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Flavor Flav was arrested last last week for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend and her 17-year-old son, but he wants to make amends, his attorney said Monday (Oct. 22). Attorney Tony Abbatangel appeared in front a Las Vegas judge on behalf of the New York native, expressing that Flav wants to reconcile with his lady love, in spite of the attack.

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Track number one off of Meek Mill’s debut album, Dreams And Nightmares is exactly what you expect. As Meek put it at his listening session he said “I give em the dream side of it, and then I go and turn it into the nightmares side of it and turn it up.”

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Ricardo “Gunplay” Morales, who reported to a Miami jail for charges of armed robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault, was given a $150,000 bond and house arrest today.

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It’s been  Kendrick Lamar overload today, but that’s perfectly fine. The artist, who dropped his debut album, good kid m.A.A.d. city today was the main focus of a new tour diary on Jay-Z’s Life + Times website.

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The unstoppable force that is Rihanna is gearing up to put another stranglehold on the Billboard charts with her newest single “Diamonds.” The song is currently the #11 song on the Billboard 100 and is looking towards taking the top spot.

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National Lampoon and Saturday Night Live legend Chevy Chase is under fire after breaking the unwritten code of ethics in Black/White relations.  In a reported protest over lines intended for his bigoted character Pierce Hawthorne of NBC’s Community, Chase used the “n-word” towards the show’s writers, claiming he feared that his character would be asked to  use […]

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Chicago’s “cruel summer” has come to an end, but now that it’s fall, the homicides are still piling up. One of the latest victims of the incessant gun violence is Terrence Wright, a high school student who was shot and killed as he was leaving school, Friday (Oct. 19).

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Action Bronson is…different. His newest video for “The Symbol” is proof positive that the portly New York rapper is cut from a very different cloth.

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The Carters have been defeated. Jay-Z and Beyoncé  have lost the fight to stop an event planning company in Boston (and anyone else) from using their daughter’s name. Veronica Alexandra has been running Blue Ivy Events since 2009, prompting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to send a letter to the  power couple, denying their petition.

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It was a huge weekend for Howard University, as current students, alumni and passers by got to celebrate being part of the renowned institution with some dope performances at this year’s Yardfest.

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After sharing just about all the songs from The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack, you might as well go ahead with the videos, too. RZA & The Black Keys drop a video for their contribution to the project, “The Baddest Man Alive.”

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A Florida judge gave George Zimmerman’s lawyers access to Trayvon Martin’s personal information, including school and social media records, Friday (Oct. 19). Judge Debra S. Nelson ruled that Zimmerman’s defense team needs access to the information to determine whether or not the teen had a history of violence. “I think you’re entitled to those records,” […]