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In a settlement, the City of Cleveland will pay the family of Tamir Rice $6 million. The 12-year-old black boy was fatally gunned down by police who mistook his pellet gun for a real gun back in 2014.
Not that he necessarily needs extra promo, but for the last week Drake has been holding surprise pop-up shops in anticipated of the long awaited Views from the 6 release. The Beats by Dre sponsored events made it to New York, Miami, and Los Ageless, before landing in his hometown of Toronto over the weekend.
A$AP Ferg is ready for his close-up.
One of the most anticipated shows for 2016 is Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down, which makes its debut this summer via Netflix. The Hip-Hop drama gets a creative boost after the filmmaker revealed that veteran rapper Nas plays a vital role in the series and lends his songwriting skills to the project.
50 Cent is a very busy man. So busy that looks like he just found out he has a third child, who he met while signing autographs at an event.
Rachel Roy has responded to the Beyhive—not that it matters at this point. Dame Dash’s ex-wife took to Twitter to explain that she respects marriages, so please stop bullying her.
Drake has plenty of news to share this week. He has just announced dates for his seventh annual OVO Fest and the Summer Sixteen Tour with Future.
The Supreme x Nike Air Max 98 has managed to become even more coveted than the usual collabs between the brands. The shoes won’t be for sale at any of Supreme’s stores and will be an online release only, unless you’re in Japan.
Lil’ Kim‘s new selfie has people asking a lot of questions, one of them being, “Who is the woman in the picture?”
Beyoncé gave her husband’s TIDAL service less than 48-hours. The R&B and Pop singer’s new album, Lemonade, is now available on iTunes.
After much anticipation and gun jumping on social media, we finally have the cover art for Drake‘s Views From The 6 album.
Well, that escalated quickly. Rachel Roy took to Instagram to lay claim to being the “Becky with the good hair” that Beyoncé referenced on her new album, and all hell broke loose.