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EASTNOR CASTLE DEER PARK, England — Kanye West says he feels like people look at him like Hitler.I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I’m (expletive) insane, like I’m Hitler,” he said. “One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did.”
LOS ANGELES — Charles “Bubba” Smith who played nine seasons in the NFL and starred in six “Police Academy” movies as officer Hightower, has died at 66.
04.08.2011 11:06
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NEW YORK— New York City will spend $127 million in public and private funds on programs designed to help young black and Latino men. Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg will kick in $30 million from his foundation and hedge fund manager George Soros will match that amount, according to the mayor’s office. The remaining $67.5 million will be paid by the city.
T-Pain, the rapper/singer who made his mark using auto-tune, is now suing the company of the popular synthesizer effect. T-Pain has filed suit against Antares Technologies, the creators of auto-tune, so they stop using his name to market the product.
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — (Associated Press)The image is timeless Americana: Chuck Berry hunched over, ready to launch into his famous Duck Walk, picking his Gibson guitar and wailing a song.
NEW YORK — Queens, New York rapper Nas has teamed up with UNICEF to raise money for children in the horn of Africa where there has been a drought.
Nas and a variety of musicians are taking part in the “Month of Giving,” which is being organized by the family of late Beatles’ member George Harrison’s wife, Olivia Harris. (Source: AllHipHop)
According to reports, ecstacy, alcohol and emphysema led to Amy Winehouse’s death. Sources told the Sunday Mirror that a “bad” ecstacy pill and a combination of alcohol may have killed the singer. Though police are operating under the assumption that Winehouse died of a drug overdose, an autopsy is scheduled for Monday or Tuesday.
26.07.2011 11:38
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After her own successful HBO series and starring in a Tyler Perry movie or two, the Grammy winner might be putting those skills to use more than ever now. She’s back to her first love, music, scoring her first No. 1 album with her new set, “Light Of The Sun.” Now as the headliner of The Jill Scott Block Party she’s bringing her soulful sound to a venue near you this summer.
07.06.2011 10:40
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High end clothing company, Gucci is being sued by a former employee, Josephine Robinson, for discriminating against pop star, Rihanna because she is Caribbean. Vogue reports:
As state and federal jobs are being cut due to the economy, African Americans are being affected the most by the cuts. The Huffington Post reports: The cuts fall with marked impact on African Americans. Nearly 21 percent of the nation’s working black adults hold government jobs, as compared to some 17 percent of white workers and 15 percent of Latinos.

