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Former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has announced he will voluntarily resign from his post after not being indicted in the killing of teen Michael Brown. Through a GoFundMe campaign, Wilson allegedly has upwards of $500,000 with which to retire.

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R&B crooner Jeremih is in legal trouble for going honey baked ham with his crew in a Fuddruckers, in Billings, Montana. Yeah, the struggle is real. 

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Yesterday (December 1), fans gathered in New York City’s famed Times Square to witness some of the biggest acts perform at the free World AIDS Day concert. Representing Hip-Hop was Kanye West, who rocked the crowd (both in and outside of the guard rails) with a medley of hits.

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Well, that took long enough. It was only a matter of time before Travi$ Scott brought “Mamacita,” one of the most sonically captivating tracks from his free LP Days Before Rodeo, to life visually.

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Thieves and crooks aren’t the usually smartest people out there. Case in point, a man named Ramael Pierson robbed the same Bronx barbershop where he had just gotten a fresh haircut. 

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As of current press time, it’s damn near impossible to escape O.T. Genasis’ only built for Cuban jinx breakout record, “Coco.”

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The St. Louis Police Department have been pressuring their St. Louis Rams to apologize for making the Mike Brown tribute “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” before their Sunday faceoff against the Oakland Raiders.

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Chris Rock isn’t nervous about social topics in the new issue of New York magazine. Even though he’s technically promoting his new movie, Top Five, the 49-year-old comedian doesn’t just talk film stuff in the interview.

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Back in April of this year, 50 Cent lost a massive lawsuit against his first-born headphone company, Sleek Audio for stealing their designs and using them to flaunt his next chick, SMS Audio.

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Nas and Hennessy continue their beautiful business agreement with the release of a new commercial that fully realizes the vision that the legendary rhymer’s debut album, Illmatic set out to accomplish.

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AIDS is still very much a global epidemic.   — Photo: screenshot

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Killer Mike has spoken about Michael Brown’s shooting death at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson with political adeptness and social awareness unlike most of his Hip-Hop peers. Recently, one half of rap duo Run The Jewels detailed his difficulty articulating exactly what happened to the Ferguson, Mo. teenager to his seven-year-old daughter.