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The debate between the #BlackLivesMatter movement and individuals who wave the countering #AllLivesMatter flag has swelled in intensity in the past week for obvious reasons. With Black Lives Matter consistently maintaining that it isn’t excluding the fair point that all lives do indeed matter, the All Lives Matter crowd got a lesson today when the […]

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Kanye West‘s wife and part-time public relations manager Kim Kardashian shared photos from the video shoot for his song “Highlights” featuring The-Dream and Young Thug.

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Over the weekend the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave their Black men some advice—if they were to travel to the United States during what was their Independence Day weekend, they were to “exercise caution” when dealing with the police.

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Black Lives Matter was spawned as a result of the blatant tendency for Black people to lose their lives at the hands of overzealous white police officers—or wannabes like Trayvon Martin‘s murderer George Zimmerman. 

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Tim Duncan, the face of the NBA‘s San Antonio Spurs for nearly the past two decades, has decided to retire after 19 seasons.  The “Big Fundamental” is a first-ballot lock for the Hall of Fame, and remains one of the most decorated big men to ever play the game.

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Seven women have accused Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. There are also more accusers soon to go public, yet why isn’t this a bigger, national story? 

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ScHoolboy Q has released the final and most visually-jarring video from his Blank Face EP short film series. This time the track “Black THougHts” gets the visual treatment.

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Jay Z and his wife, Beyoncé, have been incredibly woke of late in the wake of the police officer-involved shooting deaths of several Black men last week. The Brooklyn rap legend showed more of his political and cultural awareness by posting a “Songs for Survival” playlist on TIDAL over the weekend.

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An Overland Park, Kan. police officer has been fired after threatening a woman and her child on Facebook with the comment, “we’ll see how much her life matters soon.”

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Since its release last Wednesday (July 6), the Pokémon Go app has been all the rage amongst kids and adults alike (just check the timeline on your social media accounts). While Nintendo’s stock shares have soared since the game’s release so has the crime rate as the game’s real life requirements have led to up to 11 armed […]

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Gucci Mane is flourishing. Big Guwop is the star of the latest “random” video from streetwear brand Supreme. 

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The family of Eric Garner has released a new track titled “I Can’t Breathe.” The song is “dedicated to the struggle everyone is going through,” says the family.