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“People always try and paint negative images about me I’m the most genuine down to earth person and I didn’t forget where I came from I came through for baby girl by providing a horse and carriage for her,” he wrote, along with a collage of pictures of D’aja and her funeral. “She was pretty, innocent and did’nt deserve to die like that R.I.P D’Asia Robinson.”Source: NYDailyNews I would like to thank 50cent for coming and showing his respects at D’aja Robinson’s Funeral. R.I.P baby girl, we all mourn your death! - D’AJA Robinson Fund FBR.I.P. to D’aja Robinson.

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Video: Nissim (formerly D. Black) - Backstage Vol. 1 Courtesy Sportn' Life. NISSIM Discusses his upcoming concert at Sasquatch and his new music video for his Mixtape song "Chronicles".

Audio: Rilgood f/ Fat Tony & Chase N. Cashe "God Bless America" Courtesy Matt B. Rilgood returns with new track "God Bless America," fittingly, just in time for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. He brings along Houston spitter Fat Tony and New Orleans represenative Chase N. Cashe (produced by Dave Maxweel). Just a musical piece to serve as an ode to America; the good and the bad.

Wednesday night I heard the San Francisco Symphony's buoyant concert featuring pianist Marc-André Hamelin in Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand & Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. I joined friends in the center terrace, where I'd never sat before. For me there was too much sound, & the orchestral balances were of course backwards, but I felt like part of the orchestra, & it was fun to watch the conductor. Maestro David Robertson looked happy & smiled a lot, & he was always well ahead of the orchestra.The program opened with Variations for Orchestra by Elliott Carter. The music is complex, & I could not tell where the different variations began & ended. The orchestra's sections often play in opposition to one another, & there are a lot of solos. Maestro Robertson made the piece feel connected & gave it a gradually building momentum. Mr. Hamelin was a well-mannered soloist. His bass chords in the Ravel concerto were big & resonant. He sounded elegant in the Rhapsody in Blue after intermission. The opening clarinet solo was smooth, & I liked the jibing trumpet solos. The audience applauded Mr. Hamelin & the soloists appreciatively. The orchestra played cleanly all evening, & the program ended with a nicely flowing performance of Ravel's La Valse, which Maestro Robertson led without a score. The audience responded enthusiastically.A women in our row ended her cellphone call just as the Ravel concerto started, & then her phone rang during the piece. A cellphone in the side terrace rang as well. My concert companion noticed Lisa Hirsch scurrying along the edge of the stage right before the second half, apparently trying to peek at the cellists' music.§ Robertson Leads Ravel And GershwinSan Francisco Symphony David Robertson, conductorMarc-André Hamelin, pianoElliott CarterVariations for OrchestraRavelPiano Concerto in D major for the Left HandGershwinRhapsody in BlueWed, May 22, 2013 at 8:00pmDavies Symphony Hall

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Measure for Measure: Simple or Impossible By Paul Westerberg via @nytimes