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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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Teyana Taylor Went Into Labor in Her Bathroom; Delivers Baby Girl Into Her Fiance Iman Shumpert’s Hands
R&B singer Teyana Taylor and her fiance, the NBA’s Iman Shumpert, became parents to a bouncing baby girl Wednesday morning. But Taylor didn’t have an ordinary delivery. In an Instagram post, she describes how she went into labor in her bathroom at home, and how she didn’t even know she was in labor until she…
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Watch the Trailer for the Toni Braxton Movie to Air on Lifetime
The trailer for the Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart biopic that will air on Lifetime next month is out, and it looks like the film will stay true to the singer’s story. The trailer shows glimpses of the rocky journey that the sultry-voiced icon has been on while in the music industry. We see Lex…
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John Boyega Says Racist Star War Fans Are ‘Victims of a Disease in Their Mind’
It’s John Boyega’s moment. He’s a Nigerian Brit and a relative newcomer to the Hollywood movie industry, so it’s huge that he was cast in a lead role in The Force Awakens, the newest movie in the beloved Star Wars franchise. But while Boyega has been enjoying his moment in the spotlight, he’s also…
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