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Rising out of the ashes of the bloodiest episode in the series, Power returns for season 3. Only a few short weeks have passed since Ghost eliminated his drug network in pursuit of a law abiding life, but getting out the game won’t be as smooth of a process as he imagined.

The Game is really stepping up as an activist these days. On Sunday [July 17], the Compton rapper held an anti-violence summit in Los Angeles where he met with Los Angeles Police Department chief Charlie Beck.

The shooter who killed three Baton Rouge police officers has been identified as Gavin Eugene Long. The 29-year-old was a retired Marine and Iraq War veteran. 

Just as the American public began to settle into a hopeful pattern of normalcy after the Dallas, Texas ambush police shooting, three Baton Rouge police officers are dead in a similarly styled attack. According to reports that are rapidly developing, one suspect is dead while a manhunt is on for a possible two other suspects.

A writer named Ann Votaw wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News complaining about all the noise in the Dyckman neighborhood (Upper Manhattan). That in itself is no surprise but the thinly veiled racism and privilege displayed in the piece quickly drew the ire of readers, particularly on Twitter. 

Luxury French brand Moncler clearly needs some Black people on their design team. How else can you explain how one of their capsule collections features blatant blackface imagery? 

Pokémon Go is getting out of hand. A Florida man shot at two teens while they were on the hunt for Pokemon. 

How many of these does Joe Budden have in the stash? Shortly after Drake finally responded with some bars on French Montana’s “No Shopping,” Jumpoff dropped a quick clapback with “Afraid.”

Joe Budden finally got the 6 God to react. French Montana dropped his latest single, “No Shopping,” featuring Drake and some bars aimed at the New Jersey rapper.

Chalk this up as a dope move for the culture. Female North Carolina MC Rapsody has signed on to Jay Z’s Roc Nation. 

When it comes to Starz’s hit drama Power, Ghost, and even Kanan, have a lot of fans, but the fiery tempered Tommy is no slouch. Accomplished actor Joseph Sikora talked with Hip-Hop Wired about the challenges of playing such a complex character.

We all know Drake loves him some Cheesecake Factory (who doesn’t)? The 6 God was spotted in Houston where he’s shooting the video for “Child’s Play” off his VIEWS album.