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Lil Durk Trial: Juror Dismissed for Bias During Slow Jury Selection
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A Judge Just Greenlit Taking Chris Brown’s Tour Money to Cover a $13M Dog Attack Judgment
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MTV VMAs Removes Best Afrobeats Category After Three Years
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Beenie Man’s Eminence Snatches No. 1 on U.S. iTunes Albums Chart
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Rihanna Took Her Kids on a Barbados Minibus Ride and the Internet Loved Every Second of It
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Blvk H3ro Made a Song for Bae and It’s Dropping This Friday
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