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Op Ed: Common vs Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and a proper burial

Op Ed: Common vs Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and a proper burial

Common vs Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and a proper burial by Brother Jesse Muhammad   “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our last respects to a ‘friend’ that has been dear to many musical artists, fans and readers….that ‘friend’ is HIP-HOP BEEF.” What forward-moving purpose does Hip-Hop beef serve? Can [...]

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Newt Gingrich Wants to Go to the NAACP  & Tell Black Folks to Get Off Food Stamps…

Newt Gingrich Wants to Go to the NAACP & Tell Black Folks to Get Off Food Stamps…

So today many of us woke up to the news of former House Speaker and Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich boldly stating that he was gonna address Black people at the upcoming NAACP Convention and tell us to Demand a Paycheck and Not Food Stamps…You can read the story of that HERE at the GRIO We [...]

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FBI Deem Activists as Terrorists But this is Nothing New-There’s a Long History

FBI Deem Activists as Terrorists But this is Nothing New-There’s a Long History

The other day I put out an article questioning why the FBI and other law enforcement outlets were not classifying the German man accused of setting 50 fires in LA, a terrorist. You can peep that HERE My main objective was to show you the hypocrisy of our government and those in power and how [...]

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Sh#& White Girls Say to Black Girls & Other Videos Like It…

Sh#& White Girls Say to Black Girls & Other Videos Like It…

So by now many have seen the variety of videos that speak to the issue of what people from certain demographics say to you..It started off with a video titled: Shit Girls Say.….That was the jump off and led to all sorts of spins offs ranging from Shit Dudes say to Girls  to Shit Southern [...]

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Why Aren’t We Calling the German Man Accused of Setting 50 Fires in LA, a Terrorist?

Why Aren’t We Calling the German Man Accused of Setting 50 Fires in LA, a Terrorist?

Harry Burkhart, a German national upset about the immigration status of him and his mother was said to be in court the other week  for his mother’s hearing yelling “F— the United States!” This same Harry Burkhart was just arrested, accused of setting more than 50 arson fires in Los Angeles including one at the [...]

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Making Room & Following the Lead of our Sisters in Hip Hop for 2012

Making Room & Following the Lead of our Sisters in Hip Hop for 2012

With 2012 upon us, we wanna encourage folks to seriously take some time to invest and make room in the cypher and at the proverbial Hip Hop roundtable table for our sistas who hold it down on the mic. There have been far too many discussions about where are the female emcees and why don’t [...]

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Skillz Out Does Himself w/ the Wrap Up 2012

Skillz Out Does Himself w/ the Wrap Up 2012

Skillz really out did himself on this years Wrap Up 2012.. he brought up hella incidents I completely forgot about.. props to him for being the official time keeper for our generation…I forgot about homeless guy with the Golden Radio Voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSn0XUkzheE Tweet

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A Look Back at Some of the Most Dubious, Shocking & Outlandish Moments of 2011

A Look Back at Some of the Most Dubious, Shocking & Outlandish Moments of 2011

2011 proved to be a year with some dubious, sometimes humourous, shocking and outlandish moments. For example we had an outrageous moment when Barack Obama wound up showing his birth certificate the world to prove his American Citizenship. Thanks to constant public doubting by people dubbed birthers and led by then potential presidential hopeful and [...]

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