Outkast has released a statement in memory of Rico Wade. The statement includes personal messages from Andre 3000 and Big Boi. “The first time we met Rico [Wade] of Organized Noize, we had the ‘Scenario’ instrumental on and we just rapped damn near the whole song, non-stop,” Andre 3000 wrote. “That day, after we rhymed, […] The post Outkast Release Personal Statements on the Passing of Rico Wade: ‘Without Rico Wade There Would Be No Outkast’ first appeared on The Source.
Source: Annette Brown / Getty Hip-Hop’s relationship with the other coasts has long been curious, marked at times by periods of disregard, surprise and respect. For Southerners, much of that affirmative praise comes from the work of rappers like Scarface, groups like UGK, 8Ball and MJG, and OutKast, and producers like Mannie Fresh, DJ Paul and Juicy J, and the production trio, Organized Noize. Birthed in Atlanta, the collective of the late Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brown, is responsible...
ST. GEORGE — Marcia Chalk Wade peacefully passed away, surrounded by her loved ones, on Sunday morning, April 14, in St. George, at the age of 78. She shared a deep love with her husband, Stephen Wade, marrying in 1972 and held strong for 51 years. Their union brought forth five remarkable children: Tyler (Alaina) Wade, […]
Circleville, OH – April 30, 2024 In a joint effort to assist families in need, the Circleville Sunrise Rotary and local Kiwanis clubs, in partnership with Bottoms Up of Lancaster, have launched a month-long diaper drive throughout May. With a lofty goal of gathering 30,000 diapers, the initiative aims to provide essential support to families […]
“We’re not digging through rubble for somebody, we're digging through rubble for things. And that’s how we have to look at it,” Rick Jones told WFAA.
By ERIK VERDUZCO and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to travel to North Carolina on Thursday to meet with the family members of four officers killed earlier this week in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016. The president is scheduled to visit Wilmington across […]
The city of Atlanta, along with family, friends, and luminaries from the music industry, came together to honor the legendary Rico Wade, who passed away on April 13, 2024, at 52. The solemn proceedings at the iconic Ebenezer Baptist Church paid tribute to Wade’s immense contributions to music and culture. As mourners gathered, the Clark […] The post Music Stars, Execs and Government Officials Unite to Celebrate Rico Wade in Atlanta first appeared on The Source.
It had been 24 days since Dau Mabil vanished while on a walk in Jackson, Mississippi. And in the last few of those days, his family and a growing number of supporters began to think the unthinkable, that a body fished from the Pearl River over the weekend was his. And worse, that he was murdered. On Thursday, they got confirmation of the former, while the latter worry still looms. “He was always my little brother,” Bul Mabil, Mabil’s older brother, told NBC News. “To just think that my brother...
In the months since David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky Johnson were found dead in the backyard of a Kansas City home, the families of those men say they've grown frustrated at the lack of information.
In his resignation letter, Haliva, who served in the force for 38 years, took responsibility for failing to prevent the attack.
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Danger sparked at two South Florida homes, leaving families without a place to stay and leading first responders to comeRead More
Mayor Jorge Maldonado was shot dead in Portovelo, Ecuador just days before a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime in the violence-riddled country