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Dave Chappelle long ago weight lifted his way past the skinny beanpole he was when he first hit the scene. The comedian and actor was spotted leaving Bristol Farms in Beverly Hills looking type brolic. 

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The Beastie Boys’ debut album, Licensed To Ill has enjoyed a legacy of rare perfection and now, 29 years after it was released, it joins a prestigious group of rap albums to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Jay Smooth is a renowned cultural commentator whose nuanced perspectives on race are always appreciated. He’s also a light-skinned Black guy. This caused supreme awkwardness when Nancy Giles from CBS Sunday Morning, a Black woman, mistook him for a white guy, on national television. 

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DJ E Sudd and DJ Tephlon cliqued up to create the It’s Time 4 That Vol. 1: SXSW Edition mixtape, which features a new 2 Chainz song called “Jump.”

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PBS aired a conversation between Tavis Smiley and J. Cole on Tuesday night (March 17).

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Future hasn’t released a ballad in months, instead he’s fed the streets the Monster and Beast Mode mixtapes to much critical acclaim. Now, he plans to resurrect his southern classic project Dirty Sprite with a proper sequel.

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Nick Cannon has been romantically linked to the curvaceous Amber Rose and was even blamed for breaking apart her marriage to Wiz Khalifa. The pair has since quieted the rumors, but it appears Cannon has indeed moved on to new love in the wake of his split from Mariah Carey.

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Amber Rose is legitimately organizing a slut walk—check that, slut walks. Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend, and Wiz Khalifa’s ex-wife and baby mama, and a notorious thirst trap, and Yeezy’s infamous 30 showers comment on The Breakfast Club is partly to blame.

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In what shouldn’t really surprise anyone, Karrueche Tran’s appearance on Iyanla: Fix My Life didn’t go too smoothly. Reportedly, Tran’s handlers kicked Iyanla Vanzant and her crew out of her home because they were asking too many questions regarding Chris Brown. Go figure. 

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To Gucci Mane, you rappers look like food, even from behind bars. Take that as you please, as the 1017 Brick Squad founder releases a trio of albums–Breakfast, Lunch, and of course (no pun intended) Dinner.

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As music fans continue to revel in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith reveals that it’s already broken records.

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Well this couldn’t come at a better time, right? Karrueche Tran is calling on Iyanla Vanzant to fix her life.