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NEW YORK (AP) — Top nominee Kendrick Lamar is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards this month. MTV said Thursday that Lamar will take the stage at the Aug. 27 event at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Lamar is nominated for eight awards. Previously announced performers include host Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper The Game said he was moved to call together gang members for an anti-violence summit Sunday after the recent killing of his foster brother in Los Angeles. An overflow crowd of several hundred gathered at a community center in South Los Angeles to hear pleas for peace from current and […]

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Lifetime has picked up a biopic of R&B star Michel’le for its 2016/2017 development slate, according to Shadow and Act.  Tentatively titled The Michel’le Story, the scripted film will detail the life of the singer who became a platinum artist on Ruthless Records. It will be produced for Lifetime by Sony Pictures Television and Thinkfactory […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former hip-hop music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder after he struck two men with his pickup truck last week. Prosecutors allege that Knight intended to run down a friend and another man after an argument on a movie set. One of the men was […]