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Spike Lee talks casting A$AP Rocky opposite Denzel Washington

Cindy Ord/WireImage Spike Lee has nothing but praise for A$AP Rocky, who stars opposite Denzel Washington in his upcoming movie, Highest 2 Lowest. During an appearance on Carmelo Anthony’s 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, the director said A$AP’s acting skills are “fire.” “I mean, there’s some scenes with him and [Denzel] head-to-head, he ain’t backin’ up,” Lee says. “It’s like, ‘I’m here too!’ Very, very happy with the…

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New Music Friday: Wiz Khalifa, Davido and more

Wiz Khalifa has dropped Kush & Orange Juice 2 just days after the original mixtape celebrated its 15th anniversary. A year in the making, the album features guests including Gunna, Don Toliver, Juicy J, Ty Dolla $ign, Terrace Martin and Curren$y. “It’s perfect for smoking, chilling, riding around with the homies, and hanging with the ladies. It’s a great album, it’s musical, it’s definitely 100% for…

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Michael B. Jordan explains why ‘Sinners’ is a ‘truly unique and special’ experience for him

Warner Bros. Pictures Michael B. Jordan gets double the trouble in Ryan Coogler‘s latest movie, Sinners. He plays twin brothers Smoke and Stack, World War I veterans who go back to their Mississippi hometown to open a juke joint — but are met with vampires and the harsh reality of the Jim Crow laws in their community. MBJ tells ABC News…

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks judge to exclude Cassie video from trial

Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE Sean “Diddy” Combs formally asked the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution on Thursday to exclude one of the more dramatic pieces of evidence from his upcoming trial: a March 2016 video from the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles that depicts Combs kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. The defense asserted that CNN, which first…

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Drake alleges UMG used unlawful practices to amplify Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake is escalating his fight against his record label over their amplification of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” alleging in an amended complaint, “UMG waged an unrelenting campaign” to spread the allegedly defamatory rap as widely as possible. The new complaint said UMG made significant financial investments and leveraged…