In the nearly 20 years since Tupac Shakur was shot, there have been so many versions of the story that most of that night’s accounts can be filed under tall tales and the people who tell them. Everyone and their grandma has attempted at some point to cash in on the rehashing of that night. […]

It’s been three years since the passing of gangsta singer Nate Dogg, yet his estate is still not settled. Nate Dogg’s six children are still fighting over the sale of Nate’s Pomona, California home. As the story goes, when Nate Dogg passed, he left his home to his six children. However, a mere two days […]

When it comes to getting props on the internet, people will go to extreme  lengths just for a virtual co-sign. One Spanish young man paid the ultimate price trying to take an extreme selfie. A 21-year-old man died when he got on top of a parked train and tried to take a selfie. While on […]

Tragedy struck the popular music festival SXSW. A car busted through barricades and struck 25 people leaving two dead, five in critical condition, and the rest with injuries. To make the already terrible situation worse, the driver of the vehicle is suspected to have been driving drunk. According to the Austin Police Department, the accident happened on […]

The fallout from the death of Whitney Houston is still happening two years since she passed. One of the responding officers is suing the LAPD for being fired after he reported a colleague for ogling Houston’s lifeless body at the scene. Sgt. Brian Weir filed a lawsuit against the police department, alleging  his co-worker Sgt. […]

It’s a sad day in Hip-Hop. The son of the late Sylvia Robinson, Rhondo Robinson died in New Jersey Tuesday morning at 43 years old. Many remember Rhondo’s mother Sylvia Robinson for being the founder of Sugar Hill Records. Rhondo Robinson served as the Vice President of Sugar Hill Records which means that any modern […]

While the film world was mourning the loss of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor LeVar Burton was on Twitter damn near inciting a virtual riot. When it was announced Hoffman died due to a drug overdose, the former “Star Trek” star sent out a crass tweet that left many of Burton’s fans wondering why […]

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This is so sad. And this information is what no one wanted to hear. Academy Award winning and distinguished actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was allegedly found with a needle hanging out of his arm and heroin nearby. RELATED: Oscar Winner Philip Seymour-Hoffman Dead At 46 According to TMZ sources, Hoffman was found in his bathroom with a […]

It’s a sad time in the literary world. Controversial poet and author Amiri Baraka died yesterday in a Newark, New Jersey hospital. Baraka, whose real name is LeRoi Jones, had been in the intensive care unit since December 23. The last Poet Lauret of New Jersey suffered from diabetes for years, but the actual cause […]

It’s been nearly a year since actor Michael Clark Duncan passed away and yet he still isn’t resting in peace. His tomb remains unmarked due to a beef between Duncan’s fiancee Omarosa and his family.   According to reports, the fight is over a bronze plaque that’s set to be placed on Michael Clark Duncan’s […]

The passing of world leader Nelson Mandela has effected the world in various ways. While some have chosen to grieve by shedding tears and posting status updates on Facebook and Twitter, rapper The Game took a more permanent approach. He got a tattoo of Mandela looking out of the window of his Robbin Island prison […]

The world lis still trying to wrap its head around the loss of South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela meant so much to so many different people that the outpouring of emotion is hard to deal with. Arsenio Hall learned of passing of Mandela as he was preparing for his show that featured […]