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This week, rapper Rick Ross was criticized by both his fans and the media over controversial lyrics in his song, “U.O.E.N.O.”

The lyric seems to commend date rape,” which is unacceptable on EVERY level. He rhymes:

Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it. I took her home and I enjoyed that–she ain’t even know it.”

That sort of talk obviously does not sit well and a petition has been started asking Reebok to withdraw their endorsement with Ross.

Rewarding a man who brags about raping women sends a dangerous message. Rick Ross’ lyrics about drugging and raping a woman are offensive and outrageous, and Reebok should drop him as a spokesperson immediately.”

Rozay did a radio interview and finally addressed his lyrics and said it’s all just a misunderstanding.

I want to make sure this is clear that woman is the most precious gift known to man. It was a misunderstanding with a lyric, a misinterpretation where the term rape wasn’t used. But I would never use the term rape in my records and as far as my camp, hip-hop don’t condone that, the streets don’t condone that. Nobody condones that. I just wanted to reach out to all the queens that’s on my timeline, all the sexy ladies, the beautiful ladies that had been reaching out to me with the misunderstanding. We don’t condone rape and I’m not with that.”

Do you feel his explanation was heartfelt?

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by: Kristen

Last night, during an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong admitted to using banned substances during his cycling career. He claimed that it would have been impossible to win the seven Tour de France titles he had without using the drugs.

Since its release in theaters last month, Steve Harvey’s best-selling book turned movie, ‘Think Like A Man,’ has raked in over $73 million dollars and won the praises of fans and critics all over the country. This country that is. Over in France, a country notorious for its lack of racial tolerance, they have decided to essentially ban ‘Think Like A Man’ from French theaters due to, wait for it, lack of diversity.

*Insert blank stare here*

Nevermind the fact that there were a few non minority characters in the film (even if their parts were small) and that Gabrielle Union and Jerry Ferrara’s characters were in an interracial relationship, France feels the all black cast is doing nothing to promote diversity in French culture. To try and help us understand where the French may be coming from, Global Voices offered some insight saying,

Surprising as it may be, the answer lies in the fact that the film has an all-black cast. French cinema is often pointed at for not fairly displaying all components of the country’s multiethnic population. Although the recent success of the movie Les Intouchables, which earned French African actor Omar Sy the Cesar award for Best Actor in 2012, caused great pride and hope among French nationals from Africa and the Caribbean, it was not to be the turning point for a deep and lasting change.”

Still feeling like France needs more people? Well French blog People Bo Kay also weighed in on the controversy:

The French state has had a sociopolitical strategy which favors interracial relationships rather than valuing communities. In the comedy ‘Think like a Man’, the focus is on black couples. Black actor and producer Tyler Perry’s movies are never scheduled in any French movie theaters or are only released in DVDs, even though he has been used to leading the US box-office, as with ‘Why did I get Married’ and ‘For Colored Girls’. The French society acts hypocritically, when it refuses to show movies from black producers who earn millions from conveying a positive message to the African diaspora through their films.”

Hmmm, definitely sounds like France didn’t get the memo that African Americans are people too. This is just messy all the way around.

Thoughts?

by: Danielle

In an extremely disturbing story, a 64-year-old woman, Deloris Gillespie, was burned alive in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building Saturday. According to the surveillance video, handyman Jermone Isaac, 47, was dressed as an exterminator and wore gloves and a mask to protect his face. He clearly had planned this out methodically and knew what he was doing. He rode the elevator up to the fifth floor and shortly after the woman rode up to the same floor, carrying her groceries. Once the doors open, the cameras show the man first approach her and spray her in the face and then douses her with an accelerant which forced her back into the elevator. Isaac lights a barbeque lighter and then ignited a Molotov cocktail. Gillespie is set ablaze.

Investigators are watching the footage repeatedly and say it is one of the most disturbing cases they have ever dealt with- seeing a woman being burnt to death.

Deloris’ friends said she hired Isaac to do various odd jobs around her apartment and the two would fight over money after she caught him stealing from her.

Isaac has since turned himself in and was arrested on arson and murder charges. He told law enforcement that he was mad at Gillespie and she owed him $2,000.

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What leads people to commit such horrible acts of violence?!?!? Just terrible…

by: Kristen

Wow, talk about a major snub! Taraji P. Henson, star of the new series on CBS, “Person Of Interest,” is extremely angry as TV Guide is featuring the cast of the show on their cover…without her!

She went to her Facebook page to vent:

WOW!!!! TV Guide is NOT including me on the cover with my cast memebers [sic]……..I am the female lead of a 3 member cast and I’m not included on the cover!!!!!! Do you see the shit I have to deal with in this business…..I cram to understand!!!!

WOW @ TVGuide!!!!! Being a member of 2 academys I honestly have no words!!!!!”

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She was featured in the promo, so why the magazine didn’t include her makes no sense. The crime drama also stars James Caviezel and Michael Emerson.

No comment from TV Guide as of yet.

“Person Of Interest” premieres tomorrow at 9pm.

by: Kristen

Singer Kelis took to her Twitter to discuss a horrible situation that happened to her at an airport in the UK. A man walked by her and called her a “slave” and a “disgusting Nigerian.” She tweeted,

A red faced sweaty “man” (I use the word loosely here) started calling me a slave and told me to call him sir…

He called me Kunta Kinte and ranted and raved some more. The man behind the passport desk laughed, shook his (head).”

She said 50 people were around and not one of them said anything.

Didn’t flinch. We all know I’m no saint, so I retaliated. Not the way I wanted to, or how that pig deserved. But #1 my gorgeous baby boy was literally sitting on my hip and #2 I’m a believer.  And we are better. Supposed to be anyway.  It made me think.  This person was approximately a 50 year old English man.”

Kelis is in London a lot and she expressed her disgust with the racial issues there.

Decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug.  People don’t talk about it.  People don’t fight it.”

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Smh… all of those people who said nothing should be ashamed of themselves. Why is there so much hate in the world?? Good for her standing up for herself!!

by: Kristen