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Travel

Inside Diepsloot, Letter from Johannesburg, South Africa

There is an energy that cuts through the air! It’s mission bound. It’s moving somewhere; but to where? Who knows? But it’s definitely moving forward. This energy emulates from the…

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Billboard Magazine’s Ten Greatest Rappers Blasphemy

Billboard Magazine’s staff, particularly Steven J. Horowitz and Alex Gale took the hot seat this week as they proclaimed Billboard Magazine’s Ten greatest rappers of all time. Where is Tupac? seems to be the…

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The Fall of Lamar Odom, Former NBA star Found Unconscious & Unable To Breathe

The Fall of Lamar Odom File this under very unfortunate news. Former NBA star Lamar Odom was found passed out and unable to breathe on the floor of a Nevada…

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The Ruining of RG3 – And Its Racial Undertones

First and foremost in all things, I am a Giants fan. However, I have to admit; Robert Griffin III is getting SCREWED. Let’s go back to January 6th 2013; Robert Griffin…

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Black Lives Matter – The Movement of Our Time

The Black Lives Matter movement is now in full swing and some in the media cannot grasp the fact that the black community has come together on some level in…

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Sports

How Floyd Mayweather Revived Boxing – For All the Wrong Reasons

I’m just going to paint the picture for how boxing was back in the day for me: The first pay per view match I ever watched was Mike Tyson cancelling…

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7 Artists Who’ve Changed Their Persona & Their Sound

When introducing yourself to someone, the first things you generally say is “Hello, My name is …” This introduction is very common within the music industry as artists are constantly…

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Music
Op-Ed

An Honest Review of B.o.B’s Surprise Album, ‘Psycadelik Thoughtz’

Very, very quietly, B.o.B released his fourth studio album, Psycadelik Thoughtz this past Friday, August 14th. The project finds B.o.B “returning to his roots,” by his own omission. Not sure…

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Sexy Sirens Who’ve Retired & Reinvented Themselves

Pop culture thrives on the idea that “sex sells,” the infamous phrase that praises women for their bodies; whether petite, bodacious, or flat chested. Fueled by the Hip-Hop and porn…

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