Arica Queen Launches New Single - Mr. Gimmie @AricaQueen

When your parents give you a name like Arica Queen, it’s almost destiny that you become a famous artist. And super-stardom is exactly what Norfolk, Virginia rapper/songwriter Arica Queen is hoping to fulfill with her new single “Mr. Gimmie”

Relz - Jane Doe

The Virginia Beach artist Relz, drops off a brand new release exclusively via Tidal called, "Jane Doe." Relz drops some heavy hitting lines about his nameless ex and how she's undeniably dead to him.

Slim Kee - Okay Ft Will Chamberlain

Richmond, Virginia’s Slim Kee releases new music titled "Okay". “Okay” by Slim Kee features Will Chamberlain and is produced by beatmaker’s Ron Oilers and Notto3.

FTF Pablo - Murda She Wrote

FTF Pablo releases a new visual video titled "Murda She Wrote". Martinsville, Virginia rap artist has been making a name for himself throughout the music industry. We first encountered FTF Pablo with his video "Workout". 

Cakes - Flossed Up

Boss babe Cakes is starting the year off right dropping her new banger "Flossed Up". Being 'flossed up' is beyond glitz and glamour. It's a lifestyle and a mindset that determines your legacy. If one of your New Year's resolutions is to follow your dreams and shine in spite of non-believers, then 'Flossed Up' may be your anthem for 2018.

Chris Brown Top 5 Music Videos

The Wrap-Up Magazine is back at their Top 5 favorite artist again! This time they release Chris Brown Top 5 best music videos of all time. Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia. See which videos was chosen as out Top 5! 

Hezekiah Wilson - Lo Key

Richmond, Virginia artist Hezekiah Wilson releases new music titled "Lo Key." This is a new release off his up and coming album titled "9." Be sure to watch it here.

FTF Pablo - Workout

Martinsville, Virginia rap artist FTF Pablo releases new visual video titled "Workout." Video shot and edited at Straight Jack-It Studios LLC. Watch it first here.

Yamin Semali - Missing Me

East Point, GA rapper/producer Yamin Semali presents the Will Feagins Jr.-directed music video for "Missing Me", the new single from The HotEP, his EP produced by Virginia beatsmith Dublohskytzo. Fresh off a Europe tour with Cunninglynguists, Yamin's last release was The $aturday/$unday Remixes, a project in which he remixes over his own productions the Monday/Friday album he released in 2015 with fellow Atlanta producer Illastrate are (Monday/Friday on Bandcamp).

Clayt - Yo-Yo

Atlanta-based rapper Clayt presents the Brandon Huntley-directed music video for "Yo-Yo", produced by Andre Palace. Hailing from Newport News, Virginia, Clayt debuted "Yo-Yo" by performing it for a live stream on AdultSwim.com.

Bunz Esq - I Do Me

This is the first single off of Bunz Esq mixtape entitled, "Let The Hustle Commence: Etched In Stone Vol. 1", called "I Do Me." Bunz Esquire is in Amandaville, West Virginia artist who is quickly on the come-up. Listen in below.

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A Dozen Arrested Protesting Trump

A crowd of over 1,000 amassed outside of New York's Trump International Hotel and Tower to show their resistance of the President's administration on Wednesday, March 8. They were organized in solidarity with demonstrations that took place in more than 50 countries, as the world celebrated International Women's Day. Here in the U.S., many of the thousands who congregated in cities across the nation did so under a general strike promoted as a "Day Without a Woman."

School districts in such cities as Virginia and North Carolina were forced to shut down due to the limited staffing the exodus of workers caused. And while the numbers for Wednesday's events didn't come close to the droves who took to the streets the day after Trump's inauguration, the message was as loud and militant as it has been from some vowing to keep women's rights a priority of the administration, and others calling for an ouster of the Commander In Chief. "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" echoed from the scores of women packing Columbus Circle. Outside of Trump Tower alone, 13 women were arrested, including the march's co-founder Linda Sarsour, for reportedly refusing to clear the street.

Later on in the evening, over 2,000 people were estimated to have come together downtown in Washington Square Park. A projector shined the phrase "Women's Strike!" onto the arch raising over the park's entrance. Participants held up signs and took in the messages of speakers blaring from a megaphone.

Despite the hostility espoused against him, the President would take to Twitter to honor the occasion, writing, “tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy.” Former President Barack Obama also shared words of solidarity, releasing a statement that read: "On International Women’s Day, @MichelleObama and I are inspired by all of you who embrace your power to drive change."

Teacher Asks Students To Act Like Slaves

The mother of a child at a middle school in Staunton, Virginia is calling upon the NAACP to investigate the actions of a teacher who she says forced Black students in her class to play the role of slaves while teaching a lesson on the Louisiana Purchase.

Tamika Derozen says she reported the 6th-grade teacher after her son recently came home from Shelburne Middle School and detailed having been asked, along with other Black students, to come to the front of the classroom and pretend that they were picking cotton. "He said, 'Mom, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to walk out of the class, but I didn't want to get in trouble,'" Derozen said. According to Derozen's son, some of the white students were even invited up to play in the role of slave masters.

Derozen had initially agreed to sit across from the teacher in a meeting mediated by the school's principal but decided against it when she learned the teacher attempted to defend her lesson by showing students a clip from Roots, asking them whether it would have made sense to have anyone but Black people represent slavery. "She went on to say, 'exactly my point. For those of you that I offended, I apologize. But I want you to understand my reason for calling you up as African-Americans is because you better fit the role as a slave," said Derozen.

Staunton City Schools Superintendent, Linda Reviea, says the district is investigating the incident. "If such behavior occurred, it is grossly inappropriate, insensitive and contradictory to the values of our school division and will not be tolerated. At all times we expect our teachers and staff to be positive role models and demonstrate sound judgment," she said in a statement made to the press. "I want to emphasize that in no way does Staunton City Schools condone or encourage instruction that deliberately singles out a person or group because of race and subjects them to disparagement or humiliation."

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Would Obama Have Beaten Trump?

Fair Game Is That, Donald is a straight up kind of guy, He speaks strait out of his mind without thinking. Look at the picture above, it tells a'lot. For Trump, Obama was to look him in the eye during the shake, to Donald, since he did not, Trump wish's he would have ran against Obama instead of Romney.

In an interview with David Axelrod released yesterday, December 26th, President Obama claimed that he would have defeated Donald Trump had he been allowed to run for a third term. "I'm confident that if I — if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could've mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it," Mr. Obama said.

President-elect responded on Twitter with a firm denial that Obama could have beaten him.

It's an interesting debate: President Obama won the popular vote in both the 2008 and 2012 election, while Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 but did not defeat Hillary Clinton in the popular vote.

Obama stressed his admiration for Clinton and said she had been the victim of unfair attacks. But, as he has in other exit interviews, he insisted that her defeat was not a rejection of the eight years of his presidency. To the contrary, he argued that he had put together a winning coalition that stretched across the country but that the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign had failed to follow through on it.

 "Look, the Affordable Care Act benefits a huge number of Trump voters. There are a lot of folks in places like West Virginia or Kentucky who didn't vote for Hillary, didn't vote for me, but are being helped by this . . . The problem is, is that we're not there on the ground communicating not only the dry policy aspects of this, but that we care about these communities, that we're bleeding for these communities."

Nonetheless, the president, who has done relatively few interviews with mainstream media organisations, repeated his long-stated complaint that the media has filtered his message and that he is subject to unfair criticism by outlets such as Fox News.

 Donald Trump responded to Barack Obama on Monday after the president claimed he could have won a third term in the White House if he had been the Democratic nominee instead of Hillary Clinton.

"President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me," the president-elect tweeted. "He should say that but I say NO WAY! - jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc."

Rich Homie Quan’s Entourage Involved in Altercation

A Rich Homie Quan club performance in North Carolina ended in gunfire early this morning (Sept. 11). The Atlanta MC was in N.C. performing at the Diamond Club in New Bern. According to TMZ, police got a call about a shooting in the parking lot around 3 a.m. When they arrived they found five people who had sustained injuries in the hail of bullets.

The Craven County Sheriff’s office tells the site that members of RHQ’s entourage were involved in the altercation that led up to the shooting. The “Flex” rapper was questioned by authorities, despite not personally being involved. The investigation into what exactly happened is ongoing.

This is the second time someone has been shot at a rap related club event in the last month. In late August, a party hosted by Jeezy in Virginia Beach was cut short when a man was shot and killed at the venue. Details of what happened were scarce with police stating the man died from an “apparent gunshot wound.” The victim has since been identified by the mother of his unborn child on social media as Demetrius Darnell McCloud, also known as “Yang.” A GoFundMe account has been set up in his name.

The club has seen its fair share of violence. According to the Virginia Pilot that was the fourth shooting near the club in the last two years. The venue has since given up its liquor license.

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Man Down!

(The Wrap-Up Magazine) The Virginia Police Department's homicide unit is investigating the murder of a man during a "Birthday Bash" at Club Embassy in Virginia Beach, early Saturday morning, [August 27].  The event, promoted by Good Fellas Entertainment was set to be a relatively high profile engagement, with Young Jeezy billed to host alongside Joking Joe and DJ L.E.S.  Police were called to the club at around 1:35 a.m., and arrived to find the victim dead on the scene with an "apparent gunshot wound," according to reports.

Following the incident, an attendee who happened to linger around to record the moments after the shooting tweeted out a video of security and what appear to be club patrons attending to the man on the floor, by the bar.  "Boy shot in the head at #YoungJeezy event at a club in Virginia," @Fameolous captioned the tweet.

Saturday's shooting is reported to be the third in two years at the 5476 Virginia Beach Blvd. establishment [formerly known as Aqua Lounge]. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

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Darren Sharper Sentenced To 18 Years

Former NFL All-Decade Team Safety Darren Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday, August 18. The 40-year-old fallen star was handed down the judgement following U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo's rejection of a plea deal that would have allowed for the Virginia native's release after nine years. Sharper plead guilty to conspiracy and distribution of Alprazolam, Diazepam, and Zolpidem with the intent to commit rape, back in March of 2015.

The charges that lead to a conviction stem from up to 16 women coming forward to accuse Sharper of drugging, and in some cases, sexting them on separate occasions between October 2013 and January 2014. Before Sharper admitted to the crimes, prosecutors were primed to go to court with the case, having discovered a trail of incidents across Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, and California. "They didn't deserve anything being a part of my heinous decisions," Sharper cried, having just learned of his fate for the next two decades. "I still don't know why I lived my life right for 38 years, and then I took this path."

Through 14 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New Orleans Saints between 1997 and 2010, Sharper established himself as one of the best defensive players in the game. He was a Super Bowl champion [2010] and a 5-time Pro Bowler, who at the time of his retirement held firm at number six on the all-time interceptions list. In 2016, Sharper made the Hall of Fame ballot. It remains to be seen whether the committee will at some point elect to vote him into the Hall, considering the fact that off-field behavior is not supposed to be taken into account in the process.

I.K.P. - Magic Ft Swanny River

Emcee/spoken word artist/producer I.K.P. (Infamous King of Positivity) presents "MAGiC!", his new single produced by Swanny River from In Positivity We Trust: I.K.P. 4 President, Pt. 2, out now. Born in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, I.K.P. is a rapper and head of Reigning Positivity Music as well as a veteran of the U.S. Marines.

Chris Brown's Craziest Moments On TWUM

Here at "The Wrap-Up Magazine" we like to type about our favorite artist and the lifestyles they are living. On this page, its all about the RnB hit maker "Chris Brown." Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown is an American recording artist, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia. Take a look at some of our hottest stories of him.