Ivory Coast’s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting. He was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after his motorcycle collided with a car on Sunday, Jeune Afrique says. The 33-year-old died early on Monday. He has […]
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The WBC has provisionally suspended Dillian Whyte’s status as the organisation’s interim world heavyweight champion and mandatory challenger to Deontay Wilder. Whyte tested positive for a banned substance three days before he beat Oscar Rivas on 20 July. The Briton, 31, will be allowed to present his case to the WBC. Whyte has been number-one […]
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The “African Giant” has arrived. African music has been infiltrating Western sounds over the past few years. It’s grown in popularity because of that but artists like Burna Boy have helped the sound expand across the globe. Burna Boy’s blown up like crazy over the past year. The release of Outside caught the attention of the […]
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Rapper Unknown T has been charged with murder and will appear in court later this week, it is being reported. Known for his hit ‘Homerton B’, Unknown T (real name Daniel Lena) will appear in court on Thursday after being charged with the murder of 20-year-old Steven Narvaez-Jara, who was stabbed to death at a […]
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Tay-K’s song The Race will be used as evidence against him when he is sentenced for murder on Tuesday 23 July. The rapper was found guilty of murder and three counts of aggravated robbery at a court in Texas last week. The 19-year-old’s real name is Taymor Travon McIntyre and he is best known for […]
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Singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, according to two law enforcement officials. The 52-year-old was arrested by Homeland Security Investigation agents and NYPD Public Safety Task Force Thursday night on sex trafficking charges, officials tell News 4, and it is expected he will be brought to New York. […]
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Rasaki Balogun, 56, and his lover, Muyibat Alabi, were found dead on June 20, 2019, at his No. 16, Taiwo Oke Street, Victory Estate in Ejigbo. . They were discovered after the man’s wife, Akorede, said to be resident in Iba Housing Estate, reported to the police. In the course of investigating the case, detectives […]
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Jay Z has just been officially named first rapper to be a billionaire, according to Forbes. Joining the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and Kylie Jenner. While being a billionaire is an impressive accomplishment, Jay Z is also a member of an even smaller group of black billionaires, an even […]
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Shocking footage emerged yesterday on social media of a young man being chased and then stabbed in North West London. The victim, who has been reported to be in his 20s, was found on the floor bleeding close to Willesden Magistrates Court in North West, London, just after 3.15pm on June 11. He was taken […]
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Written by Richard Hartley-Parkinson A man is facing jail after he tried to kill his unborn child by getting his cousin and a schoolgirl to pour detergent down his teenage girlfriend’s throat. Harief Pearson, 22, googled ‘how to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy’ and ‘what can heroin do to an unborn baby?’ in the […]
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