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A rapper from Atlanta was shot and killed Wednesday (Jan. 2) hours after tweeting about his demise. The body of Justin Mitchell, who rhymed under the name Yung Teddy, was found in an Austell, Ga. home at around 10:18 p.m.

The lovely J. Beauty is more than just a pretty face, even though we really like that pretty face.

Ahh yes, a Black man (okay, anybody really) getting a new job is a cause for a celebration. That gets ramped up a notch when the guy with the new gig is Big Tigger and the friends making sure it was marked with a proper event at the Reign nightclub in Atlanta include T.I., Young […]

Live from house arrest, Gunplay goes jackin’ for beats, this time snatching DMX’s “What’s My Name” as his instrumental of choice. The Maybach Music Group rapper’s version is titled “No Church,” and is devoted to all of the stool pigeons out there, apparently. Considering that most rappers wouldn’t touch, let alone do justice to the […]

The students of Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school Thursday (Jan. 3), nearly a month after the shooting massacre that rocked the nation and killed 20 children. Chalk Hill Middle School, an unused facility near Sandy Hook, will act as the new location for the students. Volunteers worked hard to prepare the classrooms, which mirror that […]

The speculation surrounding Frank Ocean’s recent run in with authorities for allegedly “suspicious behavior” can now be put to rest. The R&B crooner was caught speeding on New Year’s Eve, and had his driver’s licence confiscated. 

Well, that was fast. After another public spat on Twitter between Azealia Banks and Angel Haze, Haze clapped back in record time with a diss record called “On The Edge.” 

In today’s rap game there is one (undisputed?) Twitter beef champion, and her name is Azealia Banks. As we already know just about anyone can get it. Lil’ Kim got caught up in her Twitter fury, as did Jim Jones, Iggy Azealea, and other unsuspecting tweeters. Banks’ latest feud is with fellow female rapper, Angel […]

Kind of like Bow Wow for BET and 106 & Park, Ashanti’s new gig for FUSE has her hosting FUSE News. Yesterday she interviewed 2 Chainz for the television show. 

Can a MC jump between monikers? Such is the case with Snoop Dogg, who ditches Snoop Lion for a moment on a new track with Tha Dogg Pound, titled “That’s My Work.” Videographer Dah Dah directed the visuals for the gentleman’s club friendly jam. The shots are a compilation of slightly NSFW concert and behind the scenes […]

As the House and Senate convened earlier today to establish the incoming 113th Congress, Republican John Boehner remained speaker of the House in a vote that saw some of his own party members breaking away from the Ohio congressman. 

The U.S. Navy wants its members to fully understand the dangers of bath salts, and released a strange PSA, to bring their vision to life. Opening with the Internet search “Bath salts: it’s not a fad, it’s a NIGHTMARE,” the more than six-minute video oddly details the repercussions of the synthetic drug.