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50 dead and another 50 plus wounded in deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Rappers respond online to the ruling not to indict the officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

The 2015 BET Awards took place live June 28 in Los Angeles, and there were plenty of moments that got hip-hop talking. As rap game greats like former XXL Freshmen Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean graced the stage, award show co-hosts and stars of ABC's Blackish Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross poked fun at everything from Empire to Fetty Wap's breakout hit "Trap Queen...

Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that all 50 states are prohibited from banning same-sex marriage, meaning that marriage is no longer legally defined as being between a man and a woman. It's the most significant victory for gay rights advocates in years and represents a Supreme Court acknowledging the growing movement in this country that the government should not have a say in who

Last night, a White gunman—who has now been identified as Dylann Storm Roof—in Charleston, South Carolina shot and killed nine people at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston. Three men and six women—including the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, who also worked as a State Senator—are among the dead. As of this morning, the g...

This weekend, a video surfaced on YouTube of a White police officer brutally grabbing a Black teenage girl by the neck and pushing her towards the ground, then drawing his gun and pointing it at two unarmed Black teenagers—who understandably turned and ran—at a community pool in McKinney, Texas. The origin...

Early this morning (May 17), Queens rapper Chinx, was killed in a shooting. He was 31-years-old. Born Lionel Pickens in Far Rockaway Queens, Chinx Drugz was a member of French Montana's Coke Boys crew, and signed to French's record label of the same name...