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Why a Utah Man Says He Got a Maaaad Disrespectful LeBron James Tat on His Leg
There’s hateration, and then there’s hating on the next level. Case in point: a Salt Lake City man got a “crying face LeBron James” tattoo on his leg because he says it will bring him a lifetime of joy. “LeBron is definitely a legend, but he’s the biggest crybaby legend of all time,” Kallen Gilleese…
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Dallas Cop Faces Charges in Shooting Death of 21-Year-Old Woman
A Dallas police officer will face aggravated assault charges for firing into a moving car at least 13 times and killing a 21-year-old woman, authorities say. He will most likely face no consequences for taking this young woman’s life. Thirty-nine-year-old Dallas Police Officer Christopher Hess has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal-affairs investigation…
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Black Writer Sues, Says All Eyez on Me Ripped From His Work
An African-American journalist is suing the makers of All Eyez on Me, the Tupac biopic, alleging that the filmmakers used his work to write and inform the script, but didn’t got his permission or compensate him. Kevin Powell, a former writer for Vibe magazine, is asking a judge to immediately stop the film from being…
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All Eyez on Me Not So Much a Box-Office Flop
The new Tupac Shakur biopic, All Eyez on Me, released on what would have been the rapper’s 46th birthday, came in third place at the box office this weekend, behind Wonder Woman and Cars 3. Directed by Benny Boom and starring Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac, the film grossed $27.1 million from 2,471 theaters, surpassing…
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Cuba Calls Out Donald Trump, US: Don’t Get Hincty With Us, Racist Hypocrites
In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration’s lifted restrictions with Cuba, the Castro government released a lengthy statement saying that the U.S. is in “no condition” to lecture them, especially given the sorry state of race relations in the U.S. “We have deep concerns by the respect…
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Rapper Juvenile Jailed for $150,000 in Back Child Support
One of the original Hot Boyz is in hot water over back child support. New Orleans rapper Juvenile (government name: Terius Gray) has been jailed after a judge found that he owes $150,000 in child support payments, according to the New Orleans Advocate. The 40-year-old rapper was taken to jail moments after he ended a…
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On 2-Year Anniversary of Massacre, Mother Emanuel AME Church Announces Memorial to Honor Shooting Victims
The Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., announced Saturday that it was retaining the designer of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to craft a permanent monument to the nine victims who lost their lives to racist terror on June 17, 2015. Israeli-American architect Michael Arad was selected to create a…
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Where the Hell Are the Police? Another Noose Found on National Mall
Surely, with all of the camera surveillance as well as several branches of police (federal, local, military, etc.) patrolling one of the most tourist-laden places in these United States, one would think that there would be an arrest or some movement in this noose-hanging frenzy going on all over the National Mall. However, these noose-placing…
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Prosecutor Announces Cosby Will Be Retried in Sex Assault Case
Updated Sunday, June 18, 2017, 10:15 a.m. EDT: Bill Cosby will be retried on sexual assault charges, the Montgomery County, Pa., District Attorney’s Office announced Saturday after a mistrial was declared earlier that day. In a press conference after the announcement, prosecutor Kevin Steele said that Andrea Constand is entitled to a verdict in the…
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Jay Z Blasts ‘Exploitative’ US Bail Industry in Father’s Day Essay
Jigga Jay Z, riding high from his induction in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and possibly bouncing two new babies at his knee, took on a far more somber topic in a recent Father’s Day essay. With a byline that reads “Shawn Carter,” Jay strongly spoke out in Time magazine against the current U.S. bail system,…
