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Michael Jordan didn’t win six NBA titles and still have people wearing his signature kicks for this. A Georgia woman has filed a paternity suit against the basketball legend, alleging that he fathered her now 16-year-old son.

It’s been an interesting 28 days in the rap game. As if it weren’t awkward enough that Black History Month just happens to fall on the shortest month in the year, the reindeer games of some of your favorite rap stars over the last 28 days has done little to make the situation better.

We get it, okay. We get it. These Harlem Shake videos have gotten pretty out of hand, but when the NBA World Champions get in on the act, it’s worth talking about. 

Joey Bada$$ follows in the footsteps of Alicia Keys and Beyoncé as the latest musical figure to be named Creative Director of a notable company. The announcement was unintentionally made during an interview with Fuse TV, who caught up with the talented lyricist at the Ecko headquarters in New York City. Barely a minute into their conversation, the teen revealed his new […]

Snoop Lion will complete his musical and spiritual transformation when he drops his brand new album, Reincarnated, on April 23rd. 

A judge in Illinois handed down an unconventional punishment to a teen convicted in a noose attack. Matthew Herrmann, 19, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery for helping to put a noose around the neck of a Black teen, and received a probation sentence, alongside the writing assignment.

Azealia Banks is back in the news, but it doesn’t involve any beef, this time. The Harlem rapper, vocalist and Twitter sh-t talker just dropped a new song, “Barely Legal,” and also revealed the release date for her proper lead single, “Yung Rapunxel,” later this month.

When Lupe Fiasco isn’t ruffling feathers in the media with talks of conspiracy theories and other hullabaloo, he spends his downtime displaying his affinity for fashion and apparel. At least that’s the impression we get from the rapper’s recent appearance in the spring/summer 2013 preview lookbook from menswear brand U.S. Alteration.

Yesterday former WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw was indicted in Atlanta on charges stemming from a November 2012 incident involving an ex-girlfriend and former teammate that took a violent turn. And the woman responsible for bringing the worse out of Holdsclaw you ask? Well you can credit that to none other than Tulsa Shock forward […]

An Atlanta teenager was shot a whopping 15 times when he tried to leave his gang —and survived the ordeal. Orenthal Childs was gunned down by members of the Young Mob gang and left for dead on Feb. 15.

Ice-T may have hit his breaking point. Rumor has it that the Law & Order star has filed for a legal separation from longtime love, Coco, and is one step closer to getting a divorce.

Lupe Fiasco graced the Washington Metro area with his presence once more, performing last night (Feb. 27) at a Maryland venue in the shadows of the Nation’s Capital.  While onstage, the outspoken MC didn’t channel his recent Inauguration weekend antics, but did get a few other things off his chest.