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Rhymes & Reasons Interviews avery r. young About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed His Life

Actor Wendell Pierce Launches Grocery Store Chain in New Orleans Food Deserts

Happy Birthday to Soul Icon Marvin Gaye!

Magic Johnson’s Son Goes Public With Boyfriend; Parents ‘Very Proud’

Free Kindle Book: “UNASHAMED: The Process of Reconstruction””

Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA Uses Hip Hop to Teach Science in NYC Public Schools

Moms Start Petition Demanding Mattel Make Barbie Accessories for People of Color

India Arie Accused of Lightening Her Skin for Promotional Photo

Roland Martin: CNN Executives Hold Back Black Anchors

Forest Whitaker To Direct and Produce Richard Pryor Biopic

Daughter of Mother Whose Baby Was Killed Says Mom May Have Killed Him for Life Insurance Money

Rick Ross Responds to Rape Lyrics Controversy: ‘It Was a Misinterpretation’

Two Teens Accused of Murdering 13 Month-Old Baby Will Be Tried as Adults

Spike Lee and Harry Belafonte to Induct Public Enemy into Rock Hall of Fame

Ebony Magazine Examines the Struggles of Gun Violence Survivors in Chicago

A$AP Rocky Addresses Homophobia in Hip Hop: “It’s Crazy that This is Still an Issue”

CAMPAIGN: Upload A Video Letting Rick Ross Know that RAPE Lyrics will NOT be Tolerated

Rick Ross Raps About Committing Date Rape in New Song

Happy 71st Birthday to The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin

George Zimmerman’s Brother Compares Trayvon Martin to Alleged Baby-Killer De’Marquise Elkins

Fox Developing O.J. Simpson Trial Miniseries

Massachusetts Sheriff Refuses to Apologize for Obama Assassination Joke

Jada Pinkett Smith: Black Magazines Should Put White Women on Covers, and Vice Versa

Common Discusses His Efforts to Give Back to His Hometown

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Yoli Zapata About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her Life

History Channel’s ‘Satan’ Actor Looks Awfully Similar to President Obama

Kimani Gray’s Mother: ‘He Was Slaughtered, And I Want to Know Why’

President Obama: Michelle is Like Beyonce; ‘She Upgraded Me’

Lupe Fiasco Releases ‘Jonylah Forever’ (Jonylah Watkins Tribute)

Michael Vick Cancels Book Tour After Receiving ‘Threats of Violence’

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