Blueface Taken Into Custody in Las Vegas on Suspicion of Attempted Murder

Courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Rapper Blueface was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas on suspicion of attempted murder.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the 25-year-old, whose real name is Jonathan Porter, was taken into custody around 2:40 p.m. outside of a business in the 300 block of Hughes Center Drive.

Earlier today, LVMPD detectives arrested 25-year-old Johnathan Porter for a shooting that took place on October 8 near Sunset Rd. and S. Las Vegas Blvd. Click here for more: https://t.co/mzLjQW30ti pic.twitter.com/uM4v7juT6n

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) November 16, 2022

“He will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center on warrants for attempted murder with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm at/into an occupied structure,” it read, noting that the artist was wanted in connection with an Oct. 8 shooting in the 6000 block of Windy Road.

In what appears to be an undercover operation, police said they were executing an open warrant for Blueface’s arrest: pic.twitter.com/WFjilZE9mH

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 16, 2022

A video of the apparent undercover operation was posted online, showing plainclothes officers taking the star into custody outside of Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles. According to TMZ, which first posted the footage, six to eight officers were involved in his arrest. The Los Angeles native's girlfriend, musician and influencer Chrisean Rock, was with him.

After rising to prominence as a meme rapper in 2018, Blueface scored a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with a remix of his song "Thotiana" (featuring Cardi B and YG), which peaked at No. 8.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z Tied for Most Career Nominations Heading Into 65th Annual Grammy Awards

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When it comes to Grammy Award nominations, no duo is more prolific than music power couple — The Carters.

Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, are the most-nominated artists in Grammy history with 88 apiece.

The accomplishment was revealed on Tuesday when the nominations for the 65th annual Grammy Awards were announced.

With nine nominations to lead the field, the pop music diva tied the rapper — who received five nominations — for the honor.

If she can win at least four of the awards she is in contention for, which include album, record and song of the year, she will surpass classical conductor Georg Solti for the most Grammy wins.

Other leading nominees for the awards, which will take place on Feb. 5 at the Crypto.com center in Los Angeles, included rapper Kendrick Lamar (eight), Adele and Brandi Carlile (seven), and Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Future, DJ Khaled and producer and songwriter The-Dream, who each earned six Grammy nominations.

Click here for the full list of nominees.

Roberta Flack Reveals ALS has Robber Her of Ability to Sing

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-Award-winning songwriter known for hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," can no longer sing.

Flack's manager Suzanne Koga announced the news on Monday, sharing that the 85-year-old has been diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak," Koga said in a press release. “But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.”

The statement did not reveal when Flack originally received the diagnosis, but it did say that she would not allow it to end her career.

"Miss Flack plans to stay active in her musical and creative pursuits," it continued. "Her fortitude and joyful embrace of music that lifted her from modest circumstances to the international spotlight remain vibrant and inspired."

Grammy-winning singer/musician Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS and can no longer sing. That word from her manager, Suzanne Koga. Flack, now 85, is known for hits like "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." pic.twitter.com/tqFPuxBebm

— Teresa Whitaker (@twhitakerwrbl) November 14, 2022

This is the latest medical setback for Flack. She suffered a stroke in 2016 that kept her from performing for an extended time. She was still feeling the effects of it as late as 2018 when she fell ill while performing at the Apollo Theater and was rushed to the hospital.

Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (1973) and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (1974) and has won four awards on 13 nominations. She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.

Roberta Flack. Killing Me Softly. pic.twitter.com/v45lMtUyfd

— Jermaine (@JermaineWatkins) November 14, 2022