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• Jimmy Kimmel Hilariously Explains Offset & Cardi B’s Rhymes In Latest “New Lyrics for Old People” Segment

  18-07-2019 19:12 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: WENN.com / WENNView this post on InstagramJimmy translates @OffsetYRN & @IamCardiB's song #Clout for old people…#NewLyricsForOldPeople
  A post shared byJimmy Kimmel Live (@jimmykimmellive) on Jul 17, 2019 at 7:34pm PDT
  While Offset and Cardi B are two of the most popular Hip-Hop artists in the game there are quite a few fans both old and young who have no idea what the heck they’re talking about when they spit their rhymes. Luckily Jimmy Kimmel took it upon himself to exp
  
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• NY Senator Chuck Schumer Calls For Investigation Into Russian-Based FaceApp

  18-07-2019 18:46 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty
  What seemed like just harmless fun might actually be a huge security risk. Over the past two days, Twitter and Instagram timelines looked like a “retirement home” thanks to FaceApp, which takes a photo and ages it using its impressive face altering technology. After it was learned that app is Russia-based, Democratic Senator, Chuck Schumer is calling for an investigation.
  It’s perfectly understandable why granting anything Russian-based access
  
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• Netflix Cancels Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series

  18-07-2019 18:44 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  The Netflix cancelation curse strikes again!
  Deadline is reporting that this time around the streaming service has decided to pull the plug on Spike Lee’s fan-favorite series She’s Gotta Have It after just two seasons. Based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film, She’s Gotta Have It was centered around a rising star of an artist, Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) and the choices she’s faced within both her personal and professional life.
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• Keep Ya Head Up: Iowa 2Pac Superfan Forced To Resign From Job For Posting Rap Lyrics?

  18-07-2019 18:44 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  Jerry Foxhoven, a former government official in Iowa, was asked to leave his job a day after sharing lyrics via the company email account quoting the late Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. Foxhoven, a 66-year-old white man, was such a 2Pac fanatic that he made even handed out “thug cookies” and often signed off his emails with the rapper’s words.
  NPR reports:
  Foxhoven regularly held “Tupac Fridays” in his office, where the rapper’s
  
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• Mother Of Nipsey Hussle’s Daughter Warns Of Fake GoFundMe Page

  18-07-2019 16:43 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  Tanisha Foster, the mother of Nipsey Hussle‘s daughter, has been embroiled in a battle with the late rapper’s family regarding the custody of her daughter. A person looking to exploit the trouble between the families has launched a fake GoFundMe page, with Foster warning her followers via Instagram.
  Foster, who goes by the name Chyna Hussle on Instagram, has been using her page to illustrate her connection to Nipsey and also showcase aspects of her life,
  
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• Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Lobbied Racist Donald Trump To Help A$AP Rocky

  18-07-2019 15:27 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  A$AP Rocky is currently being held in Sweden despite not being charged with any crime. While his peers and even the Congressional Black Caucus are demanding his release, word is Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have lobbied Donald Trump to intervene.Reports TMZ:
  We’re told as soon as Kim and Kanye heard about A$AP’s predicament earlier this month … Kanye urged Kim to get on the horn and talk to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner &m
  
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• #DXCLUSIVE: White Dave Rescues The Hood Cinderella In "Glass Slipper Shorty (G.S.S.)" Video

  18-07-2019 13:00 via HipHopDX News
  And then, some backyard wrestling.
  
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• YG's Home Raided In Connection With Deadly Shooting, 4 People Handcuffed

  18-07-2019 12:48 via HipHopDX News
  The Compton native wasn't on the property at the time of the raid.
  
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• Stunna 4 Vegas & DaBaby Channel "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" Visual For "Ashley" Video

  18-07-2019 12:48 via HipHopDX News
  Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment is at it again!
  
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• Nicki Minaj Stepped Down In Saudi Arabia For Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Future & Tyga To Step Up?

  18-07-2019 12:27 via HipHopDX News
  The Human Rights Foundation has been asking entertainers to not perform in Saudia Arabia over gender segregation.
  
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• Scammers Are Creating Fake GoFundMe Accounts In Nipsey Hussle’s Ex’s Name

  18-07-2019 12:23 via HipHopDX News
  Some people.
  
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• Glasses Malone Raps From Orlando Anderson's POV In "2Pac Must Die" Video

  18-07-2019 11:08 via HipHopDX News
  As controversial as controversy gets.
  
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• #ThrowbackThursdays: Run-DMC's "Raising Hell" Becomes 1st Platinum-Selling Hip Hop Album In 1986

  18-07-2019 10:00 via HipHopDX News
  #DXCLUSIVE: Russell Simmons looks back on co-producing the classic LP.
  
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• Fetty Wap ft. Monty “Birthday,” JNX ft. A$AP Twelvyy “Going Off” & More | Daily Visuals 7.17.19

  18-07-2019 02:00 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Just a few days after Fetty Wap came out of the shadows to lend his vocals to Tali Goya, the New Jeruz crooner/rapper returns with his own work to bubble to his costumers.Linking up with his Remy Boy’s homie Monty for the visual to “Birthday, “ Fetty holds court at a strip club where the rain is green and the booties clap like thunder when Thor arrives on the scene.
  Elsewhere the members of the A$AP Mob continue to branch out and do their own thing as A$AP Twelvyy links up with
  
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• A Flute Playing André 3000 Is Strolling Around Philly Taking Photos With Fans

  18-07-2019 00:30 via HipHopDX
  
  
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• LAPD Says Nipsey Hussle Wasn’t Target Of Their Investigation Gang Activity At Marathon Clothing Store

  17-07-2019 23:13 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Celebrities watch the Los Angeles Lakers Featuring: Nipsey Hussle Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 02 Apr 2017 Credit: WENN.com 
  As suspected there are several layers to yet to be peeled on Nipsey Hussle’s murder. The law has confirmed they were keeping tabs on his movements prior to his death.
  TMZ has confirmed that the LAPD had an open investigation on Nip’s crew and his retail location. According to the report the police were not eyeing the rapper s
  
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• “I Am Not Gay”: Dwight Howard Denies Having Sexual Relationship With Man In Interview

  17-07-2019 23:10 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  Professional NBA baller Dwight Howard has been the talk of the internet, but sadly it has nothing to do with his play on the court. The center has been the subject of scandalous allegations after a man claimed he was in a relationship with Howard. In an interview, the once-dominant force in the league opens up about his sexuality and says he is not gay.
  Last fall, Howard was on defense but not the kind he is known for throughout his NBA career. A gay man who goes by
  
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• Malcolm D. Lee Named New “Space Jam 2” Director

  17-07-2019 23:04 via HipHopDX News
  No hard feelings between the former director and the studio.
  
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• Congressional Black Caucus Demands Release Of A$AP Rocky [Video]

  17-07-2019 21:49 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN
  Some pressure is now coming from members of Congress to gain freedom for imprisoned rapper A$AP Rocky, who is currently being held in Sweden. After reports went out that the A$AP Mob honcho was living under inhumane conditions, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are demanding his immediate release.
  TMZ reports:
  Members of the Caucus, including Hakeem Jeffries and Andre Carson, along with Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who is part of the Congressi
  
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• Jennifer Lopez & Her Crew of Avenging Strippers Get That Paper ‘Hustlers’ Trailer

  17-07-2019 20:06 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Barbara Nitke / STX Entertainment
  A few months ago people got excited when they learned that Cardi B would be making her big screen debut in Jennifer Lopez’s upcoming film, Hustlers, and today we get our first look at film about strippers as the official trailer has finally dropped.
  Source: Barbara Nitke / STX Entertainment
  Starring J-Lo as an OG exotic dancer showing a new jack (Constance Wu) the ins and outs of the trade, Hustlers centers around a sisterhood of strippers who fine
  
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• The Cool Kids Team With The Alchemist For "Layups" EP

  17-07-2019 20:00 via HipHopDX News
  Three tracks from Chuck Inglish, Sir Michael Rocks & ALC.
  
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• Trey Songz Claims Self Defense In Assault Case

  17-07-2019 19:57 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: 2017 BET Awards – Show Featuring: Trey Songz Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 25 Jun 2017 Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com 
  Trey Songz is fighting back, literally. Trigga is claiming he was within his rights when he and a woman got into it during All-Star Weekend.
  Page Six is reporting that Trigga’s lawyers are saying that he was merely defending himself when he and Andrea Buera got into it in 2018 during the NBA’s marquee week. According to her orig
  
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• Famous Chicago Alligator ‘Chance The Snapper’ Finally Caught

  17-07-2019 19:56 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  Rest well, Chicagoans for the elusive alligator known as Chance The Snapper has finally been apprehended.
  For the past week a lagoon in Chicago’s Humboldt Park has been home to the reptile which resulted in sections of the park being closed off to the public. But after scouring the park for 36 hours in search of the alligator, Crocodilian Specialist Frank Robb was able to capture Chance and once again make Humboldt Park a safe haven for families looking to enj
  
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• Ugly God Unveils "Bumps & Bruises" LP's Tracklist

  17-07-2019 19:36 via HipHopDX News
  His debut LP drops August 9.
  
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• Tay-K Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Robbery, Facing Capital Murder Charges

  17-07-2019 19:14 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Julius Adamek / EyeEm / Getty
  Tay-K released one of the most brazen songs by way of his hit track “The Race” which caught fire as he was on the run for murder via a case in Texas. This week, the 19-year-old rapper pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery charges as he awaits trial for capital murder.
  The Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports:
  Tay-K 47, whose real name is Taymor McIntyre, is on trial this week for capital murder for his alleged involvement in the robbery that left Eth
  
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• Rick Ross Announces ‘Port of Miami 2’

  17-07-2019 18:54 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: ATLANTA, GA – AUGUST 18: Rapper Rick Ross attends a Party at Gold Room on August 18, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) 
  It’s been more than a decade in the making but Rick Ross is finally ready to give his debut album Port of Miami a proper sequel.Yesterday (July 16) the Bawse announced plans to release Port of Miami 2 on August 9, 13 years after releasing his street classic debut. In a promotional clip for his 10th studio album, Ross narrate
  
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• "Auntie” Jill Scott Speaks On Cucumber Challenge Consequences

  17-07-2019 18:41 via HipHopDX
  
  
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• Beyoncé Unleashes Visuals For “Spirit” From ‘The Lion King” Project [Video]

  17-07-2019 18:21 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: YouTube / Youtube
  Beyoncé will be featured prominently in the upcoming Disney reboot of The Lion King as the voice of Nala, and she’s also dropping an album that will accompany the official film soundtrack. Queen Bey released the visuals for The Lion King: The Gift‘s album’s first single “Spirit” and it’s definitely epic.
  The video was filmed at the Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon, and styled by celebrity stylist Zerina Akers. In the clip, Bey
  
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• Yung Bans Announces Debut Album "Misunderstood"

  17-07-2019 18:20 via HipHopDX News
  Featuring Future, Young Thug, Gunna, the late XXXTENTACION and more.
  
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• 66-Year-Old Stan: Emails Reveal Ousted Iowa Government Official Was Obsessed With Tupac

  17-07-2019 17:42 via HipHopDX News
  For the new job search, gotta keep ya head up.
  
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• Streets Is Done: El Chapo Sentenced To Life In Prison, Plus 30 Years

  17-07-2019 16:30 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman isn’t ever getting out of prison. Today (July 17), the infamous Mexican drug lord was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence, plus 30 years.El Chapo’s run is officially over.
  Reports CNN:
  A federal judge sentenced Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to life in prison plus 30 years, according to the US Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York.
  The Court also ordered “El Chapo” to pay $12.6 Billion in forfeiture.
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• Lauren London Ensures Son With Nipsey Hussle Inherits $1M From Estate

  17-07-2019 16:05 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN
  In the months since the tragic death of Nipsey Hussle, the family has taken steps to make sure that the legacy of the rapper remains intact. Given Nip’s many business holdings, there is a lot at stake and Lauren London is making sure their son, Kross, will benefit from his late father’s efforts.
  The Blast reports:
  According to documents obtained by The Blast, London filed to establish guardianship of her 2-year-old son, Kross Asghedom.
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• #DXCLUSIVE: Abiodun Oyewole Of The Last Poets Drops "New York, New York" Remake

  17-07-2019 15:43 via HipHopDX News
  Off the upcoming "Windows on the World" soundtrack.
  
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• Chance The Rapper Announces Debut Album

  17-07-2019 14:47 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Timothy Hiatt / Getty
  Chance The Rapper has announced his long-awaited debut album. Yeah, all that other music the Chicago rapper has dropped have technically been mixtapes in lieu of a proper LP—go figure..@chancetherapper reveals the name, release date, and cover art for his debut #owbum! https://t.co/RpMh7HXH5q #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/MpFpwwEbxT
  — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) July 17, 2019Chance revealed his new album will be called The Big Day and that it will b
  
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• DaBaby & Lil Baby Baby It Up On "Baby" Collaborative Single

  17-07-2019 13:43 via HipHopDX News
  Needed Birdman a.k.a. Baby to complete the trifecta.
  
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• Here's Why Da Brat Fully Backs Jermaine Dupri's "Strippers Rapping" Comment

  17-07-2019 13:32 via HipHopDX News
  "He knows what he's doing. He's a genius."
  
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• LAPD Denies Nipsey Hussle Is Center Of Any Gang-Related Investigation

  17-07-2019 12:56 via HipHopDX News
  UPDATE: The agency says they were simply looking to curb gang activity near Nip's Marathon Clothing store.
  
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• El Chapo Sentenced To Life In Prison & Ordered To Forfeit $12.6 Billion Fortune

  17-07-2019 12:29 via HipHopDX News
  The infamous Mexican drug lord will serve his time at Colorado's Supermax prison.
  
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• Jadakiss' Pizza Order Goes Viral

  17-07-2019 11:49 via HipHopDX News
  Hold the pizza.
  
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• Chance The Rapper Reveals Debut Studio Album Title & Release Date

  17-07-2019 11:49 via HipHopDX News
  Could be a Big Year.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m A A d city" Now Shares Eminem's Billboard Record

  17-07-2019 02:09 via HipHopDX
  
  
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• Lil Nas X ft. Young Thug, Billy Ray Cyrus & Mason Ramsey “Old Town Road Remix,” Bruse Wane ft. Papoose “Killa Soundboy” & More | Daily Visuals 7.16.19

  17-07-2019 02:00 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Floyd Mayweather’s birthday bash with Young Jeezy at Liberty Theater Featuring: Papoose Where: New York, New York, United States When: 14 Feb 2015 Credit: Derrick Salters/WENN.com 
  September 20 2019 might go down as the day that a bunch of sci-fi nerds got massacred when more than half a million people are poised to storm Area 51 in search of alien life (this is true), but before then Lil Nas X and company give us an animated idea of how such a mission could go if no one dies.
  
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• 6 Things We Learned from Freddie Gibbs on The Breakfast Club

  16-07-2019 23:03 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Power 105 / Power 105View this post on InstagramMy favorite show.
  A post shared byKane (@freddiegibbs) on Jul 16, 2019 at 7:30am PDT
  Freddie Gibb’s been on his grizzly for a hot minute and though he’s often overlooked in favor of commercial rappers and flavor of the month artists, his recently released project Bandana has been garnering him praise as his best piece of work to date.Riding high on the release of his latest album, the Hip-Hop veteran sat down for a quick intervi
  
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• Got ‘Em: R. Kelly Will Be Held Without Bail, “Extreme Danger To The Community & Minor Girls”

  16-07-2019 21:41 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Nuccio DiNuzzo / Getty
  R. Kelly isn’t going anywhere. A judge ruled today (July 16) that the accused child sexual predator will be held without bond as he awaits federal trial.According to the Chicago Sun-Times, prosecutors described the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer as “an extreme danger to the community, especially to minor girls” during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
  The prosecutors also made sure to point out the extreme risk of Kelly obstru
  
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• The Game Music Royalties Seized Until He Clears $7M Judgment

  16-07-2019 21:31 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Leon Bennett / Getty
  The Game has largely avoided paying off a massive $7 million judgment in a sexual assault matter involving a contestant of his now-defunct VH1 reality series, She Got Game. Although Priscilla Rainey was denied seizure of Game’s royalties this past April, it appears now she will have access to those monies until the judgment is fully settled.
  The Blast reports:
  A judge has ordered that rapper The Game won’t see a dime of his music royalties until a $7 mill
  
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• Nas, Black Thought, Amy Winehouse And More Help Salaam Remi Change The World

  16-07-2019 21:19 via AllHipHopTV
  
  
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• Cop Who Murdered Eric Garner Won’t Face Federal Charges #EricGarner

  16-07-2019 20:23 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
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  On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the death of Eric Garner, the NYPD officer who applied the fatal chokehold will not face federal charges. Daniel Pantaleo will avoid the charges on the world of Attorney General William Barr.
  NBC News reports:
  The Justice Department on Tuesday concluded its five-year investigation and will not bring civil rights or criminal charges against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was seen in the video with his arm around Garner&rs
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Ex-Manager Takes Plea Deal For Role In Restaurant Rumble

  16-07-2019 19:47 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Michael Campanella / Getty
  While Jim Jones might want Tekashi “Henry Hill” 6ix9ine‘s name in Hip-Hop history erased for good, the feds might one day put the Dummy Boy rapper’s government on a plaque when it’s all said and done.After helping authorities pin charges on a gang of his old accomplices, the “Gummo” rapper seems to have struck again. Page Six is reporting that 6ix9ine’s old manager Kifano “Shottie” Jordan has taken a p
  
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• Cardi B & Offset Power Through NYC Blackout To Celebrate Kulture’s 1st Birthday

  16-07-2019 19:41 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz
  Saturday (July 13) parts of Manhattan was hit by a blackout that left some New Yorkers feeling like it was 2003 all over again. Over the weekend, Cardi B, Offset, friends, and family didn’t let the power shutting off while celebrating their daughter, Kulture’s 1st birthday party ruin the moment.View this post on InstagramThis the only good picture I can find with me and my baby matching outfit.Thank @itsjeremyscott @moschino for this beautiful
  
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• Nicki Minaj Teases A Fendi Collab on The Gram

  16-07-2019 19:38 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: The Met Gala 2017 – Arrivals Featuring: Nicki Minaj Where: NYC, New York, United States When: 01 May 2017 Credit: Patricia Schlein/WENN.com Uploaded By Godspeed
  There was a time when a Hip-Hop artist collaborating popular clothing brands was considered a huge deal, but nowadays it feels such ventures for rap stars have become the status and now it seems like Nicki Minaj may be the latest to get in on the practice.Recently the Queen rapper got people thinking that she’s workin
  
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