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J. Cole Opens Up About His Relationships With Drake, Kendrick Lamar: 'The Competition Part I’ve Stripped Away'
Jermaine Lamarr Cole is having one hell of a week. Not only is his latest album, The Off-Season, making the Billboard charts its bitch—it’s projected to sell over 300k in its first week—but the Roc Nation rapper also made his pro hoops debut on Sunday as a member of the Basketball African League’s Rwanda Patriots.…
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Kevin Durant Returns From 23-Game Absence Just to Remind Everyone the NBA Finals Are Over Before They Even Begin
Kevin Durant, who was last seen getting fined $50,000 for calling some attention-starved white boy a “pale pasty cum guzzling bitch,” made his triumphant return to the court last night. Did you hear? After missing the last 23 games with the left hamstring strain from hell, KD came off the bench in the second quarter…
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Kevin Durant Fined $50k for 'Offensive and Derogatory' Language…But Also Because Michael Rapaport Is Out Here Twitter Snitchin'
I agree with The Root’s Jay Connor’s advice to Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant on how to handle online taunts and criticism from every Tom, Dick and Michael Rapaport: Don’t. As we previously reported, Rapaport—aka if “I’m too pale to be wishing I was Black this bad” was a person—posted screenshots on Twitter recently revealing…
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Fear of God Founder Jerry Lorenzo Talks Nipsey Hussle, Using Fashion to Dismantle Stereotypes on The ETCs With Kevin Durant
If there’s one thing NBA superstar Kevin Durant is good for—besides knocking down a three in the clutch—it’s telling the truth to shame the devil. And while most celebrities in his position opt to ignore their detractors entirely, the two-time NBA champ has no problem whatsoever clapping back at trolls in interviews or on the…
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Brooklyn Nets Prepare for Inevitable Battle With Los Angeles Lakers by Acquiring Final Infinity Stone, LaMarcus Aldridge
As hoop heads wait for the inevitable championship showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, the Nets made a power move over the weekend with the acquisition of seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldridge, who agreed to a buyout with his previous employer, the San Antonio Spurs, joins a loaded Nets roster that already…
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HBCUs, Communities of Color Impacted by COVID-19 Will Be the Real Winners During NBA All-Star Weekend
We’re mere days away from NBA All-Star Weekend, and while it’s not exactly the brightest idea to host an event that will draw thousands of people to Atlanta in the middle of a global pandemic, that doesn’t mean there isn’t at least some good that can come from the festivities. On Tuesday, the NBA and…