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Rhymefest on executive producing THE PLEDGE Mixtape: “Hip Hop can be used as a tool or a weapon, and I wanted to inspire more artists to use it as a tool.” The Pledge Mixtape is a 13-song compilation of various artists taking back their communal power through music.

Although Frank Ocean is clearly the R&B man of hour, don’t expect to find his album at your nearest Target. The big box chain as decided not to carry Ocean’s CD. Target says its because the album was already released digitally, not homophobia. Do you believe them?

Chris Brown’s latest album Fortune sold 134,000 copies this week. Why has Chris Brown endured? Has the public forgiven him for his violent past?

Frank Ocean made his television debut last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Backed by The Roots, Ocean sang “Bad Religion” from his album, Channel Orange, which was released yesterday. Will you be copping Ocean’s new album?

A protestor at NYC’s historic march to end Stop & Frisk (Photo by Paradise Gray) On my way to participate in Verdict Day, the 2 year anniversary of the guilty verdict for  Johannes Mehserle in the murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, CA, I received a call from my good friend Rosa Clemente about a […]

If I could speak to him directly, I would say “Frank Ocean you have become revolutionary.” Every person that breaks normative ideas of sexuality and gender becomes a revolutionist. These paradigm shifters become life changing for every little boy that grew up wanting to put on a ballerina dress but couldn’t because of the fear […]

A Florida Judge has granted George Zimmerman’s request for a second bond and release from jail. Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. has set Zimmerman’s bond has at $1 million. Should he have been granted bond? Sound off below!

Check out the trailer for the all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias,” starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, and Jill Scott. Will you watch?

Marcus Jordan, son of Michael Jordan and a basketball player at the University of Central Florida, was arrested on Omaha, Nebraka earlier this morning.

I’m officially some sort of pop culture martyr. The BET Awards were last night. And instead of going my usual Sunday evening television watching route, I dissed the Gorga/Giudice feud for Sam Jackson and n’em. For those of you who missed it, forgot, or thought better of it, I noted the important moments and provided […]

Kenyan model Ajuma Nasenyana has spoken out against the practice of skin lightening and the damaging effects of a European standard of beauty. Why don’t more high profile people like Ajuma Nasenyana speak out on this issue?

Today a historic Supreme Court ruling banned mandatory life sentences for children convicted of homicide. The ruling affirms that young offenders should be given “a meaningful opportunity to show they have rehabilitated themselves and are appropriate candidates for release.”