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Alongside 9th Wonder, Q-Tip is steady building his Zulu Nation roster following the deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.

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As DeMarco Murray and the Dallas Cowboys impressively trounced the Chicago Bears last night on their own turf, Brennan Clay was back home reminding everyone that the star running back had trounced his soon-to-be-ex-wife.

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Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has reportedly been shot in Pleasantville, New Jersey. 

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Pharrell’s past few days have been extremely busy. Wednesday night (December 3), a day before he was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the famed producer celebrated his upcoming adidas collaboration at an event in Los Angeles.

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A police officer in Phoenix, Ariz. Shot and killed an unarmed Black man Tuesday, adding to the nationwide rumblings in the wake of the shootings of Mike Brown and Tamir Rice. A White cop shot 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon after mistaking a bottle of pills for a handgun.

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Yasiin Bey aka (or formerly) the Might Mos Def issues a recorded statement in regards to the protests going down in Ferguson, NYC and across the nation, and world, after failed indictments of white cops who kill unarmed Black men. 

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Nicki Minaj returns Dec. 6 to Saturday Night Live as the evening’s musical guest and stars alongside comedian James Franco.

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Yesterday, Lil Wayne broke the rap Internet when he took to Twitter to unload on Cash Money and say he wanted off the label. However, Weezy’s longtime manager, Cortez Bryant, denies that the rapper will be skipping out on the YMCMB mafia.

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Inside The NBA put basketball on the back burner for the first 10 minutes of Thursday night’s show (December 4), taking a moment to join the discussions on race happening across the United States.

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Only Rihanna would have the cojones to jack someone’s copyrighted material and pass it off as her own and not give a f*ck in the process.

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Ferguson protesters who are peacefully marching throughout Missouri en route to Gov. Jay Nixon‘s mansion to Jefferson City were met with racist taunts and gunfire. The NAACP group says that counter-protesters supporting the grand jury’s decision regarding Darren Wilson have been especially abrasive in a pair of rural towns.

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In a recent interview, André 3000 was frank about his feelings toward one of the biggest moments in music this year, OutKast’s reunion tour.