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Every once in a while, a video springs up on the internet that let you know just how far some of your favorite rappers have come. This is one of them. 

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Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind hosted a party over the weekend in honor of a Jewish holiday known as Purim. However, what turned heads was Hikind posting photos on Facebook with the elected official donning blackface and an afro wig – later defending the outfit on social media and his blog. 

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Sorry fellas. Instead of calling b.s. on rumors that she recently got engaged, Janet Jackson has confirmed that she was married, last year. That’s right. Michael Jackson’s little sister aka “Penny” from Good Times got hitched to her seriously paid boyfriend, Wissam Al Mana, in 2012.

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Hit-Boy and his band of merry men join Juicy J for the new record off of their compilation album, All I Ever Dreamed Of. This new joint is called “T.U.” 

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Kendrick Lamar gets a lot of the spotlight in the TDE camp, but many fans have their eye on another up-and-coming artist from the camp, Ab-Soul. 

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As Black History Month reaches a close, the World War II Black fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen will be honored in an upcoming traveling exhibit. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron exhibit makes its debut this week at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.

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Ikea has been serving horse meat to its customers, likely so starved from getting lost in their maze of moderately-priced furniture, that they were willing to consume a meal from the store. The company apparently found that horse meat was being used in more than a dozen eateries inside its European locations.

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The Los Angeles Lakers have been playing better as of late and haven’t lost a game since the All-Star break. With that said, Metta World Peace drops some new music with indie legend, Tech N9ne called “Point Of No Return.” 

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You can always count on Donald Trump to give his opinion on pretty much anything. This time, Trump has slammed Django Unchained, as “the most racist” movie he’s ever seen.

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Uncle Luke originally threw down the gauntlet for Miami artists to stand up to Lil Wayne’s statements about the Miami Heat. Now, Luke’s protege Pitbull is the first to answer the call in “Welcome To Dade County.” 

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Kanye West has gone nude. Chicago’s finest is used to baring his soul on the stage, and for the forthcoming  issue of French magazine,  L’Officiel Hommes, he takes it all off. Of course, Kim Kardashian is also involved.

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Just as he alluded to in his latest mixtape, Cops & Robbers, Gunplay took to Twitter to announce that he will not be facing life in prison.