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Legendary music industry executive Chris Lightly has died. Lighty founded Violator Entertainment and handled the careers of some of Hip Hop’s biggest names. Rest in Peace, Chris.

A former fifth-grade teacher embroiled in Atlanta’s ongoing widespread cheating scandal allegedly admitted to helping the students cheat because they were ‘dumb as hell.”

CNN have finally reported on the racist attack on a black camerawoman at the Republican National Convention. Though the network released a brief statement regarding the incident, last night was the first time they’d addressed the incident on-air. What took them so long?

Lupe Fiasco’s “Bitch Bad” has been the topic of conversation all around the internet this week. Lauders and critics alike are leading conversations about the song which takes on the misogynistic trend in hip hop of reducing women to vulgar names and sexual objects. The rapper has stated that he released the song for the […]

A group of Chicago teens have compiled a series of letters detailing their thoughts on the riding tide of violence in their hometown. “Don’t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up” offers a vital perspective. Check it out after the jump!

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe show this morning, Chris Matthews went off on Reince Priebus over alleged race-baiting language from GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Check out their heated exchange at BlackYouthProject.com!

In her upcoming interview with Oprah, Gabby opens up about the bullying and racism she experienced while training at a gym in Virginia. A fewllow gymnast routinely referred to Douglas as her “slave.”

Recently, celebrity couple Jay-Z and Beyonce–who often traipse around awards ceremonies and other events as if they are the emperor and empress of a nation to which all young rappers and other wannabes are begging for citizenship–were criticized by civil rights leader and entertainer Harry Belafonte for their lack of political involvement. Beyonce’s camp. who […]

19 people were shot in overnight shootings on the South and West sides of Chicago. 13 of them were wounded over a period of just 30 minutes.

Hampton University has banned some of it’s male business students from wearing dreadlocks or cornrows. Sid Credle, dean of Hampton’s business school, maintains that such hairstyles prevent students from securing employment once they graduate. What do you think?

Music is an instrument for movements. It is an apparatus strategically utilized by those who fight in the name of the struggle. It is a means to an end that places final solutions in the context of what is only a hope of achieving genuine equality. Music is voice, and voices, and collectives who speak […]

Lupe Fiasco recently premiered a music video for his much talked about track “Bitch Bad.” The video perfectly underscores the track’s examination the impact of our culture’s obsession with “positive” and “negative” uses of the word bitch. What are your thoughts on “Bitch Bad?”