Read More...NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on New York Police Commissioner William Bratton’s recent comments, where he labeled rappers as thugs following a multiple shooting at a hip-hop concert (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Police Commissioner William Bratton says he meant his comments about “thugs who call themselves rap artists” and “shoot up crowded clubs.” But Bratton said Friday night that rap music has become “an important vehicle for storytelling” in urban America and that gangster rap has often overshadowed its most important messages. The commissioner says he’s concerned about those who glamorize violence and use it as a means of attaining “street cred” — but this isn’t everyone involved in rap and hip hop. Bratton’s original comments about rap came Thursday after four people were shot at a Manhattan concert hall where rapper T.I.