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Diamond D recently recalled a time that 2Pac shot two "drunk" and "rogue" police officers who were "harassing a Black man" nearby. The incident occurred after the two attended Clark Atlanta University’s homecoming in 1993. Diamond D posted about the night on Instagram on its 30th anniversary, earlier this week.
“It was 30 yrs ago last night when me, Pac and Stretch flew to ATL for his show at Clark U,” Diamond D wrote. “Afterwards as we were approaching the Sheraton hotel off 14th & Peachtree (it is now called The Starling Hotel) is where the infamous incident happened when Pac shot 2 drunk rogue plain clothed white cops who were harassing a Black man.” From there, Diamond D claims 2Pac “intervened to help” the person “he didn’t even know.” In retaliation, the officers apparently “smashed the driver’s side window.”
"I was in the back seat watching this shyt. Pac got out the car and as the cops walked away pac got down to one knee in a firing stance and hit em both in the ass. He beat this case because both cops were drunk and both had guns they took from the evidence room from their station…plus they were from another county so they were wrong all the way around they were outside looking for trouble and they found it." According to AllHipHop, 2Pac was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, but the charges were dropped when it was discovered that one of the officers was using a gun he’d stolen from the Henry County evidence room. Check out Diamond D's full post below.
Diamond D's post comes after Las Vegas Metropolitan Police finally arrested Keefe D for the murder of 2Pac in September. His arraignment will go down on November 2. Be on the lookout for further updates on Keefe D's case on HotNewHipHop.
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Maya Hawke has admitted she could barely enjoy her previous albums by the time they were released, revealing she felt emotionally drained and disconnected from her own music before making her newest project, Maitreya Corso.
The Stranger Things actress and musician, 27, opened up in a candid interview with the Los Angeles Times about the burnout she experienced during the release cycles for her earlier records, including 2020’s Blush, 2022’s Moss, and 2024’s Chaos Angel.
Reflecting on those experiences, Maya said: “Every other album cycle I’ve done, by the time I got to the point where the album came out, I hated it.”
Maya, who created the new album alongside her musician partner Christian Lee Hutson, explained that constantly promoting herself online left her mentally exhausted.
She shared: “I was just exhausted by the internet and by being public, and I wouldn’t want to post about it."
Wanting things to feel different this time around, Maya decided to completely rethink the way she approached releasing music.
She explained: “So I kind of tried to build this rollout where it could be enjoyable. And it seems to be working.”
The actress and singer also made it clear she has never wanted to chase traditional pop stardom or force herself into a commercial mold.
“I’m not a dancer – I don’t want to be a pop star and do dance moves,” she said.
“I don’t have a big Adele voice. And standing up there and just singing – I was like, I should be at a poetry reading.”
Maya added that before starting work on the new album, she made a promise to herself that she would only write songs she could personally perform live without relying on production or theatrics.
She said: “If I made another record I would have to play guitar and write songs that I can play."
The singer also revealed that finishing Stranger Things deeply affected her emotionally and creatively while working on the project.
After joining the Netflix series in 2019, the show became a major part of her routine and identity for years, making its ending difficult to process.
Maya admitted: “It’s changed the way I think about everything.
“Basically, from about four months before the show wrapped until a year after that, I was pretty freaked out. Because I didn’t know how I would be reborn out of it.”
Even during moments when the demands of filming frustrated her, Maya said the show still provided structure and stability in her life.
She explained: “Even when I was resentful of being like, ‘I’m booked, and I can’t do this other thing that I want to do,’ the show was so grounding. I was really lost without it.”
Now, Maya says she is entering a new chapter and slowly redefining how she wants her life and career to move forward.
She added: “I’m not freaked out about it anymore, but I’m in a renegotiation of the structure of what I want my life to look like.”
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