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The Super Bowl in Las Vegas: What Would Hunter S. Thompson Think?

“When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don’t waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Go straight for the jugular. Get right into felonies.” It’s been more than a half-century since Hunter S. Thompson went in search of the American dream on his drug-addled, off-the-rails road […]

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Weekend News Roundup of Stories Everyone is Talking About

Photo: Facebook, Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal (Getty Images), Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images), Astrid Stawiarz (Getty Images), Scott Olson (Getty Images), Screenshot: WCNC, YouTube, Facebook The Mystery Behind The Black Mother Found Dead in a Storage Space Photo: Facebook Despite Public Opinion, WH Press Secretary Says Its Hamas Who Can Stop Carnage In Gaza Off English […]

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Former Bad Boy President Harve Pierre Accused of Sexual Assault, Harassment

Sean “Diddy” Combs may have settled the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, but another scandal revolving around a former Bad Boy executive is already making headlines. According to Rolling Stone, a former assistant has filed a lawsuit accusing the company’s former president, Harve Pierre, of sexual assault and sexual harassment. […]

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New Revelations Made in the Death of Rapper PnB Rock

The pieces are starting to come together in the PnB Rock murder investigation. In September 2022, nearly two weeks after his death, a family of three were arrested as the main suspects in the murder. Freddie Lee Trone and his teenage son were both charged with one count of murder, one count of conspiracy to […]

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‘Rolling Stone’ Co-Founder Jann Wenner Shared An Apology For His Comments About Black And Female Artists

In a recent New York Times interview promoting his book The Masters, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner said some problematic things about Black and female artists. One pull-quote, for example, reads, “Insofar as the women, just none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level,” having said that in relation to the white, […]

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The Perception Toward Black Musicians Still Hasn’t Changed

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite Black musicians making incredible leaps and bounds over the past century, reaching the point where they’ve become some of the most respected, celebrated, famous, talented, and intellectual artists in the world, there remains a prejudice against those musicians. My Hip-Hop Story: Sway Calloway Felt […]

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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board After Interview

Jann Wenner, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, has been removed from the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, which he also helped found, one day after an interview with him was published in The New York Times in which he made comments that were widely criticized as sexist and racist. […]

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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board After Interview

Jann Wenner, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, has been removed from the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, which he also helped found, one day after an interview with him was published in The New York Times in which he made comments that were widely criticized as sexist and racist. […]

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Jann Wenner Defends His Legacy — and His Generation’s

Oh, stop it. You’re telling me Joni Mitchell is not articulate enough on an intellectual level? Hold on a second. I’ll let you rephrase that. All right, thank you. It’s not that they’re not creative geniuses. It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be […]

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Trey Songz Tries for a Strike of Legal Luck in $10M Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Trey Songz performs during the 1st annual In My Feelz Festival on December 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Scott Dudelson (Getty Images) Trey Songz may have 99 problems, but the biggest one of all may undoubtedly be $5 million-now turned-$10 million sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a Jane Doe back in June […]

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