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Future accuses Ciara of keeping him from their son

Future is claiming that former partner Ciara is barring him access to their son, also named Future. The rapper, whose real name is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, separated from Ciara in 2014 after allegations of his infidelity. Future Jr, Ciara's first born child and Future's fourth, was born in May of that year. In a series of tweets, Future claims that since their split, he has barely seen their son and has to go through lawyers to see "babyfuture". Future wrote: "This bitch got control problems. I gotta go through lawyers to see babyfuture...the fuckery for 15k a month. I jus want babyfuture that's all," he added. "I been silent for a year & a half...I ran outta patience." Future has had a productive 2015 after releasing two mixtapes, including a solo album and a collaboration with D

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Son of Michael Jordan responds to Facts track by Kanye West

Marcus Jordan has brushed off Kanye West's diss track 'Facts', which includes a reference to his father Michael Jordan. West released it on New Year's Eve and the track uses Future and Drake's 'Jumpman' as a sample and has the rapper stating: "Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy just jumped over Jumpman" which is a shot at Nike from the Adidas-affiliated artist. Jumpman is Nike's Michael Jordan-related merchandise line. Marcus Jordan was the first of his family to respond to the line and took to Twitter on Saturday (Jan. 2) to make his thoughts clear. "Yeezy just jumped over @Jumpman23?? LOL I needed a good laugh to start my #2016," he tweeted. He then went on to post a GIF of his legendary father laughing. 'Facts' is West's third release of the year and follows behind 'All Day' and 'FourFiveSecond

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RS Thought Box: How Dangerous Is It To Be Black?

Recently, Huffington Post came out with an article titled "27 Thing Every Black Person Must Learn Before Age 12" following the recent decision to not indict the officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice. America has successfully reminded all black people, that no matter your age and gender, if you are black...your life is expendable. You are not of value, you are not contributing to society, and if you die in an unjust manner there will be no justice for you. The fact that there even needs to be an explanation as to why a 12-year-old child did NOT deserve to be shot by police, says far more about the state of this country than any article ever could. Just this year alone we had 1,125 people die at the hands of police, according to a tracking project by The Washington Post. Blacks are

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Wiz Khalifa announces Project Khalifa coming in January

Wiz Khalifa has officially announced his plan to release new music in 2016. Khalifa announced the news in a Christmas message addressed to fans on YouTube, entitled 'Wiz Sends a Message to his Taylors'. "I plan on putting out a project with some unreleased music that nobody's ever heard before and I’m going to call it 'Project Khalifa' and that's actually going to be available in January," says Khalifa in the video. The Pittsburgh born rapper also announced that he is planning to release a sequel to 'Rolling Papers', his third studio album that came out in 2011. During Khalifa's European tour in October, he released two new songs on his SoundCloud titled 'Outsiders' and 'Just Because'. Earlier this month, Khalifa released 'Cabin Fever 3', the third installment in his C

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Tinashe speaks on racism in music

Tinashe has spoken out in an interview about her views regarding racism in the music industry. Talking to xoNecole, Tinashe explained that she felt there was only room for one female black artist in each genre and her struggle with representing the black community. "People feel like there is only room for one," she said. "There is a Beyonce, there is a Rihanna, there is Zendaya, there is a Jourdan Dunn. There is a black girl in all of these positions and we don't need another one." She continued: "It's ridiculous because there are like a hundred blonde, white actresses and leading ladies. There are a hundred rappers that all virtually look the same, sound the same and dress the same and no one cares. But for some reason, when it comes to young women, they want to pit t

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Prince releases HITNRUN Phase 2

Prince has unveiled his 38th studio album, HITNRUN Phase 2, following on from September's release HITNRUN. Like it's predecessor, HITNRUN Phase 2 is currently available to stream or download only through the Tidal streaming platform. Prince announced the release via his twitter, saying "listen close cuz even songs you thought you knew like RocknRoll LoveAffair and Screwdriver r different." Around the time of the release of HITNRUN, Prince explained his reasoning behind choosing to work with Tidal, saying: "After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay-Z and the team he has assembled at Tidal recognize and applaud the effort that real musicians put into their craft to achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry." The full tracklisting for H

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