The jazz world mourns the loss of one of its most talented keyboardists today. George Duke, a pioneering musician who also mastered and meshed the worlds of funk and R&B, has died. He was 67. Source
Remember when Michael Beasley was getting mad buckets at Kansas State? Yeah, that was a while ago. Today (August) in the early morning, the 24-year-old Phoenix Suns forward was popped for marijuana possession. Source
The hammer has fallen on Alex Rodriguez, but it’s not a lifetime ban. The New York Yankees third baseman has been suspended by Major League Baseball for the rest of the 2013 season and all of the 2014 season. Source
T.I. has led a life that most rappers only talk and rhyme about, and just are not really built for. Since the self proclaimed King Of the South has put his most recent legal troubles behind him, he has seemed to keep a relatively low profile in terms of altercations in the streets. But don’t let […]
As the days dwindle, Fat Joe inches closer to the date he begins serving a four month prison bid for tax evasion. To maintain relevancy in the mean time, the veteran rapper delivers a visual for “Love Me Long Time,” featuring Future. Source
Texas is running low on pentobarbital, one of the three drugs used in its lethal injections. By September, the state will have run through its entire supply. Source
A bear is caught on camera standing on its hind legs and pushing a large bin filled with leftovers from a restaurant car park. Source
Archaeologists working in Turkey believe they have found a piece of the cross that Jesus was crucified on. Source
Hernandez, who has pleaded not guilty in the death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, reportedly told a pen pal that the murder case against him is all part of God’s plan. Source
UFC hits Toyota Center for an open workout for Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos to Promote their fight on October 19,2013.
Lil Twist clearly does not take his weed carrier duties very seriously at all. The YMCMB rapper and Justin Bieber acolyte has been named in a battery report for allegedly trying to stop a woman from leaving the Beebs’ mansion. A claim Twist has denied. Source
Carrie Ann Billups’ neglect of her 4-year-old son (and cocaine supply) resulted in a five-year prison sentence for child abuse, Monday (July 30). The Chesapeake, Va. mother will actually spend roughly 12 months behind bars, because four years of her sentence was suspended. Source