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Marijuana use amongst NFL players is nothing new. But while Aldon Smith enters rehab to save his NFL career and Josh Gordon prepares his comeback after being suspended for partaking in Mary Jane’s lovin‘, some former NFL players are trying to get to get the NFL to embrace marijuana’s medical benefits.

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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton will step down from his current post next month and take a job in the private sector, this according to a news conference announcement made Tuesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Commissioner Bratton, who has come under heavy criticism in recent times of his handling for the city’s police force, said that […]

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Looks like Future will have to find another way to allegedly threaten Russell Wilson. Apple is getting rid of the controversial pistol emoji in iOS 10.

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In the immortal words of former NFL running back Clinton Portis, Iggy Azalea‘s pockets aren’t straight at all it seems. The Aussie transplant was hit with her second major tax lien this year, adding to the struggle of a public breakup and other hits to the “Fancy” star’s image.

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Perhaps one of the longest running beefs or examples of “I don’t talk to him anymore” was just squashed. The Game and 50 Cent announced that they are on some “new sh*t” now.

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Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old Black woman living in Randallstown, Md., a city just outside of Baltimore, was shot and killed by Baltimore County police officers in a hours-long standoff. Gaines was reportedly armed with a shotgun and exchanged fire with police before she was taken down while her 5-year-old son was also struck by bullets.

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Young Thug was greeted by an armed welcoming committee after a performance in Pittsburgh recently. SWAT team officers rushed his van after hearing a entourage member had a gun.

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2 Chainz is set to drop his third project of 2016 as he’s just announced a Friday, August 5 release date for a new mixtape titled Daniel Son The Necklace Don.

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Will Smith is making the rounds in the press as he promotes the pending blockbuster hit movie Suicide Squad. But he’s also addressing rumors about a Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air reboot coming to television.

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The same company that made Kim Kardashian a star wants to help NBA player Draymond Green turn his public penis embarrassment into $10,000 in pornographic profit.

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Thanks to a significant delay, and troll’ish video on his website, Frank Ocean has lost a certain amount of goodwill in the run up to the release of his new album. As for Boys Don’t Cry, the album will finally be dropping this Friday, August  5, allegedly. 

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Young Buck didn’t have the best of weekends. The Tennessee rapper was in federal prison, and him threatening to burn his ex-girlfriend’s apartment was only part of the reason.