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Kendrick Lamar is letting his fans know that his next project will be his last under the longtime label Top Dawg Entertainment. TDE has released the entirety of the Compton rapper’s catalog to date. Via his website, K Dot wrote, “As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy …

Laila Ali got TKO’d by Black Twitter who tore into the undefeated heavyweight boxer after she inserted her opinion defending anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali, was hit with some major backlash after she posted a now-deleted Instagram story on Wednesday saying that the unvaccinated “trust their …

Lamar Odom claims he was drugged on the night he nearly died at a Nevada brothel in 2015. The former NBA star discussed the events of the night he suffered from multiple strokes, heart attacks and kidney failure as a result of a potent mix of drugs and alcohol found …

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt, according to the Education Department, and it marks the start of …

In this May 15, 1961 file photo, a bus bearing Freedom Riders leaves the station as they resumed their rides through the South in Montgomery, Ala. .Photo: Associated Press (AP) A Montgomery civil rights-era legend, Lucille Times, has passed away at the age of 100. Times is known for getting …

Amber Rose publicly accused her boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards of cheating, and he has now responded.   During an  Instagram Live appearance with DJ Big Von, Edwards said, “I thought, ‘S**t, I got caught.’ I got caught before; you know what I’m saying? And she’s just had enough, obviously.” He continued, …

Perhaps, like me, you inwardly sigh with the breath of a thousand winds whenever you hear the words cancel culture, as mangled and distorted as the expression has become. If so, know that the people behind Netflix’s The Chair are likely sighing too. And yet here they are, presenting a …

Mike Richards came under great scrutiny after the Jeopardy!producer named himself as the new host of the iconic game show replacing the late Alex Trebek. After offensive comments made by Richards resurfaced from 2013 and 2014 and multiple apologies, he announced on Friday, (August 20) that he is stepping down from the role, reports …

Two surgeons, one of whom is an orthopedic surgeon treating earthquake victims from the Southern region of Haiti, have been reportedly kidnapped in Port-au-Prince – highlighting the fragility of a gang truce meant to allow humanitarian aid to traverse a corridor to the nation’s hardest-hit areas. The Miami Herald reports …