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She may not have all the answers, but Iyanla Vanzant is trying to help one dysfunctional person at time while she cashes these OWN checks. Karrueche Tran was the latest participant to take part in having her life fixed while Iyanla’s bank account got a boost.

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A Texas A&M Corpus Christi student returned from Spring Break to the cowardice of not only vandals had broken into her apartment, but left racial graffiti for her to revel in.

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A Chinese restaurant in Kenya was shut down by the government after its racist policy of refusing to serve Black patrons after 5PM went public. The restaurant was nestled in an affluent neighborhood in the capital city of Nairobi and was under operation despite not following proper protocol.

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Jimmy Henchman is going to live the rest of his life behind bars. The infamous record exec who masterminded the shooting of Tupac at Quad studios was sentenced to another life in prison term (the first was in 2013) for the murder of a G-Unit associate. 

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A$AP Rocky is looking to put his stamp on 2015 with his new album, At.Long.Last.A$AP, dropping sooner than later. The Harlem rapper is featured in GQ‘s April 2015 issue and talks about the new project and what goes down in his swanky Hollywood crib.

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Black Twitter’s grievances with Young Thug’s plan to drop Carter 6 haven’t deterred its creation. Two leaked records titled “Beat It” and “Halftime” have hit the Internets.

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Longtime fans of famed HBO original series Entourage will only see more mayhem, debauchery, and most importantly, more Ari Gold quotables in the upcoming film adaptation, according to the latest trailer.

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A Detroit woman was arrested after the frozen bodies of a boy and a teen girl were found in her home. She has since confessed to torturing and killing her own children. 

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Jay Z wins, again. A $56.2 million bid made him the proud owner of high fidelity music and video streaming service TIDAL, which he purchased via the S. Carter Enterprises company, and is now fully integrated with Norwegian music platform WiMP.

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Oh how the tables have turned. You’re used to seeing characters like Pete Ross on Smallville or Eric Foreman on House, M.D.—they’re the wisecracking, assertive, token Black characters found on every popular show.

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This guy Kendrick Lamar has talent and chunky fanbase to match. The Compton rapper’s proper sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, came in at no. 1 on the album charts this week. 

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Chris Brown wants no parts of being a deadbeat dad. The R&B crooner reportedly wants to move his baby mama from Texas to Los Angeles so he can be closer to his daughter, Royalty.