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Sunday night (February 1), the world gave all of its loyalty and patience to Super Bowl XLIX, a one-of-one night in sports with all of the dressings. In addition to an excited game, viewers were treated to an electrifying Pepsi Halftime Show performance from pop star Katy Perry.

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While Pusha T and Consequence were out in Los Angeles molding Kanye West’s new album, two of the best to ever do it out of the West Coast were at a nearby studio conjuring up their own brand of music.

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So Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and North West paid a visit to, and broke bread with, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. You can thank Cyhi The Prynce for documenting this. 

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Media recluse/people’s champ Marshawn Lynch has some huge decisions to make come win or lose today’s Super Bowl.

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Authorities have footage of the Suge Knight hit and run that left one man dead and another hospitalized. The footage is being reviewed and needless to say will determine the Death Row Records founders’ fate. 

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Kevin Hart was feeling mighty confident when he posed for a Instagram picture before a pre-Super Bowl event in Arizona yesterday afternoon. Decked out in a sleeveless leather vest, stonewashed jeans and boots with buckles, the star comedian was riding high. That is, until a few of his famous friends named Drake, Meek Mill & […]

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Today’s Big Game was jump started by a grandiose performance yesterday, January 31, from tag team champions Kanye West and Rihanna. The “FourFiveSeconds” collaborators were front and center as headliners for the DirecTV Saturday Night Super Bowl Party in Arizona–and they reportedly slayed their performances.

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Who doesn’t like the Waffle House? Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend hit the restaurant for a bite to eat (it was a double date according to Kardashian) and it surely made for an epic story for the customers who witnessed it. 

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Hell hath no fury, like a petty rapper scorned. 50 Cent took to Instagram to put A$AP Rocky on blast when he got word that the Harlem was rapper was tip toeing in his ex-girlfriend Tatted Up Holly‘s DMs. But Rocky didn’t back down.

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Last night’s (Jan. 31) musical guest on Saturday Night Live was D’Angelo and he did not disappoint. The soul crooner and musician performed “Really Love” and “The Charade” from his Black Messiah album.

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Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized after she was found unconscious in a bathtub Saturday (Jan. 31) by husband Nick Gordon. Brown, 21, has reportedly been placed in a medically induced coma.

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Lil Wayne is a sport junkie so of course he’s in Scottsdale, Arizona for the Super Bowl. The Young Money rapper swung by the DJ booth at The Cultured Pearl to perform cuts from his Sorry 4 The Wait 2 mixtape on Friday (Jan. 30) night.