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The Navy’s pop empress held the first-ever Diamond Ball at The Vineyard in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, leaving guests all but floored in her Zac Posen gown.

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That leak over at Sony just dug up racist emails about President Obama, and the apologies have started rolling in. Sony executive Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin emailed the racist jokes.

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Kim Kardashian and her momma Kris Jenner did what they do last night; pose for pictures on the red carpet of Rihanna’s inaugural Diamond Ball.

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Jhené Aiko throws on her six-inch heels, pouts a pair of crimson lips and drops it low for paying customers at a dingy club in “Wading.”

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Big K.R.I.T. takes fans back to a much simpler time, when family time and the genuine love that comes with it outweighed the superficial things in life, in the visual for “Soul Food.”

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Interviews this engaging are few and far between. But Angie Martinez gets to tuck under her belt another incredible one after probing J. Cole’s current state-of-mind.

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With a 30 year career most crooners would be jealous of, Johnny Gill remains humble yet comfortable in his legacy. He takes a trip down memory lane with The Breakfast Club.

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Despite video evidence clearly depicting the act, the NYPD cop who put the fatal chokehold on Eric Garner claims he never applied the maneuver. Officer Daniel Pantaleo actually told investigators that he used a takedown technique, not a chokehold.

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Kendrick Lamar was in NYC talking about his new partnership with Reebok, but we had to sneak in some questions about music. K. Dot was excited about the success of his boy J. Cole’s new album, and revealed that their long-awaited collaborative project is closer to becoming a reality.

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Kobe Bryant snapped and went off on his teammates during practice yesterday. Part of his tirade included saying the team was soft, and it earned him a shout out from Charmin toilet paper. 

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On Thursday (Dec. 11), several congressional staff members of color across the political aisle staged a walkout in the support of Mike Brown and Eric Garner. The protest called attention to the growing number of slain Black men at the hands of police across the nation and the lack of indictments in these cases.

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Styles P, who once boasted “I’m Black” on a highly slept on track, returns eight years later with socially charged commentary on its antithesis “White Ni**az.”