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Freddie Gibbs Found Not Guilty of Rape Charges

It looks like Freddie Gibbs will be on his way back to the United States soon. You may recall, back in June, Gibbs was in France for a show when he was arrested. The rapper was accused of drugging and raping a woman in Austria in 2015. He remained in …

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Jay-Z Says The War On Drugs is An “Epic Fail” (VIDEO)

Jay Z narrates a short film featuring artwork by  Molly Crabapple, in which he discusses the “war on drugs” and everything from the Nixon administration and the Rockefeller drug laws to mass incarceration and how it affected the African American communities over the last 40+ years.  In ‘A History of the War On …

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Former Beauty Queen Sentenced After Lying About Cancer

  Former Miss Pennsylvania U.S International, Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, 24, was sentenced to two to four years in prison and five years of probation on Tuesday (July 26) after lying about having cancer. In March 2013, Weaver-Gates told her friends and family that she had leukemia. In an effort to …

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“Making a Murderer” Will Return to Netflix for a Second Season

Steven Avery may get new case

  Netflix has announced that the hit show Making a Murderer will return for a second season. According to ABC, the six-Emmy nominated show will jump into “the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery and his co-defendant and nephew Brendan Dassey, as their defense teams again challenge their clients’ convictions and life …

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