Rapper Nipsey Hussle killed in shooting outside his L.A. store
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Two other men were shot in the incident at Marathon Clothing in South Los Angeles. A suspect remained at large.

By Alex Johnson and Andrew Blankstein
LOS ANGELES — The Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in a shooting outside his clothing store in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, multiple law enforcement sources said. Two other men were shot, and a suspect remained at large.

Police sources said Hussle was shot multiple times in the parking lot at Marathon Clothing on West Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles at about 3:25 p.m.

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Billie Eilish Is the Future
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I worry about people born in the 21st century. There’s something deep and dark stirring in our collective consciousness. They’re seeing it firsthand. The last generation grew up with at least the pretense of decency, with a sense that “the arc of history bends toward justice.” This decade says morality goes wherever the masses do; if they tug too hard in the wrong direction, the rest of the union gets yanked along by their preoccupations.

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Cardi B defends herself after video resurfaces of her saying she drugged, robbed men as a stripper
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Cardi B on Tuesday defended herself against detractors after an Instagram video resurfaced that showed her recalling that she drugged and robbed men when she worked as a stripper.

In the three-year-old video that was shared on social media over the weekend, Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, was emotional when she explained the lengths she went to in order to make it in the music industry and secure studio time.

The rapper originally posted the video in response to someone who said she did not deserve her success.

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Tech N9ne Clarifies He Is Alive After Fellow Rapper Tech 9’s Death Sparks Confusion
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The death of Tech 9, aka Akeem Mickens, caused much sadness for those who knew him and also much confusion after some music fans confused him for fellow rapper Tech N9ne this week.

On Monday, many mistakenly mourned the Strange Music founder, whose real name is Aaron Dontez Yates, before he spoke out on social media to squash the rumors circulating about his death and express his condolences to the family of the Philadelphia battle rapper with a similar stage name who had passed away over the weekend.

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Fact-Checking Mötley Crüe’s Netflix Movie ‘The Dirt’
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In many ways, fact-checking a movie about Mötley Crüe is a ridiculous task, especially a film that says right off the bat it is merely “based” on a true story. It’s also a film that breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience that things didn’t happen quite as they’re being presented. The whole thing is also based on a book that bassist Nikki Sixx now claims has at least one story – in which he writes that he “pretty much” raped a woman – was “possibly greatly embellished or made up.” He also claimed he was on drugs during the interviews with writer Neil Strauss and doesn’t remember much at that time.

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‘The Act’ spins deadly mother-daughter story into Hulu series
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(CNN)”The Act” offers the second dramatization of the ill-fated relationship between Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard in two months, and it’s easily the better of the two. Yet while this Hulu limited series captures the unsettling con game played by the mother, be forewarned that replicating these events can be as off-putting as the actual characters.

The story of the Blanchards — which ended with Dee Dee’s murder, leading to the convictions of Gypsy Rose and her boyfriend —

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‘Stranger Things’ drops a Season 3 trailer and it’ll have you wishing it was summer
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(CNN)The first full trailer for Season 3 of “Stranger Things” is finally here — and it will have you wishing it was already July.

Netflix dropped a nearly three-minute trailer for the upcoming season that’s full of so many pop-culture references to 1985 it’ll have you feeling totally nostalgic if you’re an ’80s baby. The next season premieres July 4.
The trailer immediately sets the mood with Mötley Crüe’s 1985 song, “Home Sweet Home,”

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Toy Story 4’s new trailer reveals a spork-induced existential crisis
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Your next existential and emotional crisis has arrived: Disney released the first full length-trailer for Toy Story 4 on Tuesday.

The franchise, known for plunging our hearts into various emotional states and examining human frailty through the lens of plastic and cowboy-themed objects, is back again — this time exploring the idea of life’s purpose, duty, and fidelity because of a spork named “Forky.”

Last we saw Woody and Buzz and their fellow toys in 2010’s Toy Story 3,

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James Gunn rehired for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ sequel
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(CNN)Disney has reversed course on its next flight for “Guardians of the Galaxy,” reinstating writer-director James Gunn to oversee the third movie, after firing him last year in the wake of learning about offensive social-media posts..

Gunn had been targeted by conservative activists — in part because of his vocal criticism of President Trump — who resurfaced old tweets in which he made light of pedophilia and molestation. In firing him,

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