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Talib Kweli uses his elder statesmen status to provide a platform for rising artists via a new mixtape, The Cathedral.

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Ghostface Killah better hope his upcoming collaboration with the Wu-Tang Clan makes a splash on the Billboard Charts because he’s about to come out-of-pocket.

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Teaching is no easy profession by any stretch of the imagination. Unfortunately, things went from difficult to violent for substitute English teacher and Liberian immigrant, Pewu Johnson, who was left unconscious after a student body slammed him in the hallways of  John Bartram High School in Philadelphia on Thursday (November 6).

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New York City has Terminal 23, the exclusive gym hooked up by Jordan Brand for its athletes, particularly Carmelo Anthony, high school programs and those in the know to play hoops in the shadow of Madison Square Garden. Now Los Angeles has its own facility called the Jordan Hangar that Chris Paul and Blake Griffin will […]

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For French Montana’s big 3-0, one birthday celebration just wasn’t enough. He had to have two. Thanks to his proximity to a one Khloe Kardashian, the Bad Boy Entertainment rapper is becoming one of the most visible personas in the biz. And his follow-up L.A. shindig after being surrounded by Cîroc and celebrities proved just […]

Prepare yourself for great bar overload. Eminem returns with his Shady Records artist Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5’9”, Joe Budded, Joell Ortiz, and Crooked I) and Yelawolf roster in the highly anticipated SHADY CVXPHER.

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Celebrities are usually identified for the things that have done, not the contents of their past before the superstardom. And to celebrate this year’s Veterans Day, we found several celebrities who served in the military with a twist. We compiled the most unlikely choices when it comes to donning an armed forces uniform.

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The success ratio for being a former Bad Boy artist isn’t a favorable one.

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Soon, carrying small amounts of marijuana may lead only to a fine as opposed to a trip to the cell, thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s most significant effort to address the issues raised by Stop-And-Frisk.

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Because the GOP won’t let the president be great, one of the party’s loudest barkers took a dig at a policy heavily endorsed by Mr. Obama. Republican Senator Ted Cruz compared Net Neutrality regulations to Obamacare in a bid to promote the conservative value of smaller government.

Rap collective Odd Future hosted their 3rd annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at The Park at L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles this past Saturday, Nov. 8.

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Jeezy has always said that Detroit is one of his biggest supporters. While visiting the Motown area for his “Seen it All” tour, the Snowman paid a surprise visit to the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center.