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A vendor in South Dakota sold a series of offensive targets at a gun show this past weekend, vehemently defending the use of a racial epithet. The gun show’s organizer expressed his anger at the vendor, who has since been banned from selling his wares at the event.

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Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade is about as charitable as any professional basketball star to ever walk the earth and his latest gesture of kindness has kept his reputation as such alive.

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It’s hard not to get behind a holiday that encourages hard drinking, and in that regards, St. Patrick’s Day gets love in the hood. But it’s more than just green beer and clothing for the day.

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Young Thug must have some nerve. In fact, it may be the same nerve that Lil Wayne had when he was around the kooky Atlanta rapper’s age.

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Never take advice from a dog. Not that this makes any sort of sense, but Matthew Gonzales of New Mexico shot his ex in the head last week and blamed it on a nosey K-9.

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Over the weekend, T-Pain performed at the 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor at The Armory in New York City, which is all good. However, we gotta admit that we’re hella jealous that before the show he got to stop by the New Balance store and create a pair of custom 993s. 

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Despite Drake signing off on, and getting paid for the concert film/dcoumentary Drake’s Homecoming: The Lost Footage, he said he wants no parts of it and is even discouraging fans from supporting it. Now Jas Prince and J. Prince have said they aren’t supporting film, too, despite being producers on the project. 

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A few ill-advised Paul Walker jokes during Comedy’s Central’s roasting of Justin Bieber has left Ludacris taken aback and the network offering up an explanation.

Hip-Hop Wired returns with the latest installment of our Games Rappers Play series, this time featuring Juvenile.

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No non-Fox News interview with President Obama would be complete without a Jay Z question. Jimmy Kimmel filed his quota recently by asking the POTUS to verify Jay and Kanye’s claims of receiving texts and home phone calls from him.

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It’s 2015 and yes, we’re still talking about the N-word. That’s because people can’t get it through their heads that not everyone can say it. The rules seem to be pretty simple for most— Black people can say it if they choose to, white people can’t.

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Real heroes don’t wear capes, but on the flip side, our favorite Black celebs are quick to throw one on when defending the other brother.