A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors. Many common law countries have now abolished the felony/misdemeanor distinction and replaced it with other distinctions such as between indictable offences and summary offences. A felony is generally considered to be a crime of "high seriousness", while a misdemeanor is not.

A person convicted in a court of law of a felony crime is known as a felon. In the United States, where the felony/misdemeanor distinction is still widely applied, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. If punishable by exactly one year or less, it is classified as a misdemeanor. The individual states may differ in this definition, using other categories as seriousness or context.

Similar to felonies in some civil law countries (Italy, Spain etc.) are ''delicts'', whereas in others (France, Belgium, Switzerland etc.) ''crimes'' (more serious) and ''delicts'' (less serious).

Overview

Felonies include, but are not limited to: aggravated assault and/or battery, arson, burglary, illegal drug use/sales, grand theft, robbery, murder, rape, and vandalism on federal property. Broadly, felonies can be categorized as either violent or non-violent (property and drug) offenses.

Some offenses, though similar in nature, may be felonies or misdemeanors depending on the circumstances. For example, the illegal manufacture, distribution or possession of controlled substances may be a felony, although possession of small amounts may be only a misdemeanor. Possession of a deadly weapon may be generally legal, but carrying the same weapon into a restricted area such as a school may be viewed as a serious offense, regardless of whether there is intent to use the weapon. Additionally, driving while intoxicated in some states may be a misdemeanor if a first offense, but a felony on subsequent offenses.

:"The common law divided participants in a felony into four basic categories: (1) first-degree principals, those who actually committed the crime in question; (2) second-degree principals, aiders and abettors present at the scene of the crime; (3) accessories before the fact, aiders and abettors who helped the principal before the basic criminal event took place; and (4) accessories after the fact, persons who helped the principal after the basic criminal event took place. In the course of the 20th century, however, American jurisdictions eliminated the distinction among the first three categories." ''Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez'', (citations omitted).

In some states, felonies are also classified (class A, B, etc.) according to their seriousness and punishment. In New York State, the classes of felonies are E, D, C, B, A–II, and A–I (the most severe). Others class felonies numerically, e.g., capital, life, 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree, state jail or class 1, 2, etc. (VA). The number of classifications and the corresponding crimes vary by state and are determined by the legislature. Usually, the legislature also determines the maximum punishment allowable for each felony class; this avoids the necessity of defining specific sentences for every possible crime.

A felony may be punishable with imprisonment for one or more years or death in the case of the most serious felonies, such as murder. Indeed, at common law when the British and American legal systems divorced in 1776, felonies were crimes for which the punishment was either death or forfeiture of property. In modern times, felons can receive punishments which range in severity; from probation, to imprisonment, to execution for premeditated murder or other serious crimes.

Seriousness of a felony; punishment fits the crime

A felony is considered a crime of high seriousness. A principal of the rationale for the degree punishment meted out is that the punishment should fit the crime. One standard for measurement is the degree to which a crime affects others or society. Measurements of the degree of seriousness of a crime have been developed.

United States

The reform of harsh felony laws that had originated in Great Britain was deemed "one of the first fruits of liberty" after the United States became independent.

In many parts of the United States, a convicted felon can face long-term legal consequences persisting after the end of their imprisonment, including:

Disenfranchisement (which the Supreme Court interpreted to be permitted by the Fourteenth Amendment)

Exclusion from obtaining certain licences, such as a visa, or professional licenses required in order to legally operate (making many vocations off-limits to felons)

Exclusion from purchase and possession of firearms, ammunition and body armor

Ineligibility for serving on a jury

Ineligibility for government assistance or welfare, including being barred from federally funded housing

Deportation (if the criminal is not a citizen)

Additionally, most job applications and rental applications ask about felony history, (with the exception of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and answering dishonestly on them can be grounds for rejecting the application, or termination if the lie is discovered after hire. It is legal to discriminate against felons in hiring decisions as well as the decision to rent housing to a person, so felons face barriers to finding both jobs and housing. Failure to maintain employment and housing can be parole violations and can therefore cause a convicted felon to be returned to prison. Another common term of parole is to avoid associating with other felons. In some neighborhoods with high rates of felony conviction, this creates a situation where many felons live with a constant threat of being arrested for violating parole.

Many bonding companies will not issue bonds to convicted felons, also effectively barring them from certain jobs. Many banks will refuse service to convicted felons.

Some states also consider a felony conviction to be grounds for an uncontested divorce.

The status and designation as a "convicted felon" is considered permanent, and is not extinguished upon sentence completion even if parole, probation or early release was given. The status can only be cleared by a successful appeal or executive clemency. However, felons may be able to apply for restoration of some rights after a certain period of time has passed.

In some states, restoration of those rights may depend on repayment of various fees associated with the felon's arrest, processing, and prison stay.

Expungement

For state law convictions, expungement is determined by the law of the state. A few states do not allow expungement, regardless of the offense.

Federal law does not have any provisions for persons convicted of federal felonies in a federal United States district court to apply to have their record expunged. While the pending Second Chance Act which may change this, at present the only relief that an individual prosecuted in Federal Court may receive is a Presidential Pardon, which does not expunge the conviction, but rather grants relief from the civil disabilities that stem from it.

See also

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

Compounding a felony

Criminal law

Civil law

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Employment discrimination against felons in the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

Federal crime

Felony murder

Handhabend and Backberend

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Infraction

IRS

Law of the United States

Misdemeanor

One strike, you're out

Record sealing

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

State court (United States)

Supreme Court of the United States

Three Strikes Law

United States district court

United States Marshals Service

United States Postal Inspection Service

United States Secret Service

References

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Name	Boyz N Da Hood
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Griffin, Georgia
Genre	Hip hop
Years active	2003–present
Label	Block Entertainment Bad Boy South Atlantic
Associated acts	Yung Joc, Diddy, Gucci Mane, P$C, Rick Ross
Website	www.myspace.com/boyzndahood
Current members	Big GeeJody BreezeDukeGorilla Zoe
Past members	Young Jeezy }}

Boyz N Da Hood is an American Southern gangsta rap group from Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently signed to Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records. A new album, ''Back N Da Hood'', is planned for release in 2011. They have collaborated several times with fellow Atlanta, Georgia artist Yung Joc.

Discography

2005: ''Boyz N Da Hood''

2007: ''Back Up N Da Chevy

2011: ''Back N Da Hood (Working Title)''

Solo albums

Big Gee

''13th Floor''

Gorilla Zoe

2007: ''Welcome to the Zoo''

2009: ''Don't Feed Da Animals''

2011: ''King Kong (Gorilla Zoe album)''

Duke

''The O.G.''

Jody Breeze

2005: ''A Day in the Life of Jody Breeze''

2010: ''My Life: ATL Story''

Compilations

2006: Best Kept Secret,Vol.2

Singles

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References

External links

Boyz n da Hood official website

Jody Breeze explains Jeezy diss track

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KING-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is affiliated with the NBC network and broadcasts on digital ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 48. Its offices and broadcasting center are located just east of Seattle Center. The station's transmitter is located in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. It shares television programming with its sister station KONG-TV, an independent station. Such programming includes local news and some syndicated programming. The chief newscasters for "KING 5 News" are Jean Enersen and Dennis Bounds.

History

The early years

When Channel 5 first came on the air as KRSC-TV on November 25, 1948, it became the first television station in the Pacific Northwest. The first broadcast was a live remote of a Thanksgiving Day high school football game and was plagued with technical difficulties, but local viewers reported being impressed nonetheless. After eight months on the air under the ownership of P.K. Lieberman's Radio Sales Corporation, Channel 5 was purchased by Seattle native Dorothy Bullitt's King Broadcasting Company, owners of KING radio (AM 1090, now KPTK; and FM 98.1). The station became KING-TV to match its radio sisters (Bullitt purchased the KING call letters while on a fishing boat). For many years, the stations' logo was King Mike, an anthropomorphized microphone in ermine robes and a crown, drawn by Walt Disney. Sister stations KGW-AM-FM-TV in Portland, Oregon used a similar logo, called Pioneer Mike.

The KRSC-TV call sign now resides on an independent educational station in Claremore, Oklahoma.

Channel 5 was a primary CBS affiliate, carrying secondary affiliations with NBC, ABC and (until 1956) DuMont Television Network. Once the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-imposed freeze on TV licenses was rescinded in the early 1950s, KING-TV lost its monopoly on the Seattle TV market. It lost CBS to KTNT-TV (now KSTW-TV, KIRO-TV picked up CBS in 1958) and NBC decamped first to KMO-TV (now KCPQ-TV) and then a few months later to KOMO-TV in 1953, leaving KING with the poorly performing ABC. Bullitt lobbied NBC for affiliation and in 1959 NBC pulled its affiliation from KING's cross-town rival KOMO and granted it to KING.

From the beginning KING was deeply committed to the Seattle area. Bulitt believed that a television station should serve the local public while remaining commercially viable. KING set up one of the first local news departments in the country and quickly gained national attention for its high quality and thorough approach. In 1952, KING kept Senator Joseph McCarthy from delivering a potentially libelous attack on the air. McCarthy threatened to have the station's license pulled citing undue bias (the Bulitts were staunch Democrats) but was forced to back down. Reporters such as Charles Herring, Ted Bryant, Mike James, Bob Faw and Seattle's first female news anchor, Jean Enersen, set high standards for television journalism in Seattle. KING-TV continues to be the leading station in the area.

After Alaska was hit by a major earthquake in March 1964, KING-TV worked with NBC News to get the footage of the quake's aftermath broadcast on the network. This was prior to the launch of a trans-Pacific television broadcast satellite and footage from Anchorage was flown to Seattle and driven to KING to be fed into the NBC network. NBC was the first network to show footage of the quake's aftermath preceding ABC and CBS by several hours.

In 1961, Dorothy Bullitt's son Stimson Bullitt became president of the King Broadcasting Company, while his mother remained chairwoman of the board. In 1966, he took the almost-unprecedented step of airing an anti-Vietnam war editorial, angering the Johnson Administration. Stimson also expanded the company to include ''Seattle Magazine'' and a variety of other businesses, much to the dismay of his mother, who felt he was losing focus on the family's broadcast properties. Investigative reporter Don McGaffin gave significant coverage to growing racial tensions in the city as well as corruption in the Seattle Police Department.

1970s and 1980s

Dissatisfied with Stimson Bullitt's management style, Dorothy Bullitt, and Mr. Bullitt's sisters, arranged for his voluntary resignation from King Broadcasting in 1972. Stimson sold his company shares to his sisters, Harriet and Patsy. He then received control of the family's real estate interests. Ancil Payne, who had served as general manager of the company's Portland stations since 1965, became president and CEO.

By the 1970s and 1980s, KING-TV was the flagship of a growing regional media empire which at various times included ventures in publishing, the film industry, cable television and even various timber assets in the Far East.

KING-TV was a pioneer of diversity in the newsroom. In 1972, KING-TV broke new ground by appointing Jean Enersen as an evening news anchor. According to the Washington Post, Enersen was the first permanent female evening news anchor in the country and is considered to be the longest-running female local evening news anchor. Additionally, KING-TV appointed Seattle's first African-American evening news anchor, John Raye, who co-anchored with Enersen for several years in the mid-1970s.

During this time the KING-TV news department also groomed several network news reporters, including CNN's Aaron Brown and Lou Dobbs, CBS Early Show contributor Hattie Kauffman and NBC correspondent James Hattori. Future meteorologist and author Jeff Renner joined KING-TV in 1977.

Also during this era, KING's staff of photojournalists were among the best in the nation. The National Press Photographers Association named KING the ''Television News Photography Station of the Year'' for 1979, 1981 and 1982.

KING was a pioneer new types of newscasts. In 1979, KING programmed the first early morning newscast in Western Washington at 6:30am with Don Madsen (news anchor) and Larry Schick (weather). Don Madsen was known for coming in at 11:30 PM and working all night to prepare for his early morning newscast. The "KING 5 Morning News" became very popular with Western Washington viewers as well as viewers throughout British Columbia. In 1984, KING pioneered "Top Story" at 6:30 PM with Mike James and Lori Matsukawa. Top Story, was a local version of Nightline focusing primarily on the top news story of the day with in-depth reporting and interviews. Despite efforts to produce a high-quality newscast, Top Story never became popular and was canceled in 1988.

Locally produced programming included: Seattle Today, a midmorning talk show hosted by Cliff Lenz amd Shirley Hudson and later by Susan Michaels and Colby Chester; Seattle Tonight, Tonite!, hosted by Ross McGowan and later Dick Klinger; Almost Live!, a Saturday night talk and sketch-comedy program originally starring Ross Shafer; and a local Evening Magazine franchise, first hosted by Penny LeGate and Brian Tracey. Of these only Evening Magazine exists today. ''How Come?'', a half-hour early Sunday evening family television program hosted by Al Wallace, won several awards during its run during the 1970s and early 1980s. The show covered topics on how things were made or done in the world. Dick Klinger hosted the show after Al Wallace died.

KING-TV and its sister stations in Spokane, Boise, and Portland formed the KING Northwest Network. They often shared news reports during and jointly covered significant stories such as the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. The mid-morning talk show, Seattle Today, was re-named Northwest Today and expanded to 90 minutes. While the majority of the show was produced in Seattle, each member station had a local host who would provide short local segments.

King Broadcasting stations included KGW radio and television in Portland, KREM-TV Spokane, KTVB-TV Boise, KHNL-TV and KFVE-TV Honolulu and KYA/KOIT radio San Francisco.

Long-time station-owner Dorothy Bullitt died in June 1989.

1990s

Dorothy Bullitt's daughters Harriet Bullitt and Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins decided to sell the King assets in 1992—eventually selling King Broadcasting (including KING, KREM, KGW, KTVB, KHNL/KFVE and the cable system assets) to the Providence Journal (ProJo) Company. KING-TV and other King Broadcasting stations later became Belo properties as a result of a merger with ProJo in 1997. (KHNL/KFVE was later sold to Raycom in 1999.)

Bonneville International Corporation purchased KING-AM in 1994 and changed the station's call letters to KINF (later KNWX) and switched to an all-news format. KNWX switched frequencies with KRPM 770 a year later, transferring ownership of the 1090 frequency allocation to EZ Communications, Inc. Since late 2004, CBS Radio-owned KPTK 1090 is home of Air America Radio.

KING-FM was donated to a non-profit partnership of the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Opera, and ArtsFund. It continues the classical music format started by Dorothy Bullitt and is one of the few remaining commercial classical radio stations in the nation today. The station is scheduled to become a non-commercial public radio station by July 2011.

The 1990s saw the end of Almost Live!. During this decade, the show launched the career of Bill Nye the Science Guy, Joel McHale (of ''The Soup'' fame) and locally, Pat Cashman and John Keister (who replaced Ross Shafer as host).

King 5 was also the home for Watch This!, KING 5's EMMY award winning fast-paced show for teens and children. The show lasted 5 years and was hosted by local anchors, Jim Dever and Mimi Gan.

On December 18, 1995, King Broadcasting launched Northwest Cable News, a 24-hour regional cable news operation available to cable television viewers primarily in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with lesser viewership in Alaska, Montana and California. In the Seattle area NWCN is located on Comcast Channel 2 or WAVE Broadband Channel 54.

King Mike, the original logo, was brought back for KING's 50th anniversary in 1998 and still appears in promotional announcements.

In 1999, to compete against KOMO, KING began providing high definition (HD) newscasts. At the time it only had one studio camera that was HD. In April 2007 KING upgraded all of its studio cameras, graphics, and weather system to HD. Field reports are still standard-definition (480i converted to 1080i HD for air) but are taped in a 16x9 aspect ratio, giving the appearance of high-definition. According to KING, it is "Seattle's First HD Newscast".

Present day

Belo also operates KONG-TV, an independent station featuring some news programming (provided by KING) and syndicated shows. KONG is available on UHF channel 16, but on most Seattle cable systems is given the Channel 6 channel slot to compliment KING-TV. The station also carries Universal Sports over their 5.2 digital subchannel, which also receives digital cable carriage.

Currently, syndicated TV shows seen on this station include ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''Dr. Phil'', ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' and ''Inside Edition''.

KING opted not to carry NBC's telecasts of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, and the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals when the games began at 5 p.m. Pacific time and CBC telecasts were available to most regional cable subscribers via CBUT in Vancouver. KING chose instead to air its regular lineup of newscasts and syndicated shows. KONG picked up the NBC telecasts of the games. For the 2007 and 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, however, KING aired NBC's Saturday night telecasts of the Stanley Cup Final while KONG aired the other NBC Stanley Cup Final telecasts. As for the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, KING aired games 1, 2 and 5 while KONG aired games 6 and 7.

For most of the last quarter-century, KING has waged a spirited battle for first place in the Seattle news race with KOMO. However, for the past couple of years, KING has been in first place in virtually every local newscast. Some of its newscasts rank higher than all the other newscasts combined.

It is one of five local Seattle TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite providers.

KING is carried on several cable systems in south-eastern Alaska and Northwestern Oregon.

In 2008, chief newscaster Jean Enersen celebrated her 40th year at KING (36 of those years as primary evening anchor—the longest serving female evening anchor in the country) with a 1-hour special which aired August 1. Recently, she stated in the Seattle Times that she has no plans to retire anytime soon.

The station also has the distinction of having the longest-serving numeric logo in the Seattle market- the 'K5' logo with three dots over the "K" (representing a crown, like a king's crown, hence the call letters) having been in use since 1977, with the current italicized version first used in 1998 (during the 1980s, the "5" in the K5 was also seen by itself at times). The "K" part of the logo also served as King Broadcasting's corporate logo.

KING is the official home of Seattle Seahawks preseason games, except those on national television, unless they are on NBC, in which case KING will carry the game, but will not produce it, deferring the duties to the network.

News team

Current on-air staff

Anchors

Jean Enersen - Weeknights 5 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. & HealthLink reporter

Dennis Bounds - Weeknights 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m.

Lori Matsukawa - Weeknights 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m.

Joyce Taylor - Weekday mornings 4:30-7 a.m. & 7-9 a.m. (on KONG (TV))

Greg Copeland - Weekdays at Noon & Reporter, Weekday mornings fill-in

Mark Wright - Weekday mornings 4:30-7 a.m. & 7-9 a.m. (on KONG (TV)) - starting 9/5

Mimi Jung - Weekdays at Noon & Reporter

Meg Coyle - Weekend mornings & reporter

Allen Schauffler - Weekend evenings 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m.

Robert Mak - Upfront Anchor (weekly public affairs show)

Margaret Larson - New Day Northwest Monday through Friday 11am-12pm

First Alert Weather

Jeff Renner (AMS Seal of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist - Weeknights 5, 6:30, 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m.

Jim Guy (AMS Seal of Approval) - Weekend evenings

Rich Marriott (AMS Seal of Approval) - Weekdays 4:30-7 a.m., 7-9 a.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 12 p.m.

Lisa Van Cise - Weekend mornings

Keisha Burns - Fill-in & NWCN

Rick Van Cise - Freelance Weather

Sports

Paul Silvi - Weeknights 5, 6:30, 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m., Sports Director

Andrea Nakano- Weekends 5, 6:30, 10 p.m. (on KONG (TV)) & 11 p.m./Sports reporter

Chris Egan - Sports reporter/anchor

Reporters

Linda Brill - General assignment reporter

Linda Byron - Investigative reporter

Gary Chittim - General assignment reporter & ecological specialist

Chris Daniels - General assignment reporter

Glenn Farley - Aviation specialist & general assignment reporter

Jim Forman - General assignment reporter

Susannah Frame - Investigative reporter

Joe Fryer - General assignment reporter

Elisa Hahn - General assignment reporter

Chris Ingalls - General assignment reporter

Jesse Jones - Consumer reporter

Owen Lei - General assignment reporter

Robert Mak - Political reporter

Drew Mikkelsen - South bureau chief & South bureau reporter

Tonya Mosley - General assignment reporter

Rob Piercy - Fill-in Anchor, primary evening anchor for NWCN (husband of co-reporter Kim Holcomb)

Roberta Romero - General assignment reporter

Natasha Ryan - General assignment reporter

Natalie Swaby - General assignment reporter

Tracy Taylor - Morning traffic reporter

Eric Wilkinson - General assignment reporter

Jake Whittenberg - Bureau Chief reporter

Teresa Yuan - General assignment reporter

Evening Magazine

Mark Erskine - Executive Producer

Meeghan Black - Host

Saint Bryan - Reporter

Josephine Cheng - Reporter

Jim Dever - Reporter

Kim Griffis - Reporter

Michael King - Reporter

Kim Holcomb - Reporter (wife of KING 5 reporter Rob Piercy)

Joan Kinsey - Producer

Eric Riddle - Producer

Michele Troxel - Show Producer

Notable past on-air staff

Aaron Brown: Was at KIRO-TV, ABC News, and CNN. Now anchoring at PBS & teaching at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.

Jerry Burling, On-air booth announcer, Winner, National Emmy Award (1960–1972)

Jim Compton: Also hosted "The Compton Report" (1985–1999)

Lou Dobbs: Anchor

David Kerley: Was at KIRO-TV. Currently at ABC News

Mark Mullen: Was at NBC News and ABC News. Currently at KNSD, San Diego

Shannon O'Donnell: Weather (1996–2000 and 2007–2009), now weekend weather anchor at KOMO-TV

Greg Palmer: Reporter (deceased)

Don Poier: Radio Voice of Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies (Deceased)

Drew Soicher: Sports anchor. Now at KUSA-TV, Denver

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

''KING-TV News'' (1950s)

''KING-TV Night Report'' (1960s)

''KING News Final'' (1960s)

''KING News'' (1960s-1971)

''KING Newservice'' (1971-1978?)

''NewsCenter 5'' (used briefly in the mid-80's)

''KING 5 News'' (1978?-present)

Station slogans

''First in the Great Northwest'' (1950s and 1960s)

''News Headquarters for the Great Northwest'' (1970s)

''The Home Team'' (1987–present; general slogan)

''All the News for Western Washington'' (1990–1999)

''Coverage You Can Count On'' (1999–present; news slogan)

''Community, Context, Commitment.'' (2001–2007; secondary slogan)

Digital television and high definition

KING 5 started broadcasting its local news and public affairs programming in HD on April 16, 2007.

On April 16, 2007, KING 5 also started using the tagline "KING 5 HD" when referring to the channel.

Digital channels
Channel	! Programming
5.1	KING-DT
5.2	Universal Sports

KING-TV began transmitting its scheduled programming in digital only on June 12, 2009 as mandated by the FCC. However KING-TV has continued its analog signal as part of the FCC's "Nightlight" program, running a DTV transition guide for two more weeks.

After the analog television shutdown, KING-DT remained on channel 48 using PSIP to display KING-TV's virtual channels as 5 on digital television receivers.

References

''Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life'' by Delphine Haley, from Sasquatch Press; ISBN 1-57061-327-3

''King: The Bullitts of Seattle and Their Communications Empire'' by O. Casey Corr, from University of Washington Press; ISBN 0-295-97584-9

''On the Air: The King Broadcasting Story'' by Daniel Jack Chasan, from Island Publishers; ISBN 0-9615580-6-7

External links

KING 5

Essay on Dorothy Bullitt from Historylink

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name	Jayo Felony
background	solo_singer
birth name	James Savage
alias	Peer Pressure, One Shot Kill, Bullet Loco, Uno
born	December 31, 1969Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
origin	San Diego, California, U.S.
genre	West Coast Hip Hop, Hip hop
occupation	Rapper
years active	1993–present
label	Def Jam
associated acts	Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Glasses Malone, E-40, Method Man
notable instruments	}}

James Savage, better known by his stage name, Jayo Felony is a rapper from southeast San Diego, California. He is known for being the first San Diego rapper to be signed to a major label. Jayo Felony was a member of the Neighborhood Rollin 40's, a Crip gang from the Chollas View and Mount Hope neighborhoods of Southeast San Diego.

Career

Late years

In 1994 Jayo Felony was signed to the label owned by Jam Master Jay called Jam Master Jay Records. That year Jayo released his debut album, ''Take a Ride''.

In 1998, Jayo released his follow-up album, ''Whatcha Gonna Do?'' on Def Jam. It featured rappers like Method Man, DMX, Mack 10, WC, Redman, Kokane, Ice Cube, E-40 and 8 Ball & MJG.

In 1999, he released ''Underground''. He was due to release his fourth album, ''Hotter Than Fish Grease'', in 2000, but for legal reasons the album was never released.

Jayo Felony also is now working on his next album called "Don't Get MeatBalled" under his new label Loco Records

Jayo is looking to sign with Priority Records / Doggystyle Records.

Tha Dogg Pound

In 2001, Jayo Felony claimed that Snoop Dogg stole the song "Crip Hop" and started an altercation on the set of Baby Boy. Snoop and Tha Eastsidaz took shots at Jayo on the song "Fuck All That Yappin" in addition Jayo responded with "You's A Character" explaining the Baby Boy situation. In 2003, Jayo Felony later became involved in a rivalry with Daz Dillinger, for collaborating with Kurupt, and creating a group with him called "The Rifleman". Now they are all on good terms and Kurupt is back together with Tha Dogg Pound Snoop Dogg will be on the Don't Get MeatBalled Album.

Discography

Albums

''Take a Ride''

*Released: May 30, 1994

*Chart Positions: #65 Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums

*Last RIAA description:

*U.S. sales :141,827

*Singles: "Sherm Sticc", "Loc Is On His Own"

''Whatcha Gonna Do?''

*Released: Aug 25, 1998

*Chart Position: #46 US

*Last RIAA description:

*U.S. sales : 146,308 copies

*Singles: "Nitty Gritty", "Watcha Gonna Do?"

''Underground''

*Released: Nov 16, 1999

*Chart Positions:US #46

*Last RIAA description:

*U.S. sales :143,946

*Singles:"What Ya Need"

''Crip Hop''

*Released: Oct 23, 2001

*Chart Positions: # 10 Top independent

*Last RIAA description:

*U.S. sales :143,946

*Singles: "She Loves Me"

''Don't Get MeatBalled''

*Released: TBA

*Chart Positions: TBA

*U.S. Sales : TBA

*Singles: "So Into You ft. Sleepy Brown", "Blocc Party", "How do you Want It ft. Snoop Dogg"

References

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Coordinates	38°56′17″N77°4′56″N
name	The L.O.X.
background	group_or_band
origin	Yonkers, New York, United States
genre	Hip hop
years active	1995–present
label	Bad Boy Records (1995–present)Ruff Ryders Entertainment (1999–present)D-Block Records (2003–present)
associated acts	DMX, Drag-On, Eve
current members	JadakissStyles PSheek Louch }}

The Lox are an American hip hop group composed of Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P. They were originally signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records before joining Ruff Ryders Entertainment, and are now a part of their own label, D-Block Records

Early career

Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips, David Styles "Styles P", and Sean "Sheek Louch" Jacobs, began their musical careers in their hometown of Yonkers, New York. As high school students they formed a group called "The Bomb Squad" and began performing at local shows and producing their own demos. In 1995 they appeared on Main Source's "Set It Off" from the album "Fuck What You Think". While the local rap scene was being dominated by artists like Raw Rome, Lord Devon and a young DMX, the group began to gain attention for their lyrical style and ability to present tales of urban life. The group eventually changed their name to "The Warlocks" and continued developing a fan base by appearing on underground mix tapes. One of their admirers was the "Queen of Hip hop soul," fellow Yonkers native Mary J. Blige. Mary passed their demo tape on to Bad Boy CEO Sean "Puffy" Combs who signed them to a deal. At the behest of Combs, The Warlocks would later change their name to "The L.O.X" which stands for Living Off eXperience.

Mainstream career

The LOX gained national exposure in 1996 with an onside collaboration on the ''Life After Death'' album with the song "Last Day". Shortly after gaining even more exposure with their powerful multi-platinum tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. , "We'll Always love Big Poppa". The song which celebrated the life of the slain superstar, captured Biggie's essence and thrust The LOX into the media spotlight as a group to watch out for. The trio later appeared on a multitude of hits, including Diddy's "Its All About The Benjamins", which The LOX wrote, Mase's "24 Hours to Live", Mariah Carey's "Honey", and Jennifer Lopez's "Jenny From The Block". The group's debut album Money, Power & Respect went platinum and helped establish the Lox as an important voice in Hip-Hop music.

In the summer of 1999, the celebrated Yonkers Rap trio found themselves in a fight for freedom. Disappointed with the direction of their career on Bad Boy, the group wanted to be released from their contract in order to join the newly formed Ruff Ryders/ Interscope label. The Ruff Ryders had always served as the Lox's managers and the group felt like the new label could better represent the hard-core sensibilities which they expressed in their rhymes. Bad Boy was known for its radio friendly dance hits and high priced videos, while the Lox were quickly establishing themselves as Hardcore rap artists. The identities clashed, the Lox just didn't feel comfortable in the shiny suits. "We just needed to be with a rougher label" says Sheek Louch. "A harder label that fit our image."

The LOX tried all of the legal maneuvering available to be released from their contract with Bad Boy. However, when the lawyers and conference calls didn't work, the group did what they do best. They took their story to the streets. At a New York rap concert, the defiant group sported "Let the LOX Go" T-shirts and sparked a grass roots movement to "Free the Lox." Their goal was to return Hip-Hop back to its essence as an important form of urban expression. The streets spoke up loud and clear and the Lox were finally released to a heroes welcome. "We really changed the game by doing that," says Styles concerning the contractual drama. "It might take years from now, but other people are gonna do it. We made it so they don't have to be scared to speak up."

After years of rumors of the future of The LOX, fans can actually got a confirmation on the label they may be signing with. The LOX and Diddy had a private meeting on December 15, 2009 to discuss reuniting with Bad Boy in the near future. The very same label they protested against years ago to set them free from their recording contracts. People who follow members of The L.O.X and Diddy found out about this gathering via Twitter. Whether if it’s through Diddy and a new deal he made with Interscope Records or through another label, one thing for certain a new LOX album will be out in the beginning of 2011. The album is officially called ''New L.O.X. Order''.

Discography

''Money, Power & Respect'' (1998)

''We Are the Streets'' (2000)

''New L.O.X. Order'' (2011)

References

External links

The LOX's Official Myspace Music Page

D-Block Website

D-Block Myspace Blog Page

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