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  • Rapper Lil B Calls for a ‘Black Panther Moment’ in Video Game Culture

    Lil B is a lot of things: rapper, Based God, goth-girl lover and outspoken gaming nerd. In an interview with English electronic-music publication Fact magazine from February (it just landed on my radar! Sorry!), B (real name Brandon McCartney) discusses a lack of diversity in gaming culture, suggesting that video games need their own “Black…

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  • Dave Chappelle Is Being Sued by Some Guy Who Threw a Banana Peel at Him

    You read that headline correctly. According to the Associated Press, a white man named Christian Englander, who threw a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a 2015 performance in Santa Fe, N.M., is suing the comedian and another man believed to be his bodyguard. Englander’s lawsuit, filed Friday, claims that the assumed bodyguard struck him…

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  • Fabolous Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges: Report

    On Wednesday, Brooklyn, N.Y.-born rapper Fabolous was arrested on charges of domestic violence. Fabolous (real name John David Jackson) allegedly assaulted his girlfriend of over a decade, and former star of VH1’s reality-television show Love & Hip-Hop, Emily B (real name Emily Bustamante) in their Englewood, N.J., home. According to TMZ, Emily B contacted the…

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  • What’s Going on Between Kanye West and Former Marvel CEO David Maisel? Hmmm

    Something’s in the water (good and bad?) between Marvel folks and rapper-moguls. A little over a week ago, FX released a statement confirming that Marvel, Donald Glover and his brother Stephen pulled the plug on an animated Deadpool show. This morning, Glover tweeted that he wasn’t too busy to complete the show—as previously assumed—and shared…

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  • Amber Rose Ends the Instagram Idiots Who Called Her Son Gay for Liking Taylor Swift

    What kind of moron tries to drag a child? It’s a question Amber Rose knows too well, and that’s a damn shame. On Tuesday the SlutWalk advocate shared a video of her 5-year-old son, Sebastian, opening up a surprise gift from Taylor Swift—tickets to one of her upcoming concerts—because he loves Swift! She’s got hits!…

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  • The Tour Will Never End: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Announce More On the Run ll Concert Dates

    Allow me, a Beyoncé and Jay-Z expert, to break down the goddamn saga that was Bey and Jay’s On the Run II Tour announcement: At the beginning of this month, whoever runs Queen B’s Ticketmaster and Facebook pages made a “mistake” (that’s music industry for “caused purposeful chaos”) when a Philadelphia concert date for a…

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  • Where Is the Justice for R. Kelly’s Victims?

    Since the heinous sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein came to light last fall, the entertainment industry has faced a reckoning … sort of. The #MeToo movement has inspired victims of sexual misconduct to come forward with their stories of abuse, and we’ve seen some (only some) horrible, powerful people face consequences for their actions.…

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  • Beyoncé and Jay-Z Have Finally Confirmed Their On the Run II Tour: Check Out the Dates

    Looks like Beyoncé and Jay-Z have finally ended our misery and announced their long-rumored joint tour, On the Run II (this marks their second time hitting the road together since 2014’s On the Run). Thank God. You might recall the rumor mill kicking off last Monday when Queen Bey’s Facebook and Ticketmaster pages revealed a previously…

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  • Shaquille O’Neal Is Launching a Secret EDM Festival Called ‘Shaq’s Fun House’ for Some Reason

    Shaquille O’Neal is a lot of things—one of the greatest players in NBA history, current sports analyst, problematic cop-lover/soon-to-be sheriff, purveyor of a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop—and we can now add EDM-festival head to that list. According to Billboard, Shaq’s going to perform—well, he’s gonna DJ—at a “carnival-style” event (?) titled “Shaq’s Fun House” (??),…

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  • A Beyoncé and Jay-Z Joint Tour Is Almost Definitely Going to Happen

    On Monday—after recovering from their huge Oscars after-party organized in honor of Mary J. Blige at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles—Beyoncé and Jay-Z accidentally teased a joint tour. Bey’s Facebook and Ticketmaster pages revealed a concert date for a previously unannounced stadium stint: Monday, July 30, at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. Press caught it,…

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