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YouTuber gives Insightful Perspective on The Funeral of Nipsey Hussle

During the 2018-2019 NFL season there is something that feels a bit different. Its as if these players and this league has become a conduit to share everyones negative energy as the individual players stand there, unsuspecting targets for the culmination of rage taking its aim at them. I have participated in the circus myself, falling into the group think of the misinformed yet sanctimonious crowd, frothing at the mouth as they chug over priced beers, sitting safely in the stands. It’s no surprise the the term Fan comes from the word Fanatic, and after seeing so many people wearing jerseys with other mens names on them, the latter begins to make even more sense. To apply your 9-5 rules to the world of pro sports its the first issue. Your job is vastly different to their career and the same could be said whether they're a business owner or professional athlete, this is one lane where the average person holds absolutely no knowledge on the subject they are screaming about. Even thou...

Kamala Harris knows rent is too high — so she’s proposing a law that will give money back to people paying more than 30% of their income on rent (via NowThis Politics )

A 24-year-old man was convicted for making threats towards Pittsburgh police in a rap song he created and performed on YouTube. He continued to fight that conviction asking for the state Supreme Court to hear the case due to free speech rights... Continue Reading...

Stephen A. Smith says that he thinks NFL players should stop protesting on the field and instead march on Washington, D.C. to protest racial injustice and more. The NFL owners are trying have it both ways with regards to this issue for so long and are still uncertain about what to do.

Article by Digital Music News Jay-Z and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney have reached an agreement. The rapper/entrepreneur’s Made in America festival will remain in Benjamin Franklin Parkway. A joint statement from Mayor Jim Kenney and Roc Nation reads “Mayor Jim Kenney and Desiree Perez, Chief Operating Officer of Roc Nation, had a productive meeting today to discuss the future of the Made in America festival. Both parties have agreed to continue to host the festival along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and are committed to addressing operational and community challenges associated with this large-scale event.”

Renowned for violent crime, drugs and gangs, Mexico has a reputation for danger. But is this reputation justified. Is Mexico really as dangerous as is commonly believed?

Created following WW2 to prevent a repeat of the two world wars. However, does it's undemocratic nature make it dangerous?

With the world's largest army, the second largest economy and a strong military alliance with Russia, China unquestionably has the might to match the most powerful in the world. But is China a risk to other nations? Find out as we ask the question, how dangerous is China?

The USA is the world's only superpower. Armed with weapons of mass destruction and a history of committing some of the worst crimes to humanity, how far will the USA go to maintain economic, political and military dominance?

Stephen A. Smith rants about NBA player effort for the All-Star Game in wake of recent changes made to the format.

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DJ Akademiks Speaks on J Cole says we should all boycott the NFL since Colin Kaepernick was pushed out the league

Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist , civil rights 1964 leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. King was an active advocate for African-American equality. King met her husband while in college, and their participation escalated until they became central to the movement. In her early life, Coretta was an accomplished singer, and she often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's 1968 assassination when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement . King founded the King Center and sought to make his birthday a national holiday. King finally succeeded when Ronald Reagan signed legislation which established Martin Luther King, Jr. Day . She later broadened her scope to include bo...

 Pasadena city officials this week put a hold on a Kimpton Hotel project proposed to occupy the vacant Julia Morgan -designed YWCA building on the edge of that city's historic civic center plaza after the developer sought more than $30 million in concessions. Local preservation group Pasadena Heritage supports the hotel because, "it is an ideal reuse for the former YWCA building, which has sat vacant now for 20 years, complies with the original Bennett Plan that called for a future building in this location, would do much to enliven the Civic Center and provide public amenities, and increase pedestrian activity throughout the day and evening hours," the group said in its April newsletter. Read More...

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"I thought putting a price on it put a limit on it and inhibited me from making a connection,” explains Chance (whose real name is Chancellor Johnathan Bennett). The politically active 23-year-old Chicago native talks politics, rap, and free music... You campaigned for Hillary Clinton and you helped get out the vote in Illinois. Do you think performers have an obligation to be politically involved? CHANCE THE RAPPER: I think our duty as American citizens is to be involved and engaged in anything that affects us. As an artist, I have to use my platform, and as a dad, a brother, and a black man, I have to be as socially woke and present as possible. I don’t feel great about [the results of the election], but in all honesty, I wasn’t that surprised that Trump won. I’m not a pessimist . . . but I’m always woke and waiting to find something fishy going on so I can let motherfuckers know. Your father, Ken Williams-Bennett, ran early Senate campaigns for Barack Obama and was a head of ...