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Hollywood actor Rick Gonzalez continues to build his reputation in Hip-Hop with the premiere of “A Prayer for Perspective” off his forthcoming Divine Mechanics tape.

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The hammer has come down on Adrian Peterson. The Minnesota Vikings running back has been suspended for the rest of the NFL season, without pay, for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. 

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Air Jordan fiends have a destination in Brooklyn thanks to Jordan Heads Brooklyn, a recently opened sneaker consignment shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant. 

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Dwight Howard routinely gets slandered by his peers on the court (see: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant). But now he’s under investigation for possible child abuse for beating his son with a belt. 

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Rick Ross will deliver Hood Billionaire, his seventh studio album and second major label release of 2014 (following Mastermind), in a week’s time. Before then, the MMG rapper partners with iTunes Radio to stream the entire project guilt-free.

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A general rule of thumb should be Sammy Sosa is expected to look the same since the last time you saw Sammy Sosa. Nevertheless, the world still seems to act surprised every time the former MLB slugger takes a break from his busy schedule of biting necks and morphing into bats to make a public […]

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Following the release of her Skylar Grey-assisted cut “Bed Of Lies,” Nicki Minaj began shooting the music video for “Only,” featuring Lil Wayne, Drake and Chris Brown.

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A so-called gangsta rapper from San Diego by the name of Tiny Doo is currently awaiting a judge’s decision on whether to be prosecuted on murder charges along with 14 others.

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The NYPD is looking for the suspect who deliberately pushed a man onto Subway tracks, killing him early Sunday (Nov. 17) morning. The victim, 61-year-old Wai Kuen Kwok, was a father of two.

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Now that Jay Z is the new owner of Armand de Brignac (better known as Ace of Spades to most), you can expect to see loads of the expensive bubbly lying around Roc Nation offices like Nestle Pure Life bottles. Which went a long way in welcoming Dez Bryant, the newest signee to the team […]

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It may sound cool in your favorite rebellious pop song, but drinking and driving is an ultimate no-no. After it was discovered that St. Louis Cardinals superstar-in-the-making Oscar Tavares killed himself and his girlfriend because he was legally drunk, he went from being a tragic hero to a complete statistic.

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Promising newcomer Wara From The NBHD accentuates the captivating story told on his Kidnapped album with a new visual for “Slangin.”