florida's judicial system.
Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were captured Saturday night without incident at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in Panama City Beach, a touristy area of putt-putt courses and go-kart tracks. Hours earlier, their families had held a news conference in Orlando — some 300 miles away — urging them to surrender.
"Now that we have them in custody, we're hoping to get something from the interviews with them," Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey said. "We seized printers from the prisons, now we're going to be able to throw a lot of resources at this part of the investigation. We're already working it."
A woman who answered the phone at the motel said she saw police coming and they went into room 227. After authorities left, the parking lot of the two-story motel next to Big Willy's Swimwear was mostly empty. Authorities think the men had been in the area since Wednesday.
Jenkins and Walker were both serving life sentences at the Franklin Correctional Facility in the Panhandle before they walked free without anyone realizing the paperwork, complete with case numbers and a judge's forged signature, was bogus. The documents seemingly reduced their life sentences to 15 years.
Jenkins was released first on Sept. 27. His uncle and father figure, Henry Pearson, said when prison officials called him in Orlando he jumped in the car with fresh clothes for Jenkins and picked him up from prison.
He drove him to see his mother and grandmother. Jenkins hung around Pearson's home for some days and registered as a felon Sept. 30 at an Orlando jail, as he was required by law. He filled out paperwork, had his photograph taken and his fingerprints were checked against a database to make sure he didn't have any outstanding warrants for his arrest.
The Orange County jail official who interacted with him had no idea he was supposed to be locked up, Sheriff Jerry Demings said.
Pearson planned a birthday party for Jenkins on Oct. 1, but he didn't show. Pearson thought little of it because Jenkins had friends in the area, and after all, he had been locked up since the 1998 killing and botched robbery of Roscoe Pugh, an Orlando man.
About a week later, on Oct. 8, Walker was let out of the same prison when similar legitimate-looking documents duped prison officials. His mother, Lillie Danzy, said the family thought their prayers had been answered when she got a call saying her son was being released. She called prison officials back to make sure it was actually happening.
There wasn't time to pick him up, so prison officials took him to a bus station, gave him a ticket — as they would any other ex-inmate — and sent him along.
Walker had been in prison since his conviction of second-degree murder in the 1999 Orange County slaying of 23-year-old Cedric Slater. Like Jenkins, he registered at the Orange County jail three days after his release without raising any alarms.
He knocked around town and went to church last Sunday. But at some point, he and Jenkins went underground.
On Tuesday, one of Pugh's relatives contacted the state attorney's office to let them know Jenkins had been let out. Pugh's family had been notified by mail, which is typical for families of violent crime victims.
Prosecutors reviewed Jenkins' case file and quickly discovered the forged paperwork, including motions from prosecutors to correct "illegal" sentences, accompanied by orders allegedly filed by Judge Belvin Perry within the last couple of months. The orders granted a 15-year sentence.
They soon discovered Walker's paperwork also was falsified, and a manhunt was launched for both men.
At this point, Jenkins had been free for more than two weeks. Walker had been out for a week. Had Pugh's family not contacted prosecutors, it's not clear how long they may have been out unnoticed.
For the past four days, authorities believe the men were in the Panama City area, said Frank Chiumento, a chief inspector with the U.S. Marshals Service.
Bailey said authorities were able to track down the men through interviews with people who visited them at the prison, called them there or made deposits into their canteen account. Those people included relatives, ex-girlfriends and others, he said.
"The key piece of this was an individual or individuals that had made deposits into their canteen accounts at the prison," Bailey said.
The men weren't planning on staying in Panama City Beach very long, he said. Someone from Atlanta was coming to pick them up and take them somewhere else, Bailey said.
In light of the falsified documents, the Corrections Department changed the way it verifies early releases and prison officials will now verify with judges — not just court clerks — before releasing prisoners early.
Pearson said he was shocked to learn earlier this week that his nephew was not supposed to be out of prison. He said it took him a day or two to process events.
On Saturday night, he heard about the captures while watching TV. Soon after, a law enforcement agent called his home unexpectedly and let Jenkins talk to his wife.
"He just said that he was OK and that he loved us," Pearson said. "We have a great sense of relief because we did not know how this would end up."
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Farrington reported from Tallahassee. Associated Press photographer John Raoux in Orlando and reporter Jonathan Drew in Atlanta also contributed to this report.

These Best-Dressed Stars Seriously Shone This Week (PHOTOS)

This week's best-dressed list was filled with stars in perfectly fitted minimalist looks. Allison Williams stood out in a simple black halter dress, while Carey Mulligan proved that you can look fabulous in yellow.
Meanwhile, Sandra Bullock continued to hit it out of the park in an incredibly sexy lace dress (this lady is one to watch), and Rooney Mara proved that she is still one of Hollywood's best-dressed celebs.
Check out our picks for best-dressed and let us what you think.
Allison Williams In Dior

Now this is a dress! What makes this gown so special is the silhouette. The halter neckline shows off William's toned arms and creates simple, clean lines which make the actress appear taller than she is.
Carey Mulligan In Dior

Yellow can be a tricky hue to wear given not all shades of the color are very flattering. But Mulligan seems to have nailed it with this strapless dress. The boning towards the top helps to give her a nice hourglass shape, while her pink lipstick and black pumps compliment the delicate look.
Michelle Pfeiffer In Alexander McQueen

Clearly, Pfeiffer knows how to put together a balanced outfit. The strong shoulder pads on her blazer are nicely countered by her fitted white dress shirt and slightly flared pants. (Not to mention the fact that her legs look about 12 feet long).
Freida Pinto In Burberry

Pinto understands how to wear a statement piece. The actress' metallic jacquard pencil skirt is the standout garment in her outfit, so she kept the rest of her look simple, allowing us to be wowed, once again, by her fashion-forward ways.
Rumer Willis

We were happily suprised to see Willis on the best-dressed list this week. We think the young star has finally learned that less is more. This classic black dress, with a slight slit and a deep-V, is showing off all her best assets.
Jennifer Hudson In Donna Karan

Ruching and wrapping are always figure-flattering, so Hudson was smart to pick this style of dress. The singer's strappy sandals further elongate her legs, while her sexy cat-eye makeup amps up the sex appeal. A+, Hudson.
Queen Maxima Of The Netherlands

Who says royalty can't be fashion-forward? We love how Queen Maxima elevated her simple grey dress with bold accessories. Her oversized hat, metallic clutch and gold hoop earrings ensure that she is best-dressed material.
Rooney Mara In Proenza Schouler

The queen of minimalism is finally wearing color (alright, a little bit of color). This dress looks fabulous on Mara because it's refined yet of the moment. The leather top, combined with the tummy cut-out and pleated metallic strips, stay true to the actress' avant-garde style, but are still slightly unexpected.
Li Bingbing In Elie Saab

Now this is show-stopping gown! The Chinese actress may be wearing a revealing dress, but the high neckline, delicate beading and long hemline ensure that it reads very classy.
Sandra Bullock In Stella McCartney

Bullock is on fire in the fashion department lately, and this dress is no exception. The long sleeves on her black lace dress are balanced out nicely by the frock's short hemline, while her deep red lips and tousled locks make the entire look totally effortless.

JPMorgan Reaches Tentative $13 Billion Settlement With Justice Department: WSJ

JPMorgan Chase has reached a tentative $13 billion settlement with the Justice Department over a number of investigations related to to the bank's residential mortgage-backed securities business, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tweets from The Wall Street Journal and CNBC broke the news Saturday.
News of the deal comes just a day after a JPMorgan was reported to have reached a tentative $4 billion settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency over claims it sold bad mortgages to government agencies ahead of the financial crisis
At $13 billion, the potential settlement with the Justice Department exceeds estimates in September that JPMorgan would end up paying as much as $11 billion over the allegations. If finalized, the settlement would be the largest the U.S. government has ever made with a single company, according to WSJ.
JPMorgan may still also face criminal charges, according to a tweet by CNBC reporter John Harwood:
More from Reuters:

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has reached a tentative $13 billion agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to settle government agency investigations into bad mortgage loans the bank sold to investors before the financial crisis, a source said on Saturday. The tentative deal does not release the bank from criminal liability for some of the mortgages it packaged into bonds and sold to investors, a factor that had been a major sticking point in the discussions, the source said.
As part of the deal, the bank will likely cooperate in criminal inquiries into certain individuals involved in the conduct at issue, the source, who declined to be identified, said.
Officials at JPMorgan and the Justice Department declined to comment.
Another source close to the discussions characterized a deal as likely, but cautioned that parts of the agreement are still being hammered out, and the settlement could conceivably fall apart.
The record settlement could help resolve many of the legal troubles the New York bank is facing. Earlier this month JPMorgan disclosed it had stockpiled $23 billion in reserves for settlements and other legal expenses to help cover the myriad investigations into its conduct before and after the financial crisis.
The deal is being hammered out by some of the most senior officials at the Department of Justice and the largest U.S. bank. Attorney General Eric Holder and JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon spoke on the phone on Friday night to finalize the broad outlines of the broad deal, the first source said.
The bank's general counsel Stephen Cutler and Associate Attorney General Tony West are negotiating a statement of facts that will be part of a final agreement, the source said.
Long considered one of the best-managed banks, JPMorgan has stumbled in recent years, with run-ins with multiple federal regulators as well as authorities in several states and foreign countries over issues ranging from multibillion-dollar trading losses and poor risk controls to probes into whether it manipulated a power market.
In September, as the Justice Department prepared to sue the bank over mortgage securities that the bank sold in the run-up to the financial crisis, JPMorgan tried to reach a broader settlement with DOJ and other federal and state agencies to resolve claims over its mortgage-related liabilities stemming from the bust in house prices.
Dimon went to Washington to meet with Holder on Sept. 25, and discussed an $11 billion settlement at that point.
Some of the problems relate to mortgage bank Washington Mutual and investment bank Bear Stearns, two failing firms that JPMorgan took over in 2008.
The bank and the Justice Department have been discussing a broad deal that would resolve not only the inquiry into mortgage bonds it sold to investors between 2005 to 2007 that were backed by subprime and other risky residential mortgages, but also similar lawsuits from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the National Credit Union Administration, the state of New York and others.
The broader settlement is a product of a government working group created nearly two years ago to investigate misconduct in the residential mortgage-backed securities market that contributed to the financial crisis. Officials from the Justice Department, the New York Attorney General and others helped to lead the group.
Reuters reported late Friday that JPMorgan and FHFA had reached a tentative $4 billion deal. That agreement is expected to be part of the larger $13 billion settlement.(Full Story)