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News Activist DeRay Mckesson Details His Conversation With Macklemore About "White Privilege II" DeRay Mckesson talked at length with Macklemore about his new song "White Privilege II." By Angus Walker January 23, 2016
News Tyler, The Creator Believes Race Played Role In His Overseas Bans Tyler, the Creator is banned from the UK, Australia, & New Zealand. By Danny Schwartz November 25, 2015
News Jeezy Discusses Obama's Legacy, Racial Progress On The Nightly Show "Obama can't fix this sh*t for us, we gotta fix it as black men." By Danny Schwartz October 13, 2015
Interviews Kanye West Was Urged Against Dating White Women When He Was Young Kanye West says he was taught to never bring home a white woman when he was younger. By Angus Walker October 12, 2015
News Jay Z Argues Hip Hop's Positive Impact On Race Relations For Oprah's "Master Class" Jay Z says "hip hop has done more for racial relations than most cultural icons". By Trevor Smith January 05, 2015
News Macklemore Speaks On Race In America, Eric Garner & Mike Brown Macklemore discusses white privilege and race in America, and hip-hop specifically, with Hot 97. By Rose Lilah December 30, 2014
News Game Responds To The Death Of Two Police Officers In Brooklyn, Criticizes "I Can Breathe" Shirts Game has weighed in on the recent murder of two NYPD officers, speaking at length about police brutality, the death of Eric Garner, and his opposition to the "I Can Breathe" protest. By Trevor Smith December 21, 2014
News Iggy Azalea Responds To Azealia Banks Emotional Interview On Hot 97 [Update: Anonymous Threatens Iggy] Azealia Banks got quite emotional when discussing the appropriation of black culture on Hot 97, Iggy Azalea offered up a response. Sort of. By Rose Lilah December 20, 2014
Crime Jay Electronica Vents About Crime & Race In America Jay Electronica says that "we live in a criminal nation, founded by rapists, mass murders and robbers." By Rose Lilah December 08, 2014
News Azealia Banks Says White Artists Appropriating Black Culture Is "Corny" Azealia made some controversial comments in a new interview with Pitchfork. By Lloyd Jaffe November 13, 2014
News Drake Covers Vibe's Race Issue, Talks 2Pac, The Weeknd, Kanye West & More <p>Drake is the poster boy for <a href="http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/vibe-winter-2014-cover-story-drake?utm_source=sc-fb&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign=DrakeCover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VIBE</a>'s year-end Race Issue, his slightly menacing portrait framed by such tag lines as "Are You A Racist?", "Kevin Hart Has White Power", "Taming Rev. Al Sharpton" and "Ku Klux Klan In 2014". </p> By hnhh December 19, 2013
News Machine Gun Kelly Discusses Soundtracking "Mandela" Trailer & Miley Cyrus' VMA Performance Machine Gun Kelly discusses the use of his song "Runnin'" in the new trailer for "Mandela," as well as race issues in America, and the Miley Cyrus VMA performance. By Trevor Smith November 16, 2013