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Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl To Be Presented By Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop

By Sha Be Allah / May 6, 2024

The Arizona Bowl, which brings together teams from the Mountain West Conference and Mid-American Conference each year, announced a multi-year...

Jhené Aiko, Jordin Sparks, Alex Isley, And More Celebrated At The Inaugural Mom Honors

By Sha Be Allah / May 6, 2024

In anticipation of Mother's Day, The Purple Agency hosted its inaugural Mom Honors event, on May 1, 2024, in partnership with Sleep Soul and Culture Creators. Mom Honors took...

[WATCH] Finesse2Tymes Admits That He Is Struggling With Weight Loss

By Sha Be Allah / May 6, 2024

Memphis rapper Finesse2Tymes has recently embarked on a weight loss journey at the beginning of this month and he admits...

Happy 56th Birthday To MC Serch!

By Sha Be Allah / May 6, 2024

MC Serch was one of the first Jewish emcees to be established in Hip Hop and today he turns 56!...

[WATCH] Old Video Of President Obama Predicting Kendrick Beating Drake In Rap Battle

By Sha Be Allah / May 5, 2024

These past few weeks have been constant back and forth battles between the games top emcees and even and R&B...

Happy 32nd Birthday To R&B Prince Chris Brown!

By Sha Be Allah / May 5, 2024

Famed singer Christopher Maurice Brown was born on May 5, 1989, in Tappahannock, Virginia. Brown and quickly became known for his...

DJ Vlad Tells Black Princeton Professor He’s Going To “Contact Her Employer” Over Kendrick vs. Drake Comments

By Sha Be Allah / May 5, 2024

DJ Vlad has been a controversial figure on the landscape of Hip Hop media, but within the past few years...

Dave Chapelle And Jon Stewart Plan A Joint Headlining Standup Tour

Sha Be Allah

May 15, 2018

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Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle on Monday announced a co-headlining standup tour. The comedians and longtime friends will play seven shows together, beginning June 11 in Boston. The announcement comes after S... Read Article

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First Lady Melania Trump Undergoes Kidney Surgery

Sha Be Allah

May 14, 2018

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Melania Trump is recovering in the hospital after undergoing a medical procedure to treat a kidney condition, according to the White House. The 48-year-old first lady "underwent an embolization procedure to ... Read Article

Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting

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May 14, 2018

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for states to legalize sports gambling, striking down a 1992 federal law that barred it in most places and setting off a rush by businesses and states to cash in o... Read Article

Today In Hip Hop History: Cam’Ron Releases Third Solo Album ‘Come Home With Me’ 16 Years Ago

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May 14, 2018

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On this date in 2002, Dipset General Cam'Ron kept the Harlem legacy rolling when he dropped his third solo album aptly entitled Come Home With Me on the Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam imprint. This was the Harlem natives... Read Article

‘Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman Praises Student Activism At Howard University Commencement

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May 14, 2018

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Actor Chadwick Boseman on Saturday commended the Howard University students who protested earlier this year over a financial aid scandal at their school. Boseman, who starred in the box office super hero hit... Read Article

Andre 3000 Releases 2 New Songs For Mother’s Day

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May 14, 2018

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Mother's Day 2018 just got real. After years of creative reclusion, which is occasionally broken by a steady string of dynamic guest vocal appearances on other artists' projects, André 3000 has released nearly ... Read Article

XXXTentacion Also Targeted Under Spotify’s New Public Hate Content And Hateful Conduct Policy

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May 11, 2018

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As previously reported, Spotify has chosen to remove R. Kelly from their official playlists and influential curated packages, such as Rap Caviar, New Music Friday, and Discover Weekly. Spotify has since decided... Read Article

LAPD Investigating The Disappearance Of Iron Man Suit Used In Marvel FIlm

Sha Be Allah

May 10, 2018

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Robert Downey Jr.’s original Iron Man suit from the first film Iron Man (2008), which is worth $325k, has been stolen from a prop house in Los Angeles. In the last decade, superhero films have ruled the box ... Read Article

Third Bad Boys Film ‘Bad Boy For Life’ Has Landed January 2020 Release Date

Sha Be Allah

May 10, 2018

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Sony has officially scheduled Bad Boys For Life to hit theaters January 17, 2020. Details on the plot are under wraps but the film is to see will see another team-up between Detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smit... Read Article

Romaine Lettuce E.coli Outbreak Spreads To 29 States

Sha Be Allah

May 10, 2018

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The nationwide food poisoning outbreak from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce has spread to 29 states and sickened 149 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. That is an increase... Read Article

Twitter Reacts to Inebriated United Airlines Flight Attendant

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May 9, 2018

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A United Airlines flight attendant just gave new meaning to the term "We fly high!" A few days ago, the actions of an employee on a United Airlines flight had the company scrambling to make up for their beha... Read Article

Jay-Z Agrees To Testify In SEC Hearing About Rocawear Purchase

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May 9, 2018

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Hip Hop mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has agreed to testify in a Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation over the accounting practices of Iconix Brand Group, the company that bought Rocawear over ten ... Read Article

Lil Baby Drops New Video For His Track ‘Southside’

Brad Washington

May 9, 2018

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Lil Baby, a rising rapper from Atlanta, has released a new visual to "Southside," a song from his latest project, Harder Than Ever. The video takes place in Atlanta, most-likely his neighborhood stomping ground... Read Article

George Zimmerman Charged With Stalking Trayvon Martin Documentary Filmmaker

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May 9, 2018

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George Zimmerman, the security guard who was acquitted in the shooting death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin in Seminole, Florida, will be back in court in regards to the killing of the unarmed teenager once agai... Read Article

Lifetime Approves of a Documentary and Movie Series About the History of R. Kelly’s Alleged Abuse

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May 8, 2018

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R. Kelly is getting both a documentary and a movie, but not the kind we think he was hoping for. On Monday (May 7), Lifetime announced that both projects about the literal Pied Piper of R&B are currentl... Read Article

Daz Dillinger Urges the Crips to Beat Kanye West Up, Ray J Chimes In

Daz Dillinger Drops Kanye West Diss Track ‘True To The Game (Part 2)’

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May 7, 2018

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The Daz (and the Crips) vs. Kanye West saga continues... The Dogg Pound's Daz Dillinger kept his promise and dropped a diss track aimed at the controversial and outspoken Kanye West called "True To The Game ... Read Article

Post Malone’s ‘beerbongs & bentleys’ Debuts At No. 1 On The Billboard 200-Sets Streaming Record

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May 7, 2018

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Post Malone's second album, beerbongs & bentleys has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. With 461,000 equivalent album (153,000 traditional album sales) Malone's debut has surpassed J.Cole's KOD as the b... Read Article

Philly Freeway Needs Immediate Kidney Transplant

Sha Be Allah

May 7, 2018

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Former Roc-A-Fella Records and current Roc Nation signee Freeway was diagnosed with kidney failure almost three years, but this past week, the Philly rapper, whose given name is Leslie Edward Pridgen, updated h... Read Article

Woman Gets Ticket After Urine Sample Explodes In 7-Eleven Microwave

Sha Be Allah

May 7, 2018

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A Colorado woman has been cited by police after a container of what appeared to be urine blew up as she was heating it up in a microwave at a 7-Eleven. Police say the incident occurred in the convenience sto... Read Article

Kodak Black Is Penning A Memoir Behind Bars

Sha Be Allah

May 7, 2018

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Just when you thought changing his name to Bill K. Kapri wasn't enough... Kodak Black aka Bill Kapri, decided that he would put all of his wild and crazy life experiences and put them in literary form, which... Read Article