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The original hip hop king of Auto-Tune T-Pain (Roger Troutman was the originator) offered his opinion of Future during a recent interview with Hartford, Connecticut’s Hot 93.7. While Pain gives Future props and says he’s a great songwriter, he also said he doesn’t believe the ATL rapper knows how to properly use Auto-Tune. “I don’t […]

President Barack Obama will make another trip to metro Atlanta tomorrow (February 14) when he visits Decatur to highlight Georgia’s successful pre-kindergarten program. President Obama mentioned Georgia’s pre-K program during his State of the Union address. President Obama’s last trip to Atlanta was in June, when he spoke at a fundraiser at the Westin Peachtree […]

We are all for freedom of expression, but when there is a lack of taste that is tied into it, we have to take a…

Ten metro Atlanta law officers have been arrested on corruption charges in a federal investigation that alleges the officers facilitated drug deals for a street gang. An FBI SWAT team arrested the officers on Tuesday for taking payoffs to protect cocaine deals taking place in shopping centers and school parking lots, the AJC reports. Some […]

The family of slain civil rights icon Emmett Till is furious at Lil Wayne over a verse on Future’s remix to “Karate Chop.” In the song, Weezy raps, “I pop a lot of pain pills / beat that p*ssy up like Emmett Till.” Till was a 14-year-old African-American from Chicago who was tortured and murdered […]

In his first State of the Union address since being re-elected, President Barack Obama again urged a deeply divided Congress to come together to help solve the nation’s fiscal problems and strengthen the middle class. “We have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the state of our […]

This is Troy Davis. He was charged for the murder or police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989 and executed in 2011. Davis maintained his innocence…

The saga of fugitive cop killer Christopher Dorner may have come to a fiery end. After barricading himself in a cabin in Big Bear Lake, California, in the San Bernardino Mountains, Dorner was cornered by police and exchanged gunfire with authorities, killine one deputy and injuring another. Shortly after the shootout, smoke was seen rising […]

If you ever wanted to know how Waka Flocka Flame got punished as a child, here’s your answer! In this clip inspired by “Peanuts,” Waka recounts an incident where his grandmother gave him an unusual punishment for leaving the house when he wasn’t supposed to. Watch below: RELATED: Waka Flocka Flame Ordered to Pay $501,000 […]

The fugitive former Los Angeles cop sought in three murders is barricaded in a cabin in Big Bear Lake, California, in the San Bernardino Mountains. Christopher Dorner was cornered by police earlier and exchanged gunfire with authorities, reportedly injuring two deputies. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that one of the injured officers has died. […]

Bishop Eddie Long is being sued by former New Birth Missionary Baptist Church members who claim the embattled megachurch pastor encouraged them to invest money with a company despite being informed the investor had a $3 million capital deficit. According to the AJC, the suit was filed late last month in DeKalb County state court. […]