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Any fan lucky enough to land themselves any Michael Jordan memorabilia from his rookie year knows they’re sitting on a potential goldmine.

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FOX’s Empire is already a hit regardless of its guest stars. But according to Lee Daniels, season two already plans to feature guest appearances from Oprah Winfrey and Oscar-winner Common. 

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Popular (and controversial) Atlanta televangelist Creflo Dollar is back in the news again, shamelessly asking for money for a cause that best suits him instead of the needs of his flock.

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Jay Z’s 2013 album, Magna Carta…Holy Grail may have changed album releases as we know it. But according to Swiss pianist and saxophonist Bruno Spoerri, he did so unscrupulously.

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Swedish producer iShi feeds music fans more content, as he debuts the official visual for “Push It,” featuring Pusha T.

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The Secret Service keeps racking up the bad decisions. In the latest round of embarrassing behaviors from the government security detail, two agents are being accused of drunk driving through a bomb investigation (yes, that happened), and crashing into a White House barricade, earlier this month.

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The devil was busy with the prankster who falsely summoned the S.W.A.T. team to Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach mansion. Not only did the culprit bring all the guns out, he also brought out the fun, as in tricking a lady of the night into thinking she was about to “free Weezy.” Via TMZ: Lil Wayne […]

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Since news broke about a week ago that Chris Brown has a secret 9-month-old lovechild, people have been watching his social media accounts with popcorn waiting for him to speak out about it. Well, some people. 

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Fall back if you can’t handle a strong woman with a highly regarded education pedigree. We rounded up 12 sisters with Ivy League ties who handled everything that came along with attending the country’s eight most famous private institutions of higher education.

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Either you think Dame Dash is an arrogant douchebag, or you consider him a misunderstood creative—no in between. Both of these aspects of the Harlem native were on display when he visited The Breakfast Club, which was informative but at times confrontational.

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Seldom do we see Lil Wayne in a mood that’s anything but jovial, especially when he’s on stage. But things went left when a DJ at a recent show got the rapper so enraged that he threw his microphone at him.

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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has managed to keep his name in the press for reasons far less heroic than his response to 9/11 in 2001. Mr. Giuliani’s latest act involves praising Darren Wilson for gunning down unarmed Black teenager Michael “Mike” Brown in Ferguson, Mo.