Kanye West has been formally charged with three misdemeanors stemming from a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 11.
West, 31, was charged with misdemeanor vandalism, battery and grand theft, the L.A. City Attorney's office announced in a statement Wednesday. West's road manager, Don Crawley, 33, has been charged with the same counts, but two of each. If convicted of all charges, West could face up to two years and six months in jail and Crawley could face up to five years in jail, according to the statement.
Six months ago, the pair was arrested at the airport while attempting to catch a flight to Honolulu. Video of the incident showed both men wresting a camera away from a photographer, and both smashing parts of it into the ground. Crawley also allegedly smashed a second photographer's camera. The incident resulted in minor injuries to one of the photographers, prosecutors say.
"I'm cool with the paparazzi," the rapper wrote on his blog the following day. "This guy wasn't cool. I gotta work now ... I'll rant later!" On Nov. 14, West was arrested in Newcastle, England, after another run-in with a photographer, but West was released without charge.
West's lawyer, Blair Berk, wasn't immediately available for comment. A rep for Kanye West could not be reached. An arraignment is set for April 14. Here's the vid...
a Stephen Sprouse graffiti skateboard replete with a hard case monogram skateboard trunk, and a Stephen Sprouse “Roses” T-shirt. The company hopes to sell three graffiti skateboards with trunks for $8,250 each, and 70 T-shirts for $250 each. “I don’t expect them to last very long,” Lalonde said. “By Friday, there probably won’t be any more left.” “Via WWD.
Along with the release of the product, Louis Vuitton will launch welovesprouse.com, a website dedicated to the artist, showcasing interviews with people that knew Sprouse. In celebration of the new LV release, Marc Jacobs posed nude painted in Sprouse’s graffiti print for Harper’s Bazaar’s January issue, which was shot by Terry Richardson. Via WWD/TBA.
A series hybrid drivetrain (like the Voltec drivetrain in the Chevy Volt) that uses an 814cc rotary engine driving a generator.The generator charges a 400V lithium polymer battery pack that feeds electrons to a pair of electric motors at each axle with a cumulative output of 362 hp. The system is claimed to give the Namir a top speed of 187 mph, 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.5 seconds while still managing 91.7 mpg.
The aspiring Romanian car designer, who interned at Alfa Romeo's styling department after earning his master's in car design in Milan. Called the Insecta, the radical concept's design elements were borrowed from bugs instead of bovines. Combining organic shapes with Lamborghini's trademark geometric angles, the Insecta concept integrates themes culled from the body armour observed on certain species of insects.
The cover of May’s issue of EYESCREAM Magazine will feature Japanese entrepreneurs/designers Nigo and Hiroshi Fujiwara. The May issue to hit your local Japanese bookstore in April 2009.
The Maybach Exelero is a high-performance sports car designed and built by German luxury car manufacturer Maybach, and presented in May 2005 in Berlin, Germany.In 2006, the Exelero was featured in Rap artist Jay-Z's music video for the song "Lost One".
Specifications Length : 5.89 m (19.3 ft) Width : 2.148 m (7.02 ft) Weight : 2660 kg (5864 lb) Engine : Bi-Turbo V12 from Maybach 57 S 700 hp (SAE) (522 kW), 1020 N·m (737 ft·lbf) Top speed : 351 km/h (218 mph) 0-62 mph : 4.4 seconds Tires : 315/25 ZR 23 Fulda Exelero Fuel used for top speed test: 110 octane Cost: Approx. $8,000,000 (USD)