5 biggest moments of ‘POWER’ season 6 premiere

The sixth season of POWER finally premiered on Sunday night and the STARZ series isn’t pulling any punches in its final season.

The show that stars Omari Hardwick, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora, Lela Loren, Rotimi, and Lala Anthony has served up twists, turns, and head-spinning surprises ever since it premiered in 2014 and now it’s time for one final round of drama.

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Here are 5 of the biggest moments from the premiere:

New theme song. After five seasons of hearing executive producer 50 Cent rap the show’s theme song during the opening credits, viewers may have noticed that his voice has been replaced by Trey Songz. No word on the real reason behind the switch up, but we can’t help but wonder if it’s foreshadowing more changes to come.

Angela is dead. Last season’s finale ended with Tommy shooting Angela in the chest but we didn’t actually expect her to die. While she holds out for the first couple of minutes, she dies from her wounds during surgery. She’s fully dead and Ghost knows the bullet that killed her was meant for him. Game on.

Jealousy runs deep. Even though Ghost has been in love with Angela for years and seemingly over his wife, it turns out that seeing her and her boyfriend, Terry Silver making love in the parking love was enough to drive him to murder. Tasha isn’t certain that her over is dead, but her assumption that her husband killed him is enough to prompt her to demand a divorce.

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Brotherhood doesn’t last forever. Even though Tommy and Ghost have had their fair share of major ups and downs over the years, we’ve always assumed their friendship would pull them through any obstacle. Now, it seems that Tommy has gone too far by murdering Angela, and Ghost doesn’t hesitate to fill his BFFs car with bullets as retaliation. We never thought we would see the moment that Ghost kills Tommy, and it’s a powerful scene for sure.

Tariq is heartless AF. While we’re still reeling from the realization that Tommy and Ghost would have no problem killing each other, it’s even more disturbing to learn that Tariq may be the one we need to watch out for. His hatred for his father is growing by the day, and he has a sinister side that is slowly emerging. Something tells us this boy is going to be a major problem.

 

 

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Alabama museum dedicated to lynching victims wins tourism award

Montgomery’s National Memorial for Peace & Justice and Legacy Museum has received the Attraction of the Year Award by the Alabama Tourism Department.

The Equal Justice Initiative’s memorial and museum, which honors the lives of lynching victims in the United States, has been open for just over a year and has been visited by more than 400,000 people across the United States and world, according to AL.com.

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The museum is high-tech and incorporates interactive media and sophisticated exhibits to tell the story of racial terror and segregation.

This is the second top award for the memorial and museum. Last year, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau and EJI won the 2018 Tourism Partnership Award.

The Equal Justice Initiative is also expanding. It recently purchased property at 40 N. Perry St., next to Riverwalk Stadium, and plans to open a ticket center, gift shop and café. The EJI also plans to incorporate a shuttle service and more parking for visitors, according to AL.

In addition to the awards, the Denton County Community Remembrance Project, a grassroots group of volunteers, announced plans to have a community remembrance ceremony to commemorate Denton County, Texas’ lynching victims this December. The time frame was chosen to coincide with the 97th anniversary of one documented lynching in Denton County, according to The Denton Record-Chronicle.

The newspaper recounted that on Dec. 14, 1922, two men were taken from the Pilot Point jail and were never seen or heard from again. A note was left behind in their jail cell that attempted to terrorize Black people.

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The project hopes to collect soil to use as part of the memorial at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. The Equal Justice Initiative opened the museum, along with the National Memorial of Peace and Justice, to national acclaim last year.

Willie Hudspeth, a volunteer of the project’s and also president of the local NAACP, said the group continues to make inroads in becoming a part of the national memorial.

“With this ceremony, all I want is to remember what they went through,” Hudspeth said, according to The Denton Record-Chronicle.

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St. Louis police are asking for help finding 8-year-old girl’s murderer

An 8-year-old girl in St. Louis has died after she was shot near a preseason high school football game on Friday night.

In addition to the girl, whose name was Jurnee Thompson, three other people — including two teenage boys and a woman — were injured in the shooting near Soldan High School, according to CNN.

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Now police investigators are searching for possible suspects in the shooting.

Thompson marks the 14th child to succumb to gunfire in St. Louis since April, according to CNN affiliate KMOV.

The girl was “with family” when she was shot, St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden told CNN reporters. She was attending a football jamboree, which is several preseason football scrimmages at the school with two teens when bullets rang out, KMOV reported.

The two teenaged boys also shot were Thompson’s cousins, and they are listed in stable condition. The condition of the injured woman is still unclear. Hayden said police are still searching for suspects and a possible motive.

“The little girl wasn’t doing anything wrong,” Hayden told reporters. “She was with family when this occurred. Shots rang out. Not sure what particular fight that was going on when shots rang out.”

Hayden said police officers were already in the vicinity of the school responding to fights and clearing out the crowds when the gunfire erupted.

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Now police are asking for assistance from the public to find out who did this.

“We just need help from the citizens to solve this,” Hayden told the CNN affiliate.

Mark Vasquez, a former firefighter, told KMOV that he rushed outside when he heard the gunshots and tried desperately to save the little girl, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was unresponsive.

“You could see the life leaving her,” Vasquez continued while struggling to hold back tears.

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White Florida man citing ‘Stand Your Ground’ law convicted of murdering Black man

A Florida jury has found a white man guilty of manslaughter after he sought to defend murdering a Black man under the state’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law.

Late Friday night, the jury handed down the guilty verdict to 49-year-old Michael Drejka, who fatally shot 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton during a dispute over a handicap parking spot, according to The Washington Post.

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Cries and claps from McGlockton’s family filled the courtroom when the jury announced the verdict. Some family members squeezed McGlockton’s father’s shoulder while McGlockton’s girlfriend clapped her hands at the verdict, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Drejka’s lawyers argued the Florida man acted reasonably in self-defense last year after McGlockton pushed him to the ground in the parking lot outside a Clearwater, Fla. convenience store. Prosecutors, however, pointed to video footage showing McGlockton backing away before Drejka shot him. He would collapse before his 5-year-old son.

The altercation that led to McGlockton’s death began last July 19 when Drejka noticed a car parked in a space reserved for the handicapped outside a Circle A Food Store and confronted Britany Jacobs, McGlockton’s girlfriend, while her partner was inside shopping with their 5-year-old son. According to Drejka, the car had no handicap permit.

Jacobs said she became worried about her and her children’s safety as Drejka circled the car and looked in the windows, according to a criminal complaint. She argued with Drejka until McGlockton returned and shoved Drejka in a moment captured on surveillance.

McGlockton backed up “immediately” when Drejka pulled out a .40-caliber Glock handgun, the complaint says. But Drejka fired a shot anyway, killing McGlockton, who collapsed and died in front of his 5-year-old child.

In an interview with police, Drejka said he always carried his gun and had a “pet peeve” about people illegally parking in handicapped spots, according to the Associated Press.

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During trial, prosecutors said Drejka should have called police rather than try to play one himself.

“He is a parking lot vigilante,” prosecutor Scott Rosenwasser said Friday during closing arguments, the AP reported.

Drejka now faces 30 years in prison and McGlockton’s parents, Michael McGlockton and Monica Moore-Robinson, are relieved to have gotten some form of justice for their son.

In a statement, the parents said the conviction “does give us some sense of justice because far too often the criminal justice system fails us by allowing people who take the lives of unarmed Black people to walk free,” according to The Washington Post.

 

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Kanye West brings Sunday Service to Dayton in honor of mass shooting victims

Kanye West took his Sunday Service to RiverScape MetoPark in Dayton, Ohio today to honor victims killed and injured in the mass shooting in early August.

The night before, Kanye led his choir into a soulful rendition of the “Happy Birthday” song created by Stevie Wonder. The choir sung in what appeared to be a hotel lobby in honor of Dave Chappelle who turned 46. Both Chappelle and Chris Rock reportedly attended Sunday Service the next day, according to TMZ.

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Kanye’s wife, Kim Kardashian West, and two of his children, Saint and North West, were dressed in all white for the occasion and accompanied him to the event. It was unclear whether Chicago also made the trip.

Chappelle addressed attendees in the crowd by telling them that though the city had been hit by several tragedies – from deadly shootings to tornadoes and Klan rallies – they should continue to stand strong and united against evil.

“We’re still here and we’re still strong,” Chappelle said, according to TMZ. “And the only way, but not the only way, but the BEST WAY that we can honor our fallen is by getting up better than we were before.”

Chapelle wrapped up by thanking Kanye for bringing Sunday Service to Dayton and informing him that the city had his back.

The comedian was also in Dayton to attend The Gem City Shine, a benefit concert to honor those killed in the deadly mass shooting. TMZ reported that 20,000 people are expected to attend the concert.

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Since January, Kanye’s Sunday Service has become a weekly occurrence hosted on Sundays by the Kardashian-West family. Artists ranging from Charlie Wilson, Kid Cudi, and Francis and the Lights have each performed during the concerts.

West typically leads the choir, where he perform new versions on some of his greatest hits. The groups and guest singers provide backup to gospel arrangements of his song, according to USA Today.

Many celebs have also attended the weekly gatherings.

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VIDEO: ‘Ghost is a man of manipulation and selfishness’: ‘Power’ stars dish on the final season

TheGrio caught up with Power stars Joseph Sikora (Tommy Egan) and Lela Loren (Angela Valdez) about their characters and their storylines on this final season of the popular Starz series. Given the intense history between their characters, having the two actors sit down together made for a very interesting interview to say the least.

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Last season’s dramatic cliffhanger ended with Tommy shooting Angela in the chest as her married lover Ghost (Omari Hardwick) looked on helplessly. Tommy and Ghost were more like brothers than business partners in their drug dealing empire, but treachery and deceit had been eroding their relationship for quite some time. Tommy shooting Angela was the latest incident to re-ignite the violent feud between the two former friends. 

“In season five, we watched Tommy grow and become his own man, head up his own operation, and start dealing with the game without Ghost. However, Ghost being Ghost, is continuously a man of manipulation and selfishness. He’s always been able to manipulate Tommy to get whatever outcome he wants out of a situation,” explained Sikora.

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Is Angela dead or was she wearing a vest and able to survive the gunshot wound? How and when will Ghost get back at Tommy? You’ll have to check out the premiere episode (available on Starz right now) to find out the answers.

In the meantime, watch theGrio’s Senior Editor Demetria Irwin chat with the Power stars. Lela Loren gives a particularly surprising answer to a question about what advice she would give to a girlfriend who was in love with a dangerous, married man. Make sure to watch the interview to the end.

 

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