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The controversy over the portrayal of slavery and Black characters in Quentin Tarentino’s latest epic Django Unchained has taken a new turn following reports of the discontinuation of the accompanying collectable action figure series featuring enslaved characters from the film, after they were heavily criticised by civil rights activists. [...]

The sad news has come in that Austin Peralta, one of the youngest and most talented affiliates of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, has passed away, aged just 22. [...]

Seven US Navy Seals have been punished for leaking classified information during their paid roles as consultants for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. [...]

Lil Wayne has been ordered to pay out a whopping sum of $2, 195, 000 after losing his case against Quincy Jones III regarding the ’09 documentary film The Carter. The rapper was unhappy with Quincy Jones’ son and the other film-makers for using his music to soundtrack what he saw as a ”scandalous portrayal” of [...]

For yesterday’s final grassroots rally in Columbus Ohio, President Obama was able to call on the support of Jay Z and Bruce Springsteen, who both came out and performed live for him. In a powerful final speech, Obama introduced Jigga by referring to all that they shared in common, including “wives who are more popular than [...]

After revealing the tracklist for her seventh album Unapologetic a few days ago, Bajan pop superstar Rihanna took to instagram moments ago to reveal the features on the new LP. [...]

Following the earth shattering, world record breaking success of the Avengers movie, Marvel is wasting no time and is rolling out product from the Avengers franchise in force. [...]

Despite declaring that their Olympic closing ceremony performance at Hyde Park at the the end of this summer was Blur‘s final show, it appears that the contrary is in fact the case and the British band will be reuniting for the biggest rock festival in Belgium next year. [...]

Jay-Z and Beyonce, Hip-Hop’s reigning commander-in-chief and first lady, are once again showing their support for America’s Commander-In-Chief by hosting a swank, $40,000-per-ticket fundraiser for President Barack Obama at the MC’s 40/40 Club in New York. [...]

Michael Clarke Duncan: December 10, 1957 – September 03, 2012 Oscar nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who most notably played John Coffey in the 1999 movie release The Green Mile has died today after being hospitalized following a heart attack two months ago. [...]