Hip Hop

Friday marked an important milestone for music as hip hop is turns 50 years old, and people in Connecticut were celebrating the occasion. “Unity, music, becoming a lifestyle,” Queen Allen of Bloomfield said. Hip hop was the name of the game in Bloomfield. People gathering for an afternoon of music, food, and breakdancing to honor 50 years of hip hop….

Sergeant Michael Arrington of the Houston Homicide Division called on eyewitnesses to help identify the gunman who killed Migos rapper Takeoff at a Houston-area bowling alley Monday night. Tips can be called into the Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or anonymously at 713-222-TIPS.

After the murder of Migos rapper Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known as Takeoff, Houston police chief Troy Finner announced that the department would be organizing a committee to better support and protect the city’s artists. “Sometimes the hip-hop community gets a bad name… [but there are] a lot of great people in the hip-hop community. And I respect them.”