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Music fans and nerds are currently losing their minds at the news that iconic Los Angeles record store Amoeba Records has sold their building to a condo developer. But they aren’t leaving, yet.

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Blessings can arrive on any day, especially on the Internet. Today, Usher fans can relate, as the crooner debuts his Hard II Love album three days early.

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We’re going to go ahead and say Lil Wayne should never be you first choice if you want to discuss race relation in the United States. According to Tunechi, he has never experienced racism.

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Russell Simmons heard about Denver Broncos player Brandon Marshall losing sponsorships after protesting the national anthem and wants to help.

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Chance The Rapper and the NAACP are joining forces this fall to register potential voters at a series of the Chicago rapper’s concerts across the nation. The NAACP’s Youth and College Division will help lead the charge during the Magnificent Coloring World Tour by way of the #staywokeandvotecampaign.

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Don’t let the sneakerhead detractors, or outright Kanye West haters, fool you—the adidas Originals YEEZY Boost is the hottest shoe in the game. The long teased YEEZY Boost 350 V2 will be dropping on  Sept. 24.

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Lil Wayne appeared on his friend Skip Bayless’ new FS1 sports talk show Undisputed, and spoke on his “retirement” tweets. He revealed the obvious, it’s about what’s going on between him, Birdman and Cash Money.  

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Media titan Complex has just secured Hip-Hop demigod Kanye West to headline their upcoming ComplexCon. It’s set down on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6 at the Long Beach Convention Center in the LBC.

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Remember when Kid Rock hit the scene as a white rapper, then said forget this, I’m rock and country star now? Well that bozo has a problem with Colin Kaepernick protesting the killing of innocent Black people by police officers. 

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Kanye West‘s Atlanta stop on the Life Of Pablo tour had an unexpected visitor. A fan tried to climb on the floating stage.

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According to reports, rapper and producer Rich The Kid brawled with members of the A$AP Mob outside a backstage dressing area at Alexander Wang‘s Wangfest fashion event in New York. The fight took place just outside Travis Scott’s dressing room but he was not involved in the fracas.

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A Maine town finds itself an unwilling center of controversy after a resident placed an offensive sign on his front lawn that mocked the Black Lives Matter movement. A Boothbay Harbor man put up a sign that read “Black Rifles Matter,” and said  BLM activists should be flattered by his adoption of the phrase.