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The list of stars Chance The Rapper has been spotted with is growing and becoming increasingly random. This now includes Alec Baldwin.

On March 3, 2005, 50 Cent released The Massacre. As always, how the album has held up is open to critical interpretation. In terms of the all-important SoundScan number 50 helped popularize, the album went platinum in four days.

Ludacris and his wife, Eudoxie, are expecting the first child. The couple made the announcement, confirming the previous rumors, how just about all things are done in 2015, via social media.

Los Angeles police shot and killed a homeless man in the Skid Row neighborhood after failing to subdue him. That is about the only part of the story anyone agrees on despite video of the incident that has gone viral. 

Last week, Rich Homie Quan made headlines when revealed that he stepped away from Rich Gang to focus on his solo career. It turns of that the rapper also debuted a new track during the convo with Durtty Boyz of Atlanta’s 107.9.

Rap fans have received tons of new music in the new year, despite it only being March. That latest batch of tunes will come from rap trio Migos.

In comes March, which means that Wale’s long awaited The Album About Nothing releases in a few weeks. The rapper whets appetites in the meantime with a visual for “MMG Under God.”

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore has been one of television’s pleasant new surprises. And after devoting airtime to topics like vaccines, fatherhood, and Bill Cosby, Wednesday found Wilmore tackling privatized space travel.

Michelle Rodriguez got her facts all wrong and put her foot in her mouth. The latter, she actually copped to.

Charmayne Maxwell of the 90s R&B group Brownstone has died after a fall in Los Angeles.

Lupita Nyong’o turned heads at the 2015 Academy Awards in a flowing dress that boasted 6,000 pearls and said to be valued at $150,00. After the dress was stolen last week, the thief discovered that the pearls on the dress were fake and someone from Calvin Klein confirmed the news.

For those that don’t know, CIAA Weekend revolves around the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament that includes HBCU’s like Lincoln, Johnson C. Smith and Virginia Union. The weekend is an excuse to party and with so many young people in one place, Hip-Hop stars flock down to kick it with their clientele.