GUN VIOLENCE VICTIM: KWAME DUODU, 15, KILLED IN TORONTO, CANADA.

Kwame Duodu #RIP

Photo: Kwame Duodu, 15
Homicides #38/2013 and #39/2013,
O'She Doyles-Whyte, 16, and
Kwame Duodu, 15


Broadcast time: 22:55
Friday, August 23, 2013

31 Division
416-808-7400


On Friday, August 23, 2013, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police were called to the Grandravine Drive/Driftwood Avenue area for a shooting.

Once on scene, police located two boys with obvious gunshot wounds.

O'She Doyles-Whyte, 16, was pronounced at the scene. 

Kwame Duodu, 15, was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Witnesses advise three males were seen fleeing the scene on bicycles. The first and second are described as possibly Somalian. The third is described as black.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who may have seen these three males in the area, around this time, or anyone with information, is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Terry Browne at 416-808-7400 extension 77403, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online atwww.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.


Constable Victor Kwong, Corporate Communications for Detective Sergeant Terry Browne, Homicide Squad

— atToronto Police Service Homicide Squad.

This case had me awake 24 hours working with the Toronto Community on my twitter @Snitchlady urging ppl to call Crimestoppers to help with information police need. #RIP to these young Fine children. 

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GUN VIOLENCE VICTIM: O'SHE DOYLES-WHYTE,16, KILLED IN TORONTO, CANADA.

O'She Doyles-Whyte

Photo: O'She Doyles-Whyte, 16 

Homicides #38/2013 and #39/2013,
O'She Doyles-Whyte, 16, and
Kwame Duodu, 15


Broadcast time: 22:55
Friday, August 23, 2013

31 Division
416-808-7400


On Friday, August 23, 2013, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police were called to the Grandravine Drive/Driftwood Avenue area for a shooting.

Once on scene, police located two boys with obvious gunshot wounds.

O'She Doyles-Whyte, 16, was pronounced at the scene. 

Kwame Duodu, 15, was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Witnesses advise three males were seen fleeing the scene on bicycles. The first and second are described as possibly Somalian. The third is described as black.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who may have seen these three males in the area, around this time, or anyone with information, is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Terry Browne at 416-808-7400 extension 77403, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online atwww.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.


Constable Victor Kwong, Corporate Communications for Detective Sergeant Terry Browne, Homicide Squad

— atToronto Police Service Homicide Squad.

This case had me awake 24 hours working with the Toronto Community on my twitter @Snitchlady urging ppl to call Crimestoppers to help with information police need. #RIP to these young Fine children. 

Dr Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo

@HipHossip @Snitchlady on Twitter

Facebook.com/HipHossipMusicFoundation

HipHossip.com

#HHMF

GUN VIOLENCE VICTIM: KYRE MALIK KILLED IN MARYLAND, USA.

Kyre Malik. Aka. Hound Balla!!

My friend Sherie Henderson's son. Pray for all who we lost in GUN VIOLENCE! His mom is having a difficult moment up there in Maryland now. Pls pray for his memory. He was a fine young man.

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GUN VIOLENCE KILLS THREE JOURNALISTS AND SEVERAL OTHERS SHOT AND WOUNDED YESTERDAY IN CAIRO.

Egypt uprising August 14th 2013

Three journalists, including a cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News and a Dubai-based newspaper reporter, were killed and several were injured in the violence that erupted in Egypt on Wednesday.

Media watchdogs urged Egypt to investigate all attacks on journalists and to hold those responsible to account, condemning the casualties that occurred after riot police backed by armoured vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Scores of people were killed in the violence nationwide.

Sky news said Mick Deane, 61, was shot and wounded while covering the violent breakup of protest camps in the capital, Cairo. It said he was treated for his injuries but died soon after. The rest of the Sky crew was unhurt.

The Gulf News, a state-backed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, reported on its website that journalist Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, 26, was shot dead near the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo as security forces moved in on a sit-in by Morsi supporters.

The newspaper said she had been on annual leave and was not on assignment at the protest for the XPRESS, a sister publication that she worked for.

Egyptian journalist Ahmed Abdel Gawad, who wrote for the state-run newspaper Al Akhbar, was killed while covering the crackdown at Rabaah al-Adawiya. The Egyptian Press Syndicate, a journalist union, confirmed Gawad's death, though it had no other information about how he was killed.

Sky said Deane had worked for the broadcaster for 15 years in the United States and the Middle East. He was married with two sons.

The broadcaster's news chief, John Ryley, said Deane was "the very best of cameramen, a brilliant journalist and an inspiring mentor to many at Sky," while British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "saddened to hear of the death."

The Gulf News said it spoke to the UAE journalist's younger sister Arwa Ramadan, who confirmed her death.

"My mom spoke to her close to (early morning prayers), but when she called again at 12 noon, there was no response," the sister said. "She called again, and somebody picked up the phone and told her Habiba was dead. My dad, who is in Egypt right now, confirmed it later."

The Gulf News quoted deputy editor Mazhar Farooqui as saying the publication was in shock.

"It's hard to believe she's gone," Farooqui said. "She was passionate about her work and had a promising career ahead."

The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was investigating several attacks on journalists and urged Egyptian authorities to "show restraint and allow the media to do their job."

"We call on Egyptian authorities to issue clear orders to security forces to respect the right of journalists to work freely and safely while covering events in Cairo and the rest of the country," said Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the media watchdog.

The International Press Institute said it had received reports that journalists were being targeted by both sides in the clashes.

"Journalists are neutral parties in conflicts and should not be the target of violence, regardless of who is perpetrating it," IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said. "The Egyptian government must also be held accountable by the international community for any deaths or attacks that deliberately targeted media workers."

Reuters news agency confirmed that photographer Asmaa Waguih had been shot in the foot and is receiving treatment for her bullet wound.

An Associated Press photographer working near the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque during the melee was hit in the back of the neck by two birdshot pellets, said Manoocher Deghati, the AP's Middle East photo editor. The photographer received medical care and later returned to work, Deghati added.

Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said its cameraman Mohammed al-Zaki were shot in the arm and that two of its correspondents were arrested during the day.

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said it had learned of several other injured Egyptian journalists, including Tarek Abbas — a reporter for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan who was sustained gunshot wounds to his leg and eye — and photographer Ahmad Najjar who was shot in the arm and had his camera seized.

Source: Canadian Press

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POLICE CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER WITH RAPPERS TO END CRIME. I MADE IT HAPPEN.

KJ and Sgt Gray of Toronto Police 2009

I was featured in a 2010 story in The Toronto Sun about how Cops and Rappers can work together and fight crime. It is a known fact that rap artists are not friends of police. Many have been burned by police and others simply don't trust them. Rapper/actor Ice-T actually sealed that deal in a song titled F*CK THE POLICE! 

That song has been a major cause of problems between rappers and police. A perception remains there. But perceptions can be changed when I decided that Toronto Police could team up with me and let us get the local rappers out when we had an epidemic of gun violence in Toronto in 2010. 

We recorded the PSA's (public service announcements) and put them on the air at Z103.5FM and Flow 93.5FM, the leading urban music stations. The whole month of June 2010, there was no gun violence for an entire month. Below is the Toronto Sun's story by Chris Doucette. Watch the video at the Sun's website. 

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Rap music videos are often filled with angry young men waving guns and spitting rhymes about how much they despise police.

And nobody would be too surprised these days to tune into the nightly news and see yet another hip-hop artist facing drug, gun, or even murder charges.

So, the thought of cops and rappers working together to make the city safer is sure to raise some eyebrows.

But Toronto Police are hopeful this unlikely pairing is what's needed to get young people's attention. They've enlisted the help of seven local rappers for public service announcements as part of this summer's TAVIS initiative.

"The only way we're going to stop someone from getting shot is by convincing the person holding the gun to put it down," said Const. Scott Mills, the force's social media relations officer. "These guys are definitely pieces to that puzzle."

The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy has officers working year-round across the city. But for the third year in a row, TAVIS will also operate an enhanced summer initiative that targets crime-plagued areas of the city.

Mills said he was recently asked for suggestions to help spread the word about the work 90 officers will be doing in three communities, starting Monday. So, he suggested the idea of incorporating rappers into the effort, believing it would be a great way to reach out to the young people in Toronto's toughest neighbourhoods, many of whom are influenced by hip-hop culture and rap music.

"It's a style of music that's not traditionally associated with police, that's for sure," admitted Mills, who met with the group of rappers Thursday at a west-end radio station to record the public service announcements.

He offered some key themes for them to touch on, but otherwise they were able to "free-style" their own message.

One by one, Gilly Gadan, Linkx, NES, Berg Beauge, Jay Stackz, David a.k.a. D, and Kadar Star busted rhymes for TAVIS, urging people to "trust" and "help" police.

"I couldn't believe the things they were saying," Mills said excitedly. "I was just blown away!"

He believes the messages were more powerful than any ad police could have produced on their own.

The rappers' contributions will be woven together and cut down to two 30-second spots, slated to air May 31 on Z103.5 and FLOW 93.5.

But Mills was so impressed, he plans to post them in their entirety on youtube.com/torontopolice.

While getting the rappers to say "all the right things" was easy, Mills said convincing them to work with cops may have been impossible if not for the help of crime victim advocate Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo.

She put the call out for rappers on her highly popular music blog, Hip-Hossip, and had 700 responses. But that number dwindled to just a handful when she explained cops were involved.

"I screened them to be sure they were sincere," she said. "I didn't want anyone who was only doing it just to boost their career."

However, as a Canadian correspondant on a new hip-hop show called The Deal on BET, she plans to reward the volunteers by giving them some

exposure.

Omololu-Olunloyo said the young men who participated have had trouble with the law to varying degrees, but she believes that gives them more credibility with the youth.

"These are all positive guys who have turned their lives around," Omololu-Olunloyo said.

She actually helped mentor one of the rappers, Gilly Gaden, after meeting him "on the block" near Jane St. and Wilson Ave.

"I was living the fast life, selling drugs and pimpin'," he explained. "But music changed my life."

At 26, he's currently in studio with Linkx, 21, recording an album, but he had many run-ins with police when he was younger and lost friends along the way.

"The violence has to stop," said Gilly Gadan, whose real name is Gilliano Joseph. "It's hurting everybody, the young and the old."

Berg Beauge, whose real name is Tony Rosier, is also no stranger to trouble.

The 33-year-old recently finished a two-year stretch in the Joyceville pen, but after returning to school he now has a good job and a promising music career.

He finally decided to "change his ways" after realizing the toll his decisions were taking on his 12-year-old son.

"If I can straighten out, then anyone can do it," Berg Beauge said. "But it's hard work and nobody is going to do it for you."

NES, whose real name is Noel Esso, decided in his late teens to make some new friends and start focusing on school and his music.

Now, at 23, he's raising a two-year-old son on his own and just released his first record

"I want young people to know there are no limits to what you can do," he said. "If I can reach one kid, then I'll have done my job."

The rappers all recognize the public service announcements may not sit well with some.

But Kadar Star, whose real name is Kadar Hall, urged those people to "try to understand what it's all about.

"This is not about snitching," the 19-year-old said. "This is about coming together as a community and doing the right thing."

chris.doucette@sunmedia.ca
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WELCOME TO THE HIPHOSSIP MUSIC FOUNDATION.

Credits: Keminications Media

For so many years, I have seen some acts that have motivated me to change the world. Gun Violence, Child trafficking and slavery and ending suicide are others. Human trafficking as a whole was a problem for me and people need to be more educated about it.

Here in Nigeria, kids are trafficked into Nigeria from Togo, a nearby country and many are as young as 5 to 12-years-old. You see them working in households and getting no education from schools. They are literary slaves while their parents are getting paid for their work. Others are forced to sell food, clothing and just about anything on the street like the kid above selling fufu.

I wanted to get this awareness out.

My HipHossip Music Foundation aims to end Child slavery, child trafficking and gun violence. I spoke to MTV Voices via twitter last week on elaborating this subject of child brides and also MTVExit on the slavery aspect of it should a girl be forced into marriage.

My causes have begun posting here at HipHossip.org and see how you can make a big difference in making the world a better place with music. On Facebook.com/HipHossipMusicFoundation and Twitter @HipHossip. Remember the hashtag #HHMF

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