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#144 Nov 8, 2019 Father of the Decade: T.I. – Internets,White supremacists, and black people whose brains have been infected by white supremacists,
#143 Nov 5, 2019 Hypocrisy, thy name is Solange – Internets,No one was ever more against cheating than Solange Knowles, so it's ironic that her marriag
#142 Nov 1, 2019 Justice for Bhad Bhabie – Internets,There's so much going on in the world this week, what with the release of the new Kanye alb
#141 Oct 29, 2019 Lizzo is a big fat fraud – Internets,Two guys helped Lizzo write the song "Truth Hurts," and now she's trying to steal credit fr
#140 Oct 25, 2019 Worst Rappers list somehow completely accurate – Internets,For weeks we've been inundated with people's lists of the 50 best rappers of all time. Fina
#139 Oct 22, 2019 Gucci Mane ain't never lie – Internets,When I heard that Charlamagne Tha God interviewed Gucci Mane on his new YouTube channel, of
#138 Oct 18, 2019 Is Pharrell trying to tell us something? – Internets,Your uncle who was in prison was right about there being a covert scheme to rob the black m
#137 Oct 15, 2019 The NYPD is cleaning up hip-hop – Internets,I was deeply disappointed to see the list of rappers who were banned from this past weekend
#136 Oct 11, 2019 Be a father to your child – Internets,I'm not gonna lie. If I had a kid, and it wasn't even in the same country, and the mother h
#135 Oct 8, 2019 Correcting Pitchfork's Best of the 2010s list – Internets,You'd be hard-pressed to find a list of the top 200 songs of the 2010s more virtuous than P
#134 Oct 4, 2019 The #FreeTayK people are right – Internets,Fans of incarcerated child gangbanger Tay K bring up a good point.Why should Tay K be in pr
#133 Oct 1, 2019 Can Jesus save Kanye's career? – Internets,Yesterday it was announced that Kanye West has given up rap music for good in favor of gosp
#132 Sep 27, 2019 New York Undercover indeed! – Internets,So much of my childhood has been ruined that I'd be lying if I said I was bothered by the n
#131 Sep 24, 2019 The NFL didn't deserve Antonio Brown – Internets,Former New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown says he's done with the NFL, and I
#130 Sep 20, 2019 Keep snitchin', Tekashi 6ix9ine – Internets,I don't think it's the right thing to do to rat people out in a court of law, because I abi
#129 Sep 17, 2019 Everyone wins when the family feuds – Internets,Probably the best thing Shaun King and DeRay Mckesson can do for black people, at this poin
#128 Sep 13, 2019 Finally, an Asian guy on SNL – Internets,Yesterday, it was announced that "Saturday Night Live" is bringing on three new people as f
