The Nephew of Jennifer Hudson Found Dead

Chicago, IL – An Amber Alert was issued for Julian King this past Friday after Oscar-winning Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were found shot to death in their home. At the time there was also a white SUV missing from the property alongside Hudson’s 7 year old nephew Julian King. This past Monday that same White SUV was found on the West Side of Chicago. Inside the SUV they found a dead body which police confirmed was that of Julian King.

After a weekend long search, Chicago PD worked effortlessly in hopes of finding him alive. Even after offering $100,000 reward for any information leading to his safe return, tragedy came at the worst time. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the 1994 White Chevrolet Suburban was found in a Chicago West Side neighborhood after a 75-year old resident tipped off the police when his dog was barking excessively at the vehicle early Monday morning (Oct. 27). Upon investigating of the vehicle, a body of a young boy was found in the backseat with a single gunshot to the head. It is still unclear whether King was murdered at the scene or in the SUV.

At press time, a suspect in custody, William Balfour, was out on parole after initially serving a seven-year prison sentence for attempted murder and kidnapping. Interestingly enough, he is also the estranged husband of King’s mother, Julia Hudson. According the Sun-Times, he is being held at the Illinois State Facility for violating his parole until further notice. Police are still testing his clothing for gunshot residue.

Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for updated information in the development of this tragic event.

There is too much violence going on everywhere, we just lost Toro and now Jennifer Hudson lost her mother, her brother, and her nephew. All this has got to stop. 24hourhiphop.com sends our deepest condolences to the family of Jennifer Hudson for the loss of her mother, brother, and nephew.

T.I. Discusses his Latest Film ‘Bone Deep’

New York, NY – As we are well aware by now, the Bankhead resident, T.I., will be appearing in yet another Hollywood film. In spite of his legal situations, he is still content and ecstatic about his upcoming film that interestingly has an array of stars. He recently spoke with MTV News concerning ‘Bone Deep’ discussing his role and his experiences on set.

“I play Ghost, Ghost is a guy who was once the head of this crew — me and Idris [Elba] started the crew. I took a hit on the last job. I got shot and went to prison, I did about five years. I did the time, didn’t mention anyone’s name, didn’t snitch. Didn’t cooperate or nothing. Now I’m back out. The crew has gone on to do other jobs. Their position is, ‘We’ve held your money for you. It’s been collecting interest.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, OK, but I got a job I wanna do.’ They’re like, ‘Usually, we wait a year or two before we do a job.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ve got a job I wanna do on Tuesday. And y’all owe me.’ That’s what the film is about — whether or not they do that job, whether or not they trust me, whether or not we will pull the job off and what will happen after and all that kind of stuff. You have to see.”

He omitted that his experiences with the other all stars have been a positive one. He continues to discuss what he’s learned from other major actors.

It’s going great. I think it will be a real hot film. Everybody is getting along great, Idris, Paul Walker, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, even Matt Dillon. All of them are cool. I was taught that most of the successful actors from Will [Smith] to Denzel [Washington], even Idris will tell you, take on the roles that scare the shit out of you. Joe Pesci also told me that. I’ve heard that in so many different places. They may have different ways of saying it. You always challenge yourself. You do the shit you’re terrified of doing or what you don’t think you can do. The thing is, with acting, you can’t necessarily get comfortable, because you never do two films that are exactly alike. Every character provides a different set of challenges. By the end of this film, I would have mastered this character, but then I move on to the next film, to another character.”

At press time, no set date has been scheduled for ‘Bone Deep,’ however; it has been secured for an official release sometime next year.

This sounds like a good cast. Let’s see how this all turns out as the months past. Most people will anticipate the release and some worth, either way, it’s a T.I. film, ‘ATL’ was a good movie, can he pull it off again.

50 Cent to be Executive Producer for Jam Master Jay Documentary

New York, NY – The General of the G-Unit army has more than just a film and an album up his selves to be released in December, recently 50 Cent has just signed on to do the documentary for late great Jam Master Jay. He recently spoke to MTV News about the documentary and what he has incorporated into the project that is entitled ‘Two Turntables and a Microphone.’ The documentary will revolve around his life, his legacy, and the investigation into his murder.

Jam Master Jay’s cousin Stephon ‘Phonz’ Watford will be the lead in production alongside 50 Cent as the Executive Producer over the whole project.

“Phonz was working on that project for five years, He came to me, and I shot my [interview] portion that’s on the documentary. We met in Atlanta the first time and ended up shooting in Amsterdam.”

They also interviewed some of his friends through his lifetime, artists and execs that included Rev Run, Onyx, and Russell Simmons. The discussion dealt with the unsolved murder that was surrounded by a lot of confusion on who the culprit was.

“It’s not a random act of violence. People just don’t walk in your studio, shoot and kill you with several other people around, and no one knows anything. I believe the documentary sheds light on it — a little bit. It creates a clearer picture of what actually happened at that point. People just heard, ‘Jam Master Jay got shot.’ They don’t understand the circumstances. [The film] creates some clarity.”

Fif continues to omit that JMJ held a major impact in his music career, practically giving him his first step into the business.

“He was somebody who impacted my career, you can say in the biggest way, ’cause in my career, I was just in the infant stages, developing my song structure around Jay. The first time I was in the studio, [it was] with intentions of recording songs for an album with Jam Master Jay. He taught me how to count bars. I could rap already. I knew what I wanted to say, but he was showing me how I had to get it out around the right time. [He would say,] ‘That sounds crazy, you have to say it earlier in this verse.'”

At press time, there has yet to be a scheduled release date for that documentary, however, as soon as we receive word, so will you. 50 Cent’s next studio LP ‘Before I Self Destruct’ alongside a film with the same title will be released sometime in December.

This documentary has been long overdue. We as fans are still confused about the situation surrounding Jam Master Jay’s death or even who the culprit is, as his untimely murder still remains unsolved.