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BET’s New Year’s Eve Includes ‘Notarized’ Top 100 Music Video Countdown, ‘106 & Party’
New Year's Eve on BET is an all-day celebration Wednesday, thanks to "Notarized" and "106 & Park."
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Peter Tosh’s Estate Giving Share of ‘Equal Rights’ Income to Families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown [Video]
The families Eric Garner and Michael Brown, the victims of fatal police shootings, are getting a financial boost from a reggae icon's 1970s rallying song.
With thousands preparing to mass in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, for the National Action Network's Justice for All March, Grammy Award-winning musician Peter Tosh's estate today announced that, over the next year, 10 percent of all net income from streaming and downloads of Tosh's song "Equal Rights" will be donated to the families.
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Afrika Bambaataa, Harry Belafonte’s ‘Beat Street,’ SugarHill Records Among Hip Hop Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees [Video]
Afrika Bambaataa, Harry Belafonte's classic hip-hop film "Beat Street" and Sylvia Robinson and SugarHill Records are among the inductees for the Hip Hop Hall of Fame's 2015 inductees announced this morning.
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John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Send Food Trucks to New York Protesters
Singer-songwriter John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, on Sunday lent their support to demonstrators in New York protesting the Eric Garner and Ferguson grand jury decisions by sending out a fleet of food trucks to serve free food to them.
Neither Legend, 35, nor Teigen, 29, appeared at the rally nor took direct credit, but Teigen retweeted this message to her followers: "Thank you @johnlegend @chrissyteigen 3-6pm. FREE food trucks by Trader Joe's Union Sq. @ophelporhush #FergusontoNYC #NYC2Ferguson."
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President Barack Obama Talks with BET About Unrest Following Grand Jury Decisions On Fatal Shootings [Video]
In an exclusive interview with BET News, President Barack Obama addressed community concerns and calls for justice and equality after recent grand jury decisions and hopes to find meaningful solutions.
"This isn't going to be solved overnight," Obama said in an excerpt of the interview released by BET Networks.
BET’s “106 & Park” will air a portion of the interview at 5 p.m. EST Monday (Dec. 8), BET Networks announced Sunday. The full interview will air immediately following at 6 p.m. EST Monday in “BET News Presents: A Conversation with President Barack Obama.”
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Crazy Snow Wall Descends on Buffalo [Video]
No, this is not a promotional video for "The Day After Tomorrow."
This is an actual time-lapse video of the skyline in Buffalo. The imposing white wall pictured is lake-effect snow, which blew in from Lake Erie and ravaged the city Tuesday and Wednesday.
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In New Rob Bliss Video, Woman Walking New York Streets Shows Men Can Be Pigs
You know the old adage: men are pigs. It’s a blanket statement and certainly not true of all men, but this video shows we have a long way to go when it comes to respecting the fairer sex.
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Erykah Badu Busks Anonymously on New York’s Times Square [Video]
Veteran R&B singer-songwriter Erykah Badu sang incognito in New York's Times Square on Friday.
Her busking attempt was done anonymously.
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Patti LaBelle Headlines Super Bowl Gospel Celebration in New York [Video]
Patti LaBelle has been tapped to headline the 15th annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, sanctioned by the NFL and slated late next month in New York...
