Whether you believe he had it, has it, lost it or was pegged as the official spokesperson for the disease, it's been 20 years since Magic Johnson announced he had the HIV virus.

Magic went for a routine physical back in 1991 when the disease was found shortly after his marriage to Cookie. She never got infected and now he's changed the face of the disease.

In 1992 Johnson tried to return to the league but got negative feedback from other players.

20 years later, Magic is a successful philanthropist, investor and owner of multiple Starbucks and cinema franchises and may have even beat the disease.

Lil Wayne gives fans his deepest and most thought-provoking visual to date with "How To Love."

The Young Money general is the narrator for a tale that features a young girl caught in a whirlwind of turmoil due to a disturbing upbringing. It leads her down a path of destruction while Weezy croons next to his guitar as if his words are the soundtrack to her life.

The video then shows an alternate world for the girl as she gets it right, and a surprise ending gives the audience insight on how she learned to love.

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Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds apologizes for saying that he avoids HIV by not hooking up with Haitian women

Hot 97 morning personalities Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg may be known for their offensive humor, but looks like one joke may cost Cipha Sounds his job.

In an off collar joke last Friday (December 17), Cipha Sounds (who is of Puerto Rican decent) made the remark that he had not contracted the HIV virus due to “not dating Haitian women”.

"The reason I'm HIV negative is cause I don't mess with Haitian girls."

Outraged, the Haitian community struck back with phone calls, Tweets and Facebook posts slamming the DJ for his brazen and insensitive comment, which led to the DJ immediately apologizing for the remark.

"I made a stupid, tasteless joke that was a one-liner that was taken totally the wrong way," Cipha said in an on-air apology. "I want to say sincerely that I apologize. I do nothing but rep for the Haitian people, but I said something stupid that I'm embarrassed about."

Although Cipha Sounds apologized, Haitian community leaders are stating that it was not enough and are petitioning for the DJ to get fired.

According to the New York Daily News, Haitian community leaders plan to rally outside of the Hot 97 headquarters on Hudson Street today (December 21) in protest of the incident.

Check out the apology below, do you think Cipha Souds should be fired? Let us know!

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Doctors in Germany believe they've made a pivotal medical break-through and are announcing that they've cured a man of HIV/AIDS.

Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received a stem cell transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia.

Now the doctors who treated Brown have published a report in medical journal “The Blood” affirming that extensive follow-up testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."

Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, and is pushing science to further the sometimes-controversial study of stem cells.

Brown, who previously stayed out of the spotlight, will cover the next issue of Stern Magazine under the headline, "The Man Who Defeated The HIV."

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According to United Kingdom network BBC, in a series of sermons delivered at Luhlaza High School in Khayelitsha Township, Pastor Xola Skosana declared that Jesus Christ had “put himself in the shoes of people who experience brokenness” and had channeled the suffering of his followers by experiencing their same sickness, pain and ostracism.

“Wherever you open the scriptures Jesus puts himself in the shoes of people who experience brokenness,” Skosana told the BBC. “Isaiah 53, for example, clearly paints a picture of Jesus who takes upon himself the infirmities and the brokenness of humanity.”

 

Although many agree and feel that the teaching is synonymous to that which is taught all over the world, some religious followers  are outraged over the connection he has made between Jesus and the unjustifiable situations in which the virus can be contracted.

Despite the controversy surrounding the statements, Skosana states that his intent is to let the infected know that Jesus still loves them and God is not mad at them, regardless of what they did wrong.

“The best gift we can give to people who are HIV-positive is to help de-stigmatize AIDS," Skosana continued. “[We need to] create an environment where they know God is not against them, he's not ashamed of them.”

Regardless of his intentions, fellow religious leaders state that the metaphor endangers believers' understanding of not only Jesus as supreme, but also God, ultimately rendering him part of the problem and not the solution.

One solution that the country of South Africa is considering to fight in the spread of HIV is the implementation of male circumcision.

According to published reports, researchers, South African authorities and medical experts have expressed the possibility of circumcision being able to reduce the spread of HIV by 60 percent.

Experts state that South Africa as a whole is expected to circumcise 2 million boys in the next 5 years.