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We’re getting mixed messages from Birdman and Lil Wayne. On one hand, sources say they’re still in a bitter feud over royalties, back pay and Tha Carter 5. On the other hand, they’ve hung out three times in the past week.

The most recent occasion…

Those of us who study black history have always heard rumors of an alleged relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. (then known as “ML”) and a white woman in his younger days.

Well, a historian has found this woman and published a book…

A week after a mysterious car crash killed at least six members of a Washington family, police say they have “reason to believe” the plunge off a California cliff was “intentional.”

Washington married couple Jennifer and Sarah…

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81.

The family said in a statement that she passed away at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa after a long illness,…

Fabolous was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly assaulting his baby mama, "Love and Hip Hop" star, Emily B ... TMZ has learned.

Multiple sources, connected to the couple and in law enforcement, tell us Fabolous turned himself in to…

Yesterday, The Guardian reported that an ex-girlfriend of R. Kelly’s named Kitti Jones has claimed that the singer admitted to grooming an unnamed woman to be his “sex slave” (The Guardian’s word choice) since she was 14 years old.

The…

Best Man Holiday (2013) is the Malcolm D. Lee’s sequel to The Best Man (1999), a “rebirth” and reboot in a sense. During an interview with actors Nia Long (Jordan), Taye Diggs (Harper) and Sanaa Lathan (Robyn), Jordan. The trio spoke with our reporter, Iesha Daniels, an on-set ruse – a playful one.…

The world needs answers, Tiffany Haddish.

The "Girls Trip" star opened a Pandora's box of pop culture intrigue when she said during an interview with GQ that an unnamed actress had allegedly bitten Beyoncé on the face.

So many questions!…

No charges will be filed against two Baton Rouge police officers in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling after an investigation determined the officers' actions were "well-founded and reasonable," Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said Tuesday.…

Russell Simmons has been accused of rape in a $10 million lawsuit filed March 23 by a woman identified as Jane Doe. Doe seeks damages for forcible rape and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

In court…

Lawrence McKinney has become the first person in the state to receive the maximum amount of reparation funds.

On October 2, 1977, McKinney was arrested for rape and first degree burglary in Memphis. After being convicted of those charges…

Killer Mike has appeared in a new video from the NRA. In it, the Run the Jewels rapper sits down with NRATV host and gun rights activist Colion Noir to voice his support of gun ownership. “You can’t continue to be the lackey,” he said, referring to left-leaning individuals who tout anti-gun views. “You’re a lackey of the progressive…

Metro Nashville Police officials said they found the body of a woman who is believed to be that of missing Nashville woman Letitia Lane.

Police said the body was recovered in debris of a burned barn off Church Street in…

Leon W. Garlington, 25, was fired from his teaching and coaching role at RePublic High School, which is a charter school in north Nashville.

The 17-year-old victim told police she received a direct message on Instagram on Saturday from…

Ever since she was a little girl, Fatou Diouf has been braiding hair. And for almost two decades, Fatou has turned that tradition into a vocation by working professionally as a licensed natural hair stylist in Tennessee.

“I never did any…

Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, is on lockdown after a shooting at the school, St. Mary's County Public Schools said on its website.

"The Sheriff's office is on the scene; additional information to follow," the school district said Tuesday, adding that the incident…

Walmart is facing a major lawsuit… again. Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios, is reportedly suing the department store for trademark infringement after it sold a series of merchandise using Pun’s likeness without permission.

Rios reportedly got…

Snapchat royally messed up when it allowed a tone-deaf advertisement of Rihanna and Chris Brown to make it onto its app. The ad was published as part of an interactive “Would You Rather” game that prompted app users to choose between slapping Rihanna or punching Chris Brown, an insensitive reference to the couple’s history of…

Bald and beautiful is the new wave these days, and Tamar Braxton is on board.

The songstress took to Instagram on Wednesday to show off her new buzz cut, and we gotta say — we haven’t seen Tay look this confident and stunning in a minute.

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Shaquille O’Neal is a great big black man. He was a phenomenal basketball player and a horrible rapper. He likes to bill himself as a big ol’ cuddly teddy bear, but Shaquille O’Neal’s politics are dangerous.

He’s a great big black man with a podium and a microphone and a whole lot of “pull your pants up” rhetoric. He’s a great big black man who…