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It’s A Vibe: Rick Ross & 2 Chainz Will Battle It Out On The Next Episode Of ‘Verzuz’
After a legendary Verzuz between DMX and Snoop Dogg, we're in for another friendly night of nothing but straight up fire.
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One bad apple spoils the barrel
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Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz and More Slam Kanye West Over Claims That Harriet Tubman ‘Never Actually Freed Slaves’
Kanye West caused quite a stir over the weekend after he made some shocking claims about famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman. West, who had already caught […]
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Samsung faces a Darwinian moment in its biggest business - TechCentral
With the consumer economy in tatters and gadget sales plummeting, Samsung's smartphone division threatened to undermine the strength it found in shipping memory chips used in servers
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Florida Police Association Recruits ‘Racist’ And Jailed Cops: ‘We Got Your Back!’
The Brevard County Fraternal Order of Police used no uncertain terms in a now-deleted Facebook post encouraging these shamed officers to come down to the Sunshine State to apparently engage in the behavior that got them in trouble without any fear of
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20 advocacy groups warn against Googles purchase of Fitbit - TechCentral
Twenty advocacy groups from the US, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s US$2.1-billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit because of privacy and competition concerns.
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Apple market cap closes in on Saudi Aramco's as no 1 in world - TechCentral
Apple is getting close to overtaking Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company in market valuation, a milestone that would make the technology giant the world’s largest company by that measure.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Blackface And Reported N-Word History Resurface Ahead Of Emmys Hosting Gig
Kimmel notably avoided the word “blackface” in his apology although he did admit to imitating a lot of Black celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Oprah Winfrey and former NBA player Karl
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DMX And Snoop Dogg’s ‘Verzuz’ May Be The First Time A Rap Battle Had Folks In Their Feels - Blavity
The increasingly iconic Verzuz series, which has helped make quarantine a bit less insufferable, brought us another dope battle on Wednesday night. It may have been one of the first times a rap battle had folks in their feels. 
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Former Bad Boy Rapper Loon Released From Prison After 9-Year Stretch
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Donald Trump a Voice of Reason on Police Reform.
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Samsung sees profit jump on strong chip demand - TechCentral
Samsung Electronics flagged a 23% rise in second quarter operating profit on Tuesday, beating analysts' estimates on solid chip sales to data centres.
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Groundbreaking Black-Owned Distillery Making A Big Splash Since Its Debut
this year, becoming the first African-American makers of bourbon in Kentucky debuted in February, the first African-American owned ... [+] distillery in Kentucky. platform to illuminate the contributions African-Americans have made through the history
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Newswire : Snoop Dogg says he will vote for the first time ever
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HUD Created A Guideline On Identifying Trans Women For Proposed Rule Allowing Homeless Shelters To Deny Them Entry - Blavity
A proposed rule from the Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed discriminatory guidelines on how to identify a transgender person and refuse shelter at homeless facilities.
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Black Twitter debates potential Usher, Chris Brown Verzuz battle : TheGrio
Music fans have been discussing on Twitter the potential of an Usher vs. Chris Brown Verzuz battle and the community is torn on who would win in a contest. The post Black Twitter debates potential Usher, Chris Brown Verzuz battle appeared first on TheGrio.
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African American Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church activist Darius Gray was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Elsie Johnson and Darius McKinley Gray on December 12, 1945. His mother was a domestic worker (maid), and his father a handyman. His grandfather, Louis Gray, was born a slave in
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20 Best African-American Horror Movies
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Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville
“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the
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Intel's 'stunning failure' heralds end of era for US chip sector - TechCentral
Intel’s decision to consider outsourcing manufacturing heralds the end of an era in which the company, and the US, dominated the semiconductor industry.
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