What's On Today - Wednesday

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed by a gunman on Saturday (June 14) in what is being framed as a politically motivated attack. Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were targeted and shot by the same suspect, but are expected to survive their injuries after completing surgery.

As reported by local outlet Bring Me The News,  Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were gunned down at their Brooklyn Park home around 3:35 AM local time, according to the still-developing accounts from local authorities.… Read more

R. Kelly‘s attorneys have filed a motion asking that he be freed. They say officials solicited another inmate to kill him.

As per Variety, the legal team representing R. Kelly has submitted an urgent request for his release. His attorney on retainer Beau Brindley says that they having damning evidence that the high-level employees at FCC Butner propositioned an inmate to kill the disgraced singer. According to the motion, Mikeal Glenn Stine, a terminally ill inmate at the same facility, has provided a sworn testimonial saying officials at the prison and prosecutors offered him freedom in exchange for killing R.… Read more

50 Cent has jumped into the conversation about the drama between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and, of course, he did it in a funny and trolling way.

Fif hit Instagram with a couple of wild AI-generated images to poke fun at the situation. In the first one, 50 and Trump are seen golfing together. He added a caption joking about Musk’s recent black eye: “So what happened with Elon, heard he let some punk punch him in the face.”… Read more

Ananda Lewis, the well-known former MTV VJ and talk show host, has passed away at age 52 after a long battle with breast cancer.

The sad news was confirmed by her sister, and once it broke, the Hip-Hop community was frozen. Many artists and entertainers had been interviewed by Ananda over the years, and many built strong friendships with her, making her loss even more heartbreaking.

The California native graduated from Howard University in 1995.… Read more

Ye, the former Kanye West, has remixed his name once more in his ever-changing quest to forge his identity. In recent business document filings, it appears that Ye is now known as Ye Ye, although it hasn’t been explained why he’s decided to make the change.

As reported by Page Six, Ye Ye initially changed his name from Kanye West to Ye back in 2021. By way of his business manager, the Chicago superstar added the additional Ye, but it hasn’t been explained why he’s decided to make the change.… Read more

Jonathan Daviss, an actor who broke out as a star for Netflix’s Outer Banks series, has been cast as Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus in an upcoming biopic. The biopic will be directed by Craig Brewer, and Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Pictures is listed as one of the producers for the project.

Deadline exclusively reports that Jonathan Daviss, 25, was cast shortly after Brewer was named as the biopic’s director. Brewer broke out as a director for his 2005 film, Hustle & Flow, and also directed Dolemite Is My Name starring Eddie Murphy, along with Coming 2 America, also starring Murphy.… Read more