Boston: A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon bombers.
Cameron D'Ambrosio, an 18-year-old aspiring rapper from Methuen, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Boston, was arrested on May 1 after he posted a note on his Facebook page that included the words "a boston bombinb wait till u see the shit I do."
D'Ambrosio was charged with "communicating terrorist threats" and faces as many as 20 years in prison if he is convicted.
D'Ambrosio's lawyer and his family members argued at a bail review hearing this week that the teenager, who has also posted several expletive-laden rap videos online, posed no immediate threat and should be granted bail....
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06:35 AM, May 25, 2013
Chandigarh: With the Punjab and Haryana High Court coming down heavily on the lewd lyrics of songs sung by singer-rapper Honey Singh, the Punjab Police Friday booked him for singing vulgar songs in public. A case was registered against the singer under provisions of Section 294 (singing, reciting or uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place) of the Indian Penal Code in Punjab's Nawanshahr...
08:45 AM, May 18, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered Punjabi rapper-singer Honey Singh to be present in court on Tuesday to respond to allegations of vulgarity in one of his songs. Uttar Pradesh IPS officer Amitabh Thakur had filed an FIR against Singh for offensive songs, saying that he should be punished for his obscene anti-women lyrics. The singer's New Year concert at a Gurgaon hotel was also cancelled following...
10:29 AM, May 14, 2013
Los Angeles: PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne on Friday over a graphic reference to slain U.S. civil rights figure Emmett Till in a song. Lil Wayne, 30, had been the face of the PepsiCo drink Mountain Dew's 'Deweezy' campaign, a play on the rapper's 'Weezy' nickname. "We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward," a Mountain Dew representative said in a statement....
01:01 PM, May 04, 2013
Javed Akhtar writes songs in a language that makes sense to the younger generation due to its simplicity. ...
11:22 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Indian singer Bombay Jayashri won her first Academy Award nomination for writing the lyrics for the lilting 'Pi's Lullaby' in Ang Lee's ship-wreck story 'Life of Pi'. She is competing with five other contenders for the Music (Original Song) category. ...
10:54 AM, Jan 11, 2013
In his latest song, 'This Party Is Getting Hot', with Punjabi pop star Jazzy B, rapper Honey Singh seems to mock himself and his ways but defiantly advices his detractors to either accept him the way he is or not step out of their homes. ...
03:36 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Bhangra-pop singer-rapper Honey Singh claims he is a victim of a vicious smear campaign launched by his rivals to finish off his rising career as India's foremost live entertainer. ...
10:29 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Punjabi rapper Honey Singh, who is under fire for the obscene lyrics of some of his songs, has spoken out against the uproar, saying his name has been unnecessarily dragged into the controversy. ...
01:54 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Public protests over Punjabi rapper Honey Singh for his lewd lyrics lead to the cancellation of his New Year eve show and an FIR. ...
10:43 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Public protests might have forced the cancellation of Punjabi rap singer Honey Singh's New Year's evening concert in Gurgaon, but the controversy has now sparked off a debate on the kind of language used in popular culture. ...
10:00 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Psy launched to international acclaim based on the viral nature of his Gangnam Style video. ...
09:48 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Washington: Popular music promotes sexual aggression among adolescents, says a research. Researchers looked at the trend of rising use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. "Popular music can teach young men to be sexually aggressive and treat women as objects while often teaching young women that their value to society is to provide sexual pleasure for others," said the study by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. They analyzed the...
01:46 PM, Sep 07, 2011
Gulzar's has also won an Oscar for the lyrics of 'Jai Ho' from the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'. ...
10:49 AM, Aug 18, 2011
If you thought 'munni' and 'sheela' marked a new low in lyrics, we tell you just how much worse it's going to get. ...
09:41 PM, May 24, 2011
100 Lyrics is a book, a compilation of his 100 most popular songs. ...
03:25 AM, Oct 08, 2009
Rajkot: Experienced Mithali Raj's unbeaten 109 and fine bowling display by Indian spinners Diana David, Gouhar Sultana and Priyanka Roy helped India beat West Indies by ten runs in the fourth ODI and also level the five-match series. Batting first, India made 216, losing only four wickets and then restricted West Indies to 206 in 49.5 overs. Mithali Raj played the anchor role, making 109 off 106 balls with twelve...
04:12 PM, Dec 01, 2007
George Harrison’s hand-written lyrics for the hit song
While My Guitar Gently Weeps fetched a hefty sum of $300,000. ...
10:42 PM, Jan 17, 2007
The original handwritten lyrics of Beatles classic
While My Guitar Gently Weeps will go on sale in the US. ...
08:24 PM, Jan 10, 2007
After Shahrukh Khan's biography, it’s now turn of lyricist Sameer to have his life and work written about. ...
09:59 AM, Oct 29, 2006
