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George Zimmerman will avoid civil rights charges for gunning down Trayvon Martin three years ago. The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday (Feb. 23), that insufficient evidence led to the decision, meaning that  the investigation could not prove Zimmerman committed a “hate crime” by killing the unarmed Black teen.

Entertainer Chris Brown, amid he, Trey Songz, and Tyga’s “Between The Sheets” tour, tweeted moments ago that he’s been denied entry into Cananda. And let Twitter tell it, the 6 God, Drake, is to blame.

Big Sean stepped outside of usual self on his third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise, to deliver his most personal (and arguably best) body of work to date. How personal you may ask? The proof is in the lyrics on the album’s “Outro” when the G.O.O.D. Music golden child brazenly gave out his phone number, […]

Salt-N-Pepa caught a nice check when their 1987 hit “Push It” got repurposed for a Geico commercial. Thanks to the spot’s success, the groundbreaking female rap group graces the latest cover of Adweek magazine.

Despite the inevitable boost social media has given to big televised events, the 2015 Oscars didn’t do so hot in the ratings category compared to last year.

In October, unabashed vixen Amber Rose will let her words do the talking instead of her Instagram profile. Rose is scheduled to author How to Be a Bad B***h via a newly announced deal with Simon & Schuster.

Quiet as kept, Yelawolf has slowly been redefining his image while still maintaining the unabashed lyricism that made him a star. Although it has been a long time since his 2011 studio debut album Radioactive was infused into the general public, the Alabama MC with more tats than an entire prison block is still highly […]

It’s Big Sean season and the release of his third album Dark Sky Paradise proves that. He stopped by The Breakfast Club to give the people some much needed updates.

Over the past week, the Cleveland Browns have been trying to generate buzz via social media for the unveiling of their new logo. Seeing that Josh Gordon’s struggles have dominated their headlines during yet another season where they failed to make the playoffs, can you blame them?

Big Sean’s shiny new album, Dark Sky Paradise, is out today (Feb. 24) and part of the promotional plan included an #AskBigSean hashtag on Twitter. Thanks to Black Twitter, it has quickly descended into all type of memes, comedy and shenanigans.

The Bobby Shmurda case has generated a ton of press with no action to release the struggling rapper from his Rikers Island holding cell. All eyes have been directed to Shmurda’s (born Ackquille Pollard) record label, Epic Records, to fork over the $2 million bail money after he created an enormous buzz and revenue stream […]

Fashawn had a story to tell back in 2009, when he and producer Exile debuted the classic album, Boy Meets World. A little over four years later, the boy has become a man and father, among other things, as he drops jewels with the beatsmith manning the boards once again on his long-awaited sophomore effort, The […]