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Chicago rapper Twista pleads guilty to not paying over $440K in taxes

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Ice Cube places handprints, footprints in cement at TCL Chinese Theatre:'Today is a good day, baby!'

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  • Apr 16, 2025

Questlove on the 'Burden of Black Genius' in his sophomore Onyx Collective film, 'Sly Lives!'

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Irv Gotti, music producer and founder of hip-hop label Murder Inc., dies at 54

Gotti rose to prominence working with rap artists who went on to become major stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Jay-Z.

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Toy giveaway, concert hosted at Nickerson Gardens with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, SZA

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'Shyne' reflects on storytelling, struggle and redemption in Andscape documentary on Hulu

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