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Kendrick Lamar‘s rise continues as the Compton, Calif. rapper will headline an exclusive launch party for culture and lifestyle magazine Mass Appeal at this year’s SXSW festival. Co-sponsored and hosted by Pharell Williams’ BBC Ice Cream imprint, K.Dot will be joined by some of Hip-Hop’s best and brightest.

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Kimberly McCarthy was set to become the first U.S. woman executed since 2010, but a Texas judge stopped proceedings at the very last minute. The 51-year-old was to be put to death via lethal injection late Tuesday, prior to a reprieve issued by State District Judge Larry Mitchell. 

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A Texas inmate is set to become the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. Kimberly McCarthy will become the 13th woman in the U.S. to be put to death and the fourth in the state of Texas since 1976. She will die  tonight, via lethal injection.

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Former NBA star Robert Horry has put his Texas mansion on the market for $2.2 million. The seven-time NBA champ’s former home sits on 2.4 acres of land, and features exquisite landscaping, complete with palm trees, a gazebo and a resort-style pool. Horry purchased the home back in 2007, the same year that he earned […]

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Kenyon Martin has followed in the footsteps of Terrell Owens, and other athletes looking to unload property. Martin put his sprawling Dalworthington, Texas mansion on the market for a cool $5 million.

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Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter after crashing his car and killing his passenger, practice linebacker, Jerry Brown Saturday (Dec. 8). The defensive tackle crashed his SUV in Irving, Tx. at around 2:20 a.m.

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Music moguls have worked several different jobs on the road to stardom, and Dallas Police Lt. Regina Smith hopes to be no different. The cop doubles as a rapper and label head who runs Big Rush In Global Media. She has been placed on leave over her aspiring rap career, and content posted on her website, BigRushin.com.

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A Texas man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for biting his female roommate during an argument with his girlfriend. Prosecutors announced the sentencing in a statement released last Friday (Nov. 17), after a jury convicted F. Jacques Quinn of felony assault and causing bodily injury, earlier in the week.

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The technology stronghold that Apple has on the masses is causing people to lose all forms of rational thinking. A woman in Arlington, Texas was sold a mirror instead of an iPad in an embarrassing scam of epic struggle proportions.

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Billboards posted in cities around Texas are causing controversy for calling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a Republican, and urging Black people (who do not belong to the party) to make the switch. Appearing in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, the political advertisements were put up by Black Republican group, Raging Elephants, and reads  “Martin Luther King, Jr. was […]

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Nelly’s been in some hot water and controversy lately. A few weeks back, a member of Nelly’s entourage got bagged for carrying drugs and weapons on his tour bus. While many people were perplexed that Nelly was actually on tour, the diamond-selling artist is making the best of a bad situation and dropping some new […]

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Multi-Platinum rapper, Nelly was detained in Texas last night after a police raid found heroin, weed and a loaded pistol aboard the rapper’s tour bus.