The rapper known as Kay Flock has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood, derailing a music career that was just taking off before his 2021 arrest.

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The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

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