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After the firestorm of controversy that resulted in her stepping down as the President of the NAACP's Spokane chapter, Rachel Dolezal finally spoke out on the Today Show.
She explains why she identifies as herself as black instead of white, when she made the decision, her two sons, her parents and more.
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SMACK/ URL is the leader of the MC Battle culture and recently they held the fifth installment of one of their marquis events NOME (Night Of Main Events) This match up was apart of that action packed weekend. these two Ty Law (DMV) and B Magic (St.Louis,mo) have been going back and forth for a while now via social media so URL put them in a one-off.
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Last week, Demrick and DJ Hoppa released their collaboration project "Stoney Point" via all digital outlets, boasting guest appearances from Dizzy Wright, Madchild, Jarren Benton, Chris Webby, Emilio Rojas and more. The full project was well received by the fans, after the first music video " Nobody's Safe" with Jarren Benton & Madchild kicked off the buzz shortly before release. The duo is currently on the "Growing Process" tour with Dizzy Wright and while you can expect a music video to their collaboration with Dizzy soon, here's the latest visuals off the project, to the song "Always Into Something": |
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2 Chainz wasn't having any bullshit at the recent H60d Day event in Atlanta. The rapper was confronted by crips, but stood his ground.
In the video the audio is low and it's hard to make out what's being said. What is clear is Tity Boi standing face to face with a crip and not budging.
Young Thug was also at the event which didn't make the crips happy. In another video one can be heard dissing Thugger.
"We got this nigga out here with us cuz," a man says. "That shit ridiculous cuz. Skinny jeans, gay nigga cuz."
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Troy Ave was the latest guest on The Breakfast Club. He chopped it up about Major Without a Deal, the indie hustle, not being worried about people dissing him, Kendrick Lamar being a "weirdo," bringing New York back, saving fans from wearing skinny jeans, patching things up with 50 Cent, having God on his side, T.I. and more.
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Miguel teams up with Lenny Kravitz for "Face the Sun." the song is off of Miguel's forthcoming album titled Wildheart, dropping June 29. You can pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wildheart/id1005171711.
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Comedian Michael Blackson recently visited Sway In the Morning recently and had everyone in stitches. By the time he left the studio Sway was in tears.
Check him out going in on Caitlyn Jenner, his native country and villages.
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Gennady Golovkin a.k.a. GGG is the most feared boxer in the world currently. The 33-year old middleweight champion is 33-0. He's knocked out his last 20 opponents in a row.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 48-0, coming off of his dominating win over Manny Pacquiao. While he doesn't have the punching power of GGG, 28 overall KOs, he is perhaps the best defensive fighter in boxing history and is nearly impossible to land a clean shot on.
Talk of a possible superfight between these two is being discussed about among fans. However, there would be a couple of hurdles to overcome.
GGG fights at 160 pounds. Floyd generally boxes in the welterweight division at 147 pounds, although he has fought at and owns a belt in the 154 pound light middleweight division.
Money May would have to move up six pounds, while GGG would have to drop down to 154.
TMZ Sports recent caught up with Golovkin, who said he is 100% sure he would beat Floyd. What do you think? Who would win this bout?
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Good Money Brothers presents the official music video for Cashflow's "Ladies Vs. Thots." The song features and was produced by Remo The Hitmaker for New Wave Music Inc. You can purchase it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/album/id990336194.
Cardi B stars in the clip.
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MC Supreme, real name Dewayne Coleman, was killed Saturday, June 13, when a suspected drunk driver slammed into his car with a pickup truck.
The 47-year old was best known for his 1990 song "Black in America."
The Associated Press reports that Coleman's Honda Civic was parked on the shoulder of the Pacific Coast Highway at 6:30 a.m. in Malibu, California when a GMC pickup plowed into it.
"From what I understand they were just parked there waiting to see the sunrise, just like I was," witness Yash Youssefl told KCAL 9.
A female passenger in Coleman's car was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries.
That section of PCH is often referred to as a death trap for it's many fatal crashes. Actor Rob Lowe took to Twitter to vent this latest accident and Malibu's lack of accountability.
The driver of the pickup, Philip Torries II, 34, was arrested after the crash on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, according to PEOPLE.
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T.I. and Tiny stopped by The Breakfast Club to chop it up with DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God.
The two discussed their son asking for a private jet for his 16th birthday, providing a better life for their kids than they have, deciding when kids are old enough to move out on their own, the tour bus shooting incident involving Lil Wayne, Iggy Azalea struggling with fame, Young Dro doing what Drake does now back in 2004.
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YMCMB/Militia Gang's Cory Gunz drops off his second music video in as many weeks. His follow up to "Shut 'Em Down" is the James Brown-sampled visuals for "Make It Funky."
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Bilal is preparing to release his new album entitled In Another Life on June 30, via eOne Recordings. Here's a collaboration off of it featuring Big K.R.I.T., "Pleasure Toy." Pre-order the album now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/in-another-life/id996274865?ign-mpt=uo%3D4.
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Every time we hear a new record from Twanée we're reminded of her immense talent. From her solo music to collaborations with other artists including Kidd Kidd and music icon 50 Cent, the singer from Bermuda delivers consistent gems.
Today she is back with a new single titled "Rock Ya Body" featuring G-Unit's own Young Buck. The song was produced by Remo The Hitmaker and mixed by G-Unit engineer/producer Ky Miller.
This will appear on Remo The Hitmaker and PaperChaserDotCom's forthcoming project, The Purest Product, Volume 1.
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(CNN) The mother of Rachel Dolezal -- an NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington, who identifies as African-American, though her parents claim she is white -- said Friday that her daughter "has not explained to us why she is doing what she's doing and being dishonest and deceptive with her identity."
Ruthanne Dolezal said her daughter Rachel gradually began referring to herself as black around 2007 and that "she has never claimed to be biracial or African-American in our presence."
The parents last talked to their daughter "some years ago," with Ruthanne Dolezal saying "Rachel has not wanted to have contact with us."
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The racial identity of one of the most prominent faces in Spokane, Washington's black community is under question after her parents produced a birth certificate that showed she is white.
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Rachel Dolezal, 37, is the head of the local chapter of the NAACP and has identified herself as African-American. But her Montana birth certificate says she was born to two Caucasian parents, according to CNN affiliate KXLY, which also showed an old family photo in its report.
A family photo from Rachel Dolezal's wedding reception on May 21, 2000.
CNN tried to reach Dolezal for comment by emailing and calling her late Thursday night, but was unsuccessful.
Dolezal has represented herself as at least part African-American in an application for the police ombudsman commission.
And she has presented the public with a different family photograph posted to the local NAACP chapter's Facebook page. When she announced her father was coming to town for a visit, she showed herself standing next to an older African-American man.
Dolezal's public racial identity came under scrutiny on Thursday, when a reporter from KXLY held up that photo asked her a simple question.
This is how the conversation went:
"Is that your dad?"
"Yeah, that's...that's my dad."
"This man right here's your father? Right there?"
"You have a question about that?"
"Yes ma'am, I was wondering if your dad really is an African-American man."
"That's a very -- I mean, I don't know what you're implying."
"Are you African-American?"
"I don't understand the question of -- I did tell you that, yes, that's my dad. And he was unable to come in January."
"Are your parents...are they white?"
Dolezal walked away from the microphone, leaving her purse and keys, and took refuge in a nearby clothing boutique.
Dolezal has built a wide-ranging career on her racial identity.
She is not just president of her local NAACP chapter; she is also an academic expert on African-American culture andteaches many related classes at Eastern Washington University.
She represents the black community publicly and vocally, including as a spokeswoman on race-influenced police violence. On Tuesday she spoke to Al Jazeera on the topic.
She has appeared alongside Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who has filed charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man.
The mayor of Spokane appointed Dolezal chairwoman of a police oversight committee to keep an eye on fairness in police work.
After the allegations of faked racial identity surfaced, Mayor David Condon and City Council President Ben Stuckart issued a statement. "We... take very seriously the concerns raised regarding the chair of the independent citizen police ombudsman commission." The city is checking to see if she has violated any policies.
Dolezal also has spoken about multiple alleged racist threats made against her, including nooses found near her home. But police never have been able to substantiate them, KXLY reported.
Dolezal's mother, Ruthanne Dolezal, told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that after she and her husband adopted four African-American children, Rachel Dolezal began to "disguise herself."
"It's very sad that Rachel has not just been herself," Ruthanne Dolezal said. "Her effectiveness in the causes of the African-American community would have been so much more viable, and she would have been more effective, if she had just been honest with everybody," the newspaper quoted her as saying.
Rachel Dolezal brushed off the controversy surrounding her racial identity as part of a family fight over alleged abuse, the Spokesman-Review reported.
She wouldn't answer the newspaper's questions about her racial heritage directly and said she wanted to talk to local NAACP leadership first. "I feel like I owe my executive committee a conversation," she said.
"That question is not as easy as it seems," Dolezal told the Spokesman-Review. "There's a lot of complexities ... and I don't know that everyone would understand that."
Social media reactions varied, and some seemed to concur with Dolezal's assessment.
Her name and the term "transracial" were top trending hashtags on Twitter.
Some users floated the notion that people could cross over lines of racial identity as they do with sexual identity.
"Hmm interesting article about #racheldolezal. If she identifies as black, can she be transracial?" one user asked. Other users compared Dolezal with Caitlyn Jenner, former known as Bruce Jenner, often in a derogatory manner.
But many users, particularly African-Americans, bemoaned that switching race doesn't work like switching gender, noting that black people can't pretend to be white to avoid discrimination.
"My prob w/ #Transracial: Black folk cant decide to be white when the cops raid their pool party. But a white woman can be NAACP president," wrote hip-hop artist Lizzo.
"If #RachelDolezal can do it, so can I. I am now a white American. Give me: good credit, the ability to swim, and police NOT beating me," PrestonMitchum tweeted.
"It's not just her appropriation. It's that she claimed an oppression that wasn't hers," wrote user Charles Clymer.
**UPDATE** June 15
In the end the controversy surrounding Rachel Dolezal proved to be too much. According to various media sources she has resigned from her position as the NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington.
Dolezal posted a statement on civil rights group's Spokane Facebook page. Read it below.
Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members,
It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP. And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.
I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story. I am consistently committed to empowering marginalized voices and believe that many individuals have been heard in the last hours and days that would not otherwise have had a platform to weigh in on this important discussion. Additionally, I have always deferred to the state and national NAACP leadership and offer my sincere gratitude for their unwavering support of my leadership through this unexpected firestorm.
While challenging the construct of race is at the core of evolving human consciousness, we can NOT afford to lose sight of the five Game Changers (Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Health & Healthcare, Education, Economic Sustainability, and Voting Rights & Political Representation) that affect millions, often with a life or death outcome. The movement is larger than a moment in time or a single person's story, and I hope that everyone offers their robust support of the Journey for Justice campaign that the NAACP launches today!
I am delighted that so many organizations and individuals have supported and collaborated with the Spokane NAACP under my leadership to grow this branch into one of the healthiest in the nation in 5 short months. In the eye of this current storm, I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP.
It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley. It is my hope that by securing a beautiful office for the organization in the heart of downtown, bringing the local branch into financial compliance, catalyzing committees to do strategic work in the five Game Changer issues, launching community forums, putting the membership on a fast climb, and helping many individuals find the legal, financial and practical support needed to fight race-based discrimination, I have positioned the Spokane NAACP to buttress this transition.
Please know I will never stop fighting for human rights and will do everything in my power to help and assist, whether it means stepping up or stepping down, because this is not about me. It's about justice. This is not me quitting; this is a continuum. It's about moving the cause of human rights and the Black Liberation Movement along the continuum from Resistance to Chattel Slavery to Abolition to Defiance of Jim Crow to the building of Black Wall Street to the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and into a future of self-determination and empowerment.
With much love and a commitment to always fight for what is right and good in this world,
Rachel Dolezal
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New mixtape from Jody Breeze "Barz For Dayz"
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SelfMade recording artist ShimmyChoo calls on producer Common Cause to lay down the backdrop for his new song titled "You Know." Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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Lil Wayne kept it short and brief, but his announcement at 106 KMEL's Summer Jam 2015 on Saturday, June 13, at Oracle Arena in Oakland, has sent shock waves throughout the industry.
During his set Wayne said that he had "just signed a deal with my motherfucking idol Jay Z." Does this mean he's managed to get out of his Cash Money deal and moved his Young Money imprint over to Roc Nation?
Since Wayne's didn't elaborate we're left to guess until more news comes out. Check out the footage below.
**UPDATE**
Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant has issued a clarification of Wayne's statement.
"The Internet and blogs took his words out of context," Bryant tells Billboard. "When Wayne was speaking about the partnership with Jay Z, he was speaking about his new deal as an artist owner with Tidal."
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