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Daily Archives: Jul 9, 2013

8Ball's Appearance at Indigo Bar Was Pretty Terrible

The bar isn't set particularly high for entertaining drunk folks at a club appearance. Most of the time a rapper, R&B singer or...

Standing on the Other Side of an Equal Sign

For decades now, July 4th has always compelled in me to reconsider, and more deeply appreciate, Frederick Douglass’ famous oration of 1852. Of...

Fighting to Reverse the Shameful Voting Rights Decision

The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation.  Its passage was secured with the courage, grit...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Becoming the New Thurgood Marshall

If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is not Sonia Sotomayor, the...

16-Year-Old WondaGurl Produced Beat For Jay-Z’s New Album

Jay-Z reached out to a number of producers while creating "Magna Carta Holy Grail," his 12th studio album. The usual suspects — Timbaland, Pharrell, and Swizz Beats — were there, but a budding 16-year-old producer from Canada, Ebony Oshunrinde, a.k.a. WondaGurl (pictured), also made her mark on the album, according to The Star.com. ...

Lawrence Taylor’s Son Arrested on Rape, Child Molestation Charges in Georgia

The son of NFL great Lawrence Taylor was arrested in Georgia on Sunday on three counts of statutory rape, sodomy and child molestation, the New York Daily News reports. Lawrence Taylor Jr., 31, was jailed without bond in Powder Springs, about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta. The ...

‘Angry Trayvon’ App Pulled From Google Play Store After Sparking Outrage [Video]

UPDATE: 12:00 A.M. EST: The app is no longer available in the Google app store. ———————————————————————————————- If you find George Zimmerman’s defense team’s framing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as a violent, weed-smoking teen who caused his own untimely death repulsive, then prepare yourself for the ‘Angry Trayvon’ app. Available in the ...

Tracy Martin Says He Never Denied It Was Trayvon’s Voice on 911 Call [Video]

(AP) — Trayvon Martin’s father testified Monday that he never denied it was his son’s voice screaming for help on a 911 call, contradicting police officers’ earlier testimony at George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial. Tracy Martin was the latest in a series of witnesses called by lawyers on both sides who are seeking to ...

Yasiin Bey (AKA Mos Def) Reenacts Guantánamo Bay Force-Feeding Procedure

Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has always been known as one of hip hop’s most conscience rappers, always willing to use his rhythmic prose to challenge the status quote. Though his latest attempt at bringing public attention to the force feeding procedure carried out at Guantanamo Bay not only shakes you mentally; the sight of his ...

50 Cent Bashes Son Via Text: You F*cking, Stupid A**hole

Corporate brand, hip-hop mogul and rapper Curtis Jackson, a.k.a 50 Cent, may win a lot of awards, but Father of the Year is not one of them. Radar Online captured screen shots of an angry text exchange with his 16-year-old son Marquise Jackson, Jackson’s son with ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins. Radar Online confirmed that the texts originated from ...

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