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A man has admitted to shooting rap star Tupac Shakur in 1994 after allegedly being paid $2,500 dollars by James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond inside Manhattan’s Quad Studios in November of 1994.

Dexter Isaac, a former friend of Rosemond, is an inmate currently serving life in prison for murder, robbery and other offenses.

Isaac came forward Wednesday (June 15th) with the information on the eve of what would be Tupac’s 40th birthday.

He confessed to his involvement in the November 30th, 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur to AllHipHop.com, after Jimmy Henchman identified him in a statement, relating to Henchman’s indictment for dealing numerous kilos of cocaine.

I want to apologize to his family [Tupac Shakur] and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Jimmy Henchman],” Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com from prison. “I am trying to clean it up to give [Tupac and Biggie’s] mothers some closure.

Henchman, who is currently on the run from Federal officials, claimed that Dexter Isaac, along with other incarcerated inmates were cooperating with the government in an investigation of his alleged drug dealing activities.

If the government is relying on informants like Winston “Winnie” Harris, a convicted drug dealer and Jamaican deportee, who came to me and motioned via hand signal that he was forced to wear a wire and begged me to skip town or Dexter Isaac who is serving life in prison plus 30 years, then I’m sure I will not be offered a fair trial,” Henchman said in a statement released to AllHipHop.com in May of 2011.

Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com that he decided to confess to the robberies to prove Jimmy Henchman’s involvement, in addition to clearing his conscious for the shooting.

Isaac said he was comfortable going on record relating to the robbery and shooting, since the statute of limitations had expired. Legally, no one can be prosecuted for the assault at this time.

Isaac was a lifelong friend of Jimmy Henchmen, who helped the former mogul set up his first company, Henchman Entertainment, in 1989.

Isaac claims he never cooperated with the government in any investigation, and Jimmy Henchman’s allegations infuriated him.

Isaac, who is also from Brooklyn, has long been suspected of being involved in the Quad shooting of Tupac Shakur, along with an associate name Spencer “Scooter” Bowens, who is also serving a life sentence.

According to the confession below, Dexter Isaac not only knows what happened to Tupac Shakur’s jewelry, but he claims he is also in possession of the Hip-Hop star’s chain that was taken during the altercation on that infamous night on November 7, 1994.

The shooting on November 30th, was the start of a deadly feud that resulted in the murders of both Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

Their murders have never been solved.

Isaac was indicted by the government in 1998 and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison for murder, robbery, fraud and witness intimidation charges.

 

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/12/2011

spotted: HipHopDX

* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
4 Tech N9ne  All 6’s & 7’s 56,000 56,000
17 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 20,000 1,090,000
24 Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 15,000 243,,000
26 Chris Brown F.A.M.E. 14,000 610,000
28 Wiz Khalifa  Rolling Papers 14,000 445,000

 

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
32 Maybach Music Group Presents… Self-Made, Volume 1 12,000 90,000
100 Tyler, The Creator Goblin 4,600 75,000
138 Jadakiss I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) 3,300 18,000
196 Kid Cudi Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager 2,500 428,000
200 Waka Flocka Flame Flockaveli 2,500 272,000

“Some of the things Biggie wrote,” says Jay-Z, “if you take those lyrics and pull them away from music and put them up on the wall, someone will say, ‘This is genius…this is genius work.'”

JAY-Z speaks on his best selling book, “Decoded”. He also sheds light on the fact that rap/hip hop should be looked at as poetry, and claims that certain hip hop artists can and should be respected as poets.

directed by Mike Carson

Record stores, manufactued housing and tuxedo rentals are down in the US economy. 

IBISWORLD reports identify 10 U.S. Industries that are either dead or heading there fast.  All 10 industries are in long-term decline.  From 2000 to 2010 each experienced a big decrease in both revenue and total number of establishments. Full list below:

Companies on the verge of extinction:

  • record retailers
  • dealers in manufactured housing
  • wired telecommunications carriers
  • textile mills
  • newspaper publishers
  • apparel manufactures
  • DVD, game & video rental
  • Providers of video postproduction services
  • The photofinishing industry
  • Renters of formal wear and costumes

80's Swagg Tyson pictured above with promoter Don King

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, actor Sylvester Stallone and three-division champ Julio Cesar Chavez were among this year’s class of inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame

 

Title                           Weekend Gross

Super 8              $37 million

X-Men: First Class  $25 million

Hangover 2            $18.5 million

Kung Fu Panda 2     $16.6 million

Pirates of  the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides  $10.8 million

 

 

Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur, owner of Dallas Mavericks basketball franchise and chairman of HDTV cable network HDNet.

Mark Cuban grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, in a Jewish working-class family. In 1999, during the dot com boom, Cuban sold his website Broadcast.com to  Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock.  In 2000, Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks for $285 million from H. Ross Perot, Jr. In the 20 years before Cuban bought the team, the Mavs had a winning percentage of 40%, and playoff record of 21–32. In the ten years following, the team won 69% of their regular season games and reached the playoffs in each of those seasons. Last night the Dallas Mavericks won their 1st NBA Championship in franchise history after defeating the Miami Heat in 6 games.

Congratulations to Mark Cuban and his staff for a title well deserved.

#GWOP

Follow Mark Cuban on Twitter @mcuban

 

The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback’s message was clear to the 450 graduating students from Camelot Academy in Philadelphia. “I lost my freedom. I lost my money and I lost my family. All because of irrational decisions and using poor judgement. Think before you speak, think before you act and think before you make decisions in life,” Vick told them.

Vick surprised two of the students by giving them $5000 scholarships.

I was blessed and God gave me a second chance, the world gave me a second chance, the city of Philadelphia gave me a second chance,” Vick said. “That’s what this is all about. These kids had people around who believed in them and knew they could come out of their situations and make it a positive.”

Pimpin Ken Speaks On Tupac Impersonators

Watch Pimpin Ken give his thoughts on Soulja Boy remaking Juice  and Meek Mill and Rick Ross“Tupac Back.”

“A lot of Ya’ll nig%as running round here talking bout ya’ll Tupac soldiers.  Tupac wouldv’ve never worked with the police. 

Tupac shot two police officers motherf*cker…   Quit screaming Tupac name you square a*s nig*as.!!!”

 

 


spotted: HipHopWired

Tupac’s memory lives on and in celebration of his 40th birthday, rappers, singers and comedians are coming together to honor him. Headlined by Erykah Badu and hosted by Afeni Shakur and Mike Epps, the concert for the slain rap legend will take place on June 16th at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, with proceeds benefitting the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts.

DJ Drama will be spinning and performing acts include Bun B, Meek Mill, Too Short, Roy Ayers, 8 Ball & MJG, and others that have yet to be named.

Erykah Badu spoke about the honor of being chosen to perform on the day declared as “Tupac Day” in Georgia’s DeKalb County at last year’s event.

“I am greatly honored to have been invited by Afeni Shakur to celebrate her son’s 40th birthday,” said Badu in a statement. “I do not take this honor for granted.”