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Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio apologized to students and faculty after its dining services division launched a Black History Month menu. The menu featured fried chicken, collard greens, and other southern foods and was placed on a billboard featuring the photos of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black leaders.

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We all knew this was coming. Amber Rose finally got wind of Kanye West’s now famed “30 showers” comment, and decided to clap back on Twitter.

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A popular Instagram model who went by the name Mizz DR was arrested by NYPD in connection with the murder of a Fort Lee, NJ man whose body was found in the trunk of a car. 

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An audible blessing of a collaborative variety arrives today. Toronto Jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD and Wu-Tang Clan’s own Ghostface Killah are streaming their Sour Soul album, guilt-free.

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Dr. Dre is an elder statesmen in Hip-Hop in every sense of the term. That said, the famed producer celebrated his 50th birthday (February 18) on a special cover of AARP magazine.

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The Aaron Hernandez trial has been conducting business without any major breaks or bends but the former New England Patriot’s choice of famous footwear may gain him leverage in his not-guilty plea for first-degree murder.

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Always the forward-thinker (no matter how scatter-brained), Tyler The Creator has announced his plans to start his own Internet TV company.

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A little over five years of patience will finally pay off for Fashawn fans, as his sophomore album, The Ecology, releases via Mass Appeal Records on February 24.

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Getting a basement butt injection sounds like a terrible idea no matter how you frame in terms in sight. Yet, it’s a cultural epidemic that continues to haunt women who make that poor decision.

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Tyga is now claiming Kylie Jenner, sort of. Or, he could be trolling us all. Probably both. 

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The highly coveted adidas Yeezy Boost released in New York City over NBA All-Star Weekend, and there’s still a global release in the works. But the The Three Stripes have some kinks to work out, according to some buyers.

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With so much talk about Straight Outta Compton, it’s so easy to forget Ice Cube has another bullet in the chamber with Barbershop 3. But he does, and the studio is ensuring it’s done even bigger and badder by recruiting The Best Man director Malcolm D. Lee.