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The rapper who made the “Watch Me Whip, Watch Me Nae Nae” song is stuck in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly skipping out on shows.

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Nkechi Amare Diallo. That is Rachel Dolezal‘s new name if reports are to be believed. The beleaguered former NAACP president has gone full African on the masses, and Black Twitter is having quite the field day with the “I’m Black And I Know It” jig from Ms. Dolezal.

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Forbes just dropped another one of their pocket-watcher alerts.

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The Kennedy Center just named their first ever Director of Hip-Hop. Yes, it’s a good thing and a big deal.

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Kendrick Lamar feels the pulse of the people and thinks his new album is just what they need right now.

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Joey Bada$$ ruffled the feathers of old heads and 2Pac stans when he dared to say he was a better rapper than the automatic Top 5 MC.

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Chris Brown is his own worst enemy. The troubled R&B crooner has been slapped with another restraining order—this one from Karrueche Trans’ BFF. 

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Nicki Minaj is still addressing everyone except Remy Ma. This time the Young Money rapper came for Charlamagne and DJ Envy

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Shallah Raekwon is back in the kitchen to show today’s Millennial rappers how to cook up some stuff to get your mouth watery on some “oh sh*t!”

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Love & Hip Hop: New York fans will be sad to learn that Cardi B is officially quitting the show after landing a multi-million dollar deal with Atlantic Records.

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The new Air Jordan IV x KAWS collaboration will no doubt having hypebeasts turn into uncivilized savages this Spring.

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Count Van Jones as among the few people that were impressed by President Donald Trump's joint address to the U.S. Congress Monday, an affair where the former business mogul largely managed to not embarrass himself. But what turned heads was the CNN contributor saying that President Trump could land himself two full terms in office if he continues performances of a similar sort in the future.