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Calif. Jury Deadlocks in Case of Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison Before Murder Conviction Was Dismissed
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a California man who spent 16 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mistrial comes as a Compton jury deadlocked Tuesday on charges of mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon in the case against 42-year-old Reggie Cole,…
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The Game's "The Documentary 2" Is The Album I Wish Kendrick Lamar Would Have Released
I know that sounds absurd. But follow me. Kendrick Lamar dropped a seminal work in To Pimp A Butterfly, a work so full of Blackness and filled with so many musical styles and elements that even if you don’t love it you have to appreciate and respect his ability to articulate his worldview in his…
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On "Compton", Dr. Dre, and Still Loving NWA More Than I Probably Should
Let me put it out there upfront N.W.A. is my favorite rap group of all time. I will sing the praises of Eazy, Ren, Dre, and Cube (plus DJ Yella) until the cows come home. Except, there’s an asterisk on that last sentence. Because there has to be. But we’ll put a pin in that.…
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I Think Suge Knight Killed A Guy.
I’ve been plenty mad before in life. For instance, last night while watching Scandal, I felt myself saying “what in THE fuck?” is happening here and in my life way more than I intended to. Shonda Rhimes trolled the shit out of everybody last night. I needed a cigarette and had to listen to Rage…
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Waiting For 'Black Jesus' To Rise
(Aaron McGruder’s highly anticipated ‘Black Jesus’ debuted last night. Damon and Panama exchanged a few emails about it this morning.) So, let me tell you about my day yesterday. Between 8am and 11pm, I wrote an 800 word piece for EBONY, wrote a 400 word piece for Madame Noire, edited and formatted Alex’s piece yesterday,…