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Via | HotNewHipHop Lil Wayne has seemingly reconciled with Birdman, but he’s still suing him. Lil Wayne and Birdman have recently been spotted together at Drake’s NYE party, at Miami’s Club LIV, and even in the studio. Some have wondered if their apparent reconciliation mean Wayne would be dropping his $51 million lawsuit against the notoriously manipulative Birdman. But, […]

Via | HipHopDX The veteran rapper also doesn’t have any love for the Grammy Awards. Backlash for the upcoming 88th Academy Awards is at an all-time high in the wake of the controversy of African-American actors and actresses being shut out of the nominations for the second consecutive year. The one sole beacon of black […]

Via | HotNewHipHop R Kelly is not familiar with “I Want To Piss On You.” In a new interview with GQ, R. Kelly touched on his relationship with Aaliyah, said that he sometimes sleeps in the closet, and questioned the veracity of Bill Cosby’s accusers claims. The most intriguing detail to emerge from the interview, […]

Via | HotNewHipHop No word on 50 Cent’s donation to Flint. The city of Flint, MI is in the midst of a severe water crisis. Over 90,000 citizens have been exposed containing a toxic waste levels 10 times higher than the EPA limit. President Obama has declared a federal stage of emergency. As the state […]

Via | HipHopDX 2 Chainz continues giving through the proceeds from his Dabbin Santa Christmas sweaters. 2 Chainz donated a five-bedroom two-bathroom home to a family of 11 through his TRU Foundation. In a video posted on 2 Chainz’s YouTube page today (January 19), the rapper welcomes the family, which includes two sets of twins, […]

Via | Yahoo Governor Rick Snyder apologized to the residents of Flint, Michigan Tuesday evening for the failure in state, local and federal leadership resulting in a water contamination crisis that has consumed the city for nearly two years. “To you, the people of Flint, I say tonight as I have before, I am sorry […]

Via | CNN Jamie Foxx has played plenty of heroes on the big screen. Monday night he played one in real life. The Oscar winner helped rescue a man whose pickup truck crashed and caught fire in front of Foxx’s home. Foxx and an off-duty EMT cut Kyle out of his seat belt and dragged […]

Via | People Janet Hubert a.k.a. the original Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince of Bel Air has a lot to say about Jada Pinkett Smith and her thoughts about boycotting this year’sAcademy Awards. Hubert released a YouTube video on Monday bashing the 44-year-old actress for pondering the idea of an Oscars boycott when addressing the […]

Via | BET Time heals all wounds and that’s no different when it comes to Lil Wayne and Birdman. The two were seenpictured together on New Years Eve and it seemed to indicate that a path to positive reconciliation wasbeing set. Now, the beef-squashing is even more official as the two partied together at LIV […]

Via | USA Today From quotes on forgiveness to the struggle for racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr.’s words have continued to resonate with audiences, decades later. Over the past year, there have been over one million tweets containing quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr., according to Twitter. As the country prepares to observe Martin Luther […]

Via | Pitchfork A little later than expected, Kanye West has dropped “No More Parties in L.A.,” which features Kendrick Lamar. Listen to it above. Finish this story [here]  

Via | HipHopDX “Straight Outta Compton” was not nominated for Best Picture. Will Packer, Straight Outta Compton’sexecutive producer isn’t too happy with the recently released list of Oscar Award Nominations. His film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, but none of the actors or those who were calling the shots on set will receive the academy’s […]