Posts Tagged ‘VICE’
Is There A Link Between Former Toronto Mayor And The Dixon City Bloods? (Documentary)
June 25, 2016
As usual, VICE asks the toughest questions: Does the gang involved in the Rob Ford crack scandal actually exist? There is a neighborhood called Dixon. Truth. In 2013, police raided the area; alleging that a street gang called the “Dixon City Bloods” was responsible for crack and gun operations across southern Ontario. Facts. Several alleged gang members appeared in a photo with the former Toronto mayor, and the group released video that ignited his notorious crack scandal. And here we are…
But where are we for real? Can the gun violence, gang activity, street players’ moves, and media and police reports actually tie together in a substantial way; one that signifies a true criminal organization?
VICE investigates.
READ: DIXON CITY BLOODS (VICE)
Posted in Film, Investigation, Politics, Series, Videos | 
Tags: Bloods, Canada, crack, Dixon City Bloods, Gang, Ontario, organized crime, Rob Ford, Toronto, VICE | 
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Edward Snowden On How To Make Your Phone ‘Go Black’ (Video)
June 21, 2016
If the NSA wants to pop my box, they’re totally gonna do it.
– Edward Snowden
Now THAT… if anything sounds like an occasion to immediately say, “PAUSE!” But for real, pause, for just a bit over a minute, and watch this clip. Have you seen the whole Edward Snowden piece by VICE on HBO? You should. It’s on here. But this clip though – advice from a guy that used to work for a super-spy agency, now trying to stay beyond the reach of that Agency… Maaaan, dig in!
VICE ON HBO: STATE OF SURVEILLANCE (THE EDWARD SNOWDEN PIECE)
State of Surveillance (Documentary)
June 20, 2016
Damn. Privacy is an illusion. That’s not the future; that’s NOW. If anyone would know, it’s former NSA’er, current whistleblower in exile, Edward Snowden. And if anyone can get at the core of the story, it’s VICE.
When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, he ignited a raging debate over digital privacy and security. That debate came to a head this year, when Apple refused an FBI court order to access the iPhone of alleged San Bernardino Terrorist Syed Farook. Meanwhile, journalists and activists are under increasing attack from foreign agents. To find out the government’s real capabilities, and whether any of us can truly protect our sensitive information, VICE founder Shane Smith heads to Moscow to meet the man who started the conversation, Edward Snowden.
Posted in Human Interest, Interview, Progressive, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Edward Snowden, HBO, Shane Smith, State of Surveillance, VICE, VICE News, VICE on HBO | 1 Comment »
‘Ride Along’ And Interview With JR Smith, After He Takes A Call From Lebron James (Video)
June 14, 2016
Appropos post, especially now that King Bron and The Cavs sacked up to make the series 3-2. Check out this vid with JR Smith on VICE Ride Along.
With tattoos up to his neck, a stint in China under his belt, experience playing with two of the very best, and a possible championship on the way, there are many reasons why JR Smith is probably the most high profile bench player in the NBA. In this RIDE ALONG, he talks about them all.
(And no jib-jabber about Draymond Green being out last night please).
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Series, Videos | Tags: JR Smith, Ride Along, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Radical Life of The First Lady of New York (Video)
June 7, 2016
Wowwwww! So THAT’S how Broadly is gonna start this episode on The First Lady of New York? Click play and you’ll see. Don’t misuse this 10 minutes of your day…watch this clip! Starts with shocking (for some) commentary, but gets into some frank and earnest discussion with Chirlane McCray over a variety of societal issues.
Broadly sits down with Chirlane McCray in Gracie Mansion to talk media scrutiny, sexual fluidity, breaking down the stigma around mental illness, and having radical politics in one of the nation’s oldest houses of political power.
When you hear ‘First Lady’ you think Michelle Obama, of course. But McCray has some real things to say. This clip may well make you add her to your short list.
(Sexual fluidity. Okay, gotta add that to the vocab.)
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Interview, Politics, Relationships, Series, Videos | Tags: Broadly, Broadly Meets, Chirlane McCray, Radical Life of The First Lady of New York, VICE, VICE Broadly | No Comments »
Driving While Black in New Jersey (Documentary)
June 1, 2016
A new report from Seton Hall Law School Center for Policy & Research has found that in the majority-white municipality of Bloomfield, New Jersey, nearly 80 percent of traffic tickets are issued to African American and Latino drivers.
The report also found that most tickets were issued to non-resident minority drivers passing through town, suggesting a “de facto border patrol” policing policy is in effect.
The Bloomfield Police Department — which has begun collecting data on the race of drivers in traffic stops as of January 2016 — rejects the report’s findings.
VICE News reports on Seton Hall’s methodology and on the experience of minority drivers in Bloomfield.
Please note that in this video, Lakisha Finkelstein’s name was misspelled as Latisha Finkelstein.
READ: UNCOVERING RACIAL PROFILING IN BLOOMFIELD, NJ (SETON HALL)
Posted in Cover Story, Film, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Bloomfield, Bloomfield Police Department, border patrol, Center for Policy & Research, Center for Policy and Research, de facto border patrol, Driving While Black, Driving While Black in New Jersey, Lakisha Finkelstein, Latisha Finkelstein, Law School, New Jersey, policy, Seton Hall, VICE, VICE News | No Comments »
Illegal Street Drifting in Saudi Arabia (Documentary)
May 31, 2016
Illegal drifting on public streets has achieved cult status in Saudi Arabia by now. At the same time, car accidents are one of the main causes of death there, especially among young people. The problem is so massive that the Saudi government is implementing extra hard punishments for drifting on public streets. But there are alternatives. Professional drivers have started academies, and in doing so are trying to make drifting a professional sport.
Posted in Film, Lifestyle, Series, Travel, Videos | Tags: Desert Drifters, Drifters, drifting, Illegal Street Drifting in Saudi Arabia, Jermain Raffington, Saudi Arabia, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Meet Britain’s Jason Coghlan: A Criminal Turned Criminal Attorney (Documentary)
May 31, 2016
Better Call Saul Goodman… Or, maybe since this is gangster stuff, we should go with Tom Hagen – consigliere and legal counsel for the Corleone Family (The Godfather)… Real-life crime and punishment and reform and organized crime. Whew! Law and Order on steroids with no chill. The whole story brought to you as only VICE can.
This is the story of one of Britain’s most notorious reformed criminals, Jason Coghlan, who spent 16 years behind bars before he found an even more dangerous and effective pastime: studying the law. VICE gained intimate access to Jason’s life over two years, witnessing the rise of his legal firm, which explicitly caters to the gangsters of the Costa Del Sol in Spain. However, the echoes of his old life are never far away and a gang feud in Jason’s native Manchester threatens to unravel his new amicable existence.
Posted in Film, Human Interest, Lifestyle, Series, Travel, Videos | Tags: Attorney, Britain, Criminal, Great Britain, Jason Coghlan, Lawyer, Manchester, Meet One of Britain's Most Notorious Reformed Criminals, Studying law, VICE, Walking Heavy | No Comments »
Best Pizza: Serving Chicago Style In Brooklyn (Video)
May 30, 2016
Frank Pinello travels the world eating great pizza and meeting the chefs who make it on MUNCHIES’ digital series The Pizza Show. On this episode of Daily VICE, Pinello takes us to his Brooklyn restaurant Best Pizza to show us how to whip up a classic deep-dish pie inspired by the late Chicago pizza legend Burt Katz.
(That is looking hella good. Gotta go find some dinner!)
Posted in Food, Series, Videos | Tags: BEST PIZZA, Burt Katz, Chicago, Daily VICE, DEEP DISH PIZZA, EVERGREEN, Food, FRANK PINELLO, Munchies, Pizza, THE PIZZA SHOW, Travel, VICE, VICE US, VIDEO-SHORTFORM | No Comments »
Austin Rivers Talks About His History In Basketball And With His Current Coach…His Dad (Video)
May 30, 2016
Ha! Austin got a shot in on his Dad / Coach Doc Rivers… cracking on them short shorts! Interesting Ride Along episode by VICE Sports.
Austin Rivers is one of the more polarizing players in the NBA. It could be the Duke thing, it could be the confident on-court demeanor, it could be because he’s playing for his dad. We rode shotgun with Austin as he waxed on his tough transition to pro ball, being traded early in his career, and of course the ups and downs of playing for a legendary coach who happens to be your father.
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Series, Sports | Tags: Austin Rivers, Basketball, Coach, Coach-Player relationship, Doc Rivers, Father-Son relationship, Los Angeles Clippers, NBA, Playing for Dad, Ride Along, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Candyland: Canadian Cannabis (Documentary)
May 7, 2016
Weed soda, chronic cookies and chocolates. Ah yes, sounds like some mighty tasty medicines those Canadians are getting a good dose of up there. New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bringing in a new cool, a breath of fresh… well hazy… air to the country’s marijuana legalization conversation. See VICE’s Damian Abraham get up there and get into the mix; taking his lumps and the ‘medicine’ to get the story on Canada’s weed dispensaries and candy shops.
Toronto is currently in a gray area in terms of its marijuana dispensary boom. Since Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015, promising to legalize weed, entrepreneurs have been illegally opening up shop all over the city. Although there’s no guarantee that Trudeau’s plan for legal marijuana will include storefront businesses, these operations are opening almost daily. While the shops specialize in selling weed for medical marijuana patients — more and more customers are coming through the doors of their local dispensary looking for marijuana edibles, which only a select number of federally regulated manufacturers are licensed to produce.
Eddie Huang aka The Human Panda Talks About Identity And Chews The Pork Fat With Stephen Colbert (Video)
May 4, 2016
Good stuff. We knew Eddie when he was “Fresh Off The Boat” with VICE. Now, he’s with ABC… still “Fresh…” But he has not forgotten where he came from – Taiwan or online – and he is going back (to VICELAND with a new show, “Huang’s World”). Watch Eddie talking with Stephen Colbert above and after the jump about all kinds of stuff – like them delicious-looking pork buns.
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Food, Interview, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: ABC, CBS, Eddie Huang, Fresh Off The Boat, Human Panda, Stephen Colbert, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, VICE, VICELAND | No Comments »
Dallas Mavericks’ Chandler Parsons Speaks On Facing Kobe Bryant One More Time, The ‘Deandre Jordan Situation’ And More (Video)
April 20, 2016
After signing a contract with Mark Cuban at a Dallas night club, Chandler Parsons became the Mavericks’ chief recruiter for Deandre Jordan. That… didn’t quite work out. In this Ride Along, Chandler recounts the tug-of-war over his longtime friend, his growth from a petulant and overlooked kid at the University of Florida to a respected NBA veteran, and his thoughts on facing Kobe one last time at the Staples Center.
(VICE Sports with another good clip. Parsons’ pre-game prep music selection though… Kobe’s in trouble after that sh!t. Hahaaaaa!)
#RideAlong with @ChandlerParsons as he comments on the Deandre drama and the end of Kobe. https://t.co/oHjbC2qoBN pic.twitter.com/IJPRFfj36m
— VICE Videos (@VICE_Videos) April 18, 2016
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: Basketball, Chandler Parsons, clubhouse, Dallas Mavericks, Kobe, Kobe Bryant, Mark Cuban, NBA, Ride Along, the clubhouse, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Former Ole Miss Rebel Marshall Henderson Patting The Rock In Iraq (Video)
March 28, 2016
A lot of people aren’t cut out for this… coming to a warring country or whatever…
– Marshall Henderson
And BOOM! This is how VICE Sports kicks off its ROAM series. Marshall’s a long way from the Rebel Nation, and the NBA, but he is still making it in pro-basketball. Watch VICE Sports get to globetrotting to hang out in Iraq, latest home to former Ole Miss (on- & off-court) standout Marshall Henderson and get his story.
Marshall Henderson had one of the most infamous runs in NCAA Basketball history, dominating the SEC with his three point shot at Ole Miss (while also running into trouble with coaches/opposing fans/the law/etc.).
Then he went undrafted, and fizzled out of the NBA’s D-League. Now he’s in the massive and convoluted international basketball pipeline, playing wherever he can. His latest stop: Naft Al-Janoob of the Iraqi Division I Basketball League in Basra, scene to some of the most vicious battles of the Iraqi War and a city that continues to experience its share of violence.
Posted in Series, Sports, Travel, Videos | Tags: Basketball, Basra, David Enders, iraq, Iraqi Division I Basketball League, Marshall Henderson, Naft Al-Janoob, Ole Miss, ROAM, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Stevie Williams: From Homeless Teen To Skate Mogul (Documentary)
March 17, 2016
Stevie Williams isn’t just one of the greatest skateboarders of all time, he’s the successful entrepreneur behind Dirty Ghetto Kids and a host of other ventures – but it wasn’t always that way. Stevie ran away from his home in Philly at age 15 and hitchhiked his way across to the West Coast where he found himself homeless in San Francisco. In this episode of VICE Sports Meets, Stevie takes us through his old Frisco stomping grounds and talks about his full evolution from “degenerate to celebrity.”
– VICE Sports
Posted in Human Interest, Lifestyle, Series, Videos | Tags: Dirty Ghetto Kids, homeless, Skate Mogul, Stevie Williams, teen, VICE, VICE Sports, VICE Sports Meets | No Comments »
Noisey Bompton: Growing Up With Kendrick Lamar (Parts 2 Through 6) [Video]
March 7, 2016
Yessir! This is the rest of the K.Dot & Compton mini-doc “Bompton” from VICE Noisey. You might want to take a look at the Part 1 post (here) before hitting play above for Part 2. Parts 3 through 6 are after the jump. Incredible insights on the man who is currently considered to be the man in Hip-Hop by many today.
PREVIOUS: NOISEY BOMPTON (PART 1)
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Lifestyle, Series, Videos | Tags: Bloods, Bompton, Compton, Dinner With Lil L, Gang, Growing up with Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar, Live from Rosecrans, Noisey, NOISEY Bompton, Piru, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, Trap Kitchen, VICE, VICELAND, Violence Touches All Of Us, We’re Gonna Be Alright, West Side | No Comments »
Pusha T Responds To People’s Comments About Himself, “Grindin'” And More (Video)
February 26, 2016
It’s The People vs. Pusha T. Some People come with kind comments; but others come his the hard cracks on the 2002 instant classic “Grindin’.” Casio beat…really? Struggle braids…really? Haaaaaaa!
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Series, Shots, Videos | Tags: Braids, Grindin, Noisey, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, The People Vs Pusha T, The People VS., VICE | No Comments »
Noisey Bompton: Growing Up With Kendrick Lamar (Part 1) [Video]
February 20, 2016
Surely you did not think it was a game when we said that Kendrick Lamar said he would rep Compton for life, did you? He got the Key To The City and he’s still locked in! Well, Noisey is dropping six parts of proof for the last one or two of you doubters out there. Yep, VICELAND Noisey sent one of their Whitest reporters out to the Blood side of Compton (that’s Bompton) to talk to K.Dot and give us perspective on the hood love he gets now and what it was like “Growing up with Kendrick Lamar.” Hood pass granted!
Compton, California, is one of Hip-Hop’s most celebrated locales, the birthplace of acts like N.W.A. and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. It’s also home to a complicated gang culture. ‘Noisey Bompton’ centers around Kendrick Lamar and the friends he grew up with on the West Side of Compton, many of whom feature on the cover of his album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly.’ In the first of six segments, we sit down with Kendrick to talk about his acclaimed albums, pay a visit to his high school, Centennial, and get to know his childhood friend Lil L.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Lifestyle, Series, Videos | Tags: Bloods, Bompton, Compton, Gang, Growing up with Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar, Noisey, NOISEY Bompton, Piru, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, VICE, VICELAND, West Side | 1 Comment »
Action Bronson With Food and Fun From The Festival In Jamaica (Video)
February 8, 2016
Well, well, if it isn’t ol’ Bam Bam at the Nyam Jam Festival in Jamaica. And what’s cooking chef? Whatever it is… We’re sure to say, “F#ck, That’s Delicious!”
As Action Bronson’s presence in the “Food World” becomes more permanent, new and diverse opportunities are popping up for the self proclaimed Human Highlight Reel. This time it popped up in the most beautiful location possible, Goldeneye Resort in Oracabessa, Jamaica. The event was entitled Nyam Jam, and even before Action knew exactly what it was, he agreed to attend. As stated in the video, there was not a single bad bite of food, and if you love hot sauces and various pepper spreads, then you really couldn’t do much better. Mr. Bronson honed in on a calabasa slaw prepared by visiting Puerto Rican chef, Jose Enrique and a smoked chicken sandwich from Jamaican grill master, Gariel Ferguson. His experience at Nyam Jam inspired him so much, that upon his arrival back in New York, he immediately got cow foot stew and ate in the parking lot of Home Depot. One love.
Posted in Celebrity, EVENTS, Food, Hip-Hop, Lifestyle, Series, Travel, Videos | Tags: Action Bronson, F#ck That’s Delicious, Fuck That’s Delicious, Gariel Ferguson, Jamaican Cuisine, Jose Enrique, Munchies, Nyam Jam, Nyam Jam Festival, NyamJam, VICE | No Comments »
History: A Celebration Of Confederate Pride… In Brazil? (Video)
January 14, 2016
Sure, okay. The South lost the Civil War (oops, War Of Northern Aggression…whatev). BUT, did you know that by the end of the divisive North American war, there was still legal and thriving slavery farther south; as in South America. Specifically, in Brazil; where then Alabama Senator William Norris led a migration of over 10,000 Confederate loyalists to settle. The town was called Americana, of all things; truly an idyllic place for those slave-seeking settlers who came looking to pick up where they left off not-so-long-ago in The States…to live where things were still the way they should be for the most part.
How do we know? VICE is telling us so (above). Amazing [is one word for it]! Talk about a Deeper South version of Ol’ Dixie. Wow. Check it out. It’s the third story in this episode of Daily VICE.
Today on Daily VICE we head out on the road with legendary punk band Dillinger Four, give advice on how to make your booze taste better, search for buried treasure with deep-sea robots, and uncover the enduring Confederate pride of one Brazilian town.
Daily VICE: A surprising visit to Americana, Brazil, the town where Confederate pride lives https://t.co/EHukty5PqF pic.twitter.com/T3HFMJilyz
— VICE (@VICE) November 18, 2015
Posted in History, Human Interest, Interview, Lifestyle, Series, Travel, Videos | Tags: alcohol, bitters, booze, Brasil, Brazil, celebration, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate, Daily VICE, Dillinger Four, Slavery, South America, VICE | No Comments »
