One of the shooters involved in Young Dolph‘s murder testified on Monday (Sept. 23.)

Cornelius Smith, who pled guilty to murder, took the stand and implicated himself, Justin Johnson, Hernandez “Quett” Govan and Yo Gotti‘s brother Anthony “Big Jook” Mims in the murder of the beloved Memphis rapper.

Smith testified that Govan organized the hit and Mims put up $100K if they were able to get the job done. Smith said he and Johnson were supposed to receive $40,000 each and Govan was going to get $20,000. However, Smith testified that he only received $800, but Big Jook paid $50,000 in lawyer fees after he was caught.

He also revealed he and Johnson went ahead with the murder on the same day of his daughter’s birthday. When asked why he choose still go through with it, Smith said he needed the money to make his daughter’s day special. “Man, I was trying to make it right for her,” he said. “I ain’t have no money, I’m trying to get some money that day. So I’m trying to make sure my baby girl have a beautiful birthday.”

According to testimony, Smith and Johnson originally planned on carrying out the murder at an annual Thanksgiving turkey drive Dolph organizes, but they spotted his camo-wrapped Corvette and decided to follow him into the parking lot of Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies where they allegedly shot Dolph 22 times.

When asked why he decided to tell the truth, Smith said he felt guilty after being arrested and he sobered up, blaming his drug use on the death of his 9-year-old son in 2020. He also said that he wasn’t expecting leniency and was doing talking to clear his conscience. “I’m going to jail anyway. I can get it off my chest,” he said. “It’s my best out to be honest, to be truthful. Why play with these folks? They already know.”

Big Jook was murdered earlier this year in January.

You can watch the testimony here.

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Ryan Murphy loved working with Travis Kelce on his upcoming series, Grotesquerie.

“It was very unexpected,” the TV writer shared with ET of writing a role specifically for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. “I didn’t know Travis and I thought we were having a general meeting, but he was so passionate about wanting to try it, and I always have a theory that ‘a star is a star is a star.’ He’s a big star in every arena. I was just moved by it and his ambition and he’s guy who wants to try new things. I said, ‘Well, I don’t know if I have anything now.’ Then, I thought about it and I did and I called him back and I pitched him, and expanded it and wrote it for him.”

He continued of the athlete, “I love his discipline […] He was a little nervous at first, but we worked together and had a ball. He’s just the most delightful person.

In the show, “a series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community,” per the description. “Detective Lois Tryon [Niecy Nash-Betts] feels these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her. With no leads and unsure of where to turn, she accepts the help of Sister Megan. However, they find themselves ensnared in a sinister web that only seems to raise more questions than answers.”

Grotesquerie is the latest in Kelce’s growing list of entertainment gigs off the Kansas City Chiefs’ field.  Prime Video confirmed earlier this year that Kelce is slated to host its upcoming game show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, a spin-off of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? The series will feature contestants using celebrities to help with 11 elementary-school-level questions as they compete to win $100,000.

The show hits FX and Hulu starting on September 25.

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Are you a fan of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas? You can now pre-order the all-new limited-edition Jack Skellington Shell for your Amazon Echo Dot, featuring the head of Jack Skellington. This special edition shell is set to release on Tuesday (Oct. 8). This shell fits perfectly on Amazon’s Echo Dot fourth or fifth generation. If you are looking to add a touch of Halloween to your home, make sure to pre-order this one-of-a-kind decor to enhance your echo dot.

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Travis Scott is Missouri City until he dies. La Flame released a love letter to his hometown with the “Mo City Flexologist” video on Tuesday (Sept. 24).

“In Mo City we just go up. That’s how we do,” the screen reads to open the clip. The Honorable C.N.O.T.E.-produced track was recorded in 2014, but released officially as a digital download on Scott’s website as part of a deluxe edition of Days Before Rodeo, which hit streaming services in August in celebration of the mixtape’s 10th anniversary.

Scott takes it back to his roots as the visual includes footage from La Flame’s school days, the high school football field and local Missouri City staples like Cartwright Food Mart and Carey’s Frozen Delights.

There’s even a fake news broadcast about how the chaos from Trav’s Italy concert shook the tectonic plates to cause an earthquake.

“Shot the video in the MO 1 time for all the real ones out the Mo,” Scott wrote about the visual to X. He later teased that the track could eventually land on DSPs: “Mo city flex DSP’s …?”

After losing out to Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ‘n Sweet for the top spot on the Billboard 200 in its debut, La Flame’s Days Before Rodeo reclaimed No. 1 status after shooting up from No. 106 on this week’s Billboard 200.

The meteoric rise came thanks to the orders of vinyl records being shipped out to customers. The set earned 156,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the tracking week ending Sept. 19, according to Luminate. 149,000 of that figure are from vinyls.

“THE REAL ONES TOOK DBR TO THE TOP I MUST HOLD IT DOWN FOR YALL FOREVER SAY LESS,” he wrote.

Watch the “Mo City Flexologist” video below.