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Lil Phat Shot and Killed in Atlanta

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Atlanta-based rapper Lil Phat was gunned down and killed in the parking lot of a Georgia hospital, officials confirmed Friday. He was only 19. Two men seen running from the scene are being hunted by police. Lil Phat (real name Melvin Vernell III) was murdered about 6:40 p.m. Thursday outside Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs north of Atlanta. Police say one of the two black men seen running away from the parking lot was short, wearing a red shirt, while the second was a tall and dressed in black. The victim was taken to Northside Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police declined Friday to say why Vernell was in the hospital parking area. The parking deck has video surveillance cameras but it was not known if they captured any useful images. Officials are investigating the footage. Lil Phat was probably best known for his appearance on the 2008 hit “Independent” by Webbie and Lil Boosie, MTV reported. R.I.P. [Photo: WENN.com]

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Deongelo Holmes Arrested For DUI, Marijuana

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Deongelo Holmes, one half of the rap duo Ying Yang Twins, was arrested. Holmes got popped last week for marijuana possession and DUI. According to the Gwinnett County Police report … when the arrest took place on June 1 in Duluth, Ga., Deongelo’s eyes were “bloodshot and glazed” and his speech was “mumbled, slurred and slow.” Always good signs when one is driving. Holmes was also booked for child endangerment … because his two kids, ages 3 and 2 months, were in the car at the time, but at least after he failed a field sobriety test, authorities say Holmes was “cooperative and friendly” with officers. The Ying Yang Twins had a 2005 hit with “Wait (The Whisper Song).” In more recent, tragic Atlanta hip-hop news, Lil Phat was killed .

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Car Talk to End After 35 Years as Tom and Ray Magliozzi Retire

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Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the brothers and popular hosts of Car Talk on National Public Radio, are putting their hilarious show in park for good. They’re retiring after more than 35 years this fall. NPR will continue airing the best of Tom and Ray, a.k.a. Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers, using previously broadcast Car Talk material. “My brother has always been ‘work-averse,'” Ray Magliozzi, 63, joked. “Now, apparently, even the one hour a week is killing him!” “It’s brutal!” quipped Tom, who turns 75 this year. Partly because of Tom’s advancing age, the guys mutually decided it was time to stop “and smell the cappuccino,” NPR reported Friday. The radio show, in which guests call in with questions about their ailing vehicles, focuses on cars, but is really all about the brothers’ banter. While they often made good-natured fun of callers, the Boston-based duo saves their best material for themselves. They will be missed. Week after week, they turn Car Talk into an hour of riotous jokes and laughter that one need not know or care about cars to appreciate. Seriously, check it out if you haven’t heard it.

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