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The Oakland City Council passed the Equity Permit Program; an initiative designed to offer reparations to those affected by the Drug War.

UPDATE: 12:28 P.M. EST According to Karen Civil, Weezy was not referring to a deal with Roc Nation. She tweeted: When Lil Wayne said “I…

Citizens express their dissatisfaction of the acquittal of George Zimmerman, by smashing windows, attacking police cars, overturning dumpsters and setting fires in downtown Oakland, and other cities across America. These displays of civil unrest are exactly what the President hoped not to happen when releasing this statement from the white House today: “I know this […]

Several days after reports surfaced of 2 Chainz being robbed and arrested on separate occasions, footage has finally surfaced of the attempted robbery in the Bay Area. While the ATL rapper didn’t flat out deny being the victim of an attempted robbery, he did try to downplay any incident that may have occurred. He first […]

I guess it’s fitting that on the day I saw “Fruitvale Station,” the dramatic retelling of the murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, it was pouring…

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  As we previously reported, Malcolm Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson and  first male heir of Malcolm X, was beaten to death in Mexico City eight…

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While the nation’s attention has been focused on the alarming homicide rate in Chicago, Oakland has been enduring a rise in murders in 2013.  According…

ABC Nightline News did a recent feature that shined a bigger light on Oakland turf dancing, a Bay area street cultural dance that combines forms of breakdancing and continues California’s phenomenal history of artistic street dancing such as pop and locking, krumping and jerking. The news show highlights a powerful and beautifully choreographed online video called “Turf […]

ABC Nightline News did a recent feature that shined a bigger light on Oakland turf dancing, a Bay area street cultural dance that combines forms…