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Johnny Taylor has become the latest rapper to get killed in Chicago. The 23-year-old was on the brink of getting a record deal according to his manager, before he was gunned down just before midnight, Wednesday (Jan. 9).

A fight broke out during a memorial service for Raphael Ward, a teenager who was shot for his winter coat, last week. The ceremony, held Wednesday (Jan. 9), erupted in violence outside of the Provenzano Lanza Funeral Home on New York City’s Lower East Side (aka, the LES).

A student opened fire at a high school in Taft, Calif. this morning, wounding two people. The unidentified suspect started shooting at Taft High School just after 9 a.m., hitting one person who sustained “major” injuries and was airlifted to a local hospital. A second victim was treated for less dangerous wounds.

Rick Ross was sent here to teach the rap game a thing or two about living like a bawse. Maybach Music Group’s main man is a  fearless leader who has selflessly laid out the tools to becoming rich, via the photos he’s posted on “The Gram.”

A New York City commuter ferry crashed into a pier near Wall Street this morning, injuring at least 57 people, 2 of which are in critical condition. According to authorities, the collision occurred at 8:43 a.m.

The latest season of Love & Hip Hop New York made it’s roaring debut last night, and as expected the cast was doing any and everything possible to compete with their Atlanta counterparts. Much of the original stars were gutted to make room for the new school which now includes the likes of Joe Budden, […]

It took him about 24 hours but Game officially flipped out over allegations that he was once a stripper. As Hip-Hop Wired reported yesterday, the Compton native’s  stepfather appears in a new documentary where he details Game’s days as a stripper.

Django Unchained has caused controversy for it’s story and now a new line of action figures are having similar effect.  The National Entertainment Collectibles Association and the Weinstein Company released the figures, available on Amazon.com.

Some people will do anything to turn the heads of the opposite s-x, but this doesn’t seem like a good move. Datta Phuge of India wants a woman so badly that he spent $22,754 (£14, 000) on a gold shirt.

In case you didn’t know, Kobe Bryant  joined Twitter earlier today. The self-proclaimed “anti-social” Lakers star decided to finally enter the online universe that has probably been awaiting his arrival since its inception in 2006.

As President Obama goes into his second term, the White House has posted a visual timeline of his previous year in office. Starting with New Year’s Day 2012, the images show fun times, such as the president vacationing in Hawaii, to somber moments, like hearing of the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school.

A rapper from Atlanta was shot and killed Wednesday (Jan. 2) hours after tweeting about his demise. The body of Justin Mitchell, who rhymed under the name Yung Teddy, was found in an Austell, Ga. home at around 10:18 p.m.