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Even Hollywood Knows the Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing ta F–k Wit
So, technically maybe Tinseltown doesn’t know, but a YouTube user meticulously took cuts from various Hollywood movies to make the greatest supercut of a Wu-Tang Clan song ever. Warning: This is definitely NSFW. You know, there’s the f-bomb and what-not. Jukka-Pekka Bohm says he used Subzin to compile the quotes to make out Wu-Tang’s hit…
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Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Assault
It looks as though the last of Chris Brown’s legal issues are over for now. Today, in front of a Washington, D.C., judge, Brown pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in his D.C. assault case. Last year Brown and his bodyguard Chris Hollosy were arrested after hitting a fan outside the W Hotel in Washington, D.C.…
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CeeLo Green: People Who Have Really Been Raped Remember
On Friday, CeeLo Green pleaded no contest to a felony count of providing Ecstasy to a woman in 2012. The unnamed woman accused the former The Voice judge of spiking her drink after they met at a sushi restaurant. The woman stated that the next thing she remembered was awakening in a bedroom naked, with Green…
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New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of…
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Journalist’s Illustrations Document the Last Words of Unarmed Black Men
Over the last several weeks, we’ve witnessed the killings of young, black and unarmed men by police officers. It seems as though just being black and breathing is a good-enough reason to send a barrage of bullets through a man’s body. If we look back at these recent deaths, it’s clear that hunting season is…
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Talib Kweli to Don Lemon: ‘You Have No Respect for Who I Am’
Don Lemon isn’t the most popular kid on the block when it comes to his CNN coverage of Ferguson, Mo. The veteran news reporter has already been the butt of jokes and memes, and a recent run-in with rapper Talib Kweli has added fuel to the disdain some people hold for him. https://twitter.com/stereowilliams/status/500687345566613504 Kweli, who…
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Lauryn Hill Dedicates ‘Black Rage (Sketch)’ to Ferguson
Lauryn Hill is speaking out against the death of Michael Brown, who was killed last week by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. Hill rereleased her song “Black Rage (Sketch)” last night on her social network profiles. This recent version of the song was performed in her living room and is just as raw as…
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Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Challenge’
Over the last couple of weeks the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge,” to raise awareness of Lou Gehrig’s disease, has raised more than $15 million in donations. Everyone from celebrities to random grandmothers has taken part in the challenge by drenching themselves with buckets of ice water, all in the name of awareness about the degenerative…
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Donations Are Pouring in for Officer Darren Wilson as His ‘Fans’ Look for ‘Justice’
The world we live in is amazing. By “amazing,” I mean I’m constantly shaking my head at the audacity of some people. Take, for example, this GoFundMe page set up for Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. As of this post, the page has received more than $19,000 in…
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Rapper J. Cole Releases Michael Brown Tribute ‘Be Free’
“Can you tell me why, every time I step outside I see my niggas die?” is the question J. Cole asks in his new song “Be Free.” J. Cole penned the song in response to the killing of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Mo., police officer. “All we wanna do is take…
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