Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Man who ordered PnB Rock murder sentenced 31 years to life in prison
nme.comwas fatally shot at South Los Angeles’ Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant. The artist had been dining at the restaurant with his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang.Freddie Lee Trone was identified as a person of interest weeks later, with Trone’s 17-year-old son also being arrested for acting as an alleged getaway driver.
A woman named Shauntel Trone was also arrested on suspicion of accessory to the murder.Now, after being convicted for robbery and murder last month, Trone has been sentenced to 31 years to life for sending his son to rob Rock, leading to his death (as per Deadline).Trone’s son is alleged to have demanded Rock hand over his expensive jewellery, estimated by the prosecution to be worth “about a half a million dollars”.
According to prosecutors, Trone’s son shot Rock once in the chest and twice in the back when Rock refused to give him his jewellery.
It is the prosecution’s case that after murdering Rock, Trone’s son went on to take his jewellery and leave the restaurant.Trone’s son, now 19, is currently charged with murder in a juvenile court and is undergoing treatment to discern whether he is mentally competent to stand trial.Meanwhile, 46-year-old Tremont Jones, who was arrested in November 2023 in connection to the case, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
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