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That Time Eazy-E Got Called Out By Jada Pinkett Smith On Live TV...

This discussion needed to happen.
05/23/2018

N.W.A's 'F**k Tha Police' Was Played on Repeat at This Police Officer's Funeral

Well, that’s one way to take a stand.
07/12/2017

When Hip-Hop Is More Progressive Than the Country That Birthed It

Rap music always has a way of pushing us forward.
11/09/2016

Hip-Hop Reacts To The Passing Of N.W.A. Manager Jerry Heller

He was an integral part of the legendary group's history.
09/03/2016
Can't we all just get along? Yes. - Last night (May 25), right before rapper T.I. hit the stage for his show in New York City's Irving Plaza, shots were fired, killing one person and injuring three. The unfortunate event has everyone wondering if violence will always plague the culture. However, there are many moments over the years where violence wasn’t the end result of disagreements and peace ensued. Here are ten. — Jon Reyes(Photos from left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Scott Gries/Getty Images)

10 Times Hip-Hop Chose Peace

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DJ Khaled Blinds Us With His Bling - It all looks so heavy and so, so shiny.(Photo: DJ Khaled via Instagram)

Instagram Photos of the Week: Jhene Aiko Joins Another New Group

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Bieber Gets Choked, Dame Dash Opens Up, and Other Music News This Week

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The Notorious Muppets - The Muppets' creators never meant for their furry friends to rap explicit lyrics. Thankfully for us, there are plenty of people with lots of time on their hands, meticulous editing skills and a hip-hop-inclined playlist. We'd like to thank them for the countless hours of Muppet watching. Y'all are the real MVPs. — Janice Llamoca(Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

20 Mashups Of The Muppets Rapping Because Why Not?

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DJ Gets Hit With Disorderly Conduct After Playing 'F**k tha Police' in the Vicinity of Police

DJ Boogy captures mood of a bar at worst possible time.
03/17/2016
Nina Joins the Block - The Internet tried it but it could not stop the Nina Simone biopic from seeing the light of day. After stills of Zoe Saldaña arrived, depicting the famed singer in what many called blackface, the Internet lost its collective mind.To add insult to injury, the star of the movie herself went out publicly to talk, not so glowingly, about the film's lack of focus.Here we are, almost three years later, and the movie Nina will be out for the world to see on April 22, but how will it stack up against all these other music biopics? Time will tell. – Jon Reyes & Michael Harris (Photo: Ealing Studios Entertainment, Ealing Studios, Londinium Films)

In My Lifetime: Music Biopics

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Our #1 Girl - Rihanna broke Michael Jackson’s record for most #1s on the Billboard 100. On top of Rihanna? The Beatles and Mariah Carey. C’mon, RiRi, you can do it! (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for HBO)

RiRi Breaks Records, Azealia Banks Is Bored and Other News This Week

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