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Eric Garner’s family’s crusade for proper justice is far from over. Countless protests have drawn out crowds of thousands in the months following the Staten Island man’s horrendous death at the hands of NYPD officers; to continue spreading the word, Garner’s family releases a commemorative track called “This Ends Today.”

Mike Huckabee is a Republican former governor of Arkansas who tried to run for President in 2008 and took an L. Apparently, this also makes him an authority on Jay and Beyoncé’s relationship. 

Childish Gambino is a dancer, though not in a trained sense, of course. Anyone who’s seen the rapper live totally understands what that statement means; if not, feast your eyes on his visual for “Sober.”

With one tweet, Kanye West has set the Internets on fire (at least enough to start trending). Apparently, Yeezy has a new song on the way that features Drake and the Weeknd.

A report from Bill Cosby’s show in London, Ontario tonight says that the embattled comedian made a joke about the sexual assault allegations against him. Cosby’s exact words to a woman in the audience were “be careful about drinking around me,” according to the National Post.

Kevin Gates has championed himself the weirdo on several occasions, but his latest revelation to the world may go on to be insurmountable in the realm of struggledom.

President Obama today (Jan. 8) announced a proposal to offer the first two years of community college free to “anyone who’s willing to work for it.” Sounds good in theory, but not everyone is convinced that it’s a great idea. 

Andraé Crouch, one of the premier voices in Gospel music, died today days after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. The pioneering musician was 72.

DJ Mustard and YG closed out 2014 with a very public Instagram beef over unpaid funds, though the longtime collaborators later resolved things. The production leg of the duo sat with MTV to discuss exactly how the issue was squashed.

A split second is all it takes for a person’s life to change forever — our favorite rappers included. That said, Hip-Hop Wired lists 10 rap artist who suffered devastating, life-altering injuries.

There are some wonderful things happening over on Angela Simmons’ Instagram account. Yes she’s the daughter of Hip-Hop royalty, but at 27, she’s a fully-grown woman. Trust the fact that her IG account has the pictures to prove it.

After 24 years, DJ Premier had to get a new home. D&D Studios, the place where albums like Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt, Nas’ Illmatic, Black Moon’s Enta Da Stage and the Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die were at least partially recorded closed shop on January 7. DJ Premier broke the news via a series of posts on his […]