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John Legend Celebrates Sade's New York Tour Stop
Most artists would dream of touring with iconic singer Sade. Luckily for Grammy Award-winner John Legend there's no need to dream. The Nigerian-born Brit selected Legend as her opening act on her...
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Ice-T
Filed under: Black Music Month Long before he was nabbing sexual offenders as a detective on NBC's popular crime drama series, 'Law & Order: SVU,' Ice-T was one of the original gangsta rap stars....
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Tarantino Unchains Django: It's Foxx
From Variety: After a monthlong casting search, Quentin Tarantino has found his next leading man, tapping Jamie Foxx to star in 'Django Unchained,' sources close to the production tell Variety. Read...
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Ideas Developed for Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle
From the Seattle Times: Three concepts for Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle will be unveiled at a workshop Thursday evening at the Northwest African American Museum. Read more here. Permalink | Email this...
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Study: Violent Video Games Reduce Violent Crime
From Thinq: According to the new data published by the FBI, those figures have seen an even sharper drop in the last two years which can be attributed to a number of factors according to the BBC. Top...
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Obama Orders Rapid Drawdown of U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
From the Los Angeles Times: Declaring that the "tide of war is receding," President Obama ordered a rapid withdrawal of the 33,000 "surge" troops he sent to Afghanistan and charted a path toward...
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Former USC Football Player Admits Taking Money While in School
From the Los Angeles Times: Former USC football player Lonnie White has admitted to accepting $14,000 in illegal payments during his four years at the school in the 1980s. White, who worked as a...
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Can Apple's Ron Johnson Put a Shine Back on J.C. Penney?
From Daily Finance: J.C. Penney (JCP) is banking on a key architect of Apple's (AAPL) winning retail formula to work his magic on the department store chain. The investment community has cheered the...
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Snapped: Rutina Wesley's Cookies and Creme Look at 'True Blood' Season 4...
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet Actress Rutina Wesley of HBO's 'True Blood' dressed up to celebrate the fourth season premiere of the sexy vampire show. She stepped on the red carpet in Los...
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Post-Racial Fallacy Killing Black Marketing Niche
Once upon a time advertisers saw the African-American consumer market as a unique audience, one requiring special messaging, perhaps a feel-good slogan or ads splashed with black faces or voices.Share...
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Missy Elliott Reveals Thyroid Disease Struggles
Filed under: Black Music Month Hip-hop star Missy Elliott has revealed that she has been suffering from Graves' disease, an incurable autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid.Share Tweet After...
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Clarence Thomas's Ethics Questioned
Filed under: Politics Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's "blackness" has long been questioned, but revelations of his off the bench relationships have now called into question his ethics.Share...
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White Aristocrat Leaves Everything to Black Assistant, Widow Very Unhappy
Filed under: NewsFrom Clutch Magazine: Lord Glennconner was a multimillionaire aristocrat who transformed the West Indian island of Mustique into a haven for other rich White folks. By all counts, he...
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Top 5 Songs That You Probably Didn't Know Were Remakes
Filed under: Black Music Month In the hundreds of cover songs that have ever been made, only a few can be regarded as doing justice to the original recordings. Here, we've listed our five favorite...
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Top 10 Songs That You Probably Didn't Know Were Remakes
Filed under: Black Music Month In the hundreds of cover songs that have ever been made, only a few can be regarded as doing justice to the original recordings. Here, we've listed our 10 favorite...
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Herman Cain Calls Reporters Who Quoted Him 'Stupid' and Jon Stewart a Racist
From the Los Angeles Times: Herman Cain may have found the perfect way to get media attention Wednesday: call the real journalists "stupid" for believing the words that come out of his mouth, and deem...
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What's So Shocking About Venus Williams's Wimbeldon Outfit?
Filed under: Celebrity Style Venus Williams is getting hit with a lot of criticism for her latest fashion choice, despite playing an excellent game at Wimbeldon earlier this week, winning a 6-3, 6-1...
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Larry Graham to Teach at Funk University
As teachers across America wrap up another year of lecturing, the time has come for students to enroll into another semester of Funk University. The online bass guitar academy, which was founded last...
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Watch Trailer For 'Color Outside The Lines: A Tattoo Documentary'
From indieWire: From Artemus Jenkins and acclaimed tattoo artist Miya Bailey comes the documentary film, Color Outside the Lines: A Tattoo Documentary. Ah, a topic close to my heart! From their...
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Cleveland Cavaliers Select Kyrie Irving as First Overall Pick in NBA Draft
From the Guardian: The Cleveland Cavaliers selected the Duke point guard Kyrie Irving with the first overall pick in the NBA draft, as they set about rebuilding a team that set new standards for...
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