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Weezy F. Baby May Spend Quiet Time Up North
Even Mr. Carter didn’t say “Skate, Wayne!” on this one. Rapper Lil’ Wayne pleaded guilty today to weapons’ charges stemming from a search of his tour bus following a show in New York City in 2007. There is supposedly credible DNA evidence linking him to the firearm—though attorneys are still battling over the veracity of…
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Listen Up! RZA Authors Book on Lessons of Life
RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan sits down with NPR’s Michel Martin to discuss ‘The Tao of Wu’, a book on seven pillars of wisdom. A bit on the RZA interview to catch you up: Robert F. Diggs is affectionately known to fans as The RZA of the popular hip-hop group The Wu-Tang Clan. But aside…
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The First Lady Says: I'm Ready to Knuckle Up for '16 Games in Chicago
Michelle Obama says she ready to take the gloves off. She and her husband are making a real push for the 2016 Olympic Games to be in Chicago and she—and the gun show—are putting everyone on notice. From CNN: “It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners,” the first lady said…
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Brick City: Newark's Real Reality Show
In the first few minutes of Brick City, a five-episode miniseries airing this week on the Sundance Channel, it’s easy to see the parallels to HBO’s The Wire. Young and charismatic Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, 40, is the black Tommy Carcetti. Newark’s gangbangers are Baltimore’s drug kingpins. Then there’s the police director and police…
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Chris Brown Looks Innocent
Chris Brown was never supposed to be this kind of boy. Mothers always warn their daughters about those other types: the Lil Waynes, the Mike Tysons; the “tough guys” with rap sheets as harsh as their public personas. That guy was not doe-eyed, dimple-cheeked Chris Brown. Or at least not until seven months ago. Before…
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Bring Me That Old Time Reporting
Back in the ‘90s, when I was a cub reporter for the Chicago Tribune, I had the privilege of being hazed by my very first editor, Jim Gallagher. Gallagher was your serious Old School metro desk editor: Irish-American, New Yorker, chain smoker, a man possessing an exceedingly big voice and an exceedingly short fuse. “Wiltz!”…
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Will the Real Reformers Please Stand Up?
Just when I thought that gun-toting, “universal healthcare is socialism!” shouting crazies could only be found in Rural Town USA or behind the Fox News desk, I was proved wrong, when liberal healthcare reformists began attacking RNC Chairman Michael Steele at Howard University. Steele was on HU’s campus speaking about—well, I’m not really sure what…
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Mary J. Blige Reminds Us Why She's Still "The One"
Auto Tune, just like all the other fads of ’09—including Rihanna-esque haircuts and reality shows about baby mamas and housewives—was fun at first, but quickly became overdone and just plain pathetic. I enjoyed Kanye West’s all-Auto Tune album, 808s and Heartbreaks. But I draw the line when it begins to help untalented singers trick us…
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Obama Eulogizes Ted Kennedy
President Barack Obama led the nation Saturday in mourning and remembering “the greatest legislator of our time,” celebrating the indelible impact of Edward M. Kennedy as a senator for nearly a half-century and leader of America’s most famous family during tragedy and triumph. Delivering an emotional, simple eulogy for Kennedy that capped a two-hour Roman…
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Teddy the Radical
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is being lionized as an extraordinary legislator, a champion of civil rights, health care and education, and the caring patriarch of America’s royal family. He was all that. For African Americans, however, he was even more. Ted Kennedy was a white liberal who believed in black power, black political power, and…