*(Via ABC/Yahoo News) – The lead homicide investigator in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin recommended that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter the night of the shooting, multiple sources told ABC News. But Sanford, Fla., Investigator Chris Serino was instructed to not press charges against Zimmerman because the state attorney’s office headed by Norman Wolfinger [...]

TMZ reports: Whitney Houston’s 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina got inconceivably richer the day her mother died — because the singer left Bobbi 100% of her assets in her will … an estate valued at around $20 million. According to reports, Whitney’s will doesn’t enumerate specific assets — but she leaves ALL furnishings, clothing, personal effects, jewelry and cars to her surviving children … i.e. Bobbi. [...]

When all else fails and you just really need to have the music in your ears instead of on the side turned up loud, this is the way to go. We guess. Tweet Share on Tumblr

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Don Cornelius, creator of the iconic TV music and dance show “Soul Train” that helped introduce Americans to black pop culture, died on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head, Los Angeles officials said. “The death was reported as a suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” Los Angeles coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said. [...]

Sitting down with The Fader, Alley Boy breaks down I Want In off his recently-released Nigganati project. I’m not dissing them. I’m a street motherfucker. But we’re all rappers at the end of the day, so I’m just exercising the sport. It’s just me, freedom of speech. There’s a lot of fake shit going on in Atlanta. People put up [...]

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Heavy D (born Dwight Arrington Meyers – May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011) *Rapper Heavy D died Tuesday after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 44 years old. His cause of death was not immediately known. Heavy D was returning from a mall at around 11:30 a.m. and was climbing a set of stairs at his condominium [...]

The world is so f***** up People don’t seem to care anymore People seem to have distanced themselves from other people’s problems, they have been programmed not to care! Politicians are corrupt…So many companies are corrupt and taking excessive profits in certain sectors…….and we keep allowing this s*** to happen There are 1 billion plus people living in extreme poverty. [...]

The technology pioneer who also co-founded the Oscar-winning animation house Pixar and computer maker NeXT, has passed away. Jobs had been suffering from various health issues following the seventh anniversary of his surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in August 2004. Apple announced in January that he would be taking an indeterminate medical leave of absence, with Jobs [...]

Wayne on Jay-z and The ‘Old Guys’ “There’s no competition [with any artists]. Music isn’t about competition no more. All the gangster rappers are happy, all the skateboard rappers are happy, all the white rappers are happy… Everybody just happy to do music these days. There are no problems. That sh*t died a long time ago with them old-ass rappers. [...]

“I know Trey Songz is a guy that if he keeps with the hits and he humble himself a little bit more he will definitely be one of the runner ups. Chris Brown is already there as far as I’m concerned because he’s a humble guy. Chris Brown use to come to my studio when he was 13, 14, 15, [...]

  The late great Tupac died 15 years ago today after being shot 4 times in Las Vegas following an altercation. Tupac may have been thug life all day and everyday, however he also took the time out to make songs that made you think. I’m sure everyone can remember where they were when they heard the dreadful news in [...]

*In an interview with website VLADTV.com, The Game says he believes there are a number of big-name rap stars who are homosexual and he feels they should be out and proud about their sexuality. “I think there are several rappers that are in the closet and gay. They are the only type of gay people that I have a problem [...]