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Future has reportedly countersued his former friend and business partner Rocko.

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Fifteen years ago, Fabolous dropped his debut album, Ghetto Fabolous. Today (Sept. 15), Fab joined The Breakfast Club to reflect on that infamous day in American and Hip-Hop history and some of the more interesting moments in his career thus far.

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DJ Khaled is the latest celebrity to go undercover as a Lyft driver. In the process, he found out what people really think of him and his inspirational behavior.

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In case you haven’t noticed, Kanye West hasn’t been the star of many of his music videos lately. That’s on purpose. The artist says he’s tired of being in his own videos.

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Netflix stays winning. The streaming service has ordered a series based on She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee’s breakthrough 1986 film. 

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The family of Sandra Bland, the Black woman who died under suspicious circumstances while in jail after a suspect traffic stop, has settled her wrongful death suit. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Waller County Jail will pay the Bland family $1.9 million. 

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If you’re familiar with Rah Digga, then you already know that she’s got a tongue like a chef’s knife. On Wednesday afternoon (September 14), the New Jersey native was cooling on Twitter, watching the mess go down on Kid Cudi’s page like everyone else.

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Lil Wayne may be making the headlines as of late with his announcements and some bewildering statements, but with every passing day Chance The Rapper’s unexpected popularity continues to take him to new heights and accomplish new feats.

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Tyree King, a 13-year-old Columbus, Ohio boy, was shot and killed after police responded to an armed robbery call near the city’s east side Wednesday (Sept. 15) evening. King reportedly pulled out a BB gun when police approached him, and one officer fired several shots at the boy before knowing that the firearm was fake.

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Denzel Washington saw what you and your little friends were saying about that picture someone took of him at the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao last year.

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Drake responded to Kid Cudi’s claims that he uses “30 ghostwriters” by bringing up Cudder’s history of drug abuse.

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Jay Z like to talk facts, so narrating an explanation of the war on drugs, and how it failed, is right up his alley. In a short film for the New York Times, which is illustrated by Molly Crabapple, Hova breaks down how racism and the “war on drugs” is intertwined, and ultimately caused its failure.