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Last month's shooting death of unarmed Florida teen Jordan Davishas reignited the push to repeal Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.

As we previously reported, Davis was killed on November 23, after he and several friends got into and argument at a Jacksonville, Florida gas station with 45-year old Michael Dunn. 

Dunn had pulled into the gas station with his girlfriend. While she was in the store he asked four black males to turn down the music in their SUV. An argument ensued and Dunn claimed he saw a shotgun before firing eight times into the SUV. Three of those bullets struck and killed Davis.

"It was loud," Jacksonville homicide Lt. Rob Schoonover said of the teens' music. "They admitted that. That's not a reason for someone to open fire."

Police say no gun was found in the SUV Davis was riding in.

Dunn and his girlfriend fled the scene. As they left someone jotted down their license plate number. Dunn and his girlfriend spent the night in a Jacksonville hotel. The next morning, they heard someone had died in the shooting and drove back to Dunn's home in Satellite Beach.

Dunn, who is vice president of Dunn & Dunn Data Systems in Vero Beach, was arrested at home Saturday November 24, and charged with murder and attempted murder. He is being held without bond

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Dunn's family is supporting him.

"He got threatened and had to do what he had to do, and it's sad, so sad," his daughter Rebecca Dunn told FirstcoastNews. "A terrible tragedy on both sides. It really is. I don't know. What are you going to do in that situation? You don't know what you are going to do. He just reacted."

Dunn's lawyers has indicated he would use the "Stand Your Ground" law as a defense.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law gives shooters the right to use deadly force when they feel threatened and does not require them to retreat.

According to the Huffington Post, civil rights groups, including Color of Change, the NAACP and the Urban League, as well gun control groups such as the Second Chance on Shoot First campaign, have joined forces to gather online signatures for a repeal of Stand Your Ground laws in 26 states. The groups also plan to restart a campaign to lobby state legislatures in January, said Ginny Simmons, director of Second Chance.

Ron Davis, the father of Jordan Davis is embraced as he arrives at the funeral home for the visitation for his son Jordan, last month in Jacksonville, Fla.

“What we are doing with these laws is allowing our country to become more dangerous than a war zone,” Simmons said.

"Unfortunately, we have had another one of these tragic incidents that highlights how horrible these laws are and how dangerous they can be in that they empower vigilantes and provide them cover," said Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change. "We also live in a cultural environment in which young black men are feared and seen as a sort of universal threat. Their mere existence, is for some people a problem. That’s the cultural climate in which these laws have been implemented.”

Rap stars 50 Cent and Talib Kweli have been helping to raise public awareness about the case by sending messages to their Twitter Followers.

Davis was buried in Powder Springs, Georgia on Saturday afternoon.

Davis' mother, Lucia McBath, who lives outside of Atlanta, asked that her son's death not be thought of as a hate crime.

"We don't know where he was or what kind of dark place he was in at that moment, but something snapped in that man. Something snapped in him, so we are not looking at it as the hate crime because that's not going to honor Jordan," McBath told FirstCoastNews.com.

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Fast rising Atlanta rapper Trinidad James recently performed in front of a packed house at Santos Party House in NYC. Trinidad stage dived and performed his hit single "All Gold Everything" a couple of times.

Trinidad also brought out A$AP Rocky and A$AP Mob and let them do their thing.

Trinidad performs "All Gold Everything"

Trinidad James brings out A$AP Mob

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Young Swift drops his new mixtape M.D.M.I. The tape is hosted by Akon, DJ Scream and DJ Nando.

Features include Young Jeezy, Vocal, M-Bass, Phocuz and more.

01. Young Swift - DJ Scream Intro 

02. Young Swift - Field Lights 

03. Young Swift - Born Slaves Die Kings 

04. Young Swift - I Like (Feat. Young Jeezy) 

05. Young Swift - Get Naked 

06. Young Swift - Survive The Summer 

07. Young Swift - F*ck Dem 

08. Young Swift - Err Now N Den (Feat. M-Bass) 

09. Young Swift - Akon Speaks 

10. Young Swift - Good News Bad News 

11. Young Swift - 100 Miles & Runnin (Feat. Phocuz) 

12. Young Swift - Just Like

13. Young Swift - Have It All 

14. Young Swift - Why Not 

15. Young Swift - Wat We R 

16. Young Swift - I'ma Survivor (Feat. Vocal & Shonte) 

17. Young Swift - No Sleep (Feat. Vocal & August)

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TRACE Urban recently caught up with Waka Flocka Flame in Paris, France. Waka spoke to them about his new clothing line, getting shot and his next album

"I'm getting ready for a new album, might be Flockaveli Part 2," Waka said. "Lotta sh*t going on. I got a clothing line dropping."

Waka was hesitant to reveal features for his next album, but he did say that DMX will be on there.

Waka has admitted a desire to work with DMX in the past.

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Snoop Lion has just gotten the green light on a distribution deal for his first reggae album titled Reincarnated. The album will be distributed through a deal between Snoop's Berhane Sound System production company and RCA Records. The project, which was executive produced by Diplo and the Major Lazer production team will be released in Spring 2013.

A companion documentary of the same name is also on the way. Reincarnated the documentary will detail the recording process of the album in Jamaica.

"Major Lazer and I had a special opportunity to focus on recording Reincarnated from top-to-bottom with no interruptions in Jamaica. From my time spent with the people and in the streets, these songs are based on peace, love, and the struggle." said Snoop Lion. "‘Here Comes The King’ is a taste of what's to come off that Reincarnated album and movie. It's going to be an exciting 2013. Bless up."

Check out the latest single from the album "Here Comes the King" up top. It was produced by Diplo and Ariel Rechtshaid and co-produced by 6Blocc. 

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Wiz Khalifa just released his O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*ggas In First Class) album and he's out heavily promoting it. Wiz stopped by The Breakfast Clubto talk about the project.

Wiz also talked about The Weeknd and Chief Keef not showing up for separate videos, pregnant sex with Amber Rose, his Taylor Gang's participation on O.N.I.F.C., upcoming marriage, doing a movie with 50 Cent, his career, skinny jeans and more.

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Waka Flocka Flame was recently out in London and linked up with Tim Westwood. The Brick Squad MonopolyCEO spit an a capella freestyle while backstage at a show while the cameras were rolling.

Peep that below. Squad!

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Drake has his eyes set on much bigger things that just being an artist. The Toronto emcee's October's Very Own label has inked a deal with Warner Bros. Records according to Billboard.

More details on the deal are expected to emerge on Wednesday.

While Drizzy will remain a solo artist with YMCMB, the deal with Warner Bros. will allow him to expand his brand along with his producer Noah "40" Shebib, which up until now has included clothing and the OVO Festival.

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Christmas is almost here and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon got into the holiday spirit with a special performance of "All I Want For Christmas Is You."

Mariah Carey, The Roots, Jimmy along with a group of kids sang while playing classroom instruments.

Instrument list below.

Jimmy Fallon - wood block, tambourine, bass drum, kazoo
Mariah Carey - vocals
Questlove - wooden clacker w/ afro pick
Mark Kelley - Fisher Price xylophone
Kamal Gray - recorder
James Poyser - melodica
Captain Kirk - ukulele
Tuba Gooding Jr. - kazoo
Frank Knuckles - bongos
Black Thought - sleigh bells

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Kansas City police have released the 911 calls from the day Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, then later committed suicide.

Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd, can be heard screaming frantically for the 911 operators to send an ambulance.

"Please don't die Kassie," the mother pleads. "She's still breathing but barely. I don't know how many times he shot her, they were arguing. Kasandra stay with me. The ambulance is on it's way, you hear me?"

The 25-year old Belcher reportedly kissed Perkins on the forehead and apologized to his mother before fleeing to Arrowhead Stadium where he killed himself on Saturday December 1st..

Perkins was 22-years old at the time of her death. They leave behind a three-month old daughter named Zoey.

According to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, as part of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, Zoey's guardian or her estate will receive $9,000 per month over the next four years, which amounts to $109,000 per year. In the fifth year, she'll receive $48,000. From then on, she'll be given $52,000 per year each year until she turns 18 or 23, depending on whether she goes to college.

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Skylar Grey and Eminem ventured to a trailer park somewhere in Michigan to shoot the music video for their collaboration "C'Mon Let Me Ride."

The track is the first single from Skylar's upcoming debut album Don't Look Down.

The video will premiere on December 11th.

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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show aired last night on CBS. Some of the world's top models walked the catwalk during the show.

Doutzen Kroes, Adriana Lima, Joan Smalls, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldrige, Erin Heatherton and others strutted around in Victoria Secret's latest lingerie.

The show also featured musical performances by Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber.

Check them out below.

Rihanna "Diamonds"

Rihanna "Phresh Out the Runway"

Justin Bieber "As Long As You Love Me"

Justin Bieber "Beauty And A Beat"

Bruno Mars "Young Girls"

Bruno Mars "Locked Out Of Heaven"

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Rolls Royce Rizzy kicks it with Wiz Khalifa before his 2050 tour show in Orlando. Chopping it up about skate boarding and life. Appearances by Compton Menace and DJ Smallz.

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Chris Brown and friends hit up one of Amsterdam's coffee shops recently and got lit up like Christmas trees on some high grade weed.

In one pic Chris is seen puffing on three joints at the same time. The singer is still on probation for assaulting Rihanna in 2009. He tested positive for weed in September, but caught a break when Judge Patricia Schnegg decided that she would not revoke his probation because she had never imposed drug testing as a condition.

"You are not only in the public eye but you are on probation to me," Schnegg told Brown. "You are on probation for five years and you still have a couple left. Your conduct is important."

Brown doesn't seem worried at all about his next probation hearing judging from the pics below.

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Well respected battle rapper Murder Mook recently stopped by Sway In the Morning to chop it up about Smack/URL. 

Mook gave a breakdown of who Smack is for people that don't know. After a phone call from a fan who said he would like to see current top battle rappers go against legends like Eminem, Mook said that is who he would like to battle.

"That's my man right there," Mook said of Eminem. "Anybody that know me, that's who I really wanna [battle]. People be thinking I'm bugging, but that's just what it is with me. I've been saying this for years though. Real talk that's my favorite rapper. I listen to him so I definitely wanna see what's up. His mind is not normal."

Would Mook stand a chance against Eminem in a battle?

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D-Block veteran emcee Jadakiss recently sat down with Montreality. Topics included what he spent his first big paycheck on, jobs he had as a teenager, what kind of grades he got in school, wanting to work with and Andre 3000 and Stevie Wonder.

Kiss said his next solo album Top 5 Dead Or Alive is coming first quarter 2013. He also revealed that The Lox are 6-7 songs into their next album We Are the Streets Too, and hope to release it in 2013.

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