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If Hillary Clinton Really Wanted to Be ‘Down,’ She Would Have Mentioned Frank’s RedHot Sauce
Hillary Clinton has been on a roll recently. A pandering roll, some might say. She was seen playing dominoes last week, and—gasp—she actually won. Or got lucky. And then there’s her recent appearance on The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne tha God and company. During Clinton’s interview, she told the crew that she keeps hot sauce…
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More Men Come Forward to Accuse Afrika Bambaataa of Sex Abuse
All it took was for one man to come forward and speak about alleged sexual abuse by Afrika Bambaataa. When Ronald Savage told his horrid story of the numerous times he says the hip-hop pioneer sexually abused him when he was a teenager, he got the world’s attention. And now, in an interview with the New…
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Afrika Bambaataa Comments on Sexual Assault Allegations
Last week, Ronald “Bee Stinger” Savage came forward with his story of sexual assault at the hands of rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. Savage, 50, alleged that the rapper had molested him several times, starting when Savage was 15 years old. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Savage said he was speaking out in order…
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Underground Recap: Troubled Water
No one said running was going to be easy. And Noah (Aldis Hodge), Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Henry (Renwick Scott) and Cato (Alano Miller) have figured that out for themselves the hard way. Although they all have one goal in mind, there’s friction among the group, and it looks as though everyone is turning on one…
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Kobe Bryant Scores 60 Points in Last Game; Final Words Are ‘Mamba Out’
Everyone knew the day would come, and Wednesday night, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers played his last game in the NBA. The sold-out Staples Center got a show as Bryant scored a season high of 60 points, which catapulted the struggling team to a win over the Utah Jazz. In the stands were…
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A Year Later, Rachel Dolezal Is Still Here and Writing a Book About Race
It’s been a year since the world was force-fed the racial antics, orange tan and kinky wig of Rachel Dolezal. How can we forget the white woman who posed as a black woman and worked her way through an NAACP chapter in Spokane, Wash.? Not only did Dolezal lie about her race to her colleagues,…
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Radio Veteran Doug Banks Dies at 57
Radio and television veteran Doug Banks has died at the age of 57. Although the cause of death hasn’t been released, many have speculated that his death was due to diabetes complications. The Philadelphia-born, Detroit-raised Banks got his start doing local radio but was soon hosting his own syndicated show, The Doug Banks Morning Show,…
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#YesImARocketScientist: Graduating Aerospace Engineer Tiffany Davis Breaks the Internet
When a given task isn’t hard, usually people will say, “It’s not rocket science.” But there’s at least one graduating senior who’s dedicated her education and upcoming career to the future of rocket science. Meet Tiffany Davis, an aerospace-engineering major who graduates next month from Georgia Tech. Last week, Davis tweeted a senior photo with…
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Ronald Savage, Afrika Bambaataa Sex-Abuse Accuser, Speaks Out
Ronald Savage says he was only 15 years old when the “founder” of hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa, first sexually assaulted him. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Savage, a now 50-year-old New York political activist, tearfully recalled the incidents he alleged and spoke publicly about how he wants to help change statute of…
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Blood, Sweat & Heels Star Daisy Lewellyn Loses Battle With Cancer
Updated Friday, April 8, 2016, 1:12 p.m. EDT: Bravo released an official statement on the death of Daisy Lewellyn: We are devastated to learn that Daisy Lewellyn from Bravo’s Blood, Sweat & Heels has passed away this morning after a battle with a rare form of cancer. Daisy passed on in peace and filled with joy,…
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