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Watch: Iman Shumpert Sings to Newborn Daughter After Assisting Fiancee With Delivery
Calling it “the best assist I’ve ever recorded in my life,” Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert helped fiancee Teyana Taylor deliver their baby girl earlier this week in the bathroom of their home, according to his Instagram account. Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr. was born Wednesday at 6:42 a.m. after Taylor went into labor before her mid-January due…
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Parents Protest Charge Against Spring Valley High School Student After Violent Arrest
Black parents at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., and civil rights leaders have joined together in a call for charges to be removed against a 16-year-old student who was assaulted by a school resource officer who yanked her from her desk and tossed her across the floor in October, according to the Associated Press.…
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250,000 Sign Petition in Call for Emanuel and Alvarez to Resign Amid New Evidence
A wide coalition of activists have collected over 250,000 signatures on a petition that calls for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to step down immediately, according to Fox 32. ColorOfChange.org, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America and Credo collected the signatures after the elected officials failed to hold the Chicago Police Department accountable…
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Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Fight Wife’s Deposition in Defamation Suit
Lawyers representing seven women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault are seeking to depose the entertainer’s wife in a federal defamation lawsuit filed in Springfield, Mass., reports the Associated Press. Cosby’s lawyers on Friday filed a motion to block the subpoena against his wife, Camille, arguing that “information from the couple’s private conversations is…
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‘I Always Knew One Day I’d Go to Jail’
Twelve years before I released my debut album from prison, I was a baggy-jeaned middle schooler, rapping about how to get there. In the early 2000s, hip-hop was still under the spell of hypermasculine gangsta rap, and I emulated its heroes. Unfortunately, the “zero tolerance,” heavily policed Los Angeles school district only reinforced my narrative.…
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My Friends Didn’t Show Up at My Birthday Party, and I’m Ready to Drop-Kick Them
My boyfriend planned a surprise birthday celebration for me lasting over the course of three days. The first night, only two of the 10 friends that RSVP’d showed up. On my actual birthday, none of my friends showed up. On the last day, four of my friends showed up. Everyone else in attendance was a…
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A Cap-Off to N.W.A’s Stellar Year: They’re Being Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Did N.W.A cement their position as one of the most trailblazing groups in hip-hop this year or what? That happened largely because of the highly successful biopic Straight Outta Compton, which jogged people’s memories about how significant the group was to rap music. It also doesn’t hurt that N.W.A was finally selected to be inducted…
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Gilbert Arenas Mocks WNBA Players’ Looks and the League Claps Back
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. I get the feeling that the WNBA is going to look back and be mad that it gave this attention. Paying any dust to Gilbert Arenas’ inappropriate comments about how WNBA players are not physically attractive is pointless. Yep, Arenas got on…
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Meek Mill Broke Down on the Stand and Pleaded With a Philly Judge to Be Lenient
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. There’s a strong chance that Meek Mill is going back to prison after a Philadelphia judge found that he violated his probation, TMZ reports. Meek reportedly failed a drug test and left town without getting permission from the court first. Meek Mill…
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Nautical Movie Thriller, Now in Theaters, Ignores a Horrifying Racial Mystery
In the Heart of the Sea is the latest film from director Ron Howard, a special effects extravaganza with a rumored $100 million price tag. With a star-studded cast, it tells the story of the whaling ship Essex, which was attacked by a giant killer whale in 1820, a survivor’s tale so stirring that it…
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