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Sandra Bland‘s family has settled a wrongful death suit with officials in Waller County, Texas, for $1.9 million, reports CNN. The amount includes payment for Bland’s death as well as several changes to jail procedures, notes the report. The case became a rallying call in the push for criminal justice reform after the 28-year-old Illinois woman was […]

Chance The Rapper always manages to change the game by playing by his own rules.

According to police, one of the officers fired several rounds into an alley, striking Tyre King. King was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital and listed in critical condition, but did not survive.

Ya’ll know we love to take an IG picture and run with it but this time it’s not just one pic it’s a whole lot more and with the captions to match! It looks like Faith and Stevie J are hinting to us that they may be doing more than just making a new album […]

Black Tony calls into “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” with news that he just won $10,000 in a scratch-off contest! Rickey Smiley a tries to convince him to put it in savings, but Black Tony’s got some other plans to use it more immediately. Click on the audio player to hear more in this hilarious […]

Celebrity makeup srtist AJ Crimson shares his beauty tips with #TeamBeautiful.

Lil Wayne was a guest on Fox Sports One’s “Undisputed,” where Skip Bayless asked him for his thoughts about Colin Kaepernick‘s protest of the National Anthem, and the state of racism in America. Lil Wayne’s response earned him widespread criticism when he essentially stated that he thought racism in America was over. Sign Up For […]

Kendra Childs, who would have turned 20 on September 15, was discovered dead in her home after a Camaro with tinted windows drove by her house, firing several shots through her apartment wall.

On Wednesday, Cudi took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about the current state of rap and the music industry as a whole.

One of the most recent moments in internet hilarity was a mustache-clad Denzel Washington at the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather fight in May of 2015. Aside from the mustache, he was wearing an Adidas track jacket and a blacked-out Yankee fitted, resembling everyone's favorite uncle.