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'Back to the Drawing Board': Ice Cube Provides an Official Update on How John Witherspoon's Death Will Impact Last Friday
Since John Witherspoon’s untimely passing in October, fans have wondered how some of his most iconic characters will continue on in their respective film and television franchises. Jenifer Lewis has volunteered to fill in for Grandpa in Aaron McGruder’s forthcoming The Boondocks revival, but we have yet to get any official word on how the…
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More Than Music: Diddy’s Revolt Summit Touches Down in Los Angeles
After conquering the Billboard charts with Bad Boy Entertainment, the beverage industry with Ciroc, fashion with Sean John, and both film and television with Revolt Films and Revolt TV, the man who once warned us he “can’t stop, won’t stop” has introduced his latest contribution to the culture: the Revolt Summit. Priding itself as the…
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Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long and More Attend John Singleton's Private Funeral, Public Memorial Service to Be Held in Coming Weeks
On Monday, May 6, friends and family gathered in Los Angeles to pay their respects to iconic filmmaker John Singleton. Singleton was taken off of life support and died on April 29 after suffering a major stroke on April 17. He was 51 years old. Cast members of Singleton’s directorial debut, Boyz n the Hood,…
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Lamar Odom Says He's Still Battling Addiction But Adds, 'Getting High Is Not on My Agenda'
When it comes to his addiction, Lamar Omar says he’s winning the battle but still fighting the war. “Getting high is not on my agenda,” Odom told TMZ Sports Thursday. Odom is set to join the “Enemies” squad in Ice Cube’s Big 3 league, aka “The league of extraordinarily old basketball players.” This will mark…
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Bill Maher Kicks Off Black History Month with a Popeyes Chicken Joke That Will Probably Make You Throw Hands
Remember that time when “comedian” Bill Maher told Republican Senator Ben Sasse: “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a house nigger”? And everyone from Chance the Rapper to Ice Cube came for his neck and told him to shut that shit up before a curb stomping ensued? Or the time he disrespected the legacy of recently-deceased…
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Bloody Beefs in the Social Media Age: Ice Cube and MTV Studios to Reboot Celebrity Deathmatch
Celebrity Deathmatch back. Well, it will be, thanks to Ice Cube. Many of us remember sitting down in front of the TV and watching stop-motion animated bloody fights between celebrities as part of our wildest fantasies. It gave us the opportunity to see what would happen if celebrity beefs were transported to the ring in…
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Ice Cube and LL Cool J Have Plans for World Domination
Don’t call it a comeback. They’ve been here for years. After conquering Hollywood and breathing new life into relics like Allen Iverson with his wildly successful Big3 basketball league, Ice Cube and serial Blistex connoisseur LL Cool J are joining forces to scoop up some television networks. And by some, I mean 22. According to…
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Suge Knight, the Red Menace, Hit With 28 Years in Prison
Murder was the case that they gave him, and days before his trial was slated to begin, the man who many (and by “many” I mean “me”) believe sucked the soul out of hip-hop, is receiving his just desserts. Marion “Suge” Knight recently entered a plea of no contest to a charge of voluntary manslaughter…
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10 Thoughts About Boyz n The Hood, Released 27 Years Ago Today, and Why It Still Matters
On July 12, 1991, Boyz n the Hood hit theaters nationwide after early screenings in Los Angeles and New York City. As a 12-year-old living in Germany at the time who saw it while visiting relatives in Five Points, Ala., that summer, the movie changed a lot for me. Apparently, I wasn’t alone. 1. I…
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Ice Cube’s Big3 Becomes 1st Pro League to Allow Athletes to Use Cannabidiol for Pain Management
It makes perfect sense that a rapper’s basketball league would be the first professional sports outfit to allow the use of cannabidiol, or CBD, for its players. I mean, there’s a long history of Mary Jane and hip-hop, and hip-hop and sports, so why not A=C: weed and sports? The New York Daily News reports…