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Part-time rapper, full-time businessman Rocko got pinched by Atlanta police after he and a friend drag raced on the I-75 highway. Yes, you read that right.

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They may not have invented it, but 50 Cent, Jay Z and Sean “Puffy” Combs definitely helped popularize the trend of emphasizing sales being as equally or more important than actual rhyming skills.

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Waka Flocka Flame turned heads earlier this week after he cancelled a University of Oklahoma performance after the release of the racist SAE chant video courtesy of an eloquent statement via Instagram. The Down South by way of New York rapper addressed the SAE matter further Tuesday night (Mar. 9) on cable news network CNN.

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Yesterday, news broke that R&B singer Angie Stone had been arrested on Monday night (March 9) for assaulting her 30-year-old daughter Diamond Stone. The latter, whose teeth were knocked out, has spoken out, via her Faebook page, stating that she “cannot take anymore abuse” and shown off her injuries from the altercation. 

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Parker Rice, the SAE frat guy who led a racist rant on video and ruined his life, is apologizing for his behavior. Rice, 19, issued a lengthy apology on Tuesday (March 10), delivered to the media by his father, and his explanation tactic is simple: blame it on the alcohol.

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On Tuesday evening (March 10) in Brooklyn, a 69-year-old former corrections officer fatally shot a man after getting into an altercation with him in a subway station. The dispute started on a 4 train and spilled out onto the platform of the Borough Hall train station.

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Our prayers have been answered. After releasing numerous collaborations, Taylor Gang’s Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign are due to release a joint EP called Talk About it in the Morning.

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When you sit for a deposition, you are required to tell the truth. Thus, Joseline Hernandez of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta fame admitted that plenty of the reality show is fake…ahem, “scripted.” 

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Kendrick Lamar has Hip-Hop fans in the palm of his hands, as the population anxiously awaits his upcoming LP, which we now know is titled To Pimp a Butterfly.

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Somebody in Ireland might be high, or maybe just not good with setting laws? The country accidentally legalized molly, crystal meth, shrooms, ketamine, and over 100 other drugs for one day. 

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Robin Thicke and Pharrell had their fun getting rich off of Marvin Gaye’s handiwork but now it’s time to pay the piper. In other words, fork over a good chunk of those incredulous profits they made from the ubiquitous single, “Blurred Lines.”

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Sony Pictures is either sculpting a backup plan for the all-female Ghostbusters or expecting the world to go silly for Slimer because they’re prepping production for yet another Ghostbusters reboot.