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Yo Gotti and Roc Nation’s Threats to Sue Mississippi Over ‘Inhumane’ Prison System Already Yielding Fast Results

If you listen to some of their lyrics, you would think that they could give zero f—-s about other people’s problems. But don’t ever say that Yo Gotti and Jay-Z didn’t use their powers for good. The Memphis-born rap artist and New York-born hip-hop mogul threatened to sue the state of Mississippi with a civil…

By

Brooklyn Baldwin

Published

January 11, 2020
News

Watch: Judge Goes Off After Black Woman Appears in Her Court Without Pants

In a sad story making its rounds on social media, a black woman who appears to be wearing no pants for a court date gets serious backing from the judge—a woman—she stood before, a jurist who was truly irate at the state of her appearance. WDRB reports that the unidentified inmate was brought to Jefferson…

By

The Root Staff

Published

July 30, 2016