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The number of people that Chris Brown has collaborated with over the course of his career thus far is pretty impressive, but Keyshia Cole is not one of the artists on that lengthy list. Keyshia got the sudden urge to hop on Twitter and engage in a brief Q&A session with her fans on Thursday […]

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Meek Mill just cannot seem to catch a break in 2015 and it looks like things have just gotten worse. The 28-year-old MMG rapper appeared in court today to testify on his own behalf and plead with the judge presiding over his probation violation case not to send him back to prison. However, despite valiant […]

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Talented R&B songstress Melanie Fiona has been laying relatively low on the music scene this year, but she recently resurfaced with some inspiring new music and an accompanying video. It’s been three years since the release of Melanie’s last album The MF Life and she’s been gradually gifting her fans with more new tunes lately as […]

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Like most of the episodes this season and the two that came before it, the season 3 finale for BET’s hit drama series “Being Mary Jane” shed light on several hard-hitting issues affecting the show’s most prominent demographic. In addition to tackling interracial dating and the plight of Black women in the workforce, tonight’s episode […]

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Pittsburgh, PA hip hop artist Mac Miller has never been your conventional rapper, but his latest stream of consciousness still came as a slight surprise to his massive fan base. On Tuesday evening, the 23-year-old emcee stirred up the already-heated conversation surrounding the topics of reverse racism and the lack of public support for the Black Lives Matter movement […]

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Mississippi rap duo Rae Sremmurd has had quite the whirlwind year and they aren’t letting anything stop their shine. Since dropping their debut album SremmLife back in January just after wrapping up a tremendously successful 2014, the barely legal twosome has kept their momentum going throughout 2015 and have now closed out the year in similar fashion. […]

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Nicki Minaj is doing what she can to help prevent Meek Mill from going back to jail. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Meek violated his probation by traveling out of town without notifying the court and in turn could be back behind bars soon if a judge determines that his violation is enough […]

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Ladies and gentleman, ’tis the season to be Dreamville. In case you’re not already familiar, Dreamville is the label and brand founded by talented hip hop lyricist J.Cole. Among other things, the label is home to a handful of rising hip hop artists including Queens, NY native Bas, Chicago wordsmith Omen, and west coast emcee Cozz. […]

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If you’ve been anywhere near sports over the course of the last year, then you already know that Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Since helping his team clench their first NBA Championship in 40 years this past summer, Curry has rose to […]

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Last month, fans were shocked and saddened when Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz (aka Lil Boosie) revealed that he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Although Boosie deleted the original post from his personal Instagram page confirming his diagnosis, many were left wondering what this meant for him, especially considering his 2014 revelation that he’s also […]

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North West is officially a big sister. After somewhat of a difficult pregnancy, Kim Kardashian gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. on Saturday morning with husband Kanye West by her side, according to PEOPLE reports. Although Kim’s original due date was rumored to be around Christmas day, she shared […]

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been moved into segregation after a shank was found in his prison cell. Hernandez is 7 months into his life sentence handed down in April after he was convicted of first-degree murder in connection to the death of a close friend. He was moved into a […]