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Rapper Performing During Shootout Inside Ark. Club Arrested on Gun Charges
A Memphis, Tenn.-based rapper who was headlining the Little Rock, Ark., show where 28 people were injured was arrested Sunday in Alabama on unrelated gun charges. AL.com reports that 25-year-old Ricky Hampton, better known as Finese 2Tymes, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals, the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) and the FBI…
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Steph Curry Scores Richest Deal in NBA History With $200,000,000 Contract
He might not be Michael Jordan, or even LeBron James, but Steph Curry has just agreed to what amounts to the richest deal in NBA history. The five-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is worth $201 million with no options, as confirmed by Curry’s agent Jeff Austin of Octagon. USA Today reports that Curry…
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Vegas ’Bout to Be Lit—With the Sticky Icky. Nev. Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Today
Just when you thought Vegas couldn’t get any better, it just goes ahead and keeps the party at 1,000. For the state that already has legalized prostitution and gambling, the legalization of cannabis might just make it a debaucher’s dream. At midnight on Saturday, two marijuana dispensaries in Reno, Nev., became two of the first…
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The Doctor Who Shot Up the Hospital in NYC? Yeah, He Was Black. Damn
As my little bio in at the end of this post notes, I am not into “respectability politics”—that is, giving a fuck about what white folks think about my choices, whether speaking “black English” (loudly, of course), giving my children black-ass names or tamping myself down in any way to fit into some vague notion…
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To ‘Sir’ (and ‘Rumi’) With Love? Maybe. Twitter Sounds Off
The unapologetic blackness of Jay-Z and Beyoncé continues. ’Cause you know black folks are real creative when it comes to our kids’ names. Celebrities, too. And they are both. And so, if the reports are true, the double spawn of Bey and Jay are Rumi and Sir, two unique names indeed. Rumi was a 13th-century…
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SC Restaurant Owner Says Confederate Flag Near His Business Has Caused Fistfights
A dead racist and staunch defender of the Confederate flag is causing mucho problems for an Orangeburg, S.C., restaurant owner. The drama begins with Maurice Bessinger, founder of the Maurice’s Piggie Park chain of barbecue restaurants across central South Carolina. Fox 4 reports that Bessinger was a proud segregationist who kept scores of Confederate memorabilia…
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Former NBA Player Marcus Camby Sued Over Nephew’s Death
A former NBA player is being sued over the wrongful death of his autistic nephew. ESPN reports that Marcus Camby has been named the defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old nephew in a pond on his Houston estate. The child, Marcus Carter McGhee, traveled to his uncle’s compound from…
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Bill Cosby’s Picture Erased From Ben’s Chili Bowl Mural
A mainstay in the African-American community has changed its mural and taken Bill Cosby—the man who put it on the map—off of it. Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, D.C., a onetime hole in the wall made famous for its hot smokes and chili, once exhibited a barrage of famous African Americans on its side…
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Black Teens Cuffed for Selling Water on National Mall
They can’t find the people hanging nooses all over federal grounds, but the U.S. Park Police are on it when it comes to illegal water-selling. A photo showing three African-American teens being handcuffed on the National Mall for selling water in extreme heat has sparked outrage, more proof that black teens are over-policed and shown…
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Halle Berry Says She Doesn’t Want to Hear About ‘Black Lives Matter’ but She’s No Sellout
Unlike some other celebs, Halle Berry did not embarrass herself when asked about the Movement for Black Lives. The recently pregnant-not-pregnant knockout did say she was tired of hearing about Black Lives Matter … with one redeeming caveat. According to HipHollywood, Berry had this to say during Cannes: In my world I get tired of…
