Rick Ross Confirmed As Drive-By Target In Florida Shooting
[MTV News] While some still question the validity of the Florida drive-by involving Rick Ross, Fort Lauderdale police released an official statement confirming that the Maybach Music head was in fact...
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50 Cent Charged With Domestic Violence, Vandalism
[MTV] 50 Cent has been charged with domestic violence by the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday (July 3), reports say. The rapper allegedly kicked the mother of his child and destroyed property...
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Hip Hop is No Path to American Dream
HIP HOP CONNECTION By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist The rags to riches stories that have defined the Hip Hop movement as a viable path to the American Dream may be the All-American distraction. Early...
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Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora Join ‘Power’ Cast
[UPI] BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 23 (UPI) — Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton and Joseph Sikora have joined the cast of the upcoming hour-long New York-set drama series “Power,” Starz announced. The show is...
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50 Cent Taunts Floyd Mayweather with Special ALS Challenge: ‘F— the Bucket of...
(New York Daily News) – 50 Cent is using the Ice Bucket Challenge to fuel his feud with Floyd Mayweather. The rapper posted a video Thursday asking his former friend to take part in a challenge —...
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Hip Hop Corner: 50 Cents Worth of Reading
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist “Pretty Boy” Floyd hit the scene with the loud, over zealous crooners anticipating his ascension in 1993. He was handsome, he was sharp, he had young boy’s swag. I...
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Diddy Arrested After Fight with UCLA Football Coach; 50 Cent to the Rescue
By Chelsea Lenora White Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was released from a Los Angeles jail late Monday, hours after he was arrested following a fight...
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Rapper 50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy After Sex-Tape Lawsuit
(Bloomberg) – The Grammy-winning rapper known as 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in Connecticut after losing a lawsuit in a New York court over a 2008 sex tape. Curtis James Jackson III, whose 2003...
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50 Cent Testifies About His Finances in Sex-Tape Lawsuit
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent, ranked by Forbes as one of hip-hop’s five richest artists, downplayed his wealth on Tuesday as he testified in court about his finances,...
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Hip Hop Corner: Fakeness Tarnishes Hip Hop
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson recently filed for bankruptcy and testified in court that despite his flashy public persona, he is only worth $4.4...
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50 Cent Says Expenses $108,000 a Month; $72,000 for Mansion
HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent says in a Connecticut bankruptcy court filing he spends $108,000 a month on his expenses, including $5,000 for gardening. He has a monthly income of $185,000,...
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Black Violin Breaking Stereotypes One Note at a Time
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The classically trained viola/violin duo of Wil B. and Kev Marcus return to the DMV, inviting us to take a ride with them on a musical journey that will include a modern blend of...
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50 Cent takes aim at Tony Robbins for using the N-word
ROLLINGOUT — 50 Cent took aim at motivational speaker Tony Robbins after an old clip surfaced of him using racist language. The clip was recently published by Buzzfeed. In the video, Robbins appears...
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Homophobic 50 Cent shames Young Buck for posing with Lil Nas X
ROLLINGOUT — In a move that won’t surprise pop culture fans, rapper 50 Cent tried to shame Young Buck for posing for a photo with Lil Nas and posting it on Buck’s Instagram page.
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LIVESTREAM — BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH: Russell Simmons
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Simmons will discuss his role in the birth of hip hop, including groundbreaking acts like Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Salt-N-Pepper, Eric B and Rakim and Public Enemy. He’ll also discuss his...
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