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Yasiin Bey aka (or formerly) the Might Mos Def issues a recorded statement in regards to the protests going down in Ferguson, NYC and across the nation, and world, after failed indictments of white cops who kill unarmed Black men. 

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Nicki Minaj returns Dec. 6 to Saturday Night Live as the evening’s musical guest and stars alongside comedian James Franco.

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Yesterday, Lil Wayne broke the rap Internet when he took to Twitter to unload on Cash Money and say he wanted off the label. However, Weezy’s longtime manager, Cortez Bryant, denies that the rapper will be skipping out on the YMCMB mafia.

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Inside The NBA put basketball on the back burner for the first 10 minutes of Thursday night’s show (December 4), taking a moment to join the discussions on race happening across the United States.

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Only Rihanna would have the cojones to jack someone’s copyrighted material and pass it off as her own and not give a f*ck in the process.

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Ferguson protesters who are peacefully marching throughout Missouri en route to Gov. Jay Nixon‘s mansion to Jefferson City were met with racist taunts and gunfire. The NAACP group says that counter-protesters supporting the grand jury’s decision regarding Darren Wilson have been especially abrasive in a pair of rural towns.

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In a recent interview, André 3000 was frank about his feelings toward one of the biggest moments in music this year, OutKast’s reunion tour.

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Cam’Ron drops the video for “All Dat There Mine,” featuring his main squeeze JuJu and MMG rapper Gunplay, off the sixth volume of Killa’s 1st of the Month series.

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Rich Homie Quan is at his best on a new solo track titled “Around The World.”

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Much has been written about Eric Garner, the 43-year-old Staten Island man who died after a physical altercation with a policeman outside of a nearby storefront.

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The Civil Rights movement, in part, was propelled by phenomenal orators in leadership roles, the most poignant of which was Dr. Martin Luther King. As film fans await to see how Selma conveys that story on the silver screen, a powerful song from the official soundtrack called “Glory” by John Legend, featuring G.O.O.D. Music partner Common, has […]

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L. Boogie has performed a medley of her greatest hits in two-hour concert special “Live From The Brooklyn Bowl.”