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Lil Wayne kicked off the inaugural Lil WeezyAna Fest in New Orleans this weekend to benefit his Tha Carter Fund, which aims to help children in the rapper’s home state. After news that Canadian superstar Drake would be joining the Fest, claims that Apple blocked the streaming performance on TIDAL surfaced, but there’s more to […]

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By now, the harsh reality of the Lafayette theater shooting has set in that the United States has an issue with gun control and the mentally ill obtaining them.

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The state of Louisiana was rocked by a horrific movie theater shooting Thursday night that left three people dead, and nine others wounded. John Houser, a 59-year-old white man from Alabama, opened fired at the Grand 16 Theater in the town of Lafayette and is counted among the dead.

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A Louisiana rapper on the independent scene by the name of Young Ready lost his life yesterday, June 24, after he was killed in a street shootout in the city of Bogalusa.

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Ervin Leon Edwards died  in a Louisiana jail under an unfortunate set of circumstances after his 2013 arrest for wearing baggy pants. A new video contradicts earlier police reports of the moments before he was found face down in a cell, potentially supporting a wrongful death lawsuit claim brought by Edwards’ family.

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A Black man in Louisiana is speaking out after he claims a White Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office police officer allegedly entered a friend’s home unlawfully and arrested him. As the friend videotaped the whole incident, the man repeatedly said on film that he was afraid. The clip has since gone viral.

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Fans of the popular A&E network’s Duck Dynasty reality series were taken for a loop when one of the stars made some questionable comments in a recent interview. Phil Robertson not only made anti-gay remarks, he also said Black people were “happy” before the days of the Civil Rights Movement.

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A Louisiana pastor in the midst of delivering a sermon was shot and killed in front of 50 to 60 churchgoers, including his wife. Woodrow Karey allegedly walked into the Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center in Lake Charles, La. last Friday (Sept. 27) and shot Pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr. twice with a shotgun.

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Details are starting to emerge about the death of Louisiana rapper Lil Snupe, an artist affiliated with Maybach Music Group rapper Meek Mill. Snupe, born Addarren Ross, was killed early Thursday morning (June 20) in Winnfield, La.

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In Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish, anyone caught wearing saggy pants that expose their undergarments will be fined. Last week, the Parish Council voted 8-1 on an ordinance that effectively bans young people from wearing their pants below the waist and, in certain cases, exposing too much skin.

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Lil Boosie is using his time behind bars wisely. The Louisiana rapper completed his GED course at the Angola State Prison recently.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. may have admitted wrongdoing but his fellow former political brethren refuses to fess up to his own set of charges. Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty to several charges today, including allegedly taking bribes, and corruption.