FREDDIE LEE TRONE ARRESTED FOR PNB ROCK’S MURDER: According to TMZ, 40-year-old Freddie Lee Trone was arrested in Las Vegas for the shooting murder of PNB Rock. As of press time, he was awaiting to be extradited back to Los Angeles. L.A. County District Attorney George Gascon announced yesterday (September 29th) that both Tone and his 17-year-old son were charged with one count of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery as well as two counts of second degree robbery. Shauntel Trone, the 17 year old’s stepmother was also charged in connection to the murder with one count of accessory after the fact. PNB Rock was 30.
CARDI B CALLS OUT YSL FOR RACIST EXPERIENCE: Cardi B took to Instagram to speak on a racist experience she had while shopping at a YSL store in NYC. She posted a photo of an employee and then captioned the pic, “@ysl at 57th street, y’all got this weak a** racist piece of sh*t working at ya’ll store and y’all manager ain’t no better neither…Don’t delete the bullsh*t off the camera neither. I’ll talk about it later or tomorrow on live .. Toodles.” In other news, Akbar V dropped a Cardi B diss song yesterday (September 29th), entitled “Bothered.”
LATTO CRITICIZED FOR SAYING SHE IS ‘SEXUALLY LIBERATED’ TO A CHILD FASHION INFLUENCER: Latto is being criticized for what has been deemed inappropriate comments to a child fashion influencer during an interview. In a clip from New York Fashion Week, nine-yeaer-old fashion influencer Taylor Biggs was reporting on behalf of Harper’s Bazaar. She asked Latto to describe her style, Latto responded, “I think I’m authentic. I think I give modern, sexually liberated women. You’ll learn about that later.”Of course people had a lot to say about her comments. One person responded, “Which is it? Y’all want children to understand that sexual liberation and expression is natural, or do you want to continue to have these ultra-conservative narratives? Sexual liberation is not a pseudonym for a sexual act. Grow up.” Another person tweeted, “There are definitely “little kid” ways to say that same thing. Like modern, confident, loving and appreciating the body that I have, friendly/social, “feeling free to enjoy adulthood.” Who says “sexually liberated” to the babies.”
BOOSIE BADAZZ CALLS FOR BLACK BOYCOTT OF NETFLIX’ JEFFREY DAHMER SERIES: Boosie Badazz took to Twitter to call for a boycott of Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer series. Dahmer murdered a total of 17 men between 1978 and 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Boosie wrote via Twitter, “AS BLACK PEOPLE WE SHOULD BOYCOTT THE JEFFERY DAHMER MOVIE. WHAT HE DID TO OUR BLACK KIDS IS F*CKING SICK #NETFLIX TAKE THIS MOVIE DOWN ITS SICK.”