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ESPN is being outed as a team of “homophobes” for their latest coverage on Michael Sam that has little to do with football.

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Yesterday (August 25), Chris Brown’s on again, off again girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, faced the wrath of the BeyHive–one part a fan club, one part a digital firing squad–after she made negative comments about Blue Ivy’s hair during a segment on BET’s 106th & Park. Today, however, the television station has apologized for her comments and affirmed that she’s […]

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Martin Scorsese is turning his 2010 movie, Shutter Island, into a television series for HBO. Scorsese and the cable network are still in the beginning stages for Ashecliffe, which will serve as a prequel to the film.

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Lil’ Kim take an ever so slight break from defending her fans from K. Michelle to drop her own version of Rae Sremmurds hit “No Flex Zone.”

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Big Sean and adidas Originals unveiled a G.O.O.D. Music-inspired sneaker, ensuring that fans of the house that Kanye West built will have ample reasons to stan out in the coming months (other than the head honcho’s forthcoming album, of course).

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Only Nicki Minaj can turn a wardrobe malfunction into a positive headline. But was her latest beef with her clothes actually staged?

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An autopsy performed on a Louisiana man police said shot himself in the back and died while handcuffed in the back of a squad car earlier this year reveals another side. Victor White III was shot in the chest and not his back according to the official coroner’s office report.

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On September 2 of this year, a new digital platform called The RapFest will impact culture and give some up and coming artists a major shot in the process.

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Janelle Monáe teamed up with Pepsi’s Real.Big.Summer program to surprise a crowd of fans at McCarren Park in Brooklyn, New York.

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Fans who felt some kind of way over the thought of Nick Cannon playing Richard Pryor in a biopic can now rest easy.

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Donald Glover is finally getting his wish of playing Spider-Man. After years of campaigning to don the web-slinger’s superhero costume, Disney XD offers the rapper–known to you as Childish Gambino–a compromise as Miles Morales (a.k.a. the Black Spider-Man) for the upcoming series, Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors. Via Marvelous News: The new season begins with […]

Whether they admit it or not, rappers have a responsibility to bring social awareness to vital issues that make national news. Although there have been several Hip-Hop personalities who have tweeted about the Mike Brown shooting, there hasn’t been much on the musical front.