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Lupe Fiasco breaks down the business of Twitter, reveals how he can make money with a single tweet. During an interview with  Houston’s 95.7  this week, Chicago rapper  Lupe Fiasco  revealed his plans to release an album that is far less politics-oriented than his last LP, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album . According to Lupe, the records featured on  Food & Liquor II  aren’t the kinds of songs he built his music career off of. He also made mention to those who use his politically-charged records to keep themselves from being on the line with their thoughts on politics. “I think people kinda took my political statements as being my one and only thing and that’s what I was about,” said Lupe. “And they kinda forget ‘Kick Push,’ ‘Paris, Tokyo,’ ‘Superstar.’ What I’ve really built my career on. I didn’t build my career off political things. I think people just use that as an opportunity to take that and run with it because t...

"We wanted Electro to disrespect Spider-Man" — so says  Jamie Foxx  about his upcoming villainous turn in " The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ." So in order to get under Spidey's skin, Foxx channeled one of the most-quoted baddies in cinema history Clubber Lang , aka Mr. T. In other words, Electro pities the Spider-fool. "What we wanted to do with Electro ... we wanna capture  when Mr. T fought Rocky . He didn't even say, 'I'm gonna beat you up, Rocky.' He was talking to his girl: 'Hey pretty girl. You need a real man.' I was thinking 'Aw man, that's so disrespectful,'" Foxx told Yahoo recently while promoting Canon's  Project Imaginat10n , a worldwide contest for which he directed a short film. [Related:  Watch Jamie Foxx Talk Directing With Ron Howard ] View gallery . Jamie Foxx's inspiration for 'Spidey-2' villain Electro might surprise you. ( Francois Durand  for Getty Images/ … ...

Jay-Z — under increasing pressure to back out of a collaboration with the luxury store Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers — said Saturday he’s being unfairly “demonized” for just waiting to hear all of the facts. The rap mogul made his first statement about the controversy in a posting on his website. He has come under fire for remaining silent as news surfaced this week that two young black people said they were profiled by Barneys after they purchased expensive items from their Manhattan store. An online petition and Twitter messages from fans have been circulating this week, calling on the star to bow out of his upcoming partnership with Barneys for the holiday season, which will have the store selling items by top designers, inspired by Jay-Z, with some of the proceeds going to his charity. He is also working with the store to create its artistic holiday window display. But Jay-Z — whose real name is Shawn Carter — defend...

BY:  John “Hennry” Harris Earvin “Magic” Johnson ‘s son,  Earvin Johnson III (E.J.)  recently made the shocking  revelation on  TMZ  that he is gay earlier this year, prompting an array of responses and opinions from the public.  Despite all of the backlash, Magic and family appears to be standing by E.J. and giving him their full support. “I don’t care about the backlash, if somebody doesn’t agree, that’s just tough on them. I’m gonna love my son until the end,”  Johns0n told theGrio previously. “He has a right to decide who he wants to be, who he wants to date, and who he wants to marry, and he has decided that that’s a man, and that’s okay by us.” E.J., who has a love for shopping, made possible from his father’s athletic career and numerous lucrative business ventures, has turned his hobby into a venture of his own.

Kendrick Johnson’s parents are planning a public war to receive the truth about their son’s suspicious death. Kendrick Johnson, just 17 years old, was found on Jan. 11 dead and rolled up in a gym mat. Authorities said they believe the death was an accident and that he suffocated in the mat while he was trying to grab his sneakers. The family doesn’t believe those findings to be correct. They’re now launching a public war on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This Tuesday, Johnson’s family petitioned a Georgia judge to order a coroner’s inquest to dig deeper into the mμrder of their son.  Kenneth Johnson, the victim’s father, said they are just trying to uncover the truth about the conditions under which their son passed away.  Jacquelyn Johnson, the boy’s mother, is also asking questions. She wanted to know exactly how a teenager who was fit from playing basketball, football and running track could get caught in a mat and suffocate. A lot of questions popped up whe...

Reported By: Britt L A Georgia mother has been left with plenty of unanswered questions after discovering her son had been murdered in California. 2,000 miles away, Iris Flowers says her son was found in Death Valley, California with all of his internal organs missing. Ryan Singleton, a 24-year-old aspiring model, left Atlanta in early July and headed off to follow his dreams of becoming an actor in Hollywood. While on his way to California, Singleton made stops in New Mexico, Arizona and Las Vegas before going missing in Baker, California. “He went to Las Vegas during a weekend visit and got missing in Baker, California on the way back,” said Flowers to George Franco, reporter for  Fox 5 . Singleton’s body was discovered on September 21 by a couple of joggers running in the desert near Baker, the city right in between Los Angeles and Vegas. Police immediately contacted Flowers and explained to her that not only was her son deαd, but his organs were missing. ...

         Check out why we're having instant coffee: • Keenen Ivory Wayans' new comedy is heading to ABC. The untitled show will follow the "whitest" guy in America as he marries into a very large and close-knit Black family. ABC has ordered a pilot. If it's picked up, it will join the ranks of several new comedies making waves across the small screen. Wayans is set to not only write, but executive produce the show as well. As of now, he will not be starring in it. [Hollywood Reporter]   Peter Chernin and his TV chief, Katherine Pope, will serve as executive producers as well. The news comes on the heels of another Chernin sale, Hieroglyph, an ancient Egypt-set drama that landed a series order at Fox. Among the project's appealing elements is that it's multi-generational, offering the potential for broad viewership along the lines of hit Modern Family. What's more, it has the ability to lure the growing African-American aud...