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A doctor who worked at the Rikers island prison facility was arrested by NYPD officers and DEA agents for his role in an oxycodone drug ring. Thursday (January 31) morning, Dr. Robert Gibbs was caught in a raid at his Harlem office.

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Welp, the title pretty much explains it all. Juicy J is a master of lyrical simplicity with ratchet overtones, so it should come as no surprise that his latest joint is aptly titled “Having S*x.”

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A shooting erupted at an Atlanta middle school Thursday (Jan. 31) afternoon. Police say shots were fired at Price Middle School resulting in a 14-year-old being wounded, among multiple others who were hurt. 

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Drake is almost officially back, even though he never really left. The Toronto rapper will be releasing a new single called “Started From The Bottom” on Grammy night, February 10.

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Confidence is very important, especially when you’re a thief trying to jack a luxury vehicle. A Michigan woman was able to pull off a heist that ended with her driving away from a car dealership in a Range Rover, Tuesday (Jan. 29), and all because she kept it cool.

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Frank Ocean ascends to yet another plateau in his career with news that his critically acclaimed debut, Channel ORANGE, has officially sold 500,000 copies. That’s right people. The LP that brought listeners “Thinking Bout You,” “Bad Religion” and “Pink Matter” has reached gold status. Ocean reached this pinnacle in sales nearly six months after the album’s […]

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A drunk woman in New Orleans learned a valuable lesson about busting into a live broadcast, recently. Reporter Jessica Sanchez of  local news station WKMG-Channel 6 was doing a broadcast on the Super Bowl coming to the Louisiana city, and decided to have a little fun with a drunk woman on Bourbon Street.

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The plight of Chicago has been well documented. But with young faces like Chief Keef at the forefront of negative press, we as consumers of content sometimes forget that the subjects of criticism are just kids. Luckily, this interview with Young Chop courtesy will restore some of the humanity that often goes neglected in the Chi.

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More pieces of Beyonce’s HBO documentary, Life Is But A Dream, have been revealed, weeks before the project’s debut. The 31-year-old shared the details of first learning that she was pregnant, all the way up to the moment she found out that she miscarried. “About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time,” […]

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First it was Lord Finesse, now Donald Trump is aiming to stick Mac Miller for his paper. 

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Kanye West raised a ton of eyebrows late last year when he performed a series of shows at Revel in Atlantic City with some strange masks. 

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Willow Smith has dropped out of the forthcoming remake of Annie. The tween was set to star in the film, to be produced by her parents, Will and Jada, through their Overbrook Entertainment company; with Jay-Z holding down the music section. Rumor has it that little Willow believes she’s too old to sink her teeth […]