Get ready for more drama from Sylvester, Twan and Pimp Lucius — R. Kelly is delivering more chapters of “Trapped in the Closet.”

The Rev. Al Sharpton’s mom has died at the age of 87.

More fallout in the Trayvon Martin murder case. The police chief of Sanford, Florida, has temporarily stepped down amid mounting criticism of how his department has handled the case.

Nas says Jay-Z is not a businessman. He’s a business, Man! Who do you think is the greatest?

President Barack Obama has broken his silence over the Trayvon Martin killing, calling the case a “tragedy” and saying that “every aspect” of Martin’s death must be investigated.

Questlove gives insight into Amy Winehouse’s musical taste! She wanted to form a group with a rapper?

via CNN President Barack Obama waded into the growing national controversy of the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, saying the nation should do some “soul-searching to figure out how something like this happens.” “I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate […]

On Twitter yesterday and today, Farrakhan sent some curious tweets regarding peace, justice and retaliation. “Where there is no justice, there will be no peace. Soon the…

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder when he is charged Friday for his alleged role in the killings of Afghan villagers, a senior U.S. official said. Bales, 38, stands accused of leaving a remote outpost in Kandahar province’s Panjwai district on March 11 […]

Three white Mississippi men pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes Thursday in connection with the 2011 beating death of an African-American man in Jackson, the Justice Department announced. Deryl Dedmon, John Aaron Rice and Dylan Butler each admitted to conspiracy and violating the 2009 federal hate-crimes law in last June’s killing of James Craig Anderson. […]