All posts containing the tag: "Atlanta"
Posted Oct 3rd 2009 6:04AM by TMZ Staff
The ex-fiance of Kandi Burruss -- who stars on "Real Housewives of Atlanta" -- died tonight after a brawl erupted at a club in Atlanta.
Cops say A.J. Jewell suffered severe head injuries during the fight at Body Tap and was rushed to Piedmont Hospital, where he later died ... this according to myfoxatlanta.com.
Cops currently have no suspects in custody.
UPDATE -- Atlanta police spokesman James Polite says Frederick Richardson has been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Ashley "A.J." Jewell. Richardson was hospitalized after the alleged fight and will be taken into custody once he is released.
Filed under: TV, Real Housewives
Tags: a.j jewell, A.jJewell, atlanta, kandi burruss, KandiBurruss, real housewives, real housewives of atlanta, RealHousewives, RealHousewivesOfAtlanta
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 9:45AM by TMZ Staff
Ludacris and T.I. donated $10,000 each to Atlanta flooding relief ... so what about ATL native NeNe Leakes? She's too busy clubbin' in Hollywood to care.
We got the Real Housewife of ATL in front of Katsuya the other night. Her response to her city's plight: "I'm going to the gay club."
West Hollywood thanks you for your donation.
Filed under: TV, Real Housewives
Tags: atlanta, flood, flooding, gay club, GayClub, katsuya, ludacris, nene leakes, NeneLeakes, real housewives of atlanta, RealHousewivesOfAtlanta, t.i.
Posted Sep 30th 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
The rain's rolled out, but the misery is still setting in -- now rappers Ludacris and T.I. are helping their soggy hometown get back on its feet.
TMZ has learned The Ludacris Foundation has partnered up with Home Depot and Sam's Club to help victims of the Atlanta floods -- which City Hall officials say caused $61 million in damages and wrecked nearly 500 homes.
We spoke to a rep for the foundation, who told us Luda and T.I. are donating $10,000 each to the cause.
The Foundation's rep told us they are planning a large food bank and a gift card giveaway that could happen as soon as Friday.
Filed under: Exclusives
Tags: atlanta, flooding, ludacris, ludacris foundation, LudacrisFoundation, rain, rapper
Posted Jun 18th 2009 2:33PM by TMZ Staff
A member of Young Jeezy's entourage is recovering in an Atlanta hospital right now, after the rapper's friend was stabbed during a nightclub brawl early this morning.
Sources tell TMZ "Bama" (aka Antonio Henry), Young Jeezy and several members of the crew were partying at an event at the Luckie Lounge in downtown Atlanta. Around 2:30 in the morning, we're told a huge brawl erupted -- in which Bama was stabbed multiple times. It's unclear how serious the injuries are.
Bama was taken to the Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is still receiving treatment. We're told two other people were also stabbed during the fight.
Calls to Young Jeezy's rep have not been returned. So far, no arrests have been made.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Nurse!
Tags: atlanta, club, hospital, rapper, stabbing, young jeezy, YoungJeezy
Posted Apr 28th 2009 3:05PM by TMZ Staff
In one the craziest police chases we've ever seen, a man just jacked a big rig and tore down Interstate 75 in Atlanta -- while the owner of the rig hung onto the back of the truck for dear life.
The owner eventually jumped off the back of the tractor-trailer -- eating serious pavement -- after spike strips were able to slow it down enough for the dramatic escape.
Atlanta police then surrounded the truck, busted out the windows and pulled the massive truck-jacker out -- who decided he wasn't done yet and fought the cops until they finally subdued him.
UPDATE: A Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot during the chase, according to AJC.com. His condition is currently unavailable.
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Tags: atlanta, car chase, CarChase, chase, police chase, PoliceChase, truck
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
Usher's from Atlanta, but he co-owns a basketball team from Cleveland -- so when it comes to the Playoffs, who will he be rooting for -- the Hawks or the Cavaliers?
Filed under: Talk Sports, Usher
Tags: atlanta, atlanta hawks, basketball, cavaliers, cleveland, cleveland cavaliers, hawks, NBA, playoffs, usher, usher raymond IV, video
Posted Apr 21st 2009 11:16AM by TMZ Staff
We've learned the woman who emailed Tyler Perry that he deserves to be murdered has been charged with felony aggravated stalking. And we've learned the alleged stalker had face-to-face contact with Perry.
The Fulton County D.A. in Georgia filed the charges against Dawne Wilson, who allegedly violated a restraining order by entering the premises of Perry's recording studio last week.
According to the police docs, Wilson "was seen talking today [April 15] to Mr. Perry at his studio in Atlanta." The police report says Wilson told cops she was "called to come to the studio by an employee there and assumed it was alright to be there."
Wilson is still in custody. If convicted, she could be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: atlanta, charged, dawne wilson, fulton county, restraining order, stalker, threatened, threats, TylerPerry
Posted Apr 6th 2009 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
When Britney Spears shows up at a nightclub, it's a big deal. And when she doesn't show -- it's a lawsuit.
A club in Atlanta is suing a talent agency because it allegedly promised to deliver one Britney Spears after her Atlanta concert last month but didn't deliver the goods.
According to the lawsuit, the guys from the agency claimed to rep Britney and took more than $15,000 after claiming they had authority to act on Britney's behalf. But the suit claims the only song and dance the club got was from the defendants -- they allegedly never had the power to book her.
The club is suing for damages in excess of $100,000.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: atlanta, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, club, clubs, concert, lawsuit, nightclub, sued, tour
Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:05PM by TMZ Staff
Another former Falcon's behind bars -- this time it's a running back.
Jamal Anderson, the former superstar who invented the "Dirty Bird" endzone dance, was busted at an Atlanta area tavern last night and charged with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana
Cops say they found some powdered coke and a joint on Anderson's person, and whisked him off to Fulton County jail.
Anderson has a hearing set for Monday morning.
UPDATE: TMZ has learned former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson was busted inside a bathroom stall -- with another -- at the Peachtree Tavern after a patron heard someone making a "snorting noise."
The patron reported the "noise" to a bar security guard -- who happened to be an off-duty Atlanta Police Officer.
The Atlanta PD tells TMZ the security guard went into the bathroom to investigate when he heard the suspicious noise. We're told the guard then popped over the top of the stall and claims to have seen Anderson and another man doing lines of coke off the toilet tank. He immediately arrested both men.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: atlanta, atlanta falcons, atlanta pd, AtlantaFalcons, AtlantaPd, cocaine, dirty bird, DirtyBird, felony possession, FelonyPossession, fulton county jail, FultonCountyJail, jamal anderson, JamalAnderson
Posted Sep 7th 2008 12:42PM by TMZ Staff
Old school rapper MC Breed has been taken off life support -- in a good way -- after being admitted to the hospital Friday because of kidney failure.
Breed -- who's worked with 2Pac and Too Short -- collapsed while he was shooting hoops in Atlanta. We're told Breed's kidneys are only 30% functional and it's likely he'll need a kidney transplant.
MC is still in the hospital -- where he's slowly recognizing faces and voices -- and will remain there for at least another week under observation.
Filed under: Music
Tags: atlanta, life support, LifeSupport, mc breed, McBreed
Posted Nov 24th 2007 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
Unlike the last time he was supposed to host an event, hip-hop's eyelid-tatted, blinged-out rainmaker, Lil Wayne, actually showed up to perform hosting duties at Pure Nightclub in Atlanta this week. Lil shocked?
As seen in the intoxicating photos taken by our good friends at ATLpics.net, Wayne spent most of the night struggling to keep his eyes open. It's not clear whether it was the glare from his jewelry or the content of his cup that caused the continuous squinting. Does it really matter? Enjoy.
Filed under: Lil Wayne
Tags: atlanta, lil wayne, LilWayne, pure
Posted Sep 28th 2006 10:45AM by TMZ Staff
Following up on my look at Philadelphia in an attempt to highlight different sounds emanating from different regions, I traveled to Atlanta last week to hang out with the Swear, who recently joined big names like Outkast, Ludacris and Sugarland on the "Atlanta It List." These rockers, who have had songs featured on the F/X's "Rescue Me" and the WB's "Smallville" and "Roswell" are not the only Atlantans getting their music beyond the borders of the Peach Tree State. The rock and rap scene is so big in Atlanta it defies the typical "southern rock" stereotype often associated with music coming from the south.
Indeed, Atlanta is a hot bed of hip hop with not only the big names mentioned above, but MCs like Young Dro, Lil Scrappy, Dem Franchize Boys, T.I., Akon, the Ying Yang Twins and many others are holdin' it down in the Dirty South. And, of course, we can't forget our favorite celebrity fit club rapper Bonecrusher.
The Atlanta ladies are not taking a backseat to the men either. Of course, the incomparable Grammy Winner India.Arie hails from Atlanta and continues to amaze with her latest chart busting record "Testimony: Vol. 1 Life & Relationships." R&B honies Ciaria, Monica, Cherish, Shareefa, and Brandi Williams are just some of the other Georgia peaches hitting the charts these days. All this productivity makes sense when you remember that uber producers L.A. Reid and Babyface founded LaFace Records there back in the late 80s and helped put both Atlanta and acts like TLC on the international stage.
Rock and roll is also alive and well in all its forms in Atlanta. Besides the Swear, hard rockers like Mastodon and Sevendust call it home. Indie/folk rockers like Shawn Mullins and the Indigo Girls hail from the area too and the Robinson brothers of Black Crowes fame grew up in the Atlanta suburbs. The Swear's human graffiti canvas, Elizabeth Elkins, also recommends fellow Atlanta indies acts Tim Brantley, Second Shift and The Gates of Berlin.
So, no matter your tastes in music you'll find something you like when you head down Route 85 toward the "Gateway to the South" and it won't be just "pickin' and a grinnin' (not that there's anything wrong with that!)
Filed under: Music, Sound Bytes
Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta music scene, AtlantaMusicScene
