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DMX‘s name may appear in headlines for non-music related new, but he’s still an in-demand performer. He is slated to play the Apollo Theater for a one night only show in August.

Carmelo Anthony is a man of his word. Melo brought along Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James to opened up last night’s ESPYs with powerful statements admonishing gun violence, reiterating that Black Lives do Matter and calling on their peers to not sit on the sidelines.

Chance the Rapper paid tribute to the “Greatest of All Time,” Muhammad Ali at the ESPY Awards last night.

The murders of both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile last week shook communities throughout the US and artists across Hip-Hop. Since then more than a few artists have spoken out on the events and some have even released some music inspired by killings.

All Rich Homie Quan had to was refer to his apology, and let the fallout from his epic fail at delivering a Notorious B.I.G. verse ride out—but NOPE. The Atlanta rapper is now blaming his struggle on the teleprompter, which in reality makes him look like an even bigger donkey.

The recent murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have once again put the spotlight on not only police brutality across the country, but also the subject of racial profiling—something authorities have long maintained wasn’t part of their practice. An audio recording of a conversation between a police officer and his supervising captain reveals that […]

Last week, Black communities were reminded for the umpteenth time that racial injustice of a deadly variety, at the hands of police no less, is always a tangible reality. Of course, Hip-Hop provides a voice to the voiceless in these moment, and its commentary couldn’t be better timed and more needed.

Lil Yachty is currently in the middle of what is probably the best year of his life, so far. The year is apparently getting better after being in the studio with Kanye West.

YG drops a visual for the title track of his album Still Brazy. 

Lamar Odom still needs some serious help, but it looks like he’s on the rebound from Khloe Kardashian. The former NBA star was spotted at Queens strip club with a new special lady in tow, maybe.

K2, a controversial synthetic marijuana mostly sold at urban convenience stores, was responsible for the hospitalization of 33 residents in Brooklyn, N.Y. this week. The Bedford-Stuyvesant section of  the borough is an apparent hotbed for K2 activity, and authorities are scrambling to get answers for the growing epidemic.

A few days before police in Baton Rouge executed Alton Sterling and an officer of the law murdered Philando Castile in Minnesota, Fermin Vincent Valenzuela fell victim to an act of police brutality himself, and ultimately paid with his life as well.