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Atlanta Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson announced that he is selling his interest in the NBA team after an racially charged email he wrote two years ago surfaced. In the email, Levenson made a series of generalizations, expressing his disappointment in the racial makeup of the team’s ticket holders including that the black majority of…
According to reports, former X-Factor contestant Simone Battle was found dead in a closet of her Los Angeles home. The young singer was launched in the public eye during the first live show of the Fox television competition which led to her eventually becoming a member of RCA’s all female group G.R.L. Founding member Robin…
It’s been a busy year for R&B singer Jhené Aiko, with Drake and Childish Gambino collaborations to her name and her first studio album, Souled Out, set to drop in just a few weeks. But that didn’t stop the “To Love & Die” singer from sitting down with peta2, PETA’s youth division, to shoot a…
Kendrick Lamar is facing a lawsuit for more than $1 million from Willie Jones III and Eric Reed who played piano for the 1990’s band the Black Note over the TDE rapper’s “Rigamortis” song. In their lawsuit, Eric Reed and Willie Jones III claim that the 2011 selection from the TDE rapper’s Section.80 project unlawfully…
Jill Scott is a queen among women. How does one of the most respect soul songstresses of our time respond to her privacy being invaded and private photos being made public? How else, but with the style and grace one could ever imagine. She is truly a lady of the highest regard. She address the…
Yesterday, less than three hours after a campaign was launched to call on Time Warner and TBS to cancel CeeLo Green’s reality show The Good Life, in the wake of his controversial tweets claiming that an unconscious drugged woman cannot be raped if she doesn’t remember, UltraViolet has received word that the show has been…
Friday, around 11:30 p.m. Los Angeles, California rapper Nipsey Hussle was detained overnight for “obstructing a peace officer.” The police had been called to the clothing store, Slauson Avenue Clothing on the 3400 block of West Slauson Avenue because of a probation complaint search. They arrested the man violating his probation, along with Hussle after…
Wales’ representatives say that the DC-native has parted ways with Jay Z’ s management label Roc Nation after five years. The emcee has reportedly signed with 77 North Management, popularly known for representing Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James. According to sources, the artist’s choice to change management is not a result of any issues with Roc…