News you heard on BGOL before released by the media

[SmoothD]

1. Michael Jackson in cardiac arrest (this was posted here so fast, that I believe one of the EMT in the ambulance posted it here)
2. Nipsey Hussle death (I think a poster was across the street when it happened)

There are more, but these two are the first I remembered

 

[ugk]

JFK's assassination

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

A former board member is Drake's play cousin.

 

[DiGeneral]

I recall the MJ post, it took about an hour or so before mainstream media picked up the story.

 

[Dirtylakerie]

The Vegas mass shooting.

 

[Infamous]

I recall someone posting the suicide of Tony Dungy's son way before it hit any media.

 

[SmoothD]

bump

 

[Bedroom Bully]

Steve Mcnair’s murder. It was on BGOL a couple hours before mainstream news services.

 

[playahaitian]

When the feds set up that sting in Gethsemane gardens cause Judas switched on God. Someone on bgol knew Mary Magdalene cousin

 

[APOPHIS]

Many hip-hop and music blog outlets regularly source information from BGOL to post to their followers.

 

[Ceenote]

Practically everything... i dont watch the news... sometimes things are funny I may see titles on here and may not read until someone at work mentions it.. then I come back n read up on it... cause on here I'm Guaranteed to get more insight

 

[SamSneed]

That sex tape…

 

[TooTrilla]

Many hip-hop and music blog outlets regularly source information from BGOL to post to their followers.

Like who

 

[respiration]

Pimp C's passing.

 

[Coldchi]

Damn near everything.

 

[APOPHIS]

Like who

1. Mediatakeout
2. Worldstar.
3. Complex Magazine
4. Many others I don't remember.

They have in the past blatantly ripped off whole threads, titles and topics.

 

[havelcok]

Like who

dude from black sports online used to get roasted here on a regular
remember him stealing shit off here

 

[wwetv100]

That sex tape…

Yeah if it is that one from 90s I think you are referring to then yes.

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

Blunt exposed as a middle-aged White man..?

 

[Mixd]

There's no specific thing.

CSI here is unsurpassed. We find info and pics prior to it being spilt on many other sites.

 

[RoomService]

Gene Upshaw‘s death

 

[CoTtOnMoUf]

I started a Bernie Mack has died thread because I heard it from a relative of Mack's that I worked with. People here was saying that I should be banned for starting a thread with no proof. It was probably a week later before it was on the news and social media.

RIP, Bernie.

 

[Kaffeine]

DAMN! Virginia news reporter and camera-man shot to death while doing live feature

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/virginia-shooting-wdbj/index.html Virginia TV crew involved in shooting during live interview (CNN)An apparently routine live TV interview went horribly wrong in Virginia on Wednesday morning. Two WDBJ employees -- a reporter and a photographer -- were...

www.bgol.us

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

DAMN! Virginia news reporter and camera-man shot to death while doing live feature

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/virginia-shooting-wdbj/index.html Virginia TV crew involved in shooting during live interview (CNN)An apparently routine live TV interview went horribly wrong in Virginia on Wednesday morning. Two WDBJ employees -- a reporter and a photographer -- were...

www.bgol.us

A.k.a"The Vestering"

 

[wwetv100]

Blunt exposed as a middle-aged White man..?

The original troll lol.

There's no specific thing.

CSI here is unsurpassed. We find info and pics prior to it being spilt on many other sites.

Especially back in the day when some just lurked out of fear of posting for this very reason.