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Happy 54th Birthday To Hip Hop Legend Redman!

Happy 54th Birthday To Hip Hop Legend Redman!

By Sha Be Allah / April 17, 2024

A very big Happy Birthday shout-out goes out to Hip-Hop legend and actor Redman. The Newark, NJ bred veteran turns...

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WATCH: Rick Ross Asks Why Drake Let Birdman’s Miami Mansion Go Into Foreclosure

WATCH: Rick Ross Asks Why Drake Let Birdman’s Miami Mansion Go Into Foreclosure

By Shawn Grant / April 17, 2024

Rick Ross isn't an easy troll. Drake attempted to shade Rick Ross by saying he isn't as rich as him...

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SZA and the Killers to Headline Inaugural Sudden Little Thrills Music Festival

SZA and the Killers to Headline Inaugural Sudden Little Thrills Music Festival

By Sha Be Allah / April 17, 2024

SZA and The Killers are set to headline the inaugural edition of Sudden Little Thrills Music Festival, a new two-day music festival taking place September 7-8...

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9th Wonder’s Swank & King Draft ‘Vice City’ Album Dropping This Week

9th Wonder’s Swank & King Draft ‘Vice City’ Album Dropping This Week

By Sha Be Allah / April 16, 2024

Swank & King Draft's highly anticipated album, VICE CITY, produced under the esteemed guidance of legendary producer 9th Wonder. Dropping this Friday, April 19th,...

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Kenneth Perry Requests Court Permission To Go on ‘Pink Friday 2’ World Tour

Kenneth Perry Requests Court Permission To Go on ‘Pink Friday 2’ World Tour

By Sha Be Allah / April 16, 2024

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, is asking a court for permission to travel...

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Chance The Rapper Unveils Star Line Gallery Art Piece “The Last Stair” In Collaboration With Thelonious Stokes At EXPO CHICAGO

Chance The Rapper Unveils Star Line Gallery Art Piece “The Last Stair” In Collaboration With Thelonious Stokes At EXPO CHICAGO

By Sha Be Allah / April 16, 2024

Over the weekend, Chance the Rapper took center stage both in the art world and in philanthropy, showcasing his multifaceted...

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Slum Village Reveals Tracklist, Cover Art, And May 3rd Release Date For New Album ‘F.U.N’

Slum Village Reveals Tracklist, Cover Art, And May 3rd Release Date For New Album ‘F.U.N’

By Sha Be Allah / April 16, 2024

As Slum Village pushes through the second half of their second month-long Europe tour in the past year, T3 and Young RJ unveiled the tracklist, cover art, and...

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Kenyon Martin Says That People In NJ Used To Mistake Him As Joe Budden When He Played For The Nets

September 21, 2017

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Joe Budden is 6 feet tall and Kenyon Martin is 6’9. Yet, according to Martin people would confuse the two while out and about shopping in Newark, NJ. Kenyon Martin was past of a three-headed monster that... Read Article

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Ex-NFL Player Accuses WNBA Ex-GF Of Physical Abuse, Using Racial Slurs

September 21, 2017

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Former NFL player Albert Haynesworth accused his ex-girlfriend, former basketball player Brittany Jackson, of repeatedly physically abusing him and calling him racial slurs in a string of tweets today. TMZ repo... Read Article

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OKC Police Shoot And Kill Deaf Man Holding A Pipe

September 21, 2017

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Police in Oklahoma City fatally shot a deaf man Tuesday night who they say was advancing toward them with a metal pipe as witnesses yelled that the man was deaf and could not hear them. It's the fifth office... Read Article

Child Hit By Foul Ball At Yankees Game, Hospitalized

September 20, 2017

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The Yankees and Twins stopped their game briefly in the bottom of the fifth inning after a young girl was apparently hit by a foul ball Todd Frazier hit into the stands. Frazier immediately dropped down to a... Read Article

‘I’m Gonna Get You Sucka’ Star Bernie Casey Dead At 78

September 20, 2017

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Bernie Casey, the former NFL star known for his work in the films 'I'm Gonna Get You Sucka' and 'Revenge of the Nerds', died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a brief illness, news reports have confirmed. He was ... Read Article

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Mystikal Indicted On Rape Charge, Bail Upped To $3M

September 20, 2017

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Michael Tyler aka Mystikal is about to do another stretch behind bars. Mystikal was indicted in the rape charge that he was arrested for last month after he was accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at a ... Read Article

Trump Vows To “Totally Destroy North Korea” If Threatened

September 20, 2017

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Donald Trump has used his first address to the UN General Assembly to make clear that the US may have no choice but to “totally destroy” North Korea. With North Korean diplomats sitting just yards from him,... Read Article

Teacher Drags Student From Seat For Not Standing For Pledge Of Allegiance

September 20, 2017

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A young Michigan student exercising his right to pass on standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was dragged out his seat for doing so. Listen to hear more about this story. If this was your child wh... Read Article

Two Black Men Killed In Racially Motivated Murder In Louisiana

September 19, 2017

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A 23-year-old white man was arrested on Tuesday and will be charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorities said. Kenneth Gleason is accused of carrying out... Read Article

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Jay-Z Turns Down Offer To Perform At 2018 Super Bowl

September 19, 2017

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The NFL is looking for an artist that will top Lady Gaga's 2017 Super Bowl halftime performance(and ratings) and they found everything they need in Jay-Z. Problem is, Hov says no. The rap mogul turned down t... Read Article

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Apollo Brown On The Difference Between a Beat Maker and a Producer

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September 19, 2017

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Beat making and producing can often be viewed as the same thing. In the below video, Detroit producer Apollo Brown breaks down his thoughts on the difference between the two and working a regular day job until ... Read Article

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Today In Hip Hop History: Cam’Ron Drops His Sophomore ‘S.D.E.’ Album 17 Years Ago

September 19, 2017

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On this date in 2000, Cam'Ron released his second album 'Sports, Drugs And Entertainment' on Untertainment Records, which was owned by his former manager Lance "Un" Rivera. Originally titled The Rough, Rough... Read Article

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Hurricane Maria Becomes “Dangerous” Category 4 Storm As It Reaches Carribean

September 19, 2017

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Hurricane Maria is intensifying and is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a post on Monday, Sept. 18. The NHC warned that Maria, which was named a hurrica... Read Article

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Torrei Hart And Eniko Parrish Respond To Kevin Hart’s Cheating Scandal

September 19, 2017

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Well, Kevin, the joke seems to be on you, bro. After about a week of public scrutiny about his alleged infidelity and the attempt by his supposed mistress to extort the comedian for millions of his hard earn... Read Article

St. Louis Police Use #BlackLivesMatter Chant After Breaking Up Protests

September 18, 2017

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Police officers in riot gear gathered alongside a St Louis boulevard late on Sunday night, chanting “whose street, our street”, a common refrain used by those protesting against the acquittal of a white former ... Read Article

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Alec Baldwin Takes Home Emmy For His ‘Saturday Night Live’ Trump Impersonation

September 18, 2017

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Actor Alec Baldwin on Sunday won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his impersonation of President Trump on "Saturday Night Live." Baldwin, who impersonated Trump during the 2016 presidential... Read Article

Dr. Dre And Beats Claim Monster Owes $100M In Back Royalties

September 18, 2017

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Just when Monster LLC, the company that makes Monster headphones, thought they were winning the battle against Beats By Dre, the legal battle between the music accessory giants take a dramatic twist. In a th... Read Article

Dozens Arrested After Third Day Of Violent Protests Continue In St. Louis

September 18, 2017

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More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday night as protests in St Louis, MO over the acquittal of a white policeman who had shot a black man turned violent for a third night running. Police in riot gear us... Read Article

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Jay-Z Dedicates “The Story Of O.J.” To Colin Kaepernick During NYC Concert

September 16, 2017

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Jigga had a lot to say through his catalog of hits last night, but it was one particular dedication that stood out from the rest. In the middle of his performance, Jay-Z dedicated the now infamous song "The Sto... Read Article

Riots Erupt In St. Louis As Ex-Officer Is Acquitted In Death Of Black Man

September 16, 2017

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About 1,000 protesters surrounded the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson late Friday, breaking at least two windows and throwing red paint at the brick house before some 200 police in riot gear moved in to br... Read Article